Bible Studies

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1 Corinthians 2:12—Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but THE SPIRIT WHO IS FROM GOD, that WE MIGHT KNOW the things that have been FREELY given to us BY GOD. (13)These things we also speak, NOT IN WORDS WHICH MAN’S WISDOM TEACHES but which THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHES, COMPARING SPIRITUAL WITH SPIRTUAL.

1 John 4:1—Beloved, DO NOT BELIEVE EVERY SPIRIT, but TEST THE SPIRITS, whether they are OF GOD; because many FALSE PROPHETS have gone out into the world. (2) By this you know THE SPIRIT of GOD: Every spirit that confesses that JESUS CHRIST has come IN THE FLESH is OF GOD. John 1:1—In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD. (14) And THE WORD BECAME FLESH and DWELT AMONG US, and we beheld His glory, the glory AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, full of GRACE and TRUTH. Psalm 2:7—I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, You are My Son, today I have begotten You. (8) Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.

2 Corinthians 13:5--“EXAMINE YOURSELVES as to whether YOU ARE IN THE FAITH. PROVE YOURSELVES. Do you NOT KNOW yourselves, THAT JESUS CHRIST IS IN YOU?—unless indeed YOU ARE DISQUALIFIED. This is one dramatic way to know for a fact that Christ did indeed come in the flesh, because His Spirit indwells us. Romans 8:9—But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed THE SPIRIT of GOD DWELLS IN YOU. Now if anyone DOES NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, he is NOT HIS. (11) But if THE SPIRIT of HIM WHO RAISED CHRIST from the dead DWELLS IN YOU, He who raised Christ from the dead will also GIVE LIFE to YOUR MORTAL BODIES through HIS SPIRIT WHO DWELLS IN YOU.

1 John 3:24—Now he who keeps His commandments ABIDES IN HIM, and HE IN HIM. And BY THIS we know that HE ABIDES IS US, BY THE SPIRIT WHOM HE HAS GIVEN US. 1 John 4:13—By this WE KNOW that we ABIDE IN HIM and HE IN US, because HE HAS GIVEN US OF HIS SPIRIT. (14) And we have seen and testify THAT THE FATHER HAS SENT THE SON as SAVIOR OF THE WORLD (9) In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON into the world, that we might live through Him. John 3:16—“For God so loved the world that He gave HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, that whoever believes IN HIM should not perish but have everlasting life. (17) “For God did not SEND His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED.

Returning to 1 John 4:3--and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF THE ANTICHRIST, which you have heard was coming, and IS NOW already in the world. 2 John 7—For many DECEIVERS have gone out the into the world who do not CONFESS JESUS CHRIST AS COMING IN THE FLESH. This is a DECEIVER and an ANTICHRIST. (8) Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. Hebrews 2:14—Inasmuch then as the children HAVE PARTAKEN OF FLESH AND BLOOD, HE HIMSELF LIKEWISE SHARED IN THE SAME, that THROUGH DEATH HE MIGHT DESTROY HIM who had THE POWER OF DEATH, that IS THE DEVIL, (15) and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (16) For indeed He does not give aid to angels, BUT HE DOES GIVE AID TO THE SEED OF ABRAHAM. 2 John 1:9--Whoever transgresses and DOES NOT ABIDE IN THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST DOES NOT HAVE GOD. He who ABIDES IN THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST has BOTH THE FATHER AND THE SON.

John 7:18—Jesus answered them and said, “MY DOCTRINE is not Mine, BUT HIS WHO SENT ME. (17) “If anyone wants to do HIS WILL, he shall know CONCERNING THE DOCTRINE, whether it is FROM GOD or whether I speak on My own authority (18) “He WHO SPEAKS FROM HIMSELF seeks HIS OWN GLORY; but HE WHO SEEKS THE GLORY of the ONE WHO SENT HIM IS TRUE, and NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS is in Him. John 3:17—For God did NOT SEND His Son into the world TO COMDEMN the world, but that THROUGH HIM THE WORLD might be saved.

Luke 9:51—Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, (52) and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. (53) BUT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE HIM, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem. (54) And when HIS DISCIPLES James and John saw this, THEY SAID, “LORD, DO YOU WANT US TO COMMAND FIRE TO COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN and CONSUME THEM, just as Elijah did?” (55) But He turned AND REBUKED THEM, and said, “YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YOU ARE OF. (Remember we have been told to test the spirits?) (56) “FOR THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO DESTROY MEN’S LIFES but TO SAVE THEM.” John 10:10—THE THIEF does not come EXCEPT TO STEAL, and TO KILL, and TO DESTROY. I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, and that they MAY HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.

