There is a river whose streams make GLAD the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells. (Psa 46:4)
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. (Col 4:2)
A Heavyweight Jehovah's Witness Embarrassment - The Finished Mystery
Comparing 'The Church' with 'The Church'
Paul's Final Words [AUDIO]
Jehovah's Witnesses Claim to be in the truth, BUT ... [PDF]
Prayers From The Book Of Psalms
Impossible To Renew Them Again Unto Repentance
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And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."' "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' (Luke 12:19,20)
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." (1 Cor 15:32)
I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to visit you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have ENJOYED your company for a while. (Rom 15:24)
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light. (John 5:35)ALL believers are described here:
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him. (John 7:38)
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I will also appoint him [David] my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth. (Psa 89:27)David was the youngest in his family; and there was a king before David as well as various ones after him, yet he is called the "firstborn".
Moreover in Gen. 41:51,52 and Jer. 31:9, Joseph had two sons and EACH was called "firstborn!" ("Firstborn," therefore, must have more than just one meaning!)
Remember that truth, especially about the Lord Jesus when dealing with Jehovah's Witnesses:
He is the image of the invisible God, the FIRSTBORN over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the SUPREMACY. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, (Col 1:15-19)
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Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go, pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth." The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly and painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. (Rev 16:1,2)The saints are spared from God's wrath and those bowls.
Many who are still here for the wrath of God will be here due to taking the mark of the beast. That sin is similar to Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners." 'But wisdom is proved right by her actions." (Mat 11:18,19)Jesus is misrepresented by many that way and in "musical sermons" (songs) too.
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The woman you saw is the GREAT CITY that rules over the kings of the earth. (Rev 17:18)That is a key verse to refute the Catholic misunderstanding of the "woman clothed with the sun" in Rev. 12:1. They say she is Mary, which has led to their horrible Mary idolatry.
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Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. (John 5:22,23)
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: "To him who sits on the throne AND TO THE LAMB be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!" The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped. (Rev 5:13,14)
(2) Can you right now equally praise and worship both the heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus?
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and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it. (Jer 18:10)
If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, he will die for it. (Ezek 33:18)Those who minimize sin, as something God cannot see in the life of believers, OR who proclaim that our future sins were all forgiven at the point of salvation - are DANGEROUS HERETICS to be avoided. Eternal security proponents do that very thing.
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Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. (Phil 4:8)**To just let your mind wander will allow the devil to give you his destructive thoughts! PONDER SCRIPTURE. The more the better.
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This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. (Mat 6:9,10)
So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority." (Acts 1:6,7)Big and WONDERFUL changes are down the road for the overcomers. STAY CLOSE TO GOD.
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But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. (Mat 10:33)(Paul)
if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us; (2 Tim 2:12)Also, how could Timothy know someone fits the following description, if he didn't have access to Jesus' teachings?
If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain. (1 Tim 6:3-5)Remember those points when you hear people wrongly say the NT manuscripts were written very late. (The devil will attack the Bible anyway he can.)
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The Catholic Eucharist [AUDIO]
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YOU WILL SEEK ME AND FIND ME when you seek me with all your heart. (Jer 29:13)
God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps REACH OUT FOR HIM AND FIND HIM , though he is not far from each one of us. (Acts 17:27)
But if from there you SEEK THE LORD YOUR GOD, YOU WILL FIND HIM if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deu 4:29)
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When A MAN FOUND IT, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. (Mat 13:44)
When HE FOUND ONE OF GREAT VALUE, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. (Mat 13:46)
SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND; call on him while he is near. (Isa 55:6)
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And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns AND SEVEN HEADS, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. ONE OF THE HEADS OF THE BEAST seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. (Rev 13:1-3)
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The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome." (Acts 23:11)
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Though I have been speaking FIGURATIVELY, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. (John 16:25)
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The New Christian Needs Spiritual Growth and Warnings
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After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before. (Job 42:10)
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I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist.... (Mat 11:11)He had NO MIRACLES (Jn. 10:41); so that did not make him great. So, WHY was he the greatest? This must be the answer:
Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave-- (Mat 20:26,27)(**Remember, miracles do not make a person great. Sai Baba was unsaved and he performed miracles! See also Mt. 7:21-23.)
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If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have KNOWN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and, "A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud." (2 Pet 2:20-22)1. "They have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ". The same Greek term for "knowing" is found in 2 Peter 1:2 and 1:3. That word and context can only mean one thing - those same people were once saved. That obvious truth is repeated again, but with these different words, "known the way of righteousness." The way of righteousness is the Lord Jesus Christ, and there is no other way (John 14:6).
2. After they had "escaped the corruption of the world", they became entangled again and overcome. That made them "worse off at the end than they were at the beginning."
3. For them, it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then turn their backs on the sacred command.
4. Like a dog and a washed pig, they returned to their former corruption (vomit and mud).
More Proof:
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. (2 Pet 2:15)
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity--for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. (2 Pet 2:19)Those teachers no longer had salvation.
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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely DIE. (Gen 2:17)
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They say to the seers, "See no more visions!" and to the prophets, "Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. Leave this way, get off this path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel!" (Isa 30:10,11)
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. (2 Tim 4:3,4)(Remember the mute dogs that were Israel's watchmen.)
