Are you justified before God…yes or no? You know just-as-if-I’d had never sinned…   Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before Him in love: having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved… And in like manner the Spirit also helps our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered; and He that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 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. For whom He foreknew, He also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren: and whom He foreordained, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified… Or 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 men, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God… (Rom 8:26-30 Eph 1:3-6 1Co 6:9-11)   Are you justified before God…yes or no? You know just-as-if-I’d had never sinned…   Father please meet our soul’s deepest needs and forgive our worse of sins showing us mercy by revealing the truth so we can right by You and Your Only Son…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.   #BenjaminBrianStewart #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography #AnOpenBibleStudy

Some people want to be treated like Jesus when they a Judas… They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate (disobedient and without faith)...Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate…in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory…(Tit 1:16 2Co 13:5 Eph 1:13-14) When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me…(Joh 13:21) Father my we never betray You or Your Only Son and please meet our soul’s deepest needs for faithfulness…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen. #BenjaminBrianStewart #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography #AnOpenBibleStudy

Heaven is place and you will not get there as a reward unless you decide to go. Do you want to go to Heaven and live in peace with God? Yes or no.   Jesus Christ died on the cross and was raised from the dead so all souls could be a peace with God…He already obtained a new agreement between God and creation which works salvation to all those who obey Jesus…You have to only want to right not wrong all your days…Jesus will reveal the truth to you so you can do what is morally right by God and creation…sound like good news…   For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, Himself man, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times…Who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross…though He was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which He suffered; and having been made perfect, He became unto all them that obey Him the author of eternal salvation (1Ti 2:5-6 Php 2:6-8 Heb 5:8-9)   Jesus is like the best daddy you could imagine…He will adopt you and teach you the truth…He protects His children and says it is better to be dead than to cause a Christian to do wrong… Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst… 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? Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. But seek you first His kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof… Except ye turn (forsake evil), and become as little children (teachable), you shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receives Me: but whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on Me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea. (Joh 6:35 Mat 6:30-34 Mat 18:3-6)   Prayer for adoption… Father please we are children in diapers trying to learn the truth and do right by You…please meet our soul’s deepest needs and heal our soul wounds…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.   #BenjaminBrianStewart #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography #AnOpenBibleStudy

You ever cry or feel remorse because of your wrong deeds…feel shame…blush…because you were not in the right…morally? Blessed are those who mourn (feel sorrow)…for they will be comforted… The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You wilt not despise…For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death…For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries. A man that hath set at nought Moses' law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses: of how much sorer (worse) punishment, think you, shall he be judged worthy, who has trodden underfoot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know Him that said, Vengeance belongs unto Me, I will recompense (repay). And again, The Lord shall judge His people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Psa 51:17 2Co 7:10 Heb 10:26-31)   Reconcile with your fellow man…and your Creator…Jesus said unless you are right with your brethren…then don’t come worship Me… If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has aught (grievance) against you, leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way, first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Agree with your adversary (enemy) quickly, while you are with him in the way (delivered into his hands); unless haply (by chance) the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. Verily I say unto you, you will by no means come out thence, until you have paid the last farthing. (Mat 5:23-26)   …Jesus said, Verily (truly) I say unto you, Except you turn (forsake evil), and become as little children (willing to learn the truth from daddy Jesus), you shall in no way enter into the kingdom of heaven…(Mat 18:3)   Prayer for new heart and reconciliation… Father…please reveal the truth we need for our souls…we are just children in diapers trying to learn to feed and clothe ourselves…please reveal the truth so we can live right by You being supplied by Your Only Son Jesus…and meet our soul’s deepest needs…writing Your laws on our hearts and minds…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.   #BenjaminBrianStewart #AnOpenBibleStudy #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

