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Renewing the Mind Scriptures

May 9th, 12 / Comments Off

The Mind Is A Bat­tle­field — Renew­ing the Mind, Break­ing Strongholds

Spir­i­tual War­fare — Not All Our Thoughts Are Our Own

Wrong Negative Thoughts

Bat­tle­field of the Mind — Neg­a­tive Thoughts Release Poi­son in Our Bodies

Romans 12:1Romans 12:1
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
12 1 I beseech you there­fore, brethren, by the mer­cies of God, that ye present your bod­ies a liv­ing sac­ri­fice, holy, accept­able unto God, which is your rea­son­able ser­vice.  

WP-Bible plu­gin –

“I beseech you there­fore, brethren, by the mer­cies of God, that ye present your bod­ies a liv­ing sac­ri­fice, holy, accept­able unto God, which is your rea­son­able service.”

Romans 12:2Romans 12:2
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
2 And be not con­formed to this world: but be ye trans­formed by the renew­ing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and accept­able, and per­fect, will of God.  

WP-Bible plu­gin –

“And be not con­formed to this world: but be ye trans­formed by the renew­ing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and accept­able, and per­fect, will of God.”

Acts 17:11Acts 17:11
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
11 These were more noble than those in Thes­sa­lonica, in that they received the word with all readi­ness of mind, and searched the scrip­tures daily, whether those things were so.  

WP-Bible plu­gin –

“These were more noble than those in Thes­sa­lonica, in that they received the word with all readi­ness of mind, and searched the scrip­tures daily, whether those things were so.”

Romans 8:5–6Romans 8:5–6
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be car­nally minded is death; but to be spir­i­tu­ally minded is life and peace. to be car­nally…: Gr. the mind­ing of the flesh to be spir­i­tu­ally…: Gr. the mind­ing of the Spirit  

WP-Bible plu­gin –

“[5] For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. [6] For to be car­nally minded is death; but to be spir­i­tu­ally minded is life and peace.”

Romans 12:1Romans 12:1
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
12 1 I beseech you there­fore, brethren, by the mer­cies of God, that ye present your bod­ies a liv­ing sac­ri­fice, holy, accept­able unto God, which is your rea­son­able ser­vice.  

WP-Bible plu­gin–2 –

“I beseech you there­fore, brethren, by the mer­cies of God, that ye present your bod­ies a liv­ing sac­ri­fice, holy, accept­able unto God, which is your rea­son­able ser­vice. [2] And be not con­formed to this world: but be ye trans­formed by the renew­ing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and accept­able, and per­fect, will of God.”

Isa­iah 26:3Isa­iah 26:3
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
3 Thou wilt keep him in per­fect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. per­fect…: Heb. peace, peace mind: or, thought, or, imag­i­na­tion  

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“Thou wilt keep him in per­fect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”

Isa­iah 26:4Isa­iah 26:4
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is ever­last­ing strength: ever­last­ing…: Heb. the rock of ages  

WP-Bible plu­gin –

“Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is ever­last­ing strength.”

Why Renew the Mind:

Hebrews 5:13–14Hebrews 5:13–14
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
13 For every one that useth milk is unskil­ful in the word of right­eous­ness: for he is a babe. is skill­ful: Gr. hath no expe­ri­ence 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by rea­son of use have their senses exer­cised to dis­cern both good and evil. of full age: or, per­fect use: or, an habit, or, per­fec­tion  

WP-Bible plu­gin “For every one that uses milk is unskill­ful in the word of right­eous­ness: for he is a babe.  But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by rea­son of use have their senses exer­cised to dis­cern both good and evil.”  This is talk­ing about dis­cern­ing good and evil.  Good and evil starts as a thought and can man­i­fest into action.

Hebrews 4:12–13Hebrews 4:12–13
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
12 For the word of God is quick, and pow­er­ful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, pierc­ing even to the divid­ing asun­der of soul and spirit, and of the joints and mar­row, and is a dis­cerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Nei­ther is there any crea­ture that is not man­i­fest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.  

WP-Bible plu­gin “For the word of God is quick, and pow­er­ful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, pierc­ing even to the divid­ing asun­der of soul and spirit, and of the joints and mar­row, and is a dis­cerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.  Jer. 17:19Jer. 17:19
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the chil­dren of the peo­ple, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;  

WP-Bible plu­gin “The heart is deceit­ful above all things, and des­per­ately wicked: who can know it?“Neither is there any crea­ture that is not man­i­fest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.  The two-edged sword is the word of God.  When you read and study and med­i­tate on the Word of God, it divides and opens us up to see what is truly inside us — our intent, etc.  Through the Word of God, the Lord con­victs and we have a choice to change.  Jer 4:14Jer 4:14
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wicked­ness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?  

WP-Bible plu­gin “O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wicked­ness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you?”  The Word of God washes us and again in Ps. 19:12Ps. 19:12
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
12 Who can under­stand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.  

WP-Bible plu­gin “Who can under­stand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.”

The Bible also tells us that as a man thinks in his heart, so is he (Prov. 23:7Prov. 23:7
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
7 For as he thin­keth in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.  

WP-Bible plu­gin). So it’s really impor­tant what we think on.  It brings bondage, sick­ness, dis­ease, oppres­sion to even sin or joy, peace, hap­pi­ness depend­ing what we think.  The Bible says we can be trans­formed by the renew­ing of our minds.  Jer. 23:17Jer. 23:17
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imag­i­na­tion of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. imag­i­na­tion: or, stub­born­ness  

WP-Bible plu­gin “They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imag­i­na­tion of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.”

To have a vic­to­ri­ous Chris­t­ian life requires that we take the next step and be trans­formed by the renew­ing of our minds. We can’t think like the world, if we don’t want the world’s results. As we read in Philip­pi­ans 4:8Philip­pi­ans 4:8
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
8 Finally, brethren, what­so­ever things are true, what­so­ever things are hon­est, what­so­ever things are just, what­so­ever things are pure, what­so­ever things are lovely, what­so­ever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. hon­est: or, ven­er­a­ble  

WP-Bible plu­gin, we can choose what to think on.  The oppo­site of think­ing on what’s lovely, just, and of good report is to not think on the things of God and the things of the Spirit. Romans 8:6Romans 8:6
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
6 For to be car­nally minded is death; but to be spir­i­tu­ally minded is life and peace. to be car­nally…: Gr. the mind­ing of the flesh to be spir­i­tu­ally…: Gr. the mind­ing of the Spirit  

WP-Bible plu­gin says “To be car­nally minded is death,” but the next part of that verse says, “To be spir­i­tu­ally minded is life and peace.” It is life and it is peace to think on the things of the Spirit of God.

If we as Chris­tians start think­ing about adul­tery, which is a fiery dart from Satan to get you to sin, thing about the world, money, cov­etous­ness, doubt, dis­cour­age­ment, fear and so forth, do you know what will hap­pen in our lives? As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. We’ll begin to act on those things. We’ll begin to play those things out in our lives, and it will destroy our lives. You see, the real spir­i­tual war­fare for the believer is really not resist­ing or rebuk­ing the devil all the time, although there are times that we need to do that.

We need to say, “God, those are wrong thoughts. I need to turn around and renew my mind and start think­ing about the things that are lovely, just, and of good report.  Oth­er­wise, the more I play those thoughts that seem like my own, then it takes us to sin, takes us to self-pity, takes us to bit­ter­ness, etc.

The more you replay a neg­a­tive thought com­ing at you as a fiery dart, then a strong­hold can be formed, and now you are in bondage. The Bible says, If we will draw near to God, He will draw near to us. If we resist the enemy, he will flee from us.  There are times you will flub up, but the good news is we have the power to choose, resist or make it right. You need to say, “I’m going to resist what I’m let­ting the enemy do to me now. I’m going to sit down and open the Bible, and I’m not going to just read some words on these pages, but I’m going to con­nect with the God behind these words. I’m going to let my mind be stayed upon Him. And, Lord, this is what You say about me. You say that I’m for­given. You say that I’m cleansed. You say that noth­ing can sep­a­rate me from Your love.”  That is spir­i­tual warfare!

