14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Proverbs 17

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17 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

² A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
³ The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
⁴ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
⁵ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
⁶ Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
⁷ Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
⁸ A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
¹⁰ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
¹¹ An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
¹² Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
¹³ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
¹⁴ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
¹⁶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
¹⁸ A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
¹⁹ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
²⁰ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
²¹ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
²² A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
²³ A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
²⁴ Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
²⁶ Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
²⁷ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
²⁸ Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

"All Things New" by Steven Curtis Chapman

“There I concentrated my life to Christ.”

Peace,

I heard before getting into prayer, " REPENT, REPENT, REPENT, TELL MY CHILDREN TO REPENT, Time is drawing closer and my hand will be held back no more. You are to turn from your evil ways and give your life to ME. I am the only one who can save you from eternal death." 

Folks, when I was led to start a blog the only thing I knew was to feed the children of Father God. I was to tell them to repent. I was to tell them to turn back to Father God. I was to tell them to believe in the name Yahushua/Jesus. I was to tell them to read the living word. I was to tell them to pray. I was to tell them to keep HIS commands. 

Since that time I have been led to post scripture and testimonies as well as visions and dreams I have had. I have not been led to place anything on You Tube or any other place. I am sharing the messages I received tonight after prayer and reading.

  I received after prayer and reading the living word. The first message was Luke 24:46-49 ⁴⁶ And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:⁴⁷ And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.⁴⁸ And ye are witnesses of these things.⁴⁹ And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

The second message. John 14: 26-28 ²⁶ But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.²⁷ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.²⁸ Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

My third message. I heard the name, "Lincoln" I thought this was odd as I was in the word and not sure if I was hearing from the Holy Spirit. I was then told to read about Lincoln and his relationship with God. This is what I was led to post. 7:22 A.M., April 15, just three days before Mr. Lincoln proposed to walk the aisle of his church to make known his faith in Jesus Christ, Mr. Lincoln walked the golden streets of the New Jerusalem. He was blessed to do so because two years before his death, on November 19, 1863, at Gettysburg, as he later wrote, “There I concentrated my life to Christ.”

The final message. Philippians 4:8-9 ⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.⁹ Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

Please with all things bring them before our Father and seek guidance from the Holy Spirit. The peace of God will NOT be upon you in the time of wrath if you do not REPENT! This message was clear to me a KNOWING if you will that this country will soon be under the wrath of God. 

In HIM with love,
Cassie

(22) He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

 Matthew 13:22-23

(22) He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. (23) But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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In Matthew 13:22-23, the only difference between the seed sown among weeds and the seed sown on good soil is in theaction of the hearer. Both heard the Word, but only one acts on what he hears. Think about this. The seed sown on good soil could easily be overcome and choked out by weeds if action were to become inaction. What if spiritual laziness sets in?

What would happen if, say, a man has a vegetable garden and next to this garden is a small patch of kudzu? He cannot spray it with a herbicide because of the danger of it drifting onto his plants. What should he do? He must go out every day to monitor the situation and take whatever action is appropriate. Perhaps he needs to cut the kudzu back, or maybe it will be okay for another day.

The point is that the gardener must stir himself to be diligent. What happens if he tries to manage the kudzu from his bed or from the easy chair in front of his television? In a few weeks, he would go out to pick some red, ripe, juicy tomatoes and find that, not only does he not have any tomatoes, but he does not even have a garden!

The biblical term for someone who is spiritually inactive, or even asleep, is Laodicean! What Revelation 3:14-18describes as a Laodicean is nothing more than a Christian choked by weeds. The Laodicean knows that kudzu is out there, but his attitude is lethargic. "I'll get to it later," he says. "My favorite show is coming on!" The Laodicean says in verse 17, "I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing." What did Christ say the weeds were? The cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the pleasures of this life!

Every day we have to "hoe" our spiritual garden. Prayer and Bible study we all understand about—we know how necessary they are to Christian growth. But we need to go even further and fight, root out, the weeds. Is that television show, novel, movie, or sportscast an entanglement? Are we spending too much time trying to "make it" or "get ahead" or "keep up with the Joneses"? Do we allow ourselves to become easily sidetracked by "little things"? While sleeping late instead of getting up early to pray, is kudzu creeping over our fruit?