John 12:44—Then Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, BELIEVES NOT IN ME BUT IN HIM WHO SENT ME. (45) “And he who sees Me SEES HIM WHO SENT ME. (46) “I have come AS A LIGHT into the world, that whoever believes in Me should NOT ABIDE IN DARKNESS. (47) “And if anyone HEARS MY WORDS and DOES NOT BELIEVE, I DO NOT JUDGE HIM; for I DID NOT COME TO JUDGE THE WORLD but TO SAVE THE WORLD. (48) He who REJECTS ME, and does not receive MY WORDS, has that which JUDGES HIM—THE WORD that I HAVE SPOKEN WILL JUDGE HIM in the last day. (49) For I have not spoken on MY OWN AUTHORITY; but THE FATHER WHO SENT ME gave ME A COMMAND, what I SHOULD SAY and WHAT I SHOULD SPEAK. (50) “And I KNOW THAT HIS COMMAND IS EVERLASTING LIFE. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as THE FATHER HAS TOLD ME, so I SPEAK.

John 16:13—“However, when HE, THE SPIRIT of TRUTH has come, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH; for He WILL NOT SPEAK ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY, but WHATEVER HE HEARS HE WILL SPEAK; and HE WILL TELL YOU THINGS TO COME. (14) “HE WILL GLORIFY ME, for He will take of what is Mine AND DECLARE IT TO YOU. (15) “ALL THINGS that THE FATHER has ARE MINE. Therefore I said that He WILL TAKE OF MINE and DECLARE IT TO YOU. John 17:1—“FATHER, the hour has come. GLORIFY YOUR SON, that YOUR SON also may GLORIFY YOU, (2) As You HAVE GIVEN HIM AUTHORITY OVER ALL FLESH, that He should give ETERNAL LIFE to AS MANY as YOU HAVE GIVEN HIM. (All) (3) “And THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE, that THEY MAY KNOW YOU, the ONLY TRUE GOD, and JESUS CHRIST whom YOU HAVE SENT.

1 John 2:18—Little children, It is THE LAST HOUR, and as you have heard that THE ANTICHRIST is coming, even NOW MANY ANTICHRISTS have COME, BY WHICH WE KNOW IT IS THE LAST HOUR. (19) They went out FROM US, but were NOT OF US; for if they had been of us, they would HAVE CONTINUED WITH US; but they went out that they MIGHT BE MADE MANISFEST, that NONE OF THEM WERE OF US. (20) But you have AN ANOINTING FROM THE HOLY ONE, and you know all things. (21) I have not written to you because you do not KNOW THE TRUTH, but BECAUSE YOU KNOW it, and that NO LIE IS OF THE TRUTH, (22) WHO IS A LIAR but HE WHO DENIES THAT JESUS is THE CHRIST?

1 John 5:1—Whoever believes that JESUS IS THE CHRIST is BORN OF GOD, and everyone who loves Him WHO BEGOT also loves him WHO IS BEGOTTEN OF HIM. John 1:11—He came to HIS OWN, and HIS OWN DID NOT RECEIVE HIM. (12) But as many AS RECEIVED HIM, to them He GAVE THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD, to those who believe in HIS NAME: (13) who were born, NOT OF BLOOD, NOR of THE WILL OF the FLESH, NOR of THE WILL of MAN, BUT OF GOD. (14) And THE WORD BECAME FLESH and dwelt among us, and we beheld HIS GLORY, the glory AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, full of GRACE and TRUTH. (18) No one has seen God at any time, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, who IS IN THE BOSOM of THE FATHER, HE HAS DECLARED HIM. Psalm 2:7—I WILL DECLARE the decree: The Lord has said to Me, YOU ARE MY SON, today I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU (8) Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for YOUR INHERITANCE and THE ENDS OF THE EARTH for YOUR POSSESSION.

Luke 2:25—And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS UPON HIM. (29) And it had been REVEALED to him BY THE HOLY SPIRIT that he would not see death BEFORE HE HAD SEEN THE LORD’S CHRIST. (27) So he came BY THE SPIRIT into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law, (28) he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said: (29) “Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; (30) For my eyes have seen YOUR SALVATION (31) Which YOU HAVE PREPARED before the face OF ALL PEOPLES, (32) A LIGHT TO BRING REVELATION TO THE GENTILES, and the glory of Your people Israel.

Isaiah 49:6—I WILL ALSO GIVE YOU AS A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES, THAT YOU SHOULD BE MY SALVATION TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. Acts 13:46—Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, “It was necessary that THE WORD OF GOD should be spoken to you first, (The Jewish people) but since YOU REJECT IT, and JUDGE YOURSELVES unworthy of EVERLASTING LIFE, behold, we turn to THE GENTILES. (47) For so the Lord has commanded us: I HAVE SET YOU TO BE A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES, THAT YOU SHOULD BE FOR SALVATION TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.”

