Bible Questions Answered: Trials And Temptations

Bible Questions Answered:
According to I Peter 1:6,7, does God send us temptation to sin?
Donald K. / Johannesburg, S.A.

Bible Answer:
God never tempts any one to do evil, that is the work of the enemy!

I Peter 1:6,7 KJV
[6] Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: (peirasmos: a trial a proving)
[7] That the trial (dokimion; a proving; that by which something is tried or proved, a test ) of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:”

God permits these “trials-of-life,” because they are designed to strengthen us spiritually, not harm us, or cause us to sin.

When you take out a membership at a gym, you do it to build up your muscles. You certainly don't lift weights to destroy your muscles. In the same way, our wise (Isaiah 55:8,9) Heavenly Father, chooses the things in life that can help us to grow spiritually.

I Peter 1:6,7 NLT
6 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while.
7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

James 1:13,14 KJV
[13] Let no man say when he is tempted ( peirazō), I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted ( peirazō ) with evil, neither tempteth ( peirazō )any man:
[14] But every man is tempted (apeirastos) , when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

peirazō
to attempt, endeavour
to test one maliciously, craftily to put to the proof his feelings or judgments
to try or test one's faith, virtue, character, by enticement to sin
to solicit to sin, to tempt
the temptations of the devil

apeirastos:
that can not be tempted by evil, not liable to temptation to sin

James 1:13,14 NLT
13 And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, "God is tempting me." God is never tempted to do wrong, and He never tempts anyone else.
14 Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.

It is Satan who tempts to sin.

II Corinthians 2:11 KJV
“Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices (noēma: a mental perception, thought, an evil purpose.”

Ephesians 6:11 KJV
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles (methodeia: cunning arts, deceit, craft, trickery)of the devil.”

Hebrews 12:1 KJV
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”

Our enemy; knows only too well, just what sin, tempts us the most, and he uses it to tempt us time and time again.

But, our God has not left us at the hands of the enemy!

Sin has no power over us as Christians.

I Corinthians 10:12,13 NLT
12 If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall.
13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.

Isaiah 40:31 KJV “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

Romans 6:6,7 KJV
[6] Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him (Christ), that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
[7] For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Romans 6:21-23 KJV
[21] What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
[22] But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
[23] For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

II Corinthians 10:4,5 KJV
[4] (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
[5] Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

I John 4:4 KJV “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than He that is in the world."

Bible Questions Answered: Dispensations

Bible Questions Answered:
I've heard some people talk about God's Week...what is that?
Herold C./ Sheffield,UK

Bible Answers:
You have heard about, God's Dispensational Week.

II Peter 3:8 KJV “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”

Seven Dispensations:
Dispensation: a divinely appointed order or age:

1. Innocence (From Adam and Eve's creation to their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.)

2. Conscience (From the Garden exodus to the Flood)

3. Human Government (From the Flood to the Second Advent)

4. Promise (Abrahamic Covenant to Second Advent)

5. Law (Mount Sinai to Calvary) Galatians 3:19-25/ II Corinthians 3:

6. Grace (Pentecost to Rapture of the Church) Acts 2:

7. Kingdom (Second Advent to end of Millennium)

Galatians 3:19-25 NLT
19 Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.
20 Now a mediator is helpful if more than one party must reach an agreement. But God, who is one, did not use a mediator when He gave His promise to Abraham.
21 Is there a conflict, then, between God's law and God's promises? Absolutely not! If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it.
22 But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God's promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ.
23 Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed.
24 Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.
25 And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.

