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John 3:16 speaks volumes about the love of God. "For God so loved the world". It does not say He loves wordlyness. It says He loves the world. Remember, the physical world was created by God. He spoke it into existence. Then He made man to fellowship with Him. Then came sin.
How did sin enter the world? The serpent spoke to Eve words God did not say. She at on the word spoken by the serpent. Remember, God spoke to Adam. God gave Adam instruction, not Eve. While there is always emphasis on Eve being the word that was misled, at least it was because she did not know what God had told Adam. Some may say Adam surely passed the word of God along to Eve. Scriptures do not speak to this. A few things can be learned from this. When God gives His word, tell others what God said. Do not leave it up to the man or woman to try and figure out what is right and what is wrong. God's word lets it be known what is right and what is wrong. Secondly, do not listen to everybody. In the book of Jeremiah 3:15 it says, 'And I will give you Pastors according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding." God called pastors tell the people what God says. Thirdly, everyone that professes to be saved should always ask themselves, 'do I know and hear the voice of God? Do I listen to the word of God and seek to obey what it says? Do I allow others to speak things to me that are not scripturally sound? Every since there has been a church, the woman has been put down and treated like a second class believer. When the focus should be whether or not Eve knew what God had said. She repeated what she was told in Genesis 3:2,3. But it was Adam that heard it first hand from God (Genesis 2:16,17). Eve had not been created yet. Matthew 6:33 says, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." For God so loved the world. The includes you. Pay attention to what you hear concerning the Lord and who you hear it from. Your soul depends on it.
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The past few days we have been rejoicing in the Lord for HIs keeping power. When we talk about keeping power, we are talking about the Holy Ghost and obedience to the word of God. So many use the phrase 'IN Jesus Jesus Name' as it there is power in saying the name. But the name with its authority is based on being Holy Ghost filled and obedience to the word of God. Using His name to make things happen is not the Lords way.
The Lord has blessed us to continue in the faith of the gospel in preaching and teaching it. Many love church, but do not know Jesus Christ. Many love the activities of church but do not follow after the holiness of the Lord as required. In the book of John chapter 6 verse 27 Jesus told them to labour for the meat that endureth unto everlasting life, which the son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. In I Corinthians 15:58 the word of God tells us to be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in THE WORK OF THE LORD......" I asked the Lord what is the work of the Lord? What should your people be abounding in? Getting people to believe on Him as the scriptures have said. How many really believe in Jesus Christ like the scriptures say? Simon the sorcerer beloved, but not like the scriptures say. The devil believes there is one God and he trembles. How many believers tremble at the things of the Lord? There is work to do. And the work is not more conferences, meetings, special services and things of that nature. The work needed is preaching, teaching, witnessing of the Lord Jesus Christ to the converting of the soul. Many have heard the word, but not many have believed the word. Many times in scriptures Jesus was among the religious people of the time and they seeing Jesus still did not believe. In that same chapter of John chapter 6 verse 29 it reads, "Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the word of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." What do you believe? |
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