Righteousness, Prosperity, and Good Success

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...

 

When we follow after specific scriptures, doing those scriptures as we live on this earth, instead of pursuing things, we have the promise from Jesus that all "these things" will be added unto us.  (Matthew 6:33)

 

God promises us we will have prosperity and good success if we make it our goal in this life to do individual scriptures which are called to our attention by the Spirit of God, and if we continue to do these scriptures.

 

It is a sure way of life for us, now and for all eternity.

 

This is the subject of this Podcast.

 

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Psalm 1:1-3   Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

 

2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

 

(The rules of God for us are in the New Testament Bible ... though there are many promises in the Old Testament which are valid for us today.)

 

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

 

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James 1:5   If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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Joshua 1:5    There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

 

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What the Bible says:

 

* Concerning divorce & remarriage:

 

Matthew 5:32 Jesus says:  But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

 

- If you divorce a faithful wife, she will commit adultery if she remarries.  But you will be the cause of her adultery because she was a faithful wife and you divorced her.

- And the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

 

I Corinthians 7:10-11 Paul says: And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:  But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

 

Mark 10:11-12 Jesus says:   And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.  And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

 

Romans 7:2-3  The woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

 

So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

 

If you have unknowingly committed adultery, if you come to agree with the scriptures and instruct other people against adultery, and if you remain faithful to other scriptures, you should be saved.  I have never told anyone to leave that current second mate.  But I tell such a person, to uphold the scriptures when the subject arises, agreeing that you committed adultery upon remarriage after divorce, and urging others not to divorce and not to remarry after divorce.

 

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I Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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* Concerning homosexuals & lesbians:

 

Romans 1:26-27   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 recompence of their error which was meet.

 

A homosexual or lesbian can be saved if that person comes to agree with the scriptures and no longer commits sins of homosexuality or lesbianism.

 

Born homosexual or lesbians?

 

Mark 10:6  from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

 

To the woman taken in adultery in John 8, Jesus said:  "Go ... and sin no more."

 

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Joshua 1:7-8    Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest. 

 

(We do not do the animal sacrifices today of the Law of Moses, for Jesus is the sacrifice for us today.  But the rules of the New Testament do apply to us today in the New Testament church, and many of the promises of God made to the people living in the Old Testament do pertain to the church today.)

 

8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

 

Matthew 6:33   Jesus says:    Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

 

(Don't pursue things of this world.  Pursue scriptures!)

 

Hebrews 13:5-6   HE (God) hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.  So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

 

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The pursuit of money brings trouble upon yourself:

 

I Timothy 6:6-12    But godliness with contentment is great gain.  For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

 

9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

 

10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

 

11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

 

12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life:

 

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Example:  Allowing the scripture to rule over you

 

Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

 

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Matthew 7:24-27   Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

26 And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

 

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Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus says:   Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

 

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