Monday, June 12, 2023

DOCTRINE of ELECTION

 

Abraham and GOD:

Genesis 15:6-8

King James Version

6 And he believed in the Lord; 

and he counted it to him for righteousness.

7 And he said unto him, 

I am the Lord that brought thee 

out of Ur of the Chaldees, 

to give thee this land to inherit it.

8 And he said, 

Lord God, whereby shall I know 

that I shall inherit it?


EVERYTHING belongs to GOD.

Believers belong to GOD.

Chosen for His purpose.

Chosen for salvation.

Chosen for Himself.

That we may worship Him.

That we may serve Him, and others.

Apostle Paul addresses "the saints which are at Ephesus".

And "to the faithful in Christ Jesus":

Ephesians 1:3-4

King James Version

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings 

in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him 

before the foundation of the world, 

that we should be holy 

and without blame before him in love:


Ephesians 1:5-6

King James Version

5 Having predestinated us 

unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, 

according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, 

wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.


Ephesians 1:7

King James Version

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, 

the forgiveness of sins, 

according to the riches of his grace;


Ephesians 1:8-9

King James Version

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us 

in all wisdom and prudence;

9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, 

according to his good pleasure 

which he hath purposed in himself:


Ephesians 1:10

King James Version

10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times 

he might gather together in one all things in Christ, 

both which are in heaven, 

and which are on earth; 

even in him:


Ephesians 1:11-12

King James Version

11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, 

being predestinated according to the purpose of him 

who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, 

who first trusted in Christ.


Ephesians 1:13-14

King James Version

13 In whom ye also trusted, 

after that ye heard the word of truth, 

the gospel of your salvation: 

in whom also after that ye believed, 

ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance 

until the redemption of the purchased possession, 

unto the praise of his glory.


The question remains:

Are you one of the faithful, in CHRIST?

Have you heard His call?

How have you responded to the LORD's invitation?

Do you know the importance of such?

Do you know the power CHRIST wields?

Ephesians 1:18-23

King James Version

18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; 

that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, 

and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance 

in the saints,

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power 

to us-ward who believe, 

according to the working of his mighty power,

20 Which he wrought in Christ, 

when he raised him from the dead, 

and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

21 Far above all principality, 

and power, and might, and dominion, 

and every name that is named, 

not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

22 And hath put all things under his feet, 

and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

23 Which is his body, 

the fulness of him that filleth all in all.


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Thursday, October 20, 2022

The SILVER cord

 

Ecclesiastes 12:6

King James Version

6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, 

or the golden bowl be broken, 

or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, 

or the wheel broken at the cistern.


There seems to be truth to the saying, "hanging by a thread".

Over four decades ago, I woke up, and saw a long string, gently swaying, and glistening, in the air.

Actually, I seemed to be half-asleep, half-awake, as I witnessed that strange thing.

It connected my body on the bed, to my body up on the ceiling.

Researchers say it's an out-of-the-body experience, or OOBE.

Many "sensitives" say they see their body on the bed.

Well, the reverse was true for me.

I saw my body up in the air.

If not for the ceiling, I'd have gone off.

I knew that if that "string" snapped, or was cut, I'd be gone.

I also saw a rotating, large white circle (or disc) against the wall, with many things going on in it.

I don't know if that was to be my life.

Or it was the world's.

But the images seemed chaotic.

Apparently, it wasn't time to go yet.

Only GOD had control over my life.

Psalm 31:15

King James Version

15 My times are in thy hand

deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, 

and from them that persecute me.


The top psychic researcher in my country was astounded that I saw the "silver cord".

That was a silver cord?

I had no idea.

No one could really explain that silver cord.

But I did see it.

Since I've been born again over three years ago, I dropped all new age explanation, and focused on GOD's WORD instead.

And now, I discover King Solomon's verse above, without really looking for it.

I very nearly forgot the dream, until the verse showed up today.

Surely, SPIRIT feels it's time for me to know what that decades-old experience was all about.

As if confirming my initial thoughts.

So, I checked other Bible versions, to tell me more about the "silver cord":


Ecclesiastes 12:6

Amplified Bible

6 Earnestly remember your Creator before the silver cord [of life] is broken, or the golden bowl is crushed, or the pitcher at the fountain is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;


Ecclesiastes 12:6

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

6 [Remember your Creator earnestly now] before the silver cord [of life] is snapped apart, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern [and the whole circulatory system of the blood ceases to function];


Ecclesiastes 12:6

Easy-to-Read Version

Death

6 Remember your Creator while you are young,

    before the silver rope snaps and the golden bowl is crushed

like a jar broken at the well,

    like a stone cover on a well that breaks and falls in.


