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Janosky:
**1 John2:23, Apostle John PROVED that Gbagbo lying Pharisee is a LIAR, FRAUD and Antichrist.


Apostle John calls Jesus in heaven "the Son" who "has the Father".
This is a vivid demarcation between YHWH the Father and Jesus the Son.

*1).
@John 17:3
"Now this is eternal life, that they may know
You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom You have sent."
Jesus says his Father, YHWH is " the only true God."

**2).
@ 1 John 4:15
"If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of
God, God abides in him, and he in God."
Confess NOW that Jesus is the Son of God, that's true Christianity.
Lying Gbagbo Pharisee Antichrist !!!!

*****3)
@ 1 John 5:1
"Everyone who believes that Jesus is the
Christ is born of God, and everyone who
loves the Father also loves the one born of
Him."
"Jesus is born of God" , meaning created by God. Psalms 90:2 CONFIRMED !!!!


Lying Gbagbo Pharisees AntiChrist shame on you and your Trinity junk.

You will die in your sins, if you don't believe I am he.

Glory

I laugh at those who think Satan is in charge

Jesus is Lord

Its appointed onto man to die once,and after death judgment!












Accept Jesus now

Halleluyah

Here is my pick


10. Hossam Hassan-Egypt
9. Nwankwo Kanu-Nigeria
8.Asamoah Gyan-Ghana
7. El Hadji Diouf-Senegal
6. Didier Drogba-Ivory Coast
5. Rabah Madjer
4.Roger Milla-Cameroun
3. Samuel Eto-Cameroon
2. George Weah-Liberia
1. Abedi Ayew Pele-Ghana


Honourable Mentions: Mustapha Hadji, Kalusha Bwalya, Mohammed Abou Traeka, Samuel Osei Kuffuor, Michael Essien, Abdul Razak, Tony Yeboah, Yaya Toure, Guel Tiehi, Sunday Oliseh, Benni Maxarthy, Titi Camara, Mohammed Salah, Mark Vivien Foe, Austin Okocha, Emmanuel Adebayor, Mohammed Kallon, Wilson Orumah, Esam El Hadari ...etc etc

In the beginning, God gave man dominion over the fish, the birds, and the beasts of the earth (Genesis 1:28). Jesus' disciples were fishermen, and He helped them catch fish on occasion (Luke 5:1-9). God Himself ordained the sacrificial system (see Leviticus 1-7), under which literally millions of animals—bulls, sheep, goats, turtledoves, pigeons, etc.—lost their lives.

God also inspired scriptures to tell us which kinds of animals, fish, and fowl He created to be eaten by humans. Notice that game animals are included (Leviticus 11;Deuteronomy 14:3-21). We can conclude, therefore, that it is not against God's will to catch, kill, and use animals for food. Nor is it wrong to kill predators. David killed a lion and a bear that menaced his sheep (I Samuel 17:34-36).

Of course, this does not mean that game should be killed indiscriminately or recklessly. It is repulsive to see some hunters kill merely for the sake of gaining a trophy, the antlers of a deer or an elk, for example, and leave the rest of the carcass to rot. Such irresponsible actions are wrong. On the other hand, the humane culling of herds of deer, bison, and other such animals is necessary and merciful conservation of nature.

Nevertheless, the idea that it is wrong to kill any animals whatsoever is not supported by the Bible. If it were, God would not have bothered to tell man which animals to eat. He simply would have instructed man not to eat any of them. To the contrary, He gives mankind permission to kill animals for food (Genesis 9:2-3).

God the creator who owns the Universe and all its content ordained a creature-hierarchy. Remember he knows way better than us. Man has dominion over this earth, ergo, we can kill and eat animals for food. This hierarchy is amongst animals as well. Other animals are ordained as food for others. If God doesn't permit the killing of an animal, it can't be killed.

This hierarchy is in place to ensure a universal order and make God superior to all. Finally, in relation to the picture above, it is a reserved right of the Almighty God alone to decide whose prayer He answers depending on his impeccable judgement and will. Let God be God

What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing ( Matthew 10:29).

This photo has been circulating online for sometime. It is another of the devil's tricks to make man doubt God. The enemy appeals to your feeble mind to draw hasty and foolish conclusions about things you don't understand because he knows you will fall for it and denounce God to his advantage. Beware!


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Janosky:
I REBUKE your rants IJNA .

** Gbagbo Pharisee LIAR twisting the holy Scriptures.

Revelation3:2,5
2 Wake up, ...for I have not found your
works complete in the sight of my God.


** 5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out the book of life. I will confess his name
before my Father and before his angels"

Jesus Christ in heaven says your iniquity is NOT ACCEPTABLE "in the sight my God"

1 John 2:23


No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

How Jesus Called Out False Teachers and Deadly Doctrine

It’s a good time to be a false teacher and to espouse deadly doctrine. It seems that today’s most brazen heretic will be granted a hearing and, in all likelihood, a book deal. Novelty is appealing, orthodoxy boring. It’s the ones who sound the warning and issue the challenge that bear the risk—the risk of being labelled “haters.” There’s more patience for those who smilingly subvert the truth than for those who boldly defend it. Conviction is a sign of arrogance, while humility is expressed in uncertainty. Love, it seems, requires us to bear patiently with any amount of error. And this kind of love, we are told, is modeled after Jesus. Jesus did not judge, Jesus welcomed all opinions, Jesus would have accepted different kinds of teachings—so long as those teachings contained love and hints of truth.
That's a big lie!



A quick scan of the gospels, however, shows that this impression is a far cry from the Jesus of the Bible. It shows that society has reimagined Jesus through the relativism of our day. When Jesus interacted with people who were seeking, wandering, or misguided, he was invariably compassionate. He answered them with patience and gentleness. But when Jesus engaged with religious hypocrites and false teachers, he responded with righteous fury and bold conviction.

Today, those who love the truth must learn how to show such bold conviction through the old discipline of polemics—the practice of engaging in public debate and dispute. The purpose of polemics is not to score points or flex theological muscle, but to rebuke peddlers of error and to express concern for those caught up in their lies. Like the ancient heretics of Crete, today’s false teachers “must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach” (Titus 1:11). As we do this well, we imitate Jesus Christ who was a skilled polemicist.

