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Nov 203 min read

The Blessed Life…

Psalms 1:1-6 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.

…You ever try to tell some not to steal when they are stealing…it does nothing but give you a reproach to stand in the way of sinner who wants to sin…You take advice from unbelievers? Why take wicked counsel…if they cannot know how to be saved then they have not right to tell you how to be right with God…many psychiatrists today do not believe in God and say they are the truth…they cut off working parts and call themselves a good doctor! You ever been around a scornful person one who mocks God…do not join in their folly…

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

…Who loves the truth more than their own opinions…this is one who delights in the Law of God…one who cherishes the truth…loves the truth…seeks the truth…and thinks about truth…God will cause this man to be blessed…as it is written…without faith it is impossible to please God for he that comes to God must believe that He exists and is a reward of those who diligently seek Him Heb 11:6

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Many there be who go in the broad way…Jesus said the truth of His word will judge them in the end…Jesus died and was raised from the dead so any soul could repent and do right by God and fellow man…Jesus died and was raised so He could forgive you of all past evils…and He will reveal to you the truth of righteousness but you have to be faithful with the truth and do right not wrong…Jesus says anyone who rejects His work of forgiveness and reconciliation with God by not believing will be damned into eternal fire forever being tormented but never consumed…Do you want to do right and go to heaven? Yes or no?

Jesus said…And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3-4

You see we are but children in diapers before our Creator who made all that is…we have to learn the truth so we can learn to be moral and good like our Creator who is the Great I Am of All that Is…We ask Jesus as Jesus said… ask…seek…knock…blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they will be filled…do you want to know how to live your life right? Ask Jesus He will show you how…all you have to do is what is morally right when the truth is revealed to you by loving your neighbor as yourself…and God as Supreme…it is Human to err but Divine to forgive…Jesus said forgive or you will not be forgiven…and when you forgive someone are not for once acting like God? God…Jesus has never chosen a wrong or immoral thing…and offers forgiveness to those who have…He forgives so He expects us to forgive like Him. You ever notice if you tell the truth then your problems get fewer…but if you tell a lie then your problems get bigger?

Father…please forgive us and grant us a change from being immoral so we can learn the truth and do right by You and our fellow man…please grant us repentance and mercy…and help us to be wise unto salvation for ourselves and others…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

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Ben Stewart

Nov 193 min read

Do you want to go to Heaven? Yes or no…

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me…. then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, if ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free John 8:31-32.

John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst… Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, what shall we eat? or, what shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:30-34

Jesus said…John 4:23-24 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth…

…But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon (this world’s goods) Matthew 6:23-24…

Jesus said…Matthew 5:6-8 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God… And Jesus answered him, the first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:29-31…

Jesus said…Mark 16:15-16 And he said unto them, go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned…

Jesus Christ of Nazareth…died on the cross and was raised from the dead…and is the Author of Salvation. Jesus Christ being born of a virgin named Mary grew up under the Jewish Law and being found born in the tribe Judah…Jesus never choose to do evil and break a commandment of God…the Jewish Law is the knowledge of Good and Evil taught to us be the descendants of Abraham…Isaac…and Jacob…the Ten Commandment being the minimum requirements…Jesus offered to be punished as if He broke all Ten Commandments even though He never choose a wrong or evil thing…because He loves you and made a way for you never to choose an evil or immoral thing again…Jesus died so you could choose right over wrong…truth over lies...God became a man and died in your place to show you there is nothing He would not do to reconcile you and teach you never to do evil again…if you will obey the truth and do what is right with God and fellow man. Jesus will reveal the truth but you have to do what is right by God and fellow man when He does…Do you believe Jesus died so you could be forgiven and will teach you the truth so you can be reconciled to God? Yes, or no? Have you ever been baptized before? Yes, or no? Will you be baptized? Yes, or no? Do you want to go to heaven? Yes or no…

Father please meet our soul’s deepest needs…heal our soul’s deepest wounds…forgive our unforgiven…and grant us repentance and mercy…removing everything that hinders us from obeying the truth…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name…Amen.

Ben Stewart

Nov 183 min read

Mankind rules not the devil…

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

Job 2:2 And the LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

1 John 3:8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

James 4:7-10 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Philippians 4:19-20 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us forever. 2 John 1:2

Matthew 16:18 …on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it…A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:34-35.

John 8:42-47 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convinces me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

Father…empower us to not be enslaved by any other and remove anything hindering obedience to the truth…please grant us repentance and mercy…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

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