Home Work Blog

Improving Your Home

Nov 15-16

Gen 2:18-25;

Psalm 127:3-5;

Ephesians 5:22-23

*** Families ***
Here I speak as a male about things that are primarily not my domain. I will however try to clarify at lest one side of the issues. As a member of a family I do have some experiences and knowledge. As with many bible subjects, what I read and the first understanding that I get from the reading needs a little reconciliation with real life! I find that the Bible is not well understood in many of it's particulars with out interaction with other believers. Jesus said where two or three are gathered...I am there! I believe any person can understand the Bible, but do not think that good doctrine is developed in a vacuum. Paul said, From many members to one body Revelation is a book to understand Jesus, the Bible however is an unfolding of the knowledge of God from Genesis to Revelation! God is understood and known by reading the scripture. Scripture is understood best by living in fellowship with other believers. God said let there be light, in the beginning and has continued to reveal the light of the scripture through out the centuries. My prayer is that the light of God be revealed in the heart of each believer.

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Genesis 2:18-25

18 ¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

21 ¶ And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Using the principle of first occurrence we understand the order of all priority to be as listed.

Family was God's idea. His ideas are better than any we might have. Various religious traditions have legislated away the plan for family. The Jewish idiom renders the meaning of a definite negative as a forceful opposite! So "it is not good for man to live alone" would mean that it is very good for man to be joined with a woman. Her affect on him is so profound that it becomes the single most important decision of his life, after His choice For God! The Hebrew for Help meet suggests Succor. By this we usually mean food, nourishment, and by implication encouragement! The Greek word translated Home comes from the idea of Leaping up with particular image of a Geyser. This is the best image of the kind of relationship that God has designed.

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Psalm 127:3-5

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

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Ephesians 5:22-23

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.

How many times in our reading of the scripture do we see a command on the very thing that is most difficult for each of us to do.

Thou shall not Kill...when you are sure the world would be better with out the person

Men Lay down your life.

1. This focuses on the one need that every lady has: the need for attention;
2. and the thing that is the most difficult for the man: to let go of all the other pressures onthe person.

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Two or Three

Matthew 18:20

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
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From many one

Romans 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

1 Corinthians 12:12 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.

1 Corinthians 12:20 But now are they many members, yet but one body.
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Know God

John 17:3

And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

This description by Jesus pictures salvation as a relationship, first with God and then with the Body of Christ. Paul reveals in

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Priority

1. God
   Genesis 1:27 ***
   So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.


2. Spouse ***
   Genesis 2:20 -- but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
   
   21 ¶ And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
   
   22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
   
   23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
   
   24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
   
   


3. Parents and children ***
   Genesis 4:1 -- 1 ¶ And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
   
   2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
   


4. Worship, congregational Fellowship ***
   Genesis 4:3 -- 3 ¶ And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
   
   4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
   
   Genesis 4:26 -- And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
   


5. Work ***
   Genesis 3:12 -- When you till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to you her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt you be in the earth.
   
   Genesis 6:14 -- [God said]Make you an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt you make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
   


6. Friends ***
   Genesis 38:12 -- And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep shearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
   

This study of priority answers a major problem in the ordering of our day to day life processes. I have noticed the lower items have a way of matriculating up the list until the lower items gradually take the place of the higher items. What ever higher priority subject that a person misplaces with a lower item is diminished. The person does not simply get the items out of order; the higher item is lost entirely. If a person places the work above the family the family is lost although the correct relationship with the Lord may still be maintained. Care must always be taken to keep the Lord's order of priority that same as the person's order. In this way we have a parallel way to be sure that we are walking in God's will.

God's Will

Romans 8:27 -- And he that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

Because there is only one God there can only be one Will... for every one! What ever is God's will for one will necessarily coordinate with God's Will for every other person who has relationship with Him. This also lends feed back as to what God's will is for each of us. If some planned action would prove not to be God's will for one Then the action is therefore not God's will for the person considering the planned action. The Scripture applies to all equally and with out partiality. God is not a respecter of individual Persons.

Respecter ** Romans 2:11

11 For there is no respect of persons with God.

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Using Money Wisely

Using Money Wisely

Nov 22-23

Proverbs 10:22;

1Tim 6:17-19;

Luke 16:9-13

Money parables usually picture some form of faithfulness
Faithfulness!

You to them: Your Doing what the other person expects of you (when you have a relationship with them.)

Them to you: Well that is different isnt it? HA HA

So why do we seem to expect more of others thatn we do of ourselves? That wouldn't be a double standart would it?

