Teaching (no posting) Spiritually guided messages.

[Victor E.]

"Oh, how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies;
For they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.
I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
I have not departed from Your judgments,
For You Yourself have taught me.
How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Through Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way." Psalm 119:97-104

"Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.

And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him." 1 John 2:24-29

"Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us.

If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also." 1 John 4:17-21

"Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers. For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.” Matthew 12:49-50

 

[Victor E.]

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.
Do not be like the horse or like the mule,
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked;
But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous;
And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!" Psalm 32:8-11

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[Victor E.]

Pagans call it KARMA, disciples call it the LIVING WORD, ALIVE AND ACTIVE. Justice is not a part of God's Nature? Lies! Else how could He be HONORABLE judge presiding at the Final Judgement? Christ (the Word) is the right-hand of God! (Acts 7:55-56, Romans 8:34, Ephesians 1:20, Colossians 3:1, Hebrews 1:3, John 1:14, Matthew 4:3-4- God's Word is the bread of LIFE, it is written, and forever remains written).

"You have a strong arm;
Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted.
Righteousness and JUSTICE are the FOUNDATION of Your throne;
Lovingkindness and truth go before You." Psalm 89:13-14

"So will My word be which goes out of My mouth;
It will not return to Me void (useless, without result),
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:11

"The one who is taught the word [of God] is to share all good things with his teacher [contributing to his spiritual and material support]. Do not be DECIEVED, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap. For the one who sows to his flesh [his sinful capacity, his worldliness, his disgraceful impulses] will reap from the flesh ruin and destruction, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Let us not grow weary or become discouraged in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we do not give in. So then, while we [as individual believers] have the opportunity, let us do good to all people [not only being helpful, but also doing that which promotes their spiritual well-being], and especially [be a blessing] to those of the household of faith (born-again believers). Galatians 6:6-10

"For if God did not [even] spare angels that sinned, but threw them into hell and sent them to pits of gloom to be kept [there] for judgment; and if He did not spare the ancient world, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought [the judgment of] a flood upon the world of the ungodly; and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was tormented by the immoral conduct of unprincipled and ungodly men (for that just man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by what he saw and heard of their lawless acts), then [in light of the fact that all this is TRUE, be sure that] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment UNTIL the day of judgment, and ESPECIALLY those who INDULGE in the CORRUPT PASSIONS of the SIN NATURE, and DESPISE AUTHORITY." 2 Peter 2:4-10

 

[Victor E.]

"Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened,
That it cannot save;
Nor His ear heavy,
That it cannot hear.
But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
And your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will not hear.
For your hands are defiled with blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered perversity.
No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in empty words and speak lies;
They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.
They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.
Their webs will not become garments,
Nor will they cover themselves with their works;
Their works are works of iniquity,
And the act of violence is in their hands.
Their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed innocent blood;
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and destruction are in their paths.
The way of peace they have not known,
And there is no justice in their ways;
They have made themselves crooked paths;
Whoever takes that way shall not know peace." Isaiah 59:1-8

"To know wisdom and instruction,
To perceive the words of understanding,
To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;
To give prudence to the simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion—
A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction." Proverbs 1:2-7

"“Now therefore, listen to me, my children,
For blessed are those who keep my ways.
Hear instruction and be wise,
And do not disdain it.
Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.
For whoever finds me finds life,
And obtains favor from the Lord;
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
All those who hate me love death.” Proverbs 8:32-36

 

[Victor E.]

Romans 6:11 does not contradict 1 Timothy 4:1-2. Reckoning the body dead to sin does not equate voluntarily searing and cauterizing your conscience to conviction. Do not be deceived. Read in the context of the entire Word. You can't hope to accurately interpret spiritual/holy texts with a carnally governed mind. Some of these renowned super-apostles are being outdone by their fan clubs in basic moral uprightness (doing the right thing).

 

[Victor E.]

This passage says 'by the RENEWING (present progressive, ongoing action) of your mind', it does not say 'by the REPLACING of your mind'...

"Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God." Romans 12:1-2.

"Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures." 2 Peter 3:14-16

 

[Victor E.]

Mind/heart are the same thing.

"“Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances." Ezekiel 36:26-27

"Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You." Psalm 51:10-13

"But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. For out of the HEART come evil THOUGHTS, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander." Matthew 15:18-19

"“The HEART is DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS,
And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings." Jeremiah 17:9-10

"By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death. He could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith." Hebrews 11:4-7

 

[Victor E.]

Verses the "easy-believism" preacher's don't teach.

"And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who OBEY Him.” Acts 5:32

"There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit." Romans 8:1

"And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who OBEY Him." Acts 5:32

"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not OBEY the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." John 3:36

"For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also" James 2:14-26

"He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and OBEY it.” Luke 11:28

"You are My friends if you do whatever I command you" John 15:14

"And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love." 2 John 1:6

"Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the OBEDIENCE that comes from FAITH for his name’s sake." Romans 1:5

"Here is a call for the endurance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the FAITH of Jesus.

And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their DEEDS will follow them.” Romans 14:12-13

"But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that, and shudder!" James 2:18-19

 

[Victor E.]