We see an example of Jesus’ polemics in Matthew 23, where Jesus speaks to the crowd about the scribes and Pharisees. What unfolds in this scene is not private pleading but public censure. Jesus publicly addresses the deadly doctrine of these religious leaders for the benefit of their victims and potential victims. He holds nothing back. He does not make time to commend them for the things they do well. He does not temper his speech to give them the benefit of the doubt. Rather, he specifies their doctrinal error and unrighteousness actions, he labels them with strong but appropriate language, he warns of the consequences of their error, and he calls his listeners to reject the false teachers and their deadly doctrine.

Jesus Calls Out Their Doctrinal Error
These religious authorities were masking error as truth. Jesus confronts their error by telling the crowd, “They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger” (Matthew 23:4). In the name of God, these leaders advocate a works-based system of righteousness that ignores and denies God’s free grace. Jesus gives them an example of their false teaching: “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath’” (Matthew 23:15). They have reimagined the faith so they can maintain a religious veneer even as they blatantly break oaths. They adapt their beliefs so they can remain righteous according to the letter of the law even as they violate its spirit. Jesus identifies this as false doctrine and addresses it head-on.
When we respond to error by giving it the benefit of the doubt, we come close to committing the same error as false teachers: masking error as the truth. Like Jesus, we ought to love truth and love people enough to call out error for what it is.
Jesus Calls Out Their Unrighteous Actions
The religious authorities teach error as truth and, in consequence, act hypocritically. As Jesus warns the crowd of the doctrinal error of these leaders, he tells also of their ungodly actions. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others” (Matthew 23:23). And again, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean” (Matthew 23:25-26). Jesus lays bare the unrighteous actions of false teachers.
Some may find it difficult to reconcile Jesus’ love and his bold rebuke in this scene, but this betrays a dangerous tendency to separate God’s love from his relentless demand for truth. It dishonors God when we call unrighteousness good (Isaiah 5:20). It honors him when we, like Jesus, call unrighteousness evil.

Jesus Calls Out Their True Identity
Having called out their unrighteousness, he appropriately describes and labels the false teachers. In Matthew 23 alone, Jesus calls the scribes and Pharisees “hypocrites” six times. Besides that, he calls them “blind guides,” “blind fools,” “blind men,” “whitewashed tombs,” “sons of those who murdered the prophets,” “serpents,” and “brood of vipers.” You get the point. Jesus does not shy away from calling false teachers exactly what they are. “Jesus meek and mild” sinlessly expresses divine wrath toward those who would speak truth in the name of error, who would teach doctrines of demons under the banner of heaven.

It is true that we must always avoid slandering someone by calling them what they are not. But it is equally true that when God is slandered by false teachers who claim to teach in his name, we must call them out for what they are.
Jesus Calls Out Their Coming Judgment
Jesus ensures his listeners know the full gravity of this deadly doctrine. He knows that adhering to such faulty teaching will have the most dire consequences, so six times he repeats the word “woe.” This is a word of divine judgment, of abject misery that portends a final, miserable end. “You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?” (Matthew 23:32). They will not, and neither will those who submit to such odious error.
As we have explored throughout this series, false doctrine is deadly doctrine. It leads both teachers and hearers to destruction. It is good and loving to warn them of this destruction, so that “they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will” (2 Timothy 2:26).
Jesus Calls His Listeners Toward Truth
Jesus exposes the deadly doctrine and unrighteous actions of these false teachers. He appropriately describes those who espouse it, and he lays out the consequences of such error. However, polemics is not merely confronting error, but also teaching truth. And orthodoxy is not merely knowing the truth, but also submitting to it. For these reasons, Jesus appeals to his listeners to turn away from the absurdity and inconsistency of error toward God’s truth. Contrary to the scribes and Pharisees who do all their deeds to be seen by others, Jesus tells the crowd: “The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23:11-12).

If Jesus’s listeners will only apply reason and logic, they will see that this teaching cannot be true and that these actions do not promote righteousness. They will reject what is false and gladly accept what is true. They will put aside false doctrine and religious hypocrisy to instead embrace sound doctrine and godly living.

Conclusion
It’s a good time to be a false teacher and to espouse deadly doctrine. And it will continue to be unless God’s people embrace their responsibility to defend the faith and protect the vulnerable. Jesus has left us with both the mandate and the model. Jesus shows that while polemics gains few friends (after all, it was the ones he rebuked who put him to death and the ones he warned who deserted him), it honors God and saves listeners from falling into the snare of deadly doctrine.

Maranatha!

A. Ezek 28:12-17 “You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. 14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. 15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. 16 Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. 17 Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.”

1. Satan was made perfectly. He had the perfect beauty and was full of wisdom.
2. He was a guardian cherub, the highest position possible in heaven.
3. He was in a perfect sinless environment.
4. One day “wickedness was found in” him.
5. That wickedness led to rebellion and he sinned.
6. Pride was the cause of his sin. His beauty made him vain.
7. He was expelled on earth, to become a “spectacle” before kings.
It is clear here that God did not create Lucifer in order for him to sin. He was sinless. He was in a sinless environment. He had everything possible that he desired. However his beauty led to his downfall and pride filled him “with wickedness”, causing him to sin.


B. Isa 14:12-14 “How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! 13 You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." NIV
1. Lucifer was banished to earth once he rebelled against God.
2. His sin was pride: he wanted to be like God!


C. Rev 12:7-9 “And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down-that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.” NIV
1. Lucifer caused war in heaven.
2. He was not alone in this. Many angels joined his rank. Sin is catchy!
3. Lucifer and his angels were banished on this world.
4. He led astray “the whole world”.
The purpose of God for creating Lucifer was not for sinning, but to be “a guardian cherub”. He had no reason to sin. He was perfectly beautiful and had everything he could dream of. His whole environment was sinless! However pride rose in his heart and he paid attention to that “wickedness”. This led him to his rebellion against God and to his original sin of wanting to be like God. The sin came from himself. Nobody influenced him to rebel. There was no external temptation for him to sin. However he influenced angels to rebel and join his ranks. God being love gave him as well as us the freedom of choice. However choice means that we need to accept the consequences of our choices as well!
Let us try to understand this original sin a little bit better. If I were a glutton, the sight of food would cause me to want to eat all of it. However, is food sin? Not at all! Sin is caused in my heart, because I am coveting that food. Once I act on that impulse I sin. Temptation originates in the heart and we have the choice to enact upon it and thus sin. The impulse is not a sin. The action is.
This is confirmed in James 1:14-15 “But each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” NIV

Sin is thus a choice caused by our own evil desires. When pride rose in Satan’s heart he had a choice to make. Resist that temptation (1 Peter 5:9 “Resist him, standing firm in the faith…” NIV) and stay focused on God or give into that temptation and thus sin. He choose the latter and with it tons of misery to many of God’s creatures. Sin is never restricted to only the sinning individual. It affects everyone around that person!


