Author: Jim

FAMILY – It’s God’s Plan

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.
Proverbs 127:1-5 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
The Lord Jesus stated:
Mark 10:6-8 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
The Apostle Paul writes:
Ephesians 6:2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
1 Timothy 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
As one studies the word of God, we can see the family: Husband (man), Wife (woman) were to produce children and they were a FAMILY.
IT WAS GOD’s PLAN from the beginning.

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Eternity Past

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
God is eternal, so is there any information on precreation?

This appears to happen before Man was created:
Isaiah 14:12-13 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Was this in the past or going to happen in the future?
Luke 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Is this referring to the encounter with Eve?
Ezekiel 28:12-13 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 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.
No doubt the serpent is Satan:
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
This is long after creation, but it shows Satan still has access to God’s Throne:
Job 1:6-7 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
First mention of SATAN:
1 Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
It appears before Genesis 1; God had a Kingdom that consisted of the triune God and a multitude of created Angels!

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Fathers Day (3)

Fathers, instruct your Children
Proverbs 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
This even includes grand children:
Proverbs 17:6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Results of love and proper training:
Proverbs 23:24-25 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Until a child is 21 be friendly BUT you are NOT their friend.
After 21 they become your friend, but still with fatherly advice.
Love them and discipline them in Love.

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No Rain

Of course, before the worldwide flood in Noah’s time, there was NO RAIN. Genesis 7. And then the rain was sent because of SIN, the evil of all mankind Genesis 6:5-6. God put a rainbow in the sky as a promise not to flood the earth again, but would withhold rain.
Moses warned the children of Israel
Deuteronomy 11:17 And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
Solomon also warned them, what God could do
1 Kings 8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
2 Chronicles 6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
2 Chronicles 7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
During Elijahs time God withheld the rain
1 Kings 17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Isaiah also warned the inhabitants of Jerusalem of Gods word
Isaiah 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
During Jeremiah time
Jeremiah 14:4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Zechariah warned of coming events
Zechariah 14:17-18 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
It would appear God uses weather to punish SIN.
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A New Creature

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Therefore refers to the preceding verses.
if any man it’s open to all, Jew, Gentile, male, female, to all.
be in Christ, one becomes IN CHRIST when we believe Romans 10:9-13
he is a new creature: Not a making over, but a new creation
things are passed away; 3 things that are passed away:
Condemnation of the LAW is gone!
The power of SIN is gone!
Old friends, desires will be gone!
behold, all things are become new. 7 NEW
A new happiness … here in this life
A new hope … for the future (Rapture, Heaven)
A new reason for living … to serve God and family
A new outlook on life … HE (Christ) lives in me
A new goal … To please Him
A new peace …. Of mind, better thoughts
A new priority …. God, others … self
Let’s summarize:
Our past: Ephesians 2:2-3 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Our present life: Ephesians 2:5-6 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Our future life: Ephesians 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Have you become a new creature?

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Fountain of Life

“The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.” (Proverbs 14:27)

This beautiful phrase, “fountain of life,” is used several times in the Old Testament, serving as a metaphor to illuminate a number of important aspects of spiritual faith and experience. Our text stresses “the fear of the LORD” as providing deliverance from death to life, picturing this new life as flowing from a heavenly spring.

A very similar verse is Proverbs 13:14: “The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.” Thus, the fear of the Lord is somehow tantamount to “the law of the wise.” Those who are wise will fear the Lord and thus receive living water from “the fountain of life.”

King David penned the wonderful truth of Psalm 36:9: “For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.” “God is light” (1 John 1:5),
so “the fountain of life” becomes the source also of all true light, whether physical or spiritual. “In him was life; and the life was the light of men” (John 1:4).

The same word is rendered as “well” in Proverbs 10:11: “The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.” When a believer has received life from the divine fountain, his testimony becomes a fountain of life.

