*** God provides a place for me to live in my old age. God will not fail us nor forsake us.

 

 

Comments by Joan Boney:

I believe you will find this an amazing testimony and hopeful it will help us to trust in God for HE will not fail us nor forsake us, and I have found as long as God chooses to leave me on this earth, HE provides for me.

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In June 2018, Pam Padgett (our church group) decided to add a bedroom and full bath to the downstairs area of her house in Colorado Springs.  She had a "library" room which opened up into her fireplace area.  She wanted to move her sound system to the fireplace area and close up that opening and use the other room for a downstairs bedroom.  She asked me to help with the design for the sound system since I've had a lot of experiences with sound systems and we have the same speakers.

God gave me an idea whereby the large front speakers could be recessed into the new wall which would be built in the fireplace area.  Since that is a small room, it was very important to get those speakers back into the wall and away from the walk space.

Pam had been helping her elderly neighbor, Jim, and she saw how hard it was for Jim to have all his bedrooms upstairs at his house.

When Pam started working on building the downstairs bedroom and making the bath into a full bath, she was a little fearful thinking, "I wonder what is going to happen in the future to me to make me need this downstairs bedroom/bath?"

But she was sure God was leading her so she continue to pursue this project which was completed in January 2019.

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I have found that sometimes God leads me by planting an idea or desire in my heart.

I had lived alone in my house in Texas for a number of years. I began to have the idea that a change was coming to my life and I would no longer be able to live alone.  This did not trouble me at all.  In fact I began to have a desire to live in a house with another church person, without even knowing who that person would be.

On December 6, 2019, I fell at my house in Texas. As they took me to the hospital by ambulance.  As they rolled me past the front door of my house, I heard this from the Holy Spirit of God.  "You'll never see this house again."

I was not troubled at all by this information.  I was sure God had a plan for me.

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As I awaited surgery at hospital, a nurse came into my room.  She had some papers for me to sign which would put some other person in charge of making decisions for me if I was unable to do so.

Instantly I said, "Pam Padgett is in charge of me."

Another member of our church group was standing there when I said this and heard me.  She was shocked and replied, "How can Pam be in charge?  She doesn't even live here."  (Pam lived 450 miles away in Colorado Springs.)

I replied:  "I don't know how she can be but she is."

(I think God must have put that in my heart and it was HIS plan.  I'd never thought of Pam being in charge should I not be able to make decisions.  I just spoke that she was in charge.)

Pam ended up flying to Lubbock, Texas, 3 or 4 times from Denver. She helped me get to one of the appointments with surgeon.  She helped me to move from one rehabilitation hospital to another.  She even selected the second hospital and was with me when they moved me. She kept in touch by phone with the supervisors at the hospitals.  When I put my house up for sale, Pam met with my contractor to prepare the property and to put my things that I wanted to keep in storage.  She worked out an estate sale to get rid of large pieces of furniture that I did not want to keep.  She took photos of each room and brought these for me to select items to keep.

I had watched Pam make decisions for many years before this accident.  When there was a problem, she talked with God.  After she felt God had showed her what to do she did what she heard and resolved the problem and then she might tell me of that problem after God had led her. Usually she did not tell me of the problem until she had settled it with God.  This was exactly the kind of person I could work with.

I was in hospitals for 2 1/2 months.  Somehow during that time it was decided that I would move to Colorado Springs and live in Pam's house where she had just converted one of her downstairs rooms into a bedroom.  Also she had added a shower to the downstairs bath and it was ready for use by the time I was released from the hospital on February 24, 2019.

Pam flew to Lubbock to assist me in the trip to Colorado which we made by plane.  

Earlier, in January, Pam had flown to Lubbock to get my old car and my cat and take them to Colorado.

When we arrived at Pam's house, and I got into the bedroom, my cat saw me and she looked as if to say, "Is it really you?"  and cat ran to me and jumped up on my bed and stayed very close to me.  (I hadn't seen her since I fell on December 6, 2018.)

