MEANING OF NAMES
There is a Spirit accompanying Names, in Scripture we find many people were who changed their names, some at the beginning of the ministry or before the ministry began. Abraham was first called Abram (Genesis 17: 5), Sarai was changed to Sarah, Jacob was changed to Israel. It is therefore important to know the meaning of the names before you give the baby a name or before you give yourself a name.
Note: If you give a name to a child no matter how good a name is or how good its translation is, if the child is not raised in godliness, he/she will still be bad, and when he/she dies they will go to a burning hell.
Likewise, a child may have a bad name, but if they are brought up in the right way, that does not stop God from not using him/her, and his/her name still can exist in the book of Life.
Because the names in the book of life are not written according to their interpretation, but according to the deeds!! There will be many good names in the Lake of Fire, and there will also many who have no good names in Heaven.
And nurturing is not only takes her/him to church every Sunday, but also to teach them the ways of the Lord daily even at home! while you as a parent showing a godly example.
But all in all it is good to give a baby a good name which has a translation!
- MEANING OF THE NAME “JESUS”
This is the most “powerful” name, above all, for all generations to the end of the world, there will be no greater than this for all time, and its meaning is JEHOVAH THE SAVIOUR, so Jesus is the Savior of the World.
- MEANING OF THE NAME JOHN
It means “Jehovah is Gracious”. Origin of this name is Jewish, John the Baptist was named this as well as John the Disciple of Jesus, Andrew’s brother.
- MEANING OF LUKE
It means “Lukania” Lukania is the southernmost point of Italy, where its interpretation remains unknown to this day.
- MEANING OF MATTHEW’S NAME
Its translation is “The Gift of the LORD” Its origin is in the Hebrew language
- MEANING OF THE NAME PAUL
It means “Humble”
- MEANING OF THE NAME JEREMIAH
It means “the LORD shall exalt or exalt”. The origin of this name is Hebrew.
- MEANING OF ANY NAME or JOB
Meaning. It is “Abhorred or Abused” its origin is in the Hebrew language.
- MEANING OF SAMUEL’S NAME
Its meaning “God has heard” of its origin is the Hebrew language.
- MEANING FOR PETER
Its translation is a small stone (throwing like stone), the origin of this name is Greek.
- MEANING OF THE NAME OF GRACE
Meaning of Grace is a special privilege that a person or thing can receive, that privilege has no specific cause. Only God gives Grace.
- MEANING OF NAME ETHAN
His translation is “Steadfast, Steady” The origin of this name is Hebrew, in the Bible he appeared to Ethan the wise man in Psalm 89
- MEANING OF NAME IVAN
Ivan and John are the same names, except for Ivan is in the current Russian language, but the same as John, whose translation is “Jehovah is Gracious”
- MEANING OF NAME CHARLES
The name Charles comes from the German word “karl” which translates to “man”.
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What kind of ballot was used by the people who travelled with Jonah?
ANSWER: The Bible does not say which kind of ballot was cast there, whether it was a casting dice or that everyone wrote their own opinion and when they did it all seemed to be focus on Jonah.
The biggest lesson we can learn is that …God can use any means to accomplish His purpose. He can use a formal or informal way.
For example, if you are a good student of the Bible you will find out that God gave David the whole kingdom of Israel through conspiracy.
God promised him to be king over all Israel and anointed him with the hands of the prophet Samuel sometimes back… but when the day came for that prophecy to be fulfilled, the king of Israel (David) did not get the kingdom by vote but by conspiracy. That is, the king of Saul’s son was conspired, and David came to power.
It was some people who were living in the King’s palace ambushed the king and killed him, and beheaded him.
and brought to David the head of the that king, and told him today that God has avenged your enemies. Although David did not approve their wickedness … but there was no way that the throne should be by someone else and that was none other than David himself (read 2 Samuel 4: 5-12).
For when Israel saw their king killed there was no way not to make David the next king. And the prophecy of him being a king over all Israel came to pass.
Likewise, God can choose a person in any way whether formal or informal. And He can use anyone to accomplish His purpose, He can use even evil or just … whoever he wills.
