The Joy of Fearing the Lord

Biblical-ly, our reverence for the Lord emanates from believing in Jesus Christ, acknowledging His divinity, joyfully obeying His teachings, and surrendering our lives entirely to His care.

When we relegate God to insignificance, showing indifference or helplessness, only recognizing Him ceremoniously on Sundays and ignoring Him the rest of the week, we become vulnerable to every fear that life presents. Conversely, when our joy stems from revering the Lord, our lives become governed by indescribable and magnificent joy. Why? Because when we truly revere the Lord, there remains nothing else to fear! Acknowledging God in His holiness and trusting in His Son, Jesus Christ, allows us to confront the future with confidence and pride, irrespective of circumstances. This stands as the key to finding peace and joy amid a world fraught with anxiety.

Striving to continuously embrace the Spirit, may we witness reverence for the Lord becoming the ultimate pursuit and joy in our lives.

Caution: To those who perceive the Bible as antiquated, do not be deceived. The Word and Love of God remain unchanged and eternally constant. His love for His creation endures forever.

Exodus 20:20

Moses reassured the people, “Do not fear; God has come to test you so that the fear of Him will be with you to keep you from sinning.”

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does this so that people will fear Him.

In the book of Proverbs, the fear of the Lord embodies continual submission to God in humility and faith (Prov. 23:17), entailing a detestation of evil and an earnest desire to turn away from it (Prov. 8:13; 16:6). Revering God surpasses all earthly treasures.

It’s fair to equate the fear of the Lord with having unwavering faith in God and responding obediently to His will.

For a concise exploration of this concept, turn to the book of Deuteronomy: “And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees” (Deut. 10:12-13). Fearing the Lord intricately intertwines with loving, serving, and clinging steadfastly to the Lord in response to His boundless grace (Deut. 10:20; 1 Sam 12:24).

In Psalms, revering the Lord signifies standing in awe of the living God (Ps. 33:8), glorifying Him (Ps. 22:3), and wholeheartedly trusting Him (Ps. 40:3). Those who fear the Lord receive His unwavering love (Ps. 103:17) and cultivate a profound friendship with God (Ps 25:14).

According to the prophet Isaiah, fearing the Lord involves acknowledging God for His essence and acting accordingly: “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. But the LORD of hosts, Him you shall honor as holy. Let Him be your fear and let Him be your dread” (Isa. 8:12-13). When Isaiah prophesies about the coming Messianic King with the Spirit resting on Him, the outcome is that “His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord” (Isaiah 11:2-3; cf. John 4:34). His utmost desire and fulfillment would lie in trusting and obeying the Lord, pleasing God and prioritizing Him would not be a burden.

While preaching to the Gentiles, Peter acknowledges, “I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him” (Acts 10:34-35). For the Apostle Paul, both Jews and Gentiles stand condemned before God as sinners who do not fear God (Rom. 3:18, quoting Ps. 36:1), and the cornerstone of his ministry is the fear of the Lord (2 Cor. 5:11).

In the later New Testament letters, fear of the Lord clearly transforms into reverence for Christ (Col. 3:22-24) and serves as the bedrock of Christian conduct (Eph. 5:21). In 1 Peter 3:14–15, the apostle alludes to Isaiah 8:13-14: ‘But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy.” Peter here identifies Yahweh, the Lord of hosts, with Jesus Christ! The command issued to Israel in Isaiah’s time remains the same for the church today, albeit the entity we fear is more explicitly revealed as the Lord Jesus Christ, one with the Father.

Keep Yourselves reasonably healthy:

To praise our God and to commit ourselves to our Savior Lord Jesus, we have to keep ourselves reasonably healthy.

3 John 1:2 – Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers.

This site is to help us receive spiritual food for our Souls; as we keep our body in perfect health it will motivate us to bow before our lord in good health and in perfect attitude. When you lose your health, nothing seems right or pleasant, therefore keep yourselves reasonably healthy. If your desire is to lose weight and feel healthy, follow this Keto plan, many people have resulted in positive outcome.

