Joel 2:1 "Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm
on my holy hill,Let all who live in the land tremble,
for the day of the Lord is coming. It is close at hand."
Ro 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
WHY DID GOD GIVE US THE HOLY SPIRIT?
God gave us his Holy Spirit so we could do the works of God and be transformed from the inside out.
So our job is to yield to the Holy Spirit, sort of like the Carrie Underwood song that says "Jesus take the wheel," so we can do the works of God.
In the verse that says in Acts 16:31 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. "believe on" doesn't mean believe that Jesus exists, the demons believe he exists and tremble, it means to trust in , rely on God or just let Jesus take the wheel of your life then the works will flow and you will do good works not to be saved but because you are saved there is a big difference and in the end you will be conformed to the image Jesus.
What Is The Work Of The Holy Sprit?
Once you are saved Eph 1:13 you are sealed with that holy Spirit of promise. The word sealed here is the same as the permanant seal affixed to a document (usually on a scroll) that would have to be broken in order to unroll the document and read it.
The Holy Spirit comforts us and helps our memory; John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Luke 12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you ought to say. Learn to be sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit as the prophets were /// 2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
There are many ways that the Holy Spirit works in the lives of Christians, but they all share one common goal: to make us more like Jesus Christ. He works in believers by renewing our minds ( Romans 12:2)to be like the mind of Christ. He does this by convicting us of sin (John 16:8-9) and leading us to repentance.
Galatians 5:22-23 informs us: “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
The Spirit of God gives us freedom 2Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. /// The Holy Spirit gives joy (Neh 8:10 The joy of the LORD is your strength.) ,peace and hope. Roman 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Romans 5:5 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.
Romans 8:27 The Holy Spirit helps us pray he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
(The Holy Spirit Gives Power!) 2 Timothy 1:7 For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.Acts 1:8. You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Uncovering What the Gift of Speaking In Tongues Is
First of all you have to know about the day of Pentecost this was the day that the Jews celebrated Shavuot.
Celebration of Shavuot occurs on the 50th day, or seven weeks, after the sheaf offering of the harvest celebrated during Passover.
The holiday is therefore also called Pentecost from the Greek pentēkostē (“50th”). At this time Jews came to Jersalem from all over the world and they spoke many differnet languages, in fact as many as 70 different languages were spoke on that day, and that is why the Lord himself spoke through the disciples so the Gospel could be heard and many people were saved because of it.
Acts 2:41 "Then they that gladly recieved his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls." The disciples were not speaking gibberish they were speaking understandable languages, gibberish would not get the message out and it would not help save anyone.
I was raised Pentecostal and actually used to speak that gibberish thinking that it was from the Lord but I was wrong and the Lord through the Holy Spirit that he gave me enlightened me to the truth.
I hope this comment clears up what speaking in tongues actually is.
Beware Of the New Jay-z Movie "The Book Of Clarence" That Mocks Christianity and Jesus
The Book Of Clarence that seems to promote Christianity does nothing but that. From the trailer alone, the movie looks like an affectionate parody of the old-school Hollywood Bible epics (think 1956's The Ten Commandments). It gives a different perspective about the time when jesus walked the earth.
The producer of this tale is Jay-Z. He has given himself the nick name of Hova that is a play on words of the name of God Jehova. Jay-z has a history of mocking Christianity and in making himself 'Hova' or God is further proof he has sold his soul to satan.
In Matthew 4:8 Satan promises the world and all of it's riches to Jesus if he would bow down and worship him well Jay-Z has done just that and has reaped the benefits of it seeing that he is a billionaire with a net worth of 2.5 Billion and growing.
Jay-Z also opened a museum called 'The Book Of Hov' another one of his play on words mocking the Bible, the museum is laid out to look like the Israelite temple. Gal 6:7-8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption.
In his song 'Empire State of Mind' he says Jesus can't save you and life starts when the church ends. The Rapers' wife Beyonce does a spoken word performance in one of her songs on her CD Lemonade where she makes mention of using the Bible as a Tampon! Does this sound like a couple that want to glorify the name of God?