Phys­i­o­log­i­cal Look at Thought, Strong­holds, bondage

Strong­holds blocks entrance of God’s Word to your life.  To break strong­holds you’ll need to come against those fortresses in your own mind.  We are in a spir­i­tual war in our minds.

Renew­ing the mind breaks down strong­holds.  It also puts out fiery darts.  Strong­holds in the phys­i­o­log­i­cal are branches in the brain called den­drites hold­ing the pro­tein syn­the­sis, the mem­ory.  Those strong­holds in the mind are loose branches com­pared to strong­holds in the Lord.  Plus, it is proven to be shad­ows over the branches.

It takes 28 days to renew the mind and as you stand and cast down, refuse to replay neg­a­tive thoughts of any type, the den­drites start to shrink back and die out and at the same time new den­drites are form­ing that I call strong­holds of God.  The pro­tein syn­the­sis does not go away but lays dor­mant until you replay that thought to regrew the den­drites hold­ing the memor.  That is why it is impor­tant not to replace past fail­ures, hurts, etc.  It is an oppor­tu­nity to for­give if feel­ings of resent­ment, sad­ness, etc.

The Bible tells us in Romans 8:6Romans 8:6
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
6 For to be car­nally minded is death; but to be spir­i­tu­ally minded is life and peace. to be car­nally…: Gr. the mind­ing of the flesh to be spir­i­tu­ally…: Gr. the mind­ing of the Spirit  

WP-Bible plu­gin that as we do, we will see the trans­for­ma­tion the life and peace of God gives, as our minds are stayed upon Him and the things of the Spirit. Think on these things, my brethren, and walk this day in the lib­erty and free­dom that Christ has pur­chased for you.

Arti­cle by Derek Prince — Bat­tle­field of the Mind

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The Mind Is A Battlefield

Be Not Deceived!

Feb 23rd, 12 / 0 Comments

Be Not Deceived and how to deter­mine if bad or not:

This is what I use to mea­sure as a method for dis­cern­ment to not be deceived by others:

  • Who was the founder of this modality?
  • What was his/her spirituality?
  • What cul­ture did it come out of?
  • What were their beliefs?
  • Who is their God or gods?
  • What is the mes­sage or true meaning?

I know that Jesus warned us about decep­tion and being deceived through God’s Word.  Listed below are dis­cern­ment scriptures:

what­so­ever a man soweth that shall he also reap

Romans 16:18Romans 16:18
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the sim­ple.  

WP-Bible plu­gin “For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the sim­ple.”   1 Corinthi­ans 15:331 Corinthi­ans 15:33
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
33 Be not deceived: evil com­mu­ni­ca­tions cor­rupt good man­ners.  

WP-Bible plu­gin “Be not deceived: evil com­mu­ni­ca­tions cor­rupt good manners.”

be not deceived for god is not mocked

2 Thes­sa­lo­ni­ans 2:32 Thes­sa­lo­ni­ans 2:3
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdi­tion;  

WP-Bible plu­gin “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;”

heart deceived

James 1:26James 1:26
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
26 If any man among you seem to be reli­gious, and bri­dleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s reli­gion is vain.  

WP-Bible plu­gin “If any man among you seem to be reli­gious, and bri­dleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s reli­gion is vain.”

let no man deceive you

1 John 3:71 John 3:7
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
7 Lit­tle chil­dren, let no man deceive you: he that doeth right­eous­ness is right­eous, even as he is right­eous.  

WP-Bible plu­gin “Lit­tle chil­dren, let no man deceive you: he that doeth right­eous­ness is right­eous, even as he is righteous.”

being deceived by deceivers

2 John 1:72 John 1:7
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who con­fess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.  

WP-Bible plu­gin “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who con­fess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.”

 

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Be Not Deceived, Sanctification

Transformation vs. Sanctification

Feb 14th, 12 / 0 Comments

What is the Dif­fer­ence between Trans­for­ma­tion vs. Sanctification

What is the big deal with Trans­for­ma­tion? Are words chang­ing their mean­ing slightly?

The Greek word for “sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion” used in the New Tes­ta­ment also means “holiness.”(1) The verb “to sanc­tify” means “to make holy.”(2) When God sanc­ti­fies believ­ers, He does not only set them apart for a holy use, He makes them holy. Obvi­ously believ­ers can­not be set apart for holy uses unless they are first made holy peo­ple. Jesus was “sanc­ti­fied and sent into the world” (John 10:36John 10:36
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanc­ti­fied, and sent into the world, Thou blas­phemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?  

WP-Bible plu­gin)(3) in the sense that, because He was per­fectly holy, He could be set apart for a spe­cial holy work, the work of sav­ing the world from sin. When Jesus prayed, “Sanc­tify them in the truth; your word is truth” (John 17:17John 17:17
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
17 Sanc­tify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.  

WP-Bible plu­gin), He was ask­ing that His fol­low­ers should be made holy and, there­fore, be use­ful for the holy work for which He had cho­sen them. First He made them holy, and then He “sent them into the world” (verse 18).

The Bib­li­cal Mean­ing of Transformation

The true mean­ing of Trans­for­ma­tion is The Greek word for bib­li­cal “trans­for­ma­tion” is meta­mor­phoo, from which we get the Eng­lish word meta­mor­pho­sis: i.e., a com­plete change, such as a cater­pil­lar turn­ing into a but­ter­fly. Bib­li­cal trans­for­ma­tion, then, applies to an indi­vid­ual believer’s progress in sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion. In Romans 12:2Romans 12:2
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
2 And be not con­formed to this world: but be ye trans­formed by the renew­ing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and accept­able, and per­fect, will of God.  

WP-Bible plu­gin we are being trans­formed by the renew­ing of your mind. How, through his word! His word is alive and wash­ing our mind.

What’s the big deal? When we renew our minds, we are trans­form­ing our minds to the mind of Christ ( 1 Cor. 2:161 Cor. 2:16
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. may: Gr. shall  

WP-Bible plu­gin).

The new mean­ings for the word “trans­for­ma­tion” entered the mod­ern lex­i­con in the early 1980s. New Age author Mar­i­lyn Fer­gu­son, who is cred­ited with launch­ing the “com­ing out party” for Lucifer­ian Theosophists, exten­sively used the term. She defined it as “trans­for­ma­tion of con­scious­ness,” “a new see­ing,” “con­scious evo­lu­tion,” and a “par­a­digm change.” Trans­for­ma­tion was an essen­tial part of the Teil­hardian leap from “indi­vid­ual evo­lu­tion” to “col­lec­tive evolution.“3 Chris­t­ian dis­cern­ment author Con­stance Cum­bey bluntly remarked that Ferguson’s type of “trans­for­ma­tion” was “a euphemism for pro­gres­sively deeper lev­els of demonic influ­ence and has now infil­trate the church using the word transformation.”

Has the Bib­li­cal Mean­ing “Trans­for­ma­tion” Be Dif­fer­ent in Some Aspects in The Church Today?

The church mean today is “Trans­for­ma­tion” is the end-goal of a process that moves from TRADITION through TRANSITION to TRANSFORMATION. This is some­times called a “Par­a­digm Shift,” which means that Trans­for­ma­tion shifts one’s world­view (par­a­digm) from the old to a new. This is a dialec­ti­cally unfold­ing PROCESS in which the THESIS is con­tin­u­ally chal­lenged by ANTITHESIS, evolv­ing into ever-unfolding SYNTHESES. Trans­for­ma­tion is engi­neered, orches­trated and/or manip­u­lated. Trans­for­ma­tion involves chang­ing over a person’s val­ues, opin­ions, beliefs, atti­tudes, and even their behav­iors to that of the new paradigm/worldview.

There is cur­rently a bait and switch going on in neo-evangelical cir­cles. When evan­gel­i­cals hear the word “trans­for­ma­tion” bandied about, they assume it is a bib­li­cal word from Romans 12:2Romans 12:2
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
2 And be not con­formed to this world: but be ye trans­formed by the renew­ing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and accept­able, and per­fect, will of God.  