Acts 1:7—And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which THE FATHER has put in HIS OWN AUTHORITY. (8) “But YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT has COME UPON YOU; and YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES TO ME in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, AND TO THE END OF THE EARTH. Matthew 28:18—Then Jesus came and spoke to them saying, ALL AUTHORITY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH. (19) Go therefore and make disciples OF ALL THE NATIONS, baptizing them IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER and OF THE SON and OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, (20) teaching them TO OBSERVE all things that I HAVE COMMANDED you; and lo, I am with you alway, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD. AMEN. (KJV) John 16:12—This is MY COMMANDMENT, that you love one another AS I HAVE LOVED YOU. (13) “GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS, THAN TO LAY DOWN ONE’S LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. (14) “You are MY FRIENDS if you DO whatever I COMMAND YOU. John 14:21—He who has MY COMMANDMENTS and KEEPS THEM, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be LOVED BY MY FATHER, and I will love him AND MANIFEST MYSELF to him. 1 John 3:8—FOR THIS PURPOSE the Son of God was MANIFESTED, that HE MIGHT DESTROY THE WORKS of THE DEVIL.) (Col. 2:14—having WIPED OUT the handwriting of REQUIREMENTS AGAINST US, which was CONTRARY to us. AND HE HAS TAKEN IT OUT OF THE WAY, having NAILED IT TO THE CROSS. (15) HAVING DISARMED PRINCIPALITIES and POWERS, HE MADE A PUBLIC SPECTACLE OF THEM TRIUMPHING OVER THEM IN IT. ) Colossians 1:18—And He is the head of the body THE CHURCH, who is THE BEGINNING, the FIRST BORN FROM THE DEAD, that in all things He may have THE PREEMINENCE. (19) For it pleased the Father that IN HIM ALL THE FULLNESS should DWELL. (20) and BY HIM TO RECONCILE ALL THINGS to HIMSELF, BY HIM, whether things ON EARTH or things IN HEAVEN, having made peace THROUGH THE BLOOD OF HIS CROSS. (21) and you once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet NOW HE HAS RECONCILED (22) IN THE BODY OF HIS FLESH through DEATH, to present you holy, and blameless, and irreproachable in HIS SIGHT-- John 14:23 cont. -- “If anyone LOVES ME, he will keep MY WORD; AND MY FATHER WILL LOVE HIM, and WE WILL COME TO HIM and make OUR HOME with him.

Returning to 1 John 2:22-- HE IS ANTICHRIST WHO DENIES THE FATHER AND THE SON. (23) Whoever DENIES the SON DOES NOT HAVE THE FATHER EITHER; he who acknowledges THE SON has THE FATHER ALSO. (24) Therefore let that abide in you WHICH YOU HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING. If what you HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING abides in you, YOU ALSO WILL ABIDE IN THE SON and IN THE FATHER. (25) AND THIS IS THE PROMISE---ETERNAL LIFE. (26) These things I have written to you concerning those WHO TRY TO DECEIVE YOU. (27) But THE ANOINTING which you have received from Him ABIDES IN YOU, and YOU DO NOT NEED THAT ANYONE TEACH YOU; but as THE SAME ANOINTING TEACHES YOU CONCERNING ALL THINGS, AND IS TRUE, AND IS NOT A LIE, AND JUST AS IT HAS TAUGHT YOU, you WILL ABIDE IN HIM.

John 3:10—In this THE CHILDREN OF GOD and THE CHILDREN of THE DEVIL are MANIFEST: Whoever does NOT PRACTICE RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD, NOR IS HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE HIS BROTHER. (11) For this is THE MESSAGE THAT YOU HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING, that WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER, (12) not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him” Because his works WERE EVIL and HIS BROTHER’S RIGHTEOUS. (13) Do not marvel, my brethren if THE WORLD HATES YOU. (14) We know that we have passed from death to life, BECAUSE WE LOVE THE BRETHREN. He WHO DOES NOT LOVE HIS BROTHER abides IN DEATH. (15) Whoever HATES HIS BROTHER IS A MURDERER, and you know that no murderer HAS ETERNAL LIFE ABIDING IN HIM. (16) By THIS WE KNOW LOVE, because HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US. And WE ALSO OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES FOR THE BRETHREN. John 3: 16—“For God so loved the world that HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, that whoever believes IN HIM should not perish but HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. (17) “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED. (18) He who believes IN HIM is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD. (19) And THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION, that THE LIGHT has come into the world, and men LOVED DARKNESS rather than light, BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL.

Amos 5:18—Woe to you who DESIRE THE DAY OF THE LORD! For WHAT GOOD is the day of the Lord to you? IT WILL BE DARKNESS, and NOT LIGHT. (20) Is not the day of the Lord DARKNESS, and NOT LIGHT? Is it not VERY DARK, with NO BRIGHTNESS IN IT? 1 John 1:5—This is the message WE HAVE HEARD FROM HIM and DECLARE TO YOU, that GOD IS LIGHT and IN HIM IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL. (Darkness cannot remain in the presence of light!) (6) If we say that we have FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM, and WALK IN DARKNESS, we lie and do not practice the truth. (7) But if WE WALK IN THE LIGHT as HE IS IN THE LIGHT, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. John 8:12—Then Jesus spoke to them again saying, “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. He who follows me SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, but have THE LIGHT OF LIFE.” John 12:46—I have come AS A LIGHT into the world, that whoever believes IN ME should NOT ABIDE IN DARKNESS. (47) “And if anyone hears MY WORDS and does not believe, “I DO NOT JUDGE HIM: for I DID NOT COME TO JUDGE THE WORLD, but TO SAVE THE WORLD.

