End Times watchman's Bible Study: Today's word is "Planting" of the Lord

The word today is "planting". The watchman's Bible study notes and related verses are in brackets.

Genesis 2:8 [ Life in God’s Garden ] The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
(The Lord God is a planter and gardener from the beginning and He has revealed this when He first created heavens and earth).

Exodus 15:17 You will bring them in and plant them In the mountain of Your inheritance, In the place, O LORD, which You have made For Your own dwelling, The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

(The Lord brings His people and plant them in the place He has made for His own dwelling. Therefore the place must be holy because He is holy. Ex3:5, 19:6; Lev19:2;

1 Peter 1:16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” )

Numbers 24:6 Like valleys that stretch out, Like gardens by the riverside, Like aloes planted by the LORD, Like cedars beside the waters.

(As the vision of God's people depicted by Balaam, they will be planted by rich supply of waters, the Holy Spirit. The planting of His people will be at Spirit-filled places)

(John 7:37 "On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified." )

Psalm 92:13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God.

(Again, it is clearly stated that they will be planted at the place where God dwells, a holy place. A place where God would meet with His people who daily seek His face. God wants His people to seek His face! )

(Psalm 27:7-9 "Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.8When You said, “Seek My face,”
My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
9 Do not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.")

Psalm 104:16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
(The trees planted by the Lord are full of nourishment from Him. They themselves are rich in nourishment for others as well. They are never dried up. No burn-out. These are people who constantly drink from the Lord before Him. They will have eternal life.)

(John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” )

(John 6:54-56 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. ")

Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.
(Israel was the vineyard planted by the Lord and He expects the same nature of Him from them. But He was disappointed.
(Jesus Himself has warned all Christians on this matter. No one is exempted from the standard and plumb line of God.

(Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’)

Isaiah 61:3 To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”
(The Lord's planted His people in His own house, having redeemed and washed them by the blood of Jesus, filled them with and sanctified them by the Holy Spirit, and He expected them to live the godly righteous life, emulating His Son Jesus, that He may be glorified. This is the goal of Christian salvation, as announced both in the deliverance of the children of Israel from Egypt and the salvation brought to all peoples by Jesus Christ's crucifixion and perfect sacrifice on the cross.)

(Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.)

(Jesus Glorified God and God thus glorified Him: John 13:31-32 "So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. 32 If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and glorify Him immediately. ") (We too are required to glorify God: Romans 8:17 "and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified." )

Jeremiah 11:17 “For the LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced doom against you for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger in offering incense to Baal.”
(When the nation of Israel worshiped other god(s), they brought ruin and disasters on themselves. The same for today's 'Christian' nations/peoples. God does not change. The standard of His holiness remains the same. )

( Hebrews 12:28-29 "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire." )

(2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 "Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.")

Jeremiah 31:28 And it shall come to pass, that as I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the LORD. Jeremiah 45:4 “Thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Behold, what I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land.
(The Lord watches carefully over what He has planted. He even pluck up the unsuitable ones. )

(Matthew 3:9-11 "and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 11 indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. ")

Ezekiel 17:3 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “A great eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And took from the cedar the highest branch. 17:22 Thus says the Lord God: “I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain. 23 On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it will dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the Lord,have spoken and have done it.”

Watchman's Summary:

Amazing how God chooses what to plant. Here He summed up what He will plant, from where He will pick them, the place He will plant them, what they will become, what benefits they will give others, and why He wants to do all these plantings. We serve an awesome God!

 How wonderful it is to be a majestic cedar for the glory of the Lord!

The watchman now watches what kind of plant he is and will become...

End Times watchman Adventure: Bible reading in Spirit and in Truth

The watchman went through an interval of personal training for himself. He took part in a 72 hours of Bible reading (non-stop).
Some participants read and some rested at the same time all in one common hall. Two languages were going on simultaneously. The group who read in English speed read and carried on without pause. Readers were fluent readers. The other group which consisted of mainly new Christians read in their vernacular language, of which some could hardly read. Some had never read the Bible before!There were not few words which were difficult to pronounce even to fluent vernacular readers in Bible!
The slow readers group paused from time to time to learn to pronounce a word and at times was briefed on what they were reading and how the prophets related to the history books. By the end however, the vernacular group caught up with the English readers as they put some of their fluent readers into a third group tp read non-stop. Eventually, the third group finished reading the whole Bible for the rest on time. So the whole congregation read the Book of Revelation together in unison alternating in two languages chapter by chapter until the end.

