In the heart man Believes
Matthew 5:20 For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not inter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:48 “Therefore you are to be perfect; as you’re heavenly Father is perfect.
These two have been on my mind, i'm not sure who or what the scribes and Pharisees were, i would thank that the scribes were the ones that wrote out the scriptures and the Pharisees were the religious leaders of that time, but what the did or how they lived their lives, i'm not sure of.
But i do understand being perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect, God has no sin in Him,
And i thank that God or our heavenly father must be more righteous the scribes and Pharisees, so I suppose that instead of spending a lot of time trying to find out how the scribes and Pharisees lived i will allow the Holy Spirit to work on getting the sin out of my life.
Matthew 11:20-24
20 Then He began to reproach the cities, in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.
21 “Wow to you, Chorazin! Wow to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 “Nevertheless I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, then for you.
23 And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You shall DESCEND TO HADES; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.
24 “Nevertheless I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, then for you.”
Makes me thank that sense we have the word of god and he has put record of the miracles in His word, so that we may know of them, and then there are the miracles that happen in our lives each day, but yet we do not repent of our sins, how much worse will it be for us????
James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins one to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.
1Jhon 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Psalms 32:5 i acknowledged my sis to Thee, And my iniquity i did not hide; i said, “i will confess my transgressions to the Lord”; And Thou didst forgive the guilt of my sins.
Confessing our sins is required, confessing one to another now days is difficult, the word says the prayers of a righteous man can accomplish much, but where can we find a righteous man, What i have seen over the years is if you share your sin with someone, then you are treated differently, and it is not forgotten by the person, and in some cases is shared with others, We eat our wounded! But it says if we confess our sins He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from unrighteousness. Sense Jesus is righteous and prays to the Father on our behalf, if we confess our sins to him, He will be faithful to forgive us and cleanse us.
Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
Tomorrow: Righteousness a Righteous man
Yesterday we caught Josh McDowall on the radio.
He puts to word things i have thought for years and then shares them on the radio. He talked about how most pastors in America won’t confront sin in the church, and will purposely overlook it rather than to confront the ones doing the sinning And then He said; Not here! Not in this church! Because we are more afraid of what God will thank of us then what the sinner thanks of us!
Each and every moment of each and every day we should be not only care what Father God thanks of us but we should be afraid of offending Him, Father God is purer, without sin, and no sin can be in His presence! So if you have unforgiven sin in your life you cannot be in the presence of Father God! That means no heaven when you die!
Do you know what moment of what day you will draw your last breath? Then each and every moment of each and every day we should be constantly aware of our words and actions! For no man knows the hour he will take his last breath, nor does anyone know the hour that the Lord will return!
That is why i thank this journey is so important.
You may thank i am totally off the wall, old faction, trying to be to holy, self-richest, or a number of other things, but you know what i really don’t care what you think of me! Your opinion really doesn’t count nor does it carry any weight on if I make it in to heaven or not; YOU ARE NOT GOD!!!!!
And I am sick of people and pastor’s saying “well yea it is in the bible but we are human, and no one can live that way now days”, how sad is that? It shows that they have no faith in God what so ever!
Or “you need to tapper down what you are saying, you will offend people”. How sad when you can’t speak the truth because it will offend someone.
So let’s try these on:
Matthew 3:2 “Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand,
Mark 1:15 “the kingdom of God is at hand: repent and believe on the gospel.”
Luke 13:3 “I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
Acts 2:38 “Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Sprit
Acts 26:20 "that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance.
Ezekiel 18:30 “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord God. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.
i do relies there are those who will say yea but He is speaking to the house of Israel, yes He is but the bible was written for us so that we can know how to live and serve Father God and on the day of death or the day of His return to get us, so we can go and live with Him forever in Heaven, So i would rather be on the safe side and reed this as;
Therefore I will judge you, jay, according to your conduct,” declares the Lord God. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.
This is how i read the bible as if the Lord is talking directly to me and telling me what to do and not to do, like i told you in the beginning, this is not about you but you can come along if you want.
So back to
Matthew 5:13, “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how will it be made salty aging? It is good for nothing any more, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
Salt; as a mineral; It kills germs, is an abrasive, brings out the flavor of things, and heals, preserves, and is bold or outstanding in flavor.
