THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
“CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT
OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF;
OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF PRESS;
OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE,
AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.”
THE GREAT AWAKENING=THE ABILITY FOR TRUTH TO COME IN, THE LIGHT BEING INTRODUCE TO the darkness;
GREAT DELIVERANCE!
WE USE THESE VERSES FOR QUICK CONFESSION AND ALSO WE GO TO ANY NUMBER AND THEN RETURN TO OUR WEEKDAYS DEVOTIONAL.
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“FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THAT BRINGS SALVATION HAS APPEARED TO ALL MEN, TEACHING US THAT, DENYING ungodliness and worldly lusts, WE SHOULD LIVE SOBERLY, RIGHTEOUSLY, AND GODLY IN THE PRESENT AGE, LOOKING FOR THAT BLESSED HOPE AND THE GLORIOUS APPEARING OF OUR GREAT GOD AND OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, WHO GAVE HIMSELF FOR US, THAT HE MIGHT REDEEM US FROM every lawless deed=all iniquity AND PURIFY FOR HIMSELF HIS OWN SPECIAL=PECULIAR PEOPLE, ZEALOUS FOR GOOD WORKS.”
TITUS 2:11-14
“TO SERVE NOT UNDER OBEDIENCE TO THE OLD CODE
OR WRITTEN REGULATIONS, BUT UNDER OBEDIENCE TO THE PROMPTINGS OF THE SPIRIT IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.”
ROMANS 7:6
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WHEN ADAM SINNED, SIN ENTERED THE WORLD.
ADAM’S SIN BROUGHT DEATH, SO DEATH SPREAD TO EVERYONE, FOR EVERYONE SINNED. YES, PEOPLE SINNED EVEN BEFORE THE LAW WAS GIVEN. BUT IT WAS NOT COUNTED AS SIN BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT YET ANY LAW TO BREAK. STILL, EVERYONE DIED–FROM THE TIME OF ADAM TO THE TIME OF MOSES– EVEN THOSE WHO DID NOT DISOBEY AN EXPLICIT COMMANDMENT OF GOD, AS ADAM DID. NOW ADAM IS A SYMBOL, A REPRESENTATION OF CHRIST, WHO WAS YET TO COME. BUT THERE IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADAM’S SIN AND GOD’S GRACIOUS GIFT.
FOR THE SIN OF THIS ONE MAN, ADAM, BROUGHT DEATH TO MANY.
BUT EVEN GREATER IS GOD’S WONDERFUL GRACE AND HIS GIFT OF FORGIVENESS TO MANY THROUGH THIS OTHER MAN, JESUS CHRIST-YESHUA HA MASHIACH. AND THE RESULT OF GOD’S GRACIOUS GIFT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE RESULT OF THAT ONE MAN’S SIN. FOR ADAM’S SIN LED TO CONDEMNATION, BUT GOD’S FREE GIFT LEADS TO OUR BEING MADE RIGHT WITH GOD, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GUILTY OF MANY SINS. FOR THE SIN OF THIS ONE MAN, ADAM, CAUSE DEATH TO RULE OVER MANY. BUT EVEN GREATER IS GOD’S WONDERFUL GRACE AND HIS GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, FOR ALL WHO RECEIVE IT WILL LIVE IN TRIUMPH OVER SIN AND DEATH THROUGH THIS ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST-YESHUA HA MASHIACH. YES, ADAM’S ONE SIN BRINGS CONDEMNATION FOR EVERYONE, BUT CHRIST’S ONE ACT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BRINGS A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND NEW LIFE FOR EVERYONE. BECAUSE ONE PERSON DISOBEYED GOD, MANY BECAME SINNERS.
BUT BECAUSE ONE OTHER PERSON OBEYED GOD, MANY WILL BE MADE RIGHTEOUS.
AND GOD’S LAW WAS GIVEN SO THAT ALL PEOPLE COULD SEE HOW SINFUL THEY WERE.
BUT AS PEOPLE SINNED MORE AND MORE, GOD’S WONDERFUL GRACE BECAME MORE ABUNDANT. SO JUST AS SIN RULED OVER ALL PEOPLE AND BROUGHT THEM TO DEATH, NOW GOD’S WONDERFUL GRACE RULES INSTEAD, GIVING US RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD AND RESULTING IN ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.
ROMANS 5:1-21
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“FOR WHAT MAY BE KNOWN ABOUT GOD IS PLAIN TO THEM BECAUSE GOD HAS MADE IT PLAIN TO THEM. FOR SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD, GOD’S INVISIBLE QUALITIES–HIS ETERNAL POWER AND DIVINE NATURE–HAVE BEEN CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD FROM WHAT HAS BEEN MADE, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE.”
ROMANS 1:19-20
“INDEED, WHEN GENTILES=PEOPLE WITHOUT GOD,
WHO DO NOT HAVE THE LAW, DO BY NATURE WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES, THEY ARE A LAW TO THEMSELVES, EVEN THOUGH THEY DO NOT HAVE THE LAW, SINCE THEY SHOW THAT THE WORK OF THE LAW IS WRITTEN ON THEIR HEARTS, THEIR CONSCIENCES ALSO BEARING WITNESS, AND THEIR THOUGHTS EITHER ACCUSING OR DEFENDING THEM. THIS WILL COME TO PASS ON THAT DAY WHEN GOD WILL JUDGE MEN’S SECRETS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS, AS PROCLAIMED BY MY GOSPEL.”
ROMANS 2:14-16
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WHO HAS SCOOPED UP THE OCEAN
IN HIS TWO HANDS,
OR MEASURED THE SKY BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND LITTLE FINGER,
WHO HAS PUT ALL THE EARTH’S DIRT IN ONE OF HIS BASKETS,
WEIGHED EACH MOUNTAIN AND HILL?
WHO COULD EVER HAVE TOLD GOD WHAT TO DO
OR TAUGHT HIM HIS BUSINESS?
WHAT EXPERT WOULD HE HAVE GONE TO FOR ADVICE,
WHAT SCHOOL WOULD HE ATTEND TO LEARN JUSTICE?
WHAT god DO YOU SUPPOSE MIGHT HAVE TAUGHT HIM WHAT HE KNOWS,
SHOWED HIM HOW THINGS WORK?
WHY, THE NATIONS ARE BUT A DROP IN A BUCKET,
A MERE SMUDGE ON A WINDOW.
WATCH HIM SWEEP UP THE ISLANDS
LIKE SO MUCH DUST OFF THE FLOOR!
THERE AREN’T ENOUGH TREES IN LEBANON
NOR ENOUGH ANIMALS IN THOSE VAST FORESTS
TO FURNISH ADEQUATE FUEL AND OFFERINGS FOR HIS WORSHIP.
ALL THE NATIONS ADD UP TO SIMPLY NOTHING BEFORE HIM–
LESS THAN NOTHING IS MORE LIKE IT. A MINUS.
ISAIAH 40:12-17
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IN THE BEGINNING LOVE CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
NOW THE EARTH WAS FORMLESS AND EMPTY, DARKNESS WAS OVER THE SURFACE OF THE DEEP, AND THE SPIRIT OF LOVE WAS HOVERING OVER THE WATERS.
AND LOVE SAID, “LIGHT BE,” AND THERE WAS LIGHT.
GOD SAW THAT THE LIGHT WAS GOOD, AND HE SEPARATED THE LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS. GOD CALLED THE LIGHT “DAY,” AND THE DARKNESS HE CALLED “NIGHT.” AND THERE WAS EVENING, AND THERE WAS MORNING–THE FIRST DAY.