In contrast Jesus Christ was also tempted, but yet without sinning!
Heb 2:17-18 “For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.” NIV
Heb 4:15 “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without sin.” NIV
This is why Jesus can sympathize with “our weaknesses” and is “able to help” those who “are being tempted”. Victory can be yours if you let Jesus in. If you want to experience victory in your life, accept Jesus Christ into your heart. You can do so now by answering His call at http://www.answers2prayer.org/saviours_call.html . Enjoy His victory in your life! James 1:12 “Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.” NIV

Why did sin originate in Lucifer? Is there a reason for his sin? As we have seen, sin originated in the heart of a person. But did the devil have a reason to sin? No, he had none at all. He had everything he could possibly dream of in a perfect sinless environment. His pride to be like God originated in his heart and it had no grounds to stand on. He had no reason to sin!
God could have wiped him out, as well as all of humanity for taking sides with Satan. However, God had another plan:
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” NIV
Gal 5:24-26 “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” NIV
Thank you Jesus!

So you see? Helel (Lucifer) is same as the dargon, the serpent, the devil and Satan. Do not be deceived.

He can even appear as an angel of light. A master deceiver.

God manifests as Jesus, the devil manifests as the serpent.

Will be back...

Revelation 20:2-3 King James Version (KJV)

2 And he laid hold on[b] the dragon[/b], that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Satan was the appointed of God (Jesus Christ) to rule the preAdamic earth. He is a beautiful Angel (Cherub) and because of this, pride took the better of him. He wanted to extend his God-given reign to the heavens . He tried, but was brutally craahed and cast down back to the earth.

When Satan fell, God created man (Adam) and handed him the authority he had earlier delegated to the proud Satan. This apparently , made Satan envy man. Satan was the spirit In the serpent that deceived Mr and Mrs Adam no wonder Revelations 20:2 calls him that old serpent.

He is a liar and very cunning. He is behind all cults and false religions. He tries to deceive by using his agents to spread the lie that, the devil , Satan and Lucifer are different beings. But Revelations 20:2 has exposed him.

If you have been born of God, you don't have to fear him since our Lord Jesus has long defeated him. Sons of God are not under Satan's rulership.

Will be right back...

Janosky:
Spit on your stupidity.....
In heaven your "creator Jesus" is the son of Jehovah, his God and my God. Rev3:2,5. John 20:17
Jehovah my God and Jesus Father owns the throne (Rev3:21

You will die in your sins if you dont believe I AM HE

And remember, there is no time!

How To Pray: An In-Depth Guide To Meeting With God

January 16, 2019 by Stephen Altrogge
Did anyone ever teach you how to pray?
Probably not. After all, prayer is one of those things that we tend to learn by watching. If you grew up in a Christian home like me, you learned how to pray primarily by watching your parents and then doing what they did. (I’m sure my parents taught me more explicitly about prayer, but their example is what I remember most.)
If you came to faith later in life, maybe you learned how to pray by attending prayer meetings and observing what was done.
Here’s my main point with all of this: given the staggering power and privilege of prayer, we all could probably use some biblical instruction on how to pray.

Learning to pray by osmosis is a good thing.
Learning how to pray from the Bible is even better.
After all, God does have a thing or twenty to say about prayer.
To be clear, I’m no prayer warrior. This guide is just as much for me as anyone else. So let’s learn how to pray to God together.


1. How To Pray: With Reverence
The first step in learning how to pray is to remember who we are praying to. Prayer is no small thing. It is not an empty religious ritual where we mindlessly chant words. When we pray, we are coming before the living God, the King of Kings, the one who sustains the universe and keeps it from coming apart at the seams.
When Isaiah caught a glimpse of God, he was completely and totally undone. When he realized how holy and pure and righteous God was, he unraveled at the very core of his being.
In Isaiah 6:2-4, we see what Isaiah saw:
Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

This is the God to whom we pray. He is holy, holy, holy. He burns with such brightness that the angels cover their eyes. He dwells in unimaginable glory.
Do you want to know how to pray to God? Pray with humble reverence. Praise God for his breathtaking, overwhelming power and beauty and holiness. Bow your heart low before him.

2. How To Pray: Intimately
Yes, God is infinitely holy and righteous. But if you are in Christ, then God is also your Father. This is an absolutely breathtaking truth that should dramatically shape learning how to pray.
Prayer is a conversation with our divine Father, and oh how much our Father loves us. In Matthew 7:11, Jesus said:
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
I have three kids, and because I love them so much, I want them to ask me for things. I want them to ask if we can play “Uno” or if they can have an Oreo or if I’ll pay for them to do gymnastics. I’m their dad, and my heart pulses with affection for them. I delight to give my children good gifts.
God’s love for us is infinitely greater than my love for my children. He takes deep pleasure in giving good gifts to us. He loves to bless us.
Doesn’t that change the way you think about prayer? When it comes to how to pray to God, we don’t need to twist his arm to get blessings. He is eager and ready to pour them out on us.
I love how Tim Keller puts it:
The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access.

Do you want to know how to pray? Pray to God with deep, heartfelt intimacy. Bring your every request to him, knowing that his posture toward you is one of love and generosity. He is eagerly waiting to hear your requests.
Approach the throne of grace with boldness, knowing that your Father sits upon it.

3. How To Pray: With Strong Faith
If God loves to give good gifts to us, then it follows that we should pray with faith. When we pray, we should believe that God really will answer our prayers.
No, I’m not advocating some sort of name and claim it theology that results in all of us receiving brand new cars and bags of money.
But when I see the promises Jesus made about prayer, I’m aware that all too often my faith is extraordinarily weak. In Mark 11:22-24, Jesus said to his disciples:
Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
This is a mind-boggling promise. When we pray, we are to believe that we will receive it from God.
Are there times when God says, “No,”? Of course. I’m so grateful for the many times God hasn’t granted my insane requests of him.
But when it comes to learning how to pray to God, our primary attitude should be faith. Our prayers should be pulsing with faith that God loves to bless and wants to give us good things.
Do you want to learn how to pray? Let your prayers be absolutely brimming over with faith.

