*** God is our shield, our protection, our light, and our strength.

 

Psalm 21

11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

12 Therefore shalt THOU make them turn their back,

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God protects us and at the time we don't even know they intend evil against us.

I've had this happen at least twice when they intended evil against me and God turned it and turned them back and made their intention work for good in my life.

Explained on this podcast:

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*** When I think of what I was before I was born again I greatly marvel in God and thank HIM.

 

 

(Comments by Joan Boney)

Before I was born again, I pursued my own interest and did whatever was necessary to get my own way in life.  I would lie, cheat and do what I thought would make me succeed. 

This is the way most people are before they are born again.  Inside they are set to do what they can to benefit themselves but outwardly they try to cause us to think they are good people.

Matthew 23  (Jesus says) 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

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God kept me safe from myself even before I was born again.

I am greatly ashamed of those things I once did before I was born again.

And I am truly amazed at God's protection over me during those years.

Like the apostle Paul, I'm sure I did no good thing and there is no good thing done by me today except by the Holy Spirit WHO dwells in my body.

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

I lived by the ways of the flesh which are the ways of death.

I Corinthians 6

9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

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I thought I was a Christian because I went forward at church and was baptized in water.  But I lived totally by the flesh and was out to fulfill my own desires and thought almost nothing of any other person and rarely even had God come to my mind.

Then God brought the following thoughts to my mind to show me what I was really doing all those previous years:  

God said to me:  "Joan ... you know all those 'mistakes' you've been making all these years.  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."

I was changed instantly from that person I had been.  God gave me a new heart and a new Spirit causing me to be as a new person.  Now I desired to learn about God.  Scripture became important to me.  I wanted to be with people of God, the church.  I no longer wanted to be with the people I had associated with before this.  I was changed by God.

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.

Ezekiel 36  (This happened to me):

And I (God) will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.

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It didn't happen because of my own will or any good thing I was doing.

God chose me to be HIS child.  It happened because it was the will of God for me.

It is not that we love God but HE loved us and it was HIS will that we be saved and HE showed us HIS life and HIS way and gave us a new heart and a new Spirit of God and changed us from inside.

And HE changed us instantly.

Then  after we were born again by God, we read the Bible and desired to do HIS will because HE changed us and gave us that desire and removed our old fleshly desires and taught us by HIS Spirit WHO lived in us.

It is the greatest thing that has ever happen to me and by this I understand what Jesus meant in the following scripture.

Matthew 13:45-46  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:  46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

 

For no cost is too great to pay for this "pearl". Nothing can equal what it means.

Things of the world can seem important and enticing.  But their appeal has a way of disappearing in time.  And when we go after such desires often we find it isn't worth what we paid to get it.

But we never regret the cost for things of God.

The apostle Paul explains:

Philippians 3

4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

9 And be found in HIM, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

10 That I may know HIM, and the power of HIS resurrection, and the fellowship of HIS sufferings, being made conformable unto HIS death;

11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

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God chose us not because of our goodness but because it was HIS will to do so.  And now our righteousness is of God for HE did all the work in changing us into the image of Christ by HIS will.

As we go through life, after we are born again, we are recreated in the image of Christ each time a scripture is revealed to us and we do what God shows us to do.

God is the creator.  We are HIS workmanship

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*** Psalms which encourage us and give us strength.

Psalms are prayers. 

Here are excerpts from Psalms 17-18 which build us up in ways of God.

Psalms of David.

Psalm 17

4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of THY lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

5 Hold up my goings in THY paths, that my footsteps slip not.

8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of THY wings,

9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked.

14 From men which are THY hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life,

Psalm 18

2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

(The Lord: The Word of God)

3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

6  In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: HE heard my voice out of HIS temple, and my cry came before HIM, even into HIS ears.

16 HE sent from above, HE took me, HE drew me out of many waters.

17 HE delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

19 HE brought me forth also into a large place; HE delivered me, because HE delighted in me.

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*** Does it disturb you when there is lawlessness and no judgment? Do you hate seeing churches turn from scripture and set up doctrines opposite from scripture?

 

 

Paul described the following concerning the last days:

2 Timothy 3

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

(This happens in the world and in the church groups.)

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection (homosexuals & lesbians:  Romans 1:26-28), trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness (church goers), but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

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We can feel depressed and hopeless when we realize there is no judgment thus permitting the evil to reign without penalty.

