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February 17, 2013

End times witnessing: "Macedonia"

The word today is "Macedonia".

Can you hear the Lord Holy Spirit calling and sending? Arise, prophets and teachers of the Bible, fast and pray and ask the Lord for directions, just as the five men did in the Church of Antioch in Acts 13:1-4.

  1. Acts 16:6
    The Macedonian Call ] And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
    Acts 16:5-7 (in Context) Acts 16 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  2. Acts 16:9
    And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
    Acts 16:8-10 (in Context) Acts 16 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  3. Acts 16:10
    And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
    Acts 16:9-11 (in Context) Acts 16 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  4. Acts 16:12
    and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.
    Acts 16:11-13 (in Context) Acts 16 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  5. Acts 18:5
    When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
    Acts 18:4-6 (in Context) Acts 18 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  6. Acts 19:21
    A Riot at Ephesus ] Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
    Acts 19:20-22 (in Context) Acts 19 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  7. Acts 19:22
    And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
    Acts 19:21-23 (in Context) Acts 19 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  8. Acts 19:29
    So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel.
    Acts 19:28-30 (in Context) Acts 19 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  9. Acts 20:1
    Paul in Macedonia and Greece ] After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia.
    Acts 20:1-3 (in Context) Acts 20 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  10. Acts 20:3
    There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
    Acts 20:2-4 (in Context) Acts 20 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  11. Acts 27:2
    And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.
    Acts 27:1-3 (in Context) Acts 27 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  12. Romans 15:26
    For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.
    Romans 15:25-27 (in Context) Romans 15 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  13. 1 Corinthians 16:5
    Plans for Travel ] I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia,
    1 Corinthians 16:4-6 (in Context) 1 Corinthians 16 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  14. 2 Corinthians 1:16
    I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.
    2 Corinthians 1:15-17 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  15. 2 Corinthians 2:13
    my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.
    2 Corinthians 2:12-14 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  16. 2 Corinthians 7:5
    For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within.
    2 Corinthians 7:4-6 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  17. 2 Corinthians 8:1
    Encouragement to Give Generously ] We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,
    2 Corinthians 8:1-3 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  18. 2 Corinthians 9:2
    for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.
    2 Corinthians 9:1-3 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  19. 2 Corinthians 9:4
    Otherwise, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we would be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident.
    2 Corinthians 9:3-5 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  20. 2 Corinthians 11:9
    And when I was with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way.
    2 Corinthians 11:8-10 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 11 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  21. Philippians 4:15
    And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only.
    Philippians 4:14-16 (in Context) Philippians 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  22. 1 Thessalonians 1:7
    so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
    1 Thessalonians 1:6-8 (in Context) 1 Thessalonians 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  23. 1 Thessalonians 1:8
    For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.
    1 Thessalonians 1:7-9 (in Context) 1 Thessalonians 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  24. 1 Thessalonians 4:10
    for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more,
    1 Thessalonians 4:9-11 (in Context) 1 Thessalonians 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations 

  25. English Standard Version (ESV)
    The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.

September 7, 2012

because your motives are all wrong

James 4

New Living Translation (NLT)

Drawing Close to God

What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
You adulterers![a] Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. What do you think the Scriptures mean when they say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy?[b] But he gives us even more grace to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say,
“God opposes the proud
    but favors the humble.”[c]
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.

Warning against Judging Others

11 Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters.[d] If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you. 12 God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?

Warning about Self-Confidence

13 Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” 14 How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. 15 What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” 16 Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil.
1Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.
Footnotes:
  1. James 4:4 Greek You adulteresses!
  2. James 4:5 Or that God longs jealously for the human spirit he has placed within us? or that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us, opposes our envy?
  3. James 4:6 Prov 3:34 (Greek version).
  4. James 4:11 Greek brothers.

December 28, 2011

End Times Church: All about Church -BEGINNING AND LAST WORDS































WHO ARE THE CHURCHES? WHAT ARE THE CHURCHES FOR?

Ephesians 1:15-23

Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom

15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease 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 to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding[c] being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His 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 age but also in that which is to come.

22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to THE CHURCH, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Ephesians 3:9-11 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; 10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, 11 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,



Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.



1 Timothy 2:8 [ Men and Women in the Church ] I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; 3:15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.



Philemon 1:2 to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:



Hebrews 12:23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,



James 5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.



_______________________HOW CHURCHES STARTED



Acts 2:40-41 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” 41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.