II Corinthians 3:1-18
1 Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? Are we like others, who need to bring you letters of recommendation, or who ask you to write such letters on their behalf? Surely not!
2 The only letter of recommendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in our* hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you.
3 Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This "letter" is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.
4 We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ.
5 It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.
6 He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.
7 The old way, with laws etched in stone, led to death, though it began with such glory that the people of Israel could not bear to look at Moses' face. For his face shone with the glory of God, even though the brightness was already fading away.
8 Shouldn't we expect far greater glory under the new way, now that the Holy Spirit is giving life?
9 If the old way, which brings condemnation, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new way, which makes us right with God!
10 In fact, that first glory was not glorious at all compared with the overwhelming glory of the new way.
11 So if the old way, which has been replaced, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new, which remains forever!
12 Since this new way gives us such confidence, we can be very bold.
13 We are not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so the people of Israel would not see the glory, even though it was destined to fade away.
14 But the people's minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by believing in Christ.
15 Yes, even today when they read Moses' writings, their hearts are covered with that veil, and they do not understand.
16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

Acts 2:1-4 NLT
1 On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.
2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting.
3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.
4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.

Bible Lessons: Prayer Obligation

Bible Lessons:
Is it the Christian's obligation to pray for sinners?

Bible Answer:
Yes.

I Timothy 2:1,3,4 KJV
[1] I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
[3] For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
[4] Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

Note:
(Does God "elect," some to be save and others lost?
of course not!)

Isaiah 61:1 KJV
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

One way we as Christian people can do this is through the avenue of prayer!
We'd accomplish so much more, if we would but pray.

James 4:2 KJV "... ye have not, because ye ask not."

Matthew 7:7,8 KJV
[7] Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
[8] For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Mark 16:15 KJV "And He(Jesus) said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

Have you ever thought that you can go into "all-the-world," by prayer!
Start today, pray for the lost in countries torn by hatred and war. Ask the Lord to give you a burden for the lost, and began a life of prayer for those who do not know the Saviour.

Bible Lessons: Rewards For Faithful Believers

Bible Lessons: Rewards for faithful believers

Rewards vary according to works.
Note: no one is saved by his works (Ephesians 2:8,9), and yet works produce rewards.

I Corinthians 3:11-15 KJV
[11] For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
[12] Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
[13] Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
[14] If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
[15] If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

II Corinthians 5:10 KJV For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Rewards given:

Soul winners:

Daniel 12:3 KJV “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”

Humble Servants of the Lord:

Matthew 10:42 KJV “And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.”

Faithfull Stewards:

Matthew 25:23 KJV “His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”

Benevolent:

Luke 6:35 KJV “But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”

The Good of all Nations:

Romans 2:10 KJV “But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: “

The Good of all people:

Ephesians 6:8 NLT “Remember that the Lord will reward each one of us for the good we do, whether we are slaves or free.”
Five Crowns mentioned for rewards for believers:

1) Crown of Rejoicing

I Thesalonians 2:19,20 KJV
[19] For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
[20] For ye are our glory and joy.

Philippians 4:1 KJV Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.“

2) Crown of Righteousness/ faithful in life

II Timothy 4:8 KJV “Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”

3) The Crown of Life – faithfulness under hardship and trial.

James 1:12 KJV “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”

Revelation 2:10 KJV “Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”

4) Crown of Glory – “faithful through hardship and suffering”

I Peter 5:4 KJV “ And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.”

Hebrews 2:9 KJV “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”

5) A Crown Incorruptible – faithfulness and self-control

I Corinthians 9:24-27 KJV

[24] Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
[25] And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
[26] I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
[27] But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Revelation 3:11 KJV “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.”

*) Greatest reward of all...one day

II Corinthians 5:8 “...to be present with the Lord.“

Revelation 22:2 KJV “And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.”

The reward of the wicked:

Isaiah 59:18 “According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to His enemies; to the islands He will repay recompence.”

Isaiah 13:11 KJV “And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.”

Romans 2:8,9 KJV
[8] But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
[9] Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

Hebrews 10:29 KJV “Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?”

Bible Questions Answered: Mediators

Bible Questions Answered:
Do you believe in the “Patron Saints,” of protection, and mediation?
Martin S./ Newark, New Jersey

Bible Answer:
There is only “one-protector-mediator,”to be prayed to, for the children of God, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ, God's (Everlasting) Son.

The word of God prohibits the praying or worshiping men or angels!

Revelation 19:10 KJV “And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God:...”

Revelation 22:8,9 KJV
[8] And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
[9] Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

An Angelic Messenger, had revealed a vision to the Apostle John, of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb of God.”