GENESIS 1:1-5
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AND LOVE SAID, “LET THERE BE A VAULT BETWEEN THE WATERS TO SEPARATE WATER FROM WATER.” SO LOVE MADE THE VAULT AND SEPARATED THE WATER UNDER THE VAULT FROM THE WATER ABOVE IT. AND IT WAS SO. GOD CALLED THE VAULT “SKY.” AND THERE WAS EVENING, AND THERE WAS MORNING–THE SECOND DAY.
GENESIS 1:6-8
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AND LOVE SAID, “LET THE WATER UNDER THE SKY BE GATHERED
TO ONE PLACE, AND LET DRY GROUND APPEAR.” AND IT WAS SO. LOVE CALLED THE DRY GROUND “LAND,” AND THE GATHERED WATERS HE CALLED “SEAS.” AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD.
THEN LOVE SAID, “LET THE LAND PRODUCE VEGETATION: SEED-BEARING PLANTS AND TREES ON THE LAND THAT BEAR FRUIT WITH SEED IN IT, ACCORDING TO THEIR VARIOUS KINDS.” AND IT WAS SO. THE LAND PRODUCED VEGETATION: PLANTS BEARING SEED ACCORDING TO THEIR KINDS AND TREES BEARING FRUIT WITH SEED IN IT ACCORDING TO THEIR KINDS. AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD. AND THERE WAS EVENING, AND THERE WAS MORNING–THE THIRD DAY.
GENESIS 1:9-13
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AND LOVE SAID, “LET THERE BE LIGHTS IN THE VAULT OF THE SKY TO SEPARATE THE DAY FROM THE NIGHT, AND LET THEM SERVE AS SIGNS TO MARK SACRED TIMES, AND DAYS AND YEARS, AND LET THERE BE LIGHTS IN THE VAULT OF THE SKY TO GIVE LIGHT ON THE EARTH. AND IT WAS SO LOVE MADE TWO GREAT LIGHTS–THE GREATER LIGHT TO GOVERN THE DAY AND THE LESSER LIGHT TO GOVERN THE NIGHT. HE ALSO MADE THE STARS. GOD SET THEM IN THE VAULT OF THE SKY TO GIVE LIGHT ON THE EARTH, TO GOVERN THE DAY AND THE NIGHT, AND TO SEPARATE LIGHT FROM DARKNESS. AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD. AND THERE WAS EVENING, AND THERE WAS MORNING–THE FOURTH DAY.
GENESIS 1:14-19
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AND LOVE SAID, “LET THE WATER TEEM WITH LIVING CREATURES,
AND LET BIRDS FLY ABOVE THE EARTH ACROSS THE VAULT OF THE SKY.
SO LOVE CREATED THE GREAT CREATURES OF THE SEA AND EVERY LIVING THING WITH WHICH THE WATER TEEMS AND THAT MOVES ABOUT IN IT, ACCORDING TO THEIR KINDS, AND EVERY WINGED BIRD ACCORDING TO ITS KIND. AND GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD. LOVE BLESSED THEM AND SAID,
“BE FRUITFUL AND INCREASE IN NUMBER AND FILL THE WATER IN THE SEAS, AND LET THE BIRDS INCREASE ON THE EARTH. AND THERE WAS EVENING,
AND THERE WAS MORNING–THE FIFTH DAY.
GENESIS 1:20-23
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AND LOVE SAID, “LET THE LAND PRODUCE LIVING CREATURES ACCORDING
TO THEIR KINDS: THE LIVESTOCK, THE CREATURES THAT MOVE ALONG THE GROUND, AND THE WILD ANIMALS, EACH ACCORDING TO ITS KIND.” AND IT WAS SO. LOVE MADE THE WILD ANIMALS ACCORDING TO THEIR KINDS, THE LIVESTOCK ACCORDING TO THEIR KINDS, AND ALL THE CREATURES THAT MOVE ALONG THE GROUND ACCORDING TO THEIR KINDS. AND GOD SAW THAT WAS GOOD.
GENESIS 1:24-25
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THEN LOVE SAID, “LET US MAKE MANKIND IN OUR IMAGE, IN OUR LIKENESS, SO THAT THEY MAY RULE OVER THE FISH IN THE SEA AND THE BIRDS IN THE SKY, OVER THE LIVESTOCK AND ALL THE WILD ANIMALS, “AND OVER ALL THE CREATURES THAT MOVE ALONG THE GROUND.”
SO LOVE CREATED MANKIND IN HIS OWN IMAGE,
IN THE IMAGE OF LOVE HE CREATED THEM;
MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM.
LOVE BLESSED THEM AND SAID TO THEM,
“BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY; FILL THE EARTH AND SUBDUE IT.
RULE OVER THE FISH IN THE SEA AND THE BIRDS IN THE SKY AND OVER EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT MOVES ON THE GROUND.”
THEN LOVE SAID, “I GIVE YOU EVERY SEED-BEARING PLANT ON THE
FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH AND EVERY TREE THAT HAS FRUIT SEED IN IT. THEY WILL BE YOURS FOR FOOD. AND TO ALL THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH AND ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY AND ALL THE CREATURES THAT MOVE ALONG THE GROUND–EVERYTHING THAT HAS THE BREATH OF LIFE IN IT–I GIVE EVERY GREEN PLANT FOR FOOD.”
AND IT WAS SO.
GOD SAW ALL THAT HE HAD MADE, AND IT WAS VERY GOOD.
AND THERE WAS EVENING, AND THERE WAS MORNING–THE SIXTH DAY.
GENESIS 1:26-31
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THUS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WERE COMPLETED IN ALL THEIR VAST ARRAY.
BY THE SEVENTH DAY LOVE HAD FINISHED THE WORK HE HAD BEEN DOING; SO ON THE SEVENTH DAY HE RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK. THEN GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY AND MADE IT HOLY, BECAUSE ON IT HE RESTED FROM ALL THE WORK OF CREATING THAT HE HAD DONE.
GENESIS 2:1-3
THIS IS THE ACCOUNT OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WHEN THEY WERE CREATED, WHEN THE LORD GOD MADE THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS.
NOW NO SHRUB HAD YET APPEARED ON THE EARTH AND NO PLANT HAD YET SPRUNG UP, FOR THE LORD GOD HAD NOT SENT RAIN ON THE EARTH AND THERE WAS NO ONE TO WORK THE GROUND, BUT STREAMS CAME UP FROM THE EARTH AND WATERED THE WHOLE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. THEN THE LORD GOD FORMED A MAN FROM THE DUST OF THE GROUND AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE, AND THE MAN BECAME A LIVING BEING.
GENESIS 2:4-7
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NOW THE LORD GOD HAD PLANTED A GARDEN IN THE EAST,
IN EDEN; AND THERE HE PUT THE MAN HE HAD FORMED.
THE LORD GOD MADE ALL KINDS OF TREES GROW OUT OF THE GROUND–TREE THAT WERE PLEASING TO THE EYE AND GOOD FOR FOOD. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GARDEN WERE THE TREE OF LIFE AND THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.
A RIVER WATERING THE GARDEN FLOWED FROM EDEN; FROM THERE IT WAS SEPARATED INTO FOUR HEADWATERS. THE NAME OF THE FIRST IS THE PISHON; IT WINDS THROUGH THE ENTIRE LAND OF HAVILAH, WHERE THERE IS GOLD. (THE GOLD OF THAT LAND IS GOOD; AROMATIC RESIN AND ONYX ARE ALSO THERE.) THE NAME OF THE SECOND RIVER IS THE GIHON; IT WINDS THROUGH THE ENTIRE LAND OF CUSH. THE NAME OF THE THIRD RIVER IS THE TIGRIS; IT RUNS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF ASHUR. AND THE FOURTH RIVER IS THE EUPHRATES.
