The simple believeth every word: but
the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Proverbs 14:15
~ Not Exactly ~
It is better to go to the house of mourning,
than to go to the house of feasting:
for that is the end of all men; and
the living will lay it to his heart.
Ecclesiastics 7:2
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God never promised it would be easy.
Not Exactly: For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.)
The Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.
Not Exactly: For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Not Exactly: For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ.
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Not Exactly: Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Not Exactly: The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Not Exactly: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Not Exactly: For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.
Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Not Exactly: If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Not Exactly: For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church.
He hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Not Exactly: The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Not Exactly: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Not Exactly: If we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins.
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Exactly: Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you?
or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
No man can serve two masters.
~*~
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing
to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea,
woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
~*~
It is enough for the disciple that he be
as his master, and the servant as his lord.
~*~
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life:
and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life;
but the wrath of God abideth on him.
1 Corinthians 1:13, 9:16,
Matthew 6:24, Matthew 10:25
From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,
which are able to make thee wise unto salvation
through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Kingdom Against Kingdom
'Nation shall rise against nation',
That's what the Bible says;
'Kingdom against kingdom' ~
The words are even in red!
No one can agree on any one thing
Without sly misleading words;
Selfish and powerful ways are pressed
Upon those weaker, unheard.
As in days of old, a thousand gods
Are presented to us in the sand.
There are gods of wood and cement and stone,
Hewn by a human hand.
Ideas, laws, and rules that make
Our land like a foreign land.
Lives are lost, of babes and cadets;
Things we can't understand.
A war so large, with so many facets,
Is hard to really see.
Still, we send our best and we try so hard
To bring men liberty.
There are other red letters for us to see,
There, on the page of 'end times'.
Lift up your heads rejoicing,
Redemption is drawing nigh!
© 2008 by Joan Clifton Costner
Visit Joan at Heavenly Poetry and Under His Wings
This psalm may be used in its entirety, with credits
in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.
Ye were as sheep going astray;
but are now returned unto the
Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
2 Timothy 3:15, 1 Peter 2:25
I Was Lost
I looked into a mirror,
Amazed at what I saw
For the only question I could ask
Was 'what was I here for'?
Looked at the reflection there
And saw my sunken fears;
The more I thought about my days,
The more I felt some tears.
For, I surely felt like crying
And let my tears now flow
So everyone around me
Could see those tears now show.
I had to ask the question,
Why did I feel so low?
Surely there was another direction
In which I could, myself, go.
So, I moved from that reflection
That was looking back at me
And thought, just a while longer,
Where was I meant to be?
As I sat there thinking,
I recalled things I’d been told;
Stories from years ago,
Now thousands of years old.
I realized I was lost
In all humanity,
And to change the way that I was going
Was the only way to be.
So I sat there on my lonesome
And felt I had to share,
So I spoke directly to my God above
And offered up a prayer.
I didn’t ask for riches
Or wealth, or gold or kind;
All I asked was that God help me
To have some peace of mind.
Those few words I had spoken,
Much better made me feel,
As I realized what I’d forgotten
That, my God, He was so real.
Sometimes we take for granted
Those things that have no cost
And if we don’t think properly
We soon, too, will become just lost.
For love of God costs nothing
Except a prayer or two,
So He will always know
You don’t always think of you.
Remember that we’re only lost
If that path we choose to tread;
But if we recall, within our hearts,
That Christ rose from the dead.
He proved to us always,
No matter what the sin,
If we seek forgiveness and redemption,
We will always win.
So when you look into a mirror,
Don’t be scared of what you see.
Instead, just tell that reflection,
"I know Christ died for me."
© 2005 by Dark Blue Knight, Eddie
All Rights Reserved -- used by permission
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and
the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the
excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord:
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and
do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.
Proverbs 16:21, Philippians 3:8
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