Ecclesiastes 12:6

Expanded Bible

6 Soon ·your life will snap like a silver chain [L the silver thread will be snapped]

    ·or break like a golden bowl [L and the golden bowl will be crushed].

·You will be like a broken pitcher at a spring [L The jar will be broken by the well],

    ·or a broken wheel at a well [L and the wheel crushed by the cistern; C metaphors of death].


Ecclesiastes 12:6

Good News Translation

6 The silver chain will snap, and the golden lamp will fall and break; the rope at the well will break, and the water jar will be shattered.


Ecclesiastes 12:6

International Standard Version

6 When the silver cord is severed,

    the golden vessel is broken,

the pitcher is shattered at the fountain,

    and the wheel is broken at the cistern,


Ecclesiastes 12:6

Living Bible

6 Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young—before the silver cord of life snaps and the gold bowl is broken; before the pitcher is broken at the fountain and the wheel is broken at the cistern;


Ecclesiastes 12:6

New Life Version

6 Remember Him before the silver rope of life is broken and the gold dish is crushed. Remember Him before the pot by the well is broken and the wheel by the water-hole is crushed.


Ecclesiastes 12:6

Wycliffe Bible

6 Have thou mind on thy Creator, before that a silveren rope be broken, and a golden lace run against, and a water pot be all-broken on the well, and a wheel be broken (al)together on the cistern; (Think thou upon thy Creator, before that the silver rope is broken, and the golden bowl is broken, and the water pot at the well is broken, and the wheel at the cistern is broken, yea, before that all is ended;)


In SUMMARY, "silver cord" means:

silver cord [of life]

silver rope

silver chain [L the silver thread

silver chain

silver cord

silver cord of life

silver rope of life

silveren rope


Even not being born again then, I knew my life was literally hanging on "by a thread", from that glistening string swaying gently in the air, as if someone was going to play jump rope.

It looked so fragile, swaying like that in the wind.

GOD gave me the opportunity to see life, and potential death, in that one instant.

And then again, death of our physical bodies on earth means life with JESUS.

Something born agains look forward to.

2 Corinthians 5:8

King James Version

8 We are confident, I say, 

and willing rather to be absent from the body, 

and to be present with the Lord.


King Solomon confirms what is to happen when that cord snaps:

Ecclesiastes 12:7

King James Version

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was:

 and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.


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Thursday, June 23, 2022

The MISSING piece

 

2 Timothy 2:15

King James Version

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, 

a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, 

rightly dividing the word of truth.


The LORD JESUS taught us how to pray.

But I noticed the world left something out.

And here's what I found missing.

The Catholic prayer left out the VERY important words (note words in BOLD letters):

Matthew 6:13

King James Version

13 And lead us not into temptation, 

but deliver us from evil: 

For thine is the kingdom, 

and the power, 

and the glory, 

for ever

Amen.


Now, why would they do that?

Why would the Catholic church leave out a VERY important part of the verse?

EVERYTHING belonged to GOD.

Kingdom.

Power.

Glory.


I also wondered why, when we were taught the "rosary", another thing stood out significantly.

It was mostly "Hail Mary's".

Mercifully GOD came to my rescue.

SPIRIT clarified everything for me.

Now I am able to get the LORD's PRAYER right.

EXACTLY as the LORD JESUS taught us.

I intend to pray His COMPLETE prayer:

Matthew 6:9-13

King James Version

9 After this manner therefore pray ye: 

Our Father which art in heaven, 

Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come, 

Thy will be done in earth, 

as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, 

as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, 

but deliver us from evil: 

For thine is the kingdom, 

and the power, 

and the glory, 

for ever. 

Amen.


As workman for GOD, I'm all about precision.

That I do not deviate from the EXACT laws of GOD.

I don't have the heart to do so.

Especially I am tasked to share the GOSPEL with you.

I cannot leave anything out.

I am here to write, and to warn.

And to deliver the message, as is.

 I only care to share GOD's TRUTH with you.

It's how JESUS would want me to.

I serve Him alone.


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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Our BODIES belong to the LORD

 

1 Corinthians 6:19

King James Version

19 What? 

know ye not that your body is the temple 

of the Holy Ghost which is in you, 

which ye have of God, 

and ye are not your own?


How misled all of us have been.

How corrupt our bodies have become.

How vile our minds have become.

Everything we watch, buy, think, and aspire for, have been focused on our bodies alone.

We have created temples, and gods, of fat, lust, greed, vanity, and pride.

But did you know our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit?