If he wants to put someone in a position he can put him/her through the ballot or not through the ballot. Matthias was chosen by lot to be one of the 12 apostles of the Lord Jesus to take the place of Judas. But Peter and the other Apostles were not elected by vote/lot …And that did not make Matthias to be not one of the 12 apostles of Jesus.
So Jonah was chosen by lot to be punished by God. God could have shown the people the vision that Jonah was the source of the problem, but he did not choose that way … He could have sent an angel and appeared to them and told them that Jonah is the source of the problem but didn’t choose that way either.
Even in the election of school, village, local, or state leaders … all those who are elected and held the position, it is God himself who put them there … Whether they are set in a legitimate or illegal way such as voting or not, that doesn’t matter. It is God who put them there.
(In the last day they will answer why they stole the ballot or why they were not honest in those positions).
All presidents in office are placed by God in their positions , whether they stole the ballot or did not steal it.
some for the purpose of like that of Pharaoh, some like of Jeroboam, some like of Nebuchadnezzar, some like of the king of Assyria, some like of king Manasseh, some like of king Hezekiah … Each one is placed there by God for a specific purpose …
The Lord bless you.
Maran atha!
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THINK ABOUT THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.
Shalom, Blessed be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ … it is good to remind ourselves of things we had previously learned or been taught. The Lord in the Old Testament prevented the children of Israel from eating animals that are not chewed the cud.
Chewing as interpreted by the Bible is not about releasing air from the stomach or vomiting… No!.
Chewing is a behavior Animals have after eating grass they store the food in their bellies and then they have the ability to return the food back and chew it again and then swallow it when it has been chewed better…
Now the animal like a pig does not chew the cud, so it is unclean … Revealing the behavior of some people who have no recollections of what they have learned, and have no tendency to think again and again when they have eaten, have no time to go back to meditating, (to chew again the food). … And that makes them easy to forget all the good things that God has done for them in the past, or to digest unclean spiritual foods.
But if we learn to remind ourselves of what we have learned in the past, and to think again and again and meditate, we place ourselves in a better position to defeat the evil one, and so in the spirit we are seen as creatures that are not defiled before God (clean to God).
So today let’s remind ourselves a bit about judgment. Let us briefly consider the judgment of the Lord Jesus to help us know what our future judgment will be after this Life.
As we know the Lord was accused by the Jews (ie Israel) but was crucified by the Romans (ie Gentiles). So both communities: Jews and we Gentiles are guilty of the Blood of Jesus. That is why redemption and forgiveness are for all of us. Because we have all sinned.
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”
And as the Lord Jesus was exalted before the judgment seat upon this earth … And he was judged before all men (Jews and Gentiles), and gave an account of all things.
Likewise on the day of judgment all the nations of the earth will also stand before him (Jesus) on the white throne. And each one will give an account of what he has done while he/she was here on earth.
John 19:13 “When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha”
So what you do today remember that one day it will be brought into Judgment.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil”.
And again the Bible says.
Revelation 20: 11 “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire”.
The Lord Jesus and all His righteousness stood before Herod’s Judgment Seat. Who are we to avoid the coming judgment?
And let us not present that day in a group of people who will be condemned to eternal death in the lake of fire but will be judged to be rewarded in conquering the world.
Matthew 25:19 “After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents”.
Keeping in mind that there is no second chance after death, man is destined to die only once, and after death is judgment (Hebrews 9:27). No prayer can lift a person out of the fire of hell into a paradise
If you die in sin, you are already lost forever. The Bible says that where the tree falleth, there it shall be.(Ecclesiastes 11: 3) … that means if you die and go to hell you will be there forever.
Have you stood firm in the faith? .. Are you sure that if Christ comes today you will go with him to heaven?. The Lord help you, and the Lord help us all in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Be very blessed.
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FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU.
Shalom,
Dear brethren,
By grace of the Lord, today we will reflect on the lesson which lies behind the 70 years of children of Israel to be in Babylon. One would ask Why did God decide to make it clear that they would stay in captivity for 70 years, and even ask them to build the houses and marry each other in that strange land.
