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STRIVING ABOUT WORDS…THE DANGER OF

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STRIVING ABOUT WORDS…THE DANGER OF…


“Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.  But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.  And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;  Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.” 2 Timothy 2:14-18.

Hymenaeus and Philegus are still with us. You can identify them as they strive to take words out of context and the overall scope of Scripture. These pretend to site the Greek, the Latin, and Egyptian hieroglyphs. They do this to remove you from the faith you were grounded and settled in. The cover land and sea to make one proselyte who is more a child of hell than themselves. Don’t fall for adage, “I have studied this and thus it is so.” There are some on Face Book who would take you down this road of destruction. Don’t follow them! “ But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;  And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Timothy 3:14-17.

BEARING FALSE WITNESS

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ONE WITNESS SHALL NOT RISE UP AGAINST A MAN FOR ANY INIQUITY …]

 FIVE COMMANDS — BEARING FALSE WITNESS

  1. ONE WITNESS SHALL NOT RISE UP AGAINST A MAN TO CONDEMN HIM FOR ANY CRIME. AT THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES SHALL A MATTER BE ESTABLISHED (DEUT. 19:15; CP. DEUT. 17:6).
  2. IF A FALSE WITNESS RISES UP AGAINST A MAN TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIM, BOTH MEN SHALL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE LORD AND BEFORE THE PRIESTS AND JUDGES TO SETTLE THE CONTROVERSY (DEUT. 19:16-17).
  3. THE JUDGES SHALL CROSS EXAMINE BOTH MEN AND IF THE WITNESS IS FOUND TO BE FALSE, AND HAS SOUGHT TO INJURE HIS NEIGHBOR, HE SHALL BE PUNISHED IN THE SAME WAY THAT HE THOUGHT TO PUNISH HIS NEIGHBOR (DEUT. 19:18-19).
  4. THOSE THAT REMAIN SHALL HEAR OF THE JUST JUDGMENT, AND SHALL FEAR, AND REFRAIN FROM SUCH WICKEDNESS (DEUT. 19:20).
  5. YOUR EYE SHALL NOT PITY THE FALSE WITNESS WHO HAD NO PITY FOR HIS NEIGHBOR, BUT YOU SHALL METE OUT TO HIM THE PUNISHMENT HIS NEIGHBOR WOULD HAVE RECEIVED HAD HE BEEN CONVICTED — LIFE FOR LIFE, EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH, HAND FOR HAND, AND FOOT FOR FOOT (DEUT. 19:21).

 

HOW THE INNOCENT COULD LEGALLY BE PUT TO DEATH UNDER THE LAW OF TWO OR MORE WITNESSES.

  1. AHAB WAS A WICKED KING IN ISRAEL. HE COVETED THE VINEYARD NEXT TO THE KING’S PALACE OWNED BY RIGHTEOUS NABOTH. THE KING OFFERED TO BUY IT, BUT NABOTH REFUSED TO SELL IT. THE KING WAS DEPRESSED OVER THIS REJECTION. AHAB’S WIFE, WICKED JEZEBEL, ASSURED HIM SHE WOULD GET THE VINEYARD FOR HIM. THE PLOT AND RESULTS ARE IN THE FOLLOWING VERSES.