I've been at Pam's house for the past 3 years.  It has been great being here in the house with another Christian who hears from God as I do.  It has turned out to be the very best situation I've ever been in for my entire life!  And God put it all together and made it work for both of us to benefit of both of us.

Psalm 24:17   Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and HE shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

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*** Stand fast in the Lord ... in the Word.

Jesus is the Lord.  Jesus is the Word.

John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

So when Paul says, "Stand fast in the Lord," (Phil. 4:1), Paul is telling us to stand fast in The Word who is our Lord, Jesus.

Each time I see, "The Lord", in the Bible, I think of "The Word."

John 14:6  Jesus says:  I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Jesus is saying:  "The Word is the way to go ... The Word is the truth ... The Word is the life ... no man cometh unto the Father but by The Word."

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Psalm 23

1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 HE maketh me to lie down in green pastures: HE leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: HE leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for HIS name's sake.

David is saying:

The Word is my shepherd ... I follow The Word, therefore I shall not want.

The Word makes me to lie down in green pastures:  The Word leads me beside the still waters.

The Word restores my soul.  

The Word leads me in the paths of righteousness.

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*** Jesus says: "Take heed that no man deceive you." (Mt. 24:4)

 

 

In the end times, deception will be rampant.  They will come saying, "Jesus is Lord", and they will deceive many by saying Jesus is Christ.  But they are not born again and they do not have the Spirit of God in them and they try to follow God without having HIS Spirit.  

Many church people think they are Christians because they attend church but they are not born again.  They just joined a church group or went forward and were baptized in water without being illuminated by God.

Matthew 24

1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and HIS disciples came to HIM for to shew HIM the buildings of the temple.

2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

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

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

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

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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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Jude

17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

18 How that they told you there should be mockers (copiers) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

(They sit among the church copying those persons who seem to do spiritual things.)

19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

(But though they say they are Christians they do not have the Spirit of God and we recognize them because they do not walk after the Spirit of God.)

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*** The Bible says it is not wise to measure yourself by another person and covetousness is caused by doing this.

 

2 Corinthians 10:12  For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

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My cleaning lady once said to me, "Don't you ever think you have to try to keep up with the Jones?"

I was surprised in this question.  I thought about it and answered, "No."

Later I was reading Bible and saw a passage of scripture which said to do this leads to covetousness.

To compare yourself to another is also a work of the flesh:  emulation  (Gal. 5:20)

emulate:  to try to out do another person, to match or surpass another person in achievement

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Instead we should turn to God and ask HIM what HE wants us to do, not trying to out do another person, but pleasing God in all things.  Helping people as needed instead of beating people.   For Paul says that they that do "such things" shall not inherit the kingdom of God.  (I Cor. 6:9-10 & Gal. 5:19-21)

And to live the way of our flesh will trouble us unnecessarily.

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We are born in the flesh of man, the natural man.

I Corinthians 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

So God sent HIS Son, the Word, Jesus to live on this earth and die for our sins.  HIS blood was sacrificed for us that we might come to God through belief in HIM.

God gave us HIS Spirit so we could know the will of God and God showed us what we had been doing in the flesh was sin and caused us to go opposite to the will of our flesh and to overcome by going in the way of God by the Spirit.

Galatians 5

1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

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

17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

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.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

(Follow after the things the Spirit brings to our mind which produce the fruits of the Spirit.  For example:  Instead of hating those who offend us as our flesh wants to do, we learn to love and forgive them which brings forth the fruits of the Spirit.)

26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

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

So we deliberately choose to love rather than to hate as this world does.  We resist the flesh by choosing to go in the way of the Holy Spirit of God.  The Spirit of God will bring to our mind the way of God and we choose that way keeping our own flesh crucified with Christ by going in the way shown us by the Spirit.

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*** The right to sin.

