BIBLE/SCRIPTURE – Bible Truth 4u

Be Not Deceived

New Testament 36 times (70 times in Old Testament)
The Lord Jesus on the coming deception:
Matthew 24:4-5 (Mark 13:5-6, Luke 21:8) And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
His enemies accused Him of being a deceiver:
Matthew 27:63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
John 7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
John 7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
The Apostle Paul admits that he had been deceived by the Law:
Romans 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
And he warns about deceivers and being deceived:
Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
1 Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
2 Corinthians 6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
Galatians 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Ephesians 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
1 Timothy 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Titus 1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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Cherub

A celestial figure frequently referenced in the Bible. In Christian, Jewish, and Islamic literature, the cherubim are angelic winged beings with human, animal, or birdlike attributes who serve as throne bearers of God:
Created by God.
Exodus 25:19 (Exodus 37:8) And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
2 Samuel 22:11 And he (the Lord) rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. Also see Psalm 18:10
1 Kings 6:22-27 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 2 Chronicles 3:11-12
Ezra 2:59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
Nehemiah 7:61 And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
Ezekiel 9:3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;
Ezekiel 10:2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
Ezekiel 10:4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory.
Ezekiel 10:7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.
Ezekiel 10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
Ezekiel 10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
Ezekiel 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Ezekiel 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Ezekiel 41:18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces.

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New Testament Summary

Gospels – The lord Jesus offers Kingdom of God to the Jews as promised to Abram. The end of the Old Testament.

Acts transition from Jews to Gentiles.
Apostles continue the Kingdom message then Saul gets saved and is renamed Paul, goes to Jews first then to Gentiles.

Romans to Philemon Apostle Paul’s messages to believers on Godly living

Hebrews to 3 John written to Jews and will probably be prominent during the Tribulation.

Revelation a recap from Rapture (chapter 4) through Tribulation, 2nd coming, Millennium, Final wars, and Great White Throne final judgement and then Eternity.

2 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

Remember to read and STUDY the Word:
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

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The Bible – Fact or Faction

QUESTIONS
How many books in BIBLE? 66 (OT – 39 NT – 27)
What divides OT from NT?
Birth/Death/Resurrection/Ascension of Christ? Giving of the HS?
Who wrote most of NT? Luke
Who wrote most NT Books? Paul (14)
How many Books were authored by JOHN? (5) Gospel, I II III John Revelation.
How many Books were authored by Peter? (2) I & II Peter
How many books were authored by Luke? (2) Gospel & Acts
How many Books were authored by Timothy and Titus? (0)
How can we trust the BIBLE to be the Word of God?
What do you believe about Jesus? Is He the Son of GOD? God in Flesh?
The Old Testament as we have it today, written on Scrolls, was CANONIZED at the time Jesus started his life on earth. He quoted it, He authenticated it.
JOHN 5:46-47,7:21-23.
WE CAN TRUST THE OLD TESTAMENT…..Because we can trust the Lord Jesus.
BUT what about the New Testament…..
It was written after Jesus returned to Heaven.
MATTHEW was written about 37 AD by Matthew, one of the original Apostles (Matthew 10:3). He was an eye witness to all the events he recorded. The book was widely circulated in his time and could have been refuted by others who also saw the events. We can trust Matthew.
JOHN Another original Apostle (Matthew 10:2) written about 85 AD.
The beloved disciple (John 13:23), perhaps the youngest of them all.
Later a Pillar in the Church (Galatians 2:9), an EYEWITNESS to it all.
I JOHN (same) authored by John 90 AD
II JOHN (same) authored by John 90 AD
III JOHN (same) authored by John 90 AD
REVELATION (same) authored by John 96 AD We can trust John.
JAMES was written about 60 AD by James, not an Apostle (Matthew 10:3), but a half brother of the Lord Jesus. (Matthew 13:55, Galatians 1:9). (Mark 6:3) Surely, we can trust James.
JUDE was written about 66 AD, and again not an Apostle but a brother of James (ie. a half brother of the Lord Jesus (Mark 6:3). Surely, we trust Jude
I PETER was written about 60 AD, an original Apostle (Matthew 10:2) one of the very inter circle (Mark 9:1-8) always seeking to be the best he could be for the Lord, which caused him some problems. As one studies the life of Peter in the Gospels and Acts, can we not trust this eye witness to report true words?
II PETER (same) written about 66 AD Surely, we trust Peter
ROMANS THRU PHILEMON Authored by Paul from 54 to 65 AD as he traveled on his Missionary Journeys. Apostle to the Gentiles (Galatians 1:10-24) his epistles were certified by Peter (II Peter 3:15). Paul gives us Church Doctrine! We can trust Paul’s writings.
MARK was not an Apostle (Acts 12:12). His book was penned about 57 AD. Why Should we trust him? He was a missionary with Paul and Barnabus
(Acts 13:13/15:38). Commended by Paul (2 Timothy 4:11) and a Friend of Peter
(I Peter 5:13). We can trust Mark.
LUKE was not an Apostle He was a physician (Colossians 4:14), a missionary (Acts 16:10) a friend of Paul’s who traveled with him. We can trust the Doctor.
(2 Timothy 4:11, Philomen 24)
ACTS (same) written by Luke about 65 AD .
HEBREWS …… PAUL to Jewish Believers, probably his first epistle.
This book stands alone on its own authority.