The Lord Himself is the fountain of life in Jeremiah’s prophecy, but the supposed people of God have refused to drink. “For my people . . . have forsaken me the fountain of living waters” (Jeremiah 2:13; 17:13).

Nevertheless, this fountain is still there for all who will come. The Bible’s last promise has to do with this great fountain, which yields “a pure river of water of life, . . . proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. . . . And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely” (Revelation 22:1, 17).
Psalm 36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

Proverbs 10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Jeremiah 17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

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Descendants 

   Everyone who believed the Bible also believes in Creation. Man was created by God.
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Was Eve created the same time as Adam?
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
It doesn’t say how long Adam lived in the Garden, watching the animals pair up and produce offspring but he soon became lonely. Yes, he had conversations with God but he needed a mate. And God knew this.
Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
It appears Eve was created some time later and she was created from parts from Adam.
Genesis 2:20-22 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
So, all mankind are descendants of Adam (and Eve) and are guilty of Sin.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Sin was so rampant that God sent a flood to destroy all.
Genesis 6:12-13 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Just how bad was it?
Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
So God sent the rain to flood the whole earth and destroy everything he had created: EXCEPT all that were in the Ark.
And all the animals who were in the Ark:
Genesis 7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Now, these eight people (all descendants of Adam), were sinners but they found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Which brings us to this thought: We are all descendants of Noah.
YES, Romans 3:23 still applies to all of us.
And we need to believe 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 and obey Romans 10:9-13!

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YENOM

YENOM is it Latin or Greek or Hebrew for Money?
Money … wealth, medium of exchange for buying and selling
Interestingly there are those who believe only civilized man has money
and some believe that every tribe that’s ever existed has some form of money.
Money is only what we make of it.
Here’s a story: The counterfeit $100.00 dollar bill.
A hunter came to town and asked his friend George, to keep the $100.00 bill for him. George decided to pay off a debt with the bill, hoping to repay it before his friend returned. The bill passed thru 12 different parties before returning to George. When the Hunter returned George gave it back to him, He promptly tore it up and laughed. He then explained it was a counterfeit and a joke.
MONEY is only valuable because we want it to be.
We believe that our money is valuable because there’s Gold to back it up.
Even if that were true, and it’s not.
What value is money in a depression or a famine?
In Genesis 37, Joseph’s family had money, but would have starved if God had not provided for them.
What good is Money? The Lord Jesus said Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
What is your most valuable possession? Some material thing?
Some member of your family?
Let me suggest … your SOUL.
Proverbs 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Luke 12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Yes, we do need to provide for our families:
1 Timothy 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Yes, we do need an income and should work to provide.
2 Thessalians 3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
The story of a man, saved and living for the Lord. He knew he was called to preach, but his savings were small. He decided to set a goal of saving $10,000 before he entered the ministry. When that sum was reached, it didn’t look like enough so he decided $25.000 was his new goal. And on and on and each goal reached pushed the Lord further out of his life. Finally, he reached $1,000,000 and God was completely out of the picture. THEN financial reverses set in and he lost it all.
If only he had obeyed the Lord.
1 Timothy 6:17-19 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Remember: Money is not wrong, it’s how we use it.
O, yes YENOM is just MONEY spelled backwards.
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What Does it Mean to Believe

These promises are to those who believe the gospel:
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third dayaccording to the scriptures:
And act upon that belief:
Romans 10:9-13 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Confession with thy mouth, is the act of admitting that the Lord Jesus IS GOD!

Remember, IT IS NOT WORKS… It is believing God by FAITH.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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In All Things


1 Corinthians 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
1 Corinthians 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
1 Corinthians 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

2 Corinthians 2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
2 Corinthians 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
2 Corinthians 7:11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
2 Corinthians 7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
2 Corinthians 11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
2 Corinthians 11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Ephesians 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Philippians 4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Colossians 3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;

1 Timothy 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

2 Timothy 2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
2 Timothy 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

Titus 2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
Titus 2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
Titus 2:10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

Hebrews 2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

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