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Oct 282 min read

Seek you first…things first…

Jesus said these words found recorded in the New Testament of Christ…

You shalt love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment…

In all of the greatest things a man can Do is put Jesus first place in your life…all any soul can do is what is right by God first then fellow man…once the Truth has been revealed…

But seek you first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof….

God does not give us a command we cannot obey…God commandments are not grievous…Jesus gives a light and easy yoke…if Jesus says you cannot lie then He supplies the way not to lie…God always supplies what is needed to fulfill His command…

Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured unto you. And why behold you the mote that is in your brother's eye, but consider not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt you say to your brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt you see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother's eye…

We must first get ourselves right with God before we entertain others salvation…

If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother hath aught against you, leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way, first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift...

God says to be right with Him…you got to be right with your brethren…your fellowman…cab you shake any man’s hand and look them in the eye or you done someone dirty…need to make it right…Sometimes God will not hear us until we do the right thing…

You shalt love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second like unto it is this, You shalt love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments the whole law hangs, and the prophets.

Father, please remove anything between us and You and may we always be faithful in the Truth…In Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

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Ben Stewart

Oct 273 min read

Some people all faith no brains…others all brains no faith…

Jesus said these words as is written in the New Agreement between God and mankind called the New Testament of Christ…

…I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. …If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free…

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light…

I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst…He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned…

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there at: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it…

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen...

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

The best a soul can do is what is right when it learns the truth…We supposed to be like a balance of brains and faith…a knowing the truth from God…then doing His will or the most good…the right thing…by God and fellowman…the truth is like the past…it cannot be changed and stands for Himself…Jesus the Christ from the town Nazareth…the only qualified of God…to take away our evil deeds the bible calls sin…was punished for you and me as if He broke all Ten Commandments of God…even though He never broke a command of God and did a wrong or evil thing…the innocent Lamb of God slain for sinful men and women…so He could teach us the truth and we do the right thing by Him and our fellowman…Jesus supplying our needs to do His will…Jesus the Christ died so you could choose truth over fiction…love over hate…forgiveness over justice…mercy concerning others instead of an eye for eye…Jesus died so you could never choose the wrong thing…and says He will teach you the truth that will set you free from the lies and things that lead to evil deeds or sin…All you have to do is agree to obey the truth once the truth is revealed to you...

Father we renounce any form of creation and ask to receive only from Jesus your Son…In Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

Try…A…Daily Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend...

Some people all faith no brains…others all brains no faith…

Ben Stewart

Oct 263 min read

It is human to error, but Divine to forgive…

Sometimes we must forgive the ugly in someone else just like God forgives the ugly in us…listen to some encouraging words from the New Testament of Christ which is the New Agreement between God and creation…

Matthew 6:14-15 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

…God is Holy and has never done a evil thing…He is the Father of Mercy…the First willing to Forgive any of His Creation…God is not willing that any should perish but that all would come to repentance…

1 Peter 1:15-18 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

Jesus His only Fathered Son who became a Son of man…or Jesus God’s only Fathered Son that became a Son of Man…died on the cross and was raised three days later…so you and I could choose to never do a wrong thing…Jesus says blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they will be filled…and Jesus was raised so you could have all your wrongs or evil deeds the bible calls sin forgiven…

Revelation 22:10-13 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. 12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last…

..in John’s Revelation, there is a time where God stops it seems and lets man choose his paths…this passage is basically saying let them be as they are…God giving up and hoping they change…

Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

It is human to err but Divine to forgive…think on it this way each time you forgive you are like our Creator God who forgives…as the Father of Mercy…Have you asked the Author of Salvation Jesus Christ to write you a plan of redemption…reconciliation with God and fellow man? Have you ever been baptized? Yes, or no? Do you still confess you were baptized into Christ? Yes or no…If you have not been baptized for the remission of your sins then you need to do so as soon as possible…Jesus said… Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Father please forgive us and we forgive all others including ourselves…please have mercy…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

Try…A…Daily Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend...

It is human to error, but Divine to forgive…