God’s word is never returned void it always produces a result…we can even learn what not to do as well as right doing from the examples of recorded inspiration… Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work…2Ti 3:16-17 ASV   Even with the end of days in the hour of temptation…We are without excuse…if we have fallen then we have erred and reached for the forbidden…or we can remain faithful by choosing the way out of temptation…saying no in Jesus of Nazareth’s name. There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry…1Co 10:13-14 ASV   God does not want to lose His children but has provided everything needed to remain faithful…if a soul falls to it’s own lust then we must let go of our original sin…that which was forbidden… Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and He himself tempts no man: but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. Then the lust, when it hath conceived, bears sin: and the sin, when it is full-grown, bringeth forth death…Jas 1:13-15 ASV   Jesus has provided all the truth and supply you need to change and be right with God…all you need to do is trust God for it… To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled…(such liars that assume all talk is lies and therefore cannot hear the truth mistaking it for a lie) They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate (unfaithful)…Tit 1:15-16 ASV   Make Jesus your ride or die…the overcomers are not fearful cowards but have faced a trial of death and overcame…I woke up prepared to die for Jesus like an Apostle…a martyr…not much has changed since I made Jesus Christ of Nazareth my choice. And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony (they told the truth); and they loved not their life even unto death…Rev 12:11 ASV   Sometimes we have became slaves of our past decision…and a desire and prayer for righteousness or mercy helps more than words of instruction or encouragement… 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…Jas 5:16 ASV   Sometimes God is like show me you changed…then I will answer your prayers… Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance…(use deeds not words to show you mean what you prayed), and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father (ancestry…our religion) for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children (faithful obedient children) unto Abraham…Luk 3:8 ASV   Those saved who enter Heaven are saints who have a history of sin…who have choose Jesus over all others… If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us…1Jn 1:8-10 ASV   Prayer for deliverance and reconciliation… Father please meet our soul’s deepest needs and we renounce anything unholy and strange fire to You and Your only Fathered Son please help us to love what You love and hate what You hate in Jesus of Nazareth’s name.   Will you Try? https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

Jesus the Christ of Nazareth is the God of gods…Lord of Lords…and the King of Kings… Jesus was born of a virgin…whom was prophesied about from the Jewish people…who are the descendants of Abraham…Isaac…and Jacob. Mary being the virgin who brought forth a manchild and Jesus being born into the tribe of Judah as a Jew had only to keep the minimum requirements of the Ten Commandments to be considered sinless and Holy. Jesus being born of a virgin having our Creator being His Father…was and is the Only Human Son God ever Fathered and being born of a virgin no man can say they are greater than Jesus the Christ from the town of Nazareth.   Jesus then being born into the tribe of Judah obey the Jewish law and remained sinless from birth…Jesus never broke one of the Ten Commandments. Jesus then being full of Grace and Truth…offered His life as a substitute for yours and my own punishment…So He forgive us and reveal the Truth to us and we can do right by God and fellow man. Do you believe a real human died and was raised from the dead name Jesus so He could forgive and reveal the truth to you…so you can never choose a wrong thing again…yes or no?   Jesus does not want to be in your heart He want to rule it… If any man comes unto Me (Jesus), and hates not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Whosoever doth not bear his own cross (burden to become and stay a Christian), and come after me, cannot be my disciple. Luk 14:26-27 ASV   Burden of your cross…reconciling your actions with fellow creation or mankind… If therefore you are offering your gift (sacrifice) at the altar, and there remember that your brother has aught (grievance) against you, leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way, first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Agree with your adversary (come to terms) quickly, while you are with him in the way (delivered into his hands); lest haply the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. Verily I say unto you, you shalt by no means come out thence, till you have paid the last farthing (requirement). Mat 5:23-26 ASV   Jesus will always provide and be your enough… Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall not hunger, and he that believes on Me shall never thirst. Joh 6:35 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 you of little faith? Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. But seek you first His kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Mat 6:30-34 ASV   Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Mat 5:6 ASV   And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him? Luk 11:9-13 ASV   When praying report for duty and do not give God instructions… Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Mar 12:29-31 ASV     Prayer for reconciliation and revealing of the truth needed for righteousness… Father please meet our soul’s deepest needs and heal our soul’s deepest wounds so we may prosper and be in health as we learn the truth and practice what is right before You…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.   Will you Try? https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