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The Natural verse the Spiritual

In Genesis creation time, God created the heaven and the earth. He put Adam in a perfect condition until the Devil got Eve to sin and she involved Adam to sin her sin. Thus  Adam and Eve were cast out of God’s site: because righteous God and Evil man can not co-exist, until God comes with eternal solution to draw back mankind to Himself.

They lost their spirituality and became earthly, thus subsequent Adamic race inherited Adam’s sin and became carnal. Seeking only earthly and selfish desire became the norm of Adam and all his fellow men.

The Devil told Eve, “For God doth know that in the day you eat of the tree of life, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. They both violated God’s will.

The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life took over Eve. The Devil has tried to tempt Jesus with the same three temptations.  At the end of His 40 days fasting, the Devil approached Jesus with the same three temptations.  Jesus being God, resisted the temptation. Thanks God for Jesus being obedient to His Father.

^{Mathew 4.2} And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

^4.3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

^4.4 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.  The lust of the flesh

⁵ Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

⁶ And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

⁷ Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.  The lust of the Eye.

⁸ Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;  The lust of Pride

And the eyes of Adam and Eve, both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 

This was the realization by Adam and Eve that they had become carnal and earthly, because they felt naked and have to look for material staff to cover themselves.

But God in His predetermined counsel sent his only begotten Son to save humanity from the enemy at a time appointed by God. The hidden mystery of God (Father, Son, Holy spirit).

Here are the differences between the natural and spiritual Man: First was the Natural man and then the Spiritual man.

The Natural:       The  Spiritual:

Adam                 Jesus

Cane                  Abel

Esau                  Jacob

Ishmael              Isaac

Saul                   David

Jews                  Gentiles

Earthly  Promise (to Jews)    Heavenly Promise to ( The Church Age),Christians

Anti-Christ          True Christ

Adam – sinned against God and became a Carnal man.

Cane – killed his brother Abel because of jealousy and being a carnal man.

Esau – sold his birthright for bread and pottage of lentils to Jacob – Earthly desire.

Genesis 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Ishmael – was born from Sarah’s handmaid not by God’s promise like Issac. Sarah is Abraham’s wife which God has promised that they will have a son in their old age.  They waited for a longtime. Being impatient, Sarah allowed her husband to go to her maiden Hagar and bare him a child. This was man’s desire not God’s divine will for Abraham to have Ishmael, thus a symbol of carnality. It was a plan of the flesh not of the spirit.

Saul – 1 Samuel 15:10-11Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel saying, 11- It repents me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

Saul’s Carnal life was so bad, he was pursuing King David to kill him because of jealousy.

The Jews – Roman 10:3 –  For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

Romans 11:8  (According as it is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear:) unto this day.

This is because of their unbelief, for they were earthly and carnal, they were unable to see the spiritual light of God.

Thus we have the distinctive separation of the natural man Adam and the second Adam the Spiritual Jesus.

But at the end of times, God will revive the Jewish people and they will be able to see, to the point where they will say, this is the brother who we killed. Then their eyes and their understanding will be open and they will cry for what they have done to Him.  That is why God said in the following verse:

Jeremiah 46:28  Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you: but I will not make a full end of you, but correct you in measure; yet will I not leave you wholly unpunished.

The bottom line, he will come for the Jewish Nation at the end of times.  He started with the Jewish people, He will end it with the Jewish people.

The Anti-Christ: Of course at end of times, after the rapture takes place to save His Church (Spiritual people) from the coming tribulation,  Anti-Christ will try to take over and force people to worship him as if he is Jesus Christ and makes so many signs and wonders to make the people believe in him. Mind you, after the rapture the only people left on earth are those that are left behind and the unbelieving Jewish people. Unfortunately after so many trial and tribulation; as God promised he will come for the Jewish people to wrap this earthly cycle of problem. The Devil and his cronies will be in hell, and Jesus will reign for a thousand years, the Millennial kingdom with perfect peace, wisdom and understanding.

Let us lift our hearts towards God, the creator of heaven and earth and everything visible and invisible. That was His grand plan to save us from the enemy by giving us His only begotten son for ransom to our sins.

