Resurrection & Judgments in Rev 3 Pt 7e Lukewarm Laodiceans - Hear
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REVIEW
A. Revelation -3 Summary: I know your
deeds/tribulation-slander/dwelling/love-faith-service; hypocrisy; kept word/name;
(+)you cannot tolerate evil men/teachers, resist satan's agents/attacks x2;
hate deeds arising from false teaching/teachers; not deny;
APP: repent and do; faithful to death; hold fast; wake up-be worthy;
(-) first love; too tolerant; too tolerant; sluggard-incomplete; lukewarm-no needs/deceived
hold fast; buy wisdom, see/, submit/open
Overcomers/Victorious: eat of the Tree of life; crown of life; not hurt by nd death; hidden manna/stone; rulership-morning star; no cross out name from Book of Life* but confess name before...; escape-pillar/priesthood; rulership with Christ. Ears to hear (call to Discipleship)
Rev 3:14 To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, {I AM Alpha & Omega, beginning and end 1:8,11; 1:6;22:16}
the Origin/Beginning of the creation of God, says this:
Jn 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being; thru Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men
Col 1:16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created thru Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. Cf Heb 1:3
1Cor 8:6 one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist thru Him. Heb 1:3 upholds all things by the word of His power
If anything now exists either: something is eternal or something came from nothing [Universe is not eternal]
(contrary to the Law of Conservation of Energy {and see Einstein E=mc2 and G. Shroeder}) cf DTB Gen 1
Do we live in a material or immaterial universe? Is this sermon/thot matter or non-matter?
15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot.
16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.
(Note: only letter with no commendation!)
Problem: Believers are out of fellowship (have in common) with Christ, and don't know it!
We need to have the Purpose, Obj/Goals, Practices of our daily (24/7) life in sync with the Lord
Lk 6: 45 A good person brings good things out of the good/treasure stored up in their heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. NIV
46 Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? cf Mt 7:21 “I don't know you”
47 Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them..48 is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, cz it had been well built.
49 But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like one who built a sand castle on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.
Whats your Spiritual Temperature ?
Are you so hot you set others on fire, (or healing waters), {It only takes a spark...}
or so cooling that you refresh the souls of the saints?
Or lukewarm?
Philemon 4 I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,
5 cz I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus.
6 I pray that your participation/fllshp with us in the faith may become effective in experiencing/epignosis of all the good things we have in Christ NLT.
7 Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, cz you have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people.
Most believers are Zealous (on fire) for the wrong things
Christianity of convenience: 7/11 church. Not healthy, sustainable, nor satisfying.
We need to be intentional about: loving God, obedience, holiness, blameless in love...
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Js 1:22
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test* yourselves..or fail# Cor 13:5 NIV
Stress-Test...prove* yourselves. Do you not know/epignosis, that Jesus Christ is in you?
—unless indeed you are disqualified/unapproved/unfit#. Cor 13:5 NKJV
{See Take Heed -below}
A foot in both worlds
Mt 6:23 ...if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other,
or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and...
1Jn :15 If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world-the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life comes not from the Father but from the world. NIV
Heb 6:4 For “It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be brought back again to repentance.
To their loss, they are crucifying the Son of God all over again
and subjecting Him to public disgrace (see Warning Passages in Hebrews in DTB)
Lk 11:32 The people of Nineveh will also stand up against this generation on Judgment Day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent. [When we repent {right away}, God relents]
33 No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house.
34 Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy* your whole body is filled with light. *573 haploús w/o folds, referring to a single (undivided) focus, ie. w/o a (secret) 'double agenda' which prevents an over-complicated life (becoming needlessly distracted). Mk 4:19 choke
But when it is unhealthy/evil?pain-hardships, your body is filled with darkness.
35 Make sure/scrutinize-aim 6x that the light you think you have is not actually darkness.
36 If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as tho a floodlight were filling you with light.
39 Lord said to him: You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup/dish, but inside you are filthy—full of extortion and wickedness. 40 Fools!