GENESIS 2:8-14
THE LORD GOD TOOK THE MAN AND PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO WORK IT AND TAKE CARE OF IT. AND THE LORD GOD COMMANDED
THE MAN, “YOU ARE FREE TO EAT FROM ANY TREE
IN THE GARDEN; BUT YOU MUST NOT EAT FROM THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND evil, FOR WHEN YOU EAT FROM IT YOU WILL CERTAINLY DIE.”
GENESIS 2:15-17
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THE LORD GOD SAID, “IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE MAN TO BE ALONE.
I WILL MAKE A HELPER SUITABLE FOR HIM.”
NOW THE LORD GOD HAD FORMED OUT OF THE GROUND ALL THE WILD ANIMALS AND ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY. HE BROUGHT THEM TO THE MAN TO SEE WHAT HE WOULD NAME THEM; AND WHATEVER THE MAN CALLED EACH LIVING CREATURE, THAT WAS ITS NAME. SO THE MAN GAVE NAMES TO ALL THE LIVESTOCK, THE BIRDS IN THE SKY AND ALL THE WILD ANIMALS.
BUT FOR ADAM NO SUITABLE HELPER WAS FOUND. SO THE LORD GOD CAUSED THE MAN TO FALL INTO A DEEP SLEEP; AND WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING, HE TOOK ONE OF THE MAN’S RIBS AND THEN CLOSED UP THE PLACE WITH FLESH. THEN THE LORD GOD MADE
A WOMAN FROM THE RIB HE HAD TAKEN OUT OF THE MAN,
AND HE BROUGHT HER TO THE MAN.
THE MAN SAID,
“THIS IS NOW BONE OF MY BONES
AND FLESH OF MY FLESH;
SHE SHALL BE CALLED ‘WOMAN,’
FOR SHE WAS TAKEN OUT OF MAN.”
THIS IS WHY A MAN LEAVES HIS FATHER AND MOTHER
AND IS UNITED TO HIS WIFE, AND THEY BECOME ONE FLESH.
ADAM AND HIS WIFE WERE BOTH NAKED, AND THEY FELT NO shame.
GENESIS 2:18-25
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NOW the serpent WAS MORE CUNNING THAN ANY BEAST OF THE FIELD WHICH THE LORD GOD HAD MADE. AND HE SAID TO THE WOMAN, “HAS GOD INDEED SAID, ‘YOU SHALL NOT EAT OF EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN’?”
AND THE WOMAN SAID TO the serpent
“WE MAY EAT THE FRUIT OF THE TREES OF THE GARDEN; “BUT OF THE FRUIT OF THE TREE WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE GARDEN, GOD HAS SAID, ‘YOU SHALL NOT EAT IT, NOR SHALL YOU TOUCH IT, LEST YOU DIE.'”
THEN the serpent SAID TO THE WOMAN, “YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE. “FOR GOD KNOWS THAT IN THE DAY YOU EAT OF IT YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED, AND YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.”
SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, THAT IT WAS PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A TREE DESIRABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE, SHE TOOK OF ITS FRUIT AND ATE. SHE ALSO GAVE TO HER HUSBAND WITH HER, AND HE ATE. THEN THE EYES OF BOTH OF THEM WERE OPENED, AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE NAKED; AND THEY SEWED FIG LEAVES TOGETHER AND MADE THEMSELVES COVERINGS.
GENESIS 3:1-7
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AND THEY HEARD THE SOUND OF THE LORD GOD WALKING IN THE GARDEN IN THE COOL OF THE DAY, AND ADAM AND HIS WIFE HID THEMSELVES FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD GOD AMONG THE TREES OF THE GARDEN.
THE LORD GOD CALLED TO ADAM AND SAID TO HIM,
“WHERE ARE YOU?”
SO HE SAID,
“I HEARD YOUR VOICE IN THE GARDEN,
AND I WAS AFRAID BECAUSE I WAS NAKED; AND I HID MYSELF.”
AND HE SAID,
“WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE NAKED?
HAVE YOU EATEN FROM THE TREE OF WHICH
I COMMANDED YOU THAT YOU SHOULD NOT EAT?”
THEN THE MAN SAID,
“THE WOMAN WHOM YOU GAVE TO BE WITH ME,
SHE GAVE ME OF THE TREE, AND I ATE.”
AND THE LORD GOD SAID TO THE WOMAN,
“WHAT IS THIS YOU HAVE DONE?”
THE WOMAN SAID, “THE SERPENT DECEIVED ME, AND I ATE.”
SO THE LORD GOD SAID TO the serpent,
[that ancient serpent,
the dragon,
the devil or the satan]:
“BECAUSE you HAVE DONE THIS,
CURSED ARE you ABOVE ALL LIVESTOCK
AND ALL WILD ANIMALS!
you WILL CRAWL ON your belly
AND you WILL EAT DUST
ALL THE DAYS OF your LIFE.
AND I WILL PUT ENMITY
BETWEEN you AND THE WOMAN,
AND BETWEEN your offspring AND HERS;
HE WILL CRUSH your HEAD,
AND you WILL STRIKE HIS HEEL.”
GENESIS 3:14-15
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BECAUSE OF DISOBEDIENCE
TO THE WOMAN THE LORD SAID:
“I WILL MAKE YOUR PAINS IN CHILDBEARING VERY SEVERE;
WITH PAINFUL LABOR YOU WILL GIVE BIRTH TO CHILDREN.
YOUR DESIRE WILL BE FOR YOUR HUSBAND,
AND HE WILL RULE OVER YOU.”
TO ADAM HE SAID,
“BECAUSE YOU LISTENED TO YOUR WIFE
AND ATE FRUIT FROM THE TREE ABOUT WHICH I COMMANDED YOU,
‘YOU MUST NOT EAT FROM IT,’
“CURSED IS THE GROUND BECAUSE OF YOU;
THROUGH PAINFUL TOIL YOU WILL EAT FOOD FROM IT
ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE.
IT WILL PRODUCE THORNS AND THISTLES FOR YOU,
AND YOU WILL EAT THE PLANTS OF THE FIELD.
BY THE SWEAT OF YOUR BROW
YOU WILL EAT YOUR FOOD
UNTIL YOU RETURN TO THE GROUND,
SINCE FROM IT YOU WERE TAKEN;
FOR DUST YOU ARE
AND TO DUST YOU WILL RETURN.”
GENESIS 3:16-19
AND ADAM CALLED HIS WIFE’S NAME EVE,
BECAUSE SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF ALL LIVING.
ALSO FOR ADAM AND HIS WIFE THE LORD GOD MADE
TUNICS OF SKIN, AND CLOTHED THEM.
THEN THE LORD GOD SAID, “BEHOLD, THE MAN HAS BECOME LIKE ONE OF US, TO KNOW GOOD AND evil. AND NOW, LEST HE PUT OUT HIS HAND AND TAKE ALSO OF THE TREE OF LIFE, AND EAT, AND LIVE FOREVER”—–THEREFORE THE LORD GOD SENT HIM OUT OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO TILL THE GROUND FROM WHICH HE WAS TAKEN. SO HE DROVE OUT THE MAN; AND HE PLACED CHERUBIM AT THE EAST OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN, AND A FLAMING SWORD WHICH TURNED EVERY WAY, TO GUARD THE WAY TO THE TREE OF LIVE.
GENESIS 3:20-24
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O LORD, OUR LORD, HOW EXCELLENT,
MAJESTIC AND GLORIOUS IS YOUR NAME IN ALL
THE EARTH! YOU HAVE SET YOUR GLORY ON
OR ABOVE THE HEAVENS.
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES AND UNWEANED INFANTS YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED STRENGTH BECAUSE OF YOUR foes, THAT YOU MIGHT SILENCE the enemy and the avenger.
PSALM 8:1-2
WHEN I VIEW AND CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS,
THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS,
WHICH YOU HAVE ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED,
WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM,
AND THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU VISIT HIM?
