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God would rather have fruits of the Spirit rather than religious nuts…

God would rather have fruits of the Spirit rather than religious nuts…

 

What are the fruits of a bad congregation verses a good congregation…or even a person (Christian) who claims to a be a faithful one to God…Are you a fruit inspector or are you a fruit producer…Recipe for inspection…Remedy to lies is the Truth…Leave the Liar follow the Truth…

 

Jesus said, in John 10:9-10, “I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

 

James 3:13-18, “Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.”

 

If your religion is about constant fighting and arguing, then you are serving satan. Jesus said the thief comes to kill, steal, and destroy. Is your religion always about fighting other so called Christians? Yes or no? or is about loving your neighbor as yourself? Yes or no? There is wisdom that does not come from God, and is devilish, so says the Holy Spirit through James. Does your religion appeal to the senses and not to the Spirit? You got to feel it to believe it? Yes or no? Check your fruits. Who are you following? Who is the source…it is not a what but a who…

Eph 6:12 ASV  For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places…Joh 8:44 ASV  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stands not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

 

Jesus said the devil is liar and there is no truth in him. Paul said you cannot sit at the table of devils and Jesus table. To those who have put on Christ in baptism, remember when you were baptized, please remember. There was no voice conversating with you, there was peace with God knowing you had a good conscience being forgiven of all your sins (1 Pet 3:21). There was no daily installments on the Holy Spirit, no we received all of the Holy Spirit God wanted us to have according to the promise in to anyone who obeys Acts 2:38-39…and Peter said unto them repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins an you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, for the promise is unto you, your children, and to all those a far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call...1Co 10:20-22 ASV  But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.  21  Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.  22  Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

 

1Pe 1:13-16 ASV  Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;  14  as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:  15  but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;  16  because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

 

Also for all of you that think speaking in unknown languages is a way to have God pray for you or build you up, look at Romans 8:26, it says the Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be heard, why then is tongues speaking needed? Also do you think you can communicate in the spirit without being physically present? Paul could not neither could Peter. They had to be present or write a physical letter to communicate, in the first century. Check the fruits. Satan is a master of counterfeiting the authentic.

Rom 8:26-28 ASV  And in like manner the Spirit also helps our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;  27  and he that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.  28  And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose…2Pe 2:1-3 ASV  But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.  2  And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.  3  And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

 

Father please heal our disobedience…we renounce anything un-Holy…please reveal the truth we need for our soul’s salvation…so we can change and be reconciled with You…we beg for your mercy concerning the unforgiven…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

 

Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend

 



God would rather have fruits of the Spirit rather than religious nuts…

The righteous check list…do you meet the minimum requirements Jesus Christ never broke and fulfilled…see where you land…heaven or hell

The righteous check list…do you meet the minimum requirements Jesus Christ never broke and fulfilled…see where you land…heaven or hell…

 

Do you…receive favors from another’s table besides Our Creator…Yes or no?

Exo 20:3 ASV  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

1Co 10:14 ASV  Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

 

Have you made something where you credit idols (luck) for what God has done…Yes or no?

Exo 20:4-6 ASV  Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of anything 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 unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,  6  and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Act 15:28-29 ASV  For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:  29  that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.

 

Have you used God’s name in anything but prayer and teaching…Yes or no?

Exo 20:7 ASV  Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Jas 2:6-8 ASV  But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?  7  Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?  8  Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

 

Have you taken care of your parents…Yes or no?

Exo 20:12 ASV  Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Eph 6:1-3 ASV  Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.  2  Honor 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.

 

Have you worshipped God correctly…Yes or no?

Exo 20:8 ASV  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Joh 4:23-24 ASV  But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.  24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

 

Have you Murdered another…Yes or no?

Exo 20:13 ASV  Thou shalt not kill.

Jas 2:11-13 ASV  For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.  12  So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.  13  For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glories against judgment.

Joh 16:2-3 ASV  They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever kills you shall think that he offers service unto God.  3  And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

 

Have you had sex outside of marriage…Yes or no?

Exo 20:14 ASV  Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Act 15:28-29 ASV  For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:  29  that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.

 

Have stolen another’s…Yes or no?

Exo 20:15 ASV  Thou shalt not steal.

Eph 4:28 ASV  Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

 

Have you told a lie to someone by bearing false witness…Yes or no?

Exo 20:16 ASV  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Col 3:5-10 ASV  Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;  6  for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience:  7  wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;  8  but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:  9  lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,  10  and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

 

Do you want what is from another coveting after what God has not given you…Yes or no?

Exo 20:17 ASV  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

Rom 13:9-10 ASV  For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.  10  Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

 

 

Will you bring joy into heaven by repenting…Yes or no?

Luk 15:7 ASV  I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance…Jas 5:16 ASV  Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man avails much in its working.

 

Father help us to truly be righteous before You…we are but children in diapers and do not know how to keep ourselves free from this world…please grant us repentance and mercy…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

 

Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend

 

 

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Jesus said they honor me with their lips but their heart is far from me


Jesus said, “and why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not the things which I say? Whosever comes to me and hears my sayings and does them, I will show you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built a house and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house and could not shake it, for it was founded upon a rock, but he that hears and does not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth, against which the stream did beat vehemently and immediately it fell and the ruin of that house was great” Luke 6:46-49

 

  1. Love your enemies do good to them that hate you

  2. Bless them that curse you and pray for them that despitefully use you

  3. Unto him that hits you on one cheek offer the other cheek

  4. Him that takes away you cloak forbid not to take away your coat also

  5. Give to every man that asks you

  6. Him that takes away your goods ask them not again

  7. As you would that men do to you, do also to them

  8. Be you therefor merciful as your Father is merciful

  9. Judge not and you will not be judged

  10. Condemn not and you will not be condemned

  11. Forgive and you will be forgiven

  12. Give and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together and running over, shall men give into you bosom. For with the same measure that you give it shall be given unto you.