In short God didn’t need no petition of anyone to return to Israel at that time , you’ll see he didn’t even advise them to live as strangers in Babylon, or to rebel against the empire, instead told them to continue with their normal activities just like they used to live in Israel, as if there is nothing wrong with the Babylonian empire . Take a close look at the whole chapter of Jeremiah 29 you will see that.
But the fact is, even if it were you today, something like that happened to you, your whole family is killed, all your properties are lost, your city is burnt with fire, and then taken away into exile and somebody is boldly telling you he would come back to take you home after 70 years have finished, But for now you just live temporarily here build your house in this strange land, live a happily life, fear not? Imagine it were you would you truly live a happy life??
Of course, you won’t be happy at all, because, all your thought would have been at home at that moment, not to wait until all 70 years have finished.
Such was the condition of the children of Israel were passing through, when they had transgressed against God, God give up on them, and allowed Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon to take them into exile. While in Babylon false prophets arose and deceiving them that they would spend only 2 years before God bring them back to their land, but God spoke through the mouth of the prophet Jeremiah and said they would stay in exile for 70 years with their enemies, they’ll always be there. and that is what we even caused the prophet Jeremiah to suffer so much to the point of wanting to be killed by the Jews, for the bad news he brought to them, because it is clear that no one wants to die in captivity,
It is very disappointing in one way or another, remembering the slavery in Egypt of how they were persecuted and today the same thing re-occurs again, they are going to be laboured, to be served, to be whipped.
But this is what the Lord told them.
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end”.
Many of us read this verse but for sure we don’t know from which source are coming from … Those words God told the children of Israel when they were taken into captivity, Babylon.
They are actually words of comfort.
But what does their story teach us?
Children of Israel are likened to the children of God now, those who believed in Christ and later turned away from him, those who knew the truth and opposed it.
those whom God has often warned to turn away from their evil ways through the sermons preached daily in churches and streets, but did not want to hear, until they reached a point of drowning into serious problems that they do not know how to get out. some have drifted into fornication and now they have got AIDS,
Let me tell you that, everyone will reap what they sow, probably you have asked God to heal you but you do not see any change, your case is similar to that of the children of Israel.
Now If you have come into a true repentance, I want to tell you that don’t be sad to find yourself in that situation for a very long time. As the Israelites found out of their mistake, that is what happened to you. They stayed 70 years but one day they came out…. And don’t forget this word that. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
You have been a thief or a rapist and you are now imprisoned, you have truly repented and become a good child of God, you steal no more and you have no plans to it again … but you wonder why until now you are still in prison God does not yet deliver you there, I want to tell you, forgiveness is one thing, and punishment is also another thing, if you find yourself in such a situation, you just calm down and be a good person in prison, serve your God with all sincerity, do the work of God there, do all the tasks that come before you, as if you neither would you go out today nor tomorrow, For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Now remember when the children of Israel came to Babylon though they repented and there were only many of God’s people like Ezekiel, and Daniel, but he did not let them suffer like the exile of Egypt, he raised up such mighty and wise men as Daniel, Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego, and put them in the royal palace in front of Nebuchadnezzar, and through them the King honoured all the Jews in Babylon with their God, worshiping him in freedom and peace, living in captivity but not as long as slaves there in Egypt, such as Joseph and his brothers Even though they were all in bondage.
And after the 70 years of doom had passed God opened a great door for them to return to their homeland, but they did not return empty handed, God opened the door to receive many gifts from Persian kings, and even those who remained in Babylon and other foreign countries willingly together with those who were spread across the world we see God again raising people like Mordecai and Esther, to Persian seats, who in turn made the Jews worth twice in all the world, feared and revered, even though they were in foreign lands. You see how God’s thoughts were good for them at the end of the day, despite serving the punishment but he also infused his purpose into their punishment.
So you who had sinned against God and now met with evil, until now you are in the dungeon, and fortunately you repented of your sins, and left them altogether, it is clear that God forgave you on that day when you changed your mind and your ways. But yet you still in that sinking hole of sickness, or imprisonment, or trouble, or misery, I want to tell you not to be discouraged, continue to serve God in the situation you are in, no matter how long will take you, weeks, or months or years until it is completely open, but you continue to serve him in the situation you are and He will bless you, He will increase you, He will teach you, He will increase you to where you are, and when His time comes He will open you up directly.
