Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips. Let not my heart be drawn
to what is evil, to take part in wicked deeds with men who are evildoers;
let me not eat of their delicacies. (Psa 141:3,4)
for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your SOULS. (1 Pet 1:9)
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**ALL Christians are commanded to contend against that counterfeit grace that is a license for immorality:
Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to CONTEND FOR THE FAITH that was once for all entrusted to the saints. For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who CHANGE THE GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO A LICENSE FOR IMMORALITY AND DENY JESUS CHRIST OUR ONLY SOVEREIGN AND LORD. (Jude 3,4)Instead of contending against OSAS, many Bible congregations teach and try to defend it, thus revealing how dark and apostate those congregations are. The Holy Spirit speaking through the Apostle Paul commanded us to STAY AWAY FROM THEM for our own good (Romans 16:17-18).
...he who was a free man when he was called is Christ's slave. (1 Cor 7:22)
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children. (Hosea 4:6)
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When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. CONSIDER WHAT A GREAT FOREST IS SET ON FIRE BY A SMALL SPARK. (James 3:3-5)Your WORDS, even idle words, have great influencing power.
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When your words came, I ate them; THEY WERE MY JOY AND MY HEART'S DELIGHT, for I bear your name, O LORD God Almighty. (Jer 15:16)Similarly, note this:
...Do not my words DO GOOD to him whose ways are upright? (Micah 2:7)
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In the NT, perhaps the most relevant passage for this last generation is the 10 Virgins. They were ALL initially described the same:
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Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred. (Prov 15:17)
Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife. (Prov 17:1)Note how "LOVE and "PEACE and Quiet" are exalted and beneficial for the person.
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And IF THE SPIRIT OF HIM WHO RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD IS LIVING IN YOU, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. (Rom 8:11)Ponder that fact and this next related truth:
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because THE ONE WHO IS IN YOU IS GREATER THAN THE ONE WHO IS IN THE WORLD. (1 John 4:4)
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A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God. (Rom 2:28,29)
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Brothers, as an example of PATIENCE IN THE FACE OF SUFFERING, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. (James 5:10)Suffering of many types WILL come to the righteous. They are unavoidable. STAND FIRM in God's will.
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...WE [Christians] DIED TO SIN; how can we live in it any longer? (Rom 6:2)That verse reflects true repentance, along with godly sorrow (2 Cor. 7:10), which brings about salvation.
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At one time we too WERE foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved [PAST TENSE] by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived [PAST TENSE] in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but BECAUSE OF HIS MERCY. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, HAVING BEEN JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE, WE MIGHT BECOME HEIRS HAVING THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO DOING WHAT IS GOOD. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone. (Titus 3:3-8)People know Eph. 2:8,9, yet AVOID Titus 3:7,8.
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He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, (Gal 3:26)
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)
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. (1 John 3:23)Especially for new Christians and everyone else, it is better to start reading the New Testament BEFORE the OT because we are in NT times, and the NT contains the plan of salvation (the gospel) for today, which centers on Jesus. If you start with the OT, you could to get ensnared in Torah centered, false doctrines.
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How could that happen? How could they forget him UNLESS they were pre-occupied with something else very important, such as their various other children, who were all YOUNGER than Jesus. Mary had at least 6 other children (Mt. 13:55,56), but maybe as many as 10 or more at that point! The perpetual virginity of Mary is a hoax
After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you." "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" But they did not understand what he was saying to them. (Luke 2:43-50)BTW, the above passage was the first recorded dialog between Jesus and Mary, and it was a rebuke to her. This truth is a mind-blow to Catholics.
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The first 2 in that list have been constant dangers so far, much more than serious persecution, BUT THE THIRD (PERSECUTION) ON A WORLDWIDE SCALE IS COMING SOON. The War on the Saints comes BEFORE the rapture.
... They believe for a while, but in the time of TESTING they fall away. (Luke 8:13)We arrive at that conclusion by comparing Luke 8:13 to a parallel passage from Matthew:
...WHEN TROUBLE OR PERSECUTION COMES BECAUSE OF THE WORD, he quickly falls away. (Mat 13:21)** When Jesus says all men will hate you because of me (Mt. 10:22), he is also indirectly saying you will be hated because of the message/truth of the Bible - the Word of God and for holy living.
