When you are a child you pick up so much information from others, like a sponge soaks up water, the young mind just receives a constant watering as you continue to learn. As you grow older you will still continue to learn, but by the time you reach adulthood your set of views and beliefs will have begun to start to solidify. Because as children, we tend to believe mostly everything that is taught to us. Were you told as a child that Santa Claus was real? Then you probably held that belief for quite a while, until one day you realized that it was all a fable. 

This is the same type of belief that many people hold today. They have been taught and instructed in the ways of the world for many years that this belief has become ingrained into them so deep that they don’t believe it when they hear something that goes completely against what they have believed for many years.

But in order to become a Christian, we need to realize that the philosophies and teachings of the world are not the teachings of Christ. We are born into this world in the flesh, but to be enter into the Kingdom of Heaven we need to be born of the Spirit. We need to be born again.

John 3:1-7  “There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.”

In order to be born again, we need to relearn everything that we think we know. Our minds have been filled with too much information of the ways of the world, and we need to empty that all out, replacing it with the teachings of Christ. We need to become “as a little child” if we want to enter into the Kingdom of God.

Mark 10:13-15  “And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 

But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.”

Have you noticed how receptive children are of new information? They may never have seen a picture of a duck-billed-web-footed-beaver-tailed animal before, but when they ask what kind of an animal it is and they are told that it is a platypus, they believe it. No arguing or “incredulity” (unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something). Just complete belief.

This is the exact kind of belief that we as adults need to possess when we learn from the word of God. We need to be filled with a humble and meek spirit, ready and willing to learn, just like a little child. We need to become born again into the Spirit of Christ, and accept His word into our hearts. Unlike the world’s teachings and philosophies, the teachings of Christ are all the truth, and we need to believe in the Truth to get to Heaven. 

So, just like a sponge, wring out your mind and rid yourself of everything that you think you know, and soak up the knowledge that is found in Christ. Become as a little child once again, and begin to learn anew. Become born again.

In Christ,

Andrew

(Andrew is no longer a part of this ministry, as he purposely lied, deceived me, and then betrayed me. These actions were done willfully and with intent. Liars are not in Christ, which is why Ananias and Sapphira died. Although many of these writings are helpful, he completely abandoned this calling, and joined up with the world instead. Nothing can dictate Our lives more than a love for Christ Jesus and being chosen to His service, but he chose to love the world instead.)

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Do you remember in the book of Exodus what happened as a result of the hard heart of the pharaoh? As a quick recap, Moses had left Egypt behind and dwelled in the land of Midian, and while watching over his father-in-law’s flock of sheep the Lord appeared to him in the burning bush. God had seen the affliction of His people at the hands of the Egyptians and He heard their cries unto Him, and the Lord God appointed Moses to be His messenger unto Pharaoh. The message was “Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.”

But Pharaoh didn’t listen to the word of the Lord. He said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.” Because of this the Lord brought many plagues upon the land of Egypt. Several times this message was relayed to Pharaoh, but he continued to resist. And eventually his resistance against God caused him to lose everything. But you see, it wasn’t Moses that brought the plagues upon the pharaoh and Egypt. Moses was just the messenger. It was God who brought the judgement and punishment.

Likewise, when Jesus came to the Earth, He came to save the world. He came to offer the world the opportunity to receive forgiveness for their sins. He was a Messenger from God, calling men everywhere to repent of their sins. Some believed upon Him, and some didn’t, just as it is today. Some people believe in Christ, and some people don’t. But Jesus didn’t bring down the punishment upon those who nailed Him to the cross right then and there, did He? Did Jesus punish the Pharisees when He was reviled and persecuted? No, because everyone will someday be judged by the Father for their deeds.

John 12:44-50  “Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.”

Like Pharaoh, everyone has a choice to make. Everyone has the message preached to them, calling them to repent, to live in love and to follow the teachings of Christ. You can either listen to that message, or you can resist it. The choice that you make may not be rewarded immediately, but you can be certain that it will on Judgement Day. We have the time now to make that decision whether we want to be in Heaven or not. We have the time now to listen to the message from the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:2  “(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)”

Pharaoh’s mistake was that he refused to listen to the word of the Lord. He had the çhoice available to him, but he chose not to obey, and in the end he received his punishment from God. The choice is now put to you: will you listen to the message to turn from your sins and turn to Christ? 

In Christ,

Andrew

Good morning and welcome in everybody.  Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture from first Corinthians.