Habakkuk 2:9—“Woe to him who covets EVIL GAIN for his house, THAT HE MAY SET HIS HOUSE ON HIGH, THAT HE MAY BE DELIVERED FROM THE POWER OF DISASTER! (10) You gave SHAMEFUL COUNSEL to your house, CUTTING OFF MANY PEOPLES, and sinned against your soul. (11) For THE STONE will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timbers will answer it. (13) Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the PEOPLES LABOR TO FEED THE FIRE, and nations WEARY THEMSELVES IN VAIN? (14) FOR THE EARTH WILL BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD, AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA.

Psalm 37:9—FOR EVIL DOERS SHALL BE CUT OFF; But those who WAIT on the Lord, THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH. (10) For as yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; indeed you will look diligently for his place, BUT IT SHALL BE NO MORE. (11) But the meek SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH, and shall delight themselves IN THE ABUNDANCE OF PEACE. (12) The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. (13) THE LORD LAUGHS AT HIM, for He sees that his day is coming. (14) The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to slay those WHO ARE OF UPRIGHT CONDUCT. (Proverbs 2:21—FOR THE UPRIGHT WILL DWELL IN THE LAND, and THE BLAMELESS will REMAIN IN IT; (22) But the wicked WILL BE CUT OFF FROM THE EARTH, and THE UNFAITHFUL will BE UPROOTED FROM IT.) (15) Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. (16) A little THAT A RIGHTEOUS MAN HAS is better THAN THE RICHES OF MANY WICKED. (17) For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord UPHOLDS THE RIGHTEOUS. (Proverbs 10:30—THE RIGHTEOUS WILL NEVER BE REMOVED, but the wicked WILL NOT INHABIT THE EARTH.) (18) The Lord knows the DAYS OF THE UPRIGHT, and THEIR INHERITANCE SHALL BE FOREVER. (19) They shall not BE ASHAMED IN THE EVIL TIME, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. (20) But the wicked shall perish; and THE ENEMIES OF THE LORD, like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish. INTO SMOKE they shall vanish away. (21) The wicked borrows and DOES NOT REPAY, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS SHOWS MERCY and GIVES. (22) FOR THOSE WHO ARE BLESSED BY HIM SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH. BUT THOSE WHO ARE CURSED BY HIM SHALL BE CUT OFF. (27) Depart FROM EVIL and DO GOOD; and DWELL FOREVERMORE. (28) for THE LORD LOVES JUSTICE, and does not forsake His saints; they are preserved forever, BUT THE DESCENDANTS OF THE WICKED SHALL BE CUT OFF. (29) THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL INHERIT THE LAND, AND DWELL IN IT FOREVER. (34) WAIT ON THE LORD, AND KEEP HIS WAY. AND HE SHALL EXALT YOU TO INHERIT THE LAND.

Isaiah 42:1—Behold! MY SERVANT WHOM I UPHOLD, MY ELECT ONE in WHOM MY SOUL DELIGHTS! I HAVE PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM; HE WILL BRING FORTH JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES. (2) He will not cry out, nor raise His voice, nor cause His voice to be heard in the street. (3) a bruised reed He will not break, and SMOKING FLAX He will not quench; HE WILL BRING FORTH JUSTICE FOR TRUTH. (4) HE WILL NOT FAIL NOR BE DISCOURAGED, TILL HE HAS ESTABLISHED JUSTICE IN THE EARTH: and the COASTLANDS shall wait for His law. (Isaiah 60:8—Who are these who FLY LIKE A CLOUD, and LIKE DOVES to THEIR ROOSTS? (I’ll fly away O glory?) (9) Surely THE COASTLANDS SHALL WAIT FOR ME;)

Isaiah 49:5—“And now THE lord says, who formed Me from the womb TO BE HIS SERVANT, to bring Jacob back to Him (Psalm 24:6—This is Jacob THE GENERATION of those who seek Him, WHO SEEK YOUR FACE.) (6) Indeed He says, It is too small a thing that You should be MY SERVANT to RAISE UP THE TRIBES OF JACOB, and TO RESTORE the preserved ones of Israel; I WLL ALSO GIVE YOU AS A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES, THAT YOU SHOULD BE MY SALVATION TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. (8) Thus says the Lord: “IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME I have heard You, and in THE DAY OF SALVATION I have helped You: I will preserve You and GIVE YOU AS A COVENANT to the people, TO RESTORE THE EARTH, to cause them TO INHERIT THE DESOLATE HERITAGES; (9) That You may say to the prisoners, Go forth, to those who are IN DARKNESS, SHOW YOURSELVES..”