THE BOOK OF CLARENCE - Official Trailer (HD)
I must warn believers who watch this movie to do as the verse ask them to do in Ephesians 6:11 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. In Hosea 4:6 It states "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
In the movie Clarence sees Jesus performing miracles and is followed by thousands so he says to himself "I want to be like that", he wanted to be like that not for spiritual purposes but for the fame and money which is similar to Acts 8:18 when Simon (the magician) saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money saying give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost, Peter immediately rebukes him telling him you have no part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Also in this tale Clarence "subtly" shows that he wants to be worshiped as God. At one point, he stands in front of a group of people and declares, "I am your new messiah."Clarence, a drug dealer, wants the kind of power that Jesus has, but he wants it for his own selfish goal of becoming wealthy and famous. Clarence achieves his "fame" by performing fake miracles, including giving sight to a blind man. Crowds flock to him because of his "phony" miracle.
The Book of Clarence pushes the false narrative of Black Hebrew Israelites and a "race-swapped Jerusalem." The movie paints Jerusalem with a majority black population, a belief held by many in the Black Hebrew Israelites camp who see themselves as the true descendants of a lost tribe of Israel. Even John the Baptist is portrayed as being a black man. The anti-Semitic group charges white people with censoring history to deny their Jewish heritage.
In an interview with Ebony magazine, Jeymes Samuel, the director, emphasized how important portraying ancient Israel as Black is to the narrative of the film. But, admits, "I knew I had to put our spin on it and inject our flavor into it." That statement alone reveals that he is changing and mocking the Bible. Samuel tells Vanity Fair in his first interview about the film. “I always wanted to explore the Bible stories, but from the angle of the person that sells Jesus his sandals, the woman or man that owns the hair salon.” The ambitious tale pulls in classic biblical figures like Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and John the Baptist, and uses Black actors to portray them.
A video on Vision unSEALED, a YouTube channel, says that the sad part about Clarence is that "many people who profess to be Christians enjoy watching these blasphemous movies that disrespect our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ."The YouTube channel says people are worshipping celebrities like Beyoncé in church and that they even have a Beyoncé Bible called, "Beyble." A Beyoncé mass was held at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, Washington, on May 6, 2022. Black celebrities like celebrities like Kanye West and NBA star Kyrie Irving are also included in the group.
Those who watch this movie must be aware that Satan is working through his agents in Hollywood to undermine the authority of the Bible and the divinity of Jesus Christ.
The Book Of Clarence is another act of satan to desensitize the world to what Christianity really is and attempts to take away from the divinity of Jesus. This film is the work of the anti-christ.
For more information about "The Book Of Clarence" and how it Mocks Christianity and Jesus watch these videos.
JAY-Z Releases Blasphemous Bible Movie Mocking Christians..
Jay-Z Debuts New Blasphemous Movie The Book Of Clarence And Opens Temple To Himself In Brooklyn
The Book Of Clarence: Blasphemy or Art? Why Not Both!
WHO IS ISRAEL AND WHO ARE THE REAL HEIRS TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
We see in the Old Testament that Israel in the flesh suffered time after time after time because they violated the Law that Yahweh gave them and worshipped other gods and finally they as a nation were destroyed and carried off into captivity and dispersed throughout the known world.
The ones we call Jews today are the remnant left from what was the southern tribes, Judah, Levi and Benjamin.
Romans 3[19] Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.[20] Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans 8[3] For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
God knew Israel could never obey the law, they were used as an example for us.
Galatians 2:[21] I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Galatians 3[23] But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
[24] Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Israel rejected their Messiah and had him nailed to the cross. Jesus gave the parable of the vineyard in Matthew21:33 that ended with the husbandman killing the owners son to obtain the inheritance.So Jesus says in Matthew 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
THEREFORE Galatians 3:[28] There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
[29] And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs (beneficiaries) according to the promise.
I keep seeing these posts that claim that all Israel according to the flesh will be saved. The Bible does not say that. The Bible does say Romans 9:27 Esaias(Isaiah) also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:and if that remnant acknowledges Jesus as their Messiah they will be.