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And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--to the glory and praise of God. (Phil 1:9-11)
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You learned it [the gospel] from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, (Col 1:7)
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured. (Col 4:12)His prayer for the Colossian saints was for them to STAND FIRM in all of God's will. Finally, we read Epaphras was in prison with Paul:
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. (Phile 1:23)
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Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by NATURE are not gods. (Gal 4:8)The term "NATURE" reveals a subtle truth about God having such that is different from any and all non-gods. Though a different Greek term, it still helps illuminate the deity of Christ, that is, his being "God" by NATURE, while he is not the person of the father, as the Oneness proponents wrongly say. NOTE:
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. (Phil 2:5-7)
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snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear - HATING EVEN THE CLOTHING stained by corrupted flesh. (Jude 1:23)Is that "clothing" their physical clothing we can see OR is it their sin-stained, spiritual clothing we are to HATE? In light of how sinners seductively dress, HATING their clothing, which helps lead people to lust, could be a possibility. Or, the clothing stained by the corrupted flesh [also known as the sinful nature (Gal. 5:19, 24)] could be the opposite of the clothing of the righteous who have "put on the Lord Jesus Christ".
But PUT ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. (Romans 13:14, ESV)
Rather, CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh (Romans 13:14, NIV)
Yet you have a few people in Sardis WHO HAVE NOT SOILED THEIR CLOTHES. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. (Rev. 3:4)NOTE: of the entire congregation at Sardis ONLY A "FEW" were still worthy to walk with Jesus dressed in white! ** Future sins are NOT automatically forgiven
It was granted her to CLOTHE HERSELF with fine linen, bright and pure" - for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. (Rev. 19:8, ESV)
"BE DRESSED ready for service and keep your lamps burning, (Lk. 12:35)
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Then God [PLURAL] said, "Let us [PLURAL] make man in our [PLURAL] image, in our [PLURAL] likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God [PLURAL] created man in his [SINGULAR] own image, in the image of God [PLURAL] he [SINGULAR] created him; male and female he [SINGULAR] created them. (Gen 1:26,27)
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The people took the young man [Greek: pais] home alive and were greatly comforted. (Acts 20:12)That same Greek term (pais) is found here in reference to Jesus when he was 12 years old:
When he was TWELVE YEARS OLD, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom. After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy [pais] Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. (Luke 2:42,43)Hence, Eutychus was around 12 years old.
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But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is SUPERIOR TO THE OLD ONE, and it is founded on better promises. For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. (Heb 8:6,7)
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. (Heb 12:24)
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)
Since they [the Israelites] did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. (Rom 10:3,4)
What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. (Rom 9:30,31)On a related note, another Torah centered group, the Seventh Day Adventists, focus on (and mandate) Sabbath-keeping, which were overturned by the Lord Jesus.
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But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.Obviously, Paul was very guarded in his spiritual walk (and we MUST be too).
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But in those days, following that distress, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And he will send his angels and GATHER HIS ELECT from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. (Mark 13:24-27)
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST. After that, WE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE AND ARE LEFT will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. (1 Th 4:16,17)Mark 13:24-27, in conjunction with 1 Thess. 4:16-17, shows the 'elect' are those IN CHRIST (Christians). Our new body will be GLORIOUS!
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMPET. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." (1 Cor 15:51-54)
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John's head was brought in on a platter and presented to the GIRL (korasion), who carried it to her mother. (Mat 14:11)The same Greek word is used here:
Immediately the GIRL (korasion) stood up and walked around (she was TWELVE YEARS OLD). At this they were completely astonished. (Mark 5:42)
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Let the wicked FORSAKE HIS WAY AND THE EVIL MAN HIS THOUGHTS. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. (Isa 55:7)
...They tell how you TURNED TO GOD FROM IDOLS to serve the living and true God(1 Th 1:9)
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By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear BUILT an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. (Heb 11:7)
And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend." (James 2:23)
Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." (Gal 3:6)
and be found in him [Christ], not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through FAITH IN CHRIST--THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM GOD AND IS BY FAITH. (Phil 3:9)
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that IN HIM WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. (2 Cor 5:21)
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. HE WHO DOES WHAT IS RIGHT IS RIGHTEOUS, just as he is righteous. He who does what is sinful is of the devil.... (1 John 3:7,8)
Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey - whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to https://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/righteous.htm obedience, which leads to righteousness? (Rom 6:16)
You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? (James 2:20)A saving faith in the Lord Jesus is a TRUSTING SUBMITTING faith in him and has good deeds with it, because it is a SUBMISSIVE faith in Jesus - one that FOLLOWS him UNASHAMEDLY.