4. How To Pray: With Much Thanksgiving
It’s so easy to ask, ask, ask, without pausing to first give thanks to God. Our lives are absolutely bursting with blessings if we only have eyes to see them. When learning how to pray, it’s absolutely critical that we learn the discipline of thanksgiving.
Psalm 30:4 says, “Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.”
Psalm 9:1 says, “I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.”
It’s so important to remember that prayer is a conversation with God, not some sort of magical formula that produces everything we want. We are in a covenant relationship with God. He is our God and we are his people. Prayer is actively engaging with our God, casting all our cares on him because we know he cares for us.
When God blesses us, the only right response is overflowing thanksgiving. We don’t deserve the overwhelming blessings God pours into our lives, and yet he never stops blessing us.
A lack of gratitude dishonors the Lord.
In his helpful book Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy With God, Tim Keller says:
We are never as thankful as we should be. When good things come to us, we do everything possible to tell ourselves we accomplished that or at least deserve it. We take the credit. And when our lives simply are going along pretty smoothly, without a lot of difficulties, we don’t live in quiet, amazed, thankful consciousness of it. In the end, we not only rob God of the glory due him, but the assumption that we are keeping our lives going robs us of the joy and relief that constant gratitude to an all-powerful God brings.
When learning how to pray, it’s critical that thanksgiving be part of the equation.
5. How To Pray: Boldly
When thinking about how to pray, it’s easy to feel like our requests need to be perfect. Like we need to ensure that all our motives are correct and that we say the right words. As if God only accepts perfectly crafted prayers.
But here’s the good news. Jesus himself is praying for us. Romans 8:34 says:
Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
When we pray, Jesus also prays for us. And he takes our weak, feeble, sloppy prayers, and presents them to God on our behalf. His righteousness purifies our prayers and makes them acceptable to God.
When learning how to pray, we don’t need to be constantly worried that our prayers aren’t “good enough”. Rather, we can trust that Jesus himself is making our prayers beautiful to the Father.
Again, to quote Paul Miller from A Praying Life:
God also cheers when we come to him with our wobbling, unsteady prayers. Jesus does not say, “Come to me, all you who have learned how to concentrate in prayer, whose minds no longer wander, and I will give you rest.
Isn’t that good news? We don’t have to learn how to pray perfectly. We don’t have to memorize lengthy prayers and then recite them flawlessly in order for God to accept our prayers.
We come to God with our messy, flawed, often misguided prayers, and he joyfully accepts them because of Jesus.
6. How To Pray: With The Bible Open
One of the most effective ways to learn how to pray is to pray with your Bible open. God has given us so many promises in his word, and each of those promises is an invitation to pray.
For example, in Philippians 4:19, Paul writes:
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
We can take this promise and use it as a springboard for prayer. You could pray something like, “Lord, you’ve promised to supply all my needs. Please provide for me today in every way, financially, spiritually, emotionally, and any other need I may encounter.”
I love how Charles Spurgeon put it:
The best praying man is the man who is most believingly familiar with the promises of God. After all, prayer is nothing but taking God’s promises to him, and saying to him, “Do as thou hast said.” Prayer is the promise utilized. A prayer which is not based on a promise has no true foundation.
If you want to learn how to pray, let the scriptures guide you. Take each promise of God and pray it back to him, confident that he will be faithful to fulfill his promises.

7. How To Pray: At All Times In Every Way
The beauty of prayer is that, because we are in Christ, God welcomes all types of prayers. Short prayers, silent prayers, prayers in the car, single sentence prayers before a meeting, prayers of desperation, etc.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Paul writes:
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Paul is describing a life where communion with God is happening constantly. We’re called to cultivate a mindset of constant prayer and rejoicing and thanksgiving. Prayer isn’t primarily something that happens at a given time and in a given place, although it’s certainly helpful to have designated times of prayer.
Rather, prayer is primarily a lifestyle. It is the habit of constantly conversing with God, casting cares upon him, giving thanks for blessings, and rejoicing in his goodness. As you learn to pray, don’t restrict yourself. Pray at all times in all places to God.
The great preacher D.M. Lloyd Jones said:
Always respond to every impulse to pray. I would make an absolute law of this – always obey such an impulse.
Where does it come from? It is the work of the Holy Spirit; it is a part of the meaning of ‘Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure’ (Phil 2:12-13).
I absolutely love that. Any time we feel the slightest impulse to pray, do it. Those impulses are the Holy Spirit working in us.
Let Us Learn How To Pray
Is there any greater privilege than prayer? Prayer is inviting God into the nitty-gritty details of our lives and asking him to do great things. And the testimony of millions of God’s people is that God indeed does do great things in response to prayer.
So let us learn how to pray. We’ll never regret a moment spent in prayer. We will regret all the times we failed to pray and tried to carry burdens on our own.

By Kenneth Copeland

You can be guided by the Holy Spirit 24/7. Here are five steps to help you learn how to walk in the spirit.



What’s the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning? A cup of coffee? How comfortable your bed is? Your list of things to do? Every decision and step we take each day is driven by something—a growling stomach, a sense of responsibility, a desire for success. Your day is determined by one of two driving forces—your flesh or your spirit.



What’s the default setting and the natural thing to do? To let the flesh control you. The flesh is loud and demanding. It likes to have its own way, and it sure doesn’t give up easily. It may not seem like it, but you have control over what controls you. You aren’t meant to let your flesh rule your life—you’re meant to walk in the spirit and live on a higher level, where victory reigns and righteousness rules. You can walk in the spirit and be guided by the Holy Spirit 24/7.



Do you want to know how to walk in the spirit? You can do it! The Spirit of God is in you right now. You may not feel like it, but He is there—speaking to you, directing you to freedom and blessing. God wants you to operate in the realm of the spirit—not in this natural world—because that’s how you live the life you’ve always dreamed of. That’s how you claim victory—by walking in the spirit.



If you’re feeling discouraged and defeated—there is a better quality of life available to you when you walk in the spirit, but it won’t happen overnight. It is a transformation from one degree of glory to another and one move of obedience to another. To begin enjoying the blessings of a Spirit-led life, here are five steps to help you learn how to walk in the spirit.