Koinonia ** the Greek word describing fellowship ** where there is mutual exchange, mutual interaction!!

This relationship implies someone is counting on another and in particular the expected performance of the other.
Jesus teaches on money more than any other subject. Seems that has the attention of his listeners. One element of his teaching on money is profit. Does he expect a profit? His idea of a profit might be something different than we would normally think. Money alone has very little utilitarian value. Gold the primary guarantor of money could be used for jewelry and for anything that needs to transmit electricity. So...Gold does provide value in these areas. Primarily the thing that buoys the price per ounce is it represents a medium of exchange. hours of work. Value can also be c arried foreward into succeeding periods! We exchange our time or resources for money! Money doesn't spoil in a few days like food! This makes it suitable medium of storage. You can save up some unused time. The saved money could then be exchanged later for food, shelter , or clothing; the basics of life.

His idea of profit is souls. Jesus' medium of exchange is words and people. To him this is the ultimate in resources. Money only lasts as long as the world lasts. The soul -- forever. Jesus implies that to exchange money to get a soul that lasts longer than money, well this is a good profit! He's thinking that to exchange something that is perishing for something that isn't is good!

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Riches are from the Lord

Proverbs 10:22

22 ¶ The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

Blessing *** Some translations of the bible give happines as a meaning of blessing. Seems that this is another "religious word!" Having onr meaning in religious context, but another meaning in other schemas. Funny how we separate the world into secular and spiritual. Do we think that deeds in the secular do not count in the Spiritual world? The truth is:all is spiritual first.If it is also secular, then we are carring the spiritual part of ourselves into an unnatural setting. How comfortable is that?

Riches *** So often we think of riches as only money! For many it isn't only the main thing ...it's ythe only thing! The wisdom of Proverbs elevate the concept of riches to a higher level. This level is an experience! Represents a fullness.

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The hebrew word for peace comes to mind! Shalom...Nothing missing; nothing broken! Yet howmany who are rich in money and this world's goods wish to exchange some of their money for health, or even peace?

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Using Riches wisely

1Tim 6:17-19

1. 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;


2. 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate [give to those in need];


3. 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

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There is only one god...at any given time!

Luke 16:9-13

9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon [worldly goods] of unrighteousness;

that, when[ if] you fail[ die], they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and

he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?

13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other;

or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Divided loyalty! Is it money or God that you serve. One of the names of the most high is I Am A Jealous God.

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Profit

Luke 19:23

Why then give not my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury [interest]?

The master is requesting that profit be made of His investment made. The minimum acceptable return to him (one with no risk) is the bank. He is assuming that the banks will not fail! He is, however, expecting a return on investment. We have the same expectation which verifies that we are made in His image!

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Appreciating Life

Appreciating Life

Nov 8-9

Genesis 9:5-6;
Psalm 139-13-14;
Exodus 21: 22-23

Life the one thing Science can not duplicate! The "something" that departs at the time of Death... we call Life! The body weighs a little less when the spirit [that thing that we call life] departs the body at time of death. Life has substance and that substance is distinctive with every person. So at seems that every person is unique! There are those that say, "I met my double." By this they mean, "I met one who looks like me on another part of the world." A closer look reveals the outside shell may appear similar, but the DNA for the person is different, the quality that makes the most difference is the value structure. This may not easily discerned from the outside. The values are more determinate to what a person will do than any outward appearance. Never the less the most determinative predictor of future action would be the value structure. What does the person believe? We hope to shed light on some of those beliefs and assumptions as we outline this topic.

We call those who kill the life of an adult with out conscience a psychotic murderer. His actions are unnerving in that they seem to have a different set of rules regarding Life. How can a person predict what that person will do in any given situation. The essence of trust is to be able to be comfortable with expected reactions to any given stimulus or situation. Their actions are psychopathic when those actions deny the life of another person without cause. In Littleton Colorado the murdering students not only did not value the lives of those different from themselves. Investigation revealed that they felt compelled to eliminate all those different. This compulsion was particularly strong for any found who worshiped the Living God! (Psychologists call psychopathic another word for sick. This is not generally accepted in the world. We call one who would mistreat a child an abuser; a criminal. We are so very easy to judge the one who takes the life of another with no respect. Right we should be! stepping back down the scale of utility, why do we make devalue the life of these certain members. Why do we permit the special class of persons called mothers to extinguish the lives of the most helpless members of our world. If a person does not produce money, the person's valuation in the eyes of our society falls. The more the lessening of the productivity, the less the value. People with various handicaps seem to come out lower on the scale of importance. Turning the job of valuation over to some governmental potentate gives him god like powers. As such, how much will the society permit? how far will the society work to defend the rights of the dependant person. How far will the people permit this person to go in the destruction of human life. Does this process or turning the decision over to another absolve guilt from the whole?