 

No wonder when Jesus comes all the tribes of the earth will "mourn".

Matthew 24:30  Jesus says:  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.

For they claimed their right to live as they please on this present earth.  And they claim PRIDE in their various sins without restraint.

And nothing can touch them, or so they think.

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I Thessalonians 5:3  For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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* The right to divorce and remarry:

Mark 10:11-12   And HE (Jesus) saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.   And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

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* The right to be homosexuals and lesbians:

Romans 1:26-28   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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* The right to have abortions, destroying the heritage of the Lord:

Psalm 127:3  Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is HIS reward.

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No wonder every tribe of the earth will mourn when they see Jesus coming through the clouds at the end of this present world:

Matthew 24:30   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.

So take PRIDE in those sins, until you see Jesus coming through the air ... and then begin to MOURN!

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. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;

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*** When they speak the right thing by the wrong spirit, we, the elect of God are grieved.

 

In all things, we must speak by the right Spirit, by that Holy Spirit of God.

Here is a very interesting example:

Acts 16:16-18  And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

Notice that everything this girl said was correct.

But she said this by the wrong spirit.

Paul would have none of this wrong spirit.

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I have seen this type of thing.  I have received emails from religious people who speak "correct things" but by the wrong spirit and I find their words grieve me.

I was in Europe in 1980 with a church friend.  She and her husband had many years experience ministering in Europe.  She said to me, "You must be very sensitive to the spirit by which they are speaking."  

I had only a few years of experience as a Christian and I really didn't understand what she was saying to me but I knew she was right.

Today I often am shown there is a wrong spirit speaking when people come to me saying they are Christians.

In these end times, I think it is important for us to recognize that spirit by which people write and speak.

Lately I have often prayed that I not be deceived nor deluded by them.

For there will be much delusion coming and many will be deceived by those who say Jesus is Lord.

Jesus warned us:

Mt. 24:3-5   And as HE sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto HIM privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

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

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

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*** God helps us continually by the Holy Spirit of Jesus.

God knows the future and HE leads us through this current "wilderness" by bringing to our mind ideas showing us what to do.

Or sometimes God will plant in our heart the truth of the situation and by that truth we know what to do.

Many things are coming upon this world because of the sins of the world and because of the sins of the apostate church groups who have fallen away from specific scriptures.

But in all troubles, God helps the elect of God, those who are born again and given the Holy Spirit.

For the Holy Spirit is used by God in guiding the New Testament church. Each person who belongs to God has the Holy Spirit.

The apostle Paul tells us this:

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

And Jesus tells us what the Holy Spirit does for each of us.

John 14:26  Jesus says:  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of HIMSELF; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.

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*** We are a small light in the total darkness of this present world and in the darkness of the apostate churches.

In the midst of the great darkness of this world and the apostate churches, who change doctrines written in the New Testament Bible and approve people in their various sins, we hold fast to scripture and speak scripture and live our lives by various scriptures. 

 

We are a small light to the people of this present world.  And we show the right path of God.

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.

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I Thessalonians 5:3-9

3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,  (The Word)

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Philippians 2:13-16

13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of HIS good pleasure.

14 Do all things without murmurings (complaining) and disputings:

15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

16 Holding forth the word of life;

Though the darkness that surrounds man all over this world is very great today as we draw nearer to the return of Jesus and the end of this present heaven and earth, there is a small light everywhere and that light is The Word of God, The Holy Bible, The scriptures which we speak and live!

2 Timothy 3:16

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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*** From heaven today, Jesus appoints ministers for HIS church. (Eph. 4)

When Jesus walked on this earth HE called 12 men to be HIS apostles.

But after the crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus called from heaven HIS ministers, just as Jesus called the apostle Paul from heaven.

At the time Jesus called Paul to be a minister, Paul was persecuting the church. 

Acts 9:1-6  And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt THOU have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

This scripture shows us Jesus calling Paul (by name) and appointing him from heaven to be a minister after Jesus was crucified and raised into heaven.