Statistics: SUMMARY OF KING JAMES BIBLE STATISTICS:

Total Books – 66  Total Chapters  1,189 Total Verses…31,102

Total words in the 31,102 verses – 788,258 (not including the Hebrew Alphabet in Psalm 119 or the superscriptions listed in some of the Psalms)

KJV Bible has 3,566,480 syllabus.

Chinese Bible Statistics (CUV): 1189 chapters; 31219 verses; 931698 words (all single syllabus).

「上帝版」和合本新旧约合计1,189章。其中旧约有929章，23,179节，706,875字。
新约260章，8,040节，224,823字。
和合本「上帝版」新旧约共1,189章，31,219节，931,698字。
圣经中文和合本译本共约931,698字，或另一统计(和合本神版)共930,222字，
约用3,186个不同的中文字。
「英文圣经钦定本KJV」计有3,566,480字母，810,697个字(较中文圣经少121,001个字)，
31,175节(比中文圣经少44节)。

One evening, the two groups read the word of God together in unison in the two languages alternately after midnight from Psalm one to Psalm 119! It was really wonderful and the watchman witnessed the power of the word of God when read in one Spirit! Of course the reading/proclaiming of Revelation together aloud as the grand finale was beyond words.
Personal encounter by the watchman:
The watchman experienced the words that he received prior the beginning of the reading, 1 Pet.4:12-13. He was at first told by his closed one that the verses she received for all those who would take part in the Bible reading was 1 Peter.4:1-2, and they were to be encouraged to fast solid food for 72 hours. But the watchman inadvertently broadcasted 1 Peter 4:12-13 ! How little did he know the latter verses were meant for him and the few who were in the same boat.
When he asked the Lord this morning about the differences of the two groups he received the following verse confirming the actions (as led by the Spirit) of both groups.

Psalm 19:7-11

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁷ The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
⁸ The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
⁹ The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
¹⁰ More to be desired are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
¹¹ Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.

Indeed, these confirmed the power of the word of God as in:
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
and 2 Tim3:16-17

¹⁶ All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Experiencing God and find gems here

The watchman found gems in these old books. They answered his many questions. he recommends them to those who need spiritual breakthrough! You will find what you seek.

Excerpts from Your Power in the Holy Spirit, “Consciousness of God” (John G. Lake):  “And I saw that the purpose of Jesus was to produce in the souls and bodies and spirits of man such a consciousness of the living, triune God that man became a king, a living king. I saw the dignity, I saw the power, I saw the manifestation of Spirit that Jesus purposed should be evident in the life of the person who has been really baptized into God – buried in Him, inducted into God, inducted into the nature of God the Father, into the nature of God the Son, into the nature of God the Holy Spirit.”
“Christianity is all contained in two letters: B-E. Not performing acts, but being the thing that God purposed.”
Excerpts from Holy Spirit Revivals, “My doctrinal Education” (Charles Finney): “The power to work miracles and the gifts of tongues were given as signs to attest the reality of their divine commission. But the baptism (of the Holy Spirit) itself was a divine purifying, an anointing bestowing on them a divine illumination and filling them with faith, love, peace, and power so that their words were made sharp in the hearts of God’s enemies, living and powerful, like a two edged sword (Hebrews 4:12).”
“Revivals of religion are sometimes accused of making people mad. But the fact is, men are naturally mad on the subject of religion, and revivals restore them rather making them mad.”
“Sunday morning I arose and left my lodgings in the hotel. In order to get alone, where I could let out my voice as well as my heart, I went up into the woods at some distance from the village and remained for a considerable time in prayer. However, I did not find relief, so I went up a second time; but the load upon my mind increased, and I did not find relief. I went up a third time, and then the answer came. I found that it was time for the meeting and went immediately to the schoolhouse. It was packed to its utmost capacity.”
Excerpts from Experiencing God’s Power, “Spiritual Warfare” (Derek Prince): “The warfare is in the spiritual realm; therefore, the weapons are spiritual and appropriate to the realm of the warfare. Theses weapons will be my main theme in the two following sections, “Our Defensive Armor” and “Weapons of Attack”. It is tremendously that we understand where the battle is taking place. ..We absolutely must understand that the battlefield is in the realm of the mind. “
“Satan deliberately and systematically builds strongholds in peoples’ minds. These strongholds and fortresses resist the truth of the Gospel and the Word of God and prevent people from being able to receive the message of the Gospel. What kind of strongholds does the Bible indicate? These are prejudices and preconception.”
“Prejudice is being down on what you are not up on.” “Almost anything about which religious people have not heard, they view with intense fear and suspicion.” “Don’t confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up!”
“Peoples are driven by their prejudices and preconceptions, often to their own destruction.” “The only way to deliver such people is to use our spiritual weapons and break down the strongholds in their minds.”
Excerpts from Experiencing God’s Presence, “The Presence of the Holy Spirit” (Charles Finney): “Why do many people no have the Spirit? It may be that they live a hypocrite life.” “Others are so frivolous that the Spirit will not dwell with them.” ” Others are so proud that they cannot have the Spirit.” “Some are so worldly minded that they cannot have the Spirit.”
“I never knew a person who was filled with the Spirit who was not called eccentric. The reason is that these people are unlike other people. They act under different influences, take different views, are moved by different motives, and are led by a different Spirit. You are to expect such remarks.”
“If you have the Spirit of God, you must make up your mind to accept experiencing opposition, both in the church and the world.” “If the church, sinners, and the Devil oppose you, there will be One with Whom you will have peace.” “Our peace toward God will flow like a river. You also have peace of conscience if you are led by the Spirit.” “Your conscience will be calm, quiet, and unruffled as a lake in summer.”
“If you are filled with the Spirit, you will be useful.”
“You will be calm under affliction.” (You will not find yourself distressed, annoyed, or worried when people speak against you).
Indeed, the watchman found a lot of treasures in them!

