Words of Wisdom Part 3

 

        It takes wisdom to live by the truth.  God sees everything, knows everything, and is everything good.  If you want to see more, understand more, and live in authority, then you have to do it God's way.  He reveals the contrast between good and evil.  

    God knows you and knows how to connect with you.  He just waits on you to come to Him.  He sees your heart and knows your actions.  He watches over you.  He knows how you will react in situations because He knows how you think, problem solves, and how much your feelings influence your thoughts.  He is waiting on you to turn to Him.  He wants a closer relationship.  He never seeks to harm, but He will allow harm if you insist on doing things your way instead of following Him.

    A gentle tongue can speak hard truths and still give hope.  A person that speaks in wisdom tells people about eternity and provides hope.  A wise person will not allow hide from a confrontation, but will choose their words in a way where it will shut down arguments.

    A perverse tongue will break the spirit of other people.  It is wielded by a fool that distorts reality.  They lie and use deception to get what they want.  Their words bring death to people's spirits, life, and withholds hope for eternal peace.  They will give pieces of truth, but in a way that works for them.

    A man centered life is a burden.  It demands perfection where it will never be found.  Even in the church you will find people's agendas over God's agenda.  It is called religion instead of faith.  The way of people will never provide assurance of anything long-term.   You will never be able to save yourself.  It is wise to turn to God and follow His path.  It will lead to an abundant life here, now, and eternal.  He sees you for who you really are and He still loves you.  He still wants you.

Psalm 109:1-5, Proverbs 15:1-7, Ecclesiastes 7:1-14, & Ephesians 5:15-20

Words of Wisdom Part 2

 

    The Bible provides words of guidance on how to live your life and get closer to God.  It is a gift that we should use daily.  If you apply what you learn, then you will become wise.  If you pray for wisdom and read the Bible, then you will find wisdom in ways you never imagined.

    One aspect of wisdom is humility is better than being a victor.  It means that you choose repentance over being right.  You seek reconciliation with God over fighting Him.  When you do, you find restitution.  It pours over and you start looking for ways to be like God in your other relationships.

    Before getting into an argument ask yourself is the battle really worth fighting?  Some battles you have to fight, but most you do not.  Remember that it is not all about you.  They have their own issues like you.  Unless it is a holy battle, it is about your pride.  A battle over pride is never worth fighting.  

    If you allow anger into your heart, then it will lead to clouded judgment/  That opens the door for bitterness, rage, slander, and malice to take a hold over your.  You have to fight the negative emotions and evil thoughts with holy ones.  That means fight for kindness and to be tender -hearted.  Those are so much harder than allowing anger in.  Once you understand, you can start applying it to all your interactions with people.

    The wise seek knowledge.  The foolish turn opinions into fact.  Look at how you live your life.  Are you seeking God's knowledge and wisdom or are you living by your emotions and opinions?  Do you seek to use God's resources or do you refuse to see them?  Do you embrace the truth even when you don't like it?  The righteous will.

    Truth comes from God.  Satan will whisper lies into your ears if you are willing to listen.  He will twist the truth, so that you will believe the lies.  You can always test it because God's standards never change.  He is timeless, so the real truth is timeless.  It doesn't change according to culture, society, family values, or anything else that influences your life.  It makes the truth reliable, so you can align your life with it and be confident.

    Seek to know God and you will discover love.  Love is one of the most powerful tools for the wise to use.  Love shows you what true salvation is.  It does not burden you.  It makes life better.  Fools will vomit out toxic traits that only cause pain and suffering.  They will decide what their truth is because they believe Satan's lies.  It is your choice to be wise or foolish.

Proverbs 15:1-7, Ephesians 4:1-7, Colossians 3:16-17, & James 1:5-8

Words of Wisdom

 

    The Beginning of wisdom is to fear God.  To fear God is not like when you fear something else.  Typically when you have fear in your life it comes from a what if or it is a reaction to something bad that has already happened to you.  When you fear God, it comes from the soul.  It is understanding that He is the source of all power.  

    God can do anything, but holds Himself to the standards that he declared.  It stems from understanding who God is.  You know that if you are living in sin, then you will pay the consequences.  You realize that the alternative to salvation is damnation and ultimately it is your choice.  You stop blaming God for all that goes wrong in your life and you turn introspective or take a real look at the world around you.

    Wisdom starts with fear, but turns into action when you surrender yourself to God's will.  The first step to wisdom is to answer the call of faith.  From there your eye begin to open to things that were once hidden.  Wisdom is for the righteous.  Folly is for the foolish that reject God.

    It takes wisdom to face conflict.  When you want to defend yourself, get angry, or retaliate, it takes wisdom to hold your tongue.  The tongue is powerful.  If you respond with a soft answer that is not accusatory or defensive, then it will make the other person stop and think.  This requires humility and a gentle spirit.

    The foolish will respond with haughty words.  They will allow their pride to get the best of them.  The will react selfishly because they have the need to be right.  They will insist on having the last word.  They will destroy relationships to be the one that is right or have victory over their perceived enemy when all that is needed is an "I am sorry".

Proverbs 2:1-8, 15:1-7, 16:16, & James 3:13-18

Revival Time

 

    It is time for the church and the nation to have a revival.  That means it is time that we make God the number one priority again.  This will mean change to be make ourselves more like Jesus and hold each other accountable.  It all starts with our prayer lives.

    Revival needs prayer for supplication and intercession.  We need to pray over our own hearts, so that we will care about the people who do not care about us.  This is hard, but as a church if we want to make an impact in the world, we have to get there.

