The poor walk contentedly with integrity as they contend for the faith, whereas the fool’s lips are filled with contention under the guise of faith.
Proverbs 19:1 KJV Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Proverbs 19:23 KJV The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Men of God no longer play with the toys of the heart.
Proverbs 19:21 KJV There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Redneck Publius replied on Gab,
Good morning, brother. I’m starting my walk with Jesus again today. I try to stay focused but the world always distracts me. I’m always glad to see your scripture posts. Thanks. Some plant and some water. I’m just a water boy, but that’s okay by me.
The instruction of the LORD leads me to His words of knowledge each morning, whereas the world’s instructions constantly lead to foolishness.
Proverbs 19:27 KJV Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
The fools mock for now, but judgment will come; it always does.
Proverbs 19:29 KJV Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
However you understand the Godhead, there is no denying the fact that there is no other who stands with the Father like Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Ephesians 1:2 KJV Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:3 KJV Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Gospilled Minute #164
We are chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, predestined according to God's good will and pleasure. I don’t label this Calvinism; I call it the Word of God. Through His foreknowledge, God accepted and confirmed all who would trust in Him before humanity existed. Too many have misunderstood who the "chosen" are. If you are not in Christ, you are not chosen.
Ephesians 1:4 KJV According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Ephesians 1:5 KJV Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Ephesians 1:6 KJV To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
If the blood of Christ is not applied to your life through faith, your sins are not forgiven. If the blood of Christ is applied to your life, your sins are forgiven, you are redeemed, and you are exceedingly rich, all because of the mercy and grace of God Almighty.
Ephesians 1:7 KJV In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Our will does not save us; God’s will does. Our will simply receives or rejects God’s will. If you are a recipient and practitioner of God’s will, you are among the Elect in Christ, who are gathered by faith one soul at a time.
Ephesians 1:9 KJV Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Ephesians 1:10 KJV That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Ephesians 1:11 KJV In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
How does one receive the gift of faith according to the will of God?
Through the Word of Truth. You will either accept this Word or reject it until you can reject it no longer.
Ephesians 1:13 KJV In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Romans 10:17 KJV So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
If you have true faith in the Lord Jesus, you will love and pray for the saints, not pray to the saints. Saints are fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
Ephesians 1:15 KJV Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
Ephesians 1:16 KJV Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
The mighty power of God is revealed to us through Jesus Christ; there is no greater power. He is the head of His body, the Church, also known as the Israel of God, which is not a replacement but a full revelation.
Ephesians 1:19 KJV And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Ephesians 1:20 KJV Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Ephesians 1:21 KJV Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Ephesians 1:22 KJV And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Ephesians 1:23 KJV Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
The crucifixion.
Deuteronomy 16:6 KJV But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
Yes, humans have free will to accept or reject God's will. Otherwise, we'd be mere programs, no different from AI that can never love anyone.
Deuteronomy 16:10 KJV And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
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Deuteronomy 16:11 KJV And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
Giving has always been biblical and a test of faith.
Deuteronomy 16:17 KJV Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
Law enforcement and the seat of the judge are only as good as far as they are not perverted.
Deuteronomy 16:18 KJV Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Deuteronomy 16:19 KJV Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
There are images and objects that God hates, and there are images and objects that glorify Him, such as the Ark of the Covenant and Jacob's pillar.
Deuteronomy 16:22 KJV Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
If anyone claims that the Jews are God’s chosen people who are unconditionally saved without Jesus Christ, they are liars.
Jeremiah 8:1 KJV At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
Jeremiah 8:2 KJV And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Jeremiah 8:3 KJV And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
You either choose death with these Jews or life with the saints in Christ.
Jeremiah 8:3 KJV And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
Yes, repentance includes turning away from sin.
Jeremiah 8:5 KJV Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 8:6 KJV I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
The time of visitation is always on time.
Jeremiah 8:12 KJV Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
You can trust in the political gods if you want.
Jeremiah 8:15 KJV We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Our political offices are filled with snakes and cockroaches.
Jeremiah 8:17 KJV For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
The King of Zion, Jesus Christ, has always been the head of the Israel of God—the Church.
Jeremiah 8:19 KJV Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
Don't put off the salvation of Jesus Christ. Trust in Him today, before it's too late!
Jeremiah 8:20 KJV The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Jesus Christ is the great Physician and the Balm of Gilead. There's no spiritual health or recovery without Him.
Jeremiah 8:22 KJV Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Father, thank You for the healing that is found in Your Son. In Jesus' Name, Amen.