We see them investigate and gather evidence but nothing happens to the evil doer.

When we see this we must hold our selves up with scripture such as these.

Romans 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is MINE; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Though man often refuses to deal with lawlessness, God will repay and will judge.  We can be assured of that.  

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The Bible tells us what to do when lawlessness reigns:  "from such turn away".  (2 Tim. 3:5)

Turn away and pray, committing the matter to God, know God will judge each evil act of man even now or later at the judgment seat of Christ.

I was born again in 1975.  The first church I attended was a group where the pastors were from Dallas Theological Seminary, Bible University scholars.  They were teaching tongues to be from the devil.

One day, I read the following in the Bible:  

I Corinthians 14:39  Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

Am I going to attend a church group where the pastor teaches something opposite to the Holy Bible?

I quickly made the decision I would not attend any church group where pastor taught against Bible.  I would just leave that church.  ("From such turn away.")  

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Today 2022, our government established a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021 attack on the capitol building.

Even though I am not a political person, voting for neither political party, I was very shocked in that attack.  I saw immediately it was an attempt to overthrow democracy. 

So when they formed this committee to investigate this attack, I watched their presentation.

Several times I had seen Donald Trump's speech to the group that gathered that day at the White House.  I heard him tell them to go to the capitol and "he" would be with them. I saw them break the windows at the capitol and enter the capitol building.  It was obviously unlawful entry. The police stood against the rioters and caught some of them and put them in jail as you would expect police to do. But no one arrested the man who instigated the riot, the man who called the rioters to come to the capitol that specific day and ordered them to go to take over the capitol and stop the legal government from certifying the 2020 election.

I was shocked!  A man incited a riot and the government did nothing but "investigate."

I just turned away from watching such on TV.  Commit the matter to God for HIM to judge.  HE will judge.

We cannot watch such things and live in peace when there is no justice or attention to lawfulness.  It will bring us down with them if we try to do this.  We will end up depressed and some will be completely swept away from "goodness" when evil reigns.

We must put our faith in God.  And we must know God will judge and will reward the lawful and punish the evil doer.  Be assured of this.  

2 Corinthians 5:10-11 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; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

God is just and HE will judge wickedness.

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What do we do when there is evil in the church?

The apostle Paul tells us what to do:

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.

2 Timothy 3:5   Having a form of godliness (church goers), but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

This is what I do when I see evil that is reigning in a church group without correction.

This is what I do when I see an item in this world that is unjust but they will not judge.  I just turn away and refuse to watch.

We cannot participate in evil and live in peace.  If we are godly, we will be tormented by the evil.

We are seeing perilous times for lawlessness is all around.  Just turn away.  Pray.  Trust God to judge and stop participating in the lawlessness by continuing to watch the lawlessness.  Just turn away ... and follow after those things that make for peace and things whereby we can edify one another through God.

We must walk away.

(The NASB calls antichrist:  "The man of lawlessness."  2 Thessalonians 2 )

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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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That which we allow to come into our heart will at some point come out of our mouth.

Proverbs 4:23   Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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Psalm 51

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from THY presence; and take not THY HOLY SPIRIT from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of THY salvation; and uphold me with THY free spirit.

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*** Paths of life and paths of death:

Psalm 16:11  

THOU wilt shew me the path of life: in THY presence is fulness of joy; at THY right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

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Paths of life:

Psalm 16:8-9    I have set the LORD always before me: because HE is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.  Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

(The Lord: The Word of God)

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Paths of death:

Achievements of men which last only a short time but seem so important.

Trying to make oneself happy.

Seeking praise from men.

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Proverbs 18:21   Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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*** Psalm 9

2 I will be glad and rejoice in THEE: I will sing praise to THY name (The Word), O thou most High.

10 And they that know THY name (The Word) will put their trust in THEE: for THOU, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek THEE.

20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men.

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Jesus says:  

John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in ME (The Word) ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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Amos 5:15   Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate:

 

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*** Danger in watching evils on TV and in slipping into delighting into that which is evil in the sight of God.

 

 

Hebrews 10:25  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.

(exhort:  to urge earnestly by advice and warning)

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Jesus says:

Matthew 12

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.

