If Jesus were just another god and not the LORD (Yahweh), His blood would be rejected, and His name would be verboten to the Almighty.
Psalms 16:4 KJV Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
To call the Father God and Jesus Lord in the same sentence would be blasphemy if they were not one as God.
2 Timothy 1:2 KJV To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
The God of the faithful Jewish forefathers is the same Christian God whom Paul loved and served.
2 Timothy 1:3 KJV I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
I have found the greatest examples of unfeigned faith—a sincere faith without hypocrisy—in women more often than in men. No wonder Paul observed it in a mother and grandmother as well. I believe this is because they know their greatest appreciation comes from God, not man.
2 Timothy 1:5 KJV When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
It is important that we acknowledge and encourage others' gifts, not just our own. The laying on of hands signifies agreement that another is a believer who possesses God’s gift of faith, which works powerfully within them.
2 Timothy 1:6 KJV Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
The reason many believers are anxious today is that they are submitting themselves to the wrong spirit. It also doesn’t help that there are factions who misunderstand the afflictions of the gospel and preach contrary to it.
2 Timothy 1:7 KJV For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:8 KJV Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
This is not Calvinism; it is true Christianity. Do not confuse the two. Our works can never save us; God’s works always can.
2 Timothy 1:9 KJV Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
There is no Saviour besides Jesus Christ. He is LORD (Yahweh).
2 Timothy 1:10 KJV But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
Isaiah 43:11 KJV I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
Hosea 13:4 KJV Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
If you are in Christ, you are kept until the day of redemption.
2 Timothy 1:12 KJV For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
The Bible contains sound words, while the corrupt words of men oppose God’s sound words.
2 Timothy 1:13 KJV Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Gospilled Minute #186
If the good thing resides within you, the Holy Spirit resides within you. If you live by the Spirit, the good thing will work in and through you. If you live by the flesh, no good thing is in you, and you will perish along with your flesh.
2 Timothy 1:14 KJV That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
Romans 7:18 KJV For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Did the LORD suspend His laws of physics, or is this passage merely poetic, describing ideal weather conditions for battle during a 12-hour period? I do not know, as I was not there. However, I believe both could have occurred, and I can readily accept the miraculous disruption of physics. We must recognize the diverse literary styles in Scripture, as assuming every portion is literal would lead us to conclude that God Himself is a sun.
Joshua 10:12 KJV Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Joshua 10:13 KJV And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Joshua 10:14 KJV And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
Psalms 84:11 KJV For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
The necks of kings are subject to the subduing feet of the LORD.
Joshua 10:24 KJV And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Joshua 10:25 KJV And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
What king can be against us when the KING OF KINGS is for us?
Joshua 10:42 KJV And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
Jesus repeatedly proclaimed, "It is written," because it was written.
Jeremiah 36:4 KJV Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
Luke 19:46 KJV Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
America could benefit from a day or two of fasting, along with expository preaching and teaching, as gluttonous potluck Sundays and topical, feel-good preaching are not cutting it.
Jeremiah 36:6 KJV Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
A church without repentance is a cursed church.
Jeremiah 36:7 KJV It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
America once proclaimed fast days but has since replaced them with Pride days.
Jeremiah 36:9 KJV And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
This is how the words of the LORD spread: they are heard and then repeated.
Jeremiah 36:13 KJV Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
Bible studies are considered cringe among governments today. That is too bad.
Jeremiah 36:14 KJV Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
Jeremiah 36:15 KJV And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
Ignore the ink in the book at your own peril.
Jeremiah 36:16 KJV Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
Jeremiah 36:17 KJV And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
Jeremiah 36:18 KJV Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
You can burn the Bible all you want, but you will never destroy it.
Jeremiah 36:27 KJV Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah 36:28 KJV Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
Of course, the Bible offends the sin of sinners. You may offend it in return if you wish, but there are consequences.
Jeremiah 36:29 KJV And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
Jeremiah 36:30 KJV Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
I am still waiting for Antichrist Zionist “Christians” to call the LORD an antisemite.
Jeremiah 36:31 KJV And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
Father, thank You for the ink of Your Holy Book. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
