Joshua 1:7-9
“Only be strong and very courageous;
be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you;
do not turn from it to the right or to the left,
so that you may have success wherever you go.
This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth,
but you shall meditate on it day and night,
so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it;
for then you will make your way prosperous,
and then you will have success.
Have I not commanded you?
Be strong and courageous!
Do not tremble or be dismayed,
for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
{{{ the entire Bible is written to the Church;
to those who believe in,
follow and have excepted Christ Jesus as their Lord and savorer.
therefor reading Joshua 1: 7-9
WE the church,
the believers in and followers of Christ Jesus are being told.
“Be strong and courageous”
that is to be strong in the Lord.
You may ask how do i do that?
and i would say by reading the word of GOD,
read both the Old and New Testaments and apply your life to what you read.
if you have been here for some time,
you know i post a lot using Matthew 5, 6 and 7
along with the letters in Revelation to the Churched.
if you call yourself a Christian
these are great pleases to learn how you are to live and how you are to treat others,
it is also a great way to learn how you are not to live,
for in Revelation Jesus right out says
"I have this against you" several times,
you need to find out if you are living in a manner that Christ Jesus would say to you
"I have this against you".
Find out what the Nicolaitans thought,
find out what Balaam and Balak though,
and then look at the way you live in comparison to them.
You may not like this,
but i am sure you will find you have been living by their rules
thinking you are a good Christian.
Honestly take a look and then remove those habits from your life,
ask for forgiveness, dig deep in to the word of GOD,
and allow the Holy Spirit to teach you.
Jesus is saying to each one of us:
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
AND
“I am coming quickly;
hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
The question is simple;
Will you be ready for His return?
Or will you hear the most dreadful words that will ever be spoken?
Matthew 7:23
“And then I will declare to them,
‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’
i will leave you with this:
Matthew 7:16-23
“You will know them by their fruits.
Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles,
are they?
So every good tree bears good fruit,
but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot produce bad fruit,
nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
So then, you will know them by their fruits.
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Many will say to Me on that day,
‘Lord, Lord,
did we not prophesy in Your name,
and in Your name cast out demons,
and in Your name perform many miracles?’
And then I will declare to them,
‘I never knew you;
DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.”
So. will you live a life that is Strong and corageous in the Lord your GOD?
Or will you keep living a life that is pleasing the world and its ways
so you can live a so-called comfortable life and slip through life unnotesed by the world,
intill the Lord returns and speaks those words no one is going to want to hear? }}}