And John fell at his feet to worship him, but the heavenly messenger told him...” See thou do it not.”

Exodus 20:4 KJV “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: “

Leviticus 26:1 KJV “Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.

Isaiah 42:8 KJV “I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.“

I John 1:21 KJV “Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”

Matthew 4:10 KJV “Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.

I Timothy 2:5 KJV “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; “

Romans 8:34 KJV “...It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”

Our Saviour High Priest, the Lord Jesus, is not on some crucifix, waiting to be sacrificed over and over again...

I Peter 3:18 KJV (Hebrews 9:26) “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Hebrews 7:21-26 NLT
21 "...there was an oath regarding Jesus. For God said to Him,
"The LORD has taken an oath and will not break His vow:
"You are a priest forever.'"
22 Because of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with God.
23 There were many priests under the old system, for death prevented them from remaining in office.
24 But because Jesus lives forever, His priesthood lasts forever.
25 Therefore He is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through Him.
He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.
26 He is the kind of high priest we need because He is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven."

I John 2:1 KJV “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: “

The “only-person,” we are ever to pray to as Christian people, and that is our God in heaven.

Psalm 121:1-8 KJV
[1] I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
[2] My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
[3] He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
[4] Behold, He that keepeth Israel (God's People) shall neither slumber nor sleep.
[5] The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
[6] The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
[7] The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul.
[8] The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Bible Questions Answered: Tithing

Bible Questions Answered: Tithing
I do not believe Christian people are commanded to tithe, as this was an Old Testament custom, and we are not under the law!
Harold P./ Alencon, France

Bible Answer:
Christians today are “not,” under the (Jewish) law.

Galatians 3:21-25 NLT
21 ...If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it.
22 But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God's promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ.
23 Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed.
24 Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.
25 And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.

Galatians 5:1 KJV ”Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”

Galatians 6:14 KJV “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”

No we are not under the law.
But did Christ have anything to say about Tithing? ? ?

Yes, He did!

Matthew 23:23 NLT “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens,but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith.
You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.”

Luke 11:42 NLT “What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.”

Not under the law, and yet Jesus Christ said....”You should Tithe, yes”
If Jesus said it, Christians should do it!

Invariably, those who try their best to find some loop hole, for not tithing, are those who love their money and who live for it.

Exodus 20:3 KJV "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

Ecclesiastes 5:10 KJV “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”

I Timothy 6:9-11 KJV
[9] But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
[10] For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
[11] But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Bible Lesson: Church of the End-Time

Bible Lesson: End Time-False Church

Our Lord gives us a view of the End Time false church, in Matthew 7:22-23. Preceding these verses,our Lord warned that only those who enter by the Stait Gate will find life, and that men are known, not by what they say, by what they own, by their power or prestige, or nobility that they may have, but by their works.

Matthew 7:13-23 KJV
[13] Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
[14] Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

[15] Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
[16] Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
[17] Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
[18] A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
[19] Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
[20] Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

[21] Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
[22] Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name?
and in thy name have cast out devils?
and in thy name done many wonderful works?
[23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Last-Day Sign in the church....

[21] Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Where do people stand and say "Lord, Lord," why in a church of course!

Inside the Last-Day church, there will be many who profess to know God!
There is only one problem-our Lord says He does not, know them.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;

Well then who can enter the kingdom of heaven?
"he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."

The old saying is so true! “Talk is cheap.”
It's not what we say, that get's us into the kingdom of heaven!

Many will say, in these last days that they know God, or that they even speak for God.
But it, “Ain't Necessairly So!”

Walking into a garage to pick up my car, doesn't make “me,” a mechanic.
Visiting a sick friend in the hospital, doesn't make me a doctor.
And being in a church doesn't necessairly make me a Christian!

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;

That word “Lord,” is the Greek word Kurios: meaning, Supreme in authority, “Master.”

Jesus says here, many will say it, but what they claim is a lie!

[23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Friend, BEWARE, BEWARE, who you listen to, and take instruction from! Jesus warned....

