The Word of God Speaks! Let God’s Word speak to you…

Even though you may attend a 'well attended/intended' group Bible study... its not enough. It can provide some spiritual food/fellowship; but, its not enough.  You must make every effort to take time every day to read and digest the Word of God for it is bread, and it is life. 

This world is passing away. The world isn’t changing like some think. It looks that way perhaps because of what appears to be modernization through technology. But, civilizations before our time, had technology that appeared to change the world. As Solomon said, there is nothing new under the sun; especially when it comes to this fallen world and any attempt to know in our fallen human condition. 

What we can know is that God’s word does not change it does not pass away! Because of that knowledge, we have no excuse to see that this world is fallen and everything in it but even as a fallen creation we can know God’s Will for us revealed in His word.  So, don’t waste time with people who are not into God’s Word. 

How are people wasting time? They are engaged in fruitless works/deeds.  “Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them”. Ephesians 5:1. Those unfruitful works/deeds are sin in the flesh and such work produces no good thing in the spirit. They produce no good thing in your spirit nor in anyone else’s. So, Woe to the world for the causes of sin. And though These stumbling blocks must come, woe to the man through whom they come! 

 

If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell ~ Matthew 18:7-9.

But, Are we our brother’s keeper? If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. 

Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.” ~ Matthew 18:15-20.

 

“In You, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness. Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance. For You are my rock and my fortress; lead and guide me for the sake of Your name.…” Psalm 31:1-3. The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing. Psalm 34:10.