Acts 3:19—Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, (20) and that HE MAY SEND JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS PREACHED TO YOU BEFORE, (21) whom heaven must receive UNTIL THE TIMES OF RESTORATION of ALL THINGS, which God has spoken BY THE MOUTH OF ALL HIS HOLY PROPHETS since THE WORLD BEGAN. (22) For Moses TRULY SAID to THE FATHERS, The Lord your God WILL RAISE UP for you A PROPHET like me from your brethren. HIM YOU SHALL HEAR IN ALL THINGS, whatever HE SAYS TO YOU. (23) And it shall come to pass THAT EVERY SOUL WHO WILL NOT HEAR THAT PROPHET SHALL BE UTTERLY DESTROYED from among the people. (24) Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days. (25) “YOU ARE SONS OF THE PROPHETS, and of THE COVENANT which God MADE WITH OUR FATHERS, saying TO ABRAHAM, AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED. (26) To you FIRST, God, HAVING RAISED UP HIS SERVANT JESUS, sent HIM TO BLESS YOU, in TURNING AWAY EVERY ONE OF YOU FROM YOUR INIQUITIES.

Acts 13:32—And WE DECLARE to you GLAD TIDINGS—THAT PROMISE which was MADE TO THE FATHERS. (33) GOD HAS FULFILLED this for us THEIR CHILDREN, in that HE HAS RAISED UP JESUS. AS IT IS ALSO WRITTEN IN THE SECOND PSALM: You are My Son, today I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU. (If we continue to read that Psalm it goes on to say, “today I have begotten You. Ask of Me and I will give You the nations as YOUR INHERITANCE and the ends of the earth for Your possession.

Acts 26:6—“and NOW I (Paul) STAND AND AM JUDGED FOR THE HOPE OF THE PROMISE MADE BY GOD TO OUR FATHERS. (7) TO THIS PROMISE our TWELVE TRIBES, earnestly serving God NIGHT and DAY, HOPE TO ATTAIN. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. Romans 4:13—For THE PROMISE that he would BE HEIR OF THE WORLD was not to ABRAHAM or to HIS SEED THROUGH THE LAW, (So you see they could not obtain it!) but through THE RIGHTEOUSNESS of FAITH. (14) For if those who are of the law are heirs, FAITH IS MADE VOID and THE PROMISE OF NO EFFECT, (15) because THE LAW BRINGS ABOUT WRATH, for where THERE IS NO LAW THERE IS NO TRANSGRESSION. Romans 10:4—For CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS to everyone WHO BELIEVES.
(Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, not lawlessness!) Proverbs 10:16—The LABOR OF THE RIGHTEOUS LEADS TO LIFE. Proverbs 11:23 –The desire OF THE RIGHTEOUS is ONLY GOOD, but THE EXPECTATION of the wicked IS WRATH.

Galatians 4:21—Tell me, you WHO DESIRE TO BE UNDER THE LAW, do you NOT HEAR THE LAW? (22) For it is written that ABRAHAM had TWO SONS: the one by a BONDWOMAN, the other by a FREEWOMAN. (23) But he who was of the BONDWOMAN was BORN ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, and he of the FREEWOMAN through PROMISE, (24) which things are SYMBOLIC. For these are THE TWO COVENANTS: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to BONDAGE, which IS HAGAR—(25) for this HAGAR is MOUNT SINAI in Arabia, and CORRESPONDS to JERUSALEM which NOW IS, and is in bondage with her children—(26) but THE JERUSALEM ABOVE (Sarah) IS FREE, which is THE MOTHER of US ALL. (28) Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are CHILDREN OF PROMISE. (29) But, as he who was BORN ACCORDING TO THE FLESH then persecuted him who was BORN ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT, EVEN so it is NOW. (30) Nevertheless what does THE SCRIPTURES SAY? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall NOT be HEIR with the son of THE FREEWOMAN. (31) So then, brethren, we are not CHILDREN of the bondwoman BUT OF THE FREE. (Sarah)

