The LORD God of Israel does not change, and unless you have been changed by the Lord Jesus Christ, you are not part of the Israel of God.
Psalms 41:13 KJV Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
If your daily focus is personal pleasure, you will find a personal hell.
James 5:5 KJV Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
The New Testament saints leaned toward an imminent return of the Lord, yet remained uncertain, as indicated by their 'long patience' for the early and latter rain.
James 5:7 KJV Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
James 5:8 KJV Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Christian, you can fight me if you want, but I am not your enemy.
James 5:9 KJV Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Gospilled Minute #208
If the Lord were not pitiful and full of mercy, we would all be crushed like bugs. At the same time, I would not attempt to try His pity and mercy if I were you.
James 5:11 KJV Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
A Christian should be a man of his word.
James 5:12 KJV But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
At the end of my career in the Army, one of my subordinates was in the hospital awaiting surgery. I visited him, anointed him with oil, and prayed with him. He has not forgotten it since. People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.
James 5:14 KJV Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
James 5:15 KJV And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
There is a faction of Christians who believe that confessing their faults will diminish their testimony. No, projecting faultlessness makes your testimony suspect.
James 5:16 KJV Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Elijah did not project faultlessness.
James 5:17 KJV Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
James 5:18 KJV And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Churches are filled with unconverted people who call themselves Christians. Our mission to convert should begin within our own church walls, or it will cease beyond them.
James 5:19 KJV Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
James 5:20 KJV Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
There is a reason the LORD did not instruct the children of Israel to vote harder. Until such action is taken at the national level, there will be no national change. Incrementalism is a lie. We have only incrementally declined without such prayer and repentance. Pray harder!
1 Samuel 7:3 KJV And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 7:4 KJV Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
America deported Ebenezar a long time ago.
1 Samuel 7:12 KJV Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
Today, many Christians skim past the 'antisemitic' commands of the LORD. Ezekiel, a Levite priest, did not.
Ezekiel 4:7 KJV Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Father, may we stand by Your Word, so we can stand by our words. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
