There is one chapter in the Bible that I dearly love, well, I do love God's word from beginning to the end but you know what I mean, there is just this special place that means so much to me and I nicknamed it 'Peter's ladder', it seemed to me to be the way to eternal life, climbing this ladder, so let me share it with you, please.
2 Peter 1:1,2 "Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord."
How do we get this peace? Through Christ's righteousness and it will be multiplied unto us through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. How do we get that knowledge, through studying His word as we have been learning.
Verse 3, "According as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath call us to glory and virtue:"
His divine power has given us everything that pertains to life and godliness, how? Through the knowledge of Him who has called us to glory and virtue. Where do we get this knowledge? Through the reading of His word. Stick with me, we are coming to Peter's ladder. Remember I promised we would talk about His promises. Well, listen to this.
Verse 4, Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."
We have been given, EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES that we might be PARTAKERS of His DIVINE NATURE and thus escaping the corruption that is in the world. How do we receive HIS DIVINE NATURE? Through His promises. Ok, here's the ladder to heaven, I believe. It covers everything and I'll try to explain it in our words, if I may.
Verses 5,6,7, "And beside this, giving all diligence, (diligence meaning: making an all out effort), add to your faith virtue, (virtue meaning: goodness, righteousness, morality, honor and nobility); and to virtue knowledge, (we know how to get knowledge through God's word), and to knowledge temperance ( meaning abstinence, self-restraint, moderation especially in eating and drinking), and to temperance patience, (forbearance, tolerance, persistent courage in trying circumstances), and to patience godliness, (godlikeness, devout, humble etc), and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, charity, (meaning love)
Verse 8, "For if these things be in you and abound, they make you that ye shall never be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Verses 9,10,11 "But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: (a Promise) for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." (Another promise)
We have learned that we have been given EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES THAT WE MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF HIS DIVINE NATURE and I know that we all want to be partakers of His divine nature, so tomorrow we will discuss some of those promises. I have already given you two great promises and I thought I would get to some others today but I needed to show you how important it is for us to study those promises that make us partakers of His divine nature, so please bear with me and tomorrow we will get to those promises. Grandma Joan
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Your Thirsts Shall Be Satisfied
Have you been so thirsty that you are just dying for a nice refreshing drink of water? God will put in our heart a great desire for His word, if we ask Him. It could be that the nice refreshing drink of water is a thirst for a close walk with Jesus. I have been there, wandering around, wondering what was missing in my life, and not being satisfied with anything until I heard a still small voice in my mind telling me, 'you need Me, talk to Me and I will talk to you through My word.' Nothing in this world satisfies like the word of God. Let's check it out and see if I'm right.
Psalm 36:8 "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house, and Thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures."
Isaiah 55:1 "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat: yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price."
Matthew 5:6 "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled."
John 4:14 "but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
John 7:37 "In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink."
Revelation 7:16 "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat."
Revelation 22:17 "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is thirsty come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."
God loves us and wants us to come to Him and be satisfied. There is no other place to go to receive the kind of blessings He has to offer. You can search the world over and you will not find the peace and wholeness that you are thirsting for until you come to Him in complete surrender and then He provides the peace that passes all understanding. Do I understand how this takes place? No. Do I understand that it does take place? Yes. Am I perfect? By no means, I don't claim to be but I do know by experience that He answers my prayers and also keeps His promises. How about studying some of His promises tomorrow and I will share how He has dealt with me in such a loving way, I have no doubt that He is quenching my dying thirst for the water of life. Grandma Joan
Psalm 36:8 "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house, and Thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures."
Isaiah 55:1 "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat: yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price."
Matthew 5:6 "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled."
John 4:14 "but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
John 7:37 "In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink."
Revelation 7:16 "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat."
Revelation 22:17 "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is thirsty come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."
God loves us and wants us to come to Him and be satisfied. There is no other place to go to receive the kind of blessings He has to offer. You can search the world over and you will not find the peace and wholeness that you are thirsting for until you come to Him in complete surrender and then He provides the peace that passes all understanding. Do I understand how this takes place? No. Do I understand that it does take place? Yes. Am I perfect? By no means, I don't claim to be but I do know by experience that He answers my prayers and also keeps His promises. How about studying some of His promises tomorrow and I will share how He has dealt with me in such a loving way, I have no doubt that He is quenching my dying thirst for the water of life. Grandma Joan
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Evil Words
Evil words should never be spoken. What kind of words are evil? Let's check it out.
