Podcast: Recordings & Scriptures: February 2022

*** 2 Timothy 1

9 (God) Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to HIS own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

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God makes HIS own purpose happen in our lives!

Examples on this Podcast.

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*** Ezekiel 7

19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

20 As for the beauty of HIS ornament, HE set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

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When Jesus returns, all the religious idols which have been set in the apostate churches today will be destroyed by Jesus.

Everything we see with our natural eyes is man made.

Jesus says:

John 4

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship HIM.

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and in truth.

If we worship something that makes us feel religious and we can see and touch that thing, then we are worshipping an idol made by human hands.

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*** Matthew 12

Jesus says:

33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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Doctrines of antichrist are in the hearts of many church goers today with portions of doctrines of man instead of doctrines of Christ by the New Testament Bible.

Before Jesus returns each of us must read the scriptures in the New Testament Bible and uproot all doctrines of antichrist from our hearts and replace them with real doctrines of Christ presented in the Bible.

There are many doctrines of antichrist taught in churches today.

At the judgment seat of Christ we want to be sure we have conformed our thinking to the doctrines of the New Testament Bible.

For the apostle Paul says: 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.

Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; (2 Cor. 5:10-11)

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*** Ephesians 4

3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

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I Corinthians 3

1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

One says, "I'm Baptist." Another says, "I'm Methodist." (Dividing the body of Christ.)

Some people love to tell which church they attend. They think by doing this they witness to Jesus. But actually when they do this, they divide the body of Christ.

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*** Ezekiel 36

God says:

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:

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.

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Ezekiel the prophet spoke in the Old Testament concerning the New Testament Church that we live in today!

From this world and all its people, God chose each individual and revealed HIMSELF to us. And God pulled us out of this world and caused us to have a new heart and a new spirit, HIS own heart and HIS own Spirit, changing us into to new creatures!

II Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Each of us who are born again experienced a miracle from God.

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The New Testament Church:

Hebrews 8 God says:

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord;

I will put MY laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to ME a people:

11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know ME, from the least to the greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

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Hebrews 10

9 Then said HE (Jesus), Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God.

He taketh away the first, that HE may establish the second.

10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

12 But this man (Jesus), after HE had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

13 From henceforth expecting till HIS enemies be made HIS footstool.

14 For by one offering HE (Jesus) hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that HE had said before,

16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

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*** 2 Peter 1

2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

3 According as HIS divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of HIM that hath called us to glory and virtue:

4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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The great promises of God in both the Old and New Testaments become anchors for our soul to help us endure the problems of this present life.

I John 4

4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is HE that is in you, than he that is in the world.

5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

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*** Hebrews 3

12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

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Jesus warns us that in the end times iniquity will abound and the love of many will grow cold toward things of God. (Mt. 24:12)

When you feel your desire lessen toward reading the Bible or spiritual exhortations, that is the time to turn to God in prayer asking God to help you!

Also it is important for us to continue to exhort one another in godly things.

Hebrews 10

22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for HE is faithful that promised;)

24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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*** Ezra 8:22

The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek HIM; but HIS power and HIS wrath is against all them that forsake HIM.

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Jesus says:

Matthew 24:12 (Concerning the last days)

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

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When we feel that desire to read the Bible slip away from us, we need to pray for God to help us!

In the end time, the love of many for things of God will grow cold. Therefore we fight to hold onto our faith and also to keep those fires burning in our hearts concerning God.

Matthew 24:13 Jesus says: But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Pray, asking God for help when you feel you are growing cold to the Word of God.

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*** Hosea 8:6

The workman made it; therefore it is not God:

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If an object which you can see or touch makes you feel "religious", you can know that object causing that feeling is not God! You are worshipping an idol, something made by a human.

What you are feeling is a fleshly emotion of man.

Jesus says:

John 4

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*** Nahum 1:7

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and HE knoweth them that trust in HIM.

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We put our trust in God each time we turn to HIM in prayer.

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*** Work out your own salvation in fear and trembling. (Phil. 2:12)

Mt. 24 Jesus says:

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.

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

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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Titus 3:9-11 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

The apostle Paul tells each of us:

Phil. 2:12... work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

This is a very dangerous time in this world and also in the churches which have denied certain scriptures and teach another doctrine other than scriptures, apostasy in the churches of the end times as Paul told us would happen in II Thessalonians 2.

2 Thess. 2:3-4

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

In 1982, God said to me, concerning the above scripture: "The falling away, are not the people leaving the churches ... The falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures."

This is what we are seeing today in churches, the apostasy of the end times.

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*** James 1:22

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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As a new Christian in 1975, when I attended church I would be careful concerning the message which was spoken at church to be certain I was doing that message, doing that scripture.

Often I would come home and write down that scripture and think on it day and night and apply that scripture to my life.

God had shown me to do the following:

Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

On this Podcast, examples of doing scripture are presented.