End Times Watchman started a new post : GOD’S WAY

“GOD’S WAY” is the only way in this end time, the watchman discovered. He was led in his spirit to start a new blog in this name:
"GOD’S WAY"
http://citizenheaven.wordpress.com/
There are many interesting pictures for collectors. Above is a sample.

End Times Watchman’s Witnessing: “By My Spirit” said the Lord

The watchman went on an unusual journey in order to deliver an important message and carry out a prophetic act. He did not expect to go until around midnight before departure. He was praying and asking the Lord a number of questions.
Then he asked about the journey a household member would be taking with another brethren the next day. The answer came to him in three groups of verses as one overall message for someone at the destination of that journey. But he wanted specific confirmation to whether he needed to travel personally. The answer came as follows:

“We are traveling together to guard against any criticism for the way we are handling this generous gift. We are careful to be honorable before the Lord, but we also want everyone else to see that we are honorable.” (NLT 2 Cor.8:20-21)

The next morning he got up early to cook food for his two dogs, packed and stored in his refrigerator for someone to heat up and feed them daily during his absence. He also stocked up enough food for the rest of the household. He packed for a short trip as told by the Spirit. Another household member was not convinced and asked the Lord for second confirmation. She received the following verse (from the conversation between the prophets-disciples and the prophet Elisha):

2 Kings 6:3 [Then one said, "Please consent to go with your servants." And he (Elisha) answered, "I will go." ] So the watchman went on the sudden journey without further objection.

The whole time since waking up the watchman’s spirit was singing the song based on Zechariah 4:6b ["Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit", said the Lord of Hosts. ] Only when he started driving the song stopped.
He was told that the person to whom the message was intended was not available until the third day. So he had to wait at the destination until the third day.
On the first day (Lesson One: sons of God are led by the Holy Spirit): They started the journey around noon and arrived late. The same evening, he was asked to attend a prayer meeting in a prayer house. He attended. A woman who could not stop talking came to his companion and kept talking.She brought her neighbor there for healing. By the time she told them that she was an anointed evangelist and busily saving souls instead of “wasting her time to read the Bible or attend church”, he closed his eyes and saw the ‘spirit’ speaking through her. So he stopped his companion from responding politely to the lady. He even made some impatient judgmental remarks on her ‘manifestation’ to others.
However, when he returned to his room around 1am he could not sleep. He was convicted by a passage in Luke 10 which he was led in the spirit to read a number of times lately. The chapter described at length how Jesus appointed seventy disciples in addition to the original twelve and sent them into where He Himself was about to go and how they returned and gave glowing report.

The same chapter also taught on the two Golden Commandments of God: Love God. Love your neighbor. The second law is tough. Instead of asking who my neighbor is I need to ask who I am to others. Am I a neighbor? God looks at whether I am a neighbor. There is no condition on who others are to me.