WP-Bible plu­gin: “And be not con­formed to this world: but be ye trans­formed by the renew­ing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and accept­able, and per­fect, will of God.” In fact, the tra­di­tional mean­ing of the word can be found in Matthew Poole’s Com­men­tary from the 1600s, which exhorts: “Be you regen­er­ated, and changed in your whole man; begin­ning at the mind, by which the Spirit of God wor­keth upon the infe­rior fac­ul­ties of the soul….”5 Matthew Henry’s Com­men­tary fur­ther expounds, “The progress of sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion, dying to sin more and more, and liv­ing to right­eous­ness more and more.”
When evan­gel­i­cals hear the phrase “church trans­for­ma­tion” they may think of the par­a­digm shift in liturgy, wor­ship styles, music, mega-churches, etc. In real­ity, “trans­for­ma­tion” is sub­stan­tial and deep, intent on re-forging the very foun­da­tions of Protes­tantism, west­ern civ­i­liza­tion, and ulti­mately the gov­er­nance of the entire earth. While lip ser­vice is being paid to the tra­di­tional def­i­n­i­tions you read about above, in real­ity the word “trans­for­ma­tion” now indi­cates a soci­etal, cul­tural and global rev­o­lu­tion. Here is one new def­i­n­i­tion which hints at the larger scale:
“Transformation–the mea­sur­able super­nat­ural impact of the pres­ence and power of God on human soci­ety, sacred and sec­u­lar. In the church, this is char­ac­ter­ized by increased holi­ness of life, accel­er­ated con­ver­sion growth, rec­on­cil­i­a­tion in rela­tion­ships, mobi­liza­tion of gifts and call­ings, and an increased rel­e­vance to and par­tic­i­pa­tion in greater soci­ety. In the cul­ture, this may be char­ac­ter­ized by per­va­sive aware­ness of the real­ity of God, a rad­i­cal cor­rec­tion of social ills, a com­men­su­rate decrease in crime rates (evi­dence of authen­tic bib­li­cal jus­tice, as described in Isa­iah 58), super­nat­ural bless­ing on local com­merce, heal­ing of the bro­ken­hearted (the alien­ated and dis­en­fran­chised), and an export­ing of king­dom right­eous­ness. To this end, a cat­alytic core of saints typ­i­cally embrace a lifestyle of per­sis­tent repen­tance, humil­ity, prayer and sac­ri­fi­cial ser­vant­hood that attracts the favor and pres­ence of God, and breaks the pre­dom­i­nat­ing influ­ences of the rul­ing power struc­tures of human flesh and the devil.”

If this new def­i­n­i­tion of “trans­for­ma­tion” sounds com­plex and obscure, it is. Unless you have been steeped in neo-evangelical doc­trines, this will sound like mish-mash. To aid the reader, below is a nut­shell syn­op­sis of the new doc­trines of “trans­for­ma­tion.”
1. The term “trans­for­ma­tion” is used to describe a planned, inten­tional “Sec­ond Ref­or­ma­tion” (also called “New Apos­tolic Ref­or­ma­tion”). An early pro­posal for a “sec­ond Protes­tant ref­or­ma­tion” appeared in The Emerg­ing Order (1979) by New Ager Jeremy Rifkin, who called for a re-definition of Gen­e­sis 1 to cre­ate a stew­ard­ship man­date for a domin­ion over the earth.8 Rick War­ren, of purpose-driven fame, pos­i­tively ref­er­enced Rifkin’s pro­posal for this new Reformation.9 Just this year was launched what he calls the “Sec­ond Reformation.”10 Other evan­gel­i­cal lead­ers call­ing for this new ref­or­ma­tion…. (Names left out pur­posely).
2) This “trans­for­ma­tion” is not per­sonal but is applied cor­po­rately to groups and enti­ties. One exam­ple is: “Social trans­for­ma­tion was defined as seek­ing pos­i­tive change in the whole of human life mate­ri­ally, socially and spir­i­tu­ally, by recov­er­ing our true iden­tity as human beings cre­ated in the image of God and dis­cov­er­ing our true voca­tion as pro­duc­tive stew­ards, faith­fully car­ing for our world and its people.”

3) This “trans­for­ma­tion” is to be accom­plished by a “mis­sion” strat­egy of doing “what­ever it takes” to launch polit­i­cal, social, and cul­tural reforms on a global scale. A phi­los­o­phy of “the end jus­ti­fies the means” has been embraced to accom­plish these colos­sal goals.
4) Extremely sophis­ti­cated psycho-social mar­ket­ing tech­niques are employed to facil­i­tate this “trans­for­ma­tion.”
5) State-of-the-art sta­tis­ti­cal mea­sure­ment and assess­ment meth­ods eval­u­ate this “trans­for­ma­tion,” judg­ing “effec­tive­ness” by pre-set, man-made cri­te­ria.
6) A plethora of intri­cate spir­i­tual activ­i­ties with new names, new tech­niques, new method­olo­gies, and new doc­trines pur­port­edly cause “trans­for­ma­tion” to take place in the heav­en­lies and then on earth.16 These include strategic-level spir­i­tual war­fare, iden­ti­fi­ca­tional repen­tance, prayer evan­ge­lism, on-site pray­ing, spir­i­tual map­ping, prayer walks, labyrinths, spir­i­tual for­ma­tion, and a host of other newly-concocted doc­trines with cor­re­spond­ing activ­i­ties. (The reader is chal­lenged to find any of these in the Bible.)
7) A re-alignment of church hier­ar­chi­cal struc­tures, not unlike net­work mar­ket­ing, is said to be essen­tial for “trans­for­ma­tion” to take place.
8) These new author­ity and account­abil­ity struc­tures must be super­im­posed between believ­ers and God. The model is touted as a return to the early New Tes­ta­ment model, in which churches met in homes. In real­ity it is a data-driven model with a top-down hier­ar­chy of author­ity and con­trol. It is var­i­ously called cell church, G12, shep­herd­ing, House2House, etc.
9) This “trans­for­ma­tion” dialec­ti­cally thrives on a diet of con­stant change which is accel­er­at­ing rapidly.19 Con­tin­u­ous change in the church is pointed to as “revival,” despite the fact that it uti­lizes busi­ness mar­ket­ing meth­ods such as Total Qual­ity Man­age­ment.
10) The claim is made that sub­mit­ting to and par­tic­i­pat­ing in this rad­i­cal and com­pre­hen­sive “trans­for­ma­tion” is nec­es­sary to ful­fill the Great Com­mis­sion. Thus “trans­for­ma­tion” has been inex­tri­ca­bly linked to the mod­ern mis­sions move­ment.
11) This “trans­for­ma­tion” is said to be incom­plete until the Bride of Christ is per­fected on earth and “God’s king­dom is seen on earth as it is in heaven.”
12) There­fore, believ­ers are told they are co-creators and co-redeemers, renew­ing the earth through their var­i­ous “trans­for­ma­tive” activ­i­ties.
Neo-evangelical “trans­for­ma­tion” doc­trines inte­grate Theos­o­phy with Chris­tian­ity for a hybrid new ortho­doxy, some­times termed the “emer­gent” church. There­fore, this “trans­for­ma­tion” is fer­tile ground for all new forms of ecu­menism, eas­ily find­ing com­mon ground with both cults and the occult. Pop­u­lar neo-evangelical leader Leonard Sweet laid out this broader con­cept of trans­for­ma­tional ecu­menism in his 1991 book Quan­tum Spirituality

Key­words: trans­for­ma­tion, sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion, holi­ness, right­eous­ness, sanc­ti­fied, san­ti­fy­ing grace, jus­ti­fi­ca­tion, repen­tance, jus­ti­fi­ca­tion by faith, reformed, god’s grace, saved by grace

Sanctification, Transformation vs. Sanctification

Kinds and Purpose for Afflictions

Feb 12th, 12 / 0 Comments

Tri­als, Tribu­la­tions And Afflictions

Ps. 25:18Ps. 25:18
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
18 Look upon mine afflic­tion and my pain; and for­give all my sins.  

