Building your house on the word from God

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

Many times I have presented scripture to those persons who say they are Christians, only to have them say to me, at our church, we have our own doctrine.

A Jewish woman said she believed in Jesus but they did not follow the Bible at their church because they have their own doctrine.

(How twisted:  You say you believe in Jesus, but you can't accept a doctrine that is in the Bible, because they have their own doctrine at their church group ... I've seen this many times with Catholics, Church of Christ, Non Denominational and other church goers.)

Jesus said:  Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. Mark 7:9

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

For decades people in churches have speculated about, "Who is antichrist."

In the book, "War and Peace", Tolstoy reported that the Russian people thought Napoleon was the antichrist.  During the 1940's, some thought antichrist was Hitler.  In the 1960's some in USA speculated that the antichrist was John F. Kennedy.  In the 1970's, I heard my relatives say they thought antichrist was the Catholic Church.  In the late 1970's, at the church I attended, they spoke of antichrist being Henry Kissinger, the politician.

For the most part, churches have thought antichrist was one man.  And they thought he was a person in the governments of men.

In the Bible the apostle John explains that there were already "many" antichrists and they were in the churches of John's day.  (I Jn. 2:18-19)

The apostle Paul also identified these antichrist as being in the church and told how these men were just waiting for Paul to be gone from them when they would rise up in the church "speaking perverse things."  (Acts 20)

In the New Testament Bible, both apostles Paul and John, tell us there are "many" antichrist and they were in their church groups.

And Paul tells us before the return of Jesus it will get worse and worse in the churches and these churches will fall away from scripture, and this must happen in order for Jesus to return to for those who believe in HIM.

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

It doesn't matter what we think about homosexuals and lesbians.  We will be judged by what God says about this subject in the Bible.

II Corinthians 5

9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him.

So what does God say in the Bible concerning homosexuals & lesbians?

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

Iniquity is abounding today.  That is a main sign of the coming of Jesus and the coming of the wrath of God.  And because of the abounding iniquity the love of many will wax cold.  He that endures will be saved.  Mt. 24:12-13

What are you doing to endure?

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Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

A divorced woman went to a pastor to see if she could remarry.  The pastor said, "My sister is divorced and remarried.  I don't see anything wrong with this."  So this divorced woman remarried.

Later this divorced/remarried woman saw what the Bible says about divorce and remarriage, and she was furious with that pastor who failed to tell her what the Bible says.

What the Bible says:

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

On May 30, I was dealing with a scripture and I spent several minutes with that scripture, but by evening I wanted to avoid an evil and couldn't recall that scripture.  I was amazed at how fast that scripture had left me.  I couldn't even think of a key word in the 3 verses of that scripture.  So I returned to that scripture that night and got a "key word" into me concerning the subject.

The following morning, I thought about the troubling subject and immediate part of this scripture arose in my mind.  (Proverbs 1   "Their feet run to evil.")    That scripture had begun growing inside my heart!  But there are 3 verses in the concept and I knew I would need to spend more time on all the verses to really have this planted deeply in me so I could actually do these instructions in my life.

I need to alert us to this subject for I know we often deceive ourselves concerning scripture.

Here are specific, detailed examples of getting the word of God deeper in us so we can withstand the temptations and problems that would carry us away from the way of God in the matter at hand and bring destruction to us, to our souls.

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

Humans seek riches but God causes His people to have an abundant life through following HIM.

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

As I understand it, a humanitarian promotes the thinking that man is fundamentally good, that he just needs to be taught.  

I used to think that way before I was born again and read the Bible.

The Bible shows us the truth from God's view so we can come to agree with God's thinking on the issues at hand.

So what does God say in the Bible about man?

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

It is not unusual for the devil to bring to our mind thoughts which are exactly opposite from those thoughts brought to us by the Holy Spirit.

The devil will torment us and pull us away from the Word from God, if possible.

We have to "fight" for the faith which is delivered to us by the Holy Spirit, showing us those things God has prepared for us.

Here are scriptures and examples:

Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...

Jesus made Himself of no reputation and even came to earth in the form of a human.  And because Jesus obeyed God, HE was given a name that is above all names.  (Philippians 2)

Before we are born again we want to have a big reputation and we even work to achieve such.

After we are born again, we begin learning to control ourselves and we learn not to allow our flesh to rule over us.

Every time we do the word of God we are recreated in the image of Christ.

It is a continual process as long as we live on this present earth.