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Saturday, March 6, 2010

The DO's and DON'Ts of BELIEVERs In CHRIST

The Torah has 613 Laws and Regulations for the Jews. There are 127 New Testament commands for the Believer, as compiled by Dr Harold Willmington (Willmington's Guide to the Bible, pp 878-879).

The Jews of old were under the 613 Mosaic Laws (the Torah), which represented an ethical code given by GOD to Israel to govern the nation until the coming of Messiah YESHUA. ALL Believers IN CHRIST today (whether Jews or Gentiles) are under GRACE...AMAZING GRACE...the UNearned, UNdeserved, UNmerited Favor of GOD.

JESUS said, Come to Me, ALL you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you REST. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I AM gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find REST for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30)

JESUS summed up ALL the Law and Prophets, even the 127 Do's and Don'ts of Believers -- 'You shall LOVE The LORD your GOD with ALL your Heart, with ALL your Soul, with ALL your Strength, and with ALL your mind,' and 'your Neighbor as yourSELF.' (Luke 10:27)

The 127 DO's and DON'Ts of Believers IN CHRIST JESUS:

1. Abstain from all appearances of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:22)

2. Abstain from all fleshly lusts. (1 Peter 2:11)

3. Avoid troublemakers. (Romans 16:17)

4. Avoid profane and vain babblings. (1 Timothy 6:20)

5. Avoid false science. (1 Timothy 6:20)

6. Avoid foolish questions. (Titus 3:9)

7. Avoid arguments about the law (Titus 3:9)

8. Be reconciled to a brother. (Matthew 5:24)

9. Be wise as serpents. (Matthew 10:16)

10. Be harmless as doves. (Matthew 10:16)

11. Be thankful. (Colossians 3:15)

12. Be patient toward all men. (1 Thess 5:14; 2 Timothy 2:24)

13. Be ready to give an answer of the hope that is in you.

(1 Peter 3:15)