Irritating words.
Proverbs 15:1 "Grievous words stir up anger."
Hasty words.
Proverbs 29:20 "Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him."
Irreverent words.
Malachi 3:13,14 "Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?"
Enticing words.
Colossians 2:4 "And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words."
Flattering words.
1 Thessalonians 2:5 "For neither at ay time used we flattering words, as ye know."
Insincere words.
2 Peter 2:3 "And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you:"
(Feign meaning fake)
Proud words.
2 Peter 2:18 "For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness." (wanton, meaning immoral, indecent, or malicious, spiteful, cruel)
Malicious words.
3 John 10 "Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words."
These are words that a true Christian will leave out of his vocabulary. We don't want to be guilty of speaking in this manner, I'm sure. I know I don't and I'm pretty sure that you don't either. Life is too short to spend our time speaking these kind of words, isn't it? Grandma Joan
Irritating words.
Proverbs 15:1 "Grievous words stir up anger."
Hasty words.
Proverbs 29:20 "Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him."
Irreverent words.
Malachi 3:13,14 "Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?"
Enticing words.
Colossians 2:4 "And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words."
Flattering words.
1 Thessalonians 2:5 "For neither at ay time used we flattering words, as ye know."
Insincere words.
2 Peter 2:3 "And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you:"
(Feign meaning fake)
Proud words.
2 Peter 2:18 "For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness." (wanton, meaning immoral, indecent, or malicious, spiteful, cruel)
Malicious words.
3 John 10 "Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words."
These are words that a true Christian will leave out of his vocabulary. We don't want to be guilty of speaking in this manner, I'm sure. I know I don't and I'm pretty sure that you don't either. Life is too short to spend our time speaking these kind of words, isn't it? Grandma Joan
Friday, February 3, 2017
Our Words
Are you someone who speaks before they think? I have with many regrets. I am learning that our words are an important part of our life and can mean we love or hate, we want friends, or we don't, we care about others or we don't care, we care about how others feel or we don't care how they feel, we can hurt with our words and don't care if we do. I hope that none of us fit into this bracket.
Our words can also show how much we love others, can make wonderful friends, can lead others to Christ, can be comforting, can be full of wisdom and counsel, and can heal a hurting soul. Now, that is the kind of words that I want to speak, don't you? Let's check out our words with scripture.
Pleasant words.
Proverbs 16:24 "Pleasant words are as an honeycomb sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."
Appropriate words.
Proverbs 25:11 "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."
Gracious words.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 "The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious;"
Comforting words.
Isaiah 50:4 "The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned."
Kind words.
Proverbs 15:1 "A soft answer turneth away wrath:"
Wise words.
Proverbs 15:2 "The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright:"
Has this helped you in choosing the right words in our daily conversations? I hope so, it has helped me to guard my tongue but most of all to ask the Holy Spirit to speak through me so that I do not injure anyone with my tongue. It is so important that we speak with words of love in our hearts. It will go a long way in winning souls for Christ. Grandma Joan
Our words can also show how much we love others, can make wonderful friends, can lead others to Christ, can be comforting, can be full of wisdom and counsel, and can heal a hurting soul. Now, that is the kind of words that I want to speak, don't you? Let's check out our words with scripture.
Pleasant words.
Proverbs 16:24 "Pleasant words are as an honeycomb sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."
Appropriate words.
Proverbs 25:11 "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."
Gracious words.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 "The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious;"
Comforting words.
Isaiah 50:4 "The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned."
Kind words.
Proverbs 15:1 "A soft answer turneth away wrath:"
Wise words.