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Genesis 9:5-6

5 And surely the blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

6 Whosoever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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Psalm 139:13-14

13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knows right well.

If you ever wondered

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Exodus 21:22-23

21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.{If a man hurt his slave!}

22 ¶ If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

This passage indicates that the unborn child has value. Torah awards personhood to the unborn, and he accrues damages for hurt experienced before the mother delivers. It prescribes that a judge should defend those rights in awarding damages. The only problem for the unborn baby today is that judges have declared that this life is not suitable for defending. Many of those same judges have discovered more value in an endangered species of mammal than in the unborn of the human experience.

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Death

Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living organisms. It refers both to a specific event and to a condition, the true nature of which it has for millennia been a central concern of the world's religious traditions and philosophers to penetrate; in particular, the possibility or otherwise of what is known as life after death.

Spiritually: Death takes place when the spirit departs form the body. there are these who do not believe the existence of the spirit. The persons who assert this do not seem to have any problem with the concept of "subconscious!" because this is not the essence of this article, I will

Numerous factors can cause death: predation, disease, habitat destruction, senescence, suicide, conflict, malnutrition, or mere accidents resulting in terminal physical injury. The principal cause of death among those in developed countries is disease precipitated by aging. The chief concern of medical science has been to postpone and avert death. Precise medical definition of death, however, becomes more problematic, paradoxically, as scientific knowledge and technology advance.

This definition is a copy of the Wikipedia definition. Interesting that through medical science we work so hard to "extend the life of the aging" there by postponing the eventual ending of all living things.

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Who is the most Valuable?

Luke 9:48 and [Jesus] said to them, "Whoever for my sake receives this little child, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives Him who sent me. For the lowliest among you all he is the greatest."

Another translation uses the word more "important than all." Jesus by definition is applying a different standard to the value of this person from that used by the people he is speaking with! A complete understanding of valuation can be obtained by Looking through the Epistles for the phrase "in Him", "through Him", or "by Him." The concept is this:

Who we are and how valuable we are can be obtained

from a comparison with out friends, our leaders,,

or even what a very important person thinks of us.

Try God!

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made:
Genesis 2:22

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

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Connecting With Community

Connecting With Community

Nov 1-2

Acts 2:41-45;
Matthew 28:19;
1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Personal Focus

1. Worship
2. Piety
3. Outreach Vertically
   1. Teaching Children
   2. Teaching Extended Family
   3. Teaching Neighbors Children
4. Outreach Horizontally
   1. Neighbors
   2. Fellow Countrymen
   3. Neighbor Countries
   4. Around the world
5. Evangelism
6. Community Involvement
7. Exercising gifts like Romans 12

The challenge for each person is to maintain balance; Balance in outlook, endeavor, concern, and goals. Each of these areas is important. The challenge is to rest in the Lord and thereby permit Him to guide and emphasize each one of these areas of focus at a specific time and place. At the end of a life an accounting will be made.

1. Who Is the Lord and savior of our life?
   How do we account for sins
   1. of omission or
   2. of commission
2. How well we used the gifts
   1. of talent
   2. of resources
   to fulfill the mission that was placed into
   1. our world and
   2. our hearts

Because this time (fifty, seventy, even a hundred years) we have on Earth is only a photo flash of time in a thousand year party, we must remember the long term goal. In the sum of it all; our mission is to know Him and the power of His Resurrection!

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Acts 2:41-45

41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

42 ¶ And they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

The word always produces results; namely salvation. There are periods of time when people get saved in greater numbers than other times but the word preached will produce results.
If These results are not happening the first place to check is what is the word quality. The Scripture never promises to produce results based on our ideas. It does promise to produce results on it's ideas.
Receiving the word is a spiritual transaction.
People often are resistive to receiving the Word.
Others are believers and not doubters;
it is the ones that will take a risk who make the profit.
When I have spoken to a group that is eager to receive
the preach just jumps out . Contrarily the group that is resistive,
with a show me attitude, the message delivery
is like digging a hole in solid rock, very difficult.
I think that the blessing of the Lord is hindered as well.