Revelation 21:9—Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, “COME I WILL SHOW YOU THE BRIDE, THE LAMBS WIFE.” (10) And he carried me away IN THE SPIRIT to a great and high mountain, and showed me the GREAT CITY, the HOLY JERUSALEM, descending OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD. (22) But I saw NO TEMPLE in it, for THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY and THE LAMB are ITS TEMPLE. (23) And THE CITY had no need of the Sun or of the moon to shine in it, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD ILLUMINATED IT, and THE LAMB is ITS LIGHT. (24) And THE NATIONS of those who are saved SHALL WALK IN ITS LIGHT, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. (Isaiah 60:19—THE SUN shall NO longer be YOUR LIGHT by day, nor for brightness shall THE MOON give LIGHT to you; BUT THE LORD WILL BE TO YOU AN EVERLASTING LIGHT, and your God your glory. (20) YOUR SUN SHALL NO LONGER GO DOWN, nor shall your moon withdraw itself; FOR THE LORD WILL BE YOUR EVERLASTING LIGHT, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. (21) Also your people shall ALL BE RIGHTEOUS; THEY SHALL INHERIT THE LAND FOREVER, The branch OF MY PLANTING, THE WORK OF MY HANDS, that I MAY BE GLORIFIED.) Rev. 21:25 cont. --Its gates SHALL NOT BE SHUT AT ALL BY DAY (there will be NO NIGHT there.) (Job 36:20—Do not desire THE NIGHT when people are cut off in their place.) (1 Thess. 5:5—You are all SONS OF LIGHT and SONS OF THE DAY. We are not of THE NIGHT nor of darkness. (8) But let us who are of the day be sober putting on the breastplate of FAITH and LOVE, and as A HELMET the HOPE OF SALVATION. (9) For God DID NOT appoint us TO WRATH, but TO OBTAIN SALVATION through Jesus Christ.) Romans 4:15—because THE LAW brings about WRATH; for where there IS NO LAW there is NO TRANSGRESSION. ) (Romans 10:4—For Christ is THE END OF THE LAW for RIGHTEOUSNESS to everyone who believes.)

Isaiah 60:1—ARISE, SHINE; for YOUR LIGHT has come! And THE GLORY of THE LORD is RISEN UPON YOU. (2) For behold, THE DARKNESS shall COVER THE EARTH, and DEEP DARKNESS the people: But the Lord WILL ARISE OVER YOU, and HIS GLORY will be seen upon you. (3) THE GENTILES shall COME TO YOUR LIGHT, and kings to THE BRIGHTNESS OF YOUR RISING. (4) Lift up your eyes all around and see: They ALL GATHER TOGETHER, they COME TO YOU; Your sons SHALL COME FROM AFAR, and YOUR DAUGHTERS shall be nursed at your side. (5) Then you shall see and BECOME RADIENT, and your heart shall SWELL WITH JOY; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of THE GENTILES shall come to you. (10) The sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their Kings shall minister to you: For IN MY WRATH I STRUCK YOU. But IN MY FAVOR I have HAD MERCY on you. (11) therefore YOUR GATES SHALL BE OPEN CONTINUALLY; THEY SHALL NOT BE SHUT DAY OR NIGHT, that men may bring to you the wealth OF THE GENTILES, and their kings in procession. (12) For THE NATION and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, and those nations shall be utterly ruined. (13) THE GORY of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify THE PLACE OF MY SANCTUARY; and I will MAKE THE PLACE OF MY FEET GLORIOUS. (Isaiah 66:1—Heaven is My throne, and EARTH is MY FOOTSTOOL.) (14) Also the sons of those who afflicted you shall come bowing to you, and all those who despised you shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you THE CITY OF THE LORD, ZION OF THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. Matthew 5:14—“YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A CITY THAT IS SET ON A HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN. (15) Nor do they LIGHT A LAMP and put it under a basket, but on A LAMPSTAND, and it GIVES LIGHT to ALL who are in the house. Psalm 2:6—Yet I have SET My King on MY HOLY HILL of ZION. (7) I will declare the decree the Lord has said to Me, You are My Son, today I have begotten You. (8) Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession. Psalm 43:3—Oh, SEND OUT YOUR LIGHT and YOUR TRUTH! Let THEM lead me; Let THEM bring me TO YOUR HOLY HILL and to YOUR TABERNACLE.

Hebrews 12:22—But you have come to MOUNT ZION and to THE CITY of THE LIVING GOD, the HEAVENLY JERUSALEM, to an innumerable company of angels, (23) to the general assembly and CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN who are registered in heaven, to GOD THE JUDGE of ALL, to the spirits of just men made perfect, (24) TO JESUS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT, and TO THE BLOOD of SPRINKLING that speaks better things than that of Abel. (Abel sacrificed a lamb, Christ was the Lamb that was sacrificed.) (25) See that you do NOT REFUSE Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, MUCH MORE shall we NOT ESCAPE if we TURN AWAY from Him WHO SPEAKS FROM HEAVEN.