Spiritual gifts are like muscles. Exercise them and they get bigger. Neglect them and they diminish into nothing! Stewarding..

"“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’ But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ Matthew 25:14-30

"There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills." 1 Corinthians 12:4-11

 

[Victor E.]

"But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues (communication only coherent/sensible to myself), what shall I profit you unless I speak to you either by revelation, by knowledge, by prophesying, or by teaching? Even things without life, whether flute or harp, when they make a sound, unless they make a distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is piped or played? For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound (sounds that don't sound 'right'), who will prepare for battle? So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue WORDS EASY TO UNDERSTAND, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the AIR. There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and NONE of them is without significance. Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me. Even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel.

Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is UNFRUITFUL (because I cannot explain it to others). What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding. Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not UNDERSTAND what you say? For YOU indeed give thanks well, but the OTHER is not EDIFIED.

I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all; yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I MAY TEACH OTHERS ALSO, than ten thousand words in a tongue (That only I can understand)." 1 Corinthians 14:6-19

"Love NEVER FAILS. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. BUT when that which is PERFECT has come, then that which is IN PART will be DONE AWAY." 1 Corinthians 13:8-10

"Love SUFFERS LONG and is KIND; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is NOT PUFFED UP; does not behave rudely, does NOT SEEK ITS OWN, is NOT PROVOKED, thinks NO EVIL; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in THE TRUTH; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

 

[Victor E.]

The gift of tongues (as a prayer language) is always out of love in the Spirit. If it is not out of love it may sound guttural or repetitive like sounding brass or clanging symbols (1 Corinthians 13:1?). There are some pentecostal Churches that DEMAND a HUMAN-INDUCED (demonic) expression of tongues that is FAKE and done out of FEAR (Luke 6:45). Only by the Holy Spirit can one speak in genuine tongues (as a prayer language/sign of baptism) and by the same Spirit, someone else with the Holy Spirit can interpret the love language. The Holy Spirit can interpret its own love dialects. That is the tongue of ANGELS (sons of God)

"Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels (ministering spirits Hebrews 1:13-14) LONG to LOOK. 1 Peter 1: (3)10-12

Keep the pesky angels out of the hidden manna! (Revelations 2:17)

"And He said to them, "Because of this, every scribe having been discipled into the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a MASTER of a HOUSE, who puts forth out of his treasure NEW and OLD." Matthew 13: (47)-52

"Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Rather, as it is written:

“No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no heart has imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit.

The Spirit searches ALL THINGS, EVEN the DEEP THINGS of GOD. For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may UNDERSTAND what God has freely given us. And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by HUMAN (earthly, soulish, worldly) wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

The natural man 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. The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ." 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

 

[Victor E.]

"You don't need to search historical translations endlessly for the exactly correct words/names if the Spirit reveals things to you. "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." (Matthew 6:33).

"At that time, JESUS rejoiced in the HOLY SPIRIT and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have HIDDEN these things from the WISE and LEARNED, and revealed them to LITTLE CHILDREN (who obey their Father's will, DOING the things that are PLEASING in HIS sight). Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son, and those to whom the Son CHOOSES to reveal Him.”

Then Jesus turned to the DISCIPLES and said PRIVATELY, “Blessed are the EYES that SEE what you SEE. For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” Luke 10:21-24

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written:

“I will DESTROY the WISDOM of the WISE;
the INTELLIGENCE of the INTELLIGENT I will FRUSTRATE.”

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was PLEASED through the FOOLISHNESS of what was PREACHED to SAVE those who BELIEVE (OBEY CHRIST).

Jews DEMAND SIGNS and Greeks SEARCH FOR WISDOM, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, CHRIST the POWER of God and the WISDOM of God.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength." 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

 

[Victor E.]

False Teachers/Prophets arrogantly blaspheme angelic beings out of ignorance, forgetting that they are nothing, separated from Christ. Evil spirits, I am not bothered by evil spirits. The Lord Jesus Christ is my fortress (Psalm 18:2). Resist the devil (Satan) and He WILL flee (James 4:7). Stop cursing Him, it's not healthy. Be as wise as serpents, harmless as doves. Satan and His demons (evil fallen angels) can be cast out, but they are eternal beings who will one day, according to the Word, be cast into eternal fire. (Revelations 12:7-12). There are many other evil spirits that have been birthed.

"Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, these men are unafraid to slander angelic majesties. Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.

These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed. The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness.

They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you. Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of wickedness. But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness." 2 Peter 2:10-16

"Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion. These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever." Jude 1:8-13

 

[Victor E.]

""Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!
Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one,
Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm,
Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing,
Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand.
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
Will be trampled underfoot;
And the glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the verdant valley,
Like the first fruit before the summer,
Which an observer sees;
He eats it up while it is still in his hand.
In that day the Lord of hosts will be
For a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty
To the remnant of His people,
For a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment,
And for strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
But they also have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
For all tables are full of vomit and filth;
No place is clean.
“Whom will he teach knowledge?
And whom will he make to understand the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just drawn from the breasts?
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little.”
For with stammering lips and another tongue
He will speak to this people,
To whom He said, “This is the rest with which
You may cause the weary to rest,”
And, “This is the refreshing”;
Yet they would not hear.
But the word of the Lord was to them,
“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
Line upon line, line upon line,
Here a little, there a little,”
That they might go and fall backward, and be broken
And snared and caught." Isaiah 28:1-13

 

[Victor E.]