14. Be transformed. (Romans 12:2)

15. Be patient in tribulation. (Romans 12:12)

16. Be children in (avoiding) malice. (1 Corinthians 14:20)

17. Be men in understanding. (1 Corinthians 14:20)

18. Be steadfast. (1 Corinthians 15:58)

19. Be unmovable. (1 Corinthians 15:58)

20. Be always abounding in GOD's work. (1 Corinthians 15:58)

21. Be of one mind. (Romans 12:16)

22. Be separate from the unclean. (2 Corinthians 6:17)

23. Be angry and sin not. (Ephesians 4:26)

24. Be filled with The SPIRIT. (Ephesians 5:18)

25. Be anxious for NOthing. (Philippians 4:6)

26. Be an example to other believers. (1 Timothy 4:12)

27. Be gentle to all men. (2 Timothy 2:24)

28. Be ready to teach. (2 Timothy 2:24)

29. Be content with what you have. (Hebrews 13:5)

30. Be vigilant. (1 Peters 5:8)

31. Do not be like the hypocrites in prayer. (Matthew 6:5)

32. Do not be afraid of men. (Luke 12:4)

33. Do not be conformed to this world. (Romans 12:2)

34. Do not be children in understanding. (1 Corinthians 14:20)

35. Do not be deceived by evil companions. (1 Corinthians 15:33)

36. Do not be unequally yoked by unbelievers. (2 Corinthians 6:14-18)

37. Do not be drunk with wine. (Ephesians 5:18)

38. Do not be weary in well-doing. (2 Thessalonians 3:13)

39. Do not be slothful. (Hebrews 6:12)

40. Do not be influenced by strange doctrines. (Hebrews 13:9)

41. Beware of false prophets. (Matthew 7:15; Philippians 3:2)

42. Beware of evil men. (Matthew 10:17)

43. Beware of covetousness. (Luke 12:15)

44. Beware of backsliding. (2 Peter 3:17)

45. Do not bid false teachers GODspeed. (2 John 10, 11)

46. Bring up children in the LORD. (Ephesians 6:4)

47. Cast your cares upon GOD. (1 Peter 5:7)

48. Have confidence IN GOD. (Hebrews 10:35)

49. Come out from among the world. (2 Corinthians 6:17)

50. Count it JOY when you are tempted (tested). (James 1:2)

51. Treat others as you expect to be treated. (Matthew 7:12)

52. Desire the milk of the Word. (1 Peter 2:2)

53. DO ALL for GOD's GLORY. (1 Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:17, 23)

54. Do all things without murmuring or disputing. (Philippians 2:14)

55. Earnestly contend for the faith. (Jude 3)

56. Give no place to satan. (Ephesians 4:27)

57. Give thanks. (Ephesians 5:20; Philippians 4:6)

58. Give time to reading. (1 Timothy 4:13)

59. Give no offence. (1 Corinthians 10:32)

60. Give freely. (2 Corinthians 9:6, 7)

61. Give as GOD has prospered. (1 Corinthians 16:2)

62. Give willingly. (2 Corinthians 8:12)

63. Give purposely. (2 Corinthians 9:7)

64. Do not grieve the Holy SPIRIT. (Ephesians 4:30)

65. Grow in GRACE. (2 Peter 3:18)

66. Have no fellowship in darkness. (Ephesians 5:11)

67. Have compassion. (Jude 23)

68. Have a good conscience. (1 Peter 3:16)

69. Hold forth the WORD of Life. (Philippians 2:16)

70. Hold fast sound words. (2 Timothy 1:13)

71. Honor fathers. (Ephesians 6:2)

72. Honor mothers. (Matthew 19:19)

73. Honor widows. (1 Timothy 5:3)

74. Honor rulers. (1 Peter 2:17)

75. Lay aside all envy. (1 Peter 2:1)

76. Lay aside all evil speaking. (1 Peter 2:1)

77. Do not lay up treasures on earth. (Matthew 6:19)

78. Let your light shine. (Matthew 5:16)

79. Let everyone deny himself. (Matthew 16:24)

80. Let him share with the needy. (Luke 3:11)

81. Let everyone obey civil laws. (Romans 13:1)

82. Let no man deceive himself. (1 Corinthians 3:18)

83. Let everyone examine himself at communion. (1 Cor 11:28)

84. Let your requests be made known to GOD. (Philippians 4:6)

85. Let your speech be with grace. (Colossians 4:6)

86. Do all things in decent order.

87. Let those who are taught support the teacher. (Galatians 6:6)

88. Let wives submit to their husbands. (Eph 5:22; Colossians 3:18)

89. Let husbands love their wives. (Ephesians 5:25)

90. Let wives reverence their husbands. (Ephesians 5:33)

91. Let everyone be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. (James 1:19)

92. Let the afflicted pray. (James 5:13)

93. Let the adorning of women be more inward than outward.

(1 Peter 3:3, 4)

94. Don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. (Matthew 6:3)

95. Do not let sin reign in the body. (Romans 6:12)

96. Do not let the sun go down on your wrath. (Ephesians 4:26)

97. Follow things that edify. (Romans 14:19)

98. Walk in The SPIRIT. (Galatians 5:25)

99. Do not provoke one another. (Galatians 5:26)

100. Do not be weary in well doing. (Galatians 6:9)

101. Come boldly to the throne of grace. (Hebrew 4:16; 10:19-23)

102. Do not forsake assembling together in worship. (Hebrews 10:25)

103. Exhort one another. (Hebrews 10:25)

104. Lay aside every weight. (Hebrews 12:1)

105. Run with patience the race before us. (Hebrews 12:1)

106. LOOK to JESUS. (Hebrews 12:2)

107. Offer the sacrifice of praise to GOD continually. (Hebrews 13:15)

108. Do not judge one another in doubtful things. (Romans 14:1)

109. Do not cause others to stumble. (Romans 14:13)

110. Mark troublemakers. (Romans 16:17; Philippians 3:17)

111. PRAY for your Persecutors. (Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:28)

112. Pray for laborers. (Matthew 9:38; Luke 10:2)

113. Present your body to GOD. (Romans 12:1)

114. Put on the NEW man. (Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10)

115. Put on the whole armor of GOD. (Ephesians 6:11, 13)

116. Do not quench the SPIRIT. (1 Thessalonians 5:19)

117. Consider yourself DEAD to SIN. (Romans 6:11)

118. Redeem the time. (Ephesians 5:16)

119. Resist the devil. (James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:9)

120. Restore backsliders in meekness. (Galatians 6:1)

121. Strengthen feeble knees. (Hebrews 12:12)

122. Study to show yourself approved to GOD. (2 Timothy 2:15)

123. Take no anxious thought of tomorrow. (Matthew 6:34)

124. Take the LORD's supper. (1 Corinthians 11:24-26)

125. Be careful not to despise little ones. (Matthew 18:10)

126. Be aware of yourself and your doctrine. (1 Timothy 4:16)

127. Withdraw from disorderly people. (2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14)

Those not IN CHRIST, though they examine these sayings as written in the Bible, will not truly understand the depth, yet utter simplicity, of these teachings. One must have the INdwelling Presence of the SPIRIT of GOD in his Heart, for HE teaches the believer into ALL TRUTH regarding The WORD of GOD.