Step No. 1: Walk in the Spirit by Throwing Off Hindrances

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” –Hebrews 12:1, NIV



Notice this verse doesn’t say anything about gently removing things one at a time. No! It says to throw them off. If you’ve ever seen someone who has come in contact with fire ants or bees, you know they don’t stop and consider whether they should remove them, and they certainly don’t do so slowly. They make a vigorous and determined effort to get those pests away from them. Why? Because they know the damage and pain that could be inflicted if left unaddressed.



So, don’t sit around wondering if you should stop sinning or cast the devil out of your life—get rid of it! You weren’t created to be a slave to anything.



What is a hindrance?



Anything that is out of line with the Word of God is a hindrance. That’s why Satan is so determined to strap hindrances onto your spirit. He wants to slow you down and keep you from reaching THE BLESSING. Hindrances can include any of the following:



Sexual vice, impurity, unholy desires, greed
Anger, rage, bad feelings toward others, cursing, slander, foul-mouth abuse and shameful utterances
Adultery, fornication, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strife, envy, murders, drunkenness and anything like them (Colossians 3:5-6; Galatians 5:19).


How can you throw off hindrances?



“We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus.” –Hebrews 12:2

To get rid of those things that are slowing you down, and to walk in the spirit, the natural world has to become small in your heart and mind, while the things of God become bigger and bigger. If you have a sin habit in your life—something you know isn’t pleasing to God—now is the time to rid your life of it as fast as you would get away from fire ants and bees.



Maybe there are some things you watch on television you shouldn’t be watching. Things that deplete your spirit. There are times when you just need to say “no” out loud when something is displeasing to the Father. Even shout it out if you need to. Say, “No, I do not receive that. I cast down every high imagination that tries to exalt itself against God.”



Allow the Holy Spirit to correct and guide you as you work toward walking in the spirit every day. He will help you not only to separate yourself from the world, but to desire the things of God more than anything else.



Step No. 2: Walk in the Spirit by Sowing to the Spirit

“He who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.” –Galatians 6:8, NKJV



The New Testament in Modern English by J. B. Phillips says, “A man’s harvest in life will depend entirely on what he sows.” This means, if you want to walk in the spirit, you can’t sow your time to the world. You’ve got to sow to the spirit to reap the harvest of a blessed and fulfilled life—lacking nothing.



How do you sow to the spirit?



With your time. Many Christians don’t grow because they don’t get the Word into themselves. If you don’t give God time, natural voices will overwhelm His Spirit in your life.



Sure, you have things you need to do in the natural—but they shouldn’t take up all your time. Give your spirit the opportunity to feed on the Word of God, fellowship with Him, and build yourself up in faith. It doesn’t take a lot of time. Kenneth E. Hagin once prophesied the importance of giving the Lord a tithe of your time—just an hour or two each day. You might say, I don’t have an hour! But the truth is—you’ll make time for anything if it’s important enough. There are no shortcuts to the good life.



When you sow to the spirit, it will take you into a realm where you’ve never been before. In fact, when you get to a place where the truth of God’s Word is so real, the Spirit of God will rise up on the inside of you and you’ll do things you never would have done before.







There was a Christian woman who was on a bus in Washington, D.C. At one point during her trip, some men got on the bus and started robbing people one at a time—taking money, jewelry and possessions. But when they got to this little woman, the power of God came upon her and she said, “In the Name of Jesus, take your hands off me!” It just leapt out of her without her even thinking about it. Well, those men didn’t bother her—in fact, they got off the bus as fast as they could!



She was walking in the spirit that day, and that’s the kind of power available to you when you walk in the spirit.



Step No. 3: Walk in the Spirit by Presenting Your Body as a Living Sacrifice

“Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”—Romans 12:1-2, NKJV



At first, that sounds like a big commitment. It is! But that’s what Jesus did for us—He presented His body a living sacrifice. But what does this really mean for us? How do we present our body as a living sacrifice to God?



Lay aside the things of the world. This means being willing to give up activities, friends or habits that don’t match God’s best for our lives—walking away from anything that is not pleasing to the Lord.


For more on guarding your heart from the world, find it here.



Obey righteousness, not the flesh. The reason people get so good at sin is because they practice it. For example, a person doesn’t become an alcoholic the first time he takes a drink. He had to practice drinking until the flesh was trained to demand it. To become good at obeying the Holy Spirit, we must practice.


Make a daily decision. You make a decision to put on the Spirit each day the same way you would put on a coat. Pastor George Pearsons presents himself to the Lord as a living sacrifice, according to Romans 12:1, by speaking the following declaration first thing every morning:


Father, I present my body to You as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to You, for this is my reasonable service—my divine worship for You. I command my body to submit to my spirit. Father, according to Hebrews 12:1-2, I lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles me so that I may run with patience the race that is set before me, looking unto Jesus, who is the Author and Finisher of my faith.



In Jesus’ Name, I am taking command of my body. Body, mind, you can’t tell me what to do or think. Spirit man, you’re in charge. Body and mind, you submit to the spirit.



As you continue to present yourself to the Lord, it may take some time for things to straighten out, but if you’re willing to be obedient, it won’t take long. It would be backward for us to say we’ll get things right in our lives first, and then walk in the spirit. As we obey the Holy Spirit’s leading first, the other things in our life will straighten out.




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Step No. 4: Walk in the Spirit by Praying in the Spirit Daily

“For we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.” –Romans 8:26, AMPC



The most powerful way to begin walking in the spirit is to start praying in the spirit—it is the gateway to living life above what you have ever known. Praying in the spirit accomplishes so much all at once.



It charges and strengthens your spirit.
It enables you to overcome the weakness of the flesh—any bad habits.
It makes it easier to receive from God and keep what you have received.
It strengthens your ability to resist the devil.
It causes your inner man to rise up in adversity.
It reveals things to your spirit you could never know by your own ability.


Watch as Kenneth Copeland talks more about praying in the spirit:





If you want to go higher with God and grow spiritually, start praying in the spirit an hour every day. As a result, you will see so much power in your life, you’ll never want to make a decision without praying in the spirit again. It is the secret to revelation in our lives. In fact, the Bible tells us God will reveal mysteries to us when we pray in the spirit (1 Corinthians 14:2).