Ask yourself, "Am I asleep?" If you know you are not asleep, ask, "Am I coasting?" You may find that you have allowed other pursuits to crowd out higher, spiritual priorities. If so, you need to wade into your overgrown garden and begin pulling out weeds by the fistful.

— Mike Ford

7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

Ecclesiastes 5

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5 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

² Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
³ For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
⁴ When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
⁵ Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
⁶ Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
⁷ For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
⁸ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
⁹ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
¹⁰ He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
¹¹ When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
¹² The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
¹³ There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
¹⁴ But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
¹⁵ As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
¹⁶ And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
¹⁷ All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
¹⁸ Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
¹⁹ Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
²⁰ For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

Proverbs 18:13 "If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame."

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(37) But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

 Matthew 5:33-37

(33) Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: (34) But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: (35) Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. (36) Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. (37) But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
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Jesus says that His brothers and sisters should not even be using such seemingly mild exclamations as "Good heavens!" They are unnecessary, and more than that, Satan and his anti-God attitudes influence them.

Certainly, church members are not using four-letter words or blaspheming or profaning God's name. In part, the third commandment—prohibiting taking God's name in vain—deals with such matters. Rather, the words that some complain about are of another type: mild or watered-down versions of God's names or crude words for certain body parts or bodily functions. Though this sensitive theme may embarrass or offend, it needs to be covered.

For those who might be new to this subject, it is necessary to give warning about "substitute" swearwords such as "gosh," "golly," "jeez," "shoot," "shucks," "heck," "darn," and others. Such words are called euphemisms, literally "good speech." It does not take much thought to figure out what words these exclamations are substitutes for. We do not need them! The English language contains thousands of benign yet descriptive words and expressions that convey the same feeling or reaction.

Yet for those whose speech habits are deeply ingrained, it can be hard. Many of us have used bad language freely and frequently before conversion. Many of us are surrounded by foul language at work every day. A friend told me that, upon starting a job "in the world" after spending four years at Ambassador College, he was plagued by swearwords constantly coming to the tip of his tongue for the least little problem!

I do not wish to appear self-righteous in discussing this sensitive subject. I am not pointing a finger at others. Like many church members, I work in an office where I cannot even enjoy a cup of coffee with my coworkers because the air so frequently turns blue with bad language and filthy subject matter. Some of the women are as bad as the men—in some cases, worse! It can rub off on us and, like the proverbial frog in hot water, we can gradually come to accept gutter-language as the norm. We can become calloused to it, and we can allow it to creep into our everyday conversation.

— Staff

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

John 13

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13 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

² And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
³ Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
⁴ He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
⁵ After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
⁶ Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
⁷ Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
⁸ Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
⁹ Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
¹⁰ Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
¹¹ For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
¹² So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
¹³ Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
¹⁴ If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
¹⁶ Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
¹⁸ I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
¹⁹ Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
²⁰ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
²¹ When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
²² Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
²³ Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
²⁴ Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
²⁵ He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
²⁶ Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
²⁷ And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
²⁸ Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
²⁹ For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
³⁰ He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
³¹ Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
³² If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
³³ Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
³⁴ A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
³⁵ By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
³⁶ Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
³⁷ Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
³⁸ Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

 Luke 17:32

(32) Remember Lot's wife.

  Genesis 19:26

(26) But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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Just before Lot's wife reached her place of safety—though she had made some effort to escape the impending disaster—Lot's wife disobeyed the angel's command and looked back. "She became a pillar of salt" (Genesis 19:26).

Why did she look back? The context does not specifically give a reason, but she probably had an inordinate love for the world and the material things she had in Sodom. Obviously, Lot was a wealthy man who had enough livestock and servants to cause a problem while he lived with Abraham (Genesis 13:5-7). He and his wife may have had a palatial house with many fine furnishings, servants to do her bidding, fine clothes, sumptuous food, and frequent entertainment.

Also, Lot had achieved prominence among the citizens of Sodom beyond his wealth. Genesis 19:1 shows him sitting in the gate of the city, a place usually reserved for the elders and judges. Lot's wife may have been reconsidering her decision to forsake the privileges of her high social status and her prominent friends.