[15] Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

It's not the one who says “Lord, Lord, alone...that will enter the kingdom of heaven.....
“but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”

What is the “Will of the Father, who is in heaven?”
It is to make Jesus “King of Kings, and Lord of Lords,” not in word only but by the “Fruits of our lives!”

[16] Ye shall know them by their fruits.
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,

A Sign of the End-Time Church is....

[22] Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,
have we not prophesied in thy name?

Where is Prophecy found, why of course in the Church!
In the Apostle Paul's listing of spiritual gifts, it is gift number six.

I Corinthians 12:4-10 KJV
[4] Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
[5] And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
[6] And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
[7] But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
[8] For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
[9] To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
[10] To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

A Prophets message was a spiritual message stating the will of God, and so calling men to it.

Our Lord warns that there are many False Prophets: (Who teach lies)

Deuteronomy 13:1-5 KJV
[1] If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
[2] And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
[3] Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
[4] Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
[5] And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

Deuteronomy 18:22 KJV
[22] When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

Jeremiah 14:13-15 KJV
[13] Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
[14] Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
[15] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

Matthew 24:11 (Christ's signs of the Last-Days.)
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Mark 13:21-23 KJV
[21] And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
[22] For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
[23] But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

Matthew 7:
[15] Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves........
[23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

A last-day sign in the church will be False Prophets, Jesus said so. (False Teachers-not teaching the Word of God, but the traditions of men.)

Another Last-Day sign in the church ....

22] Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord,....
in thy name have cast out devils?

Exorcism in the church!
This Last-Day church Jesus warns us about, has many “Religious-Works.”

But they do not, fool the Lord!

[23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

This one, may take many by surprise!
Isn't Exorcism, a work of the Lord?

Can works of dark and sinister evil, be cloaked in seeming light?
One would certainly think not, and yet, the Word of God tells us ....Yes!

(False brethern in the Apostle Paul's day-like their father the devil.)
II Corinthians 11:13-15 KJV
[13] For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. (not all apostles are of the Lord!)
[14] And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.(not all angels of light come from God!)
[15] Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; (not all ministers are of God.)
whose end shall be according to their works.

(Concerning the Deception of the Anti-Christ)
II Thessalonians 2: NLT
1 Now, dear brothers and sisters, let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered to meet Him.
2 Don't be so easily shaken or alarmed by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Don't believe them, even if they claim to have had a spiritual vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us.
3 Don't be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed—the one who brings destruction.
4 He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.
5 Don't you remember that I told you about all this when I was with you?
6 And you know what (who) is holding him back, for he can be revealed only when his time comes.
7 For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding it (him) back steps out of the way.
8 Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will kill him with the breath of His mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming.
9 This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.
10 He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.
11 So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies.
12 Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth.

Exorcisms in the church, and yet our Lord says of these Exorcists....

[23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Another Last-Day Sign in the end time church....

[22] Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, ....
in thy name done many wonderful works?

“many Wonderful Works.”
Aren't religious works in the church, Wonderful?

That depends.

If they are “Religious-Works,” to endeavor to win Salvation, then they are “Works-Of-The-Devil!”

Jesus said so!

[23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Church Membership, Confirmation, Endowments,Baptism, Dedication, etc..etc....cannot earn our Salvation!

What a tragedy, that Christ the very Son of God, would have to come and die on a cruel cross, when all one would have to do is...have himself baptized..etc...etc...

Never!
None of these can save anyone!

Ephesians 2:8,9 KJV
[8] For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
[9] Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Those words “Not of works,” means “Religious Works.”

Oh how sinful man who refuses to bow the knee to the Saviour would so gladly supplant some form of religious works, in place of repentance and faith.

And oh how the false church boasts of making “Children of God,” out of countless “Religious Works ( no matter how pious and grand.)”

Communions, Prayers, Baptisms, Blessings, Confessions, Confirmations, Memberships ..etc..etc...etc...

Without genuine repentance and faith (in the finished work of Christ, alone) are a false Salvation.

