Here how: “study to show yourself approved…”. That’s the way. To this believer, wisdom is given. To the believer who does not study to show himself approved, even what little wisdom he has will be taken away.
Word of Wisdom is a high spiritual gift. Truly I believe anyone can have it. But to the believer who has a heart to know God and has invested everything in hearing and knowing His Word, in an ongoing way, behold, suddenly Word of Wisdom is yours, if the Spirit so decides. But not so for the one who does not study to show himself approved. This will not be yours.
That isn’t the complete picture either, but is a general overview. But really, these two things I’ll mention go hand in hand. I don’t see it possible to have one without the other. Obey what you study!
Truth only comes to the obedient. But only the studied can be obedient. If we aren’t studied then we prove we have no interest in knowing what to obey. So they go hand in hand. The one who studies to show himself approved is always the obedient one, the one trusted with the highest of all gifts.
Some who have been given some wisdom but have not continued laboring in the word to show themselves approved of God, think they can receive wisdom apart from the study of His word. Impossible. Won’t happen. What will happen is confusion of faces.
A believer’s doings reveal his heart. There is one reason a believer does not study to show themselves approved: they prefer darkness rather than light. They do not like God’s yoke. They think they can have wisdom from on high without the laboring, and intense laboring, in the Word of God. Such deception. Deserved deception. God is not mocked.
Won’t you humble yourself and study to show yourself approved today?
Amen!
This is Hell’s mantra. Most of the church marches to this drumbeat. It’s leading them off a cliff and into mediocrity and maybe into a loss of residence in the New Jerusalem. Only the bride will dwell there with God and those who loved the earth will dwell on the New Earth. We are talking inheritance here and not salvation.
It is the old man’s nature to do that which is expedient and forsake that which is right. God’s way is to always without fail, love and choose that which is right, not ever even thinking of the result. If we will do this then He has promised to order the end…the result. This end is always the highest in pleasure, goodness, godliness, joy and glory. But very, very few believers choose it.
Oh poor flock. Obey God. How can you lose when you obey God? Choose righteousness today. As you disobey each time, He might remove what little faith you have till you’re left with a flicker. But if you obey, He will increase your faith every time more and more. Awaken to righteousness today and sin not!
My prayer for the body of Christ today is that they would prefer God’s will over their own in every situation until God comes and lavishes their heart so that every desire is God’s. Obey God.
Amen.
God desires that we have the knowledge of Him, more than we sacrifice anything to or for Him. Think on that. Doesn’t that give your heart tremendous freedom and sweetness to ponder it?
It is human nature and I would say unredeemed human nature, to imagine that I can just appease God by doing things like going to church, do this, do that, all things that have an appearance of godliness, and never seek to gain the KNOWLEDGE PF GOD, and that this pleases Him.
No. Would it please you? It would crush my heart. I would rather my husband, my children, my friends seek to know me. They can give me things, be guarded around me and do what they think I might like, serve me by bringing me things, making a way for me, etc, but if they never stop to look at me, hear me, love me, know me, it’s all emptiness. It’s all such sad emptiness but that’s where most people dwell concerning God.
Stop it. Know Him. Know Him. Know Him.
How, You say? I know that answer. I can’t tell you. I could, but you wouldn’t hear. It’s not a prescription or a recipe or a procedure. You find it out. Go ask.
Heavens, how did you bond with your spouse? How did you find out who they were? How did you bond with your children? How did you find out who they were? How?
“ For I desired mercy, not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings…” (Hosea 6:6).
God is saying His greatest desire is that YOU gain the knowledge of God. How AWESOME that is! Go get it, will you!
Amen.
God. Turn to Him. He is Jesus Christ. Turn to Him. He said that perfect love casts out fear. It does. I’ve known it. Right now, instead of following the path of that dread feeling, love someone. Recognize that the feeling you are overwhelmed by is fear. It’s just general fear. Love God right now and the fear will stop. Close your eyes and love God. Walk in it. Thank Him for it. Be transformed by Him.
Perfect love casts out fear.
Thank you Lord,
Amen
What is meant by New Jerusalem? What is meant by the new heavens and the new earth that the Bible closes with? It’s so crucial to know. The Bible actually tells us and we need to know what they are.