Maybe she just loved the ways of this world more than God. John writes:

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. (I John 2:15-17)

There may be more to it, however, than we have thought. Most people assume that Lot had only two daughters, but this is not the case. He says to the Sodomites, "See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man" (Genesis 19:8). He had two unmarried daughters. Later, in verse 14, he "spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters," meaning he had other married daughters who were not virgins. Finally, the angels tell him, "Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here" (verse 15), implying he had daughters elsewhere.

Since Lot and his wife had more than two daughters, they left more than just material possessions in the city. When God rained down fire and brimstone upon Sodom, their married daughters and sons-in-law—and possibly grandchildren—perished with the rest of the city's populace. What a poignant and tragic test of their faith!

Thus, when Lot's wife fled for little Zoar, her wealth, her house, and her social circle were not the only things on her mind. Those concerns were insignificant beside the certain death of her flesh and blood. Perhaps she did not believe that God would follow through on His threat. As a loving mother, her emotions for her doomed family in the city clouded her ability to make proper decisions.

Jesus makes a pertinent comment in this regard in Matthew 10:37-39:

He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Though it goes against our human nature, God requires us to have more allegiance to Him than to the members of our own families. For His disciples, leaving family members behind to do God's will may be the most common hardship that they have to face as they come out of this world (Revelation 18:4). Perhaps this is why He reminds us to "remember Lot's wife." The day may soon come when we will have to heed God's warnings without hesitation to flee again.

"In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back" (Luke 17:31). When God commands His elect to flee to a place of safety, many of us will be required to entrust family members to God's mercy. Without doubt, this will be one of the greatest tests of our spiritual lives. We will know that before us lies life and hope and behind us death and destruction, just as Lot and his family experienced in fleeing Sodom.

— Ted E. Bowling

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Jeremiah 30:18-20

(18) Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. (19) And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. (20) Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
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God will destroy the nations to which Israel and Judah are scattered, and He will correct Israel and Judah in measure, as verse 11 says. But when the punishment is done, He will bring His people back to the land that He promised them and give them rest and peace. A number of other prophecies concerning the Second Exodus relate how God will bless the land, which will once again produce abundantly. Israel and Judah will have the Promised Land, they will have peace—because this time their enemies will be completely destroyed, which Israel failed to do the first time—and they will have prosperity. They will also be blessed numerically, as the remnant begins to multiply.

But this time the peace and prosperity will last, because two factors will be different. First, Israel and Judah will have perfect leadership: Jesus Christ will be King, and David will be His prince (Ezekiel 37:24-25; Jeremiah 23:3-7; Hosea 3:5; Micah 2:12-13). Corrupt or ambivalent leadership will no longer lead Israel astray; instead, the leaders will set the example of righteousness for the people to follow. Additionally, the twelve original apostles will be resurrected and sit as judges over the twelve tribes, ensuring that proper judgment is given (Matthew 19:28; Luke 22:30).

Second, Israel and Judah will both make the New Covenant, meaning that they will be given the Holy Spirit, which will enable them to keep the law in its spiritual intent (Jeremiah 31:31-34). They will be given a new heart, and will finally be able to know their God (Ezekiel 11:17-20; 36:24-29).

— David C. Grabbe

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Why I Left The Roman Catholic Church And Then ALL Churches

Peace,

I am led to share this testimony again as to why I left the Roman Catholic Church. I was not to ever enter into a church and this meant ANY church. I heard " you are committing spiritual adultery."

As a child I grew up following the Catholic religion probably because my parents were Catholic and their parents and so on. So, this became a family tradition if you will. It was not until nine years ago that something changed drastically for me. 

I had been attending "mass" six days a week and was involved in many of the churches activities and prayer groups. I was a Eucharistic minister (giving of the bread and wine) to those in the church as well as those house bound. I taught religious education classes and felt I was working my way right to heaven. I was doing all the things the church said I should do. 

Then one day while sitting in the front pew I looked across the church and on the opposite side of the altar was a black ugly looking "thing" I thought I was seeing things. I turned behind me to see of anyone else noticed this "thing" and they all looked as though they were sleeping with their eyes open. I thought this was quite odd. 

