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Son, when you
are choosing up sides; always choose God first;
having Him makes everybody a winner!
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Son, always remember, you are dependent solely
on God, because you can't make perfect choices
like He does.
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Son, The reason it's so hard for
you to make good choices, and so easy for God
is; because God always knows what He will do is
right, before He does it!
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"And they continued steadfastly in the apostles
doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking bread, and
in prayers."(Acts 2:42
The ones that were pricked in the heart, the ones
that received the word, the ones "who continued
steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship
who repented and were baptized, and that had
received the gift of the Holy Ghost continued
steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship,
and in breaking bread, and in prayers. It seems as
if we are living in a time that self seems to be
most important thing in our lives. Self and our
families activities seem to take the front seat. By
the time we take care of that, there is little time
to devote any time to the church, to its` members,
to the fellowship of the saints and much prayer for
the church. The early church continued steadfastly
in the apostles doctrine and fellowship. Our
activities, our children's activities, our
grandchildren' s activities should have its
priorities in order. What should come first in our
lives, what should we teach our children and
grandchildren? God first, church second and in this
order. If followed we will be teaching our children
what is healthy and how to have a happy family. Any
time that we put any activity of the world in front
we are straying from the teaching of this verse and
showing that we love something better than Christ
and his church. If we put Christ first there will
always be time for us to spend some precious time
with our children's activities. Just a few thoughts
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Tuesday, May the 5th, 2009 under partly cloudy
skies, wind from the south east at thirteen mph,
with the temperature at sixty-six degrees. |
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New Testament
CHURCH ORDER beginning with John the Baptist,
Matt. 3:1-2 then Jesus Christ Himself, especially
the SERMON ON THE MOUNT – Matt. 5-7; then 12
Apostles – Matt. 10:2-4; some were outstanding,
such as Simon Peter, who we will accentuate much
herein. Following was the Apostle Paul directed
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This is just an
“overview” of the CLASS ROOM GOSPEL on Earth,
primarily between JEWS and GENTILES - There are NO
GOSPEL CLASS ROOM in Eternal Heaven, but on earth
such is directed only to the BORN-AGAIN Elect.
Notice articulately herein: the bonds between the
“Old” and the “New” dispensations were not suddenly
snapped asunder, but suffered to become weaker and
weaker until they entirely disappeared; upon he
destruction of the Temple, when the “New Church”
found herself “standing alone” and unconnected with
any of the forms of the Levitical Worship” – Matt.
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The Apostle Peter was
the predominate figure of this remarkable “Miracle”
supernatural, but Divine Transitional
Period. Closing with this text – Matt. 16:18 –
“Thou art Peter, and upon ts rock I will build my
church; and the gates Of hell shall not prevail
against it.” Part of V19 “And will give unto thee
the keys of the kingdom of heaven.” This is Jesus
Himself speaking. So the outline of this writing is
in Five Divisions, Miracles, Growth, Conflict, The
Resurrection and lastly the Transition. We are all
today in this TRANSITION. |
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“A
lie can travel halfway around the world while the
truth is still putting on its shoes. -Mark
Twain |
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"Even so the tongue is a little member, and
boasteth great things, Behold, how great a matter a
little fire kindleth. And the tongue is a fire, a
world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our
members, that it defileth the whole body, and
setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set
on fire of hell." (James 3:5-6)
Behold,
how great a matter...
James give a good description of the tongue. I
suppose the tongue has caused more trouble, it has
started more fights, it has caused more hard
feelings, and destroyed more friendships than any
other thing else in the world. One slip of the
tongue to the wrong person will spread faster and do
more damage than the largest of grass or forest
fires. It will even destroy the lives of those you
might think a lot of. When it comes to the church
after it has spread, after the damage is already
done, it is very hard to find the source of where it
started. Have you ever said something out of anger,
and as soon as it came out of the mouth, you knew
that you had already messed up? Yet it was to late
and the fire had already got out of hand. Then the
winds began to blow and the further it spreads the
more damage it causes. O, that we could control our
tongue, that we could say something good about those
about us, or not say anything at all. |
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Monday, June the 8th, 2009 under clear skies, wind
from the south west at ten mph, with the temperature
at eighty degrees. |
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