What do we have to do?  Get in the habit of reading the Bible at least couple of chapters per day. Here is a link:https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/ for the Official King James Bible. It might be hard for the first time, because the Bible is really hard to understand.  As you keep reading consistently the Holy Spirit will come into action to reveal to you the things you read and you will have a lot of Ah! moments. It is wonderful, it is a difference between eternal life and eternal damnation. For the Bible is the power of God. It is Man’s Operation Manual.

Sample read from the Bible:

Romans 10:13 – For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

Romans: 8:6  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.  Romans 9

For with the heart man believes  unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  Romans 10:10

In the beginning the Trion God called out of nothing , everything. The heavens, the Angelic hosts,  the earth and everything in it; all begins with the Almighty Trion God.

John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him.

John 1:14   The Word was made flesh, the Glory of the only begotten of the Father full of Grace and Truth. Jesus Christ the Lord.

Colossians 1:13   The Father who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins; who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16: For by Him were all things are created, that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions, principalities or powers: all things were created by God the Son. They are created for Him, for His purpose and by Him all things consists; meaning God the Son has hold it together with the power of His Word.

Ephesians 3:9   And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.

Soon enough the world got corrupted and sinned against God. God told Noah to build an Ark for He is going to destroy the world by flood for their sins is exceedingly high.

After Noah’s flood and thru the 8 surviving people, the earth was filled with the descendants of Ham, Shem and Seth (Noah’ Sons and their wives). They scattered thru out the world after the flood.  Soon enough mankind fall back into sin again by idol worshiping and they forgot their creator.

They were even trying to poke God by building a Tower of Babel so they could reach Him.

God knowing their heart confused their language so they will not be one, for their heart was evil, thus the word babble is coined to this day.  They were scattered throughout the world, became different nations and lived their sinful lives.

God started a new revelation, out of the Chaldeans  (member of an ancient Semitic people that become dominant in Babylonia. Abraham was called out to leave his pagan land. and to go to the promise land and be a blessing to all mankind.  Abraham believed what God has asked him and started journeying to this Promise Land.  This believe was accounted to Abraham as righteous and God Blessed him.

Oh man how dull can you be at heart?  Why do you love what is in vain and seek after false hood?  As you know the Israelites after a while start believing in idols too, not obeying His commandments and not recognizing God. For this rebelliousness, God scattered them all over the Nations.  The Jewish people divided between Juda and Israel(the 10 tribes) and soon enough they were scattered all over the world.

Hebrews 1:1-3  God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoken in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Acts 2.22-23  Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:  Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and fore knowledge of God, ye have taken and by wicked hands have crucified and slain Him:  It is sad the created beings at the appointed time killed Jesus by hanging him on the Cross.

Here the determinate factor is the counsel of the Trion God in eternity past,  how God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, they laid out all the plan of salvation of the ages, which is our creation, salvation and sanctification. The coming of Jesus Christ, the nations rejection of the King, the crucifixion and the ascension.

Everything in God’s dealing with the human race, have to deal with Israel earthly people in the Old Testament and the Church (the Gentiles) His heavenly people in the New testament.   That is why all thru out the Old Testament, when God spoke to Daniel, or Mosses or the other prophets – when He referred to the Jewish people. He always said to them, talk to thy People.  Now, when you read the new testament Paul is talking to us as the church people.

Therefore the blessings for the Jews were an earthly blessings, if you believe in me and do the commandments, you will be blessed on this earth.  Who ever bless you will be blessed and who ever cursed you will be cursed.  So the promise has never been a heavenly promise for the Jews. The promise of heavenly blessings was given to the Gentiles.  If you believe in me and do the commandments you will be heirs of My Kingdom.  No guarantee, you will be richly blessed in earthly things like Abraham, David, Solomon and all the other heavy hitters of the Old Testament times.

What we have to understand is that, to separate the Jews, the nation of Israel from the church which is the Gentiles-Christ’s body; we have to distinctly understand that the Jews are earthly people and the Gentiles are the heavenly people (Church people).  That is why the church is so important for Jesus while he was on this earth.  Thus, that is why we have to go to church at least once a week on Sunday.  Surely, The Jewish people will be the heavenly people on His second coming, when they realize that He was the one they crucified, at the time he will deal with them as the heavenly people. This is God’s promise from eternity past.