There was a church in Russia that was holding underground meetings. But, every time they met, the KGB would come and break it up because they had an informant in their meetings. So, the pastor finally told his congregation that he was not going to announce the time and location of the next meeting. Instead, they would have to pray in the spirit to find out. At the next meeting, every person but one showed up in the right place. That’s the power of walking in the spirit.



Step No. 5: Walk in the Spirit by Obeying the Promptings of the Holy Spirit

“The sheep follow him, for they know his voice.” –John 10:4, ESV



The Holy Spirit is ALWAYS speaking to you. There’s an answer to every problem you’re facing today—whether financial, health or family related. The worst problem in your marriage, health or finances is only one word from the Lord away from a complete turnaround. How can you access these answers? Through heeding the voice of the Holy Spirit.



The question is: How far do you want to go in your walk with God?



So many times, people will say I’d go to Africa or China if God asked me to, yet they won’t obey Him in the small things. They won’t forgive someone; they won’t stop watching ungodly television programming; they won’t spend time with Him daily.



That’s what happened to Peter. He told Jesus, “I’d die for You,” yet when Jesus simply asked him to watch and pray with Him one hour, he fell asleep.



Everything God tells you to do is important. So, tune in to the Spirit of the Lord in all things, even when He’s telling you something that seems small, or something you don’t want to hear.



Confess this every day: “I hear the voice of the Good Shepherd, and a stranger’s voice I will not follow” (John 10:5).



When you obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit, you will be in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing with the right people. And you will have success and victory in everything you do.



When you take these five steps toward walking in the spirit, there will be no limit to what you can achieve. You will stop letting your flesh control you and begin living a Spirit-led life of peace, joy and blessing beyond anything you’ve ever hoped or imagined. You will live the God kind of life right here on earth!


Glory

Boxing is violent sport,
To win, a boxer oughts to inflict pain on his opponent, sometimes leading to serious injuries and even death.

Well, some say it is sport.
Just like football and the others.
But how about Jesus' teaching of turning the left cheek? Well, some might also argue, how about soldiers? They are trained to kill.


What do you think?

Boxing...

Bynz:
Thank you!

We thank Jesus

Praising God

Praising God - The First Thing!
Do you know that praising God is the best thing to do first before anything else? Have you ever been in a situation that you feel all alone? Or have you encountered a difficult situation in your life and you don't know what to do, like losing your job or suffering the loss of someone very close to your heart? Consider the good times such as when you receive a raise from your boss or earn high marks at school? What do you usually do during these moments? Praising God makes every circumstance of our lives complete, essential, and eminently worthwhile.

Webster defines the word praise as to say good things about and it is synonymous to words such as admire, commend, extol, honor, and worship. A definition of Christian praise is the joyful thanking and adoring of God, the celebration of His goodness and grace.1 This simply implies that the act of praising is rightfully due to God alone.

Praising God - Why?
Why is praising God important? The reasons are countless. First, God deserves to be praised and He is worthy to receive our praise:

"For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods" (Psalm 96:4).
"Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom" (Psalm 145:3).
"I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies" (2 Samuel 22:4).
"You are worthy, our LORD and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being" (Revelation 4:11).


Second, praising God is useful and favorable for us. By praising God, we are reminded of the greatness of God! His power and presence in our lives is reinforced in our understanding. "Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant" (Psalm 135:3).


Third, praise discharges strength in faith, which causes God to move on our behalf. "From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger" (Psalm 8:2). Praising God also transforms the spiritual environment that we have. 2 Chronicles 5:13-14 clearly illustrates the alteration that happened when the Levites gave praise and thanks to the Lord and the temple was filled with a cloud signifying the glory of God. "The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one voice, to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, they raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: 'He is good; his love endures forever.' Then the temple of the LORD was filled with a cloud, and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the temple of God."


Fourth, God inhabits the atmosphere of praise. Psalm 22:3says, "But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel" (KJV). If we want to see a clear manifestation of God's blessings and grace, all we need to do is to praise Him with all our heart, our mind, and our soul.
Praising God - Who and When?
Who is to praise God? "Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD," states Psalm 150:6.

"I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips (Psalm 34:1)."
"Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands" (Psalm 63:3-4).

"Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD" (Psalm 134:1-2).
We cannot embark on the true joy and benefits of praising God unless we have received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. As children of God, He dwells in our bodies through the Holy Spirit. This means that wherever we go, God is to be praised. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 states that "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body."

Praising God - How to Praise and Worship God
How is praising God possible? Singing songs and hymns, clapping our hands, even jumping for joy…the list is endless. We can give glory and praise to our God with the use of our physical bodies, with our hearts and minds, and with our deeds. There are many ways to praise God! No matter how you praise and worship God, it should result in an awe of God's power, love, and grace for all of us!

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MuttleyLaff:
1/ Are these two all that Jude rebuked?
2/ What are bible references for these two you've listed?

It is only a charlatan that will write or type a comment out in this manner.

Thank you.

MuttleyLaff:
Please list each and every one of the false doctrine rebuked by Jude

False teaching of sinning in comfort
Denying the only Lord Jesus Christ

The verse really hurt you? I am glad

Jude 1:3-4 (NASB)

"Beloved, while I was making EVERY EFFORT to write you about our common SALVATION, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you CONTEND EARNESTLY for the FAITH which was once for all handed down to the saints. 4) For CERTAIN PERSONS have CREPT IN UNNOTICED, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, UNGODLY PERSONS who turn the GRACE of our GOD into LICENTIOUSNESS (immoral sensuality) and DENY our only MASTER and LORD, JESUS CHRIST."

Rebuke them. Point the truth out.
Any church that doesn't have Christ Jesus as the foundation is False

Without apology.
Any church that exalts any other name aside Jesus Christ is false.

Any church that holds doctrines contrary to the early church in the bible is false

Speak out, you will be called names but hey speak out.

All religions are false except Christ Jesus and him crucified.

Jesus is the only way.

Jesus is the name above all names, at the mention of this name, all knees bow

Knees of Allah, Mohammed, Buddha, Krishna (Satan), Jehovah, amadioha etc all bow.

Don't be afraid, speak the truth.

There is no Jehovah in the Bible. There is YHWH , which the Psalmist gave us a clue of it's sound, YAH

Jesus Christ is Lord of all

budaatum:
Perhaps you should seek understanding instead of doing that which satan does and shudders.