Rev 3:17 Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,"
(Self-deception from demonic-delusion/self-sufficiency makes believers insensitive to reality and real needs) and you do not know not sober-minded that you are:
1Cor 15:33 bad company corrupts...34 Sober up/awake to righteous and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God I say this to your shame{lit=hold 'not knowledge'/false info-perception 1Pt :15=fools}
wretched Rm 7:24 divided-defeated and
miserable 1Cor 15:19 no future hope and
poor Gal 4:9 know God...why do you want to go back again and be slaves again to the weak and beggarly spiritual principles of this world?
blind Pt 1:9 lacks these qualities is blind and near-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
10 brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you {Mt 2:14 0:16}
for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; first-last
11 for in this way the abundant entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus supplied
(Rev 17:14 those who are with Him are the called and chosen/choice and faithful.
naked Cor 5:4 having put it on, will not be found naked. 4 we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.
5 Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge/first installment.
Lk 4:17 prophet Isaiah was handed to Him...He opened the book and found the place where it was written:
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, cz He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed.
Jn 12:35 Jesus said to them, "For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
36 While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light. These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.
37 But tho He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.
38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: "Lord, who has believed our report?
To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, 40 "He has blinded their eyes and He hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and be converted and I heal them. 41 Isaiah said cz he saw His glory...spoke of Him
2Cor 4:2 not walking in craftiness or adulterating the Word of God, but by the manifestation of Truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unfaithful/unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel/good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
5 For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
1Jn :9 The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now.
10 The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
11 But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going cz the darkness has blinded his eyes. 13...overcome the evil one
Take Heed!
Dt 4:9 Only give heed to/guard yourself and keep/guard your soul m/w/e diligently, so that you do not forget...your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all days of your life; but make them known..10..learn to fear Me all days..10 command..15 So watch yourselves carefully 16 not corrupt/ruin take good/exceeding heed
Dt 11:16 Beware/on guard that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods and worship them. 17 Or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you... and you will perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you. (gift can be revoked!)
We avoid being deceived by being HS led, initiating all our actions from our purpose to glorify God (and be glorifed by Him), and constantly evaluating our decisions & feelings/rcn in light of the Truth
Not Worship as You Please Dt 12:8 You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes 13 Be careful that you do not sacrifice in any place you please NIV
14 but the place which the LORD chooses...there you shall do all that I command you
Ps 39:1 I said, I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue (toward God and others cf Job 1:22)
Job 1:22 Thru all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God. *correct view of God guards and guides
Job :10 Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity*? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Ps 119:9 How cleanse way? by taking heed acc to Thy Word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought Thee: let me not wander from Thy commands 11 Thy Word I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee.
Jer 17:21 says LORD: Take heed for yourselves and do not...as I commanded 3 Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.
24 if you listen attentively to Me..27 if you do not listen to Me to keep..I will kindle unquench fire
Mal :16 LORD says “I hate..., for it covers one’s garment with violence/injustice,” says the LORD of hosts. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously*”
*unfaithful, untrustworthy, deceptive, disloyal, betrayer, or unreliable; Jdg 9:23 function of evil spirit! cx HS fruit
T 991: c) to turn thots or direct the mind to a thing, to consider, contemplate, to look at, to weigh carefully, examine
Mt 4:4 Take heed that no one misleads/deceives you [cultivate deep abiding/sensitive rlshp with HS of Truth]
1Cor 10:12 one thinks they stand take heed that u do not fall. [self-deception thru pride-suseptability to satan]
1Cor 3:10..take heed how you build on foundation (Col 4:17 ministry)...14 reward 15 suffer loss but saved
Heb :1 we must pay more abundant attention# to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it
Mt 6:1 Beware# of practicing righteousness before men to be noticed by them; or no reward w/ your Father
Heb 12:4 Pursue peace with all, and the sanctification w/o which no one will see the Lord.
15 See to it? that no one falls short of the grace of God; ?episkopas-bishop Acts 0:28
a) that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;
16 b) that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
17 For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected,
for he found no place for repentance, tho he sought for it with tears.