2:46-47 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

Acts 5:11-13 So great fear came upon all the church and upon all who heard these things.



12 And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch. 13 Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly.

Acts 14:22-23 22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.” 23 So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.



Acts 20:28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.



1 Cor.16:19[ Greetings and a Solemn Farewell ] The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.



Ephesians 5:26-27 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.



_____JESUS’ LAST WORDS AND WARNINGS TO CHURCHES



■Revelation 2:1

[ The Loveless Church ] “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write,‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:

Revelation 2:1-3 (in Context) Revelation 2 (Whole Chapter)

■Revelation 2:8

[ The Persecuted Church ] “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, ‘These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life:

Revelation 2:7-9 (in Context) Revelation 2 (Whole Chapter)

■Revelation 2:12

[ The Compromising Church ] “And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:

Revelation 2:11-13 (in Context) Revelation 2 (Whole Chapter)

■Revelation 2:18

[ The Corrupt Church ] “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:

Revelation 2:17-19 (in Context) Revelation 2 (Whole Chapter)

■Revelation 3:1

[ The Dead Church ] “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write,‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.

Revelation 3:1-3 (in Context) Revelation 3 (Whole Chapter)

■Revelation 3:7

[ The Faithful Church ] “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”:

Revelation 3:6-8 (in Context) Revelation 3 (Whole Chapter)

■Revelation 3:14

[ The Lukewarm Church ] “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God:

Revelation 3:13-15 (in Context) Revelation 3 (Whole Chapter)

December 27, 2011

End Times Witnessing: End Time Now -Last two jobs

The watchman was asked to read the Gospel of John again during these last few days that remain in this year. He was told that he would read and receive new revelation. So he obeyed. On 26th December morning, he read from Chapter one to four. Then he was asked to stop. He saw what the Lord wanted him to see. There is one type of real food that gives life at the end time. The food according to Jesus is "“is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work."
What is the will of the Father? What has Jesus just done prior to saying this to His disciples? He demonstrated how it was done.
The watchman read the following passage again with fresh revelation. His comments are in brackets.
________________________

John 4 Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman
(He was sowing the seeds of God's Words and reaping the harvests)
3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

(How Jesus sowed the Seeds (God's Words)
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.

11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 “I have no husband,” she replied.

(How Jesus reaped the ripe Harvests - many Samaritans' souls through one fruit: the Samaritan Woman)
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
(The woman became conveinced when jesus showed that He knew more all about her secret)

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

Jesus spoke about true end time worship: only in Spirit and in truth
(The Samaritan woman was concerned with cultural and religious differences based on political and traditional differences)

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”

(The disciples were preoccupied with physical living like food, and were concerned about man's religious tradition and practice. They were no different in their lack of true worship like the Samaritans. They missed out the whole demonstrations of the two essential works for Jesus' disciples: sowing and reaping!

27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”


(How The One Fruit of Jesus sowed and reaped more harvests!)
28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”
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(Jesus spoke on two end times essentials:
1. true worship: only in spirit and in truth.
2. true disciples of Jesus: doing the will of the Father in heaven.
what is the will of the Father in heaven? They belong to only two professions:
1. The Sower of Seeds (Words of God) for the advancement of the kingdom of God
2. The reaper of the crop for eternal life in the kingdom of God.
Observe that the disciples were asked to reap what Jesus (and the prophets until John the Baptist) had sown. "From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing and forceful men lay hold of it." Matt11:12)

34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”


(Many Samaritans Believed and became sowers and reapers themselves!)

39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers.
42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.
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There are only two jobs left for end times. Are you doing one of the two? If not, you need to seriously consider what Jesus has said to His disciples to enter the kingdom of God.

END TIMES VACANCIES FOE KINGDOM OF GOD:
A watchman/intercessor is a sower.
An evangelist is a reaper.
There are currently many vacancies for both types of jobs. Anyone applying?


September 26, 2010

End Times Witnessing: Rebuilding the Sheep Gate -keep proclaiming the Lord’s death until He comes! (Holy Communion Power)

This is the urgent message for all Christians today! Come to the Lord’s Holy Communion table and receive His wholeness for victorious living!

End Times Witnessing: Rebuilding the Sheep Gate -keep proclaiming the Lord’s death until He comes!

