We do not generate our own faith or righteousness; both are gifts of grace from God. It is His faithfulness and righteousness that are bestowed upon us through Jesus Christ.
Psalms 143:1 KJV Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Gift of Faith:
Ephesians 2:8 KJV For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Gift of Righteousness:
Romans 5:17 KJV For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
There is only one man—the Son of man—who lived and came not to be justified, but to justify. Those who refuse His gracious justification through the faith that only He can give will be judged by His holy wrath and justice. There is no justification outside of Jesus Christ.
Psalms 143:2 KJV And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
A man asks, 'How do I know if I am born again?' Do you seek the LORD each morning? If the Spirit of God indwells you, you will—not because of religious habit, but because of love.
Psalms 143:8 KJV Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
‘Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.’
Are you concerned with God’s will or your own today?
Psalms 143:10 KJV Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
The righteousness of the LORD is our strength and deliverance.
Psalms 143:11 KJV Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
I do not know upon what rock your church is built; I can only hope and pray it is founded on the Rock of Christ. This is true for the Church of God today, just as it was for the church in the wilderness that Moses attended.
1 Corinthians 10:4 KJV And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
2 Samuel 22:32 KJV For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
Psalms 18:46 KJV The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Christian, you think you stand, but do you?
1 Corinthians 10:12 KJV Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Do you lust after evil things?
“Nah, I just enjoy paying for horror movies.”
1 Corinthians 10:6 KJV Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
Have you practiced idolatry?
“Nah, I just enjoy my political saviors and like playing meme coins with them.”
1 Corinthians 10:7 KJV Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Do you commit fornication?
“Nah, I just enjoy my porn and OnlyFans girls.”
1 Corinthians 10:8 KJV Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Do you treat Christ as a genie in a bottle?
“Nah, just when it comes to my scratch off lotto tickets.”
1 Corinthians 10:9 KJV Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Do you murmur against God and His church elders He establishes?
“Nah, unless they preach against my sin.”
1 Corinthians 10:10 KJV Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
1 Corinthians 10:11 KJV Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
1 Corinthians 10:14 KJV Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
We live and escape temptation through God’s faithfulness that works in us, or we do not live by faith at all.
1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Please help me to understand the concept of Judeo-Christianity and America’s greatest allies again.
1 Corinthians 10:21 KJV Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
We have no business whining about a lack of encouragement from others when we don’t actively encourage others ourselves. I must remind myself of this often, or I’ll get wrapped up in myself and my own work without directly supporting the Kingdom efforts of others.
1 Corinthians 10:24 KJV Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
If you research any market, including the local grocery market, and follow the rabbit trails that emerge, every trail will lead to sin. Is it possible to avoid all markets? No. Therefore, we should not go down these rabbit trails unless you want to be driven mad and thrown off the course you are called to follow.
1 Corinthians 10:25 KJV Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
If someone insists on preaching one of these rabbit trails to you, don’t go out of your way to parade your liberty in their face. Just give a nod and move on.
1 Corinthians 10:28 KJV But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
1 Corinthians 10:29 KJV Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
1 Corinthians 10:30 KJV For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Christians are not called to bully the Jews. We are called to preach the truth of the Gospel to them in love, even if it hurts.
1 Corinthians 10:32 KJV Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
1 Corinthians 10:33 KJV Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
The children of Israel faced divine judgment through a plague that claimed 24,000 lives, including 1,820 military-aged men.
Census of military-aged men: 603,550 (Numbers 1:46) - 601,730 (Numbers 26:51) = 1,820.
God made His judgments clear, yet He called the children of Israel to persevere, ultimately paving the way for the coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, into the world.
Numbers 26:2 KJV Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
Numbers 26:51 KJV These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
Numbers 1:46 KJV Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Who is this house that calls itself Israel and the Jews, yet not in truth or righteousness?
America's greatest ally.
Isaiah 48:1 KJV Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
The holy city and the names thereof have been hijacked by the Synagogue of Satan.
Isaiah 48:2 KJV For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
If America were saved from its pending doom, many idolatrous Christians would claim that their political idol is the savior.
Isaiah 48:4 KJV Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Isaiah 48:5 KJV I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
God would have destroyed all the transgressors from the womb (Jews who rejected Him) if their nation had not been chosen to bring the Messiah into the world.
Isaiah 48:8 KJV Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Isaiah 48:9 KJV For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
Isaiah 48:10 KJV Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Isaiah 48:11 KJV For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
Who is the first and the last? Jesus Christ is LORD!
Isaiah 48:12 KJV Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Revelation 22:13 KJV I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Who created the heavens and the earth? Jesus Christ, the LORD!
Isaiah 48:13 KJV Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Colossians 1:16 KJV For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
The seed that is as the sand of the sea is conditioned upon Jesus Christ, the Holy One of Israel, who alone gives peace that surpasses all understanding.
Isaiah 48:17 KJV Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Isaiah 48:18 KJV O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Isaiah 48:19 KJV Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
Acts 3:14 KJV But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
Father, thank You for the gifts of faith and righteousness! In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
