Human beings are intricately designed, their most basic substance formed within a mother's womb. As soon as this substance of life—predetermined before the foundation of the world—appears, physical life begins and develops into distinct parts.
Psalms 139:13 KJV For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
Psalms 139:14 KJV I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalms 139:15 KJV My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Psalms 139:16 KJV Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
From the very beginning, God forms the life that develops in the womb.
Isaiah 44:2 KJV Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 44:24 KJV Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
You will never be able to count all these blessings, but you can count many of them today, starting with a new day in His service. If you are not yet in His service, may today be your first day at work.
Psalms 139:17 KJV How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Psalms 139:18 KJV If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
We are called to hate the enemies of God, not to call them our greatest allies. As for our enemies, we are called to love them, for in the grand scheme of eternity, not all of our enemies are enemies of God.
Psalms 139:21 KJV Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Psalms 139:22 KJV I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Start every day with a clean mind and heart.
Psalms 139:23 KJV Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Psalms 139:24 KJV And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Petty disputes can be resolved within the context of a local church. However, felonies require local law enforcement, unless you have maximum prison and death penalty capabilities, which you do not.
1 Corinthians 6:5 KJV I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
1 Corinthians 6:6 KJV But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
1 Corinthians 6:7 KJV Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
All sexual sins are addressed in this passage, not just homosexuality. Any type of sex, including porn, outside the marriage of one man and one woman is merely a cheap imitation that will never satisfy the soul. It comes at a great cost, breaking the heart and spirit, and has led many to an unrepentant hell.
1 Corinthians 6:9 KJV Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
If you have been forgiven by Christ, do not ever forget where you came from.
1 Corinthians 6:11 KJV 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.
Flee porn and all its physical manifestations. Hate it, knowing that the same people who promote it today are the same ones who killed Christ.
1 Corinthians 6:18 KJV Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
If you are looking at porn today, I doubt you are reading your Bible today. If you have been bought with the price of Christ, you will not pay the price for porn. Cancel your porn subscriptions, Christian, or you will pay a price you cannot pay.
1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1 Corinthians 6:20 KJV For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Balaam, a Gentile believer, was instructed, rebuked, and protected by God according to His Word and sovereignty.
Numbers 22:18 KJV And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Numbers 22:34 KJV And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
Numbers 22:38 KJV And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
Gospilled Minute #143
Who is this 'another,' called 'Jacob-Israel,' who serves as a chosen servant of God?
Isaiah 44:1 KJV Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Isaiah 44:5 KJV One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Those who know Christ, the King and Redeemer, who is the First and the Last, and the only true God.
Isaiah 44:6 KJV Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
What seed is possessed by the Spirit of God?
Isaiah 44:3 KJV For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Who are the witnesses of God today?
Isaiah 44:8 KJV Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
Whose sins are forgiven?
Isaiah 44:21 KJV Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
Isaiah 44:22 KJV I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Who sings?
Isaiah 44:23 KJV Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
I do not care how you cook them, the ashes of this world will never taste good. Yet recipes for them are published every day on social media.
Isaiah 44:20 KJV He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Father, strengthen us to hate porn with perfect hatred. In Jesus' Name, Amen.