Even so come Lord Jesus, we await on thee our blessed hope.

Attributes of God:

A plan of the ages:   God set everything in motion, sometimes way back in eternity past. In Genesis Chapter 2 , God created heaven and earth out of nothing.  Without father, without mother, self created without origin, awesome God. He is Infinite, He is Immutable, Self Sufficient,  Omnipotent, Omniscient,  Omnipresent, God is Wise with unchanging wisdom, He is Faithful, God is Good,  Just, Merciful, Gracious, Loving, Holy, and He is Glorious. These are the attributes of God.

When Moses asked God, what can I tell Pharaoh  who sent me.  God said “I Am that I AM”.  AM is a verb of being. That is the reason to this day, since creation of mankind, we human beings still say I am doing this, I am going there, I am this and I am that. This “AM” is something in our spiritual DNA.  We associate with our God; but we don’t even do it cognitively.

God  allowed human beings and Nations to exercise free will.  When it comes to His will, everything falls according to His plan.  All  the prophesy according to his time table, from the birth of Jesus to the last end of His Biblical prophecy,  He will accomplish all his purposes without making human beings simply robots to do it for Him. Because he is sovereign God with all the above attributes and nothing is impossible for Him. Praise Him for evermore.

So many people do not know who Jesus is. Because of this they don’t have the knowledge of salvation.

Who in the world is Jesus Christ? Here are the answers from the Bible given by various holy men and women.

Back in Genesis 12. He gave the Jewish people a covenant to prepare them for the Nation of Israel to receive their king.

Mathew 16:  Jesus asked His disciples the question, whom do men say that I the son of man am?  Some said Jeremiah, some say John the Baptist. But Jesus said, whom do you say that I am?

Peter the disciple: said, “ Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God.”  Peter never knew the Cross or the Resurrection, because he did not know at that time for Jesus was still among them, not crucified yet.

Jesus said to Peter:  Flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, except my Father in Heaven.

Martha, Jesus’s follower:  In the account of her brother Lazarus death, she said if you were in his sick bed he wouldn’t have died. Jesus said Lazarus will rise again. And Martha said, thinking He is speaking of the resurrection I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus answered, I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believes in me yet shall he live. Martha, you believe now then? Yes Lord, I believe “Thou art the Christ the Son of the Living God.”

Paul the father of the Gentiles: said, Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, the Son of God.  This was the whole trust of the Old and New Testament covenant promise. It is that the government in the person of the King, the Messiah will one day will return. The same Jesus Christ that created the Universe will one day will return to defeat the enemy of man which is Death, and will govern human kind in everlasting peace and tranquility. Because He knows we cannot govern ourselves.

Below is the testament of the dream of Nebuchadnezzar: Which clearly shows that man’s kingdom is rapidly deteriorating kingdom that has gone from gold standard of leadership to the last which is a mixture of iron/clay-inferior quality.

Daniel 2

31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.

32This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

33His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

36This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

37Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

39And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

A stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

The meaning of the above  passage is, that the stone is representing Jesus our rock. This rock will fall on the feet which is iron and clay mixture  literally meant weak make up of people and government will be destroyed when He comes to establish His Glorious Kingdom.

Dream of Nebuchadnezzar:

In his dream he saw a man with the following image.

                              The Head – Gold       – Babylon Empire, Nebuchadnezzar

                              The Breast – Silver     – Persian/Median Empire

                              The Belly – Brass       – Greek Empire

                              The Thighs – Clay      – Roman Empire

                              The Feet – Iron/clay   – Revived Roman empire,

                                                                                 Present Western Empire.

The Last four Empires after Nebuchadnezzar: Descending their value in Government while ascending in military power, as they increased in military power and as each government came along to exist, each became incapable of governing. The world in general came to that prophetic fulfillment of our present time.  We came to democratic forms of government.

