”Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me too sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled then to have two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eyes causes you to sin, tear it out. It is…
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Who Will Go To Heaven
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many Mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, your workers are Lawlessness. Matthew 7:21-23 Jesus taught the carrying out God’s purposes and desire was a condition for entering the kingdom of heaven. This does not mean that we can earn spiritual…
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Knowing The Word
this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him. For Ezra had said his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Ezra 7:6,10 The hand of the Lord was on Azurra in fact when you read the whole book of Ezra you’ll notice that it was on him three times. God was directing his purposes and…
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Acknowledging the Lord
He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon is the one who is to build my house and my quartz or I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping my commands and my ordinances as he is today.” ” so now in the sight of all Israel, Assembly Of the Lord, and in the hearing of our Lord God, Obzera and follow all the commands of the Lord your God so that you may possess this Goodland and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever. “ as for you Solomon my son,…
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What God’s Desires In Us
And the Lord said to him I have heard your prayer, and your plea, which you have made before me. I have concentrated this house that you have built by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. And as for you, you will walk before me as David your father walked with integrity of the heart and uprightness, doing according to all that have commanded you and keeping my statues and my rules and then I will establish your oil thrown over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, thank you shall not like a man on the throne of…
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To Heed Warnings!
I all about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in His ways and keep his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn, that the Lord May establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, if your sons pay close attention to their way to walk before me in faithfulness with all of their heart and with all their soul, you shall lack a man on the throne…
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A True Heart
And Samuel said, Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being King. 1 Samuel 15: 22-23 Obeying God is better than sacrifice. Obeying God comes from a heart that is true. Obeying God is better than the outward form of worship, service, or personal sacrifice. Saul’s sin was placing his own ideas over…
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Meditate On God’s Word Day And Night
One be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses My servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This Book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success. Joshua 1:7-8 The Israelites had to be committed to God by obeying His written word. The law…
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Love God With All Our Heart
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul, and keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good. Deut. 10:12-13 God wants us to sincerely follow him with a sincere heart. He doesn’t want us to substitute a heartfelt relationship with outward forms of religions. It is important to obey God with a pure heart that loves and honors God. Having faith and love from the heart are…
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God’s Law
And God spoke all these words, saying I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. Exodus 20: 1-2 Take a minute or two and read Exodus 20: 1-17. God originally wrote the Ten Commandments. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to Moses, Who delivered them to the people. By obeying the Ten Commandments, the people would be showing their gratitude to God. They would be showing their desire to live right to God. The Ten Commandments summarize God’s law to him and others. New Testament followers show us that they also followed the Ten…