Jesus does this same thing today as HE sets HIS ministers into today's church.  From heaven, Jesus speaks to HIS chosen ministers, appointing them into the ministry of the church and teaching them to do the work of the ministry to which HE has called them.

Ephesians 4:8  Wherefore HE saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

11-12  And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

I Cor. 12:27-28  Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.  And God hath set some in the church (as ministers), first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

Jesus, speaking from heaven, calls HIS ministers today.

But many ministers today do not have that call of Jesus on their lives.  They put themselves into the ministry by going to Bible college or seminaries without being called by Jesus to do so.  And they are the antichrists in today's churches.

Jude

17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

18 How that they told you there should be mockers (copiers of other ministers) in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

This is the end time apostasy.

2 Peter 2

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

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

(These false ministers explain away various scriptures and approve sins in the congregation by departing from scriptures such as Mt. 5:32 where Jesus said the man who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.

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

Many false ministers in today's church covet greatness for themselves and try to draw large numbers of people to their church for this makes them look "great" and also brings more money into the church.

This is the end time apostasy in the church where they fall away from specific scriptures and set up other doctrines contrary to the New Testament Bible Doctrines.

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, God said to me:  "This falling away are not people leaving the church group but are church groups leaving various scriptures."

NASB calls this the apostasy of the end times that had to happen in the churches before Jesus returns.

II Thessalonians 2:3-4  (NASB)

3 No one is to deceive you in any way! For it (the return of Jesus) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.

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*** Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward HIS name.

2 Cor. 5:9-11   Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of HIM.
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;

Hebrews 6:10  For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward HIS name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Each of us "serve" (minister) in the way God has shown us.

Pam Padgett has been given by God the spiritual gift of "helps".

I Cor. 12:28  And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

I have been given a spiritual gift of "exhortation".

Romans 12:8  Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

We work in that spiritual gift or office to which we are placed by God, but we share equally in the body of Christ and will receive for that which we do in our assignment!

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*** Jesus tells us what it will be like before HE returns to gather the elect of God.

 

Luke 21

7  And they asked HIM, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?

Luke 17

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

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

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

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What was it like in Sodom in the time Lot lived there?

The sins of Sodom reached into heaven and God sent 2 angels to Sodom to destroy Sodom but first these angels had to remove Lot for he was a righteous man.

2 Peter 2:6-9   And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

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

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

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

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A rise in acceptance of homosexual sins will happen as a sign before Jesus returns to gather the elect to HIMSELF and God destroys this present world.

Lot knew homosexual acts were "wicked" and he states this in the following scripture.

Homosexuals lived in every "quarter" of the city of Sodom when Lot lived there.  Lot knew these acts were wicked and he was vexed because of them.

Two men, who were really angels of God, came to Sodom on assignment from God, to destroy Sodom after they delivered Lot from the destruction that was to come.  

Lot saw these two angels but he saw them as 2 men.  

(Angels do not have wings.  Angels look like normal men.)

Knowing the wickedness of the city of Sodom, Lot offered these men the protection of his own house.

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 said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

3 And he 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 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.

(angels of God have great powers)

12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

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The open approval by the world and the apostate churches concerning homosexual acts is one sign of the coming of Jesus to gather HIS elect and also the pending Great Tribulation and the destruction God will bring upon this world.

These churches depart from the following scriptures concerning homosexuals and lesbians:

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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*** Given the opportunity, speak the truth of God.

When the door opens in the conversation, just speak the truth by the Holy Spirit of God, by that which the Holy Spirit brings to your mind at that time.

2 Tim. 4:2-4  (Paul instructs Timothy)  Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

When I am with a person and the Holy Spirit reminds me of a scripture or concept, that is what I try to speak.   

The main thing is be faithful to God to speak what HE brings to you by HIS Spirit for then God will do the works that HE wants done.