Miracles, Signs, Wonders do not necessarily mean the heart/mind is pure before God, they simply mean someone took a step of faith and believed that God's power exists. You're playing with fire if you think spiritual manifestation is a sure sign of a pure and repentant heart (James 4:7-10) that is right before God's Word of Truth (Christ's Love- John 15:9-17). Acceptable obedience to God the Father is out of a cheerful, willing and thankful heart (2 Corinthians 9:6-7)

"For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; and no one should ever exploit or take advantage of his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness. Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit." 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

"Thus says the Lord:

“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes flesh his strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.
For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,
And shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
In a salt land which is not inhabited.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

“The heart is deceitful above all things,
And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings." Jeremiah 17:5-10

"The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
But the tent of the upright will flourish.

There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.

The backslider in heart will have his fill of his own ways,
But a good man will be satisfied with his.

The naive believes everything,
But the sensible man considers his steps.

A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil,
But a fool is arrogant and careless." Proverbs 14:11-16

 

[Victor E.]

Obedience to Christ's (The Word's) Laws, commandments, statutes do not bring death! Repentance (turning away from iniquity) bears good fruits of LIFE that ABIDE (constant inner peace and well-being, to name one of many).

"I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples." John 15:1-8

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law" (Galatians 5:22-23).

"“Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.’

When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die.

Again, when I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered against him; he has done what is lawful and right; he shall surely live." Ezekiel 33:10-16

 

[Victor E.]

"“The heart is deceitful above all things,
And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings." Jeremiah 17:9-10

"He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife,
But he who trusts in the Lord will be prospered.
He who trusts in his own heart is a fool,
But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.
He who gives to the poor will not lack,
But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.
When the wicked arise, men hide themselves;
But when they perish, the righteous increase." Proverbs 28:25-28

"No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, people do not gather figs from thornbushes, or grapes from brambles. The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks." Luke 6:43-45

"And He said to them, "Because of this, every scribe having been discipled into the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a master of a house, who puts forth out of his treasure new (Testament) and old (Testament)." Matthew 15:32

"But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people." Jeremiah 31:33

"The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:

“This is the covenant I will make with them
after those days, says the Lord.
I will put My Laws in their hearts
and inscribe them on their minds.”
Then he adds:

“Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more.”
And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed" Hebrews 10:15-18

 

[Victor E.]

sons of God, dancing and singing praises in the Spirit is invigorating and joyous. Let the Spirit fill your room with power and love, the sound mind belongs to Lord Yeshua Christ! (2 Timothy 1:6-7)(Ephesians 5:15-20). Spiritual songs! (Tongues of angels- 1 Corinthians 13:1) SHEKINAH (in-dwelling, settled-in) GLORY of the SPIRIT!

"Praise the LORD!
Sing to the LORD a new song,
And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones.
Let Israel be glad in his Maker;
Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King.

Let them praise His name with dancing;
Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre.

For the LORD takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.

Let the godly ones exult in glory;
Let them sing for joy on their beds.

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And a two-edged sword in their hand,

To execute vengeance on the nations
And punishment on the peoples,

To bind their kings with chains
And their nobles with fetters of iron,

To execute on them the judgment written;
This is an honor for all His godly ones.
Praise the LORD!" Psalm 149:1-9

"“For I, the Lord, LOVE JUSTICE;
I hate robbery for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
And will make with them an everlasting covenant.
Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people.
All who see them shall acknowledge them,
That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations." Isaiah 61:8-11

 

[Victor E.]

A MIRACLE will be saved as a SIGN of Gods WONDER (Hebrews 2:1-4). Truly, truly every time someone is baptized in the Spirit and born-again, a disciple has raised the spiritually dead into life through Christ's POWER (John 5:24). This is why you must be born of Water and Spirit to enter the kingdom of God (John 3:5, 1 Peter 3:21, Acts 19:1-7). Ephesians 2:8-9 Does NOT contradict this (Baptism full immersion in water), Paul is admonishing born-again believers. Don't listen to anyone who says otherwise, some have grown negligent in sound doctrine and Christ's commandments.

"Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.” Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and in His name REPENTANCE and FORGIVENESS of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.

And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with POWER from on high.” Luke 24:44-49 (Acts 2:38-39, Romans 6:3-4, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Galatians 3:27, Colossians 2:12).

 

[Victor E.]

If you must quote a Scripture, please quote in the context (if you are officially TEACHING, leave the personal feelings at home) for clarification of the Truth. I'm not necessarily talking about Pastoring/Shepherding (encouraging, comforting, exhortation etc...1 Corinthians 14:2-4) (Ephesians 4:11)

"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9

Is WORLDS APART from

"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:8-10

That's one verse!

"Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body." James 3:1-2