The watchman was led to recall two other recent incidents which happened all within the week prior his travel. Incident one: Two lady bank staff came to him and asked at length about their stiff and painful knees (and the watchman noted then that the medical system and their religion did not give them divine healing). Incident Two: One newspaper man talked at length about his being a very sick man and that he had reached a point now that he had to rely on himself as taught by his religion to continue bearing the suffering on earth. On both occasions the watchman responded politely but rather impatiently according to his own convenience. He did not witness clearly how Jesus had healed him and his loved ones and could heal them too. He merely mentioned divine healing briefly and gave them the amount of time he thought was sufficient as he though he had other ‘more urgent’ things to do after a while!

But the Spirit of the Lord asked, “Are you a neighbor?” He was convicted and repented. As he confessed and repented, he was convicted of his ‘loveless’ old nature.

Incident Three: About the lady who could not stop talking. He noted how others in the prayer meeting did not respond the way he did to the lady. They remained in peace and let the Spirit of the Lord take charge. They accepted her and extended to her hospitality just as a good neighbor would do.
So on Day One of this recent journey on special ‘mission” he failed his first lesson, “sons of God are led by the Spirit”. However, he prayed for another chance to practice this. The Lord answered the following day.
On Day Two (sons of God do the works of the Son of God -Jesus): the spirit in him sang and woke him up with the song from 1 John 3:8b “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”
 
He sang this on and on until the watchman was wide awake. He went to a Bible reading and prayer staff meeting that morning. They took turn to read the Bible verse by verse, from psalms and the whole Book of Philippians. After that the others proceeded to take their breakfast. One elderly lady staff stayed behind. She told him to help one woman and read psalms in her language. He happened to know her language. She was left alone in one corner as others could not read her language. She talked to herself and made animal noises (like swine snorting) at random and was told by others to shut up from time to time during Bible reading time.He was told that her grown son had put her there as he had to work.
So the watchman borrowed a Bible in her language and read with her. She could not read on her own. She was willing to repeat after him, verse by verse. After about half an hour or more the others came back, so the watchman stopped and left. Looking back he was amazed at his patience and acceptance of that woman. He was given a second chance and this time he followed the Holy Spirit. But he was not sure and did not cast out the swine’s spirit (Mark 5:13)
Day Three (sons of God march on, being in the heavenly victory procession): The watchman was woken by the song in his spirit,

Psalm 68:1-4, followed by Judges 5:2-3, 31a. Specifically, the spirit sang, “Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered” and “But let those who Love Him be like the sun when it comes out in full strength.”

As his appointment was in the late afternoon he had the bulk of the day to himself. He rested in the Lord and met the appointed person and delivered the Lord’s message and carried out a prophetic act.
That evening he saw the ‘swine-possessed’ woman in a prayer meeting and she looked more in peace. The meeting went on for over four hours and she started her animal noises after midnight. However, no one was bothered. She stayed at her corner and continued snorting. Prior the start of the meeting, he also saw another young girl being ‘dragged’ as she clung to the floor at the doorway into the meeting . She had been accompanied there by her parents for healing for quite sometime, he was told.

That night he asked the Lord many questions. He perceived in his spirit that this ‘group’ had advanced toward a ‘higher’ level of Kingdom of God living. They had trained youth disciples well versed in singing and praying Bible verses ministering to the Lord in heavenly realm. The two young worship leaders replicated exactly what the senior pioneer preacher had spoken or prayed or taught. The watchman was told that most of their local meetings were mainly attended by the regulars now. The group had changed its ministry focus to preaching the Gospels to foreigners and claiming their nations for the Lord. He was told they had no manpower for that local ‘swine-possessed’ woman.

(1) The first big question the watchman asked the Lord was whether the requirement to fill the Wedding Great Supper according to Luke 14:13 and 21 was already over. The Lord actually mentioned twice the same group of ‘guests’ to be invited: the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. Are the number for the locals filled? He asked. He received the answer that like the Book of Acts, the events are repeatable for different ministry groups at different locations at different times. Only the Father in heaven knows when the number is up. He has to follow the Holy Spirit.
(2) His second question concerns money (and manpower). In the same chapter 14, Jesus warned, v28 “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it-…” v31 “Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?”
He knew he had to follow the Holy Spirit and not his analytical mind or emotion.
By 2am he was very tired. In answer, his NLT Bible opened to 2 Chronicles 3:1-2

“So Solomon began to build the Temple of the Lord…on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the site that David had selected. The construction began in mid-spring (April/May)…”

Day Four: The watchman woke and felt rested. He continued the previous day’s question on winding up business and offering the premises for divine use.