FOR YOU HAVE MADE HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN ELOHIM:
THE INFINITE, ALL-POWERFUL GOD WHO SHOWS
BY HIS WORKS THAT HE IS THE CREATOR,
SUSTAINER, AND SUPREME JUDGE OF THE WORLD.
AND YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR.
PSALM 8:3-5
YOU HAVE MADE HIM TO HAVE DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;
YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET,
ALL SHEEP AND OXEN–
EVEN THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD,
THE BIRDS OF THE AIR,
AND THE FISH OF THE SEA
THAT PASS THROUGH THE PATHS OF THE SEAS.
O LORD, OUR LORD,
HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!
PSALM 8:6-9
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THE HEAVENS ARE THE HEAVENS OF THE LORD,
BUT THE EARTH HE HAS GIVEN TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN.
THE DEAD DO NOT PRAISE THE LORD,
NOR DO ANY WHO GO DOWN INTO SILENCE;
BUT AS FOR US, WE WILL BLESS AND AFFECTIONATELY AND GRATEFULY PRAISE THE LORD FROM THIS TIME FORTH AND FOREVER.
PRAISE THE LORD, (HALLELUJAH!)
PSALM 115:16-18
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HOW CLEARLY THE SKY REVEALS GOD’S GLORY!
HOW PLAINLY IT SHOWS WHAT HE HAS DONE!
EACH DAY ANNOUNCES IT TO THE FOLLOWING DAY;
EACH NIGHT REPEATS IT TO THE NEXT.
NO SPEECH OR WORDS ARE USED,
NO SOUND IS HEARD;
YET THEIR MESSAGE GOES OUT TO ALL THE WORLD
AND IS HEARD TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
GOD MADE A HOME IN THE SKY FOR THE SUN;
IT COMES OUT IN THE MORNING LIKE A HAPPY BRIDEGROOM,
LIKE AN ATHLETE EAGER TO RUN A RACE.
IT STARTS AT ONE END OF THE SKY
AND GOES ACROSS TO THE OTHER.
NOTHING CAN HIDE FROM ITS HEAT.
PSALM 19:1-6
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HE CAUSES HIS SUN TO RISE ON THE EVIL AND THE GOOD,
AND SENDS RAIN ON THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS.
MATTHEW 5:45
“FEAR GOD AND GIVE HIM GLORY, FOR HIS TIME HAS COME TO SIT ON JUDGMENT. WORSHIP HIM WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH AND SEA AND SPRINGS OF WATER.”
REVELATION 14:7
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FOR THE WORD OF THE LORD IS RIGHT AND TRUE;
HE IS FAITHFUL IN ALL HE DOES.
THE LORD LOVES RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE,
THE EARTH IS FULL OF THE LOVINGKINDNESS OF THE LORD.
BY THE WORD OF THE LORD THE HEAVENS WERE MADE;
THEIR STARRY HOST BY THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH.
HE GATHERS THE WATERS OF THE SEA TOGETHER AS A HEAP,
HE LAYS UP THE DEEPS IN STOREHOUSES.
LET ALL THE EARTH FEAR THE LORD;
LET ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD REVERE HIM.
FOR HE SPOKE, AND IT CAME TO BE;
HE COMMANDED; AND IT STOOD FIRM.
PSALM 33:5-9
FOR THE LORD MADE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, THE SEA, AND EVERYTHING IN THEM IN SIX DAYS; THEN HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY. THEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND DECLARED IT HOLY.
EXODUS 20:11
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“I AM THE LORD, WHO MAKES ALL THINGS, WHO STRETCHES OUT THE HEAVENS ALL ALONE, WHO SPREADS ABROAD THE EARTH BY MYSELF.”
ISAIAH 44:24
“I HAVE MADE THE EARTH, AND CREATED MAN ON IT.
I; MY HANDS, STRETCHED OUT THE HEAVENS, AND ALL THEIR HOST
I HAVE COMMANDED.”
ISAIAH 45:12
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WHO HAS MEASURED THE WATERS IN THE HOLLOW OF HIS HAND, MEASURED HEAVEN WITH A SPAN AND CALCULATED THE DUST OF THE EARTH IN A MEASURE? WEIGHED THE MOUNTAINS IN SCALES AND THE HILLS IN A BALANCE? WHO HAD DIRECTED THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD, OR AS HIS COUNSELOR HAS TAUGHT HIM?
ISAIAH 40:12-13
HE ALONE SPREADS OUT THE HEAVENS,
AND TREADS ON THE WAVES OF THE SEA.
JOB 9:8
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UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THE HOUSE,
THE BUILDERS LABOR IN VAIN.
UNLESS THE LORD WATCHES OVER THE CITY,
THE GUARDS STAND WATCH IN VAIN.
IN VAIN DO YOU RISE EARLY AND STAY UP LATE,
TOILING FOR FOOD TO EAT–
FOR THE LORD GRANTS SLEEP TO THOSE HE LOVES.
BEHOLD CHILDREN ARE A HERITAGE FROM THE LORD,
OFFSPRING A REWARD FROM HIM.
LIKE ARROWS IN THE HANDS OF A WARRIOR
ARE CHILDREN BORN IN ONE’S YOUTH.
BLESSED BE THE MAN, THE WOMAN WHOSE QUIVER IS FULL OF THEM.
THEY WILL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME WHEN THEY CONTEND WITH
THEIR OPPONENTS IN COURT.
PSALM 127
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“YOU MADE ALL THE DELICATE, INNER PARTS OF MY BODY
AND KNIT ME TOGETHER IN MY MOTHER’S WOMB.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME SO WONDERFULLY COMPLEX!
YOUR WORKMANSHIP IS MARVELOUS–HOW WELL I KNOW IT.
YOU WATCHED ME AS I WAS BEING FORMED IN UTTER SECLUSION,
AS I WAS WOVEN TOGETHER IN THE DARK OF THE WOMB.
YOU SAW ME BEFORE I WAS BORN.
EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE WAS RECORDED IN YOUR BOOK.
EVERY MOMENT WAS LAID OUT
BEFORE A SINGLE DAY HAD PASSED.
HOW PRECIOUS ALSO ARE YOUR THOUGHTS TO ME, O GOD!
HOW GREAT IS THE SUM OF THEM!
IF I SHOULD COUNT THEM, THEY WOULD BE MORE IN NUMBER THAN THE SAND;
WHEN I AWAKE, I AM STILL WITH YOU.”
PSALM 139:13-18
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“WHEN GOD CREATED MANKIND, HE MADE THEM IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD. HE CREATED THEM MALE AND FEMALE AND BLESSED THEM. AND HE NAMED THEM “MANKIND”, WHEN THEY WERE CREATED.”
GENESIS 5:1-2
FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, DECLARES THE LORD,
PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU, TO GIVE YOU
A FUTURE AND A HOPE.
JEREMIAH 29:11
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AS LONG AS THE EARTH LASTS,
SEEDTIME AND HARVEST,
COLD AND HEAT,
SUMMER AND WINTER,
AND DAY AND NIGHT,
SHALL NOT CEASE.”
GENESIS 8:22
AND GOD BLESS NOAH AND HIS SONS AND SAID TO THEM:
“BE FERTILE AND MULTIPLY AND FILL THE EARTH.
DREAD FEAR OF YOU SHALL COME UPON ALL THE ANIMALS OF THE EARTH AND ALL THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, UPON ALL THE CREATURES THAT MOVE ABOUT ON THE GROUND AND ALL THE FISHES OF THE SEA; INTO YOUR POWER THEY ARE DELIVERED.