I then started to weep and in my Spirit I felt something not sure what it was but I then heard, " come out of her" I right away said, Father God is this you? I heard again, " come out of her" I said, where is this Father that I may see and know it is your speaking to me. I heard, "Revelation 18:4"   I then KNEW it was my Father's voice and KNEW I was to leave the church at once. 

I did leave the RCC and started reading the word many hours a day. I listened to many say, "you need to be involved in a church, you need to fellowship" So, my husband and I attended a couple churches and again the same thing happened. I KNEW I was not to be in any type of church building. I was not to listen to man. I was to read the word and follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Amen?!!?

The more I read the living word of God the closer I got to HIM. I was developing an intimate relationship with HIM. I was hearing HIS voice more and I was convicted when I would do wrong. I repented when I was shown in my heart the things I had done wrong. I  grew in my heart ad love and forgiveness that could only come from HIM. I knew I had found who I was looking for. I had found the TRUE Yahushua/Jesus. 

I had been listening to man tell me nothing but lies to keep them in business. It was all about money. It was all about telling the people what they wanted to hear to keep them coming back for more. They never taught the TRUTH. 

The churches of today are nothing more than this which was revealed to me by the Holy Spirit. Ezekiel 13:10-14¹⁰ Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:¹¹ Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.¹² Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?¹³ Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.¹⁴ So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

We are committing spiritual adultery when we have chosen another husband over the Church. James 4:4 ⁴ Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

We are listening to the men of the world. We have a teacher. The HOLY SPIRIT.  We have a teacher. THE LIVING WORD OF GOD.  We need no other. Yahushua/Jesus said, "freely you have received, freely you give" Many are seeking money for sharing the gifts Father God has given them. This aught not be. Do you think Yahushua/Jesus took money for healing's? How about reading from scripture in the Temple? Do you think HE took money for telling the people what was to come? No, we know HE didn't. Yahushua/Jesus as we are told had no place to rest HIS head. 

I pray you hear the words that the Holy Spirit inspired me to put in this testimony. May those who have ears to hear, hear HIS message. Amen?!!?

In HIM with love,
Cassie

"So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another."

Matthew 13:45-46

(45) Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: (46) Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
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Like the hidden treasure (Matthew 13:44), the pearl is an object of value. It can be part of a treasure, but there is a difference between "treasure" and "the pearl." Jesus says in verse 44: "like treasure." However, notice what He says in verse 46: "one pearl of great price." The difference is that "treasure" is a collective noun. Treasure is made up of many pieces of gold, silver, coins, articles of fine clothing, art, or gem stones. We can think of it like the treasure of a pirate in a chest buried somewhere in the Caribbean. That is what Jesus intends in the Parable of the Hidden Treasure—many valuable things in a collection. In the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price He considers one particular object of great value, the centerpiece of His treasure.

Emphasizing the oneness under God, Paul writes inEphesians 4:4-6:

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all.

Note in particular "one body." Here Paul stresses the church's singularity, uniqueness, oneness. Christ has onlyone church. Paul mentions this in Romans 12:5: "So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another." We have unity even though the church is made up of many members. Not only that, its members areinterdependent of one another. They rely on one another to do certain things within the body to make the body function as it is designed.

Paul continues the thought in Colossians 3:15: "And let thepeace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." This verse focuses us on being called into one body, and God put us in it to do or be something specifically. In I Corinthians 12:12-14, 27, this is repeated. We are many members but one body, and God put us each in the body to do what He wants us to do.

The "pearl" is the church as a whole, whereas the "treasure" in the preceding parable is the church in its individual members. In the first parable, Christ is assuring us that He has His eye on us for ourselves—that we are immeasurably valuable to Him as individuals. However, in this parable, He switches the focus slightly to assure us that all of us as a body, His Bride, are important. We are the centerpiece of His treasure—the Bride who will marry the Son.