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Chris­tians are expe­ri­enc­ing “tri­als, tribu­la­tions and afflic­tions” of all kinds.   Suffering is so con­trary to our nat­ural fleshly response to suf­fer­ing.  Afflic­tions many times is a result of sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion — dying to self. Times of great­est dif­fi­culty and dis­ap­point­ment often lead to repen­tance and change.  Afflic­tions are to draw our atten­tion to God and His Word.

What is the value of afflic­tion? In Psalm 119:71Psalm 119:71
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71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.  

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Kinds of Afflictions

1. Men afflict­ing men

2. Men oppress­ing widows

3. Hus­bands mis­treat­ing wives

4. Mas­ters or bosses oppress­ing slaves or employees

5. Con­querors afflict­ing the con­quered (war)

6. Self-affliction of the soul by fast­ing or like our young peo­ple today self affic­tict­ing to deal with emo­tional pain.

7. Wicked men afflict­ing neigh­bors in var­i­ous ways

8. Wicked per­se­cut­ing the godly

9. Gen­tiles oppress­ing Jews

10. Heavy responsibility

11. Suf­fer­ings of Christ

12. Var­i­ous agents of God caus­ing many kinds of suf­fer­ing accord­ing to God’s law of sowin and reaping

Learn The Pur­poses of Affliction

1.  To work good in a per­son (Ps. 119:71Ps. 119:71
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71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.  

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2. Hide pride from man (Job 3314–29)

3. Demon­strate God’s faith­ful­ness (Ps. 119:75Ps. 119:75
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75 I know, O LORD, that thy judg­ments are right, and that thou in faith­ful­ness hast afflicted me. right: Heb. right­eous­ness  

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4. To test sin­cer­ity (Mark 4:17Mark 4:17
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17 And have no root in them­selves, and so endure but for a time: after­ward, when afflic­tion or per­se­cu­tion ariseth for the word’s sake, imme­di­ately they are offended. offended: or, stum­bled, or, caused to fall into sin  

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10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spo­ken in the name of the Lord, for an exam­ple of suf­fer­ing afflic­tion, and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very piti­ful, and of ten­der mercy.  

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5. To refine, purify and increase fruit­ful­ness (Isa. 48:10Isa. 48:10
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10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with sil­ver; I have cho­sen thee in the fur­nace of afflic­tion. with…: or, for sil­ver  

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2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he pur­geth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.  

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10 For they ver­ily for a few days chas­tened us after their own plea­sure; but he for our profit, that we might be par­tak­ers of his holi­ness. after…: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them 11 Now no chas­ten­ing for the present seemeth to be joy­ous, but griev­ous: nev­er­the­less after­ward it yield­eth the peace­able fruit of right­eous­ness unto them which are exer­cised thereby.  

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6. To increase power and grace (Rom. 5:1–88Rom. 5:1–88
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5 1 There­fore being jus­ti­fied by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribu­la­tions also: know­ing that tribu­la­tion wor­keth patience; 4 And patience, expe­ri­ence; and expe­ri­ence, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 6 For when we were yet with­out strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. in due time: or, accord­ing to the time 7 For scarcely for a right­eous man will one die: yet per­ad­ven­ture for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God com­mendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sin­ners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now jus­ti­fied by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were ene­mies, we were rec­on­ciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being rec­on­ciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atone­ment. atone­ment: or, rec­on­cil­i­a­tion 12 Where­fore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: for that: or, in whom 13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nev­er­the­less death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the simil­i­tude of Adam’s trans­gres­sion, who is the fig­ure of him that was to come. 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judg­ment was by one to con­dem­na­tion, but the free gift is of many offences unto jus­ti­fi­ca­tion. 17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abun­dance of grace and of the gift of right­eous­ness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) by one man’s…: or, by one offence 18 There­fore as by the offence of one judg­ment came upon all men to con­dem­na­tion; even so by the right­eous­ness of one the free gift came upon all men unto jus­ti­fi­ca­tion of life. by the offence…: or, by one offence by the right­eous­ness…: or, by one right­eous­ness 19 For as by one man’s dis­obe­di­ence many were made sin­ners, so by the obe­di­ence of one shall many be made right­eous. 20 More­over the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through right­eous­ness unto eter­nal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.  

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2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temp­ta­tions; temp­ta­tion: or, tri­als 3 Know­ing this, that the try­ing of your faith wor­keth patience. 4 But let patience have her per­fect work, that ye may be per­fect and entire, want­ing noth­ing. 7 Sub­mit your­selves there­fore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  

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9 Whom resist sted­fast in the faith, know­ing that the same afflic­tions are accom­plished in your brethren that are in the world.  

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7. To bring back to God — the back­slide (Hos. 5:15Hos. 5:15
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15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowl­edge their offence, and seek my face: in their afflic­tion they will seek me early. acknowl­edge…: Heb. be guilty  

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14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man per­ceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep fal­l­eth upon men, in slum­ber­ings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruc­tion, he…: Heb. he revealeth, or, uncov­ereth 17 That he may with­draw man from his pur­pose, and hide pride from man. pur­pose: Heb. work 18 He keep­eth back his soul from the pit, and his life from per­ish­ing by the sword. from per­ish­ing: Heb. from pass­ing 19 He is chas­tened also with pain upon his bed, and the mul­ti­tude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life abhor­reth bread, and his soul dainty meat. dainty…: Heb. meat of desire 21 His flesh is con­sumed away, that it can­not be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroy­ers. 23 If there be a mes­sen­ger with him, an inter­preter, one among a thou­sand, to shew unto man his upright­ness: 24 Then he is gra­cious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ran­som. a ran­som: or, an atone­ment 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth: a child’s: Heb. child­hood 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will ren­der unto man his right­eous­ness. 27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and per­verted that which was right, and it prof­ited me not; He…: or, He shall look upon men, and say 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. He…: or, He hath deliv­ered my soul, etc, and my life 29 Lo, all these things wor­keth God often­times with man, often­times: Heb. twice and thrice  

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8. To hum­ble and cor­rect (2 Sam. 12:142 Sam. 12:14
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14 How­beit, because by this deed thou hast given great occa­sion to the ene­mies of the LORD to blas­pheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.  

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30 If his chil­dren for­sake my law, and walk not in my judg­ments; 31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my com­mand­ments; break: Heb. pro­fane 32 Then will I visit their trans­gres­sion with the rod, and their iniq­uity with stripes.  

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5 And ye have for­got­ten the exhor­ta­tion which speaketh unto you as unto chil­dren, My son, despise not thou the chas­ten­ing of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chas­teneth, and scour­geth every son whom he receiveth.  

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9. To make exam­ples (1 Cor. 10;5, 11)

10. To man­i­fest love (Pr. 3:11–12Pr. 3:11–12
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11 My son, despise not the chas­ten­ing of the LORD; nei­ther be weary of his cor­rec­tion: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he cor­recteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.  

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5 And ye have for­got­ten the exhor­ta­tion which speaketh unto you as unto chil­dren, My son, despise not thou the chas­ten­ing of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chas­teneth, and scour­geth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chas­ten­ing, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chas­teneth not? 8 But if ye be with­out chas­tise­ment, whereof all are par­tak­ers, then are ye bas­tards, and not sons. 9 Fur­ther­more we have had fathers of our flesh which cor­rected us, and we gave them rev­er­ence: shall we not much rather be in sub­jec­tion unto the Father of spir­its, and live? 10 For they ver­ily for a few days chas­tened us after their own plea­sure; but he for our profit, that we might be par­tak­ers of his holi­ness. after…: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them  

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19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chas­ten: be zeal­ous there­fore, and repent.  

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11. To give reward (Rom. 8:17Rom. 8:17
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17 And if chil­dren, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suf­fer with him, that we may be also glo­ri­fied together.  