Serving punishment does not mean that God does not love you.
Isaiah 44: 21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
Proverbs 3: 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
And also, if you have not repented of your sins for fearing that God will not forgive you … That is the voice of the devil talking inside you, wanting you to fall to fall down like Judas! God wants you to repent and forgive you all your sins for free because He is merciful God … He wants you to repent of those excess evil acts you did, He wants you to repent of your superstition and occultism you are in, your murder and fraud, in your prostitution. Repent today and he will forgive you! And change you because he always says.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end
Finally, I want you to end by reflecting on these words:
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
God bless.
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Shalom.
The Bible says: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.That means if we diligently study the Word of God we can be sure that our souls are enriched and thus extend our earthly lives.(1Kings 3:14)
As we read the book o Genesis the first chapter we see how the Lord did His work of creating the world in 6 days, and on the seventh day He ended all His works and rest, and blessed that day to show that everything was completely done,
Also, if you read again the second chapter you will see how the Lord gives Adam the instructions of how to live in the garden, he also brought him all the animals to name them, and he did so, Therefore the life of Adam and all of his creatures went on that way for quite a while.Until one day God looked at Adam and said to himself ‘it is not good this man to live alone’
We read it from..
Genesis 2:18 (KJV)
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Just imagine someone saying “It is not good“, what does it signify?, it is clear that he had noticed some shortcomings, and need to make some improvement so that to get things going well as he wants.
So it was with God, though he had already created a woman in his mind for a long time, Genesis 1: 27-28 confirms it, the woman was already created before the creation itself begun, but God allowed her not to be there as if he forgot her., So that he could pass this message titled “ IT IS NOT GOOD”, to us to teach us something.
Notice, A woman came to creation later,After Life has been going on for a space of time probably 1 or 10 or 100 years later.
Now Why did God do it? He did it because he was teaching us that he is much interested with improvements, Yes his improvements which are of great benefit to us today, try to imagine how this world would be without women, how would it be without the loving of sister, where would you taste the love of a wife today, what kind of man would you be?., No animal, no bird, no sea creature would give you a sweet confort as a woman could today?..Life would be boring as any other planet up there.
That is why we thank God for giving us this great gift, but that is all due to some improvements he made, if God said I had finished my creation, and on the 7th day I was relaxed, what we see today would not be into existance.
In the same way God expects us to make changes in our Christian lives, in our ministry of building the kingdom of heaven, not to be contented by saying everything is okay … If God who cannot be wrong improved his works, how much more are we supposed to be improve ourselves..Why be content with the same christian life that you had lived 10 years ago.?
The work of God is falling asleep, the church’s daily structures are collapsing, why not say this Is not right let me donate my money, or my energy to fix them, or my mental experience to the builders to accomplish that structure of the church … God wants us to think that way. Who knows by doing that act you would bring thousands of soul to Christ?
If you feel you have been saved and still you are living in the same situation for a long time without showing no signs of improving in your prayer line, or ability to share the gospel with others, you don’t fast, Know that you are out of the purpose of God which you were supposed to be., if we always see everything is just well around us, then we are deceiving ourselves.
It is my prayer that you and I,will begin to learn to say this word IT IS NOT GOOD, in almost every aspect of our Christian lives, Iam sure we will certainly make big changes not only in our lives but also in our ministries.
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What was the thorn in Paul’s flesh?
QUESTION: What was the thorn in Paul’s flesh?
Ans: Let’s read,
2 Corinthians 12:7 “ And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me”
There has been a lot of speculation about the thorn in Paul’s body, some still think it was a real thorn placed on his side, that every time he tries to brag then it pierces him.
others say it is a memory of the bad things he did in the past so God was bringing him thoughts that were stirring him up, and that turns out to be like a thorn to him and he stops bragging/boasting.
But, in all of this, if we look closely at verse 7, it says that God had a thorn in his body a “messenger of the devil”.
That Word, “messenger”, is a Word that means a person and not some idea or some thoughts or something. Even in the common sense what does the thorn bush have to do with bragging?
So Paul wasn’t talking about a thorn bush or some disease in his body, but he was talking about someone, who was like a thorn to him.