[8] For by grace are ye saved through faith (In the forever finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, who was offered up “once” and for all);

and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God (God's Son the Lord Jesus):
[9] Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Romans 3:24 KJV
Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Romans 5:6-9 KJV
[6] For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
[7] For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
[8] But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
[9] Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Titus 3:5-7 NLT
5 He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.
6 He generously poured out the Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior.
7 Because of His grace He declared us righteous and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life."

Galatians 2:16 NLT
“...a person is made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ, not by obeying the law. And we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made right with God because of our faith in Christ, not because we have obeyed the law. For no one will ever be made right with God by obeying the law.”

I Peter 1:18-20 NLT
18 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom He paid was not mere gold or silver.
19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.
20 God chose Him as your ransom long before the world began, but He has now revealed Him to you in these last days.

Much more could be said.....

Bible Lesson: Satan

Bible Lesson:
Satan is a real being of evil power.
He is not simply some evil influence, but a real person, refered to in the word of God, as a person.

Lucifer fell into sin through pride.

A dual prophesy about the King of Tyre, and of Lucifer (Satan).

Ezekiel 28:11-17 KJV
[11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[12] Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
[13] Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
[14] Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
[15] Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
[16] By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
[17] Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Dual prophesy concerning the King of Babylon and Lucifer.
Isaiah 14:9-17 KJV
[9] Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
[10] All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
[11] Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
[12] How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
[13] For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
[14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
[15] Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
[16] They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
[17] That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

John 8:44 KJV
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

I Timothy 3:6 KJV “Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.”

Today, our enemy is not idle.

I Peter 5:8 KJV “ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

Other fallen angels held in judgement.

Jude 6 KJV “ And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.”

Satan is not in hell, even though it was prepared for him.

Matthew 25:41 KJV “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:”

Satan's present location is in the Heavenlies, in God's presence, where he accuses the people of God day and night.

Job 1:6-12 KJV
[6] Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
[7] And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
[8] And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
[9] Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
[10] Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
[11] But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
[12] And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

Satan's ejection from heaven, yet in the future.

Revelation 12:9 KJV
“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

Revelation 12:10 KJV
"And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night."

Luke 10:18 KJV “And He said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.”

John 12:31/14:30 KJV
“Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.”
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.”

Today Satan is the Prince of the Power of the Air-Prince of this World-The god of this Age.

Ephesians 2:2/ 6:12 KJV
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

II Corinthians 4:4 KJV “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

The future home of Satan is The Lake of Fire.

Revelation 20:10 KJV
“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are,(1,000 years prior to his coming.) and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”

Bible Questions Answered: Guardian Angels

Bible Question:
Where in the Bible does it say that we have guardian Angels?
Mary W./ Meridian, Mississippi

Bible Answers:
Matthew 18:10 " Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven".

Our Lord taught that children have Angels in heaven, who do always behold the face of the Heavenly Father.

And so it may be deduced that whether young or old, we have at least one Angel with us.

Psalm 34:7 "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them."

Psalm 91:11 "For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."

Job believed in Angels
Job 33:23 “But if an angel from heaven appears a special messenger to intercede for a person and declare that he is upright”

The Apostle Paul said...
Hebrews 1:14 "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"

Daniel said that ....
Daniel 6:22 " My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me:..."

Peter's release from prison
Acts 12:7 KJV " And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. "

At John Marks mothers home, the Christians were praying for Peter's release from prison. After the Angel of the Lord had released Peter, he went to Mark's mothers home, and knocked at the gate. A young lady there name Rhoda, went to answer the knocking at the gate. When she heard Peter voice outside the gate the told the others..and they said, “It is his Angel.”

Acts 12:15 KJV “ And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.”

From Daniel 10:13 we are lead to believe that each nation has its angel.
Daniel 10:13 NLT

“But for twenty-one days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia (Present day Iran) blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels, came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia (Iran).”

Our Saviour told us, that every church has its Angel.
Revelation 1:20 NLT
“This is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.”

Revelation 2:1,8 NLT
1 Write this letter to the angel of the church in Ephesus. This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lampstands:

8 Write this letter to the angel of the church in Smyrna. This is the message from the one who is the First and the Last, who was dead but is now alive:

Bible Questions Answered: Who To Confess To

Bible Question:
Should we confess sins to a man (priest)?
Kelly D./ Abany, New York

Bible Answer:
King David gives us the answer in ....