1 Corinthians 9:1-18  Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?  If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,  Have we not power to eat and to drink?  Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?  Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?  Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?  Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?  For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?  Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?  If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.  Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?  Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.  But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

In the Christian church, when someone preaches the gospel, they can live of the gospel.  In the Old Testament, the priests were provided with everything they needed, living off of the provisions that were provided to the temple.  Out in society, when people have a job, they get paid for their time.  Even a child, who cuts their neighbor’s lawn after school, receives some type of remuneration.  Whether you dedicate your life to being a baker, a mechanic or even a school teacher, you receive some type of income to support the needs of your own family.  Sadly, there are some people, even those within the church, who frown upon a preacher receiving anything at all. I think many of them might have been turned away from giving to the church because of the many false prophets out in the world who are fleecing the sheep of God and turning the church into a money making scheme.

2 Peter 2:1-3  But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

These people don’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, insomuch that they desire to become obedient to His will.  Their real love is to be seen and to be popular in the eyes of men.  They love to be noticed, kind of like a rockstar, which actually would have been a better profession for them.  Those who are highly esteemed among men are an abomination to God, They really don’t love the Lord Jesus or His sheep.  What they do is turn the church into a business. Why do you think there are so many filthy rich preachers In the world today, with enough money in their accounts to provide for all of the needs of the poor, who struggle daily in poverty in certain cities.  These frauds don’t love God, and they certainly don’t love the poor, they love money which is the root of all evil.

This kind of activity enraged the Lord Jesus, insomuch that he scourged certain people who were participating in it within the temple. They turned the temple into a shopping mall.  Look around, the same things are still going on today, led by people who don’t care about the poor, they just care about increasing their own income.

John 2:13-16  And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,  And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.

Many of these false prophets simply walk around with their hands extended, or passing an offering plate, but that was not the way of the Apostle Paul.  He wasn’t the kind of man who needed to display a name tag, or display postnominals that said he was an Apostle.  He didn’t need to carry diplomas in his briefcase, or post them on the wall in order to prove that he was a true man of God.  The Apostle Paul was called by God, and was not ordained by any man.  He preached the Word of God freely without any charge. There was not a covetous bone in his body.  He wasn’t the kind of the man who went out asking for money, because he fully relied on Gods provision, being content with what God had given him in any given situation.  Any collections that were taken by a church, were to be done before he ever showed up.

2 Corinthians 9:5-7  Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.  But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also 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.

For the Apostle Paul, preaching God’s Word had nothing to do with asking for donations or telling people to kick into the offering plate. He did it to please God and it needed to be done, whether people helped him out or not. Those were his motivations, not obtaining filthy lucre.

1 Peter 5:1-2  The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:  Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Even though false prophets and even false churches only want your money, The Lord has ordained that they which preach of the gospel can live of the gospel.  But this is a scripture that has been used numerous times only to justify a person’s greed and love of money.  The Apostle Paul didn’t desire the possessions of the church, he desired them to become obedient and to do God’s will.

1 Thessalonians 2:5  For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

Although numerous people missuse the passage, God has ordained that those who preach the gospel, can live by the gospel.  When a soldier decides to enlist in the military, everything is provided for them. They get three hots and a cot.  This is so that they can focus on their job and what they need to do for this country. All of their equipment is provided by the military.  A soldier doesn’t go into battle and bring his checkbook to pay for food while he’s dodging bullets in a foreign country.  He doesn’t go and get a part-time job in order to pay for his weapons and ammunition.  Likewise, a preacher is in a spiritual battle, and just like a soldier in the military he needs to be taken care of and provided for by the church so he can focus on doing his duty.

Can you imagine spending a lot of time planting tomatoes, but then at the harvest you weren’t allowed to eat anything from the garden that you had planted?  As many of you know, we have had numerous chickens on our property in the past.  We raise them from chicks by providing them everything that is needed for them to grow.  As they grow older, we give them layer feed along with corn and oats so that they mature into adults.  Eventually, they began to lay eggs for our family.  It’s hard to imagine spending so many months and so much time raising them, and then being denied the opportunity to eat their eggs.