Now another question you will ask is why does it say it is in the body and not in the spirit?
The answer is that the word body can mean the life of a person or people…
Let’s read the following verses that the Lord was telling the children of Israel and we will understand more.
Numbers 33:55 “ But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them”.
Judges 2: 3 “Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you”
Have you seen that? .. one’s life can be compared to a body, and the person who is disturbing and torturing you in your life can be likened to a thorn in your body.
But if we return to the Apostle Paul, Who was this thorn?
When we read .. 2Timothy 4:14 says ..
“Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words”
The Bible has not given much information about this Alexander, a coppersmith. But it tells us he was Paul’s greatest obstacle, in his life and ministry. He used not only the word “evil” but the word “much evil”, to show that many evil deeds this Alexander showed Paul.
Probably, he was just misrepresenting Paul all the time, he was only talking about his own shortcomings, how he had been a killer in the past (killing and persecuting Christians), witnessing false statements before people who believed in Paul.
And that made that Paul, who is famous for so many revelations, and many miracles, and great ministries, seemed to be nothing in the midst of some who believed in him.
It is not unusual to see it today, you can see it for many world leaders, God raises up opponents as a thorn for them, to speak only of their evil, or their shortcomings, no matter how many good things that leader has done. God permits this so that the leader does not boast too much.
Such was the case with Paul for the bronze-smithing Alexander. He was a great thorn, until he begged God to take him away, (to be killed)
Read, 1 Timothy 1:20 “Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme”
but God told him His grace was sufficient. So he remained with it until his time was over.
Likewise with us, if we are arrogant, we think we are something, we have done something better than others, or we have something bigger than others.
Let us remember that the Lord can lift up the thorns for us.
Shalom, Maran atha!
Did Paul truly worship the angel who he was walking with?
Let’s read that verse…
Acts 27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
If you quickly jump into this verse You would think Paul meant he was worshipping that angel who is always walking with him, but if you read closely you will be noticed he never meant that… rather he worships the God of that angel.
For better understanding we can put that word like this.
For there stood by me this night the angel of God… Which God?…The God (of that angel) whom I serve.
Now read again that statement plainly you will grab the meaning…
Furthermore, we are advised to study the bible diligently, so we can understand the word the God wants us to understand. Because there also many other verses which are hard to understand unless we are willing to sit down and ask the Holy Spirit for the interpretation. By doing so the holy spirit surely help us with the correct interpretations, and therefore we will win Satan from misleading us.
he succeeded to mislead many people in wrong interpretations from canonizing drinking of alcohol to polygamy marriages in the church and even going further to idol worshipping.
May the grace of God help us.
Shalom.
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Revelation 20:11-15 (KJV)
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Amen! Following the above verses, we see in the last day of Judgment when the Lord Jesus sits to judge the people of the world in His white throne, there will be two main types of books: THE BOOK OF LIFE and the OTHER BOOKS. There you see the book of life looking like one! But there are also other books, suggesting many, Lets briefly explore what these books really are;
1) BOOK OF LIFE:
As it describes itself is a book that describes LIFE, just as a book of mathematics describes mathematical methods, a book of geography explains geographical issues as well as all other books. And we know books tend to be split into different pages. But we see all these books we have in the world are only telling us the principles and techniques of many things about this world, and we see that no book in the world can explain the LIFE of man except the Bible ONLY! So, the book of life referred to here is the Bible which is the WORD of GOD.
2) OTHER BOOKS
We find the Bible has referred to them as many, which in turn tell some information and not any more than of human beings according to the Bible. These are the BOOKS of men and every man has his own, describing his life as he lived on this earth since his birth to his death. And these books also have pages, which are the steps you go through here on earth, but all these books have no life in it, the book of Life is, but one, and that is why they all depend on that book to give a human destiny.
So what the book of Life describes is the rules and regulations of how a man should live on this earth in order to get that life embedded in it, so as human beings who write books of our lives we must write them to resemble that book of Life, the Bible, from our childhood to our departure from the world. our books are supposed to resemble this book, and that is the appearance of our names in the BOOK OF LIFE.
