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Are You a friend of God?

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Psalms 15:1-5 Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts. Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends. Those who despise flagrant sinners, and honor the faithful followers of the Lord, and keep their promises even when it hurts. Those who lend money without charging interest, and who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent. Such people will stand firm forever. What kind of person will you invite to your home? Who are your friends? We will definitely not want an evil person in our home or fold. For the evil person cannot stop doing evil. Now picture your heart as a home. What do you harbour in your heart? If it is continuous evil thoughts, negative approach to others, envy, hatred etc, listen you have an eroded home, why would the Lord want to dwell there. You cannot claim to be His friend. When Christ walked he...
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LIBERTY OR BONDAGE?

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Psalm 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good. If one should be free of anything, it should be from iniquity. It is sin that makes the human less than they should be. The greatest sin is rejecting God! Now there is something we can do nothing about, that is our source and origin. We are from God (Genesis 1). That is why Psalm 14:1 calls it foolishness not to believe in God. For we can never be free of God! Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Of course there was a time of ignorance, when many were carried away by false beliefs that there was life in carved images and other natural things, however that time has passed: Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: One truth is that man is never a vacuum, something is always in co...
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WAIT - BE PATIENT

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Psalm 13:1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? Waiting is not easy, yes, for when you are expecting from the Lord it seems as if it is taking too long. This is human nature and if we have not learnt patience and perseverance it could cost us a lot - King Saul is an example for us. 1Samuel 15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. Just like the error of King Saul, most of our impatience is from "What will people say?" It is difficult for one looking for prestige or relevance to walk the way of the Lord for what the people want most times contradict what God expects from us. 1 Corinthians 7:31 Those who use the things of the world should not become attached to them. For this world as we know it will soon pass away. 1 John 2:17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. Bu...
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BEWARE OF EVIL LIPS

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Psalm 12:2(BSB) A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue. The book of Proverbs cautions us that there are things the Lord hates: Proverbs 6:16-18 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, "an EVIL lip" They are like snakes when they open their mouth into your ears, they pour out venoms, causing you to hate and to think negatively of someone else. It is a sign of a polluted, envious/jealous, proud and evil heart. Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. We must be mindful that the fact that one goes to church, even committed in ministry, dresses decently or may ...
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WE ARE ASSURED IN THE LORD

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Psalm 11:1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain? When things look overwhelming the believer should very well be careful of the type of advice they accept, for many speak out of ignorance. At the time of writing Psalm 11, it is obvious that David was facing an impending threat and most likely from Saul, the advice from his friends was to run. However the most important thing is: "what was God saying?" We shouldn't get carried away with the challenges and feel God doesn't cater for His own. NO Psalm 11:4 The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. He is displeased with those who walked in unrighteousness: Psalm 11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Yes this was what Prophet Isaiah prophesied: Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]: becau...
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DO YOU FEAR GOD?

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Psalm 10:16 The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. The origin of sin, is the lack of the fear of God! Yes, even from the garden of Eden. Listen, how dare they discuss God behind His back! Psalm 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts. Psalms 10:11 The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us! He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!” In Genesis chapter 3, this is exactly what played out. Almost all who walk in iniquity think the same way. However, what the Messiah taught us was different: John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. This Paul emphasized: Romans 12:2 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. Yes it is all about our Heavenly Father, for He gave us...
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CONDEMNATION IS FOR THE WICKED

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Psalm 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God. The subject of hell and the punishment of the wicked has been discussed in many circles from three perspectives: * It's existence or non existence * It's intensity and duration * What could lead one to end up there. The first ideology should not be an issue, unless they decide to disbelieve the bible: Mark 9:43-44 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:  Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. James 3:6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto j...
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