EVERY CREATURE THAT IS ALIVE SHALL BE YOURS TO EAT; I GIVE THEM ALL TO YOU AS I DID THE GREEN PLANTS. ONLY FLESH WITH ITS LIFEBLOOD STILL IN IT YOU SHALL NOT EAT. FOR YOUR OWN LIFEBLOOD, TOO, I WILL DEMAND AN ACCOUNTING: FROM EVERY ANIMAL I WILL DEMAND IT, AND FROM MAN IN REGARD TO HIS FELLOW MAN I WILL DEMAND AN ACCOUNTING FOR HUMAN LIFE,
IF ANYONE SHEDS THE BLOOD OF MAN,
BY MAN SHALL HIS BLOOD BE SHED;
FOR IN THE IMAGE OF GOD
HAS MAN BEEN MADE.
BE FERTILE, THEN, AND MULTIPLY;
ABOUND ON EARTH AND SUBDUE IT.”
GENESIS 9:1-7
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THEN GOD SPOKE TO NOAH AND TO HIS SONS WITH HIM, SAYING: “AND AS FOR ME, BEHOLD, I ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU AND WITH YOUR DESCENDANTS AFTER YOU, AND WITH EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS WITH YOU: THE BIRDS, THE CATTLE, AND EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH WITH YOU, OF ALL THAT GO OUT OF THE ARK, EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH. THUS I ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU: NEVER AGAIN SHALL ALL FLESH BE CUT OFF BY THE WATERS OF THE FLOOD; NEVER AGAIN SHALL THERE BE A FLOOD TO DESTROY THE EARTH.”
GENESIS 9:8-11
AND GOD SAID: “THIS IS THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT WHICH I MAKE BETWEEN ME AND YOU, AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS WITH YOU, FOR PERPETUAL GENERATIONS: I SET MY RAINBOW IN THE CLOUD, AND IT SHALL BE FOR THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND THE EARTH. IT SHALL BE, WHEN I BRING A CLOUD OVER THE EARTH, THAT THE RAINBOW SHALL BE SEEN IN THE CLOUD; AND I WILL REMEMBER MY COVENANT WHICH IS BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH; THE WATERS SHALL NEVER AGAIN BECOME A FLOOD TO DESTROY ALL FLESH. THE RAINBOW SHALL BE IN THE CLOUD, AND I WILL LOOK ON IT TO REMEMBER THE EVERLASTING COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH THAT IS ON THE EARTH. AND GOD SAID TO NOAH, “THIS IS THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT WHICH I HAVE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN ME AND ALL FLESH THAT IS ON THE EARTH.”
GENESIS 9:12-17
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IT IS WRITTEN:
THEN A WAR BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN: MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT AGAINST the dragon, AND the dragon and his angels FOUGHT BACK. BUT the dragon WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH, AND NO LONGER WAS ANY PLACE FOUND IN HEAVEN FOR him and his angels. AND the great dragon WAS HURLED DOWN–the ancient serpent called the devil and satan, the deceiver OF THE WHOLE WORLD. he WAS HURLED TO THE EARTH, AND his angels with him.
AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE IN HEAVEN, SAYING:
“NOW HAVE COME THE SALVATION AND THE POWER AND THE KINGDOM OF OUR GOD, AND THE AUTHORITY OF HIS CHRIST.
FOR the accuser OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAS BEEN THROWN DOWN, he WHO ACCUSES THEM DAY AND NIGHT BEFORE OUR GOD. THEY HAVE DEFEATED HIM BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BY THEIR TESTIMONY. AND THEY DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIVES SO MUCH THAT THEY WERE AFRAID TO DIE.
THEREFORE REJOICE, O HEAVENS,
AND YOU WHO DWELL IN THEM!
BUT WOE TO THE EARTH AND THE SEA;
WITH GREAT FURY the devil HAS COME DOWN TO YOU,
KNOWING he HAS ONLY A SHORT TIME.”
REVELATION 12:7-12
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THEN I SAW AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, HOLDING IN HIS HAND THE KEY TO THE ABYSS AND A HEAVY CHAIN. HE SEIZED THE DRAGON, THE ANCIENT SERPENT, WHICH IS the devil OR the satan, AND TIED it UP FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AND THREW it INTO THE ABYSS, WHICH HE LOCKED OVER
it AND SEALED, SO THAT it COULD NO LONGER LEAD THE NATIONS ASTRAY UNTIL THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE COMPLETED. AFTER THIS, IT IS TO BE RELEASED FOR A SHORT TIME.
REVELATION 20:1-3
WHEN THE THOUSAND YEARS ARE COMPLETED, the satan WILL BE RELEASED FROM HIS PRISON. he WILL GO OUT TO DECEIVE THE NATIONS AT THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH. GOG AND MAGOG, TO GATHER THEM FOR BATTLE, THEIR NUMBER IS LIKE THE SAND OF THE SEA. THEY INVADED THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH AND SURROUNDED THE CAMP OF THE HOLY ONES AND THE BELOVED CITY.
BUT FIRE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND CONSUMED THEM.
the devil WHO HAD LED THEM ASTRAY WAS THROWN INTO THE POOL OF FIRE AND SULFUR, WHERE the beast AND the false prophet WERE.
THERE they WILL BE TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOREVER AND EVER.
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JESUS CHRIST
WHO, BEING IN THE FORM OF GOD, DID NOT CONSIDER IT ROBBERY TO BE EQUAL WITH GOD, BUT MADE HIMSELF OF NO REPUTATION, TAKING THE FORM OF A BONDSERVANT, AND COMING IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN. AND BEING FOUND IN APPEARANCE AS A MAN, HE HUMBLED HIMSELF AND BECAME OBEDIENT TO THE POINT OF DEATH,
EVEN THE DEATH OF THE CROSS!
THEREFORE GOD EXALTED HIM TO THE HIGHEST PLACE AND GAVE HIM THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES, THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW, IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH AND under THE EARTH, AND EVERY TONGUE CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.
PHILIPPIANS 2:6-10
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THEREFORE, WHEN ADAM SINNED, SIN ENTERED THE WORLD.
ADAM’S SIN BROUGHT DEATH, SO DEATH SPREAD TO EVERYONE,
FOR EVERYONE SINNED. YES, PEOPLE SINNED EVEN BEFORE THE LAW WAS GIVEN. BUT IT WAS NOT COUNTED AS SIN BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT YET ANY LAW TO BREAK. STILL, EVERYONE DIED–FROM THE TIME OF ADAM TO THE TIME OF MOSES–EVEN THOSE WHO DID NOT DISOBEY AN EXPLICIT COMMANDMENT OF GOD, AS ADAM DID. NOW ADAM IS A SYMBOL, A REPRESENTATION OF CHRIST, WHO WAS YET TO COME.
ROMANS 5:12-14
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BUT THERE IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADAM’S SIN AND GOD’S GRACIOUS GIFT. FOR THE SIN OF THIS ONE MAN, ADAM, BROUGHT DEATH TO MANY. BUT EVEN GREATER IS GOD’S WONDERFUL GRACE AND HIS GIFT OF FORGIVENESS TO MANY THROUGH THIS OTHER MAN, JESUS CHRIST. AND THE RESULT OF GOD’S GRACIOUS GIFT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE RESULT OF THAT ONE MAN’S SIN. FOR ADAM’S SIN LED TO CONDEMNATION, BUT GOD’S FREE GIFT LEADS TO OUR BEING MADE RIGHT WITH GOD, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GUILTY OF MANY SINS. FOR THE SIN OF THIS ONE MAN, ADAM, CAUSE DEATH TO RULE OVER MANY. BUT EVEN GREATER IS GOD’S WONDERFUL GRACE AND HIS GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, FOR ALL WHO RECEIVE IT WILL LIVE IN TRIUMPH OVER SIN AND DEATH THROUGH THIS ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST.