(If we delight in that which is evil, we will put evil into our hearts by that which we watch on TV and by the people with whom we associate. And that which goes into our hearts comes out our mouth.)

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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I don't like to see adultery on TV.  I don't even like to see the hint of adultery for I know it is evil.  If evil is in our heart, we will seek out evil on TV and store up evil things by that which we choose to watch on TV.

Evil is defined for us by the works of the flesh:

I Corinthians 6

9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
 
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers (to criticize or abuse in an angry or insulting manner), nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

But if we have been cleansed by God from these sins and we turn back to these sins and delight again in such, we place ourselves in danger.

I find movies and TV shows that I once enjoyed before God showed me sins, I cannot watch today.  I have no desire to live in sins of this world nor to watch this world commit sins.

And Peter warns us:  

2 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.

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Amos 5:15   Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate:

And pray for God to restore you if you find yourself slipping.

Psalm 51

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from THY presence; and take not THY holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of THY salvation; and uphold me with THY free spirit.

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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.

(The Law of the Lord:  The Word of God)

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.

(He is nourished by the Word of God and drinks of that Word of God and his strength comes by that Word of God.)

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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Romans 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Jesus, the Word, is the way to go.

John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME (The Word).

Live in peace, without spot, and blameless as you wait for the coming of Jesus.

2 Peter 3:14  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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1 Timothy 6

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

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*** Spiritual gifts from God: Do you know which spiritual gift you have been given?

 

Proverbs 18:16   A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

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Romans 12

6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

7 Or ministry (serving), let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

8 Or he that exhorteth (to urge earnestly with advice and warning), on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

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I Corinthians 12

4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as HE will.

12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

14 For the body is not one member, but many.

15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased HIM.

27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

28 And God hath set some in the church (to work in the church), first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

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*** To live above this world, we cannot live the way of this world.

Deuteronomy 28

1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all HIS commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

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The way of this world is to buy now and pay later.  Enjoy the things of this world now.  Have it all now. Go into debt and have things now.

But consider these scriptures showing us what to do, how we are to live.

Deuteronomy 28

12 ...  thou shalt not borrow.

13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

If we choose to live the way of this world, when trouble comes we will go down with this world.

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In 1975, when I was born again, one of the first things God showed me was to get out of debt and stay out of debt.  This is what I chose to do.  So I am not affected by interest rates for I have no debt.

Also we must choose the following way:

1 Timothy 6

5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

(Debt causes a person to love money in spite of themselves.)

11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

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Matthew 6:33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Do the Word of God and continue doing the Word of God, resisting the ways of this world.

Romans 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Renew your mind to the scriptures, doing as they say.

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*** In the end time, they will know not until they are swept away as in the days of Noah, but this time by fire.

 

Matthew 24:35-39  Jesus says:

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away.

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but MY Father only.

37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

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We do not know the day or the hour of Jesus return, but we do know the season, for Jesus says as the buds come on the trees we know spring and summer are near.

The signs that the coming of Jesus is near:

💥 Jesus cannot return until the apostasy has come into the churches.

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come (day of the Lord), 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; 

The falling away:  Churches will fall away from scripture and set up other doctrines. Churches changing doctrines, falling away from some of the Holy Scriptures.

Antichrist comes into the churches and sits in the "temple of God".

This has been happening for many decades.  

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💥  Violence will increase upon the earth as violence increased in the day of Noah.

Genesis 6

5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6 And it repented the LORD that HE had made man on the earth, and it grieved HIM at HIS heart.

7And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before ME; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

(In the days of Noah the earth was destroyed with water.  That will not happen again.  At the end of this present earth, God will destroy the heaven and earth with fire.)

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And Paul says the last days will be perilous times and Paul tells us why this will be.

2 Timothy 3

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection (homosexuals & lesbians: Romans 1:26-29), 

trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness (attending church), but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

13  But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

(The plagues from God of the great tribulation are listed in Revelation 8; 9; 16)

 

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*** Will Christians be removed before The Great Tribulation?

 

 

Comments by Joan Boney:

We know some Christians will be on the earth at the time of the great tribulation because Jesus says:  

Matthew 24

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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Also Jesus shows us this order:

-The great tribulation.

-The powers of heaven will be shaken.

-Jesus returns and gathers the elect of God from this earth.

Matthew 24:29-31  Jesus says:

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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*** Strangers and pilgrims on this earth.