5 Reasons to follow Jesus… You will be forgiven if you forgive…you have to know Jesus to be forgiven…He is your path to peace and reconciliation with the Creator.   Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. (Mat 5:7) For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. (Mat 6:14-15) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by Me. (Joh 14:6) Jesus will be your enough…He promises you will never hunger or thirst if you believe and obey Him…and you will have enough clothes even in the times of famine.   Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst. (Joh 6:35) 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? Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. (Mat 6:30-34) But godliness with contentment is great gain: for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out; but having food and covering we shall be therewith content. But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1Ti 6:6-10) He will teach you the truth so you can do right by The Creator   Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed Him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (Joh 8:31-32) Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth. (Joh 17:17) Jesus said…Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother. (Mar 10:19) He will free you from evil influences or rest for your soul so you can practice the truth without fear   All things have been delivered unto Me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and He to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal Him. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Mat 11:27-30) And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God. (Joh 3:19-21) who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love; in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins: (Col 1:13-14)   He will give you the Holy Spirit to comfort your salvation and infirmities Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made Him (Jesus) both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do? And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto Him. (Act 2:36-39) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew. (Joh 3:3-7) in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,--in whom, having also (obeyed) believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory. (Eph 1:13-14)   Prayer for forgiveness… Father please forgive those who have done us wrong and reveal the truth to us so we can do right by You and Your Only Son…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.   Will you Try? https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

Have you ever bowed your knees in surrender to Jesus Christ…if you try to please everyone then you please no one.   The Role of Jesus the Author of Salvation... Jesus Christ of Nazareth said…he that believeth on Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him (Jehovah) that sent Me. And he that beholds Me beholds Him that sent Me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on Me may not abide in the darkness. And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejects Me, and receives not my sayings, hath one that judges him: the word that I spoke, the same shall judge him in the last day… …This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times… Jesus said…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. For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through Him …though He (Jesus) was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which He suffered; and having been made perfect, He became unto all them that obey Him the author of eternal salvation… (Joh 12:44-48 1Ti 2:3-6 Joh 3:16-17 Heb 5:8-9)   We must all appear before Judge Jesus... Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross. Wherefore also God highly exalted Him, and gave unto Him the name which is above every name; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father… …For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living. But you, why dost you judge thy brother? or you again, why dost you set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to Me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God. So then each one of us shall give account of Himself to God… …For we must all be made manifest (made known) before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body (the church), according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad… …And He that sits on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true. And He said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcomes shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and He shall be my son. But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. (Php 2:5-11 Rom 14:9-12 2Co 5:10 Rev 21:5-8)   We can overcome any form of temptation...if we fall then we reached for forbidden fruit... Wherefore let him that thinketh he stands take heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that you may be able to endure (remove yourself from or overcome it) it. Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry (1Co 10:12-14 ASV)   Prayer of deliverance…and surrender to Jesus Christ… Father I renounce satan and his kingdom…I renounce all other forms of creation…please reveal the truth to me so I can change and do right by You and Your Only Son in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.   Will you Try? https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

Where your treasure is so is there your heart Jesus said…for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be single (if you have tunnel vision seeking the light), your whole body shall be full of light. But if your eye be evil (if you seek not the light), your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is the darkness…(if you walk not in the light then your good deeds are not of the light but the darkness)… …He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters… …Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Mat 6:21-23 Mat 12:33-37 Mat 12:30)   Jesus is the truth...the light...you need for your soul's freedom Jesus also said… Again therefore Jesus spoke unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life…Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by Me…Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (Joh 14:6 Joh 8:12 Joh 8:31-32)   The Danger of Hypocrisy and Lukewarm Faith …I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth… …Warning unto you, scribes and Pharisees, (preachers knowing they’re not right with God) hypocrites! for you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these you ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. You blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel! Warning unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. You blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also. Warning unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like unto whited sepulchers, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity… …Warning unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte (convert); and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves. (Mat 23:15 Mat 23:23-28 Rev 3:15-16)   The Struggle is Real...Worldly Desires vs. Eternal Devotion Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory (prestige and position) of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abides forever. (1 Jn 2:15-17)   Prayer for Embracing Jesus as Our Sole Source and Light Father we renounce any other source and ask You would make Jesus Your Only Son our Only Source and Supply that we may be full of light and walk not in the darkness of our own desires…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen. Will you Try? https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