1 Corinthians 9:18  What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

Although the apostle Paul had the power and ability to request finances from the church, he didn’t use that power.  He didn’t ask for donations.  What he did is waited until somebody lovingly approached Him.  He volunteered his time because he loved their souls, and wanted them to be converted to the truth.  As God extends to each of us the free gift of His grace, the Apostle Paul preached God’s Word completely……

…… Free of Charge

Let’s think about these things for right now.  We can be found on your web browser by searching,  tlkjbc  where you can find our diaries distributed through various platforms, or by getting our entire podcast feeds directly, along with transcripts at tlkjbc.com, or I suppose, you can find us somewhere up here, in the Great Northern Minnesota woods.  Lord willing, we will talk with you some more tomorrow. Till then, bye bye everybody. ❤️

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How many of you have ever gotten a telephone call, and upon answering the call you discover that it was not a friend or family member, or even anyone else that you know, but it was instead a telemarketer who was there to try to sell you something? You could tell them, No thank you, I’m good, but they may still persist to try to convince you that you need what they are selling. In fact, there are many scams that happen over the phone where someone may call you, offering you an incredible deal on something, “all that you need to do is give me your social security number and bank account so we can verify that it is you!” They try to create the desire in you to want something, but the truth is that you don’t actually need it anyway.

But that is truly the design of ads and commercials. The goal of a TV commercial is to try to get you to buy what they are selling. They want you to want their product. 

And you know, the devil does something somewhat similar to this. The devil wants you to follow him instead of following Jesus, so what does he do? He tries to entice you to sin through trickery and deception. He tries to persuade you away from the teachings of Christ, by any means that he can, trying to spoil our faith with the teachings of the world.

But we are complete in Jesus.  We don’t need anything other than Him. 

Colossians 2:6-10  “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:”

Too many cooks in the kitchen. Have you heard this phrase before? If you have too many people trying to interject their own ingredients into a recipe or meal, it will eventually ruin the entire thing. You start with just plain chocolate chip cookies and then someone else wants to add raisins, someone else wants butterscotch chips, someone else wants almonds, and before long you will be left with a cookie that does not resemble anything like the recipe that you started with. 

This has been happening in so called churches for hundreds of years now. What once started with the pure word of God that was left by the apostles of Christ has now been changed and muddied by the philosophy and teachings of the world. Where the Bible teaches that certain things are wrong and sinful, someone came along and decided that they didn’t like this part of the Scriptures, so they changed it slightly, trying to make it say what they want it to say.  

But I guess this shouldn’t come as a surprise because this was foretold that it would happen in the letter from Paul to Timothy. 

1 Timothy 4:1-6  “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.”

People are going to listen to false doctrines because they do not want to follow the teachings of the Bible completely. They only want to do what they want, and skip the rest. Or they replace what they don’t like with the teachings of someone else who tells them what they want to hear, so they can try to convince themselves they are doing God’s will, even though they are not.

You always have to remember that it is the devil who tries to twist and change scripture in an attempt to cause others to stray from the narrow path. He will subtly change, add, or remove things to Scripture, with the appearance that these things are right and correct, but they only are an offramp away from the path that leads to Jesus. 

It is the spirit of the devil that tries to change the Word of God into something other than what was originally written. Why are there so many “versions” of the Bible today? Because someone decided that they wanted to change what the Bible said. The last time I checked there was only one book of Matthew. One book of Romans. One book of 1 John. Just one of each, not a thousand different versions of the same book. This desire to change the Scriptures only comes from the devil in his quest to try to drag as many unprepared people with him down to hell. 

We have one Lord. One faith. One baptism. One Word of God, in which we have all that we need. We don’t need the teachings and philosophy of the world in our faith, because in Christ we have all that we need. In Christ we are complete.

In Christ,

Andrew

Psalms 145:20  “The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.”

Beware of the dog. Danger- high voltage. Floor slippery when wet. These are just a few of the many different warning signs that you can find throughout your day. The word warn means to make someone aware of impending danger, or to tell someone to be aware, or to give heed. 

Your body can warn you as well, through the use of your senses. You can see a car driving straight towards you and your eyes will relay that message to your brain and cause you to get out of the way. You can be in a different room of the house when a fire breaks out in the kitchen, and your nose will smell the smoke. Your hands feel whether things are hot or cold. When I was in elementary school I went to a fire department as a field trip, and one of the things that they had us do was to feel a door whether it was hot or not, to determine if there was a fire or not on the other side. When I felt one of the doors, I could sense that it was hot with my hand, and because of this I knew that this door shouldn’t be opened.

A warning is something that alerts you to a consequence that can or will happen if something isn’t done. Noah was warned about the flood that was coming in the future, and he did something to protect himself and his family by building the ark. He heard the warning and listened to it, and the result was the salvation of his house.