Yes, your father satan

[quote author=budaatum post=81336691][/quote]Same guy who doesnt believe the bible quoting the bible

budaatum:
That, indeed is what they call those who use their God given brain. In Jesus time, [url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+12%3A22-32%2CLuke+11%3A14-23&version=NOG]you[/url] would say there are demons in us.

We forgive you because you know not what you say.

Keep fooling yourself

budaatum:
I hope this continues to come up until the mystery is revealed. All through the Gospels, Jesus never said he was God. We actually admire him for his humility in not making such a claim, though, as a Jew, he would never have stupidly disobeyed the first commandment that states how jealous God can be. Yet, today, we appear to have unquestionably bought into the idea that Jesus is God and at the same time not questioning whether we have broken the second commandment.

It is indeed a sign of immaturity to not reason with ones mind and think with ones brain, but we surely grow and will one day understand what exactly is meant when it is said that "Jesus is the Word".

Another Anti-Christ

JW is a cult

2 Timothy 3:6-7

“For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”


Your guess is as good as mine.
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Janosky:
"The only one who has immortality, dwelling
in the light which no man can approach
unto, whom no man has seen nor can see,
to whom be honour and power everlasting.
Amen." 1 Timothy 6:16.

No man hath seen God at any time"
John1:18.

Gbagbo LIAR, does Jesus Christ have immortality?

Gbagbo ,Weep for your LIES.

John 14:8-10

8 Philip says to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us”. 9 Jesus says to him, “Am I with you[a] all for so long a time, and you[b] have not known[c] Me, Philip?— the one having seen Me has seen the Father. How is it you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

“Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

A fire provides warmth, light and comfort. But if a fire gets out of control, it can destroy your home, your possessions and even your life. Sex is a lot like that. The proper place for sex is between a husband and wife. Outside of that relationship, sex is destructive to you and to others, just like an out of control fire. Here are 3 important reasons to avoid sexual sin.

1. Sex Affects Our Body, Mind and Spirit
God created us with a body, a mind and a spirit. These parts of us are completely woven together. When we use our bodies to do things outside of God’s will, we not only impact our body, but our mind and soul as well.

2. It Offends God
God wants us to avoid sexual sin. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 says “God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.” When you came to know Christ, His Spirit came to live in you. When we sin sexually, we are, in a way, “taking Him along for the ride” – to a place He tells us not to go. After King David confessed his sexual sin, he addressed God, saying “Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight” (Psalm 51:4).

3. It Hurts Others
Jesus said, “If you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea” (Matthew 18:6) The Lord uses very strong language here, because our responsibility as His followers is to teach others godly behavior that glorifies Him. Leading another believer into sin is the exact opposite of what we should do.

When we are tempted to lead someone we believe we love into sin, we have to question if the feelings we have for that person are really love. After all, God reveals to us that love is patient, not selfish, and that it does not take pleasure in evil. Instead, love waits patiently with the best of intentions toward the other person. (1 Corinthians 13:5-7, Ephesians 5:25-28)

How do we leave sexual sin?
God always gives us hope and a way out (1 Corinthians 10:13). Whatever you have done, know that God is always ready to forgive (1 John 1:9). Are you ready to accept Jesus and leave sexual sin?

*What it means to live a holy life? *

By Kenneth Copeland

When you make a decision to be set apart from the world and live in holiness, you will unlock the supernatural! Get three ways to live a holy life below.

 

There’s a dimension of living you can only experience when you make a decision to please the Father in every area of your life. In that dimension, Jesus becomes real to you and manifests Himself to you. As you discover how to be holy, His power becomes alive in you.

 

Just after the turn of the 20th century, God poured out His Spirit and started a revival on Azusa Street in California. It was an awesome time, a time when people’s entire lives were turned inside out. Everything else in their world seemed to lose importance. Supernatural things were happening, and God was manifesting Himself in their midst.

 

The people involved in the Azusa Street Revival soon began to be known to the world as “holiness” people. They got that title because they were so obviously different from everyone else. Few believers today even know what holiness means. Even fewer understand the outpouring of God that comes to those who dare to step into it.

 

What Is Holiness?

“You put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.” –Ephesians 4:24 (NKJV)

 

This scripture tells us that righteousness and holiness are two different things. Righteousness is what happened to you when you were born again.  You were made righteous when you made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life. He provided right-standing with God for you at the Cross.

 

But holiness is another matter.  Exactly what does the word holiness mean? It simply means “separation to God” or “conduct befitting those so separated.” To separate means “to set apart, to disunite, to divide, to sever, to disconnect, to part company, to go in a different direction, to cease to be associated, to become distinct or disengage as cream separates from milk and rises to the top.”

 

Holiness is a decision of your will—it is what you choose to do with your life.  It is your conduct—living according to God’s commandments. In short, holiness is doing those things that please Him. It’s what you do with your time and your actions. It is living to please God—and it bears fruit!

 

As Andrew Wommack has said, “Holiness is a fruit, not the root.” In other words, living a holy life is not the way to God—it is a byproduct of being born again. You don’t live a holy life to get God to love you—He already loves you! You don’t live holy to get saved or to get God to move. You live holy because you are motivated by your relationship with and love for your heavenly Father. You are responding to the love of God rather than trying to get Him to respond to you.

 

So, how can you live a holy life? When you disconnect from the world, flee from temptation and obey God’s Word, you will live a life that is pleasing to the Lord—you will be holy.

 


1. Disconnect From the World to Live a Holy Life

“Do not be conformed to this world.” –Romans 12:2 (ESV)

 

The Bible warns us again and again that there should be a definite line drawn between us and the world. That means our thoughts, actions, words and behaviors should be noticeably different—we should look like Jesus! The Bible says, “As the One Who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all your conduct and manner of living” (1 Peter 1:15, AMPC).

 

Sadly, that’s not how most Christians live. They go to church and act nicely on Sunday, then live like the world the rest of the week. This should not be! “We have been set apart as holy” (Hebrews 10:10, GW).

 

To be set apart means we’re not living like the world, not thinking like the world, not sick like the world, not broke like the world, not without resources and power like the world, not engaging in sin like the world. Instead, we’re separated from the world, and walking with God in His ways.

 

How can we do this? A lot of it has to do with what we’re feeding on. If you spend most of your time watching secular television, listening to secular music, watching the news, and hanging out with unbelievers—you’re unequally yoked with the world, and it will have an effect on you—whether you believe it or not.