The watchman took the class to continue with the faith in action project in emulating Nehemiah 3: Rebuilding the Wall. The first gate group is Sheep Gate Group. Why Sheep Gate is recorded as the first group to build? This is very important to know and remember. Revelation One: It is definitely a crucial and powerful prophetic act to keep proclaiming the Lord's death until He comes! Every Christian must know and acknowledge that there is no way on … Read More

September 6, 2010

End Times Witnessing: Testimony of a Highly Favored Captive Teacher

Ezra The priest, the highly favored teacher of the lawof the God of heaven (Chapters 7-8)

Being a captive in the enemy’s campis not exactly the life anyone could expect to be successful. Yet there are people of God who have been greatly favored and well established in their professions even in such adverse environment.
The person Ezra, a Jewish scribe well versed in the law of Moses lived in Babylon, the captor’s nation. However, the Persian king regarded him highly and gave him everything he asked for. Ezra attributed this unusual favor to his God, “because the gracious hand of His God was on him” (“because he was determined to study and obey and teach the people of Israel God’s laws”). (7:6,9-10)
The Book of Ezra recorded two major historical break-through for Israel: (1) The Restoration of the Temple (destroyed with the city of Jerusalem in 586 BC by the armies of Babylon). Chapters 1-6 describe God stirred the heart of a Persian king, Cyrus, to issue a decree and Zerubbabel led the first group (49,897 exiles) return to Jerusalem in 538 BC to re-build the temple of God (which was delayed and took 22 years to complete 538-516 BC).
(2) The Reformation of the people of God. Chapters 7-10 describe how God empowered Ezra, a priest teacher of the laws of God, to return to Jerusalem (with a small group of 1,754 exiles) to give spiritual guidance and support to re-build the people of God in 458-457 BC (1 Year). The followings reveal the mighty work of the Lord (the gracious hand of the Lord-the Holy Spirit) in this supernatural episode of Ezra’s life.

In matters concerning God: God moved the heart of another Persian king, Artaxerxes, to sponsor Ezra (with legal authority and financial aid) to return to Jerusalem to enhance temple worship. The king commissioned him to take with him appropriate personnel and treasures for the temple worship. The king also decreed that his official treasurers give Ezra whatever he requests and that no personnel related to the temple of God be required to pay taxes.
In matters concerning the people:
The king commissioned Ezra to appoint magistrates and judges to govern all the people in the province west of the Euphrates River. The only requirement is that they must know the Israelite God’s laws! The king also commissioned Ezra to teach the law to anyone who does not know it. “Anyone who refuses to obey the law of your God and law of the king will be punished immediately, either by death, banishment, confiscation of goods or imprisonment.” (Ezra 7:26)
CHAPTER EIGHT describes a physical journey of faith in action: the journey took over four months on foot from Ahava Canal to Jerusalem : Ezra was indeed a man of God with godly wisdom (as commended by the king). He waited upon the Lord before making big decisions and knew how to listen to the Holy Spirit. This is illustrated as follows:
STRATEGY FOR RIGHT RECRUITS
1. He assembled the exiles who volunteered to return with him at the Ahava Canal and camped there three days. He went over the list to identify whether he had all the personnel needed according to the requirement of God. He took immediate action to fill the gap when he found that there was no Levite exile volunteer.
2.  He identified nine appropriate leaders of the people and two men of discernment to be special envoys to invite Levite exiles to join them. He sent them to the right place for the right recruits. Indeed they succeeded.
STRATEGY FOR RIGHT (SAFE) JOURNEY
1. Fast: He gave orders to all to fast and humble themselves before God.
2. Pray: He led others to earnestly pray that God give a safe journey and protect them, their children, and their goods as they traveled.
3. Faith Confession: He gave testimony to the king, “Our God’s hand of protection is on all who worship Him, but His fierce anger rages against those who abandoned Him.” (8:22)
4. Faith in Action: He appointed 12 leaders of the priests to take charge of transporting the treasures to the temple of God: He declared positively, “You and these treasures have been set apart as holy to the Lord”, “guard these treasures well“. (8:24-25,28-29,30)
RESULTS
(1) PHYSICAL SAFETY: “And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way. So we arrived safely in Jerusalem, where we rested for three days.” (8:31-32)
(2) SPIRITUAL ACCOUNTABILITY: “On the fourth day after our arrival, the silver, gold and other valuables were weighed at the temple of our God..”, “eeverything was accounted for by number and weight, and the total weight was officially recorded.” (8:33, 34)
(Watchman’s Application: The treasures must be verified by both number and weight. Teaching is same. The outcome (fruit) will be judged according to its quality as well as the quantity assigned to the watchman. Be faithful and be alert to the Holy Spirit’s guidance!)

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