Some call praising the Bible idolatry. No, it's praising the Word that became flesh, the Revelation of Jesus Christ, in whom we trust. The Word of God is our strength and shield, which has never been defeated.
Psalms 56:3-4 KJV What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
God likes books.
Psalms 56:8 KJV Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
John 21:25 KJV And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
The psalmist clearly understood what salvation meant, in that he was delivered from the second death. He knew that he would walk before God in the light of the living, because of his trust in the LORD and His Word.
Psalms 56:13 KJV For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Psalms 56:10 KJV In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
You will find the leaven of the Pharisees (hypocrisy) in all existing denominations of our day. However, you will not find any hypocrisy in the Word of God, except that which He exposes.
Luke 12:1 KJV In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Their secret backrooms of gossip and backbiting are not secret at all.
Luke 12:2 KJV For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
Luke 12:3 KJV Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
While many today fear the power of the antichrists, I fear Christ who grants them power.
Luke 12:4 KJV And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Luke 12:5 KJV But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Most people are clueless of God's immense love for those who love Him.
Luke 12:7 KJV But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Will you confess Jesus Christ to anyone today? Sadly, more people will confess and testify of the Super Bowl.
Luke 12:8-9 KJV Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
The Holy Ghost awakens us to the Word of God, the Son of Man, the Son of God – Jesus Christ. If you blaspheme the Holy Ghost, you will remain dead in your trespasses and sins, void of the forgiveness that only God can give.
Luke 12:10 KJV And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
Question and Answer Series #1
Question:
I have wayward adult children whom I have raised in the way they should go. They even tell others that their parents are not hypocrites and believe all that they say. Have I failed as an elder, father, and Christian?
Answer:
Just in case you want to understand my spiritual educational credentials: men have taught me very little of what I know today; they have more so taught me what not to do.
Luke 12:12 KJV For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
The 10th Commandment against covetousness has become kryptonite to many. Destroy covetousness, or it will destroy you.
Luke 12:13 KJV And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
Luke 12:14 KJV And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
Luke 12:15 KJV And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Bitcoin will not save you.
Luke 12:20 KJV But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Luke 12:21 KJV So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Judging by the size of many of them, it seems the welfare folks eat better. Why worry about these things?
Luke 12:29 KJV And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
Luke 12:30 KJV For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
Luke 12:31 KJV But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
If you do not understand who owns the kingdom, you will not understand who owns the Promised land.
Luke 12:32 KJV Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
The goal should be to die with very little left in the bank.
Luke 12:33 KJV Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Luke 12:34 KJV For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Be on fire today so that others are not on fire tomorrow.
Luke 12:35 KJV Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
They say we have entered a Golden Age. I believe we have entered what they know not.
Luke 12:40 KJV Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Luke 12:56 KJV Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
Just wait until the antisemitism laws are fully in place; there will be family members who will turn you in for blasphemy against the antichrists, not Christ.
Luke 12:51 KJV Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Luke 12:52 KJV For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Luke 12:53 KJV The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Governments can be formidable foes. There is no wisdom in picking unnecessary fights with them. We must choose our battles wisely, trusting in God to do the fighting. Personally, we are not John Rambo.
Luke 12:57 KJV Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
Luke 12:58 KJV When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Luke 12:59 KJV I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
Exodus 6:1 KJV Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
Neither was the Name of JESUS known to them at the time. Jesus is LORD God Almighty, JEHOVAH, with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
Exodus 6:2 KJV And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
Exodus 6:3 KJV And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Among national Israel were the Wheat and the Tares, just as the same occupy our churches today. However, the Wheat alone is God's heritage and the inheritors of His Kingdom and lands.
Exodus 6:7 KJV And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Exodus 6:8 KJV And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
God's power is for us in Christ, not against us.
Job 23:6 KJV Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
Obesity often proves priorities.
Job 23:12 KJV Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Our hearts are but clay in the LORD's hands.
Father, mold us and shape us according to Your will and Word. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Job 23:16 KJV For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
