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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold is as pictures of silver.(Prov.25:11) It is so important to speak the right words to people at the right time to produce the right results. When you think of apples of gold in pictures of silver, then you are thinking of wealth and excellence. When we speak wisdom into the lives of others we are making them wealthy. Therefore we must seek God for He is the source of all wisdom and He will give us just the right words needed at the right time.
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#For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes, in divers places. Matt. 24:7
Jesus is giving the Mount Olivet Discourse and He tells the apostles that there will be wars and rumors of wars. nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes, all over the world. We are going to concentrate on pestilences for there are many of these, such as cancer, but coronavirus is the new pestilence that is on the rise. The stock markets are rattled because of it and people are buying masks to protect themselves against this virus. We as Christians have the Blessed Hope, that Jesus is going to come again and deliver those that trust in him. He said because ye have kept the word of my patience, I will keep you from the hour of trial that will come upon the whole world. Rev. 3:10 We must occupy until Jesus comes and keep the faith, by warning others to turn to Jesus Christ for the salvation of their souls.
#For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be earthquakes in divers places and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. Mark 13:8
Jesus is on the Mount of Olives giving what is known as the Olivet Discourse and this is found in the synoptic gospels. He pointed out nation would rise against nation and kingdom against kingdoms and there will be earthquakes all over the world and there will be famines and troubles. These are all the beginnings of sorrow. What does this mean to us today since this was given over 2000 years ago? It means that we are really close to the coming Kingdom of God. The Model prayer that states: Thy Kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven will be answered. Jesus said when we see these things happening, we should look up for our redemption draweth nigh.
#And great earthquakes shall be in divers places and famines and pestilences and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. Luke 21:11
We are seeing all the signs of the second coming of Christ as the world is reeling from the coronavirus fears. Jesus warned all these would be as the birth pains of a woman. As the pains become more frequent, then the birth is iminent. With global warming at unprecetented levels, these are the signs from heaven that the Lord is about to step out in the clouds to call his children home. Make sure there is oil in your lamps, as at the midnight call only five virgins had oil in their lamps. The other five thought they had plenty of time to buy theirs, but were left when the Lord came. Jesus said it will be at a time when ye think not, so be ye also ready for the Lord will soon call: Come Up Hither!
#For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge, but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? I robbed other churches, taking wages of them to do you service. II Cor. 11:5-8
Paul abased himself by preaching the gospel of God freely and was rude in speech, yet not in knowledge. But he made himself manifest among you in all things. He robbed other churches so that he could preach freely to the Corinthians. We as ministers do not preach freely enough, rather many rob other churches to benefit their own pocket books. This ought not to be brothers and sisters for if we do this thing freely, we will receive a reward of God.
#Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly and indeed bear with me, For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. II Cor. 11:1-3
Paul is using folly to let the Corinthian believers know that he is jealous of them with a fit of godly jealousy. He did this in order to present them as a chaste virgin to Christ. But he feared that Satan would beguile them as he did Eve through his subtilty so that your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. This is a warning to the Church today that we must guard our minds in Christ, lest Satan should beguile us, and we be lead away from the simplicity of the gospel in Christ. We need to bear with one another in Christ in love, so that we keep the unity of the faith in the bond of peace.
#Not boasting of things without our measure, that is of other men's labors but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. II Cor.10:15-18
Paul learned that he that glorieth, should glory in the Lord. For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends. Therefore we should labor that while we are absent from the Lord we can do the works of Christ to the glory of God.
#Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you. But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked in the flesh. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;) Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; II Cor. 10:1-5
This passage is about spiritual warfare as Paul begs the believers by the meekness and gentleness of Christ to be bold toward you. Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war against the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. When we take captive all the imaginations of the flesh to the obedience of Christ. We must put on the whole armor of God so that we can stand against all the wiles of the devil. God will avenge all disobedience when our obedience is complete in Christ.
#Being enriched in everything, to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ and for your liberal distribution unto them and unto all men; And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. Thanks are unto God for his unspeakable gift. II Cor. 9:11-15
Paul is giving God the glory for the enrichment in everything to all bountifulness, which causes through us thanksgiving to God. For God must be glorified by the experiment of this ministration for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ and for your liberal distribution unto them and all men. Also for the prayers for you which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. Thanks are unto God for his unspeakable gift which is Jesus Christ our Lord. For we walk by faith and not sight. My prayers are for Bessie Prickett to finish the contract in Cairo, Egypt to the glory of God.
#And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth forever. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food and multiply your seed sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) II Cor. 9:8-10
Be it known that God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that ye always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work: God gives to the poor his righteousness remains forever. Therefore let God minister seed to the sower for bread for your food and multiply your seed sown so that your fruits of righteousness will increase. Be not deceived, for God is not mocked; whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. So make sure you are sowing seeds of righteousness so that you will reap a harvest of righteousness.
#But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. II Cor 9:6,7
Be it tithing or grace giving we have been given the principle for giving. God calls giving sowing and reaping. Therefore the more we sow the more we reap. God wants us to give joyfully and not out of necessity. For the Lord loves a cheerful giver. So just laugh out loud when you give for this pleases the Lord very much.
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