1 Corinthians 3:16

King James Version

16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, 

and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?


And that our bodies, and spirits, belong to the Lord?

1 Corinthians 6:20

King James Version

20 For ye are bought with a price: 

therefore glorify God in your body, 

and in your spirit, 

which are God's.


And because our bodies belong to God, it is holy.

1 Corinthians 3:17

King James Version

17 If any man defile the temple of God, 

him shall God destroy; 

for the temple of God is holy, 

which temple ye are.


Generations past have not taught us to honor our bodies, and spirits, to glorify God alone.

We have all been deceived, and deluded.

Can we go back in time, and repair the damage?

We can only move forward now, as born again Christians, committing our lives, and ways to Jesus.

We must be sealed by the Holy Spirit of God, if we are to be worthy of the Lord.

Our vessels must be used for God's glory, in obedience to His will.

Romans 12:1

King James Version

12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, 

by the mercies of God, 

that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, 

holy, 

acceptable unto God, 

which is your reasonable service.


Self will disappear, when you commit your life to the Lord.

And you will not mind it at all.

If anything, you wish you had known it sooner.

The ways of the world will not appeal to you anymore.

If we have any love for God, let us sanctify our bodies, through the Holy Spirit of God, that we may be made worthy.

We must become holy, in honor of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 6:13

King James Version

13 Meats for the belly, 

and the belly for meats: 

but God shall destroy both it and them. 

Now the body is not for fornication, 

but for the Lord; 

and the Lord for the body.


When the moment of Rapture comes, the faithful's bodies will be changed.

We cannot meet the Lord as we are now.

While there's still time, we need to pay immediate attention.


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This blog BELONGS to GOD

 

2 Timothy 2:15

King James Version

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, 

a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, 

rightly dividing the word of truth.


God holds the copyright to this blog.

In fact, He owns everything.

My life, my work, everything that I am.

His Holy Spirit inspired me to create this 29th blog before breakfast.

Everything came easily.

Form.

Structure.

Content.

And yet, I modified the blog title THRICE.

From scratch.

Never happened before.

Such is one's zeal, when you work for the Lord.


First, I called it "ALL belong to GOD".

Sounded good.

So, I created it.

A couple of posts came forth.

Then, I wondered, shouldn't it be "ALL belongs to GOD"?

"ALL" is technically singular.

So, I deleted the first blog, and started over.

Soon as it's done, I became dissatisfied again.

Still didn't sound right.

Sounded cacophonic.

Grated on my ears.

I did write something about reading out loud, to see if it sounds right.

The first deleted blog sounded better.

Oh my.

Finally, I figured, why not use "EVERYTHING belongs to GOD"?

That way, it sounded good, simple, and straightforward.

Why break my coconut over "ALL"?

Sometimes, I can really be silly.

Now, there's no room for confusion.

Now, I can live with it -- for life.

No grammatical error.


Even a honed editor makes mistakes.

Why all this exercise?

I wanted the blog to be PERFECT for GOD.

It's God's blog.

How could I give the Lord, less?

Nope, not on my watch.

God knows my quirks.

It's not OCD.

It's plain love, and respect, for the Lord.

I don't stop till it's perfect for Him.

I don't care how many times I start over.

Pretty much like my own life when I first sought God.

Made so many mistakes.

I don't stop till I get it right.

After all, it's a gift for the Lord.

Voluntarily given.

My life, my work, His blog.

It must be perfect.

"EVERYTHING belongs to the LORD" it is.

I am guided by what Jesus commanded:

Matthew 5:48

King James Version

48 Be ye therefore perfect, 

even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.


Now, the blog feels right.

And I can feel God smiling.

Greatly amused.

And yet pleased.

He created all of us for a purpose.

May I live up to that purpose He designed me for.

Here are the posts.


VERSES honoring GOD

 

Genesis 1:1

King James Version

1 In the beginning 

God created the heaven 

and the earth.


Never again will we doubt God's power over everything, or anyone.

Never again will we question what belongs to Him.

Who better to speak of God, than SCRIPTURE.

Genesis 14:22

King James Version

22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, 

I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, 

the most high God, 

the possessor of heaven and earth,


Exodus 9:29

King James Version

29 And Moses said unto him, 

As soon as I am gone out of the city, 

I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; 

and the thunder shall cease, 

neither shall there be any more hail; 

that thou mayest know how 

that the earth is the Lord's.


Exodus 19:5

King James Version

5 Now therefore, 

if ye will obey my voice indeed, 

and keep my covenant, 

then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me 

above all people: 

for all the earth is mine:


Leviticus 3:16

King James Version

16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: 

it is the food of the offering made by fire 

for a sweet savour: 

all the fat is the Lord's.