SUMMARY…We can Trust the Old Testament because the Lord Jesus (God in Flesh) verified its accuracy. We can trust the New Testament because its authors were either Eye Witness’ to the events or were alive when the other books were written and could have negated them as false.

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Confused

Being unable to think with clarity or act with understanding and intelligence.
Lacking logical order or sense

The first occurrence of confusion occurred After God had commanded the people to scatter and replenish the whole earth.
Genesis 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
God’s promise to Israel if they did not heed His word.
Isaiah 9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
The riot at Ephesus when the Apostle Paul preached the death burial and resurrection.
Acts 19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

And the confusion continues today.
Just because the people will not believe the Bible is the WORD OF GOD. And even among those who profess to believe: they don’t rightly divide the word.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
God warns about adding and taking away from His book.
Revelation 22:18-19 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

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One God

There is only one God. The creator of everything.

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Isaiah 43:10-11 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour.
Isaiah 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
Isaiah 45:5-7 I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Isaiah 45:14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Isaiah 45:21-22 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isaiah 48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Isaiah 48:16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

Mark 12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
Romans 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
1 Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him
Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

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The Bible – The Word of God

It’s about time, it’s about space
It’s all about the human race.
It’s about man and his evil ways,
And he continues in sin all his days.
That’s the Bible, The word of God.

It’s about me, it’s about you,
It’s about our being sinners too!
It’s about sin and what it cost,
All about dying and being lost.
That’s the Bible, The word of God.

It’s about heaven and another place,
It’s about God’s redeeming grace.
It’s about what happens to the soul,
It’s about the day and where you’ll go.
That’s the Bible, The word of God.

It’s about the man from Galilee,
Who lived his life perfectly,
To fulfill the law and pay the price
That I should die only once, not twice.
That’s the Bible, The word of God.

It’s about the price that had to be paid,
It’s about God and the sacrifice He made.
It’s about His Son upon the cross,
It’s about His dying for the lost.
That’s the Bible, The word of God.

It’s about His coming up out of the grave,
Victory He promised, lost souls to save!
Taken into Heaven amidst all Glory and Laud,
Seated on His throne next to God!
That’s the Bible, The word of God.

It’s about life, new life eternally,
Life that’s a gift, completely free.
Life that’s given to those who believe,
And who Christ as Savior will believe!
That’s the Bible, The word of God.

It’s about accepting God’s great love,
            It’s about rising to new heights above.
Above the world and it’s evil way,
           Looking ahead for Christ to return some day.
That’s the Bible, The word of God.

It’s about His coming to take me home,
            To dwell with Him no more to roam.
With power over sin, no more to stray,
           Power from Him will be given that day!
That’s the Bible, The word of God.

It’s about that wonderous, glorious time,
To hear the Master claim “This one’s mine”!
We’ll be with Him forever to praise,
Forever, forever no ending of days!
That’s the Bible, The Word of God.

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Scripture – Bible

These are books that tell, not about God, but about man and his relationship with God.

➡ Why I Believe the Bible
➡ Bible Books Timeline (NT)
➡ Bible Books Timeline (OT)
➡ Bible Gifts
➡ Bible Fruit
➡ Bible Timeline
➡ The Bible – The Word of God
➡ The Bible – What, Where & Who
➡ The Bible – When it was Written
➡ The Book of Books
➡ It is Written
➡ Where Our Bible Came From

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Corruption

Where it all began:

The Lord instructing Moses:
Leviticus 22:25 Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
Corruption in the Land of Israel:
2 Kings 23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
Job lamenting his situation:
Job 17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
David’s prayer, Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust…..
Psalm 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Psalm 49:9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah:
Isaiah 38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Daniel was mourning three full weeks
Daniel 10:8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly
Jonah 2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

Luke quotes David (Psalm 16:10):
Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Paul, preaching to the men of Israel in Antioch in Pisidia:
Acts 13:34-37 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
Paul, writes to believers in Rome:
Romans 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
And to Believers in Corinth, why believers will get new bodies:
1 Corinthians 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1 Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Paul reminds believers… for whatsoever a man soweth hall he also reap.
Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Peter, also warns of corruption in the world.
2 Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2 Peter 2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
2 Peter 2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
Pray for our Government!! To end it’s corruption and turn back to God..

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Jewels Part 2

Job elaborates on the riches of earth:
Job 28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
From Proverbs:
Proverbs 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
Proverbs 20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Solomon compares his love’s beauty to Jewels:
Song of Solomon 1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
Song of Solomon 7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
Isaiah describes the dress of the day: Read the whole chapter
Isaiah 3:21 The rings, and nose jewels,
Isaiah symbolizes how one feels when saved:
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
God’s love for Jerusalem: Read the whole chapter
Ezekiel 16:12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
Ezekiel 16:17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
Ezekiel 16:39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
When Israel forgets God’s blessings:
Ezekiel 23:26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
Hosea 2:13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
Prophecy:
Malachi 3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

Interesting that Jewels are not mentioned in the New Testament

Also see Jewelry and GEMS

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