Philippians 4:6-7

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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*** I am a companion of all that fear THEE. (Psalm 119:63)

Several years ago, I came across a church woman who turned to God when there was a problem in her life. She heard from God and did what God said about the issue and "overcame" the issue through what God told her. Sometimes she would share with me what had happened after the problem was solved.

This is the type of church person with whom I want to have as a companion.

James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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To each of the 7 churches in the book of Revelation, Jesus said the following:

* Revelation 2:7 to the church at Ephesus: To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

* Revelation 2:11 to the church at Smyrna: He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

* Revelation 2:17 to the church at Pergomas: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

* Revelation 2:26-28 to the church at Thyatria: And he that overcometh, and keepeth MY works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of MY Father. And I will give him the morning star.

* Revelation 3:5 to the church at Sardis: 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.

* Revelation 3:12 to the church at Philadelphia: Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of MY God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of MY God, and the name of the city of MY God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from MY God: and I will write upon him MY new name.

* Revelation 3:21 to the church of the Laodiceans: To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with ME in MY throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in HIS throne.

To each church, Jesus says: "To him that overcomes."

Each of us overcome by turning to God in prayer and by asking God to help us and guide us in what we should do in the situation. And then after we hear from God, we diligently do that which we hear to do. And we overcome by doing that Word which is given to us by God.

And this shows a fear of the Lord, and these are the ones with whom I choose to be a companion for they will turn to God and hear from God and follow God by HIS Word.

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*** Philippians 4:6

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Pray over every problem that surfaces ... Pray over every concern ... Pray over destructive thoughts ... When we begin to feel "down" pray, asking for God to show us what to do that day, to fill our time. In everything, pray ... first.

There is a a promise from God attached to this prayer when we remember to pray.

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Do you find sometimes you have a problem and you forget to pray and you wrestle about with what you should do? Then you remember to pray.

Instead: Learn to turn to God immediately, which causes us to avoid much unnecessary trouble or worrying.

Learn to rest in God after prayer, waiting on HIM to bring the way to go to your mind. Trust in God to do that.

Many Christians fail to do this and they live defeated, troubled lives and they continue in a problem which God would resolve for them if only they remembered to pray.

Sometimes I forget to pray. But then when I remember to pray, I am helped instantly and it is like a weight lifts from off my shoulders after I pray.

Examples on this Podcast.

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*** The perfect way for us which is given by God.

Psalm 37:5

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in HIM; and HE shall bring it to pass.

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Examples of doing this presented on this Podcast.

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*** Controlling your tongue through prayer.

James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

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One way we can "bridle our own tongue" is by praying instead of saying that which we want to say.

Often I will just say, "God, please help me not to say that!"

And when I say that to God, HE stops me from speaking that which might hurt another person.

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*** Proverbs 3:5-7

5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge HIM, and HE shall direct thy paths.

7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

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When we do the above instructions, we benefit ourselves and others also.

Exhortation and examples on this Podcaast.

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*** Dreams, visions, and angels used by God to instruct HIS people: Examples in New Testament Bible

There are many examples of God using dreams throughout the New Testament Bible to show HIS people what to do.

* God shows Joseph to continue in his plan to marry Mary.

Matthew 1

18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:

God often uses dreams to change the direction we had planned.

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* God uses a dream to instruction the 3 wise men who visit the baby Jesus.

Matthew 2

1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

Joseph did exactly what he heard from God to do. Joseph even fled by night with no hesitation.

In Matthew 2, there are other examples of God using dreams to show Joseph what to do.

Matthew 2

19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

21And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Joseph obeyed that instruction given to him by God in the dream.

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* God instructs Ananias through a vision:

Acts 9

9 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

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Through the New Testament Bible, we have many examples of God using dreams, visions, and angels to communicate with HIS people.

When we see such in the New Testament Bible, we have an assurance that what God did then for HIS people HE can also do now with us.

I've had many dreams and open visions. And one time I believe an angel of God spoke to me as I was sleeping to give me instruction concerning what I was to do.

Examples will be given on this Podcast.

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*** When Jesus returns, HE will destroy the religious idols.

Micah 1

1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah ...

7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

Religious idols are those things we can see with our natural eyes.

Some idols which people put their trust in today are their church buildings, their ministers, their crosses and other medallions which they proudly wear around their necks and touch with their fingers from time to time.

John 4 (Jesus says)

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and in truth.

We cannot see a spirit. Neither can we touch a spirit.

If we can see something that makes us feel religious, we are trusting in idols, and we will fall in the end.

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*** Joel prophesies the giving of the Holy Spirit of God to all people of God: The New Testament Church

The prophet Joel tells of the time of the New Testament church that was to come in the days ahead.

Joel 2

28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out MY spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out MY spirit.

The apostle Peter explained at the day of Pentecost this prophecy spoken by Joel was that which they were seeing and hearing as they heard the people of God speaking to them in their native tongues.

Acts 2

1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

Peter explains:

Acts 2

14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of MY Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

This announced the time of the New Testament Chruch and the Day of the Lord and the coming of the end of this present world.