Isaiah 62:11—Indeed the Lord has PROCLAIMED TO THE END OF THE WORLD: saying to THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, surely YOUR SALVATION IS COMING; Behold, His reward is with Him, and HIS WORK BEFORE HIM. (12) And they shall call them THE HOLY PEOPLE, THE REDEEMED of THE LORD; and you shall be called SOUGHT OUT, A CITY NOT FORSAKEN

Isaiah 62:1—FOR ZION’S sake I will not hold My peace, and FOR JERUSALEM’S sake I WILL NOT REST, until HER RIGHTEOUSNESS goes forth AS BRIGHTNESS, and HER SALVATION as A LAMP THAT BURNS. (Not like the ten virgins who slumbered and slept. (Pro. 19:15—SLOTHFULNESS casts one into A DEEP SLEEP,) Five virgins were not ready for lack of oil in their lamps, and while they went to buy the bridegroom came. (Matthew 25:10) Isaiah 62:3 cont.—You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord. And a royal diadem in the hand of your God. You shall no longer be termed FORSAKEN, nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called HEPHZIBAH, and your land BEULAH; for the Lord DELIGHTS in you, and your LAND SHALL BE MARRIED. (5) For as a YOUNG MAN MARRIES A VIRGIN, so shall YOUR SONS MARRY YOU; and as THE BRIDEGROOM rejoices OVER THE BRIDE, so shall your God rejoice over you. (6) I have set WATCHMEN on your walls, O JERUSALEM, who shall never hold their peace day or night. YOU WHO MAKE MENTION OF THE LORD, DO NOT KEEP SILENT, (7) and GIVE HIM NO REST TILL HE ESTABLISHES and TILL HE MAKES JERUSALEM a PRAISE IN THE EARTH.

Zephaniah 3:14—Sing, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart O daughter of Jerusalem! (15) The Lord has taken away your judgments, He has cast out your enemy, THE KING OF ISRAEL, THE LORD, IS IN YOUR MIDST; you shall see disaster no more. (16) In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: DO NOT FEAR; ZION let not your hands be weak. (17) The Lord your God is in your midst, THE MIGHTY ONE, WILL SAVE; HE WILL REJOICE OVER YOU WITH HIS GLADNESS He will QUIET YOU IN HIS LOVE, He will REJOICE OVER YOU WITH SINGING. (18) I will GATHER THOSE WHO SORROW OVER THE APPOINTED ASSEMBLY, who are among you, to whom ITS REPROACH IS A BURDEN. (19) Behold, at that time I will deal with all who afflict you. I WILL SAVE THE LAME, and gather those WHO WERE DRIVEN OUT; I WILL APPOINT THEM FOR PRAISE AND FAME IN EVERY LAND WHERE THEY WERE PUT TO SHAME. (20) At that time I will BRING YOU BACK, even at the time I GATHER YOU; for I WILL GIVE YOU FAME AND PRAISE among ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE EARTH, when I RETURN YOUR CAPTIVES BEFORE YOUR EYES,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:14—“RETURN, O BACKSLIDING CHILDREN,” says the Lord; FOR I AM MARRIED TO YOU. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, AND I WILL BRING YOU TO ZION. (15) And I will give you shepherds according TO MY HEART, who will feed you WITH KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING. Isaiah 45:20—THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE, who carry the wood of their carved image, and pray to a god that cannot save. (21) Who has declared this from ancient time? Have not I the Lord? And THERE IS NO OTHER GOD besides Me, a just God and a Savior; there is none besides Me. (22) “LOOK TO ME, AND BE SAVED, ALL YOU ENDS OF THE EARTH! For I am God, and there is NO OTHER. Jeremiah 4:1—IF you will RETURN, O Israel, says the Lord, “RETURN TO ME; and if you will put away your abominations out of My sight, THEN you shall NOT BE MOVED. (2) And you shall swear, THE LORD LIVES, IN TRUTH, IN JUDGMENT, and IN RIGHTEOUSNESS; THE NATIONS SHALL BLESS THEMSELVES IN HIM, and in Him they shall GLORY.

Isaiah 14:12—“How you are FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, O LUCIFER, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, YOU WHO WEAKENED THE NATIONS! (13) For you HAVE SAID IN YOUR HEART: I WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN, (Romans 10:6—but the righteousness of FAITH speaks in this way, “DO NOT SAY IN YOU HEART, WHO WILL ASCEND IN HEAVEN? (7) OR WHO WILL DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS?) I will exalt my throne above THE STARS OF GOD; I will also SIT ON THE MOUNT OF THE CONGREGATION, on the farthest sides of the north; (14) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH. (15) Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

Satan, you must remember is the father of lies! Matthew 4:8—Again, THE DEVIL took Him (Jesus) up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD and their glory. (9) And he said to Him, ALL THESE THINGS I WILL GIVE YOU if You will FALL DOWN AND WORSHIP me. (10) Then Jesus said to him, AWAY WITH YOU SATAN! For it is written, ‘YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, and HIM ONLY YOU SHALL SERVE.” Yes, even Satan’s knee has to bow to the Lord God. (Philippians 2:10—that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, (11) and that EVERY TONGUE should confess that JESUS CHRIST is LORD, to THE GLORY of GOD the FATHER.) You notice Jesus did not call Satan a liar, even though he was telling A LIE. The world may be held under THE SWAY of Satan, (1 John 5:19) but it DOES NOT BELONG TO HIM. God created the world not Satan. God sent His Son that through death HE MIGHT DESTROY HIM WHO HAD THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE DEVIL. (Hebrews 2:14) Psalm 24:1—THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S and ALL ITS FULLNESS, THE WORLD and THOSE WHO DWELL THEREIN.

