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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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#Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Haggai 1:6 Consider your ways.
The Hebrew word for sown is Zara, meaning to sow, to disseminate, to plant, to fructify, to bear, to conceive seed, and to yield. Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you. O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider your ways. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. Ye looked for much, and lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
Consider your ways. Three times the prophet is told to use this phrase. Ye sow much, ye eat, but ye have not enough. Ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink, ye clothe you, but none is warm. It is time for you to consider your ways. It is time for us to consider the Lord's house, which is a waste. God has allowed you to earn wages, to put in a bag with holes in it. Consider your ways. The Lord must have first place in our lives, and not be pushed to the curb. Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, for there is coming a day when He shall not be found. Consider your ways, and build up the Lord's house, and not your own. This is pertinent to us today, as we have just gone through the longest Government Shutdown in United States history. We need to consider our ways. How are we going to live after all these things have happened? God is a jealous God, and we must not have any other gods besides Him. It is my prayer that we will prioritize our service to the LORD's house. We must build up the broken places by feeding the poor, giving help to the immigrants, and doing the will of God. For we were immigrants in Egypt for 400 years, and the Lord raised Moses to set my people free. Now you are wandering in the wilderness and forgetting the Lord who bought thee. Consider your ways, and return to the Lord, your God, and worship Him only. Put away these idols of gold and silver, and build the Lord's house by providing for the poor and disabled. Then the Lord will have recompense for your house.
#So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. 1 Corinthians 7:38 Celibacy is a gift
The Greek word for marriage is Ekgamizo, meaning to marry off a daughter or give her in marriage. And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. But if any man think he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not; let them marry. Nevertheless he that standeth standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his will, and hath so decreed in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord. But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment; and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
Celibacy is a gift, and Paul is giving his meaning of whether to marry or not to remain single. since he has the Spirit of God inspiring him. Not all have the gift of celibacy, and it is better to marry than to burn in lust. Being able to control one's self around his virgin is a gift from God, and they will be happy if they can so abide. However, marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled, but fornicators and adulterers will be judged. The wife is bound unto her husband as long as he lives. If he dies, she is free to remarry whoever she pleases, only in the Lord, and not be unequally yoked to an unbeliever. The gift of celibacy gives one the freedom to serve the Lord fully without distraction. However, if they marry, they have not sinned. It is my prayer that if you are burning in lust, to pray unto the Lord to give you a mate. Whoso finds a good wife, has favor with the Lord. May the Lord bless all those who are married, and those who are celibate
#Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? Romans 6:3 Ye are dead to sin
The Greek word for baptized is Baptizo, meaning to immerse, submerge, or make whelmed or soaked, and is used in the New Testament of ceremonial ablution, especially in the ordinance of Christian baptism. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Therefore, we are buried with Him by baptism into death; that, like as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection. Knowing this, that the old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Ye are dead to sin, therefore seek Jesus who was raised from the dead, and seated at the right hand of the Father in heaven, interceding for us. Now that we have been baptized into Christ's death, we shall also be planted together in the likeness of His resurrection. Stop living in sin, for the body is crucified. Why is it that some who have been baptized in His death continue to sin? God forbid that we continue in sin that grace may abound. Now walk in the Spirit and ye shall not walk in the flesh. Remember that Christ, who is our life, is coming for us to transform this dead body into His glorious body. There is therefore no condemnation unto those who are in Christ Jesus, who have crucified the flesh, and are alive by the Spirit. My brothers and sisters make no provisions for the flesh, to fulfill its lust, for I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength. We have been justified, and are being sanctified, and then we will be glorified when He comes in the clouds to carry us with Him.
#Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 Happy Veterans Day!
The Greek word for life is Psuche, meaning soul, inner being, breath, the heart's desire, the drive, or passion of one's soul. If you keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I kept my Father's commandments, and abide in His love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, that ye love one another as I have loved you. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what His Lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, He may give it you.
Jesus is preparing the disciples for His death on the cross, and He says you will no longer be called servants, but friends. Then Jesus tells them the greatest act of love is to lay down His life for his friends. I thank God for Veterans today as we celebrate their lives of service to this great country, and for those who have made the ultimate act of love by laying down their lives for their friends. I thank God Jesus taught us how to live and how to die. For to live is Christ, and to die great gain. Jesus said, "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments." His commandments are not burdensome. So let us love one another, cause love is the fulfillment of the law. It is my prayer that you salute the veterans for their love and act of service to the United States of America. God save the USA!
#Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. 2 Corinthians 13:11 Be at peace with all men and follow holiness
The Greek word for perfect is Katartizo, meaning to complete thoroughly, i.e., repair or adjust, frame, and amend. For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong; and this also we wish, even your perfection. Therefore, I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints salute you. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen
Be at peace with all men and follow holiness, for without holiness, no man will see the Lord. Paul is giving his doxology to the brethren and telling them to be perfect and of good comfort, and of one mind, and to live in peace. Sometimes, to do this, we have to repair old relationships and adjust them so that we can be at peace as much as possible. This is what the bond of perfection means to complete thoroughly. Then he tells us to greet one another with a holy kiss, not a French kiss. This is not practiced much in the church these days for fear of offending someone. However, let the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. When we do this, the church can be in harmony, and we can live a peaceful and holy life. This is what God wants in all of us. So it is my prayer that if you are walking in bitterness and unforgiveness, you will repent of this sin and make peace with all the saints.
#Huram said, moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the King a wise son, and endued with prudence and understanding, that might build a house for the LORD, and a house for His kingdom. 2 Chronicles 2:12 Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain.
The Hebrew word for Huram is Chuwram, meaning whiteness, i.e., nobility. Even to prepare me the timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. And behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved His people, he hath made thee king over them. And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Hurams my father's the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, and in timber, in purple, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send his servants:
Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain. God hath appointed Solomon to make the house of the Lord and given him the wisdom and the skill to do it. And this is a picture of the Lord Jesus, who said on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her. We are the Lord's house that is being built upon that rock, and let us look unto Jesus, the Author and the finisher of our faith, to run this race with patience. Except we submit ourselves unto the mighty hand of the Lord, they shall labor in vain. So let us place all into the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall send us victorious into the vineyard to complete the task.
#And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; Revelation 5:15 Jesus is getting us ready for that great day
The Greek word for bondman is Doulos, meaning involuntarily a slave, or a bond servant in subserviency. And I beheld when He had opened the sixth seal, and Lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island was moved out of their place. And said to the mountains and rocks, fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Jesus is getting us ready for His great day, and these twenty-one judgments will come upon the earth. The seven seals, the seven trumpets, and the seven bowls of wrath, to purge sin from off the face of the earth. Slavery will still be practiced, and all these bondmen will say, hide us in the rocks from the face of the Lamb. Only the blood of Jesus can save us from this great day of His wrath. It is my prayer that you will accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, now before it is too late. Sing the great hymn of the Church," Blessed assurance, Jesus is Mine." The Church will not go into the great tribulation; only those who fail to repent of their sins and accept Jesus Christ as Lord.
#And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, the LORD is God of the hills, be He is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 1 Kings 20:28 Jesus Christ is Lord
#Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 Love never fails
The Greek word for charity is Agape, meaning Love, i.e., affection or benevolence. 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, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not, charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never fails, but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Love never fails. Paul is telling us about the greatest kind of love, agapē, which is affection or benevolence. This is the love that never fails. The problem is that not all love is agape; some is friendship love, or eros for intimate love, and this kind of love does fail. So it is why so many marriages fail because it is not based on agape love. We need this type of love in marriage for it to be a marriage that will not fail. If there is good friendship and intimacy, that is good, but they will not pass the test of time. Jesus asked Peter, Lovest thou Me more than these, and Peter replied Yes, Lord, but it was a friendship love, and we know that Peter denied the Lord three times. Jesus wanted Peter to respond with agape love
#And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning , your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. 2 Corinthians 7:7 God comforts the mourning for repentance
The Greek word for consolation is Paraklesis, meaning an entreaty, an exhortation, a comfort, and solace. Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. For when we were in Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. Nevertheless, God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus. For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorrowful to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation, not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
God comforts the mourning for repentance. Paul has written an epistle that led to the godly sorrow of the brother who took his father's stepwife, and this sorrow led the church to repentance. This is the godly sorrow God wants us to have so that we will repent of our sins of commission and omission. But worldly sorrow leads or worketh death. We are in the 36th day of the Government Shutdown, which has caused worldly sorrow. It is time for our Congress to repent and do the right thing for the federal workers and the American people who are suffering no snap benefits to feed their families. God comforts the mourning for repentance, and will have this Shutdown ended. Just as God comforted the Corinthians in Macedonia with the coming of Titus. I pray that the President will sit down with the Republicans and Democrats and seek a godly end to this Government Shutdown and open the Government so the Military and federal workers can be paid and the people receive their SNAP benefits. For God is not willing that any would perish, but that all would come to repentance unto salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. Titus told the people their desire must be to repent and do the will of God by living a godly life. Thank God that Paul preached the message of repentance in his epistle, and many people were saved because of this. More ministers need to preach this gospel so others will repent too and join the church and be baptized. The Greek word for repentance is metanoia, for a change of mind. So change your mind about Jesus and ask Him to forgive you and save your soul.
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