18 I advise you to buy (at what cost?) from Me: (cf Isa
gold refined by fire (cx counterfeit) so that you may become rich,and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, 3:4-5 overcomers=remember & repent and that the shame* of your nakedness will not be revealed; Cor 5:3, 10and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
*Php 3:18 walk as enemies of the cross 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly,
and whose glory is in their *shame, 152 who mind earthly things. cx Col 3 set affections above
Pay the cost of sacrificing the temporal for the eternal, this world for the next.
Isa 55:1 Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;
and you without money, come, buy, and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk/cheese without money and without cost!
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
3 Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live.
Spoiler Alert: {the $$ is attentive listening and faithful obedience – that's why you get paid}
Lk 9:22 The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day. 3 And He was saying to them all: If anyone wishes/wills to come after Me, he must a) deny himself, and ) take up his cross daily and 3) follow Me.
24 For whoever wishes/wills to save/preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
25 For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
Mt 16:26 & Mk 8:37 For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the
Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
Lk 14:26 If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate...yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
28 build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? 9 Otherwise...laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him
33 So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.
34 Therefore, salt is good vs Mt for nothing; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
35 It is useless/worthless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. Mt 5:13 trodden under foot
He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Isa 30:9 These are rebellious people, deceitful children,
children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
10 They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the ruth!
Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions/lies.
11 Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!
12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,
Since you have rejected this word and have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them,
13 Therefore this iniquity will be to you
Like a high wall whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,
15 For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said,
In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength.
but you were not willing, 16 and you said, "No, for we will flee...
18 the LORD longs to be gracious to you, and He waits on high to have compassion on you.
For the LORD is a God of justice; how blessed are all those who long for Him.
Isa 55:1 Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk/cheese without money and without cost!
2 Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
3 Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion/hesed promised to David.
Zech 7:11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder;
they stopped up their ears from hearing.
12 They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law
or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit thru the earlier prophets.
Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. 13 And just as I had called and
they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts Isa 59:2
Pr 8:9 who turns away their ear from liistening to the law, even their prayer is an abomination
2Chron 33:10 LORD spoke to His people, but they paid no attention/ignored all His warnings 11...prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
“Here is a vital point in Biblical truth: it is the ear that is the seat of intelligence.
True intelligence is the ability to listen.
Wisdom is not something we are born with, something intrinsic to us. We must listen for it!
It comes from outside us and must be daily learned from God.” Jacque B. Doukhan: Hebrew for Theologians
Isa 48:8 You have never heard/listened; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open piel. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth
Ps 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry. 3...praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in Him
4 Blessed is the one who trusts in LORD, who does not look to the proud,
to those who turn aside to false gods/lapse into falsehood/go astray after a lie
5 Many, Lord my God, are the wonders You have done, and the things You planned for us.
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—but my ears you have dug
burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
Hosea 6:6 I desire hesed, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Mt 9:13 go learn
7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll. sanctification
8 I delight to do Your will,* my God, Your law is within my heart. *1Thess 4:3 {be Holy to be Happy}
Ps 119:11
16 may all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
may those who love Your salvation always say: LORD be magnified!
Jn 4:14 whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again=[lit: eis The Age v36]
The water I will give him will become in him a spring of water springing up eis Life Eternal* [eis Age].
*Rm 6:22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit/fruit
eis/resulting in/leading to sanctification, and/de the outcome/telos, Life Eternal={Dominion of The Age} 3 glory
Context Jn 5:24 who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal Life (cf Jn 1:12)
and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into Life
25...an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear voice of the Son of God, those who hear will Live
28...an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,
29 and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of Life,
those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
Rev 2:17 The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.”
And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the Water of Life without price.