Hebrews 11:7  “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.”

Now, the Bible is filled with many promises of everlasting life. But to receive it, one needs to take heed to listen to the warning to keep away from sin.

Romans 2:1-10  “Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:”

The natural nature of man is to look at others and try to position yourself in a higher place than them. But the truth is that there is no one better than another, and we will all be judged equally, because there is no respect of persons with God. Whatever you do, whether it be good, or if it be sin, will be rewarded accordingly.

Galatians 6:7-8  “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”

Romans 6:23  “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

It seems that everyone likes the idea of eternal life, but the truth is that there will be many, many sad and angry people on Judgement Day as they are one by one turned away from the gates of Heaven. And why? Because they didn’t listen to the Lord’s command to keep themselves from sin. Search the scriptures and you will very soon see that sin is not something that will be rewarded by God. Eternal life is a reward for those who make the decision to serve Christ and abide in His teachings. Those who sin willingly and refuse to change will receive the wrath of God upon themselves, and that is a place that you certainly do not want to be.

So take heed to the warnings in God’s Word. They are there for a reason. 

In Christ 

Andrew

Good morning and welcome in everybody.  Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture, but before we do that, I wanted to tell you a little story.

Communications between people have happened in many different ways over the centuries. Sometimes they would use a telegraph, or in more recent years a telephone. In the age that we currently live in, many people will strike up conversations via smartphone or a computer, but instead of using full sentences in their texts or their emails, many times they will use short abbreviations.  One of these is IDC which means I don’t care.  

This reminds me of the Christian life.

You might not care what color socks that you wear today. You might not care about what kind of dinner you eat tonight. But you want to make sure you steer clear from anybody with this attitude towards scriptural truth, especially if they profess to be Christian.

1 Timothy 4:1-2  Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

First of all, the Apostle teaches that some shall depart from the faith.  Depart means to deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform, or to go away (from).  To deviate from our faith means to go off course from; to change course; and to stray.  Departing from the faith doesn’t necessarily mean that a person completely renounces Christianity.  Many people want to claim to be followers of Jesus, but don’t want to come into compliance with the teachings of our faith.  They may do parts of it but other parts they reject.  They fail to completely conform to the will of God.  They appear Christian in certain aspects, but then they resist and deny certain teachings of scripture.

2 Timothy 3:5-8  Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.  For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,  Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.  Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

It’s like taking a loaf of bread out of the oven and it looks really good on the outside, but when you cut into it, you find that there is nothing but uncooked dough in the the middle.  Many people have turned the Christian Life into a breeding ground for sin. They don’t want to give up claiming that they believe in Jesus, and they don’t want to give up their sinful lives either.  They claim Lord Lord, but they are filled with sin and iniquity.  Scripture teaches that we are supposed to depart from iniquity not to depart from the faith.  There is only one true Christian faith, and we must contend for it each and every day.

Jude 1:3  Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Ephesians 4:5  One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

There are numerous people today who have departed from the truth of the one true Christian faith, because they refuse to repent. Some of them are involved with heresies, and after a few warnings, you’re not supposed to have anything to do with them.  They may claim to be a Christian, but a genuine follower of Christ will lovingly submit to the will of God found in the teachings of Scripture.  The faith that they claim to possess has become skewed, and they err.  As I’ve said for 20 years, it doesn’t matter what you claim to be, it matters what you do.  The Lord Jesus told people to go and sin no more.  The beloved apostle John wrote the church so that they would sin not.  But when people depart the faith, they depart from the truth of scripture.  If they depart from scriptural truth, the only thing left for them to believe is lies, resulting in disobedience to God’s will.

2 Timothy 4:3-4  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

2 Timothy 3:13 – But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

A seducer is someone who lures another away from their Christian duty to Christ.  They beguile them, causing them to depart obedience to the commands of Christ, and steering them away from scriptural principles and conduct.  This is what the devil did to Eve in the Garden of Eden.  It continues to go on today.  A true man of God will take you to scripture and try to convince you to become obedient to God’s will.  The false prophet along with false prophetesses, will try to convince you otherwise, and attempt to justify going against God’s will and His commands.  That is exactly what the devil did in the garden. He’s gone as far as publishing false perversions of the Bible in these latter days.  He can appear like an angel of light, but it’s only a facade, because it is the devil underneath.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 – For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

Some will be so hoodwinked by the devil, that when God’s Word is preached, they will speak evil of it, blaspheming against the truth.