 

In this world, sexual sin, violence, foul language and drunkenness are celebrated, while morality and Christian values are laughed at. That’s why 2 Corinthians 6:14 says, “Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?”

 

We should minister to non-Christians—they need the good news. But this scripture is telling us it is not good to have ongoing fellowship with them. Don’t hang out or let your hair down with that group. They’ll end up having a negative effect on you. “If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God” (James 4:4).

 

Sometimes, it can feel challenging to be set apart because it means we stand out, and God knew ahead of time that this would involve persecution. “The world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world” (John 17:14). But remember, great blessings and honor come to those who are persecuted for His sake (Matthew 5:10; 1 Peter 3:13-17).

 

Discover The 7 Habits of Strong Christians here.

 

First John 2:15 (NIV) says, “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.”

 

When you were born again, you were translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God’s Son (Colossians 1:13). You were taken and lifted out of darkness. You were separated. You were severed. Now, you can go back in that darkness if you want to. The devil can’t make you go back to the darkness without your agreement, and God won’t make you stay in the light. It’s your choice.

 

That’s a sobering thought! But the Bible instructs us to be sober in these last days. It teaches that we should be serious about sanctifying ourselves; that we should “follow…holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14, KJV).

 

If we want to live a holy life, we must be disconnected from the world and its ways, and connected to God and His ways.

 

“But we’re just human beings,” you may say. “Is it really possible for us to be holy?”

 

Yes, it is, because we’ve been born again. When that happened, we were separated to God on the inside. Now, God expects us to walk out that separation so that it will take effect on the outside.

 

Holiness isn’t a scary thing that only a few people achieve. Everyone in the Body of Christ should walk in holiness. We have been given the robe of righteousness, but we have to maintain it. We have the HOLY Spirit living inside us for that purpose—He directs us in holiness. We can do our part if we choose to disconnect from the world.

 

2. Flee from Temptation, to Live a Holy Life

“Flee the evil desires.” –2 Timothy 2:22 (NIV)

 

You can resist any temptation that comes your way. Did you know that? We’ve got power. First Corinthians 10:13 says, “When you are tempted, [God] will also provide a way out” (NIV). We must flee from temptation, to live a holy life.

 

Whose job is it to keep ourselves pure? Whose job is it to straighten out things that are displeasing to God in our lives? To flee from temptation? Is God responsible? Was He responsible for Adam and Eve when they disobeyed Him in the garden? No. He told them exactly what to do. But they had a choice, and they knew what they were doing.

 

We have a choice, too. “Let us cleanse ourselves” (2 Corinthians 7:1). We’re temples of the Holy Ghost—indwelt by the Spirit of God. So, when our flesh rises up, the Bible says to crucify it (Galatians 5:24).

 

What does that mean?  That means you don’t let your flesh live any way it wants to live. You crucify it. When it wants to do or say things it shouldn’t do or say, you say, “Body, shut up. You are not going there. You are not doing that. I don’t even want to hear that.”

 

It isn’t a sin to be tempted. Sin is yielding to and acting on it. When temptation comes, it’s often a thought that seems to come out of left field. That is just the devil seeing if you’ll go for it. So, what do you do when that happens? You say, “I rebuke you in the Name of Jesus, Satan. You get out of here.”

 

Kenneth Hagin said many times: “You can’t stop the birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them from nesting in your hair.” And that’s exactly the way it is with thoughts from the outside—those temptations coming to you from all directions.

 

That’s what happened with Joseph. Potiphar’s wife said, “Come to bed with me.” In so many words, he said, “No way.” But one day, she just jerked his clothes off of him. His response? He did exactly what the New Testament says to do, which is “flee from sexual immorality” (1 Corinthians 6:18, NIV).And that’s exactly what we need to do—we need to flee from temptation, to be able to live a holy life.

 

Adultery, fornication and every kind of sexual immorality is in epidemic proportions in the Church—and it’s time to take a stand against Satan’s work. To live a holy life, you have to flee from temptation. Don’t entertain it, don’t consider it, don’t have lunch with it. Don’t think twice about it. Flee.

 

3. Obey the Word of God to Live a Holy Life

“Be holy in all you do.”—1 Peter 1:15 (NIV)

 

As we’ve already discovered, holiness simply means separated to God. It’s what you do with your life day by day. It’s ordering your conduct according to the Word of God and the promptings of the Holy Spirit. If you’re separated to God, you will obey His Word—not just some of the time, and not just by obeying some of His commandments, but all the time, obeying all His commandments to the best of your ability.

 

If you are living separated to God, disconnected from darkness, you will stand out and be distinguished. Many people are born again, but they never disconnect from their old lives. They never spend enough time hearing from God, reading the Word for themselves, praying, or learning how to listen to the Holy Spirit within themselves—teaching them how to be separate from the world. As a result, they never change on the outside. But the change on the outside is what enables you to walk free.


 

It’s when you change on the outside that you experience the blessings of God. When you change on the outside, you experience all that God provided for you when He saved you. That’s when you will walk in holiness.

 

Obeying the Word is the same today as it has always been. Sin hasn’t changed; God’s commandments haven’t changed. The world, society and what is deemed acceptable is always changing. For example, it used to be scandalous to get a divorce. But hearts have hardened, and over time, it has become more and more acceptable—even in the Church.  Well, just because things are viewed differently in the world doesn’t mean the Word of God has changed.

 

So, to live a holy life, we don’t go by what the world says is good and right. We don’t call evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). We keep ourselves on God’s side of the line—obeying His Word.

 
how when you follow God’s Word, He will manifest Himself to you, and blessings will overtake you!


We keep ourselves on God’s side of the line of walking in love by continually putting the Word in our eyes, in our ears, day by day, letting God speak to us, listening to His correction and instruction, and letting the Word of God prosper our souls. If you aren’t hearing God correct you—you aren’t listening! He will always be correcting you and telling you how to come higher and higher.

 

Your obedience to His Word is an act of holiness, but only if it is motivated by love (1 Corinthians 13:3). So, be sure your heart is right when you act on the Word.

 

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In conclusion, when you disconnect from the world, flee from temptation and obey the Word of God, you will be living a holy life motivated by the love of God. Holiness doesn’t happen to anyone by accident. It requires a decision of the will. Make that decision today.

Great piece

Jesus Christ seated at the right hand of God actually means, Jesus Christ is seated on the highest throne , the throne of God

That is why they killed him.