ROMANS 5:15-17
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YES, ADAM’S ONE SIN BRINGS CONDEMNATION FOR EVERYONE,
BUT CHRIST’S ONE ACT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BRINGS A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND NEW LIFE FOR EVERYONE. BECAUSE ONE PERSON DISOBEYED GOD, MANY BECAME SINNERS. BUT BECAUSE ONE OTHER PERSON OBEYED GOD,
MANY WILL BE MADE RIGHTEOUS.
AND GOD’S LAW WAS GIVEN SO THAT ALL PEOPLE COULD SEE HOW SINFUL THEY WERE. BUT AS PEOPLE SINNED MORE AND MORE, GOD’S WONDERFUL GRACE BECAME MORE ABUNDANT. SO JUST AS SIN RULED OVER ALL PEOPLE AND BROUGHT THEM TO DEATH, NOW GOD’S WONDERFUL GRACE RULES INSTEAD, GIVING US RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD AND RESULTING IN ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.
ROMANS 5:18-21
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THE SON IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION. FOR IN HIM ALL THINGS WERE CREATED: THINGS IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH, VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, WHETHER THRONES OR POWERS OR RULERS OR AUTHORITIES; ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN CREATED THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM. HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND IN HIM ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER. AND HE IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY, THE CHURCH; HE IS THE BEGINNING AND THE FIRSTBORN FROM AMONG THE DEAD, SO THAT IN EVERYTHING HE MIGHT HAVE THE SUPREMACY. FOR GOD WAS PLEASED TO HAVE ALL HIS FULLNESS DWELL IN HIM, AND THROUGH HIM TO RECONCILE TO HIMSELF ALL THINGS, WHETHER THINGS ON EARTH OR THINGS IN HEAVEN, BY MAKING PEACE THROUGH HIS BLOOD, SHED ON THE CROSS.
ONCE YOU WERE ALIENATED FROM GOD AND WERE ENEMIES IN YOUR MINDS BECAUSE OF YOUR EVIL BEHAVIOR. BUT NOW HE HAS RECONCILED YOU BY CHRIST’S PHYSICAL BODY THROUGH DEATH TO PRESENT YOU HOLY IN HIS SIGHT, WITHOUT BLEMISH AND FREE FROM ACCUSATION.
COLOSSIANS 1:15-22
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FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT THAT THE WORLD MIGHT BE SAVED THROUGH HIM. HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM IS NOT CONDEMNED, BUT WHOEVER DOES NOT BELIEVE STANDS CONDEMNED ALREADY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF GOD’S ONE AND ONLY SON. THIS IS THE VERDICT:
LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD, BUT PEOPLE LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. EVERYONE WHO DOES EVIL HATES THE LIGHT, AND WILL NOT COME INTO THE LIGHT FOR FEAR THAT THEIR DEEDS WILL BE EXPOSED.
BUT WHOEVER LIVES BY THE TRUTH COMES INTO THE LIGHT, SO THAT IT MAY BE SEEN PLAINLY THAT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE HAS BEEN DONE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.
JOHN 3:16-21
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FOR THE PEOPLE WALKING IN DARKNESS
HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT;
ON THOSE LIVING IN THE LAND OF DEEP DARKNESS
A LIGHT HAS DAWNED.
YOU HAVE ENLARGED THE NATION AND INCREASED THEIR JOY;
THEY REJOICE BEFORE YOU AS PEOPLE REJOICE AT THE HARVEST,
AS WARRIORS REJOICE WHEN DIVIDING THE PLUNDER.
FOR AS IN THE DAY OF MIDIAN’S DEFEAT,
YOU HAVE SHATTERED THE YOKE THAT BURDENS THEM,
THE BAR ACROSS THEIR SHOULDERS,
THE ROD OF THEIR OPPRESSOR.
EVERY WARRIOR’S BOOT USED IN BATTLE
AND EVERY GARMENT ROLLED IN BLOOD
WILL BE DESTINED FOR BURNING,
WILL BE FUEL FOR THE FIRE.
FOR TO US A CHILD IS BORN,
TO US A SON IS GIVEN,
AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE ON HIS SHOULDERS.
[THE BODY OF CHRIST=HIS CHURCH]
AND HE WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELOR,
MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE.
OF THE GREATNESS OF HIS GOVERNMENT
AND PEACE THERE WILL BE NO END.
HE WILL REIGN ON DAVID’S THRONE
AND OVER HIS KINGDOM,
ESTABLISHING AND UPHOLDING IT
WITH JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
FROM THAT TIME ON AND FOREVER.
THE ZEAL OF THE LORD ALMIGHTY
WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS.
ISAIAH 9:2-7
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“BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORD OF GOD, SO THAT THE THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN WERE NOT MADE OF THINGS WHICH ARE VISIBLE.”
HEBREWS 11:3
FAITH IS A SPIRITUAL FORCE GENERATED IN THE BORN AGAIN HUMAN SPIRIT AND IT IS RELEASE THROUGH WORDS. FAITH-FILLED WORD DOMINATE THE LAWS OF sin and death.
BY YOUR WORDS=YOUR RELEASE OF GOD’S POWER YOU WILL BE ACQUITTED=JUSTIFIED AND MAKE RIGHT WITH GOD AND BY YOUR words=YOUR release of satan’s power YOU WILL BE CONDEMNED.
MATTHEW 12:37
YOU ARE THE DECIDING WITNESS BETWEEN
LIFE AND death
THE BLESSING AND the curse
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND hell
THE CHOICE IS YOURS TO MAKE.
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MY PEOPLE perish for lack OF KNOWLEDGE,
BECAUSE THEY REFUSE KNOWLEDGE.
YET THE TRUTH REMAINS:
“AND THE WORD=THE RELEASE OF LOVE’S POWER=CHRIST BECAME FLESH AND MADE HIS DWELLING AMONG US. WE HAVE SEEN HIS GLORY, THE GLORY OF THE ONE AND ONLY SON, WHO CAME FROM THE FATHER, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.”
JOHN 1:14
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YOUR ADVERSARY the devil=satan–the thief who comes to steal and kill and destroy–is prowling around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.
YET
I SAW satan FALL LIKE LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN.
BEHOLD,–IN CHRIST–I HAVE GIVEN YOU AUTHORITY TO TRAMPLE ON serpents and scorpions, AND OVER ALL the power of the enemy, AND NOTHING SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU. NEVERTHELESS DO NOT REJOICE IN THIS, THAT the spirits ARE SUBJECT TO YOU, BUT RATHER REJOICE
BECAUSE YOUR NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN
LUKE 10:17-20
IN THE BOOK OF DESTINIES:
FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, DECLARES THE LORD, PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO harm YOU, PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND A FUTURE.”
JEREMIAH 29:11
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“SINCE THE CHILDREN HAVE FLESH AND BLOOD, HE=CHRIST
TOO SHARED IN THEIR HUMANITY SO THAT BY HIS DEATH HE MIGHT BREAK the power of the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, AND FREE THOSE WHO THROUGH fear of death HAD BEEN SUBJECT TO slavery ALL THEIR LIVES.”
HEBREWS 2:14-15,18
DAILY WIRE: SEP 03,2020: “LAST WEEK, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) PUBLISHED AN UPDATE ON THE DATA REGARDING U.S. DEATHS LINKED TO THE CHINA-ORIGINATED NOVEL CORONAVIRU, OR COVID-19.
THE REPORT INCLUDED A PORTION ON “COMORBIDITIES” AND STATED THAT OF ALL THE DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO COVID, A MERE 6% OF THOSE DEATH HAD COVID ALONE CITED AS THE CAUSE, NOTING, “FOR DEATHS WITH CONDITIONS OR CAUSES IN ADDITION TO COVID-19, ON AVERAGE, THERE WERE 2.6 ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OR CAUSES PER DEATH.”