2 Peter 2:1-2  But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

Jude 1:4 – For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 

The Apostle teaches that these same people will speak lies in hypocrisy.  Scripture teaches that all liars shall have their place in the Lake of Fire.  This is all that awaits them, because they reject the truth.  Ananias and Sapphira died on the spot when they lied to Peter to his face.

John 8:43-45  Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.  And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

Hypocrisy is a feigning to be what do you are not.  Many religious leaders came out to listen to Jesus preach, appearing outwardly as just men.  But they really were not there to grow in God’s Word.  They only wanted to find something out about Him so that they could deliver Him to the authority of the governor. they are prime examples of hypocrites.

Luke 12:1  …….he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Lastly, somebody who has a seared conscience performs a sinful act against the will of God, and doesn’t feel bad about it.  This is because their conscience is burned and numb from any feeling. They don’t care about the way that they live their life, or abiding in the true faith, because of which It can result in so much pride and arrogance that they actually boast about the wicked deeds that they commit in a public manner.

I will warn you, never become like unto them.  If there is anything that someone needs to be concerned about while here upon the earth, it is doing the will of God, so that someday we are able to enter into eternal life.  You are not supposed to depart from the faith, you are supposed to strive for the faith.  Make sure to mark out those around you, who impenitently refuse to walk in the will of God.  When it comes to biblical truth, take note of those who possess the attitude of..,….

……IDC

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For a moment let us suppose that you and a few handful of other people have been stranded on a desolate island, completely devoid of any supplies, tools, weapons, etc. You have nothing edible to eat. No fruits or vegetables, no water or meat. Absolutely nothing at all, with the exception of a grove of bushes and trees. But then, after a little while of searching, you discover another island just a few hundred yards from yours, and this one appears to be filled with many different types of fruits and small creatures to eat, as well as a small boat that you could use to hopefully find rescue. The only problem: between the island that you are on and the other one are what appears to be several large sharks patrolling the coastline. You decide that the only chance at survival is if one of you can make it over to the other island safely and row the boat back for the others. With no food, you will surely did eventually, so time of not on your side. Whether or not you make it across the water safely determines whether you live or die. Yet all of the people who had tried to cross that water all died before reaching the other side. Many tried to swim that distance, but none could.

You could try to use some of the rocks on the island to cut down some of the trees around you and try to make a raft to float across to the other island, and with no other apparent option you decide to give it a try. However, just as you begin to try to chip away at the first tree, someone runs up and says that one of the others had swam across, gotten the boat and brought it back for everyone to use. Unfortunately, they did suffer a severe injury from a shark attack on the way across, and they died shortly after returning back with the boat. Now the choice is yours to make: are you going to continue to try to make your own raft, and save yourself, or are you going to use the boat that was given to you? Are you going to let the death of the other person be in vain? 

Galatians 2:16-21  “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.

For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”

We are all currently on that island. It is called Earth. This Earth contains nearly 8 billion people, and each and every one of us is separated from the Kingdom of Heaven, or, “the other island.” Just like the story that I wrote, the island that we are on is completely devoid of salvation, because we will all eventually die. We will all die because of one thing, our sins. However, again, just as in my story, there is another island (Heaven) where we can be saved. We are just separated because of our sin. This is where the Old Testament Law comes in.

Thousands of years ago, the Lord God instituted the Judaic Law, which contained many different rules, commands, and instructions that the Jews were commanded to follow. But years upon years went by…and no one could keep it perfectly. Not one person, out of all the millions upon millions of people who tried, no one could keep it without failing at least once. 

How then could anyone hope to attain the Kingdom of Heaven someday when they died, if no one could keep the Law? The sacrifices that were offered couldn’t actually take away the sins of the people, as they were only there to cover them. So how could one be saved if salvation wasn’t through the keeping of the Law? How could someone reach the other island to get to safety? Although many tried, they all failed to complete the Law. They needed Someone who could….

That Someone was (and is) Jesus. Where everyone else failed, He succeeded. Where the others fell short, He overachieved. He saw the need that everyone had, and He filled it. But to do it, He had to do something incredible. To take away the sins of the entire world, Jesus became the perfect sacrifice, and He did this by His death on the cross. 

We couldn’t save ourselves through trying to keep the Law. We tried, but failed each time. It was only when Someone (Jesus) made it across that water and gave His life for our own that we had the chance to get in that boat to be saved. And this is the decision that needs to be made: Are you going to get in that boat or not? It has already been proven time and time again that you cannot save yourself by trying to keep the Law of the Old Testament. It cannot be done. Your only chance at salvation lies in what Jesus offers you. 