Leviticus 25:23

King James Version

23 The land shall not be sold for ever: 

for the land is mine

for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.


Leviticus 27:26

King James Version

26 Only the firstling of the beasts, 

which should be the Lord's firstling

no man shall sanctify it; 

whether it be ox, 

or sheep: 

it is the Lord's.


Deuteronomy 10:14

King James Version

14 Behold, 

the heaven and the heaven of heavens 

is the Lord's thy God, 

the earth also, 

with all that therein is.


Deuteronomy 32:35

King James Version

35 To me belongeth vengeance 

and recompence; 

their foot shall slide in due time

for the day of their calamity is at hand, 

and the things that shall come upon them 

make haste.


Job 41:11

King James Version

11 Who hath prevented me, 

that I should repay him? 

whatsoever is under the whole heaven 

is mine.


Psalm 89:11

King James Version

11 The heavens are thine, 

the earth also is thine

as for the world and the fulness thereof, 

thou hast founded them.


Psalm 24:1

King James Version

24 The earth is the Lord's, 

and the fulness thereof; 

the world, 

and they that dwell therein.


Psalm 50:10

King James Version

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, 

and the cattle upon a thousand hills.


Psalm 50:11

King James Version

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: 

and the wild beasts of the field are mine.


Psalm 50:12

King James Version

12 If I were hungry, 

I would not tell thee: 

for the world is mine, 

and the fulness thereof.


Psalm 74:16

King James Version

16 The day is thine, 

the night also is thine

thou hast prepared the light and the sun.


Psalm 95:4

King James Version

4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: 

the strength of the hills is his also.


Psalm 95:5

King James Version

5 The sea is his, 

and he made it: 

and his hands formed the dry land.


Isaiah 43:1

King James Version

43 But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, 

O Jacob, 

and he that formed thee, 

O Israel, 

Fear not: 

for I have redeemed thee, 

I have called thee by thy name; 

thou art mine.


Daniel 2:20

King James Version

20 Daniel answered and said, 

Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: 

for wisdom and might are his:


Haggai 2:8

King James Version

8 The silver is mine, 

and the gold is mine, 

saith the Lord of hosts.


John 17:9

King James Version

9 I pray for them: 

I pray not for the world, 

but for them which thou hast given me; 

for they are thine.


Romans 12:19

King James Version

19 Dearly beloved, 

avenge not yourselves, 

but rather give place unto wrath: 

for it is written, 

Vengeance is mine; 

I will repay, 

saith the Lord.


1 Corinthians 6:19

King James Version

19 What? 

know ye not that your body 

is the temple of the Holy Ghost 

which is in you

which ye have of God, 

and ye are not your own?


1 Corinthians 10:26

King James Version

26 For the earth is the Lord's, 

and the fulness thereof.


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EVERYTHING belongs to GOD

 

Deuteronomy 10:14

King James Version

14 Behold, 

the heaven and the heaven of heavens 

is the Lord's thy God, 

the earth also, 

with all that therein is.


It's time we paid homage to God.

It's time we honor the Creator of All.

It's time we loved God.

This blog was created a few minutes ago.

It wanted to be written.

So much so, everything came so easily.

The title, the form, the content.

God knows how much I've searched for Him, how much I've longed for His Truth, how much I wanted to get it right about Him.

Well, He showed up one day, when He knew I was ready.

Nearly 21 months ago, the Holy Spirit started teaching me about God, Jesus, Himself, the world, ourselves, the past, the present, and the future.

Are things any clearer?

Of course!

Only the Holy Spirit can bring clarity about God.

Only the Holy Spirit can teach us about Scripture.

Only the Holy Spirit can make us born again.

And yes, you've got to be born again to understand God, and Scripture.

If you're not, you'll have an incomplete education.

Everything's clear, simple, systematic.

An order known only to God.

On this 29th blog dedicated to the Lord, you will find all the verses and articles which reveal that ALL belong to GOD.

What were we thinking we had one iota in creation?

What were we thinking we have some power on earth, much less in heaven?

It's time to set things right, and honor the LORD, for all He's done for us, for His LOVE, for His SON's death on the cross.

Head over to the NEXT post for a sampling of verses that show  GOD's power over heaven and earth, and over ALL of us.

Never again will you doubt that ALL belong to GOD.

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DOCTRINE of ELECTION

  Abraham and GOD : Genesis 15:6-8 King James Version 6 And he believed in the Lord;  and he counted it to him for righteousness. 7 And he s...