Gabriel says this to Daniel as he was praying to God for understanding of the vision God have to him concerning Israel and the last days. God sent Gabriel to explain everything to Daniel. As soon as he could, he flew swiftly to Daniel, appeared to him, and gave him his answer. Daniel’s prophecy is one of the most comprehensive and astounding prophecies in the word of God.
In chapter 9, Gabriel says this: “…I have come to show you, because you are greatly beloved: therefore, understand the matter…”. Then Gabriel proceeds to answer Daniel and to make him know the meaning of it.
But examine what Gabriel said: Daniel, it is because you are greatly beloved by God that He sent me to make you understand. Now, because you are greatly beloved, here is the meaning…”
But is this surprising? It’s not. God shows us all through the word that He confides in those who fear Him. What does it mean to fear God? It means total surrender to God…preferring His will over my own and choosing it always. God can chat with us then. He can confide in us then. Isn’t that wonderful. He is looking all throughout the earth for such as these. Be one of them today. It’s your choice.
Bless the Lord
in the last 3.5 years of Daniel’s 70th week comes upon the apostate church first then stretches to the whole godless world. Just as it did come first upon Israel when they turned from God, so it will be with the church.
Here in the USA, we see a nation totally corrupt and the believers who follow God can get furious with the godless. But God’s wrath and judgment are directed first at the apostate church who has joined the world system, then to the godless world. It is not first to the world system. It’s directed at the harlot… the apostate church. They are the first reason for and the first object of His wrath.
The church that has joined the world is the responsible party…all over the world. So we see some church that is rich and pretends to know God?? That’s the object of the judgment we see. Don’t look at the ignorant masses or the proclaimed godless, though they are just as corrupt. Don’t look at the wicked media who are pushing communism. Don’t look at the corrupt companies that infiltrate our TVs with their wicked ads pushing their wicked agendas. No. Look to the say nothing, do nothing, world joining apostate church. That is the target.
“Come out of her My people”
The apostate church. That’s easy to see. The Bible gives us so many clues. But here is what I see: The harlot riding the beast in Revelation is an adulteress. She once belonged to God but doesn’t now. Or at least the portion in the professed church who have fallen after the world system ( so they never were the church) do not belong to Him.
Christmas and easter make up a complete system of Babylonian pagan worship as I mentioned in the two previous posts. Just a little study, and excellent commentary, by all the cloud of witnesses who have gone before us, takes us all the way back to the Tower of Babel where we see these two holidays practiced and worshipped.
The combination of the two or the union of the two as the main tenants of today’s Christianity, have produced offspring. She is Mystery Babylon. She is apostate. She has gone after other gods, namely the sun god at christmas and the fertility sex goddess of easter. It’s not a mystery at all.
What are we told to do as God’s people concerning the last day Mystery Babylon? Come out of her. Leave her. Depart from her. Leave the sexual immorality and the idol worship that caused it behind.
Oh that the true church would see the wickedness that the apostate church has been steeped in for so long and thought it fine with God. Lord open our eyes to worship You alone in purity of heart.
Amen.
But Jesus also said this: “ Don’t think I came to bring peace. I came to bring a sword … and fire, and how I wish it were already kindled…”
How do we reconcile these two instructions? Here’s how:
Peace is only from Jesus. But His peace is an effect and not a cause. That’s the difference. If you seek to cause peace you will fail. But if you seek to walk in Christ Jesus, peace will come to you as a bi-product of godliness.
So a person who hates controversy will not walk in godliness, but they will always avoid difficult things and always be looking for peace. They will never find it. This person will make godless choices and have godless opinions in order to find the peace they desperately seek. They will compromise and avoid suffering, all for the sake of this peace they seek. When Jesus said to seek peace and pursue it, He meant to live godly in Christ Jesus, and it will come to us that way, as an effect of obedience and godliness.
A peace seeker or peace keeper, will agree with homosexuality because it’s too hard to argue against it. They will agree with women teaching men in the church because it is peace-less to argue against it. They will follow godless traditions of men in their lives because it’s too difficult not to. On it goes.
Peace comes only to those to whom it is determined…the saints in the light. Be one today. His sword and fire are on the way. This earth is destined to burn up one day at His hand, making way for the New Heavens and New Earth. It can’t come quickly enough.
Amen.
Is the obedient believer. The most unhappy person is the disobedient believer. I have no more to say.
Isn’t this incentive then to obey God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength? It is. Go and do that then, Christian.
Bless His name.