If salvation came through what we could do on our own, then why did Jesus die? What purpose did Jesus’ death serve if we could be saved through the keeping of the Law? The entire Bible is the Word of God, both the Old and New Testaments. But it is the New Testament that contains our current commands from the Lord. The Old Testament laws of abstaining from the eating of unclean animals, the observation of special days, all of those hard to remember, hard to keep laws, Jesus took away. He took them away and left us something far simpler to understand and remember.

Matthew 22:37-40  “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

This is the first and great commandment.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

Salvation doesn’t come through the keeping of the Old Testament Law. It doesn’t come by anything that we can do ourselves. Just as Paul wrote, if you could attain righteousness and get to Heaven through the keeping of the Law, then Jesus died in vain. We are saved through what Jesus did. 

So what kind of a person are you? Are you the kind of a person who will try to save yourself by the things that you can do, or will you make certain that Christ’s death wasn’t in vain, and use the salvation that He has provided? Will you get into the boat?

In Christ,

Andrew

Good morning and welcome in everybody.  Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture, but before we do that, I wanted to tell you a little story.

One day, Andrew and I had to pick up a pile of scrap iron that someone had stacked high on their property next to their garage.  On the pile, they had thrown a trailer frame.  It had no tires and no flooring.  Over the next month we spent some time fixing it all up.  We found some new tires for it, and a spare.  Then we bolted a whole new floor on top of the frame bed.  We put on some side rails and then completely painted it.  It looked like new once again, because we had restored the trailer back to the way that it originally was.

This reminds me of the Christian Life

Reconciliation means to restore relationships back to their original condition, at the point before estrangement began.  One of the greatest examples in scripture of repentance, remission of sins and reconciliation is captured in one of my favorite passages, the story of the prodigal Son.  Both the father and the son In this passage show what true Christianity is all about.

Luke 15:11-32  And he said, A certain man had two sons:  And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.  And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.  And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.  And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.  And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!  I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,  And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.  And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.  But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:  And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:  For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.  

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.  And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.  And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.  And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.  And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:  But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.  And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.  It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

In this passage, the younger son got caught up in sinful living, to whom we can all relate because all of us have sinned and come short of the glory of God.  He recognized his own faults and shortcomings and how good his life had been in the past.  This resulted in him repenting and confessing his faults..

Psalms 51:3  For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

Psalms 32:5  I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; 

After confession, the dad completely forgave him, right on the spot.  He didn’t scream and yell at him for wasting his fortune. He didn’t punish him for the things that he had done wrong. He didn’t steam on it for weeks on end over the supper table.  He didn’t take him to court and force him to reimburse him for the money.  He simply forgave him upon his apology, granting him complete remission for his sins.  Rightly so, because if we want to be forgiven by God, this is the way that we need to forgive others when they apologize to us, otherwise God will not forgive you.

Luke 17:4  And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

Matthew 6:14-15  For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 18:32-35  Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?  And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.  So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

When forgiveness happens in the heart, reconciliation will immediately take place.  This is because if you truly forgive others, you will completely forget the event that happened. It will be completely erased in your memory, and never brought up again, just as God does towards us.

1 John 1:9  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Hebrews 8:12  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Hebrews 10:17  And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

If you cannot forgive and reconcile with people who have apologized, it’s because of a cold and bitter heart.  A person in this state is only keeping a grudge, which is forbidden in scripture.  Because of their lack of grace they will only find themselves condemned by God.  

James 5:9  Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Leviticus 19:18  Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

In order to be reconciled with God, He requires a confession of fault.  As I’ve always taught for years, if you’ve apologized to people, yet they refuse to reconcile, the sin is no longer upon you.  It is between them and God because of their unforgiving and bitter heart.  Without reconciliation, someone never truly forgave the other in their heart.  Reconciliation is such an important part of the Christian faith that God doesn’t even want your gift at the altar until you first reconcile with others that you have knowingly wronged.

Matthew 5:23-24  Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;  Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Reconciliation is a requirement by God. Those who don’t believe that are only deceiving themselves.  The Apostle Paul refers to it as the ministry of reconciliation. This is why Jesus came, to rejoin our relationship with God.