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17 For our light afflic­tion, which is but for a moment, wor­keth for us a far more exceed­ing and eter­nal weight of glory;  

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12 Blessed is the man that endureth temp­ta­tion: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.  

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7 That the trial of your faith, being much more pre­cious than of gold that per­isheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and hon­our and glory at the appear­ing of Jesus Christ: 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spo­ken of, but on your part he is glo­ri­fied.  

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12. To learn obe­di­ence and truth (Ps. 119:71Ps. 119:71
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71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.  

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8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obe­di­ence by the things which he suf­fered; 5 And ye have for­got­ten the exhor­ta­tion which speaketh unto you as unto chil­dren, My son, despise not thou the chas­ten­ing of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chas­teneth, and scour­geth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chas­ten­ing, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chas­teneth not? 8 But if ye be with­out chas­tise­ment, whereof all are par­tak­ers, then are ye bas­tards, and not sons. 9 Fur­ther­more we have had fathers of our flesh which cor­rected us, and we gave them rev­er­ence: shall we not much rather be in sub­jec­tion unto the Father of spir­its, and live? 10 For they ver­ily for a few days chas­tened us after their own plea­sure; but he for our profit, that we might be par­tak­ers of his holi­ness. after…: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them  

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12 Kinds of Affliction, Sanctification

12 Causes of Afflictions

Feb 12th, 12 / 0 Comments

There are twelve causes of afflictions:

Afflic­tion means bad, evil, adver­sity, afflic­tion, calamity, grief, sor­row, wretched­ness.  The idea is that God made sor­row, mis­ery, wretched­ness, et.c as the sure fruit of sin.  He made the law of sow­ing and reaping

1.  Sin (Gen. 3:16Gen. 3:16
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16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly mul­ti­ply thy sor­row and thy con­cep­tion; in sor­row thou shalt bring forth chil­dren; and thy desire shall be to thy hus­band, and he shall rule over thee. to thy…: or, sub­ject to thy hus­band  

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18 Look upon mine afflic­tion and my pain; and for­give all my sins.  

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Gen. 3:16Gen. 3:16
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16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly mul­ti­ply thy sor­row and thy con­cep­tion; in sor­row thou shalt bring forth chil­dren; and thy desire shall be to thy hus­band, and he shall rule over thee. to thy…: or, sub­ject to thy hus­band  

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Ps. 25:18Ps. 25:18
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18 Look upon mine afflic­tion and my pain; and for­give all my sins.  

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2. Back­slid­ing (Ps. 119:67Ps. 119:67
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67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.  

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Ps. 119:67Ps. 119:67
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67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.  

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3. Mis­use of tongue (Pr. 26:28Pr. 26:28
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28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flat­ter­ing mouth wor­keth ruin.  

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Prov. 26:28Prov. 26:28
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28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flat­ter­ing mouth wor­keth ruin.  

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4. Resent­ment (Gen. 16:4–11Gen. 16:4–11
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4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she con­ceived: and when she saw that she had con­ceived, her mis­tress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had con­ceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. as…: Heb. that which is good in thine eyes dealt…: Heb. afflicted her 7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a foun­tain of water in the wilder­ness, by the foun­tain in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mis­tress Sarai. 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mis­tress, and sub­mit thy­self under her hands. 10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will mul­ti­ply thy seed exceed­ingly, that it shall not be num­bered for mul­ti­tude. 11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ish­mael; because the LORD hath heard thy afflic­tion. Ish­mael: that is, God shall hear  

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Gen. 16:4–11Gen. 16:4–11
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4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she con­ceived: and when she saw that she had con­ceived, her mis­tress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had con­ceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. as…: Heb. that which is good in thine eyes dealt…: Heb. afflicted her 7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a foun­tain of water in the wilder­ness, by the foun­tain in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mis­tress Sarai. 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mis­tress, and sub­mit thy­self under her hands. 10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will mul­ti­ply thy seed exceed­ingly, that it shall not be num­bered for mul­ti­tude. 11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ish­mael; because the LORD hath heard thy afflic­tion. Ish­mael: that is, God shall hear  

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 5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had con­ceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

 6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

 7And the angel of the LORD found her by a foun­tain of water in the wilder­ness, by the foun­tain in the way to Shur.

 8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mis­tress Sarai.

 9And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mis­tress, and sub­mit thy­self under her hands.

 10And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will mul­ti­ply thy seed exceed­ingly, that it shall not be num­bered for multitude.

 11And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ish­mael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.”

Pride (Job. 33:14–29Job. 33:14–29
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14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man per­ceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep fal­l­eth upon men, in slum­ber­ings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruc­tion, he…: Heb. he revealeth, or, uncov­ereth 17 That he may with­draw man from his pur­pose, and hide pride from man. pur­pose: Heb. work 18 He keep­eth back his soul from the pit, and his life from per­ish­ing by the sword. from per­ish­ing: Heb. from pass­ing 19 He is chas­tened also with pain upon his bed, and the mul­ti­tude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life abhor­reth bread, and his soul dainty meat. dainty…: Heb. meat of desire 21 His flesh is con­sumed away, that it can­not be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroy­ers. 23 If there be a mes­sen­ger with him, an inter­preter, one among a thou­sand, to shew unto man his upright­ness: 24 Then he is gra­cious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ran­som. a ran­som: or, an atone­ment 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth: a child’s: Heb. child­hood 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will ren­der unto man his right­eous­ness. 27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and per­verted that which was right, and it prof­ited me not; He…: or, He shall look upon men, and say 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. He…: or, He hath deliv­ered my soul, etc, and my life 29 Lo, all these things wor­keth God often­times with man, often­times: Heb. twice and thrice  

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Job 33:14–29Job 33:14–29
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14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man per­ceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep fal­l­eth upon men, in slum­ber­ings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruc­tion, he…: Heb. he revealeth, or, uncov­ereth 17 That he may with­draw man from his pur­pose, and hide pride from man. pur­pose: Heb. work 18 He keep­eth back his soul from the pit, and his life from per­ish­ing by the sword. from per­ish­ing: Heb. from pass­ing 19 He is chas­tened also with pain upon his bed, and the mul­ti­tude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life abhor­reth bread, and his soul dainty meat. dainty…: Heb. meat of desire 21 His flesh is con­sumed away, that it can­not be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroy­ers. 23 If there be a mes­sen­ger with him, an inter­preter, one among a thou­sand, to shew unto man his upright­ness: 24 Then he is gra­cious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ran­som. a ran­som: or, an atone­ment 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth: a child’s: Heb. child­hood 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will ren­der unto man his right­eous­ness. 27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and per­verted that which was right, and it prof­ited me not; He…: or, He shall look upon men, and say 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. He…: or, He hath deliv­ered my soul, etc, and my life 29 Lo, all these things wor­keth God often­times with man, often­times: Heb. twice and thrice  

WP-Bible plu­gin “14For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man per­ceiveth it not. 15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep fal­l­eth upon men, in slum­ber­ings upon the bed;  16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruc­tion, 17That he may with­draw man from his pur­pose, and hide pride from man.  18He keep­eth back his soul from the pit, and his life from per­ish­ing by the sword. 19He is chas­tened also with pain upon his bed, and the mul­ti­tude of his bones with strong pain: 20So that his life abhor­reth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21His flesh is con­sumed away, that it can­not be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroy­ers. 23If there be a mes­sen­ger with him, an inter­preter, one among a thou­sand, to shew unto man his upright­ness: 24Then he is gra­cious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ran­som  25His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:  26He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will ren­der unto man his right­eous­ness. 27He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and per­verted that which was right, and it prof­ited me not  28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. 29Lo, all these things wor­keth God often­times with man,”

6. Impen­i­tence (Pr. 1:30–31Pr. 1:30–31
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30 They would none of my coun­sel: they despised all my reproof. 31 There­fore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.  

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21 And I gave her space to repent of her for­ni­ca­tion; and she repented not.  

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Rev. 2:21Rev. 2:21
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21 And I gave her space to repent of her for­ni­ca­tion; and she repented not.  