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And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies? No, you will go down to the depths. IF THE MIRACLES THAT WERE PERFORMED IN YOU HAD BEEN PERFORMED IN SODOM, IT WOULD HAVE REMAINED TO THIS DAY. But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you." (Mat 11:23,24)
Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali-- to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: "Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-- the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned." (Mat 4:13-16)__________________________________
Jeremiah the True Prophet and Pashhur the False Prophet
They Know NOT What They Do [AUDIO]
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I only know that in EVERY CITY the Holy Spirit warns me that PRISON AND HARDSHIPS ARE FACING ME. (Acts 20:23)Soon after his salvation:
Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ. After many days had gone by, the Jews conspired to kill him, but Saul learned of their plan. DAY AND NIGHT THEY KEPT CLOSE WATCH ON THE CITY GATES IN ORDER TO KILL HIM. But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall. (Acts 9:22-25)(Paul's "power," as mentioned there, was with his ability to proficiently reason from the scriptures.)
And OF THIS GOSPEL I WAS APPOINTED A HERALD AND AN APOSTLE AND A TEACHER. That is why I am suffering as I am.... (2 Tim 1:11,12)Paul's life was the exact opposite of what the "prosperity gospel" claims.
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The world cannot hate you, but it hates me BECAUSE I TESTIFY THAT WHAT IT DOES IS EVIL. (John 7:7)The established religious authorities (the Jews), who hated and sought to have Jesus crucified, were part of the "world." It is THE WORLD who hates Christians:
If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, YOU DO NOT BELONG TO THE WORLD, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU OUT OF THE WORLD. THAT IS WHY THE WORLD HATES YOU. (John 15:19)
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Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. (Prov 9:8)Peter was rebuked by Paul (Gal. 2:11-14) and showed himself wise afterwards (2 Pet. 3:15,16).
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Mat 6:21)
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THE MAN WITHOUT THE SPIRIT does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Cor 2:14)
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but MEN LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. (John 3:19)
For the message of the cross is FOOLISHNESS TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING.... (1 Cor 1:18)
THEY THINK IT STRANGE that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation, and they heap abuse on you. (1 Pet 4:4)They are DEAD AND LOST and need the gospel truth. Paul summarized his message here:
I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus. (Acts 20:21)** Calvinism puts the cart before the horse when it falsely proclaims that grace is irresistible and that believers become regenerated before they have faith!
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When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself. "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die for his sin. The righteous things he did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took warning, and you will have saved yourself." (Ezek 3:18-21)
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My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. (You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him.) (Col 4:10)
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. (Phile 1:23)
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. (Acts 16:22-25)
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A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in no little business for the craftsmen. He called them together, along with the workmen in related trades, and said: "Men, you know we receive a good income from this business. And you see and hear how this fellow PAUL HAS CONVINCED AND LED ASTRAY LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE HERE IN EPHESUS AND IN PRACTICALLY THE WHOLE PROVINCE OF ASIA. HE SAYS THAT MAN-MADE GODS ARE NO GODS AT ALL. (Acts 19:24-26)
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If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are AGAIN ENTANGLED IN IT AND OVERCOME, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and, "A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud." (2 Pet 2:20-22)
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Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. (Mat 10:32)
But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. (Mat 10:33)
I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. (Luke 12:8)
But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God. (Luke 12:9)
If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels. (Mark 8:38)__________________________________
Which Is the True Religion to Follow and Why
The Christian Battle and Apostasy
The Unnamed and Unknown Soldiers of Jesus Christ
How To Be Fruitful [AUDIO]
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If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters--YES, EVEN HIS OWN LIFE--he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:26,27)
In the same way, any of you who does not GIVE UP EVERYTHING he has cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:33)
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is NOT WORTHY OF ME; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is NOT WORTHY OF ME; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is NOT WORTHY OF ME. (Mat 10:37,38)
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and SOLD ALL HE HAD AND BOUGHT THAT FIELD. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and SOLD EVERYTHING HE HAD AND BOUGHT IT. (Mat 13:44-46)
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Instead, the physical body of the Christian worldwide is the TEMPLE OF GOD (1 Cor. 3:16,17; 2 Cor. 6:16), that is, God dwells inside his body (not a building). Hence, the following truth is one of those great Christian realities to know and walk in:
...the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (1 John 4:4)
However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be? (Acts 7:48,49)Those key NT truths are logically cancelled out by believing a mere building is the house of the Lord. Don't be duped.
On a side note: the foregoing point is good to remind people who reject gospel literature on the grounds that "they go to church".
Backsliders, God Conceals Truth and The House of God
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When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. (Rev 12:13)
Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring--those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus. (Rev 12:17)The "woman" is Israel, and the Christians are described there as "those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus". The devil's pursuit from Rev. 12 will lead up to the imminent War on the Saints:
He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. (Rev 13:7)The way to overcome is shown here:
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; THEY DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIVES SO MUCH AS TO SHRINK FROM DEATH. (Rev 12:11)
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I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not SERVING our Lord Christ, but THEIR OWN APPETITES. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. (Rom 16:17,18)
Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. (Rev. 2:20)
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However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"-- (1 Cor 2:9)
Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? (James 2:5)
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. (Rev 2:4)
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. (Mat 10:37,38)
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And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. (Col 2:15)What a wonderful scripture to know! Too bad we don't have more related information on that, but that is enough to encourage the saints.
The Crucifixion of Jesus, Our Precious Lord and Savior
The Supreme Importance of Jesus Blood
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For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. (Mat 12:37)Words reflect our heart:
...For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. (Mat 12:34)
For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith.... (1 Th 3:5)
But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you. (1 Th 3:6)Remember also:
This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother. (1 John 3:10)
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On the contrary, we speak as men APPROVED BY GOD TO BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE GOSPEL. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts. You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed--God is our witness. We were not looking for praise from men, not from you or anyone else. As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, (1 Th 2:4-6)
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