And they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine
and fellowship,       and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
These four corners of every fellowship support the building of the Church.
Every Christian or Jewish group that includes these four elements will grow and eventually flourish.
Every Denomination that has grown has started with these elements.
Apostles Doctrine is doctrine that an apostle has received from the Lord,
and crafted a message into the bite size pieces that a new believer can use.
Any person can receive a message from the Lord using the 20-20-20 method that
I outlined in last weeks message. When a person has a word from the Lord,
the people are fed, nourished spiritually. When to this "Word from the Lord"
is added fellowship; a mutual exchange of heart a deep need is met within the
heart of each believer. The frigid feeling of loneliness of soul is wiped away
when this fellowship, called in the Greek, Kononia is experienced.
A person is validated at a deep level by this experience. To this is added a
"breaking of bread. The Hebrew mind likens the table to
the mercy seat of God. He feels like the table can be a Holy Place
like the temple where one can experience the mysterious presence of the Lord.
It is an important place in the family, a place where much bonding takes place.
At a time where many hours of the lady's day were centered around the procuring
and preparation of the family meal; one can easily see why this place of great
sacrifice would be a place to meet God. One can also see where a writer might
allude to the table as a place where their god was their Belly!
Lastly we have the "Prayers!" The prayer in common does much to join a heart to heart.
Bonding after all is the main issue for a group of people.

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Matthew 28:19

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Go Ye! Three commands by Jesus.
Amazingly, Jesus gave only these three commands.
They defined the Law of Love. in this manor.
Jesus meant implied by his words that the Law of love must be put into practice. It must be lived out in day to day life.

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1 Corinthians 11:23-26

23 ¶ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.

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Covenant..The backbone of all bonding with God.
View and approach to this concept sets the foundation to all of a person's
Faith When the chips are down, when the back is against the wall when
there is no hope/help but God what does the person do?
When the pressure is on, when all is on the table,
what do we actually believe? Many say they are believers;
profess a good confession. What do they do? Do they really rely on the
GOD of all eternity, on the covenant he has cut in blood
    This is the significance of this passage!
  I believe that is the real incidence of salvation.
Remembering the question of a few weeks ago..."Is you is or is you ain't
my Baby!" Are you really saved?

      
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Exercising gifts

Romans 12

4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teaches, on teaching;

8 Or he that exhorts, on exhortation: he that gives, let him do it with simplicity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;

11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

18 If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.

19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, said the Lord.


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Belly!

Philippines 3:19 Whose end is
destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame,
who mind earthly things.)

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Three commands

Matthew 28:19 Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:

John 21:16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, said unto him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. Jesus said unto him, Feed my sheep.

Mark 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Permit the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

1. Go into the world
2. Feed My Sheep
3. Bring the little children to me

Fellowship groups that do these three works of the ministry are the ones that grow.
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Law of Love

Matthew 22:

37 Jesus said unto him, You shalt love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, You shalt love your neighbor as thyself.

1 John 3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

1 John 3:23

23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

Leviticus 19:18

38 You shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but you shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: ...I am the LORD.

Both of these passages delineate the further understanding of the law of Love found in Torah. The actual verse explains the verse in context. This section also has been called the Golden Rule.

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The Golden Rule

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!

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Is it Faith or Isn't it?

James 2:18-24

18 Yes, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

19 You believe that there is one God; You do well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

20 But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

22 Do you see how faith was brought by his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

23 And the scripture was fulfilled which said, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed onto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

You can see by these words actions speak louder than words.
        We might also say,
Your actions are speaking so loud ... that I can not hear what you are saying!
   The challenge against the charge of hypocrisy is this:
make the walk match the talk. Nowhere is this more difficult than in the area of Faith.
In every other challenge of hypocrisy. the question is on the outside!
In this one we are often deceived as to what we really believe!
The proof of the "puddin" is in the eating!
Often by watching what we are saying in the idle moments
do we really find what we are believing.
It is on the reflex level that we discover what we are really believing.
It is easy to repent! If we have missed it we can easily redo!
All we have to do is the same process that we did the first time!
Say it and start acting like it was so! Sometimes an "I take it back,"
an "I'm sorry," or even an "I won't do that again" will help.
That is the great thing about the MERCY of God! Even as easy as it is,
I am surprised sometimes by the failure of good believers to walk through
the steps to actually do it! For my self I discipline my self to be
a quick repenter and a quick believer! I make my body expect to step back quickly,
if I make a wrong step. It feels like I know that a pot on the stove is hot
and I expect that handle to be to hot to handle! That is the care that I take
in my daily life!

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reflex level

Remember the five levels of learning?

1. Surprise
2. Recognition
3. Short term memory
4. Long term memory
   
5. Automatic recall also called reflex!

Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak,
they shall give account of it in the day of judgment.

Remember the day of judgment take place any time that you judge your self.


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