 

The godly men of the Bible viewed themselves as "strangers and pilgrims" in this world.

Hebrews 11

13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for HE hath prepared for them a city.  

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At the end of this world, the righteous will be taken by Jesus to the city prepared for them by God.

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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*** Praying according to the will of God

I Peter 3:12  For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and HIS ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

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I John 5

14 And this is the confidence that we have in HIM, that, if we ask any thing according to HIS will, HE heareth us:

15 And if we know that HE hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of HIM.

So if you want your prayers to be answered, pray according to HIS will.

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*** Angels carry messages of God, often through dreams.

 

 

Psalm 103:20  Bless the LORD, ye HIS angels, that excel in strength, that do HIS commandments, hearkening unto the voice of HIS word.

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Angels carry messages of God to the people of God.

Often God protects us by the message HE sends us by an angel:

Matthew 2:13-15  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:

15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

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In 1982, an angel told me in a dream that I was in great danger  and HE said to me:  "Don't go until you see Exodus 15."  I cancelled my entire schedule and stayed at home in my apartment in Dallas where I recorded exhortations for the church on radio.  But I did not go out where I was in danger.

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Angels do not have wings.  Angels look like regular men.

Hebrews 13:2  Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

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God sent two angels to Sodom to deliver Lot and his family from Sodom before God destroyed Sodom.

We see by this description that these two angels looked like regular men.

Genesis 19

1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they (the angels) said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

(Lot did not know they were angels.  Lot knew it was dangerous for them to sleep in the street.)

3 And he (Lot) pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.  (Have sex with them.)

6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

10 But the men (the angels) put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

11 And they (the angels) smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

(The angels had great power from God.)

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God called me into the ministry in the late l970's.  I was waiting for God to show me where to go.  

On January 10, 1980, I was asleep in the night when I believe an angel spoke to me while I slept.  He said:  "Hartford, Seattle, KWJS"   By this, God showed me to go on radio and exhort the church.

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An angel of the Lord moved the great stone away from the tomb of Jesus.

Luke 24

1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they (the women) came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men (angels) stood by them in shining garments:

5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they (the angels) said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

6 HE is not here, but is risen:

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Angels have great strength and carry messages of God to us as needed.

Angels look like natural men.  

Angels do according to the will of God and are sent by God to do the works of God for us.

Exodus 23  God says:

20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for MY name is in him.

22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

23 For mine Angel shall go before thee,

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An angel freed Peter from Herod's prison:

Acts 12

6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

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An angel told Paul they would not be harmed in the shipwreck:

Paul told the shipmaster none would be lost in the storm:  Then Paul said:  I believe God that it shall be even as it was told me.

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An angel of the Lord gave instructions concerning the baby Jesus:

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.

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

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As a new Christian in 1975, I studied all things the angels did in both Old and New Testaments.

I saw by these scriptures that God uses angels today for us just as God used angels in the Bible.

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*** Being born again by the Word of God.

 

I Peter 1

2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to HIS abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

8 WHOM having not seen, ye love; IN WHOM, though now ye see HIM not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

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Comments by Joan Boney:

I was born again on August 5, 1975.

I was in bed reading a book when God by HIS Spirit began speaking to me.

HE said:  "Joan ... you know all those mistakes you've been making all these years?  Those weren't mistakes.  Those were sins."

I was very shocked!  I thought they were mistakes.

Many people think they are making mistakes when they are committing sins.

When God reveals sin, then you are changed and born again.

Galatians 5:19-21

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

No church can save you.  Only God can save you from your sins.  The church are those who have been saved.

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Pam Padgett was a Catholic.  Her classmate was killed on a motorcycle.  She was in high school.  Never before had she considered that someone her age could be killed.  

 

It was strongly put into her mind and heart that, if she died, nothing she had learned in the Catholic church could save her.  Her only hope was God.

She began to pray.  She was very frightened.  She said:  "If there is any way YOU can save me please do so."

After she prayed that, she realized there was something "of God" in her.

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Years later, she read the following Bible verse and then she realized what it was that was in her.

I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

The Holy Spirit:  (John 14:16 & John 16:13)

   - teaches us all things

   - reminds us of everything Jesus has said to us

   - guides us into all truth

   - shows us things to come

Romans 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

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