“UNITED STATES CASES UPDATED OCT 18 AT 3:15 AM LOCAL:
CONFIRMED: 8,201,319M DEATHS 222,513, RECOVERED 5,213,033
GLOBAL CASES UPDATED OCT 18 AT 3:15 AM LOCAL:
CONFIRMED 39,671,115 DEATHS 1,109,836, RECOVERED 27,290,040″
YET
YOU BELIEVE THAT A “virus” YOU CANNOT SEE CAN KILL YOU.
BUT YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN THE GOD WHO MADE YOU IN HIS IMAGE AND HIS LIKENESS AND WHO HAS GIVEN YOU DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF HIS HANDS AND WHO CREATED ALL THAT YOU CAN SEE–THE HEAVENS DECLARE
THE GLORY OF GOD; THE SKIES PROCLAIM THE WORK OF HIS HANDS.
PSALM 19:1
THUS SAYS THE LORD, YOUR REDEEMER WHO FORMED YOU FROM THE WOMB: “I AM THE LORD, WHO HAS MADE ALL THINGS, WHO ALONE STRETCHED OUT THE HEAVENS, WHO BY MYSELF SPREAD OUT THE EARTH. WHO FOILS THE SIGNS OF FALSE PROPHETS AND MAKES FOOLS OF DIVINERS, WHO CONFOUNDS THE WISE AND TURNS THEIR KNOWLEDGE INTO NONSENSE.
ISAIAH 44:24-25
I TELL YOU, MY FRIENDS, DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THOSE WHO KILL THE BODY AND AFTER THAT CAN DO NO MORE. BUT I WILL SHOW YOU WHOM YOU SHOULD FEAR: FEAR THE ONE WHO, AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN KILLED, HAS POWER TO THROW YOU INTO hell. YES, I TELL YOU, FEAR HIM!
LUKE 12:4-5
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WHOEVER HAS THE SON HAS LIFE;
WHOEVER DOES NOT HAVE THE SON OF GOD
DOES NOT HAVE LIFE.
1 JOHN 5:12
AND THEY WILL GO AWAY INTO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT,
BUT THE RIGHTEOUS–THEY WHO BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH AND KNOW GOD AND OBEY THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS–INTO ETERNAL LIFE.
MATTHEW 25:46, 2 THESSALONIANS 1:8
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FOR IT IS WRITTEN:
“WE ARE ALL INFECTED AND IMPURE WITH SIN.
WHEN WE DISPLAY OUR RIGHTEOUS DEEDS,
THEY ARE NOTHING BUT FILTHY RAGS.
LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES, WE WITHER AND FALL,
AND OUR SINS SWEEP US AWAY LIKE THE WIND.”
ISAIAH 64:6
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FOR
“ALL, ALL, ALL HAVE sinned
AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD,
AND ALL ARE JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT CAME BY CHRIST JESUS. GOD PRESENTED CHRIST AS A SACRIFICE OF ATONEMENT=OF PROPITIATION, THROUGH THE SHEDDING OF HIS BLOOD–TO BE RECEIVED BY FAITH.”
ROMANS 3:23-25
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FOR OF THIS YOU CAN BE SURE: NO fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has ANY INHERITANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST AND GOD.
EPHESIANS 5:5
“FOR IT IS NOT THE HEARERS OF THE LAW WHO ARE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD, BUT IT IS THE DOERS OF THE LAW WHO WILL BE DECLARED RIGHTEOUS.”
ROMANS 2:13
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“TO THE THIRSTY I WILL GIVE WATER WITHOUT COST FROM THE SPRING OF THE WATER OF LIFE. THOSE WHO ARE VICTORIOUS WILL INHERIT ALL THIS, AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD AND THEY WILL BE MY CHILDREN.”
REVELATION 21:7
“BUT THE FEARFUL, THE UNBELIEVING, THE VILE, THE MURDERERS, THE SEXUALLY IMMORAL, THOSE WHO PRACTICE MAGIC ARTS, THE IDOLATERS AND ALL LIARS–THEY WILL BE CONSIGNED TO THE FIERY LAKE OF BURNING SULFUR. THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH.”
REVELATION 21:8
SAYS HE WHO WAS SEATED ON THE THRONE
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“BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO WASH THEIR ROBES,
THAT THEY MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE
AND MAY GO THROUGH THE GATES INTO THE CITY.”
REVELATION 22:14
“OUTSIDE ARE THE DOGS, THOSE WHO PRACTICE MAGIC ARTS, THE SEXUALLY IMMORAL, THE MURDERERS, AND EVERYONE WHO LOVES AND PRACTICES FALSEHOOD.”
REVELATION 22:15
SAYS THE ALPHA AND OMEGA
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“OR DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT wrongdoers WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? DO NOT BE DECEIVED: NEITHER the sexually immoral NOR idolaters NOR adulterers NOR men who have sex with men, NOR thieves NOR the greedy NOR drunkards NOR slanderers NOR swindlers WILL INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10
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“NOT EVERYONE WHO SAYS TO ME, ‘LORD, LORD,’ WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT ONLY THE ONE WHO DOES THE WILL OF
MY FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN.”
MATTHEW 7:21
“FOR THIS IT IS MY FATHER’S WILL THAT EVERYONE WHO LOOKS TO THE SON AND BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE,
AND I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY.”
JOHN 6:40
“THE WORK OF GOD IS THIS: TO BELIEVE IN THE ONE HE HAS SENT.”
JOHN 6:29
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“HE WHO HAS MY COMMANDMENTS AND KEEPS THEM, IT IS HE WHO LOVES ME. AND HE WHO LOVES ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER, AND I WILL LOVE HIM AND MANIFEST MYSELF TO HIM.”
JOHN 14:21
FOR
“IF ANYONE LOVES ME, HE WILL KEEP MY WORD; AND MY FATHER WILL LOVE HIM, AND WE WILL COME TO HIM AND MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE DOES NOT KEEP MY WORDS; AND THE WORD WHICH YOU HEAR IS NOT MINE BUT THE FATHER’S WHO SENT ME.
JOHN 14:23-24
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IT IS WRITTEN,
NOW THE WORKS OF the flesh ARE EVIDENT, WHICH ARE:
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; OF WHICH I TELL YOU BEFOREHAND, JUST AS I ALSO TOLD YOU IN TIME PAST, THAT THOSE WHO PRACTICE SUCH THINGS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
GALATIANS 5:19-21
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“AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME,
AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL GIVE PRAISE TO GOD”
SO THEN EACH ONE OF US WILL
GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF TO GOD.
ROMANS 14:11-12
SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO REJECTED
GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION IN CHRIST JESUS-YESHUA?
THEN HE WILL SAY TO THOSE ON HIS LEFT,
“DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO ARE CURSED, INTO THE ETERNAL FIRE PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.”
MATTHEW 25:41
FOR
TO THEM WHO THINK THAT THEY DON’T NEED A SAVIOR
AND THAT THEY CAN BE THEIR OWN god:
THE FOOL SAYS IN HIS HEART,
“THERE IS NO GOD.”
THEY ARE CORRUPT, THEIR DEEDS ARE VILE;
THERE IS NO ONE WHO DOES GOOD.
PSALM 14:1
THERE IS A WAY WHICH SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN,
BUT ITS END IS THE WAY OF DEATH.
PROVERBS 14:12
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BE PREPARED TO MEET THY GOD
O PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD
FOR BEHOLD, HE WHO FORMS MOUNTAINS AND CREATES THE WIND AND DECLARES TO MAN WHAT ARE HIS THOUGHTS, HE WHO MAKES DAWN INTO DARKNESS AND TREADS ON THE HIGH PLACES OF THE EARTH, THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS IS HIS NAME.
AMOS 4:12-13
AND YOU WOULD NOT LOOK TO THE CROSS FOR YOUR SALVATION!