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7. Born in it (Job 5:6Job 5:6
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6 Although afflic­tion cometh not forth of the dust, nei­ther doth trou­ble spring out of the ground; afflic­tion: or, iniq­uity  

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Job 5:6Job 5:6
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6 Although afflic­tion cometh not forth of the dust, nei­ther doth trou­ble spring out of the ground; afflic­tion: or, iniq­uity  

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8. Mis­treat­ment of oth­ers (Gen. 27 with 32:11h 32:11
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Izbrano poglavje ne obstaja!

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Izbrano poglavje ne obstaja!

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9. Hard­ness of heart (Ex. 4:12Ex. 4:12
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12 Now there­fore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.  

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10. Idol­a­try (Judg. 10:6–10; 2Judg. 10:6–10; 2
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6 And the chil­dren of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the chil­dren of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and for­sook the LORD, and served not him. 7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the chil­dren of Ammon. 8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the chil­dren of Israel: eigh­teen years, all the chil­dren of Israel that were on the other side Jor­dan in the land of the Amor­ites, which is in Gilead. oppressed: Heb. crushed 9 More­over the chil­dren of Ammon passed over Jor­dan to fight also against Judah, and against Ben­jamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore dis­tressed. 10 And the chil­dren of Israel cried unto the LORD, say­ing, We have sinned against thee, both because we have for­saken our God, and also served Baalim. 2 1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gil­gal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. angel: or, mes­sen­ger 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhab­i­tants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? 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. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the chil­dren of Israel, that the peo­ple lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sac­ri­ficed there unto the LORD. Bochim: that is, Weep­ers 6 And when Joshua had let the peo­ple go, the chil­dren of Israel went every man unto his inher­i­tance to pos­sess the land. 7 And the peo­ple served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that out­lived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. out­lived: Heb. pro­longed days after 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the ser­vant of the LORD, died, being an hun­dred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the bor­der of his inher­i­tance in Tim­nath­heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. Tim­nath­hares: called else­where, Tim­nath­serah 10 And also all that gen­er­a­tion were gath­ered unto their fathers: and there arose another gen­er­a­tion after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 11 And the chil­dren of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: 12 And they for­sook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and fol­lowed other gods, of the gods of the peo­ple that were round about them, and bowed them­selves unto them, and pro­voked the LORD to anger. 13 And they for­sook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he deliv­ered them into the hands of spoil­ers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their ene­mies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their ene­mies. 15 Whith­er­so­ever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly dis­tressed. 16 Nev­er­the­less the LORD raised up judges, which deliv­ered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. deliv­ered: Heb. saved 17 And yet they would not hear­ken unto their judges, but they went a whor­ing after other gods, and bowed them­selves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obey­ing the com­mand­ments of the LORD; but they did not so. 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and deliv­ered them out of the hand of their ene­mies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groan­ings by rea­son of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and cor­rupted them­selves more than their fathers, in fol­low­ing other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stub­born way. cor­rupted…: or, were cor­rupt ceased…: Heb. let noth­ing fall of their 20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this peo­ple hath trans­gressed my covenant which I com­manded their fathers, and have not hear­kened unto my voice; 21 I also will not hence­forth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 There­fore the LORD left those nations, with­out dri­ving them out hastily; nei­ther deliv­ered he them into the hand of Joshua. left: or, suf­fered  

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Judg. 10:6–10Judg. 10:6–10
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6 And the chil­dren of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the chil­dren of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and for­sook the LORD, and served not him. 7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the chil­dren of Ammon. 8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the chil­dren of Israel: eigh­teen years, all the chil­dren of Israel that were on the other side Jor­dan in the land of the Amor­ites, which is in Gilead. oppressed: Heb. crushed 9 More­over the chil­dren of Ammon passed over Jor­dan to fight also against Judah, and against Ben­jamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore dis­tressed. 10 And the chil­dren of Israel cried unto the LORD, say­ing, We have sinned against thee, both because we have for­saken our God, and also served Baalim.  

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 7And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the chil­dren of Ammon.

 8And that year they vexed and oppressed the chil­dren of Israel: eigh­teen years, all the chil­dren of Israel that were on the other side Jor­dan in the land of the Amor­ites, which is in Gilead.

 9More­over the chil­dren of Ammon passed over Jor­dan to fight also against Judah, and against Ben­jamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.

 10And the chil­dren of Israel cried unto the LORD, say­ing, We have sinned against thee, both because we have for­saken our God, and also served Baalim.”

For­get­ting God (1 Sam. 12:9–101 Sam. 12:9–10
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9 And when they for­gat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sis­era, cap­tain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have for­saken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our ene­mies, and we will serve thee.  

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1 Sam. 12:9–101 Sam. 12:9–10
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9 And when they for­gat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sis­era, cap­tain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have for­saken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our ene­mies, and we will serve thee.  

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 10And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have for­saken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our ene­mies, and we will serve thee.”

12. Hypocrisy (Mt. 23)

See Pur­poses of Affliction

See Ways We Can Be Afflicted

Exam­ples of Suf­fer­ing Affliction

 

12 Causes of Afflictions, Sanctification

When We Keep His Commandments

Dec 13th, 11 / 0 Comments

When we keep His Com­mand­ments, it is a show of Love to the Lord.  It also shows a desire to please Him.  The great­est com­mand­ment says “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart.”  God says, “Because he hath set his love upon me, there­fore will I deliver him” (Ps. 91:14Ps. 91:14
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14 Because he hath set his love upon me, there­fore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.  

WP-Bible plu­gin).  He keep­eth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his com­mand­ments to a thou­sand gen­er­a­tions” (Deut 7:9Deut 7:9
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9 Know there­fore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faith­ful God, which keep­eth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his com­mand­ments to a thou­sand gen­er­a­tions;  

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A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rot­ten­ness of the bones” (Prov. 14:30Prov. 14:30
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30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rot­ten­ness of the bones.  

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Why Some Loose Their Healing

Dec 4th, 11 / 0 Comments

The Bible says, “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seek­ing rest, and find­eth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he find­eth it empty.….” Matthew 12:43–44Matthew 12:43–44
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43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seek­ing rest, and find­eth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he find­eth it empty, swept, and gar­nished.  

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Don’t let the enemy gain reen­try into your life. We he comes seek­ing rest, Put out your “NO VACANCY” sign! Keep your house filled! Here are some prac­ti­cal steps to take to be sure, you are filled when he comes.

How do you keep your house filled and/or pro­tected (you are the tem­ple of the Holy Spirit)?:

1. Pay atten­tion to your thought life espe­cially thoughts of the past. The past should stay in the past.

What does that mean?  Con­tinue to look at the promises of God — He Came to Heal All Dis­eases Ps. 102:2Ps. 102:2
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2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trou­ble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speed­ily.  

WP-Bible plu­gin.  Some peo­ple reverse this.  Their faith waxes weak while they look at their symp­toms and for­get the promises of God.  God’s Word is the only solid basis for our faith.  But the enemy, after you get healed, will throw symp­toms and you can­not look at the symp­toms and allow doubt to come back in that God healed you.  The enemy throws symp­toms to get your eyes off of Christ so that you will loose faith and look at the symp­toms instead of the Lord.  You stand on the Word that Jesus is the Healer and that you’re healed.

We will miss or loose our heal­ing if we allow our symp­toms to hin­der us from expect­ing what His Word promise is.

Hebrews 11:1Hebrews 11:1
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11 1 Now faith is the sub­stance of things hoped for, the evi­dence of things not seen. sub­stance: or, ground, or, con­fi­dence  

WP-Bible plu­gin faith is the things not seen.  Symp­toms are not eter­nal but God’s Word is eter­nal and alive to do what it says to do.  Spir­i­tual War­fare is not believ­ing those symp­toms but believ­ing God’s Word that Christ died on the cross for our sal­va­tion and sick­ness and dis­ease.  So stand and believe with­out wavering.