Ephesians 5:25-27 brings out the "bride" aspect:

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

This gives an idea of how much value Christ places on the church. It is pretty high praise, a lofty goal, to be considered this way by Him. Once He calls us, He sets out to perfect us, to make us absolutely holy and without blemish, so we can be a fitting spouse for Him.

Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then he said to me, "Write: Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!" And he said to me, "These are the true sayings of God." (Revelation 19:7-9)

What is the lesson? Christ joyfully gave His all for the church as His Bride, and He will prepare it as His adornment, just as a king adorns his clothing and crown with pearls. This should give us encouragement in our battle againstSatan. We have so much going for us, not only as individual sons and daughters of God, but because we have been called right now as part of His Bride. If we keep up the good work, if we allow God to work in us and remove all our blemishes, what a glorious future we have!

— Richard T. Ritenbaugh

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Peace,

   After praying this morning and asking Father God to reveal truth in a few areas I heard the still small voice, "Colossians 3." May the Holy Spirit reveal truth to you. 


I am led to go verse by verse in this study. May those who have ears to hear, hear what the Holy Spirit is revealing. Amen?!?!

Verses 1-4. 3 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.² Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.³ For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.⁴ When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Verse (1) Paul is speaking to the Colossian church and he is telling them to seek the things above where Christ sitteth. In verse (2) Paul goes on to tell the church to set their affection on things above and not on earth. 

When we are truly following Christ we are dead to self and our life is now risen with HIM. Therefore we are not to be involved in the things of the world but we are to seek those things above where Christ sitteth. We are to be separate from the world and the things of the world. 

Verse 5-9. ⁵ Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:⁶ For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:⁷ In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.⁸ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

⁹ Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

If we are risen with Christ we are hidden WITH Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life shall appear at HIS second coming WE will also appear WITH HIM in glory. So, if we are risen with Christ as verse (1) states then why would we need to be raptured? We will come WITH HIM in glory. Amen?!?!

Verses 5-9 tells us that we must mortify (discipline) our members upon earth; we are to put to death those members that are causing us to sin the punishment is the wrath of Father God upon us. These members are mentioned above in verse (5). 

Verses (7-9) goes on to say when we were not risen in Christ  we were walking as the "old man" in our members and deeds (8). BUT those who are risen with Christ have put off the "old man" and have been replaced with the "new man." Amen?!?!

Verses 10-14 ¹⁰ And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:¹¹ Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;¹³ Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

¹⁴ And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Verse (10) We die to the "old man" and we put on the "new man" we are renewed in the knowledge of HIM that created us. Verse (11) Goes on to say there is no bond nor free but Christ is ALL, and in ALL. Amen?!?! We are changed and we are God's elect. Let's PUT on Christ like qualities verse (12). By PUTTING these qualities  of Christ on we are also to forgive one another even as Christ has forgiven us. And as verse (13) says we are ABOVE all to PUT on charity (love) which is the bond of perfectness. Amen?!?!

Verses 15- 17 ¹⁵ And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.¹⁷ And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

We are to let the peace of God rule in our hearts. Amen?!? We are called in one body. We are to be thankful for this calling always. Verse (16) We are to live the word of Christ and let it teach us richly in all areas. We are to lift one another in love and in the wisdom of Christ through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in our hearts of Christ. Amen?!!? Verse (17) Whatever we do in word or deed we do it all in HIS name, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 

Paul continues speaking to the people of Colossae Verses 18-21 ¹⁸ Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.¹⁹ Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.²⁰ Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.²¹ Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Wives are to submit ourselves unto our own husbands. 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Husbands are to love their wives and be not bitter. (20) Children you are to obey your parents in ALL things. (21) Fathers, do not upset your children and get them angry. There is danger in turning their hearts away and being discouraged in life. Edify them. Amen?!!?

Verses 22-25 ²² Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;²³ And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;²⁴ Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.²⁵ But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

We are servants to God and we are to obey HIM. HE is our master. However, we do serve others in authority in this world. Father wants us to serve them fearing HIM. We are to serve them knowing Father God is watching us and we are to please HIM. Give it all you have knowing your reward on earth cannot compare to the reward of inheritance. Amen?!?! We will also receive for the wrong we have done. NO ONE shall escape this. 

In HIM with love,

Cassie