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Demon

demon: an evil spirit. a source or agent of evil, harm, distress, or ruin.
The word, DEMON is not found in the KJV Bible.
devils: used to refer to the group of demons.
evil spirit: a spirit tending to cause harm.
unclean spirit: spirit being who is unclean and immoral in nature and activities.

Many would be surprised to learn that there’s no verse in the Bible that explains where demons came from. Christians typically assume that demons are fallen angels, cast from heaven with Satan (Lucifer, the Devil) right before the temptation of Adam and Eve. But guess what? There’s no such story in the Bible. Where do they come from? … In ancient Jewish texts like the Dead Sea Scrolls, demons are the disembodied spirits of dead Nephilim giants who perished at the time of the great flood.
The fact is, God, in the Scripture refers to devils and unclean spirit. The Old Testament has 4 references to devils:
God tells the Israelis, no more:
Leviticus 17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
Deuteronomy 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
King Jeroboam:
2 Chronicles 11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
Israel forgot the God that delivered them from Egypt:
Psalm 106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
The Gospels mentions devils 34 times, they were very active as the Lord walked the earth: …..
11 times in Matthew: Matthew 4:24, 7:22, 8:16,28,31,33, 9:34, 10:8, 12:24,27-28
10 times in Mark: Mark 1:32,34,39, 3:15,22, 5:12, 6:13, 9:38, 16:9,17
16 times in Luke: Luke 4:41, 8:2,27,30,33,35-36,38, 9:1,49, 10:17, 11:15,18-20, 13:32
It’s interesting that John does not mention devils
Paul, the apostle to the gentiles, refers to devils 5 times and warns gentile believers:
1 Corinthians 10:20-21 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
A warning, activity from the devils will increase in the latter times:
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
James issues a fact:
James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
During the Tribulation devils are again very active.
Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Revelation 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

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People

people (pē′pəl)

noun

Humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers. Often treated as a plural of person,especially in compounds.
The mass of ordinary persons; the populace. Used with the.
A body of persons living in the same country under one national government; a nationality.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

It’s interesting “Human” is not in the Scriptures, neither is “Race” (as people).
Note … Many are called by the names of the Land (Nation, Kingdom, City) in which they lived. I.E Babylonians Daniel 1:1, Medes Daniel 9:1, Greek(s) Mark 7:25, Roman(s) John 11:4

In the Scripture some of us people are referred to as:

People 1,920x Genesis 11:6
Folk 6x Genesis 33:15
Person 107x Genesis 14:21
Tribe 297x Genesis 49:16
Heathen 145x Leviticus 25:44
Mankind 6X Leviticus 18:22
Gentile 244x Genesis 10:5
Saint(s) 98x Deuteronomy 33:2
Jew(s) 275x 2 Kings 16:6
Christian(s) 3x Acts 11:26
Body of Christ 4x Romans 7:4

From Adam to Noah: People, Folk, Person, Tribe

From Noah to Tower of Babble: People

From Tower of Babble to the Law: People

From the Law to Resurrection: People, Folk, Person, Tribe, Mankind, Jews, Saints, Heathen

From Resurrection to Today: Folk, Tribe, Mankind, Person, Gentile, Jew, Saint, Christian, Body of Christ

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Fathers Day

Fathers Day, in the United States, holiday (third Sunday in June) to honour fathers. Sonora Smart Dodd, whose father, a Civil War veteran, raised her and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth. The first Fathers Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, the month of the birthday of Dodd’s father.
In 1924 U.S. Pres. Calvin Coolidge gave his support to the observance, and in 1966 Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson issued a proclamation that recognized the day. It became a national holiday in 1972, when Pres. Richard Nixon signed legislation designating the third Sunday of June as Fathers Day.

There are over 850 references to Father in the Scripture and over 810 to Fathers.
Many are to God the Father.
Needless to say, all of them will not be looked at now.
However, Genesis has 3 important ones worth knowing:
A man should establish his own family.
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
They lived in Tents and herded cattle.
Genesis 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
They established music.
Genesis 4:21 And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Paul reaffirms Genesis 2:24.
Ephesians 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
And then gives this advice:
Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Colossians 3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Most of all, be a father, not a friend. Friendly, but your children need the authority of a father.

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Eden

When one hears of Eden, it brings to mind the place where Adam and Eve were created. However, they were created in the GARDEN of Eden, a place in the far east side of the land of Eden. The land in which God planted a garden, where upon his creation he put the man whom he had formed. One can read of this in Genesis 2. This land of Eden will later be given by God to Abram and his seed. Genesis 12-14 (the Abrahamic covenant). The Israelites have yet to possess all of it.
A garden eastward in Eden:
Genesis 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Genesis 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Adam’s punishment after he had sinned:
Genesis 3:23-24 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Cain’s punishment:
Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
In the future, the Lord will make the land of Israel like Eden:
Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Ezekiel 36:35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
Lucifer, Satan had been in Eden:
Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
More about Lucifer:
Ezekiel 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
Ezekiel 31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
Ezekiel 31:18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
Joel tells of the last days:
Joel 2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
It appears that Eden was also a man:
2 Kings 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
2 Chronicles 29:12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
2 Chronicles 31:15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
Isaiah 37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
Ezekiel 27:23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
Amos 1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

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Daniel 4

Dream of a Tree … The Year was 577 BC
4:1-3 Nebuchadnezzar the king, was a great king of Babylon. He was the Greatest King in all the world.
4:4-5 He has a dream that distributes him.
4:6-7 He calls for help, but they fail him.
4:8-9 Daniel (Belteshazzar) brought in.
4:10-12 The Dream – The good part
4:13-17 The Dream — The troubling part
Compare Ezekiel 31:10-14 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Compare Job 14:7-9 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
4:18 Daniel (Belteshazzar) please interpret, and Daniel is astonied for one hour.
4:19-23 Daniel considers the Dream
Compare Jeremiah 27:6-8 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
4:24-28 The interpretation.
Compare Job 40:11-1212 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Compare Zechariah 1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
4:29 Twelve months pass. (1 Year)
4:30-33 The dream fulfilled. (7 Years)
… they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, …
4:34-36 Nebuchadnezzar is restored.
Compare Proverbs 22:4 By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
As the Lord Jesus said But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33

Nebuchadnezzar forgot who God is. The dream was to warm him to amend his ways. When he didn’t, the dream became a reality. At the end he acknowledged who God is.