But I am greatly warned about trying to plan ahead that which I will speak for if I do that, it might be my own work.  

God will guide us in that which we are to speak at the moment we are with another person.  

Let God be in charge.  

If God wants us to speak, HE will bring to our mind that which we are to say.  And we simply share "that".

A woman in our little church group had made out a list of things she wanted to say to her adult aged son.

When I found out what she was doing I urged her to tear up her list and just speak those things brought to her mind by the Holy Spirit of God when she was with her son.

Luke 21:14-15  Jesus says:  Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:  For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

She did tear up her list and spoke what God brought to her mind while she was with her son, and she told me later not one thing on her list was called to her mind.

Learn to trust God to do HIS work through you.

When we learn to trust God, HE will bring to our mind that which HE wants us to say.  We don't have to try to do anything!  Just speak as the Holy Spirit leads you.

John 14:26  Jesus says: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.

Also it is critical for us to settle all offenses with God, otherwise we might speak wrongly, trying to set someone straight.  We must keep ourselves at peace, without spot and blameless through praying when we are offended, and then speak freely that which God brings to our mind.

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.

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

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*** Answer to prayer:

(Comments by Joan Boney)

Jesus said:  And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.  (Mt. 10:36)

So it is not unusual when you speak the Word from God to have a relative or the church people fight against that Word.

In 1977, my cousin, Church of Christ member, once said to me, "Well ... I believe you are a Christian ... I just don't see how you can be one."

She did not understand being born again.

For the next 40-years, she fought me and tried to get me to quit the work I believe God gave me to do.

In 2019, she waged her last battle against me.  It was by exchange of letters for by this time she had gone totally deaf and could not hear by phone and the only communication I could have with her was by letter.  (She didn't know how to do email so we sent US mail to each other.)  She lived in another city from me, about 500 miles away.

She was 97-years-old at that time.

My prayer was that God would reveal to her before she died that I was of HIM and I was just trying to do that which HE told me to do.

(Then she could be saved and go to the new heaven, new Jerusalem.  But if she died fighting against me, that would be same as fighting against God.)

On May 31, 2021, God gave me a dream showing me this cousin now knows I was doing HIS work and we were at peace with one another.

I've always believed God could save a person at the time of that person's last breath on this earth.

Just speak the truth and hold fast to the truth when speaking to another person.  And quit worrying and have faith in God.

If we pray according to the will of God, our prayer will be answered.

I John 5:14-15   And this is the confidence that we have in HIM, that, if we ask any thing according to HIS will, HE heareth us:  And if we know that HE hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of HIM.

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*** Many put themselves into ministries without being called by Jesus for the work of the ministry.

When Jesus calls us to a ministry work on this earth, HE appoints us from heaven as Jesus appointed and called the apostle Paul from heaven.  

Jesus will do something to show that person he is to be a minister of Jesus Christ when Jesus calls him to be a minister.

Ephesians 4:8;11-12

8 Wherefore HE saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

11-15 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:  That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;  But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into HIM in all things, which is the head, even Christ: (The Word)

But many put themselves into ministries without having the Spirit of God and without having the call of Jesus for the ministry.

They just enroll in seminaries or Bible colleges.

Jude

17-19  But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;  How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.  These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

Often when I share things of God with such, they have no spark of understanding.  Understanding is from God.  When I see this, I usually depart from that person knowing that God is not giving that individual understanding.  

1 Cor. 2:14   But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The apostle Paul spoke of these false ministers who were not of Jesus and actually were ministers of Satan.

2 Cor. 11:13-15  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

They see the Bible with natural eyes and often set up many false doctrines from the scriptures.  And by doing such, they deny the Lord Jesus though they say "Jesus is Lord."

For if you deny scriptures, you deny Jesus who is "The Word".

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*** Building our works on the word from God.