2 Corinthians 5:18  And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Claiming to forgive others and not reconciling with them, is only an attempt by some people to think that they will somehow avoid God’s wrath for not truly forgiving the way that He does. It’s a convenient way for them to hide from the truth, but the facts are that they are filled with pride. God completely forgets our mistakes and misdeeds upon our confession, as exampled in the Lord’s Prayer.  He casts our iniquities into the sea never to be seen again. True forgiveness results in immediate reconciliation, just as the father of the prodigal son.

Reconciliation is about restoring relationships back to their normal condition.  It’s amazing what forgiveness can do.  I think about this, when I think about restoring the old trailer that was placed on top of our neighbors,….

……..Scrap Pile

Let’s think about these things for right now.  We can be found on your web browser by Google searching,  tlkjbc  where you can find our diaries distributed through various platforms, or by getting our entire podcast feeds directly, along with transcripts at tlkjbc.com, or I suppose, you can find us somewhere up here, in the Great Northern Minnesota woods.  Lord willing, we will talk with you some more tomorrow. Till then, bye bye everybody. ❤️

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Scars are a reminder left behind of something that happened in the past. I have accumulated several scars throughout my life. Most of them are rather small, like one on my pointer finger which I cut with a knife while whittling a piece of wood, or the one on my knee when I fell into a nail that wasn’t pounded all the way in. But my biggest scar is one that is rarely seen, because it is on the top of my head. I was young when this one happened, and foolish, and for some reason I had crawled underneath a barbed wire fence. I made it through the first time unscathed, but on my return trip I didn’t crawl low enough to the ground, and as a result a barb from the wire cut into the skin of my head, tearing the skin immediately. I then stood up quickly but as soon as I did I felt a liquid dripping onto my hands. It was blood. I can remember this event like it was yesterday, even though it happened when I was six years old. It took nine stitches to close my wound, and while those stitches were in I needed to make sure that I didn’t do anything to pull those stitches out and reopen the wound. Weeks later the stitches were removed, but I was left with a visible scar on the very top of my head.

Years later, that scar is still there, a constant reminder of my foolish mistake. But you know what? I have never made that same mistake again. I have made other mistakes, but I have never crawled under a barbed wire fence so foolishly again.

We all make mistakes. It is not something that we necessarily want to do, but what matters is that if we do we do not make that mistake again. “Experience is a good teacher” is a phrase that I have often heard, which is true if you take that experience and learn and improve upon it. We all have sinned, but in order to move on and improve your faith you need to recognize what it is that you did wrong. After you have done this you are then able to work on making certain that you do not make that mistake a second time. But you must be able to admit your sins.

James 5:16  “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”

Something that many people suffer from is the inability or unwillingness to ask for help, as well as the unwillingness to admit or recognize fault. They want to believe that they can do everything on their own and that they do not need the help or assistance from anyone else.  Well I have news for these types of people: no matter how hard you try you will never be able to get to Heaven without admitting your faults and asking the Lord Jesus for His help and forgiveness.

Proverbs 28:13  “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”

As we mature in the word of God we will begin to understand more and more. But if we fail at some point, if we reach a weak part of our faith and do sin, we need to immediately have the humility to acknowledge our misdeeds and humble ask for forgiveness. After that we need to work on never doing that again. That sin is a scar in our spiritual life, a reminder of our need for Christ’s mercy, and motivation to not allow ourselves to make that same mistake twice. 

Romans 10:8-10  “But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

When you learn to ride a bike you may fall down. You make crash into something, tip over and cut your knee and bruise your elbows, but you need to get back up. You need to throw on those bandages and get right back in your bike again and go until you do it right. We may sin at different moments of our lives, but you need to get up and confess those mistakes to the Lord. 

A scar is a reminder of an accident, and while we do not want to sit and dwell on our past sins, we need to remember that we are a sinner. We need to look at those spiritual scars learn from them, so that they don’t open back up again. 

In Christ,

Andrew 

Good morning and welcome to everybody.  Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture, but before we do that, I wanted to tell you a little story.

Andrew and I have hauled a lot of scrap iron in the past 20 years, and one of the most useful tools that we have ever used is an invention that was created as far back as 1880.  Originally it was created for blacksmiths to cut off the excess length of bolts after they had been tightened down.  Henry K. Porter, a partner in the general machine shop of Porter and Wooster, located in Boston, Massachusetts, patented an improved, adjustable, “bolt cutter”.  It had very long handles and short blades, with compound hinges to maximize leverage and cutting force.  This tool has been used practically every day when we are working on scrap.  We’ve used it for cutting bolts, wires, copper tubing, rebar, chains, and even a few padlocks that we couldn’t find the keys for.  