The Path to Wisdom and understanding...living in the Fear of Jehovah The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction… …My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God… …For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding: He lays up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity; That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints. (Pro 1:7 Pro 2:1-5 Pro 2:6-8)   Seek wisdom and understanding more than gold and material things... …But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraided not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubts is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways… …How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver. The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keeps his way preserves his soul… …He that gets wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keeps understanding shall find good. A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that utters lies shall perish. (Jas 1:5-8 Pro 16:16-17 Pro 19:8-9)   The Power of Truth and Righteousness in Discipleship Jesus said…Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth… …Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free… …Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God. (Joh 17:17 Joh 8:31-32 Mat 5:6-9)   Prayer for Seeking Divine Wisdom and Understanding Through Faith Father please help us to wise unto salvation for ourselves and others and always understand what is right by You and Your Only Son…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name.   Will you Try? https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

God would rather have Christians with the  fruits of the Spirit instead of fruit inspectors… It is written…prove all things; hold fast that which is good; abstain from every form of evil. And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it. …Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesses not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already. You are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knows God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. …These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. For, uttering great swelling words of vanity (emptiness), they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness (evil sensual lusts), those who are just escaping from them that live in error; promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage. For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire. (1Th 5:21-24 1Jn 4:1-6 2Pe 2:17-22)   Jesus’s word will be our judge on the last day…the Day of Judgement… Jesus said…Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged: and with what measure you mete (measure out), it shall be measured unto you. And why behold you the mote (little sin) that is in your brother's eye, but consider not the beam (big sin) that is in your own eye? Or how wilt thou say to your brother, Let me cast out the mote out of your eye; and lo, the beam is in your own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye; and then shalt you see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother's eye. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you… …I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes on me may not abide in the darkness. And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejects me, and receives not my sayings, hath One that judges him: the word that I spoke, the same shall judge him in the last day… …Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by your name, and by your name cast out demons, and by your name do many mighty works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity (work apart from God). (Mat 7:1-6 Joh 12:46-48 Mat 7:21-23) Renouncing Falsehood and Seeking Forgiveness in Faith Father we renounce anything false known or unknown especially satan the first liar...please forgive us of any lie we have believed or participated in Jesus of Nazareth name amen. Will you Try? https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography

The Essential Role of Faith in Embracing the Gospel and Pleasing God …Therefore, we should fear, lest perhaps, a promise being open to enter into His rest, any of you might seem to come short. For truly, we have had the gospel preached to us, even as they also did; but the preaching of the word did not profit them because it was not mixed with faith in those who heard… …But all have not obeyed the gospel because as Isaiah said, Lord, who has believed our report? So then, faith comes by hearing, and hearing through the Word of God… …Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the conviction of things not seen. For by this kind of faith the elders obtained a good report… …Now without faith it is impossible to please God. For it is mandatory for the one who comes to God to believe that He exists, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Heb 4:1-2 Rom 10:16-17 Heb 11:1-2 Heb 11:6)   The Importance of Scripture and Faithful Study of Truth …See that they remain mindful of these things, earnestly charging them in the sight of the Lord not to argue over words that are not profitable in any way, but which lead to the subverting of those who hear. Diligently study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing (applying) the Word of the truth… …All Scripture is God-breathed and is profitable for doctrine, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; So that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work… …But my God will supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Now to our God and Father be glory into the ages of eternity. Amen. (2Ti 2:14-15 2Ti 3:16-17 Php 4:19-20)   Do You Trust in Divine Provision and Seek Righteousness …Now if God so arrays the grass of the field, which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much rather clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or With what shall we be clothed? For the nations seek after all these things. And your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. But as for you, seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow; for tomorrow shall take care of the things of itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil of that day… ...Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me shall never hunger; and the one who believes in Me shall never thirst at any time… …Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. (Mat 6:30-34 Joh 6:35 Mat 5:6)   Reminder of A New Covenant: Laws Inscribed in Hearts and Minds This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days,' says the Lord: 'I will give My laws into their hearts, and I will inscribe them in their minds; And their sins and lawlessness I will not remember ever again. (Heb 10:16-17)   Prayer for Seeking Divine Guidance for Holistic Well-being Father…please reveal the truth we need for our physical and spiritual and emotional health and salvation so we can change and do what is right by You and fellow man in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.   Will you Try? https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend #love #instagood #photoftheday #beautiful #happy #new #sports #entertainment #technology #business #fashion #health #travel #food #music #art #photography