CONTEXT! Rev 2:12 Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me,
to render/recompense/pay back to every man acc to what he has done. Cor 5:10
13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life, and may enter by the gates into The City. {New H&E!!}
15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying
(demonic=deceived-deceiving)
Pr :1 If you will receive/acquire impf my Words and treasure/value/store my Commandments within you,
2 Make hiph your ear attentive to wisdom, incline/stretch out your heart to understanding* 3, 6, 11
3 For if you cry for discernment, lift your voice for understanding;* Ex 31:3
4 If you seek to find piel her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 Then (consequential benefits) you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom!!! Pr 9:10 fear of the Lord = beginning of wisdom Ps 111:10
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding*
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 Guarding the paths of justice, and He preserves the way of His godly ones.
9 Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity and every good course.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 Discretion will guard you, understanding* will watch over you,
Ex 31:3 I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding*,
and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
*God in Creation Jer 10:11 stretched out heavens* Pr 3:13 by wisdom earth; heavens*
Dt 32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding* in them.
1Kg 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding* exceeding much, and largeness of heart...(to serve)
Job 12:13 With Him are wisdom and might; to Him belong counsel/purpose and understanding*
Pr 3:13 Happy/Blessed is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets/draws out understanding*
Pr 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding* but that his heart may reveal itself.
Pr 19:8 He that buys/acquires wisdom loves his own soul: he that guards/treasures understanding* shall find/get good
Isa 44:19 none considers/ruminates in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding* to say, I have burned part of it in the fire...make idol...shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
Js 4:1 Where do quarrels and conflicts come from among you? Do they not come from your passions/desires for pleasure at war within you? You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious/zealous-burning and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have cz you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, cz you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures/lusts {cx. God's}
Repent=decision to change mind (esp values, and what we think about) and actions (envision the new)
Reprove=bring to light with evidence to convict [Disparity 'twn Scripture/what they say} vs what they do]
Jn 3:19 This is the verdict/judgment, that the Light has come into the world,and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone who routinely does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
21 But he who practices the truth comes to the Light,
so that his deeds may be manifested* as having been wrought in God.
*revealed by light done in the sight of God NIV
Mt 18:15 trespass cx you, go reprove him privately: if hear you...you've gained/won your brother
Lk 3:19 Herod reproved by John for Herodias..all the evils 0...locked up John in prison
Jn 3:20; 8:7 sinless cast stone 9...heard it, being reproved/convicted by their own conscience,
Jn 16:8...HS will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
1Cor 14:24 if all prophesy, the unbeliever is reproved of all, he is judged of all:
Eph 5:11 have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Eph 5:13 all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light...make manifest is light.
1Tim 5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful Word as taught, able by sound instruction to exhort/encourage and to rebuke/convince the speak-againsters #483 Lk :34 Jesus 0:27 resur; Ac 13:45 envy, 2:19 Paul, 2 sect; Rm 10:21 disobedient; Ti :9 Wally
Titus 1:12 lazy liars...13 Therefore rebuke them sharply/cut, that they may be sound in the faith
Titus :14 pure/zealous 15 speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you
think around
2Tim 4:2 Preach the word; ready in/out season; reprove, rebuke, exhort w all patience & instruction
Heb 12:5 have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as children, My son, do not despise (little care/regard) the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked by Him:
Repent=decision to change mind (esp values, and what we think about) and actions (envision the new)
Mt 3:2 Repent for The Kingdom from the HeavenS!!! is at hand/has drawn near pft cf JC and apostles
Lk 3:4 Isaiah: Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight. 7...warned you to flee from wrath to come? 8 bear fruits in keeping with repentance, don't say Abraham..father 9 axe is at the root; every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire
10 then what shall we do? [Stop living as if this world is all there is; Start living for reward in Kgdm]
2Pt :9 Lord is not slow His promise,...but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance 10 Day of the Lord will come like a thief....earth & works will be burned up
11 Since all be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness 12 anticipating/expecting 4328* and earnestly desiring the coming of The Day of God...
14 since you *4328 these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless 15 just as also Paul, acc to the wisdom given him, wrote to you 16 as also in all his letters...
17 knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried/led away by the error of lawless men and fall from your own steadfastness, 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of JC
Heb 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting/set before him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame.