IN CONCLUSION - Romans 9:[6] Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
[7] Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
[8] That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
LET ME SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME , They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God nor are they the heirs to the kingdom of God
WHY DID JESUS CURSE THE FIG TREE
What puzzled me was when I first read this story of how Jesus saw a fig tree from a distance and it looked like it should have fruit because of all the leaves it had, but it had no fruit and he cursed it. But the Bible says it wasn't time for figs, or was it?
Mark 11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. /// In verse 14 Jesus told the tree "No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. and he cursed it." Turns out over there they have figs early in Israel. Here is a testamony about it.
Of course, this would have been in April, and figs generally do not become ripe until summertime. However, over there they have a first ripe fig. And when we go over there in February/March, you will see these large first ripe figs on the tree.
Usually they precede even the leaves, so that by the time the leaves come on the tree, these figs are pretty well developed. So seeing this fig tree with leaves, He figured there might be some of these first ripe figs on it. Coming to it, finding no fruit.
Jesus was referring to the hypocrisy of the Jewish religious leaders. /// Matthew 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
THE OLD LAW IS DEAD
Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:<---END OF OLD LAW.
Romans 3:20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. Galatians 3:21 For if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested (manifest = made known, the rightoeousness of God now is manifest through the believers by the power of the Holy Spirit that each believer recieives when saved).
22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe:
People boast that they are not under the law which is true but now the law is written on believers hearts, a more perfect law, and that Holy Spirit that
God gives will convict you of it so you
Ephesians 4:15 may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Romans 8:[29] For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Yah Does Not Throw His Children Away!
Deuteronomy 4:25 When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger,
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
27 And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
28 And there you will serve gods, the work of mens hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
29 But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
30 When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice
31 (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.
When YHWH Elohim makes a promise, He will carry it out! And here He warns His children against Idolatry yet again.
When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger,
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed. (Vs 25, 26)
He knows what our future is, and what we will do, and He tells us in advance the repercussions that will befall us, should we bow down to idols. Yet it is the tendency of the people of Israel to worship something tangible. They seem to want a harmless little god, that they can worship, although it has no power. It cannot forgive sin, or create anything, neither can it love them.
But still they seem to want to do this, even though it offends the only real Elohim there is. This is the Israel we see today, scattered to the winds because of their idols.
27 And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
28And there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. (Vs 27, 28)
This is reality! YHWH Elohim divorced 10 of the 12 tribes of Israel and scattered them all over the World.
Jeremiah 3:8 She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce.
Assyria’s army came in and took them captive and scattered them all over the world, too ashamed to try to come back, they continued to wander among the nations of Idol worshippers.
Ezekiel 20:43 And there you shall remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed.
Many prophets have spoken of this, and Hosea is no exception.
Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.
Hosea 5:11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after filth. (Ephraim had no heart of returning but continuing after the idols)
Hosea 6:10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.
Ephraim is synonymous with the lost tribes. They were the proverbial square peg in a round hole. Not fitting in anywhere.
Isaiah 7:8 for the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is only Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.
They were scattered, but it was never YHWH’s intention to abandon them, but to humble them. He says, “But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
30 When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice
31(for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them. (Vs 29-31)
He will keep His covenant, And this why Christ, came into this world, to restore the lost sheep to the Father.
Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
Romans 7:2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
Did Christ not die? And then was He not resurrected anew? He did this, so that He could redeem the Lost sheep of Israel, and anyone else that would submit to Yahweh Elohim.
Colossians 2:13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
dead in your trespasses and uncircumcision of your flesh meaning, out of covenant. Circumcision represents covenant here.
But the steadfast love of the LORD [YHWH] is from everlasting to everlasting on, those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
The way He never forgets His Covenant is Beautiful, and the net results for us is an opportunity to be restored to YHWH God, by His Son Yeshua. Thus He tells us, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6)
Do not look for another way, it does not exist for you or for Ephriam, but if we are of a mind to obey God, he will accept us, and the grace of forgiveness will cover our sins.
Now is the time of redemption, repent and follow Christ instructions.