We should not forget who God is and how He blesses us.

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Marriage Failures Part 2

Marriage Success
Things to remember about Marriage:
Marriage is life’s biggest relationship and should be the longest and closest.
Become and expert on your mate. What makes them happy.
Talk over your relationship. Face life together. Remember your vows.
Seek help from others when problems arise.
Keep the Lord center in your marriage.

God has a divine order for EVERYTHING, including the Home.
Christ is head
Ephesians 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
He is over all
Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Man is head of the Family
Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Woman is to be the backbone of the family, loved by her husband
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Children are part of the family, obey parents
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Marriage Success includes:
FINICIAL… Partners in everything. Everything above the board.
IN-LAWS… Your mate comes first.
SEXUAL… Be lovers. Remember, love is more than sex, but sex is important. Given by God.
SPIRITUAL… Put Christ first. It’s His will for marriage to succeed.
Four things married couples ought to be:
Partners, Pals, Lovers, Christians
Believers in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, and that He is God

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Wealth

**Defined: abundance of valuable material possessions or resources, all property that has a money value or an exchangeable value, all material objects that have economic utility especially.**

BUT, wealth isn’t just Financial means.

How is your Wealth? How does it compare to the Scripture?

Just what does the Scripture say about Wealth?

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Bowling

Bowling is like Life:
Everyone has just so many frames to get the best score possible.
Some get good frames but mostly we get bad ones.
Why are some better than others?
— PRACTICE— PRACTICE— PRACTICE
To succeed as a Believer, we must PRACTICE.

Paul compares the life of a Believer to a runner.

1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
Paul rebukes the Believers in Galatia.
Galatians 5:7 You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?
Paul reminds to keep trying. Practice!
Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
And to believing Jews (applies to all believers).
Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Paul, knowing his ministry is coming to an end, reminds Timothy:
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
And reminds him (and us) the results of practicing a good life.
2 Timothy 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

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The Prodical Son

PROBLEMS OF THE PRODICAL
Our Lord gave three parables concerning lost things:
The lost sheep…..Stupidity (sheep are dumb)
The lost coin………Carelessness
The lost son……….Deliberate self-centered pride
It’s interesting that all were restored.
Looking at the lost son … Note that both boys were members of the same family. Both were given their portion. Put yourself in the traditions of the time. Now let’s look at the younger son:
SEVEN STEPS DOWN
15:12 SELF WILL He wanted to do his own thing (today he’d be called “a free spirit”.
He was a non-conformist, he rejected the good things, he decided he knew best.
He wasn’t about to be molded (Self Will in young usually leads to sin)
SINS OF YOUTH
Jeremiah 3:25 Shame and remorse
Psalm 25:7 Bitter memories
Job 20:11 Disease and death
15:13 SELFISHNESS Total disregard for others (What about his fathers dreams)
What about his brothers plans? 2nd step away from God – All About Me!
SEPERATION I’ll do as I please! I’ll move out. Away from authority.
Why do we think we can run away? (Remember Jonah? He tried it.) When God has His hand on you, where are you gonna hide? (Christians in sin try to hide from God).
SENSUALITY Please self. Nothing around to stop me from doing what I want!
Remember Sins of Youth. There is a price to pay … and it will be paid. These steps (sins, problems) can only lead in one direction – DOWN. Down takes us to the next step:
15:14 SPIRITUAL DESTITUTION Moral Poverty! What was the cause?
Self Will, Selfishness, Separation, Sensuality… The young man knew what was best for Him:
He didn’t want to work at home. Proverbs 19:15, 20:4
He had a love of pleasure. Proverbs 21:17
He had a love for drinking and gluttony. Proverbs 23:21
He ran with the wrong crowd. Proverbs 28:19
The troubles sin brings us into. Out of God’s will, no fellowship, it’s time to turn back, admit failure…WRONG!
15:15 SELF ABASEMENT I’ll do it myself! I’ll pay my own way. He sells himself into slavery.
How many young people today do the same thing!
Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Yes, our young man is a fool, and so are believers who refuse God’s forgiveness.
All these steps lead to the final problem:
15:16 STARVATION Yes, he was hungry, for food and fellowship. But the husks of this world are deceitful (not filling), like ashes (dry), unsatisfying (tasteless), perishable (don’t last).
When you reach this place, no one cares. Friendless.
The Believer, out of God’s will soon finds himself in this same state.

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3 Cheers Part 2

God has given believers Victory!!
John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Hurrah for GOD!!!
WAIT … Victory??
What about all the believers being persecuted around the world?
Does victory mean you win ALL the Battles?
Football games are sometimes won in the last 2 minutes.
Basketball games are often won with making the last shot.
Baseball games are sometimes won in the last inning.
Races sometimes won in the last lap.
In a war, does the victor will ALL the Battles? The revolutionary war! Civil War.
But victory belongs to the believer … God has declared it so.
Now, and in the future …Revelation 12:7-9 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1 Corinthians 15:55-57 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Hurrah for GOD!!!
…… He gives Pardon
…… He gives Comfort
…… He gives Victory

Do you have Pardon? Comfort? Victory? Have you trusted God?

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