Psalm 32:5 KJV
“I acknowledged my sin unto thee (confess), and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.”

Ezra, a priest, said who confession should be made to!
Ezra 10:11 KJV “Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do His pleasure:...”

The Apostle Peter, if alive today, would do what he did when on earth....
Luke 5:8 KJV “When Simon Peter saw it (the Multitude of fish caught in the nets), he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying (confessing), Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”

Peter did his confessing ....to the Lord!

I John 1:9 KJV
“If we confess our sins (to the Lord Jesus Christ), He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Who should we confess our sins to? The Lord Jesus Christ.

Bible Lessons: Commandments

The Commandments
Exodus 20:1-17.

1: And God spake all these words, saying,
2: I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6: And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7: Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9: Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13: Thou shalt not kill.
14: Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15: Thou shalt not steal.
16: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.:

These Codes For Conduct for Israel, and the whole world, bring with them the promise of God's blessing.

NUMBER ONE

Exodus 20:3:
Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.

We know what this means, loved ones, husbands, wives or children, and grandchildrren, money, power, finances,...etc,. are not to be more important than God!

Material worship, would be oh so easy. The love of power and goods, houses or lands whatever it might be, if not checked, can be all consuming.

"No other Gods," it means, nothing that usurpes His place! Nothing that consumes us. Nothing should ever take God's rightful worship!

Do people actually "worship" their possessions, money, their land, their power?
When something consumes our lives, leaving less room for God, ...it has become an idon and a false god.

NUMBER TWO

Exodus 20:4-6
4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6: And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

God's image is too great to be cast in stone!
No earthly man, or object is to be venerated (worship)!
No earthly man or object is to stand in the place of God, and be bowed down to (in worship)!

In Revelation 19:10 and Revelation 22:9 John fell at the feet of a mighty angel (Revelation 18:1/Revelation 22:8), after having received a vision of future events, but the angel told John...

Revelation 19:10 "And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethern that have the testimony of Jesus: Worship God: ..."

Ungodly men unwilling to bow to the God of the universe, and Redeemer of Calvary, gladly in Pomp and Circumstance, will bow to a lifless shrine or another, in open "self-righteousness."

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Interesting note:
One church, cuts verses four, five, and six from the Commandment list, and to make up for the loss of one commandment, they divide the tenth Commandment into two parts (verse 17), namely coveting a neighbors mate, and house/ and coveting all his goods.

And why, would they do this?
They would do it, because their churches are "full," of "graven images."
Full of images of persons from heaven and earth, who they bow down to.

That is why.

Oh how easy it is to murder the plain word of God for our own hidden agendas! We can do that, but we will answer to God, one day if we do.

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NUMBER THREE

Exodus 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.

Men are not to take the name of the Lord in vain, cursing, oaths etc.

God knew from the beginning, that man under sin would come to the place of anger and wrath.

And in that anger, curse God for his problems.

God knows when things upset us!
God knew from the beginning that things would.

And God's message to mankind is ..."Be Above iT!" Master the things that want to overwhelm you....or they will master you!

Matthew 12:36,37 KJV
[36] But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
[37] For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Ephesians 4:29 KJV
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

I just happen to be old enough to remember as a kid growing up....that if in a restaurat, someone took the name of the Lord in vain, some dear Christian saint would get up and go over to the gentleman, and kindly point out the fact that there were women and children present, and that taking God's name in vain was not appropriate in public.

And believe it or not, the offender would often say, that he was sorry...loud enough for those around him to hear.

How far, we have come from those days!

We need more Christian people to stand up! What are we afraid of? When you go to Mc Donalds, a children's fast food restaurant, and hear a bunch of truck drivers cursing using the name of our Saviour, there ought to be some kind of Holy Ire that mounts up to propel us to have a word with gentlemen like that.

If a Christian, could care less how people use the name Jesus, of what reverence, is it to, himself?

Mans enemy hates the name of Jesus, for he is forever defeated by that name.