So brother, how do you write your book? watch the time’s running out! do not say that I will receive Christ or that I will live a holy life until I reach a certain age or experience something. Know until now your book is being written and day by day you are opening a new pages and chapters, soon your book will be finish and closed, ready to be released on the day of Judgement
And on the Day of Judgment the book of Life will be opened and yours will also be opened, compared, whether they are the same or not!. If your life in your book did not match that of that of life (i.e. the Bible, the WORD OF GOD) meaning there is NO LIFE in you, then your part will be in the lake of fire.
As a Christians every day we must compare our lives with the Bible. Make sure what we do is in accordance with the Book of Life. you are fully aware that prostitutes, fornicators, drunkards, revilers, idolaters, liars, gossipers, gays, lesbians, smokers, masturbation practitioners, pornographers, thieves, corrupters, sorcerers, bribes, murderers, etc., people like these are far from the book of LIFE, how do you expect to appear in the book if you do of those things?, remember the names mentioned there are not John, John or Mary but it is your life. read.
Revelation 21:27 (KJV)
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
To write correctly your book according to the book of life, remember it is not a one-day process. Every day one must check his life, not despise the gospel, if you hear the Word of God tonight, don’t harden your heart thinking there will come a time you will repent. If you live that life Never expect the match in one day, it requires life to live so that to write a better book which resemble that of life. The Lord said.
Luke 9:23 (NIV)
23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
My prayer is that you turn to God.Start writing your book well in your spare time on earth, daily comparing your book with thebible so that when your name called, will be seen in that book.
God bless you!
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Is masturbation a sin?. And what about marrying? is it a solution for burning?, as the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 7:9 “ But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn”.
ANSWER: The Lord Jesus said that he that looketh upon a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her in his heart. The sentence shows that sin does not originate from the body but originates from the heart, so sex also originates from the heart, then from the heart and then from the outside, so whatever is done in the body is the result of something already done in the soul, so fornication, masturbation, watching pornography it is the result of immorality that has already taken place in one’s heart.
Therefore MASTURBATION IS A SIN. And the only solution to get rid of that sin is to truly give your life to the Lord Jesus, and resolve to start a new life in Christ, and decide to stop practicing it no more.
, .. they wait for miracles to come and find themselves abandoned and still in their hearts are not turning away from sexual immorality … I want to tell you my God-searching brother, There is no prayer to get rid of that stuff in any person, in order for those things to go away, it is you to decide first to make a decision to stop those things and then the Lord will add you the power to overcome those things. Remember, the Bible says that all prostitutes are part of a lake of fire. And also about marrying the Bible is made clear in the book of
1 Corinthians 7: 1 “Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”
If you read carefully, verse 2 says “in order to avoid fornication” let every man should have his own wife … not because of avoiding lusts… but because of fornication… and fornication means having sex outside of marriage or before marriage, which means that, having a wife or husband does not prevent a person from developing a desire/lust … if one’s behavior is to desire/lust! That behavior will not stop even If he/she gets married … maybe he/she will avoid fornication only after he gets married because he will have his own wife/husband inside! But the desire to lust does not change.
So the only solution to stop the lust for the unmarried or married individual, is to surrender your life to Christ, and intend to give up sin,/ to leave sin by deeds..(remember God cannot help a person who has not purposely given up the wrong thing).
But if one intends to give up the desire to lust,and all the promiscuity, immorality, pornography, insults, words of worthless jokes, then the Holy Spirit comes upon him/her and helps him/her and thus finds that things never bother her again in his/her life..
Be blessed!
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WHO HATH BEWITCHED YOU?
What is the meaning of being bewitched? and what about you? Are you bewitched?
You may be wondering the question. Can God’s people bewitched? .. The answer is Yes! The Bible says that they are bitten. And how are they bewitched?…Today we will learn how they are bewitched.
The concept of bewitched to God’s people is different from those interpreted by secular people. someone who has a long-term illness according to the current generation is wiched by witches and wizards, the person with dementia is automatically witched according to this generation, the person with certain weaknesses must be witched by someone somewhere etc.
But today we’re going to look at the basic meaning of the word “bewitched” in the Bible.
Let’s read.