This reminds me of the Christian Life.

God has given us a Spiritual tool to cut away the leg irons of sin in each of our lives.  Like a bolt cutter, it is capable of setting us free from the thick chain of iniquity that we are enslaved to, but we must wholeheartedly believe it.  The bolt cutter that he gives us, is the truth of His Holy Word.

John 8:31-36  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;  And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?  Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.  And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.  If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

True disciples of Christ, will continue in the teachings of Holy Scripture, which means to become obedient doors of His Word. It is only through obedience to the truth, that we can become transformed by the truth.  To continue something means to proceed with doing a certain activity, to resume, to prolong or to abide.  Some synonyms are to proceed with, to carry on, or to go on. The ultimate goal for a Christian, is becoming pleasing unto God.  Sin and disobedience does not please Him, this is why we are going to need to undergo a change. Heaven is a perfect sinless place, and we must prepare for that place right now.  If we really want to be freed from sin, we must place our faith in His truth; we must walk in His truth; and we must convert to the truth.  It is believing in scriptural truth that truly sets us free from our sins. When you believe in God’s Word, it makes you recognize the error of your way.  It helps us to see through the darkness of our own sinfulness, and lights the pathway to obedience and freedom. God’s Word can save our souls and cut away the chains of sin, but you need to become obedient to what it teaches with a meek and submissive heart.

James 1:21  Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

The proof of being a Christian, is to continue in God’s Word and its doctrines.

Acts 2:42  And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

1 Timothy 4:16  Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

James 1:25  But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed

We must allow the truth of God’s Word to convert every aspect of our lives.  We must allow it to work in our hearts, because if you never attempt to do what it says, you will never be transformed from anything.

1 Thessalonians 2:13  For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

In order to be freed from our sins, we obviously must turn from our sins and repent.  Only then can you be liberated from them, and become an overcomer of the sinful nature.  If you don’t turn away from them, you simply continue to sin over and over again, which is evidence that you are still enslaved to them.  As a born again Christian we are no longer to serve sin.  We are to serve righteousness, through obedience to the truth.

1 Peter 1:23  Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Romans 6:12, 16-18  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

Once again, the only way to be truly freed from our sinfulness, is to believe the truth of scripture enough, that it results in a change in the way that you live your life.  The Lord Jesus taught that without conversion, people would not inherit eternal life.  It is something that is required to get to Paradise.  The Lord gives us a promise of eternal life, but in order to obtain that promise, we need to submit to the will of God.

Hebrews 4:1-2  Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.  For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 

To continue in God’s Word means to abide in biblical truth.  Abide means to endure without yielding; to persevere, to accept without question and to submit to. In our relationship with God’s Holy Word, these qualities must be present in a person who professes Christianity, otherwise you won’t be able to turn away from the deeds of the carnal nature, to walk in the divine nature.  

2 John 1:9  Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

God’s love is bestowed upon those who turn away from sin in faithful obedience to His will and purpose.  To remain in his love, requires believing in His Son Jesus, which will ultimately result in becoming obedient to what He commanded and taught.  Without obedience, claiming to believe in Jesus is simply a fabrication.  In that state, faith is non-existent.

John 15:9-10  As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.  If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

The Son makes us free through the preaching of the truth, and our acceptance of what He taught.  This is the only way that we can go through the process of sanctification.

John 17:17  Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

James 4:8  ……purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Those who rebelliously refuse to convert, and become faithfully obedient to God’s will are going to eventually receive God’s wrath.

Romans 2:8  But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Remember that those who chose to live in sin, are a slave to the sinful nature.  To obtain eternal life someday, we must turn from darkness to light.  We must break free from our sins, and place our complete faith and trust in God’s Holy Word.  Only then can we go on to become an overcomer of the carnal nature. We must cut the chains of sin, believe in the truth of scripture and repent.  The time has come to reach into the tool chest, and dig out……

…….The Boltcutter

Let’s think about these things for right now.  We can be found on your web browser by Google searching tlkjbc, where you can find our diaries distributed through various platforms, or by getting our entire podcast feeds directly, along with transcripts at tlkjbc.com, or I suppose, you can find us somewhere up here, in the Great Northern Minnesota woods.  Lord willing, we will talk with you some more tomorrow. Till then, bye bye everybody. ❤️

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