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Walking With The True God Brings Blessings Now & Forever Is our God Jehovah, as our loving Father, distant from us? No! Are we distant as parents? No! When our are learning to walk or read or ride a bike we tend to be right by their side helping them. When we are learning of Jah and learning His Way He is right by our side helping us. Acts 17:26-28 And he made out of one man every nation of men to dwell on the entire surface of the earth, and he decreed the appointed times and the set limits of where men would dwell, so that they would seek God, if they might grope for him and really find him, although, in fact, he is not far off from each one of us. For by him we have life and move and exist, even as some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his .’ As parents we are reflecting Jehovah's own standard as a loving parent. We need Jehovah to guide our steps as a young needs our guidance in learning. He is our creator and knows us better than we know ourselves. Jeremiah 10:23 I well know, O Jehovah, that man’s way does not belong to him. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step. Since we are living in 'critical times' do you think Jah would be standoffish? Never! We need Him now more than in any time in human history, to get us, in loyalty, through these last days. 2Timothy 3:1-5 But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having an appearance of godliness but proving false to its power; and from these turn away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Genesis 6:9 This is the history of Noah. Noah was a righteous man. He proved himself faultless among his contemporaries. Noah walked with the true God Noah had great responsibilities, caring for his family in dangerous days amid violent peoples, building the Ark and preaching to mankind of the impending Flood. How does this relate to us? We also need to keep building our relationship with God - like a spiritual Ark. We also need to care for our families both physically, materially and spiritually. Also, we need to be teaching and preaching the Good News of God's Kingdom to a mostly hostile populace. Noah trusted in Jehovah and relied on His guidance and he obeyed Him. The result was that Noah and his family was saved the calamity that came upon humankind at that time. Hebrews 11: 7 By faith Noah, after receiving divine warning of things not yet seen, showed godly fear and constructed an ark for the saving of his household; and through this faith he condemned the world, and he became an heir of the righteousness that results from faith. Enoch had to be brave to preach a warning of the calamity coming on mankind. This occurred 600 years later in the form of the Flood. Undoubtedly, he knew about the events in Eden. Probably, he also heard about what life had been like in the garden in Eden—which was perhaps still in existence, although barred to humans and he knew of God’s purpose that Adam’s offspring would fill the earth and make the whole planet like that original Paradise. In addition, Enoch surely cherished Jehovah’s promise to produce a Seed that would crush Satan’s head and undo the ill effects of Satan’s deception. Indeed, Enoch’s own inspired prophecy, preserved in the book of Jude, has to do with the destruction of Satan’s seed. Since Enoch had faith, we know that he worshipped Jehovah as the one who “becomes the rewarder of those earnestly seeking him.” Hence, while Enoch did not possess all the knowledge that we do, he had enough to form the foundation of a firm faith. With such a faith, he kept his integrity during turbulent times. Genesis 3:23+24 Genesis 1:28 Genesis 3:15 Hebrews 11:6 What did Enoch have to deal with? The corruption introduced by Satan in the garden of Eden quickly led to the spread of wickedness among Adam’s descendants. In such a world, Enoch was a prophet of Jehovah whose powerful inspired words resonate even today. Jude reports that Enoch prophesied: Jude 14+15 “Look! Jehovah came with his holy myriads, to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly concerning all their ungodly deeds that they did in an ungodly way, and concerning all the shocking things that ungodly sinners spoke against him.” Those words will find their final fulfillment at Armageddon. Still, we can be sure that even in Enoch’s day, there were many “ungodly sinners” who heard Enoch’s prophecy with annoyance. How loving that Jehovah took the prophet out of their reach! Revelation 16:14, 16 Enoch was the first person described in the Scriptures as walking with God. The Bible record says: Genesis 5:22 “After his fathering Methuselah Enoch went on walking with the true God.” Then, after reporting the length of Enoch’s life—which, while long compared with our life span, was short for those days—the record says: Genesis 5:24 “Enoch kept walking with the true God. Then he was no more, for God took him.” Evidently, Jehovah transferred Enoch from the land of the living to the sleep of death before opposers could lay hold of him. Hebrews 11:5+13 Apart from those brief verses, there are few references to Enoch in the Bible. Nevertheless, from the information that we have and from other indications, we have good reason to say that Enoch’s times were turbulent. How does Enoch relate to us? As in Enoch's day, Jah has the right of judgement and we need to warn others of the coming calamity that will hit mankind. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Micah 4:1-5 In the final part of the days, The mountain of the house of Jehovah Will become firmly established above the top of the mountains, And it will be raised up above the hills, And to it peoples will stream. And many nations will go and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah And to the house of the God of Jacob. He will instruct us about his ways, And we will walk in his paths.” For law will go out of Zion, And the word of Jehovah out of Jerusalem. He will render judgment among many peoples And set matters straight respecting mighty nations far away. They will beat their swords into plowshares And their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, Nor will they learn war anymore. They will sit, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, And no one will make them afraid, For the mouth of Jehovah of armies has spoken. For all the peoples will walk, each in the name of its god, But we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God forever and ever. Today, many are flocking to True Worship of God but to the world in general, it is not a popular course as most people would rather worship anything - idols, creeds, material things - anything except their creator. Happily though, many will be devoted to Jehovah the One and Only True and Living God. God gives light to our understanding and He guides our steps, physically and spiritually. When we begin to learn of God our light brightens as we show humiltiy and allow the Holy Spirit to transform our lives until it becomes a floodlight bright and beaming. It is a total way of life and not just a part-time, on and off again hobby. Thinking and acting in God's principles and standards needs to be a constant. It is not just a 'hat' that we put on for the occasional event to suit ourselves and then take off and throw on the hat stand to be ignored until the next event when we want to trot it out to put it on show for the next event. Psalm 119:105+106 Your word is a lamp to my foot, and a light for my path. I have sworn an oath, and I will carry it out, to observe your righteous judgments. Psalm 119:97+98 How I do love your law! I ponder over it all day long. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, because it is with me forever. If we let our work, play and worldly commitments rule all our hours daily we become spiritually starved, empty inside and bereft of all comfort and peace eventhough we may have any number of worldly accolades or material riches. 1Timothy 6:9+10 But those who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge men into destruction and ruin. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things, and by reaching out for this love some have been led astray from the faith and have stabbed themselves all over with many pains Matthew 6:24 “No one can slave for two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick to the one and despise the other. You cannot slave for God and for Riches As imperfect humans we tend to sacrifice our responsibilities to both God and our families thinking we ourselves are more important. Thinking more of ourselves than we ought. Philippians 2:3+4 Do nothing out of contentiousness or out of egotism, but with humility consider others superior to you, as you look out not only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others. Proverbs 29:23 The haughtiness of a man will humble him, but whoever is humble in spirit will obtain glory Jesus' priority was the teaching and preaching about God's coming Kingdom and it needs also to be our priority if we are going to follow him closely. 1Peter 2:21 In fact, to this course you were called, because even Christ suffered for you, leaving a model for you to follow his steps closely. From a physical standpoint Jehovah God knows we need to have a job to provide for our families but a worldly man will take a job regardless of the type of job it is, whereas, as spiritual man will consider how a particular job may effect his spirituality and his time to serve Jah and to care for his family. Psalm 119:1+2 Happy are those who are blameless in their way, who walk in the law of Jehovah. Happy are those who observe his reminders, who search for him with all their heart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is a high price to pay for immorality - loss of personal dignity, loss of resources and loss of health. Proverbs 5:3-12 For the lips of a wayward woman drip like a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet descend into death. Her steps lead straight to the Grave. She gives no thought to the path of life. Her course wanders, but she does not know where. Now, my sons, listen to me and do not turn away from what I am saying. Stay far away from her; Do not go near the entrance of her house, So that you may not give your dignity to others nor reap years of what is cruel; So that strangers may not drain your resources and what you labored for go to the house of a foreigner. Otherwise, you will groan at the end of your life when your flesh and body waste away and you say: “How I hated discipline! How my heart despised reproof! Proverbs 5:1+2 My , pay attention to my wisdom*. Listen carefully to my discernment so that you may guard your thinking abilities and safeguard knowledge with your lips *Wisdom = Truth and walking with Jehovah is a protection. Psalm 91:14 God said: “Because he has affection for me, I will rescue him. I will protect him because he knows my name There is so much happening around us in these critical days but few can see it and most don't discern it. Matthew 24 How Does Jah view us in our errors? Many times we stumble. When the righteous one stumbles Jah helps him get up again in a spiritual sense but the worldly man stays down even in the appearance of endurance. Proverbs 24:16 For the righteous one may fall seven times, and he will get up again, but the wicked will be made to stumble by calamity. Meditate on God's word and apply it in your life, daily, because there are so many blessings that come from walking with the True God. Jeremiah 3:14-17 “Return, you renegade sons,” declares Jehovah. “For I have become your true master; and I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, and they will feed you with knowledge and insight. You will become many and will bear fruit in the land in those days,” declares Jehovah. “No more will they say, ‘The ark of the covenant of Jehovah!’ It will not come up into the heart, nor will they remember it or miss it, and it will not be made again. At that time they will call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations will be brought together to the name of Jehovah at Jerusalem, and they will no longer stubbornly follow their own wicked heart.” How long do we want to walk with Jehovah God? Forever! John 3:36 The one who exercises faith in the has everlasting life; the one who disobeys the will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him. Serve Him now and through the tribulation to come upon a wicked world and then across the 100 years and on into the future that awaits. There will be much work to be done, still much teaching and preaching for those unrighteous ones who will also be resurrected, not to mention whatever may be needed by way of repairing the damage inflicted on the earth since the time of Adam, as well as whatever we may choose for ourselves by way of providing for our needs and our hobbies etc.....much to do in the 'satisfaction of our hands'. Colossians 3:23 Whatever you are doing, work at it whole-souled as for Jehovah, and not for men, Yours, Katidid. |
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Hi User, You would love the Convention this season. It is called "Why Did Jesus Come To Earth? To Save The World? To Rule The World? To Conquer The World?" The major talk is titled 'Jesus Christ, World Conqueror. How And When?" Another is "Imitate Jesus" based on 1Peter 2:21. There is a two part theatrical production portraying significant events in Jesus life plus many other talks and demonstrations and interviews. I had such a wonderful weekend just past as I went to the Convention in Brisbane. Yours Katidid.
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