AND THE DAY OF HIS GREAT WRATH HAS COME
AND YOU WOULD NOT CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD
AND BE SAVED!
FOR THE ADVOCATE=THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME, HE IS CONVICTING THE WORLD OF SIN, AND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF JUDGMENT: OF SIN, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN HIM; OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE HE WENT TO HIS FATHER AND WE SEE HIM NO MORE; OF JUDGMENT, BECAUSE the ruler of this world IS JUDGED.
JOHN 16:8-11
THE god OF THIS AGE HAS BLINDED THE MINDS OF UNBELIEVERS, SO THAT THEY CANNOT SEE THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL THAT DISPLAYS THE GLORY OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD.
2 CORINTHIANS 4:4
SO THAT
SEEING THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE,
AND HEARING THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND;
LEST THEY SHOULD TURN, AND THEIR SINS BE FORGIVEN THEM.
MARK 4:12
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THE UNBELIEVERS:
“they are of their father the devil and the desires of their father they want to do. he was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to THE TRUTH, for there is NO TRUTH in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.JOHN 8:44 THUS they ARE ALWAYS UNDER the curse ON their WAY TO hell, FOR hell EXPANDS ITS JAWS, OPENING WIDE its MOUTH; INTO it WILL DESCEND their NOBLES AND MASSES WITH ALL their BRAWLERS
AND REVELERS.
ISAIAH 5:14
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THE UNBELIEVERS ARE DARKENED IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND SEPARATED FROM THE LIFE OF GOD BECAUSE OF THE IGNORANCE THAT IS IN THEM DUE TO THE HARDENING OF THEIR HEARTS. HAVING LOST ALL SENSITIVITY, THEY HAVE GIVEN THEMSELVES OVER TO SENSUALITY SO AS TO INDULGE IN EVERY KIND OF IMPURITY, AND THEY ARE FULL OF GREED.
EPPHESIANS 4:18-19
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THE UNBELIEVERS ARE ON THE PATH THAT LEADS TO
PERDITION ON THEIR WAY TO HELL TO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT INTO THE ETERNAL FIRE PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS-MATTHEW 25:41 WHO REBELLED AGAINST GOD BECAUSE OF PRIDE AND SELF-CENTEREDNESS, AND FOLLOWING THE PATH OF THEIR FATHER THE DEVIL BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF, THEY REJECTED JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH. WHO IS THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH HIM.
JOHN 14:6
THESE WILL PAY THE PENALTY OF ETERNAL DESTRUCTION,
AWAY FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
1 THESSALONIANS 1:9
BUT
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD IS FULLNESS OF JOY;
AT HIS RIGHT HAND PLEASURES FOREVERMORE.
PSALM 16:11
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THE UNBELIEVERS PERISH BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO LOVE THE TRUTH AND SO BE SAVED [JESUS=YESHUA=THE WORD OF GOD IS TRUTH]. FOR THIS REASON GOD SENDS THEM A POWERFUL DELUSION SO THAT THEY WILL BELIEVE THE LIE AND SO THAT ALL WILL BE CONDEMNED WHO HAVE NOT BELIEVED THE TRUTH [JESUS CHRIST=YESHUA HAMASHIACH=THE WORD OF GOD IN THE HOLY SPIRIT=THE ADVOCATE-BUT HAVE DELIGHTED IN WICKEDNESS.
2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-11
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AS THE WEEDS ARE PULLED UP AND BURNED IN THE FIRE,
SO IT WILL BE AT THE END OF THE AGE.
THE SON OF MAN WILL SEND OUT HIS ANGELS, AND THEY WILL WEED OUT OF HIS KINGDOM EVERY CAUSE OF SIN AND ALL WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS. AND THEY WILL THROW THEM INTO THE FIERY FURNACE, WHERE THERE WILL BE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH. THEN THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE LIKE THE SUN IN THE KINGDOM OF THEIR FATHER. HE WHO HAS EARS LET HIM HEAR.
MATTHEW 13:40-43
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NOW THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT, AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS THERE IS FREEDOM, THERE IS LIBERTY. AND WE, WHO WITH UNVEILED FACES ALL REFLECT THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE WITH INTENSIFYING GLORY, WHICH COMES FROM THE LORD, WHO IS THE SPIRIT.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:17-18
BUT
THE UNBELIEVERS PERISH BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO LOVE THE TRUTH AND SO BE SAVED [JESUS=YESHUA=THE WORD OF GOD IS TRUTH]. FOR THIS REASON GOD SENDS THEM A POWERFUL DELUSION SO THAT THEY WILL BELIEVE THE LIE AND SO THAT ALL WILL BE CONDEMNED WHO HAVE NOT BELIEVED THE TRUTH [JESUS CHRIST=YESHUA HAMASHIACH=THE WORD OF GOD IN THE HOLY SPIRIT=THE ADVOCATE-BUT HAVE DELIGHTED IN WICKEDNESS.
2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-11
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THE UNBELIEVERS,
BECAUSE OF THEIR STUBBORNNESS AND THEIR UNREPENTANT HEART, THEY ARE STORING UP WRATH AGAINST THEMSELVES FOR THE DAY OF GOD’S WRATH, WHEN HIS RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT WILL BE REVEALED. GOD “WILL REPAY EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. “TO THOSE WHO BY PERSISTENCE IN DOING GOOD SEEK GLORY, HONOR AND IMMORTALITY, HE WILL GIVE ETERNAL LIFE. BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE SELF-SEEKING AND WHO REJECT THE TRUTH and follow evil, THERE WILL BE WRATH AND ANGER. THERE WILL BE TROUBLE AND DISTRESS FOR EVERY HUMAN BEING WHO DOES evil: FIRST FOR THE JEW, THEN FOR THE GENTILE; BUT GLORY, HONOR AND PEACE FOR EVERYONE WHO DOES GOOD: FIRST FOR THE JEW, THEN FOR THE GENTILE. FOR GOD DOES NOT SHOW FAVORITISM.ROMANS 2:5-10THE FATHER LOVES THE SON AND HAS PLACED ALL THINGS IN HIS HANDS. HE WHO BELIEVES IN THE SON HAS ETERNAL LIFE; BUT HE WHO DOES NOT OBEY THE SON WILL NOT SEE LIFE, BUT THE WRATH OF GOD REMAINS ON HIM.JOHN 3:35-36
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FOR THE SON OF MAN CAME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST.
LUKE 19:10
THE LOST=THE UNBELIEVER:
THE ONE WHO PRACTICES SIN [SEPARATING HIMSELF FROM GOD, AND OFFENDING HIM BY ACTS OF disobedience, indifference, or rebellion] IS OF the devil [AND TAKES his inner character and moral values from him, NOT GOD]; FOR the devil HAS SINNED AND VIOLATED GOD’S LAW FROM THE BEGINNING. THE SON OF GOD APPEARED FOR THIS PURPOSE, TO UNDO=DESTROY=LOOSEN=DISSOLVE the works of the devil.
1 JOHN 3:8
he is called:
the god of this age=the god of this world=the enemy=our adversary=the satan=the dragon=the ancient serpent=the tempter=the prince of the air=the prince, the ruler of this world=the devil=a spirit being who, before the fall, was NAMED LUCIFER MEANING LIGHT BEARER, BUT TODAY BY HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION JESUS CHRIST CONQUERED the forces of sin and death and hell and satan=the defeated foe=the liar and the father of lies=the deceiver=the accuser of THE BRETHREN!
FOR
“The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO GIVES US THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:56-57
AND BEING FOUND IN APPEARANCE AS A MAN, HE HUMBLED HIMSELF AND BECAME OBEDIENT TO THE POINT OF DEATH, EVEN THE DEATH OF THE CROSS.”
PHILIPPIANS 2:8
JESUS IS LORD! 