    The church is more than a building.  It is the group of Christians that come together inside the walls of a location.  The church has to get to where they are ready to change and get excited about changing lives.  Church is more than meeting on a Sunday.  It is living life together and helping each other be strong, supported, and loved.

    It is time for revival where we need to look back where we have gone wrong to see how we can do better going forward.  We have to want to see the world change for Jesus.  It is time that we separate ourselves from the world, so that they can see that we are different.  We have to stop ignoring the truth.  Judgment Day is coming and if we leave without trying to tell them the truth, then we leave the world in doom.

    It is time for salvation.  The only way to salvation is through the blood of Jesus.  You have to believe in your heart that God loves you enough to sacrifice His son for you.  You have to believe in Jesus' life, death, resurrection, ascension, and that he still lives in Heaven.  You have to believe that once you are a part of God's family that it is sealed with the Holy Spirit living in your heart.  No one can take your salvation.

    Next step is to ask yourself some questions and work them out with God.  Salvation is only the beginning.  Once you are saved, everything changes.  It takes intentionality to not slowly push God to the side.  What are you going to do to keep God a priority?  How are you going to remember all He has done for you?  What do I need to change to be right with God?  God is the same as when He created this world, you, and everything else.  He will never change.  We are the ones that change.

Psalm 85:4-7, Ecclesiastes 3:1-15, 12:13-14, & 1 Corinthians 11:23-34

Significant Moment

 

    The Lord's Supper is a significant moment of remembering.  It signifies that time has changed things, but your relationship with Jesus has stayed the same.  You can see the change in the church.  Less people come to church.  Less people see the value in Church and the Lord's Supper.  People fail to see the significance of spending time with God.

    The last days will be perilous times.  It will make clear who are lovers of self or God.  Why wait until the end.  Make a decision today and stick with it.  More people are turning away from God in every generation.  Why is that?  There will be many answers to that, but basically it does mean the Christian family are doing a poor job living and loving like Jesus.

    There is a time for everything.  Life is composed of moments.   It is important to understand your timing and the significance of moments.  You need to see and understand the timing of Jesus.  You need to believe that it was the perfect timing to redeem souls.  From his sacrifice we now have the Lord's Supper and more meaning to life.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, Romans 8:26-30, 1 Corinthians 11:23-32, & 2 Timothy 3:1-9

Unbiblical

 

    Salvation means you belong to God.  Once you belong to God, nothing can remove you from His protective arms.  That means nothing can remove your salvation.  It is unbiblical to claim anything else.  You can relax in His security and stop living in fear.

    God protects you from all kinds of evil.  He will even protect you from yourself sometimes.  Belonging to God means you are in the best hands.  The security that you find in your salvation justifies who God is.  It proves that He never changes and that you are the one who is changing.  Jesus interceded for you before you were even born, so that you could have this unbreakable bond with God.

    God makes you complete.  He is the final destination.  That means that you can stop putting yourself through hell while alive.  You can find peace even when you do not feel in control.  Jesus began a work in you before you found salvation.  You can trust that God will see you through until it is finished.

    The Bible shows us how God gives abundant mercy.  He is the living hope.is grace gives you an eternal home of peace.  Jesus took what we deserve upon himself, so that we can have what we take for granted.  It is unbiblical to claim any other way to heaven other than through faith in the resurrection.  Your faith seals your salvation and inheritance in Heaven.  Salvation through faith is guarded by God himself.

    It is unbiblical to believe that you can loose your salvation once you stepped into faith.  True faith will be challenged and you will have to work through doubt, but it never completely disappears.  If you don't have salvation, then you never will without stepping into faith in Jesus.  The gospels tell the truth.  Salvation is only the beginning.  Your salvation is sealed by the Holy Spirit living within you.

Romans 8:31-39, Ephesians 2:8-10, Philippians 1:3-11, & 1 Peter 1:3-5

Inconceivable

 

    It is inconceivable that once you are saved that anything can remove your salvation.  It is equally inconceivable that you can enter into Heaven without true faith.  It is a leap of faith because it doesn't make sense until after you have accepted salvation.  They your eyes are opened and you can start seeing the truth clearly.

    Salvation is eternal.  It starts at the moment you believe and proclaim that Jesus is real and your Lord. You don't have to wait to have true freedom until you die and enter Heaven.  You can claim some of the value of salvation now.

    Salvation begins when you accept that Jesus is God that was in a Human body for a time.  He died to become the bridge to God for everyone.  He raise himself from the dead.  He lived as a superhuman for 40 days to reveal the truth to as many people as possible before he ascended to Heaven still human and still alive.  You have to believe that he is coming back for you one day as the true king of all nations.  Believing all that is true faith.  

    God is right and people without Him are wrong.  God's way is better than our way.  He is the truth, light, and all good things in this life.  He is beyond time.  Time is linear and we only can comprehend a start and finish, but God has no start or finish.  His time is inconceivable.  That is truth.  That is fact.  

    Once you are able to accept and embrace the inconceivable truth about Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit, then you have salvation.  You are able to live in freedom that no person can take away from you.  Death can't even take this freedom.  Once you have salvation, it is yours for eternity.

    It is unbiblical to declare that you can loose salvation.  God is a good shepherd.  He sent Jesus to teach us and take care of us.  Once we are His, nothing can take that away.  If you are a true Christian, then you know His voice.  When He calls you respond in obedience because you understand He loves you more than you love yourself.    You act in obedience because you love and trust Him.  

Proverbs 16:1-4, John 10:25-29, Ephesians 2:8-10, & Philippians 4:10-14