Democracy is not the best government but it is the better of all evils.  As we are witnessing it, Democratic government is messy, dependent on the whims of individual people.  We are born with flaws.  We will never be perfect as our coming Lord and ruler Jesus Christ.

The last mixture of Iron and clay on the feet, is the symbol of our current governments. It is the weak mixture where it is prophesized: governments will be weak, humans will be unable to govern themselves until Lord Jesus returns and govern us. For now all the strive and weakness of governments will continue.

Read Genesis 2.

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Genesis-Chapter-2/

God bless

Ephesians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Ruth

The Miraculous work of God:

The story of Ruth is a story of Faith and Love.

So, she wanted to say goodby to her two daughters in law, one of the daughter has said goodby to her with some sadness.  But Ruth wants to go with Naomi to Judah. Since she loved Naomi, she said, In treat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou go I will go; and where thou lodge, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: This is Faith.  Remember Ruth was a Moabite with a pagan religion totally against the traditional Jewish religion.  Love and God’s providence lead Ruth’s heart to follow Naomi.

And there was a man called Boaz a statesman in Judah.  Naomi told her to go to him which is during harvest.  There, Ruth introduced herself to Boaz.  He fall in love with her, they got married and have a child.  Her child’s name was Obed, Obed has Jesse, and Jesse has David, lineage of Jesus Christ of our Lord.

When God does his miracle on people and do his purpose in this world, he does not say you are a sinner, you are Moabite pagan or he does not come thru the rich and affluent.  All the great stories of the Bible personalities have been sinners and nobodies.  Being a merciful God, He came for sinners.  So it should not be a surprise if He is dealing with the lost and sinners to accomplish his divine purpose. https://societyforjesus.org/the-glory-and-goodness-of-our-god/

Read Ruth Chapter 1

1.Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

2.And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

3.And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

4.And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

5.And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

6.Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

7.Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

8.And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

9.The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

10.And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.

11.And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

12.Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

13.Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

14.And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

15.And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

16.And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodges, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

17.Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

18.When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

19.So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

20.And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

21.I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

22.So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. Let us the Story of Ruth unfolding in front of our eyes.

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It is real sad to see how far we are gone away from obeying God’s commandments and the commands and advises parents give to their children.  All rebel, that has become the norm in our society. If we ignore God’s commandments, there is no way the spirit of fear of God or respect to humanity and our own families will prevail.  All the spirit of rebel.  Here are some commandments that God wants us to follow.  When we do, how He abundantly bless us in this life and the coming life.  The other alternative will be: individuals, families, nations (we will all receive the ultimate wrath of God).  But his mercy endures for ever, thus his patience.  He has done it in the past on nations and individuals.  Nothing stops Him from executing judgement in His own time.  So let us be what He created us to be.

Ecclesiastes  12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Read some of God’s Commandments:

Genesis 26:5

2  And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

3  Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swear unto Abraham thy father;

4  And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

5  Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Exodus 15:26

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee

Exodus 20:6

3  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

5  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Leviticus 26:3

1  Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.

2  Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

3  If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

4  Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

5  And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

6  And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

Deuteronomy 4:40

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Here is where all our earthly troubles started.  God in his infinite wisdom created us with such eternal bliss, we have no conscious of our own mind,

except to live in peace, joy and tranquil life.  We were not aware of good and bad, so he shrouded us with his grace which is part of his heavenly kingdom.

The serpent which is Lucifer,  the arrogant creature of heaven, saw the beauty of man and his relation with God.  He subtly approached Eve and of course misled her. Here are the three things that force Eve to sin:

  1.  The lust of the eye

  2.  The lust of the flesh

  3.  The pride of life

Jesus in his earthly life was tasted by the devil in those three things.( Luke 4:3-8)

The tree of life is the conscious of God and his heavenly economy. When Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree in the midst of the garden, their protection was unveiled  and become aware of the knowledge of good and evil.  Fear sets in and they want to hide from God.  They disobeyed his command. The first blame and finger pointing started with Adam by blaming God.  “The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.” and Eve of course blamed the serpent.  Now they are cast out of His presence and are on their own on the cursed earth because of their sin.  But, God in his love and mercy towards man, has constituted a plan of salvation.  Cursed is man and cursed is the world.  So he has to send his own beloved son in flesh form. Colossians 2:9  For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.  God came in flesh form and became sin when he is sinless to save us from the enemy.  What He required of us is to believe in the death, burial, resurrection and ascension  of Jesus Christ and his coming back in glory at the appointed time. He required of us to have Faith in Him.