2. Make sure you are right with God.  Our redemp­tive bless­ings are con­di­tional after we hear the Gospel.  Jesus said repent ye and believe the gospel.  Jesus great com­mand­ment has to do with rela­tion­ships with God, oth­ers and self.  Check to see if you have any bit­ter­ness towards any­one, are you in fear and out of faith, etc.  Dis­ease comes from sep­a­ra­tion and sep­a­ra­tion opens the door for the enemy to inflict.  James says to con­fess your faults to one another.… that ye might be healed.  If I regard iniq­uity in my heart the Lod will not hear me.

3. Areas you are weak, mem­o­rize spe­cific scrip­tures to fight the fiery darts! Exam­ple: I used to project fear for tomor­row. I learned to cast my cares to the Lord accord­ing to 1 Peter 5:71 Peter 5:7
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7 Cast­ing all your care upon him; for he careth for you.  

WP-Bible plu­gin. Where do fiery darts come from? Jesus with­stood Satan’s temp­ta­tion by using scrip­ture. The word is a mir­ror to the soul (James 1:22–25James 1:22–25
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22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hear­ers only, deceiv­ing your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man behold­ing his nat­ural face in a glass: 24 For he behold­eth him­self, and goeth his way, and straight­way for­get­teth what man­ner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the per­fect law of lib­erty, and con­tin­ueth therein, he being not a for­get­ful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. deed: or, doing  

WP-Bible plu­gin); it is a lamp unto the feet for guid­ance( Psalm 119:105Psalm 119:105
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NUN. 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. lamp: or, can­dle  

WP-Bible plu­gin); it is two-edge sword lay­ing bare the heart (Heb 4:12Heb 4:12
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12 For the word of God is quick, and pow­er­ful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, pierc­ing even to the divid­ing asun­der of soul and spirit, and of the joints and mar­row, and is a dis­cerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.  

WP-Bible plu­gin); it is food for the spirit (1 Pet 2:21 Pet 2:2
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2 As new­born babes, desire the sin­cere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:  

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4 But he answered and said, It is writ­ten, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that pro­ceedeth out of the mouth of God.  

WP-Bible plu­gin) No per­son can keep up deliv­er­ance apart from the Word of God as a pri­mary cause in his life!

4. Put on the Whole Armour of God The Christian’s spir­i­tual armour is set forth in Eph­esians 6:10–18Eph­esians 6:10–18
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10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wres­tle not against flesh and blood, but against prin­ci­pal­i­ties, against pow­ers, against the rulers of the dark­ness of this world, against spir­i­tual wicked­ness in high places. flesh…: Gr. blood and flesh spir­i­tual…: or, wicked spir­its high: or, heav­enly 13 Where­fore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to with­stand in the evil day, and hav­ing done all, to stand. hav­ing…: or, hav­ing over­come all 14 Stand there­fore, hav­ing your loins girt about with truth, and hav­ing on the breast­plate of right­eous­ness; 15 And your feet shod with the prepa­ra­tion of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, tak­ing the shield of faith, where­with ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the hel­met of sal­va­tion, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Pray­ing always with all prayer and sup­pli­ca­tion in the Spirit, and watch­ing there­unto with all per­se­ver­ance and sup­pli­ca­tion for all saints;  

WP-Bible plu­gin. There are seven pieces: (1) Loins girt about with truth (2) The breast­plate of right­eous­ness (3) Feet shod with the prepa­ra­tion of the gospel of peace (4) The shield of faith (5) The hel­met of sal­va­tion, (6) The sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God, and (7) Pray­ing in the spirit! Pay spe­cial atten­tion to the hel­met for guard­ing your thought life. Most demons seek­ing to re-enter assail the thoughts. Become watch­ful of any thought that could be con­sid­ered neg­a­tive; they are from the enemy. Sep­a­rate their thoughts from your own. Refuse the thoughts they give you and replace them with pos­i­tive thoughts. (See Phil 4:8Phil 4:8
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8 Finally, brethren, what­so­ever things are true, what­so­ever things are hon­est, what­so­ever things are just, what­so­ever things are pure, what­so­ever things are lovely, what­so­ever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. hon­est: or, ven­er­a­ble  

WP-Bible plu­gin) Resist the devil at the first sign of attack.

5. Make Pos­i­tive Con­fes­sions - Power in the Tongue brings life or death to oth­ers or to self. You can self curse or curse oth­ers with your words. Are you a neg­a­tive per­son? Do you see the world half empty instead of half full? Neg­a­tive con­fes­sions are lack of faith but doubt and unbe­lief which char­ac­ter­ize demonic influ­ence. Pos­i­tive con­fes­sions are faith expressed. Any other con­fes­sion will open the door for the enemy. (See Mark 11:23Mark 11:23
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23 For ver­ily I say unto you, That whoso­ever shall say unto this moun­tain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have what­so­ever he saith.  

WP-Bible plu­gin). Do you speak neg­a­tive words over your spouse, your chil­dren and so on?  It is more than pos­i­tive con­fes­sion but it is trust­ing and believ­ing in God’s Word and then con­fess­ing it.  It has to be true  in your heart — a real­ity of truth.

6. Know Who You Are In the King­dom of God! Why Did God Cre­ate You? Who are you in the King­dom of God? What is your Pur­pose? What is your call­ing? What is your des­tiny? What is the Body of Christ’s pur­pose? What is the Lord want­ing to restore? Com­ing Soon!

7. Cru­cify the Flesh Take up your cross daily and fol­low Jesus. (Luke 9:23Luke 9:23
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23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny him­self, and take up his cross daily, and fol­low me.  

WP-Bible plu­gin) Break old habit pat­terns. If fleshy appetites, desires and lusts are not brought to the cross a way for demons to return will be left open (Gal 5: 19–24Gal 5: 19–24
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19 Now the works of the flesh are man­i­fest, which are these; Adul­tery, for­ni­ca­tion, unclean­ness, las­civ­i­ous­ness, 20 Idol­a­try, witch­craft, hatred, vari­ance, emu­la­tions, wrath, strife, sedi­tions, here­sies, 21 Envy­ings, mur­ders, drunk­en­ness, rev­el­lings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the king­dom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long­suf­fer­ing, gen­tle­ness, good­ness, faith, 23 Meek­ness, tem­per­ance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ’s have cru­ci­fied the flesh with the affec­tions and lusts. affec­tions: or, pas­sions  

WP-Bible plu­gin). From Romans to Jude is all about San­tifi­ca­tion. What is Sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion? Def­i­n­i­tion of Santification:

Sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion is that con­tin­u­ous oper­a­tion of the Holy Spirit, by which the holy dis­po­si­tion imparted in regen­er­a­tion is main­tained and strengthened.

8. Be Will­ing To Go Into The Fire!

What are areas you are not able to still walk through? Make a list to dis­cuss. See notes!

9. Develop a Life of con­tin­u­ous Praise and Prayer Praise silences the enemy. Praise is not an atti­tude of heart; praise is the expres­sion unto God of thank­ful­ness, ado­ra­tion and joy by speak­ing, singing, shout­ing, danc­ing, leap­ing, play­ing musi­cal entrust­ments, clap­ping the hands, etc. Pray in the sprit (in tongues) and also in the under­stand­ing. (1 Cor 14:141 Cor 14:14
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14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my under­stand­ing is unfruit­ful.  

WP-Bible plu­gin). “Pray with­out ceas­ing” (1 Thess 5:171 Thess 5:17
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17 Pray with­out ceas­ing.  

WP-Bible plu­gin). Get a jour­nal and write down your vic­to­ries, bless­ings, etc. This is help­ful when times are tough. Com­ing Soon!

10. Main­tain a Life of Fel­low­ship and Spir­i­tual Min­istry!  It is the sheep that wan­ders from the flock that is most endan­gered. Find and ful­fill your func­tion within the body. (See 1 Cor 12:7–141 Cor 12:7–14
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7 But the man­i­fes­ta­tion of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wis­dom; to another the word of knowl­edge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of heal­ing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the work­ing of mir­a­cles; to another prophecy; to another dis­cern­ing of spir­its; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the inter­pre­ta­tion of tongues: 11 But all these wor­keth that one and the self­same Spirit, divid­ing to every man sev­er­ally as he will. 12 For as the body is one, and hath many mem­bers, and all the mem­bers of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all bap­tized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gen­tiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. Gen­tiles: Gr. Greeks 14 For the body is not one mem­ber, but many.  