Acts 4:12 "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name (No, Saint, no Apostle, no prophet, priest or king, only the name of Jesus Christ) under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."

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NUMBER FOUR

Exodus 20:8
8: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9: Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Of Interest:
There is a church today, that maintains as part of their salvation, “Sabbath-Keeping (Saturday worship),” which is nothing more than O.T. Jewish Legalism.

But the Christian truth is we are not under the law (of Judaism), nor saved by it.

Romans 6:14 KJV
“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.”

(See also II Corinthians 3:1-18)

The early Christians worshiped on the “First Day of the Week-Sunday,” because it was the day Christ rose from the dead!

Keeping the “Lord's Day,” involves setting apart the first day of the week, which should be started by worship to the Lord, no work, a time of rest.

Man the worker, from Adam's days in the garden, was called to work. And its so easy to always be doing "Our-Thing."

But God wishes for man to rest on the seventh day, because on the seventh day, after making all of creation, He rested.

Genesis 2:2,3 "And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: bedause that in it He had rested from al His work which God created and made."

The Lord's Day, causes us to stop and think about the Great God, who has made all things, and He is greater than all!

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NUMBER FIVE

Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

A person who has no respect for his parents, will certainly have no respect for anyone else.
No respect for his teachers
No respect for his peers
No respect for the law
No respect for government
No respect for God

Ephesians 6:1-3 KJV
[1] Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
[2] Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
[3] That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

The Apostle Paul thought this important enough to repeat it.

Proverbs 23:22 KJV
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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NUMBER 6

Exodus 20:13 KJV
Thou shalt not kill.

All “Life” is a “Gift,” of God!
Killing of any kind and abortion is murder, the taking of life.

Jeremiah 1:5 KJV
“Before I formed thee (God speaking to Jeremiah) in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”

Isaiah 49:1 KJV
Listen to me, all you in distant lands! Pay attention, you who are far away! The LORD called me (Isaiah) before my birth; from within the womb He called me by name.

Psalm 139:13-16 NLT
13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.

Psalm 71:6 KJV
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art He that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

Isaiah 44:24 KJV “Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, and He that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;”

Pro-Choice, is No-Choice for the life, created by God!

Galatians 5:19-21 KJV
[19] Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
[20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
[21] Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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NUMBER 7

Exodus 20:14 KJV
“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

Proverbs 6:27,28,32,32 KJV
[27] Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
[28] Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
[32] But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
[33] A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

Wound: (Hebrew: Nega'-Neh gah- A blow/ Infliction/ A spot/ Leprous/ Plague/ Sore/ Stricken/ Stripe/ Stroke.

(See Proverbs 7:1-27)

I Corinthians 6:13-20 KJV
“...Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
[14] And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by His own power.
[15] Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
[16] What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith He, shall be one flesh.
[17] But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
[18] Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that commiteth fornication sinneth against his own body.
[19] What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
[20] For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Matthew 5:27 KJV (Jesus)
[27] Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
[28] But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

I Corinthians 6:9,10 KJV
[9] Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
[10] Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

NUMBER 8

Exodus 20:15
Thou shalt not steal.

Ephesians 4:28 KJV
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Oh the deaths and broken homes caused by theft. Police departments are kept busy, looking for thieves. Prisons are kept full, and homes empty, all because some would rather steal, than work.

NUMBER 9

Exodus 20:16
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”

Proverbs 12:17 KJV “He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.”

Proverbs 13:5 KJV “A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Proverbs 19:9 KJV “A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.”

Ephesians 4:25,29 KJV
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth”

NUMBER 10

Exodus 20:17
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.”

Psalm 10:3 KJV “ For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.”

Luke 12:15 KJV “And He (Jesus)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.”

Colossians 3:5,6 NIV
“5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed (covetousness), which is idolatry.
6 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.”

NUMBER 11
This Commandment is given to us by the Lord Jesus Christ.

John 13:34 KJV
[34] A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
[35] By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

John 15:9-14 KJV
[9] As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
[10] If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in His love.
[11] These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
[12] This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
[13] Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
[14] Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.