Jesus had paid for sins of man with HIS own blood and Jesus was now ascended into heaven where Jesus set up HIS New Testament Church and gave ministers to HIS church for the perfecting of the saints.

The days of the Old Testament ended and the New Covenant began and so also began the last days with this event.

Hebrews 8

6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

The New Testament Church begins at the day of Pentecost with the giving of the Holy Spirit to all people of God!

And the difference is very great for the church with the coming of the Holy Spirit to each individual who belongs to God.

(Explained in this podcast.)

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*** Encouragement: The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

The children of Judah were taken into Babylon because God turned them over to Nebuchadnezzar for a 70-year captivity, because of the sins they committed against God.

They lived in the captivity as servants to the king of Babylon and to the people of Babylon.

Daniel was one of those taken into captivity. And 3 other men of God, renamed in the captivity by the names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego also served the king of Babylon.

Daniel 3

1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:

6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down to the idol set up by Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel 3

14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

They said to the king of Babylon when they were told they would be thrown into a fiery furnace if they did not bow down to the idol of gold:

Daniel 3

17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and HE will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

This Podcast is their story:

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*** Daniel thrown into the lion's den.

Daniel was captive in Babylon along with the nation of Judah.

But God gave Daniel the interpretation of dreams and because of this gift, Daniel came into great favor with Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon. This favor of the king toward Daniel caused the men of Babylon to envy Daniel and they sought a way to destroy Daniel.

After the death of Nebuchadnezzar and the subsequent death of the son of the king who came to be king after his father, Darius ruled the kingdom.

Daniel 6

1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

(Daniel did not shut his windows nor try to hide the fact that he continued to pray to God.)

11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?

The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions.

Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for HE is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and HIS kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and HIS dominion shall be even unto the end.

27 HE delivereth and rescueth, and HE worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

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*** Daniel, a great man of God, who is taken into Babylon with the captivity.

God ordained 70-years of captivity for the nation of Judah because of their sins against HIM and their continued disobedience to God.

The king of Babylon came at the appointed time and gathered them and destroyed many of the houses of Jerusalem and carried the people of Judah in captivity, taking them into Babylon.

Daniel was among those taken to Babylon.

Daniel 1

1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;

4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.

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This appointed captivity was for 70-years.

During this time there were several kings ruling over Babylon. One king would die and another would take his place.

So Daniel lived under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius, and Cyrus.

16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.

20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.

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*** The apostasy of the end time church before Jesus returns.

II Thessalonians 2

3 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;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

In 1982, I was reading this passage of scripture and God said to me: "The falling away are not people leaving the churches but rather the falling away are the churches leaving the scriptures."

In the New American Standard Bible, this "falling away" is called, the apostasy.

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I've never heard the following doctrine taught at any church that I have attended.

Jesus says:

Matthew 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

* The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

* The divorced woman who remarries commits adultery but her husband who divorced her will be the cause of her adultery.

Concerning homosexuals and lesbians, I've never heard the following scriptures taught at any church that I have attended.

Romans 1

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And 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.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

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So I grieved greatly when I witnessed pastors adding things to the Bible that are not written in the Bible.

And I grieved greatly when I witnessed pastors eliminating instructions which are written in the New Testament Bible while failing to present to their congregations the instructions given by the Holy Scriptures.

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In 2017, God opened my eyes to see that the removal of portions of scripture is the apostasy that would come in the end time churches before the judgment.

By scriptures such as the following God showed me antichrist comes through the churches.

And I also saw by these scriptures that antichrist had been working in the churches since the time of the apostles John and Paul.

I John 2:18-19 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

And the apostle Paul said the following to the elders at the church at Ephesus.

Acts 20:29-30 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

Antichrist was sitting among those elders at the church at Ephesus and they were just waiting for Paul to leave so then they could bring their own perverse doctrines into the church group at Ephesus.

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When Jesus returns, HE will destroy the apostate churches.

II Thessalonians 2

8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of HIS mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS coming:

9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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*** We endure to the end by remembering that which God has done.

Concerning the end times, Jesus says the following:

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.

We endure by keeping before our minds those things God has done in the Bible as-well-as those things God has done in our own lives.

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God made many promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob which God fulfilled in the lives of Joseph and Moses.

God delivered the children of Israel from the bondage of Egypt as God promised HE would do,

As we reread of this deliverance in Exodus 3-15, God is made very real to us and we are strengthened in God, helping us to endure.

As we think of that time when God caused us to be born again and of the times God has helped us in various problems of this life, we are helped to endure to the end.

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As we keep God before us, in our memory of that which God has done, we endure through HIM.

Hebrews 11

24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing HIM who is invisible.

We also endure by seeing God who is invisible as we view situations and things and see God behind these current events of our lives.

The world sees the mountain and they marvel at the mountain.

We see the invisible, God who created the heavens and the earth, and we marvel at God.

And because we keep God in our thoughts, God causes us to endure to the end of our time on this present earth.

We endure through God.

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