As a follower of Christ;
Eliminates sin, irritation to the sinner, brings out the best in people, heals the sick and lost, keeps those whom have been salted. is bold and speaks the truth.
Matthew 5: 14, 15, 16
14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 "Nor do men light a lamp, and then hide it, but put on the lampstand; and give light to all that are in the house
16 “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Luke 8:16-18 says it rather well,
16 “Now no one after lighting a lamp covers it over with a container, or put is under a bed; but he puts it on a lampstand, in order that those who come in may see the light.
17 “For nothing is hidden that shall not become evident, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light.
18 “Therefore take care how you listen; for whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has shall be taken away from him
” Either we are to be salt to this earth and shine the light of Christ to all whom we come in contact with, or we will lose what has been given to us, and for those that think they have Christ in their lives but truly have not made the choice to ask Jesus in and asked to be forgiven and then follow Him, they will even lose even that that they thank they have (their lives).
Tomorrow: In the Heart man Believes
Re-cap + Faith
have been thinking about this thing called the American dream, it has always bothered me, over the years i have seen it as a trap, seems to be a distraction from the life that Father God has set for us as followers of Jesus, a detour from the path we should be on, we are told by the world that we need to have a big house, a car, a TV. or two, computer’s, cell phones, lap top’s, texting, video, cassettes, DVD, blur ray or whatever the latest thing is, boat, to travel, and it goes on and on the list is almost endless.
i keep going back to,
Mathew 6: 19, 20
19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
20 But instead lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
Matthew 6: 33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you. In witch take’s me back to
Matthew 5:48
Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly father is perfect.
i truly believe that if we couldn’t be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect then we would not have been told to do so, but sense we have been told to do so i also believe that if we strive to do what we have been asked then the Holy Spirit whom Jesus sent to us, will be faithful to guide us to fulfillment.
And then
Matthew 7: 21- 24, 26
21 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father
22 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?
23 And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS,
24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, can be compared to a wise man,
26 And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act upon them, will be like a foolish man,
It seems to me that the American dream is a hindrance to each of us as Christians, One of the largest traps of satin, And if we are true followers of Christ we will do as His word says, we will obey and fallow after Him and His teachings!
James 1:27 Keep your self-unstained by the world.
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that witch is good and acceptable and perfect.
James 4:4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility towards God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
1John 2:15, 17
15 Do not love the world, or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but from the world.
17 And the world is passing away, and also its lust; but the one who dose the will of God abides forever.
So in short if you obey the word you make it to heaven if you don’t you don’t, it is your choice.
FAITH
Matthew 8:13 “As you have believed”, and his servant was healed
Matthew 9:2 “Seeing their faith” Your sins are forgiven Matthew 9:22 “Your faith has made you well” and at once the women was made whole.
Matthew 9:28, 29 “Do you believe I am able to do this?” Be it done to you according to your faith”
Matthew17:20, Mark 11:22, Luke 7:50 “Your faith has saved you go in peace”
Galatians 2:16 “that we may be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works”
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved by faith
Ephesians 6:16 “Taking up the shield of faith”
1 Peter 1:5 “protected by the power of God through faith”
After reading these and the situations surrounding them, it seems that faith in God is the most important thing we can have. For by faith we will be saved our sins forgiven, by faith we will be healed, and by faith in Father God and Crist Jesus we can move mountains in our lives.
And doubting destroys our faith
Tomorrow: Value and Worth
Definition of fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, homosexuals, thieves, covetous, drunkard, revilers, swindlers
Fornicators: Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman who are not married to each other Idolaters: the worship of something or someone other than God as if it were God. These all fit in to idolater;
Adulterers one who commits Adultery: voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse.
Effeminate: a man or boy having or showing qualities or characteristics more often associated with females than males; unmanly, not manly
Homosexuals: a person who has sex with members of the same sex
Thieves: Someone who steals either an item or time Covetous: jealously eager for the possession of something, the property of another person, greed
Drunkard: a person who is habitually or frequently drunk. A person with the habit of drinking spirits
Revilers: to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively. To attack or assault to be scornful, condescending, or disrespectful, to use language that is scornful, sneering, humiliating, embarrassing, degrading, cruelly, offensive, speaking vulgarly, nastily, or disgracefully of or toward others
Swindlers: a person displaying anything deceptive; a fraud. A cheats a tricksters crooks faker’s embezzlers con artist a untrue person looking for gain.