Now he is seated at the right hand/in the place of honor beside God’s throne.
3 Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up.
4 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin
5 And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as His children?
He said, “My child, don’t make light of/despise the LORD ’s discipline, and don’t give up when he corrects you.
Heb 12:6 For the LORD disciplines those He loves, and He punishes/scourges each one He accepts as His child.”
7 As you endure this Divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as His own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?
8 If God doesn’t discipline you as He does all of His children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really His children at all.
9 Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?
10 For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how.
But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in His holiness.
Heb 12:11 No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful!
But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of righteousness/right living for those who are trained in this way.
12 So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees.
13 Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.
14 Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.
15 Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God.
Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.
16 Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal.
17 You know that afterward, when he wanted his father’s blessing, he was rejected.
It was too late for repentance, even though he begged with bitter tears.
Heb 12:18 You have not come to a physical mountain,
to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.
19 For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking.
20 They staggered back under God’s command/not endure/bear what God commanded
“If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”
21 Moses himself was so frightened Mt 9:6 at the sight that he said: I am terrified and trembling/quake
22 No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering.
23 You have come to the assembly of God’s firstborn children,
whose names are written/enrolled in heaven.
You have come to God Himself, who is the Judge over all things.
You have come to the spirits of the righteous who have now been made perfect.
Heb 12:24 You have come to Jesus,
the One who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood,
which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel.
25 Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking.
For if people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, warns from earth,
we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who warns/speaks to us from heaven! turn away
Mt 3:28 So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of Gehenna? Cf 3:7 flee wrath to come!
26 When God spoke from Mount Sinai His voice shook the earth,now makes another promise: “Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also.”
27 This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain.
28 Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us have grace by which please God serving/worship Him with holy fear 5:7 and awe* 1Pt :9
circumspect
29 For our God is a devouring/consuming fire. *feeling of innate moral repugnance to doing a dishonorable act.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock;
if anyone hears My voice and opens the door,
Ears to ear
Heart/will to open
I will come in to him (My Heart, Christ's Home IVP)
and will dine with him,
and he with Me.
Free will=your choice (based upon your values/desires..based upon your experience/consequences)
Reciprocal rlshp – mutuality, abiding in Christ/Vine and His Words abide in you Jn 15
1Jn 1 Fllshp with God (and others) is dependent upon being/walking in light (forgiven & cleansed)
Jn 5:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
25 Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 6 For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; 7 and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. 8 Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 9 and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
Jn 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught of God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.
47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life.
51 I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.
63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are S?spirit and are life . 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.
Jn 6:60 many of His disciples, when they heard this said, "This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it? 66 As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"
68 Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life
Jn 10:3 the sheep hear His voice, and He calls His own sheep by name and leads them out
Jn 12:46 I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.48 He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day. 49 For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.
50 I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me."
Jn 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. 9 Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.
10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. 11 These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. Cf Dt 6 4x
Jn 16:13 But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all the Truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
Jn 18:37 Pilate said to Him: So You are a king? Jesus answered: You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth hears My voice. 38 Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?"
Dt 6:4 The Great Shema (hear!) Obey God and Prosper
6:1 Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it,
2 so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the LORD your God,
to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
3 O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
4 Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! 5 You shall love
the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
7 You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.
9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
10 Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,11 and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied,
12 then watch yourself, that you do not forget the LORD who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
13 You shall fear only the LORD your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.14 You shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you,
15 for the LORD your God in the midst of you is a jealous God;
otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
16 You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.
17 You should diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you.
18 You shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD,
that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to give your fathers,
19 by driving out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.
20 When your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the LORD our God commanded you?'
21 then you shall say to your son, 'We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the LORD brought us from Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 Moreover, the LORD showed great and distressing signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household;
23 He brought us out from there in order to bring us in,to give us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.'
24 So the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today.
25 It will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as He commanded us.
21 He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
What have you heard thru the Risen Lord's Words to His seven churches?
Rev 3:3 So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent.
Therefore if you do not wake up...
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