Without Faith it is impossible to please God and without the shed blood there is no remission of Sin. So have Faith and look up for the Blessed Hope.

Genesis
Chapter 3

1  Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3  But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5  For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

7  And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

8  And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

9  And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10  And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11  And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

12  And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13  And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

14  And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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.

17  And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

20  And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

21  Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

22  And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

23  Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24  So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

ROMANS

Chapter 3

This month and thru August we will be reading Romans and see what we understand about the Word of God.

In this chapter Paul is talking about the nature of God and Man’s rejection of Him. Mostly, Paul is happy about the “called to be saints” and their Faith .

Paul has put some personal things in his Epistle, but keep on reading and decipher the Gold from the rubble.

Romans
Chapter 1

1  Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
2  (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
3  Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
4  And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
5  By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
6  Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7  To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8  First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
9  For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
10  Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
11  For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
12  That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
13  Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even    as among other Gentiles.
14  I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15  So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19  Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23  And changed the glory of the in-corruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things.
24  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
25  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
28  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29  Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30  Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31  Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32  Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Psalm 12

This passage is comforting us , how the poor and the needy are oppressed by the lying lips and how God will cut them off who lie and boast.

1 (To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.) Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

Psalms 11

The message here is:  if you trust in the Lord, no matter what the wicked and the arrogant do to you, it will come to pass.

 At the end God in his righteousness will recompense the good, as he hates the souls of the wicked.

1 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

Here king David is addressing the situation of the wicked people, their pride and their suppressing of the poor.

He is pleading to forget not the humble from deceitful and cursing people.

Psalms 10

Psalms Chapter 9

Here we see a contrast of God’s favor towards the righteous and his punishment towards the wicked.

King David is singing praise to the Lord for His righteous judgment.

1 (To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.) I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Psalms Chapter 8

King David glorifying God in His creation of man and the world around him.  What a wonderful God! Indeed.

More magical will be his heavenly kingdom in Eternity. What glory awaits those who are in Christ Jesus.

1 (To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.) O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the eart

This Chapter deals with how David is praying to God that if he might had done anyone wrong, who is at peace with him, let him persecute me and tread my life on this earth. It is David’s desire to be righteous in the sight of God.

Let the people praise you and wickedness come to an end in this world and establish righteousness. God’s anger will be towards the wicked and eventual judgment.

Psalms Chapter 7

1 (Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.) O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

1 (To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.) Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

1 (To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.) Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

1 (A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.) LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

Verse 12 and 13 points to our fallen nature. Adam blamed Eve. Eve blamed the Serpent.

To this day we carry on this blame game, because we are fallen from the Grace of God.

The subtle beast is none other than Lucifer who wanted to take the throne of God.

To avenge God, he messed around with God’s crowning achievement , Man kind.

It is written that in God’s appointed time, the Devil  will succumb to his everlasting abode,

and man will dwell in harmony with God-for eternity, as it was meant to be.  Thanks

to our Lord Jesus by whom is our life, salvation and resurrection is accomplished.

By the finished work of the Cross, He has saved us for Eternity.  All we have to do

is simple.  To believe in Him as our Savior.

Genesis Chapter 3

Now the serpent was more subtle  than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

8And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

9And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16Unto 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.

17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

20And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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How you do that is by absorbing His word in a daily basis. Every day or other day a new verse will be published from the Bible and posted here.  It will be short and powerful verse.  Like it said in the Bible, “The Word of God divides the bones from the marrow.” How to increase your Faith in Christ, is designed to embolden your faith and be closer to Jesus Christ in Spirit and Truth. This life is a passing life.  We are temporary dwellers in this world.  Our purpose is to beautify ourselves in preparation to the Eternal Home, God has prepared for us. Please come to this site as often as possible and feed your spirit with the Word.

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