1 KINGS 21: “BUT JEZEBEL HIS WIFE CAME TO HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHY IS THY SPIRIT SO SAD, THAT THOU EATEST NO BREAD?  AND HE SAID UNTO HER, BECAUSE I SPAKE UNTO NABOTH THE JEZREELITE, AND SAID UNTO HIM, GIVE ME THY VINEYARD FOR MONEY; OR ELSE, IF IT PLEASE THEE, I WILL GIVE THEE ANOTHER VINEYARD FOR IT: AND HE ANSWERED, I WILL NOT GIVE THEE MY VINEYARD.  AND JEZEBEL HIS WIFE SAID UNTO HIM, DOST THOU NOW GOVERN THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL? ARISE, AND EAT BREAD, AND LET THINE HEART BE MERRY: I WILL GIVE THEE THE VINEYARD OF NABOTH THE JEZREELITE. SO SHE WROTE LETTERS IN AHAB’S NAME, AND SEALED THEM WITH HIS SEAL, AND SENT THE LETTERS UNTO THE ELDERS AND TO THE NOBLES THAT WERE IN HIS CITY, DWELLING WITH NABOTH.  AND SHE WROTE IN THE LETTERS, SAYING, PROCLAIM A FAST, AND SET NABOTH ON HIGH AMONG THE PEOPLE:  AND SET TWO MEN, SONS OF BELIAL, BEFORE HIM, TO BEAR WITNESS AGAINST HIM, SAYING, THOU DIDST BLASPHEME GOD AND THE KING. AND THEN CARRY HIM OUT, AND STONE HIM, THAT HE MAY DIE.  AND THE MEN OF HIS CITY, EVEN THE ELDERS AND THE NOBLES WHO WERE THE INHABITANTS IN HIS CITY, DID AS JEZEBEL HAD SENT UNTO THEM, AND AS IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE LETTERS WHICH SHE HAD SENT UNTO THEM.  THEY PROCLAIMED A FAST, AND SET NABOTH ON HIGH AMONG THE PEOPLE.  AND THERE CAME IN TWO MEN, CHILDREN OF BELIAL, AND SAT BEFORE HIM: AND THE MEN OF BELIAL WITNESSED AGAINST HIM, EVEN AGAINST NABOTH, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PEOPLE, SAYING, NABOTH DID BLASPHEME GOD AND THE KING. THEN THEY CARRIED HIM FORTH OUT OF THE CITY, AND STONED HIM WITH STONES, THAT HE DIED.” THUS, THE DEMANDS OF THE LAW WERE MET. NABOTH WAS DEAD, AND AHAB OWNED THE VINEYARD.” 1 Kings 21:5-13.

 

  1. HOWEVER, EVEN TWO WITNESS DID NOT ALWAYS PROTECT THE INNOCENT. THERE WERE TWO WITNESS AGAINST JESUS, THUS HE WAS CRUCIFIED. “NOW THE CHIEF PRIESTS, AND ELDERS, AND ALL THE COUNCIL, SOUGHT FALSE WITNESS AGAINST JESUS, TO PUT HIM TO DEATH; BUT FOUND NONE: YEA, THOUGH MANY FALSE WITNESSES CAME, YET FOUND THEY NONE. AT THE LAST CAME TWO FALSE WITNESSES.” MATTHEW 26:59-60. THE LAW WAS MET; THE SON OF GOD WAS CONDEMNED AND CRUCIFIED.

IS THERE A FOOLPROOF SYSTEM ON THIS EARTH? THERE IS NOT, BUT THIS IS THE BEST.

THERE IS ANOTHER JUDGMENT AWAITING ALL. FOR THE UNSAVED: “AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE, AND HIM THAT SAT ON IT, FROM WHOSE FACE THE EARTH AND THE HEAVEN FLED AWAY; AND THERE WAS FOUND NO PLACE FOR THEM.  AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT, STAND BEFORE GOD; AND THE BOOKS WERE OPENED: AND ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED, WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE: AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED OUT OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS, ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS.  AND THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT; AND DEATH AND HELL DELIVERED UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN THEM: AND THEY WERE JUDGED EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS.  AND DEATH AND HELL WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH.  AND WHOSOEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.” REVELATION 20:11-15.

FOR THE SAVED: “BUT WHY DOST THOU JUDGE THY BROTHER? OR WHY DOST THOU SET AT NOUGHT THY BROTHER? FOR WE SHALL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST.” ROMANS 14:10. “FOR WE MUST ALL APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST; THAT EVERY ONE MAY RECEIVE THE THINGS DONE IN HIS BODY, ACCORDING TO THAT HE HATH DONE, WHETHER IT BE GOOD OR BAD.” 2 CORINTHIANS 5:10.