Ok sensitive subjects for most, probably 98% of people who read this will be upset for one reason or another. All i can say is get over it and move on, for none of this is just my opinion it was taken from the dictionary.
So let move on….. if you call yourself a Christian and even one of these cases conflict in your thinking, relies it is you who are wrong.
Most who call themselves Christian are not effeminates or homosexuals and most are not fornicators, adulterer’s drunkards or thieves, swindlers and most will say I don’t do these things so I’m a good person, sorry to bust your bubble but there will be a lot of so called good people in hell.
Then we come to revilers covetous and idolaters I have met and had conversations with numerous people who say they are Christians that have a language that says otherwise
These are the three most common flaws of the human race; bad language, wants, and worshipping something or some on other than God.
Having desires that lead you to always have something new bigger or better is no less a sin then being a thief or a drunkard, sin does not come on a scale of 1 to 10 as far as witch is worst, we as humans do that so we can say see I’m not so bad I don’t ‘’’’’’’ doesn’t matter sin is sin.
So the steps to the way out; and there is only one way out,
That’s easy to put on paper, but now to live, well if you are sincere about following Christ it is just a matter of making right choices throughout your day and if you are communicating with the Holy Spirit of God and following His lead you can do it, putting the will God before your will and following His word you can live a life that is upright and expectable before the Lord God.
And if you slip and blow it know if you turn to Him and ask for forgiveness He is faithful to forgive. The thing is as you grow in the Lord the times you slip will grow further and further apart.
For God does not tell us to do or not to do something He is not willing to help us through.
Tomorrow; Re-cap + Faith
Judge those in the body
Haven’t written the last few days been thinking about things, everything happens for a reason, and it is good if you are listening for the Holy Spirit to direct. Listening for that still quiet voice and then acting upon what you hear.
Got up this morning at 3:20 and was reading, looking for where i left off reading yesterday but instead ended up in
1 Corinthians 5:9-13
(9) I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with the immoral people;
(10) I did not at all mean with the immoral people of the world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters; for then you would have to go out of the world.
(11) BUT ACTUALLY I WROTE TO YOU NOT TO ASSOCIATE WITH ANY SO-CALLED BROTHER, IF HE SHOULD BE AN IMMORAL PERSON, OR COVETOUS, OR AN IDOLATER, OR A REVILER, OR A DRUNKARD, OR A SWINDLER NOT EVEN TO EAT WITH SUCH A ONE.
(12) For what do I have to do with judging outsiders? DO YOU NOT JUDGE THOSE WHO ARE IN THE CHURCH?
(13) But those who are outside, God judges. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES.
God judges the ones whom are not believers, but we are to judge those in the body of Christ, the word says we can tell a brother by his fruit, it takes a judgment on our part to determine if a fruit is good or bad, according to God’s word, so we as Christians need to be in the word to be able to judge properly.
And people who call them selves Christians that live a life of immorally we are to stay away from, but the outsider or nonbelievers we need to be around so that through us they may see Christ.
These shall not inherit the kingdom of heaven; fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, homosexuals, thieves, the covetous, drunkards, revilers, swindlers none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.
If we were totally honest with our self's, we would find we have all been or dune at least one of these things, but when we repent (turn from our sin) we are washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of Christ Jesus, and in the spirit of our God, if we have given our life to Him and confessed Christ Jesus as our Lord and savior, then we are forgiven
We went to the Assembly of God church a small gathering of about 50 believers, the pastor shared from
Revelation 2:8-11,
and brought up something i had thought of about Revelation but have never heard any one say so clearly when teaching from Revelation, and that is that you can see your church in one of these churches described, and that at the same time you can see your own life as an individual in one or more of these churches, and what you as an individual needs to do to get back in line with the will of God, and that just as God removed the church of Ephesus He will remove us from His presence. He referred back to;
Revelation 2: 4, 5
(4) But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
(5) Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you, and will remove your lamp stand out of its place Unless you repent,
The pastor brought up that even to day Ephesus doesn’t have a church. So they must not have repented and their church was removed,
It dose seem to fit because if we are not willing to repent and return to our first love of Christ and fallow after Him we also will be cut off, or removed from His presence, forever.
Tomorrow:
Definition of fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, homosexuals, thives, covetous, drunkard, revilers, swindlers