Galatians 3:1 “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh”
If you read the whole book of Galatians you will see the Apostle Paul with the power of the Spirit was very rebuking these Christians who were in Galatia, hold on to the true teachings of Jesus Christ, as they were taught by the Apostles. But then they suddenly became distracted by strange teachings and beliefs, leaving the first true faith of the word of Christ and turning into a deceiving gospel.
So the tendency to abandon the first Faith and turn to the false teaching is what the bible defined as “being witched”. And wherever a person is bewitched there must be a WITCH or a WIZARD, to conduct that witchcraft.
So the Witches and Wizards of these Galatian Christians were their false teachers who were rising up, who were twisting the Word of God, making the people more religious rather than walking in the truth of the Word of God, teaching the people to observe the law carnally and without knowledge, which is contrary to the word … these are the ones that the Apostle Paul spoke of in …
Philippians 3:18 “(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself”
These people are the one Apostle Paul mentioned in the very beginning of this book of Galatians that they were cursed…
Galatians 1: 6 “I MARVEL THAT YE ARE SO SOON REMOVED FROM HIM THAT CALLED YOU INTO THE GRACE OF CHRIST UNTO ANOTHER GOSPEL:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, LET HIM BE ACCURSED.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, LET HIM BE ACCURSED”
Do you see what it means to be witched?.. Have you forsaken the Faith and turned to another gospel that tells you there is no salvation in the world?, Have you left the gospel that tells you without holiness no one will see God (Heb.12: 14), and turn to the gospel that tells you without being a member of some denominations you cannot enter heaven, can you?.
Have you given up the gospel that tells you to prostitutes, drunkards, idolaters, homosexuals, thieves they have part in the lake of fire and turn to the gospel that tells you that God cannot destroy in the lake of fire the people who he created?
Have you left the gospel that tells you after death is judgment (Heb.9: 27) and turns to the gospel that tells you that there is a second chance after death and that it is possible for the deceased to be prayed for after death to escape the torment of hell?
Have You have left the gospel that tells you that the mediator between God and men is one, the Lord Jesus Christ and turned to another gospel that tells you that there are other mediators, beside Jesus such as the Virgin Mary, or that there is another prophet whom God has chosen to send men to heaven?.
Dear brother/Sister, if you have left all that and more In addition to the truth of God’s Word and you have turned to things that are not in the Bible then you are BEWITCHED by that preacher !, you are BEWITCHED by that church!. Immediately start NOW reading the Bible.
Any sermon that after you have listened makes you feel a desire to do the things of the world More than to love the Word and seek to read it … That preacher is a WITCH/WIZARD. It does matter whether he perform miracle or not.
Any sermon that doesn’t give you any Morals to follow Jesus and further purify your life instead you get more morals for hating another, cursing another, seeking revenge on another, abandoning your spouse, committing adultery, and immorality, etc … so be aware that you have been WITCHED by that sermon and that preacher.
The greatest magic that the devil can do for a person is not bound him from succeeding and make him poor… that is the smallest level of satanic magic … The greatest magic he does is to MAKE PEOPLE NOT KNOWING CHRIST IN FULLNESS!, to make people blind in faith. , causing people to worship idols and offend God. That’s the greatest magic Satan is doing every day to destroy the world.
And his high-ranking staff, whom he loves and respects most are neither wizards, nor traditional healers these are low-staff members but His greatest army doing his great work with Greater tasts ARE THE FALSE PROPHETS AND THE ANTICHRISTS … Because this group of people turn God’s Word into a lie… They are his highest servants of satan. That is why the Bible did not say in the end times there would be many native magicians, or many false magicians, or many wizards … but it said there would be “many false prophets”. That means they are the devil highest ranking agents, and he uses them to destroy the souls of many men/women.
These are the most obvious servants of Satan, who pretend to be true prophets. These false prophets are only to prophesy all the time, but they never testify Jesus at all … John the Baptist who became the greatest prophet ” TESTIFYING JESUS ALONE”because he knew there is no life outside of Jesus. And all the other prophets were witnessing Jesus…
As the Bible says in Revelation 19: 10b “… for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”.
So we must be very careful. These are the end times. And our Lord returns soon.
The Lord bless you.
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