 

THE END OF A NATION…SODOMY

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THE END OF A NATION…SODOMY
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“THE WICKED SHALL BE TURNED INTO HELL, AND ALL THE NATIONS THAT FORGET GOD.” Psalm 9:17.

  1. WHEN A NATION WILLFULLY AND KNOWINGLY REJECTS THE LIGHT GOD GIVES THEM-
  2. WHEN A NATION NO LONGER IS THANKFUL TO GOD-
  3. WHEN A NATION THINKS SIN AND PRIDE ARE THE SAME AS WISDOM-
  4. WHEN A NATION ESTEEMS ANIMALS MORE THAN HUMANS-
  5. WHEN A NATION APPROVES BESTIALLY-
  6. WHEN A NATION PRACTICES AND JUSTIFIES SODOMY-
  7. WHEN A NATION’S CITIZENS ARE… “FILLED WITH ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, FORNICATION, WICKEDNESS, COVETOUSNESS, MALICIOUSNESS; FULL OF ENVY, MURDER, DEBATE, DECEIT, MALIGNITY; WHISPERERS,  BACKBITERS, HATERS OF GOD, DESPITEFUL, PROUD,    BOASTERS, INVENTORS OF EVIL THINGS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS,  WITHOUT  UNDERSTANDING, COVENANTBREAKERS, WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION, IMPLACABLE,    UNMERCIFUL:  WHO KNOWING THE JUDGMENT OF GOD, THAT THEY WHICH COMMIT SUCH   THINGS ARE WORTHY OF DEATH, NOT ONLY DO THE SAME, BUT HAVE PLEASURE IN THEM THAT DO THEM.”

(ARE WE THERE YET?)

“ Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:  “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;  Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,  Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,  Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:  Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.” Romans 1:19-32.

WHEN CHRIST DELIVERS THE KINGDOM TO THE FATHER

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WHEN CHRIST DELIVERS THE KINGDOM TO THE FATHER

  1. CHRIST IS THE FIRST FRUITS TO BE RESURRECTED IN A GLORIFIED BODY-
  2. CHRIST’S FOLLOWERS TO BE RESURRECTED ACCORDING TO THEIR ORDER-
  3. CHRIST DELIVERS THE KINGDOM TO GOD AT THE END OF THE THOUSAND YEAR KINGDOM-
  4. CHRIST WILL SUBDUE ALL POWERS DURING HIS THOUSAND YEAR REIGN-
  5. CHRIST WILL DESTROY THE LAST ENEMY, DEATH-
  6. CHRIST WILL BECOME SUBJECT TO GOD AT THE END OF HIS THOUSAND YEAR REIGN-
  7. GOD WILL RULE OVER ALL THINGS AS HE DID IN THE ORIGINAL CREATION-

“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.  For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.  But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.  Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.  For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.  The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.  For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.  And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.” 1 Corinthians 15:20-28.

THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, THE CURE FOR ALL SICKNESS’.

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THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, THE CURE FOR ALL SICKNESS’.

By Ken Blue

RESURRECTION

  1. THOSE WHO PROFESS TO BE CHRISTIANS MUST BELIEVE IN CHRIST’S BODILY RESURRECTION-
  2. PAUL PREACHED CHRIST’S BODILY RESURRECTION-
  3. IF JESUS WAS NOT RESURRECTED BODILY, PREACHING, AND FAITH ARE VAIN-
  4. IF JESUS WAS NOT RESURRECTED, THEY WERE STILL UNDER THE CURSE OF SIN-
  5. IF JESUS WAS NOT RESURRECTED, THE DEAD IN CHRIST ARE PERISHED-
  6. IF WE HAVE HOPE IN THIS LIFE ONLY, WE ARE MOST MISERABLE AND HOPELESS-
  7. HOWEVER, CHRIST IS RISEN AND WE HAVE A SURE HOPE IN HIM-

“Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?  But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:  And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.  Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.  For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:  And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.  Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.” 1 Corinthians 15:12-19. “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.”  (1 Corinthians 15:19 KJV.)