  13. Cast out the log in your eye first, then you shall be able to cast out the dust in your brother’s eye

  14. Let you light shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify you Father

  15. Except your righteousness exceeds the scribes and the Pharisees you will in no case enter the kingdom of heaven.

  16. Whoever is angry with his brother for no cause will be in danger of the judgment

  17. Whosever shall say to your brother you are empty headed shall be in danger of the counsel

  18. Whosoever shall say your brother you fool shall be in danger of hell fire

  19. If you are bringing a gift to the altar and remember your brother has accused you of wrong then go and reconcile with your brother before you offer your sacrifice

  20. When your enemy has you in their grasps come to terms quickly with them before he hands you over to the judge and then the judge casts you into prison

  21. Do not look unto women to lust after, if you do then you have already sinned

  22. Swear not at all neither by Heaven for it is God’s throne but let your yes be yes and your no no

  23. Whosoever asks you to go a mile go with him 2

  24. Don’t do your charitable deeds to be seen of men

  25. When you pray enter your closet where no man can see and your Father that sees the secret things will reward you openly

  26. When you pray do not repeat yourself your Father knows what you need before you ask

  27. When you fast let no man know it and your Father which sees what you do in secret will reward you openly

  28. Do not lay up treasure on earth but layup treasure in heaven

  29. Give not that which is holy to the dogs

  30. Do not cast your pearls before swine, unless they trample them under their feet and turn again and tear you

  31. Ask and it shall be given, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened for you

  32. Enter in at the narrow gate…because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way that leads to eternal life

  33. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothes but are ravening wolves

 

These are not all the saying of Christ but just a reminder what we are to do. Jesus said, “if you love me keep my commandments” John 14:15.



The Ten Commandments



90% of the Solution is Knowing the Problem…

90% of the Solution is Knowing the Problem…

 

Do you have a problem telling or realizing the truth? I know some good news that will make you rejoice if you love the Truth…How can you know the problem if you do not realize there is one?

 

Notice truth solves problems and lies create problems…Great is Truth revealed to a mystery or a problem needing to be solved. Do you love Truth…or do you what to be part of the solution and not the problem? If so, then I have good news for you…

 

A person named Jesus Christ was born of a Virgin named Mary…being the only Human our Creator ever Fathered…Adam being made from the ground…being the Only begotten Son of the Father of All…The Great I AM…of All which IS…

 

Joh 3:16-17 ASV  For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have eternal life.  17  For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through Him…Heb 5:8-9 ASV  though He was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which He suffered;  9  and having been made perfect, He became unto all them that obey Him the author of eternal salvation…

 

Joh 14:6-7 ASV  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by Me.  7  If ye had known Me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him…Joh 8:31-32 ASV  Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed Him, If ye abide in My word, then are ye truly My disciples;  32  and ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free…

 

Jesus promises to reveal the Truth you need to be faithful to our Creator…

Mat 11:27-30 ASV  All things have been delivered unto Me of my Father: and no one knows the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and He to whomsoever the Son wills to reveal Him.  28  Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  29  Take My yoke (truth) upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek (obedient) and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  30  For my yoke (truth) is easy, and my burden is light…a clean conscience makes a soft pillow…

 

Do you want a light and easy burden in life…Jesus promises the truth needed so you can have rest for your soul…sound like good news…

Mat 7:7-14 ASV  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 ask receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.  9  Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone;  10  or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?  11  If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him?  12  All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.  13  Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.  14  For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it…

 

Jesus promises if you practice the truth and then do what is right by God… then you will not hunger or thirst…

 

Joh 6:35 ASV  Jesus said unto them, I am the bread (Truth) of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst…Mat 4:3-4 ASV  And the tempter came and said unto Him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.  4  But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

 

Mat 6:30-34 ASV  But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?  31  Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?  32  For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.  33  But seek ye first His kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.  34  Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

 

Ask…seek…knock…keep asking searching knocking for the solution to your problem until Jesus reveals the truth you need for you soul and life…in my experience it is when you will handle the situation correctly or rightly by God then He reveals the truth to the problem because He know you will handle the Truth correctly…and thus be a problem solver rather than a problem needing to be solved…are we all not babies in diapers before our Creator…we have to ask God how to live our lives right for Him…knowing He will not ask us to do an immoral or wrong or evil deed…

 

Jesus said…

Mat 5:5-9 ASV  Blessed are the meek (obedient): for they shall inherit the earth.  6  Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.  7  Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.  8  Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.  9  Blessed are the peacemakers (peace making is something you do…different than peace keeping) : for they shall be called sons of God…

 

 

 

Will you pray with me…

Father please forgive us of the lies we have believed and been deceived and repeated…please remove everything Un-Holy…and please show us mercy for our crimes against You and fellowman…for the unforgiven…please reveal the truth we need to be reconciled to you and grant us repentance or change to do so…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name (Acts 22:8) Amen.

 

Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend

 




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