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. Therefore, brothers, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. (1 Th 3:6,7)
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the
Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Gal 2:20)
THAT is the true Lord Jesus, but is that your JESUS?
Because Jehovah's Witnesses, and others, think Jesus is a mere creature, an angel, they would never "worship" Jesus; consequently, by that refusal, they reveal they have a "different Jesus" (2 Cor. 11:4) from the NT Christians and are left without a Savior.
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(for that righteous man [LOT], living among them day after day, was TORMENTED in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) - (2 Pet 2:8)Lot was TORMENTED by seeing and hearing the wicked people in Sodom. IF you can relate to that condition now, that is a good sign; IF not, that is a bad sign. Compare 2 Peter 2:8 to Ezekiel 9:4.
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At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am A FELLOW SERVANT with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." (Rev 19:10)
But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am A FELLOW SERVANT with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this book. Worship God!" (Rev 22:9)**We need to be content in our similar situation - as a servant, serving God, which has MANY benefits, not yet revealed.
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Yet I appeal to you on the basis of love. I then, as Paul--an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus - I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains. (Phile 9,10)
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And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. (1 Tim 2:14)* Were Adam and Eve progressively sanctified?
The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.' (Mat 25:8)* Were the 5 Foolish Virgins progressively sanctified?
Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. (Rev 2:5)* Were the Ephesians progressively sanctified?
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. (Rev 22:18,19)* Could that type of warning be given to those progressively sanctified?
It is our own salvation responsibility to do the following:
Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, ( Luke 12:35)
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**We must become RIGHTEOUS to enter God's kingdom (Mt. 25:46), and a SUBMISSIVE FAITH IN JESUS will accomplish that entrance (Luke 9:23; Eph. 5:24a; cf. Rom. 3:22; etc.). 1 John 3:7,8a; Heb. 5:9; etc. clarify that a SAVING FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS as obeying him. John 3:36, etc. solidify that point as well.
After getting "born again" (initial salvation OR starting the Christian life), the Christian MUST endure the hatred/persecutions/false teachings that come for godly and holy living to the end of our lives in order to be saved [to enter God's kingdom] (Mt. 10:22; Heb. 3:14; Rev. 2:10,11; Gal. 6:8,9 cf. 2 Tim. 3:12).
***WE MUST "FOLLOW" JESUS [continuous tense] UNASHAMEDLY TO BE [REMAIN] JESUS' SHEEP (Jn. 10:27; Luke 8:21; etc.) Many fall away and do not endure (Mt. 25:1-12; Jn. 6:66; etc), yet MANY [a great multitude] will endure and get into God's kingdom from the last generation (Rev. 7:9-17). **We must be "WORTHY" of Jesus - Mt. 10:36-38 and love him FIRST - Rev. 2:4, even above our own lives (Rev. 12:11).
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But if you show favoritism, you SIN and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. (James 2:9)Such was a unique temptation to sin for those who would help seat people in the congregations.
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You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and ASKED THAT A MURDERER BE RELEASED TO YOU. You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. (Acts 3:14,15)** After all the many people who benefitted by Jesus' miracles, out of ENVY, the leaders wanted Jesus dead (Mt. 27:18), and they preferred a murderer to be released back into their society.
Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? (Prov. 27:4)
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Woe to those who CALL EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL, who PUT DARKNESS FOR LIGHT AND LIGHT FOR DARKNESS, who PUT BITTER FOR SWEET AND SWEET FOR BITTER. (Isa 5:20)The above behavior is exactly what the eternal security teachers do, as they teach their license to sin as grace and the gospel itself. They further oppose those who reject their false grace as embracing a work's salvation, and they accuse them of heresy.
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By your Lord, We will round them up, and the devils, then We will bring them around HELL, on their knees. Then, OUT OF EVERY SECT, We will snatch those most defiant to the Most Merciful. We are fully aware of those most deserving to scorch in it. THERE IS NOT ONE OF YOU BUT WILL GO DOWN TO IT. This has been an unavoidable decree of your Lord. Then We will rescue those who were devout, and leave the wrongdoers in it, on their knees. (Surah 19:68-72)
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Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very NATURE God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross! (Phil 2:5-8)
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Also, people who commit sins (sin unto death) will not inherit God's kingdom (Rev. 21:8). David repented and was forgiven, yet still feared God would take his Holy Spirit from him (Psa. 51:11), as he did King Saul (1 Sam. 16:14). Christians are to BE AFRAID of being cut off (Rom. 11:20-22).
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