This is interesting to look at in the light of what we just read! King Nebuchnezzar was driven out from men and his dwelling made to be with the beasts of the field, until SEVEN TIMES passed over him, Daniel 4:31—UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT THE MOST HIGH RULES IN THE KINGDOM OF MEN, AND GIVES IT TO WHOMEVER HE CHOOSES.” Daniel 5:18—O King, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father A KINGDOM and majesty, glory and honor. (19) And because of the majesty that He gave him, ALL PEOPLES, NATIONS, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whomever he wished, he executed; whomever he wished, HE KEPT ALIVE; whomever he wished he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down. (20) But when HIS HEART was LIFTED UP and his spirit was hardened in PRIDE, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. (21) Then he was driven from the sons of men, HIS HEART was MADE LIKE THE BEASTS, and his dwelling was with the wild oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, (Deut. 32:2—let MY TEACHING drop as the rain, MY SPEECH DISTILL AS THE DEW.) TILL HE KNEW THAT THE MOST HIGH GOD RULES IN THE KINGDOM OF MEN AND APPOINTS OVER IT WHOMEVER HE CHOOSES. (Looking at the second Psalm, we see that it was never Satan’s to give to Jesus in the first place.)

Psalm 2:7—I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, YOU ARE MY SON, today I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU. (8) ASK OF ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU, THE NATIONS FOR YOUR INHERITANCE, AND THE ENDS OF THE EARTH FOR YOUR POSSESSION.

Psalm 22: 27—ALL THE ENDS OF THE WORLD SHALL REMEMBER AND TURN TO THE LORD, and ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE NATIONS shall WORSHIP before You, (28) FOR THE KINGDOM IS THE LORD’S AND HE RULES OVER THE NATIONS. Matthew 28:18—Then Jesus came and spoke to them saying, “ALL AUTHORITY has been given TO ME in heaven and ON EARTH. (19) Go therefore and make disciples of ALL THE NATIONS , baptizing them in the name of THE FATHER and of THE SON, and of THE HOLY SPIRIT, (20) “teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAY, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD. AMEN.

Galatians 3:8—And THE SCRIPTURE, foreseeing that GOD would JUSTIFY THE NATIONS by FAITH preached THE GOSPEL to ABRAHAM beforehand, SAYING, (19) In you ALL THE NATIONS shall BE BLESSED. (13) Christ has redeemed us from THE CURSE OF THE LAW that THE BLESSING of ABRAHAM might come upon THE GENTILES in CHRIST JESUS, that we might receive THE PROMISE of THE SPIRIT through FAITH. Genesis 23:15—Then THE ANGEL of THE LORD called to Abraham A SECOND TIME out OF HEAVEN, (16) and said: BY MYSELF I HAVE SWORN, says the Lord, because you HAVE DONE THIS THING, and HAVE NOT WITHHELD YOUR SON, your only son, (17) “in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and YOUR DESCENDANTS shall possess THE GATE of THEIR ENEMIES. (18) ‘IN YOUR SEED ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED, BECAUSE YOU HAVE OBEYED MY VOICE.” Galatians 3:29—And if you are Christ’s THEN you are ABRAHAM’S SEED and HEIRS ACCORDING to THE PROMISE. Romans 4:13—For THE PROMISE that he would be THE HEIR OF THE WORLD was not to ABRAHAM or to HIS SEED through the law, BUT through THE RIGHTEOUSNESS of FAITH.

Isaiah 29:22—Therefore thus says the Lord, who REDEEMED ABRAHAM, concerning the house OF JACOB: “Jacob shall not NOW be ashamed, nor shall his face NOW grow pale; (23) But when he sees his children, THE WORK OF MY HANDS, IN HIS MIDST, they will HALLOW MY NAME, and HALLOW the HOLY ONE of Jacob, and fear the God of Israel. (24) THESE ALSO WHO ERRED IN SPIRIT WILL COME TO UNDERSTANDING, and THOSE WHO MURMURED WILL LEARN DOCTRINE.”

Matthew 6:6—“In this manner, THEREFORE PRAY; Our Father in heaven, HALLOWED be YOUR NAME. (10) YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE on EARTH as it IS IN HEAVEN; (11) GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. John 6:32—but MY FATHER gives you THE TRUE BREAD from HEAVEN. (33) “For THE BREAD of God is He who comes DOWN from heaven AND GIVES LIFE TO THE WORLD.

Romans 15:8--NOW I say that JESUS CHRIST has become a servant to the circumcision FOR THE TRUTH OF GOD, to CONFIRM the PROMISES made TO THE FATHERS, (9) and that THE GENTILES might GLORIFY GOD FOR HIS MERCY.

Hebrews 9:28--To those who eagerly wait for Him HE WILL APPEAR A SECOND TIME, APART FROM SIN, FOR SALVATION.

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