Proverbs 15:2 "The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright:"
Has this helped you in choosing the right words in our daily conversations? I hope so, it has helped me to guard my tongue but most of all to ask the Holy Spirit to speak through me so that I do not injure anyone with my tongue. It is so important that we speak with words of love in our hearts. It will go a long way in winning souls for Christ. Grandma Joan
Altering and Diminishing God's Word
In other words changing the meaning of words or sentences. It happens a lot and sometimes we don't realize it's been tampered with. But we have warnings about it in the Bible. God's Word is Sacred and we don't have any business playing around with it. It says what it means and we should take it as it reads.
Deuteronomy 4:2 "Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you."
Deuteronomy 12:32 "What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it."
Proverbs 30:6 "Add thou not unto His words lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar."
Revelation 22:19 "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
It sounds pretty serious to me to tamper with God's word, don't you think? Let's be very careful when we study His word that we don't try to change the meaning of things to our way of thinking, because we could have been taught wrong. Careful study is the way to search the Scriptures. Grandma Joan
Deuteronomy 4:2 "Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you."
Deuteronomy 12:32 "What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it."
Proverbs 30:6 "Add thou not unto His words lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar."
Revelation 22:19 "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
It sounds pretty serious to me to tamper with God's word, don't you think? Let's be very careful when we study His word that we don't try to change the meaning of things to our way of thinking, because we could have been taught wrong. Careful study is the way to search the Scriptures. Grandma Joan
Thursday, February 2, 2017
The Word is an Abundance of:
Today my internet went off and didn't get it on until just a while ago. So sorry, missed all of you.
Today we will study about how the Word supplies us with an abundance of things. I love the word abundant. It sounds so good when you think about Spiritual things. So let's see what the abundance is.
Abundant joys.
Psalm 36:8 "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures."
Abundant life.
John 10:10 "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."
Abundant Grace.
2 Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to very good work."
Abundant Power.
Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us."
Abundant Supplies.
Philippians 4:19 "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Abundant Entrance.
2 Peter 1:11 "For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
ABUNDANT joy, life, grace, power, supplies and Entrance into His kingdom. What an abundant love has been manifest towards us because Jesus was willing to die for our sins that we might be forgiven and enjoy life forever more in His Kingdom. We love you Lord Jesus for what you have done for us and are doing for us day by day. Grandma Joan
Today we will study about how the Word supplies us with an abundance of things. I love the word abundant. It sounds so good when you think about Spiritual things. So let's see what the abundance is.
Abundant joys.
Psalm 36:8 "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures."
Abundant life.
John 10:10 "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."
Abundant Grace.
2 Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to very good work."
Abundant Power.
Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us."
Abundant Supplies.
Philippians 4:19 "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Abundant Entrance.
2 Peter 1:11 "For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
ABUNDANT joy, life, grace, power, supplies and Entrance into His kingdom. What an abundant love has been manifest towards us because Jesus was willing to die for our sins that we might be forgiven and enjoy life forever more in His Kingdom. We love you Lord Jesus for what you have done for us and are doing for us day by day. Grandma Joan
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
The Word Written in Our Hearts
I want God's Word to be written in my mind and heart, don't you? And the way to achieve this is to study His word daily and let His words sink in to our thinking. I don't memorize as good as I use to but I like to try once in a while when I find a text that really means a whole lot to me and it helps me in my daily walk. I think our minds would benefit greatly by memorization.
Deuteronomy 6:6 "And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart."
Deuteronomy 11:18 "Therefore shall ye lay up these, My words in your heart and in your soul and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes."
Psalm 119:11 "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."
Luke 2:51 "And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart."
Romans 10:8 "But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:"
Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."
Wouldn't you just love to have the words of Christ dwelling in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spirituals songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord? I would just love to be like that all the time, but it takes effort and a willingness to spend the time, it doesn't come automatically. Pray for a willing heart to do this and you will be blessed. I guarantee it. Grandma Joan
Deuteronomy 6:6 "And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart."
Deuteronomy 11:18 "Therefore shall ye lay up these, My words in your heart and in your soul and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes."
Psalm 119:11 "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."
Luke 2:51 "And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart."
Romans 10:8 "But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:"
Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."
Wouldn't you just love to have the words of Christ dwelling in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spirituals songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord? I would just love to be like that all the time, but it takes effort and a willingness to spend the time, it doesn't come automatically. Pray for a willing heart to do this and you will be blessed. I guarantee it. Grandma Joan
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