The Word of GOD is Living and POWERful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the Heart. (Hebrews 4:12)

If you've just read this and feel the SPIRIT of GOD speaking to your conscience -- stop and listen, for our FATHER in Heaven is drawing you to Himself, to His SON. JESUS CHRIST, even NOW, is knocking at the door of your Heart. THROUGH JESUS, you may have forgiveness of ALL your SINs and PEACE between you and GOD. By receiving CHRIST as LORD and Savior of your life, you are given the Holy SPIRIT, Who then imparts to you the RIGHTEOUSNESS and TRUTH of JESUS and emPOWERS you to do the above, one day at a time.

Then the priceless Wisdom of The WORD of GOD, the Bible, will be unlocked for you. JESUS Himself is the Key -- for HE is the TRUE Way to the Knowledge of GOD, to REGENERATION, and to the Door to ETERNAL Life!

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rLn!August 19, 2015 at 8:33 AM
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my Prayer For You

When i think of the wisdom and scope of GOD's plan, i fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. i pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will give you mighty inner strength through His Holy SPIRIT. i pray that CHRIST will be more and more at home in your heart as you trust in Him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of GOD's marvelous love.

And may you have the power to understand, as all GOD's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love really is. May you experience the love of CHRIST, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from GOD.

Now to Him Who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by CHRIST JESUS to all generations, forever and ever. AMEN!

(Ephesians 3:14-21)

The Great I AM

I AM the Bread of life. He who comes to Me will never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
(John 6:35)

I AM the Light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the Light of life.
(John 8:12)

I AM the Door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I AM the Door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
(John 10:7, 9)

I AM the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep. I AM the Good Shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
(John 10:11, 14)

I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. I AM the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
(John 15:1, 5)

I AM the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
(John 11:25)

I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
(John 14:6)

Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?" JESUS answered, You say rightly that I AM a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the Truth hears My voice.
(John 18:37)

LOVE is...

Though i speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, i have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

And though i have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though i have all faith, so that i could remove mountains, but have not love, i am nothing.

And though i bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though i give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;

does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

For we know in part and we prophesy in part.

But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

When i was a child, i spoke as a child, i understood as a child, i thought as a child; but when i became a man, i put away childish things.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now i know in part, but then i shall know just as i also am known.

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

(I Corinthians 13)

Rejoice!

Rejoice in the LORD always. i will say it again: Rejoice!

Let your gentleness be evident to all. The LORD is near.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to GOD. And the peace of GOD, which transcends all understanding, will guard your heart and your mind in CHRIST JESUS.

Finally, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.

(Philippians 4:4-8)

How Great Thou Art!

O LORD, my GOD! When i in awesome wonder consider all the works thy hands have made.
i see the stars, i hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!

And when i think that GOD, His Son not sparing, sent Him to die, i scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin.

Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!

When CHRIST shall come with shout of acclamation and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then i shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim, my GOD, how great Thou art!

Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior GOD to Thee: how great Thou art! How great Thou art!

Amazing Grace

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! i once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now i see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour i first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares, i have already come; 'tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

The LORD has promised good to me, His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, and mortal life shall cease, i shall possess, within the veil, a life of joy and peace.

The world shall soon dissolve like snow, the sun refuse to shine; but GOD, who called me here below, shall be forever mine.

When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun; we've no less days to sing GOD's praise than when we'd first begun.

The Holy BIBLE -- The Word of GOD

The BIBLE contains the mind of GOD, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you.

It is the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword, and the CHRISTian's charter. Here is Paradise restored, Heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed.

CHRIST is its grand subject, our good the design, and the glory of GOD its end.

It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, and prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. It is given you in life, will be opened at the judgment, and be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, will reward the greatest labor, and will condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents.

(Foreword from The Gideons International)