WP-Bible plu­gin) Keep your­self under author­ity. Com­ing Soon!

11. Com­mit Your­self Totally to Christ Deter­mine that every thought, word and action will reflect the very nature of Christ. Abide in Christ that the fruit of the Spirit might come forth in abun­dance. Demon spir­its are ene­mies of the fruit of the spirit. Faith and trust in God is the great­est weapon against the devil and his lies. (See Eph. 6:16Eph. 6:16
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16 Above all, tak­ing the shield of faith, where­with ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.  

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12. Choos­ing friends who are like minded. Think of times you were influ­enced neg­a­tively from oth­ers who are not like minded.

Look what the Bible says about choos­ing friends…

“Do not be bound together with unbe­liev­ers; for what part­ner­ship have right­eous­ness and law­less­ness, or what fel­low­ship has light with dark­ness? Or what har­mony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in com­mon with an unbe­liever? Or what agree­ment has the tem­ple of God with idols? For we are the tem­ple of the liv­ing God; just as God said, I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. There­fore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE, says the Lord. AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will wel­come you. And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daugh­ters to Me, Says the Lord Almighty” (2 Corinthi­ans 6:14–182 Corinthi­ans 6:14–18
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14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbe­liev­ers: for what fel­low­ship hath right­eous­ness with unright­eous­ness? and what com­mu­nion hath light with dark­ness? 15 And what con­cord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infi­del? 16 And what agree­ment hath the tem­ple of God with idols? for ye are the tem­ple of the liv­ing God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my peo­ple. 17 Where­fore come out from among them, and be ye sep­a­rate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daugh­ters, saith the Lord Almighty.  

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“Do not be deceived: ‘Evil com­pany cor­rupts good habits.’ Awake to right­eous­ness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowl­edge of God. I speak this to your shame.” 1 Corinthi­ans 15:33–341 Corinthi­ans 15:33–34
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33 Be not deceived: evil com­mu­ni­ca­tions cor­rupt good man­ners. 34 Awake to right­eous­ness, and sin not; for some have not the knowl­edge of God: I speak this to your shame.  

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“And do not be con­formed to this world, but be trans­formed by the renew­ing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and accept­able and per­fect” (Romans 12:2Romans 12:2
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2 And be not con­formed to this world: but be ye trans­formed by the renew­ing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and accept­able, and per­fect, will of God.  

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“Keep your behav­ior excel­lent among the Gen­tiles, so that in the thing in which they slan­der you as evil­do­ers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glo­rify God in the day of vis­i­ta­tion” (1 Peter 2:121 Peter 2:12
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12 Hav­ing your con­ver­sa­tion hon­est among the Gen­tiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil­do­ers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glo­rify God in the day of vis­i­ta­tion. whereas: or, wherein  

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“He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the com­pan­ion of fools will suf­fer harm” (Proverbs 13:20Proverbs 13:20
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20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a com­pan­ion of fools shall be destroyed. destroyed: Heb. bro­ken  

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John said in 3 John 2 “Beloved, I wish above all tings that thou mayest pros­per and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”

That means sub­mit our­selves to God before He says “resist the devil,” because no one can suc­cess­fully resist the devil until he sub­mits him­self to God.

The con­di­tion of heart that was respon­si­ble for the com­ing of those dis­eases as men­tioned in Deut. 28 is not the right con­di­tion for their removal.  In other words, the con­di­tion of the heart that was respon­si­ble for the curse in that day is not the con­di­tion of heart in which to come to Him for the removal of the curse in our day.

“Set­ting Cap­tives Free Mind Body Spirit”

 by: Traci Morin, The Min­istry of Deliv­er­ance Heal­ing
Ser­vant and Ordained Min­is­ter of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Heal­ing Touch of God — Set Free Bible Study Sat­ur­day After­noons in Dallas/Fort Worth area –Free and reg­is­tra­tion required. We meet on Sat­ur­day after­noons Bib­li­cal insight into the med­ical as well as the spir­i­tual aspects of dis­ease includ­ing Group and Per­sonal Ministry.

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Sanctification Process

Nov 14th, 11 / 0 Comments

Sanctification Process

Sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion Process

Sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion Process

“If ye endure chas­ten­ing, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the Father chas­teneth not?… God chas­teneth us for our profit, that we may be par­tak­ers of His holi­ness” (Hebrews 12:7, 10Hebrews 12:7, 10
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7 If ye endure chas­ten­ing, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chas­teneth not? 10 For they ver­ily for a few days chas­tened us after their own plea­sure; but he for our profit, that we might be par­tak­ers of his holi­ness. after…: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them  

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and

“If a man… purge him­self… he shall be a ves­sel unto honor, sanc­ti­fied and meet for the Master’s use, pre­pared unto every good work” (II Tim­o­thy 2:21)

To Sanc­tify is to set apart from the World and to con­se­crate, to God and to His service.

The tem­ple at Jerusalem was holy, that is to say, it was con­se­crated, ded­i­cated to God that it might serve Him as a dwelling place.  Our bod­ies are tem­ples for the Holy Spirit — the Spirit of the Most High God resides in us.

Again in this day, God is form­ing for Him­self a holy peo­ple, and it is that we may torn part of them that Jesus sets us free. He “gave Him­self for us that He might redeem us from all iniq­uity, and purify unto Him­self a peo­ple for His own pos­ses­sion, zeal­ous of good works” (Titus 2:14Titus 2:14
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14 Who gave him­self for us, that he might redeem us from all iniq­uity, and purify unto him­self a pecu­liar peo­ple, zeal­ous of good works.  

WP-Bible plu­gin, ASV).

 It is the Lord who breaks the chains by which Satan would hold us in bondage.

God chas­tens us “for our profit, that we may be par­tak­ers of His holi­ness,”(Hebrews 12:10Hebrews 12:10
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10 For they ver­ily for a few days chas­tened us after their own plea­sure; but he for our profit, that we might be par­tak­ers of his holi­ness. after…: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them  

WP-Bible plu­gin), and that we may be sanc­ti­fied, “meet for the Master’s use” (II Tim­o­thy 2:21).

Sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion is not some­thing which you can accom­plish your­self; it can­not even be pro­duced by God in you as some­thing which you can pos­sess and con­tem­plate in your­self. No, it is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of holi­ness alone who can com­mu­ni­cate His holi­ness to you and renew it con­tin­u­ally. There­fore it is by faith you can become par­tak­ers of his holi­ness. Hav­ing under­stood that Jesus has been made unto you of God sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion (I Corinthi­ans 1:30).

But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, Who of God is made unto us wis­dom, and right­eous­ness, and sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion, and redemption:

“Set­ting Cap­tives Free Mind Body Spirit”

by: Traci Morin, The Min­istry of Deliv­er­ance Heal­ing
Ser­vant and Ordained Min­is­ter of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Heal­ing Touch of God — Set Free Deliv­er­ance Bible Study Classes, Sat­ur­day, Dallas/Fort Worth area –Free and reg­is­tra­tion required. We meet on Sat­ur­day after­noons Bib­li­cal insight into the med­ical as well as the spir­i­tual aspects of dis­ease includ­ing Group and Per­sonal Ministry.

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  • Free online teach­ings. Watch us twice a week free online stream­ing chan­nel peri­od­i­cally on Tues­day and Thurs­day night, 9:30 — 10 p.m. (CST). If you noti­fi­ca­tion 15 min­utes before a show, please sign up with Twit­ter.

If you are not saved or con­fused about God’s love for you, check out the Sal­va­tion / Father’s Love Videos

Read Traci Morin’s Heal­ing Tes­ti­mony — healed of 13 dis­eases. My heart is to teach and see oth­ers recover them­selves from the snares of the enemy.

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