 

 

I Corinthians 3

11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (The Word of God)

13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

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A Jewish woman who said she believed in Jesus told me that "God had ordained her to sell my house for me."  I doubted that!  I had just hired a realtor that same morning.  The house sold in 2 days.

When I was injured by a fall I was examined at hospital and sent back home, the physicians saying this was broken in an area of my upper arm which did not require surgery.  However it was very painful and I could hardly move.  One of our church members tried to help me but I could see she was not able to do this so I hired home help care.  This church member said I was taking her assignment from God away from her by hiring these people.  But I knew the work with me was wearing her down.  Later she said she was glad I had hired the home help care.

Often people think God has assigned them to do something which is not the case.

Jesus says:

Matthew 7

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

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

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

(It was not God who assigned them to do that work.)

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When the work is assigned to us by God and we faithfully do that work, we will receive reward.

God assigned a work for Joshua to do in taking Moses place after Moses died.

Joshua 1

1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

When God assigns us to do something and we do that thing, signs follow confirming the work to be from the Holy Spirit.

In February 2022, I awoke one morning at 7 am knowing to contact and reconcile with two women who had left me two or three years earlier.  Immediately I got out of bed and send emails to these women saying, "I just want you to know I wish you well in all things as you go forward."

Was that God telling me to do this?

Confirmation came from one of the women who said she had been feeling that she was going to be hearing from me and had even started looking for me to appear on her emails, "and now it has happened."

I have found that God often confirms that what I have done was assigned by HIM.

Mark 16:20  And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.

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I believe devils try to imitate God and assign us works to do.

But remember:  God's yoke is easy and HIS burden is light.  (Matthew 11:30)

James 3

13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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A man who was from another country which was around the world from me contacted me.  He said he was a minister and he said God told him to get me to come help HIM like God told Paul in the "man from Macedonia" vision. 

But I didn't believe this was God.

* I was 81 years old at that time and partially crippled.  It would likely have killed me to try to travel.

* This would have been very expensive.  I have found when men ask me to travel around the world they never offer to help me with expenses.

* I would have to abandon my own work assigned by God (blog and podcasts) to be able to do this travel.

* It would be a very difficult yoke for me and would likely destroy me.

John 10:10  Jesus says:  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

We must carefully evaluate what we do to be sure the assignment is from God.

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*** Lk. 12:40 Jesus says: Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

The important thing for each of us is not so much "when" Jesus comes, the day and such, but that which is important for each human is staying ready for the coming of Jesus.

God has clearly shown us the following:

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.

Lk. 21:33-36   Jesus says:  Heaven and earth shall pass away: but MY words shall not pass away.

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

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

36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

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*** How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? (Psalm 137:4)

Sometimes when we try to share things of God with an unbeliever, it is like wading through thick mud and we feel a heavy weight.  But when we share as God leads by HIS Spirit in us it is lightness and strength.

I have learned to do this:  Don't try to share, but when God brings something to my memory when I am with another person, share that!

Examples are given on this Podcast:

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*** As we see homosexual & lesbian acts approved by this world and by the apostate churches, we can know we draw nearer to the return of Jesus and the removal of the elect of God from this present earth

 

As we see leaves begin to bud on the trees we know summer comes,  As we see open approval and rise of homosexuals we can know Jesus stands ready to remove the elect of God from this earth before the coming destructions appointed for the end of this world by God.

It is amazing to me to see how fast this approval of homosexual and lesbians and other sexual deviations is happening at this point in time.

I Thess. 5:1-5  But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.  Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

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The Bible shows us this is one of the signs of the end and the return of Jesus to gather the elect of God.

Mt. 24:32-33  Jesus says:   Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:  So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Lk. 17:28-30   Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

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

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

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God destroyed Sodom in the days of Lot because of the open wickedness displayed by homosexual acts.

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 said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

3 And he 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 (who were really angels of God) put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

11 And they 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.

(Angels have great power from God.)

12 And the men (the 2 angels) said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

25 And HE overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

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