His NKJV Bible opened to 1 Chronicles 21:26 “And David built there (watchman’s remark: on the threshing floor of the Jebusite, which David bought) an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the Lord; and He answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering.” After receiving this second confirmation he felt peace. It is awesome that both answers refer to the same event, building the Temple of God!

In the physical realm, both King David and King Solomon had ample wealth. David purchased the land, built an altar, and prepared all the materials needed for the building of the Temple. The Temple building construction project was duly started and completed by Solomon according to plan and pattern given in heaven. Neither king had any lack.

Thus, during this unusual spiritual journey, the watchman thus resolved important personal issues through seeking and asking the Lord, while attending to other spiritual matters. He slept few hours but felt rested and refreshed in the Presence of the Lord.

He left for his next destination before noon and arrived well and fit, finding to his surprise the long awaited rain had come, washed and cooled the whole country side prior his arrival. He has always found the Lord answering his parched needs by opening His personal storehouse in heaven and send forth His rich resources!

His fasting also went well as he hardly felt it and the four days had passed quickly and fully. This was indeed a Kingdom journey led by the Spirit of the Lord!

In summary, the lessons for the sons of God are:
1. Led by the Holy Spirit in every aspect of life.
2. Live the lifestyle of Kingdom of God on earth, desiring and expecting to fulfill mission on earth as sons of God (just as the Son of God Himself had commanded His disciples).
3. Pray and intercede according to God’s words prompted by the Holy Spirit (use spiritual gifts and authority of sons of God).
4. Trust God to provide answers. Never tire of praying and seeking Him. Never give up. 

Mark 10:27 (ESV)Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

End Times watchman Bible Study: Proven by love

1 John 2:5
But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him.
1 John 2:4-6 (in Context) 1 John 2 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 2:7
[ A New Commandment ] Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before.
1 John 2:6-8 (in Context) 1 John 2 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 2:10
Anyone who loves another brother or sister is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble.
1 John 2:9-11 (in Context) 1 John 2 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 2:15
[ Do Not Love This World ] Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.
1 John 2:14-16 (in Context) 1 John 2 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 3:1
See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.
1 John 3:1-3 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 3:10
So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God.
1 John 3:9-11 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 3:11
[ Love One Another ] This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
1 John 3:10-12 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 3:14
If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead.
1 John 3:13-15 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 3:16
We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.
1 John 3:15-17 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 3:17
If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?
1 John 3:16-18 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 3:18
Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
1 John 3:17-19 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 3:23
And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.
1 John 3:22-24 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:7
[ Loving One Another ] Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
1 John 4:6-8 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:8
But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:7-9 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:9
God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
1 John 4:8-10 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:10
This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
1 John 4:9-11 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:11
Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
1 John 4:10-12 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
1 John 4:11-13 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:16
We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
1 John 4:15-17 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:17
And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
1 John 4:16-18 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:18
Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.
1 John 4:17-19 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:19
We love each other because he loved us first.
1 John 4:18-20 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:20
If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
1 John 4:19-21 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 4:21
And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their Christian brothers and sisters.
1 John 4:20-21 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 5:1
[ Faith in the Son of God ] Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.
1 John 5:1-3 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter)
1 John 5:2
We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments.
1 John 5:1-3 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter)
2 John 1:1
[ Greetings ] This letter is from John, the elder. I am writing to the chosen lady and to her children, whom I love in the truth—as does everyone else who knows the truth—
2 John 1:1-3 (in Context) 2 John 1 (Whole Chapter)
2 John 1:3
Grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ—the Son of the Father—will continue to be with us who live in truth and love.
2 John 1:2-4 (in Context) 2 John 1 (Whole Chapter)
2 John 1:5
I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning.
2 John 1:4-6 (in Context) 2 John 1 (Whole Chapter)
2 John 1:6
Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.
2 John 1:5-7 (in Context) 2 John 1 (Whole Chapter)
Jude 1:2
May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love.
Jude 1:1-3 (in Context) Jude 1 (Whole Chapter)
Jude 1:21
and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love.
Jude 1:20-22 (in Context) Jude 1 (Whole Chapter)
Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world. All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us.
Revelation 1:4-6 (in Context) Revelation 1 (Whole Chapter)
Revelation 2:4
“But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first!
Revelation 2:3-5 (in Context) Revelation 2 (Whole Chapter)
Revelation 2:19
“I know all the things you do. I have seen your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance. And I can see your constant improvement in all these things.
Revelation 2:18-20 (in Context) Revelation 2 (Whole Chapter)
Revelation 3:9
Look, I will force those who belong to Satan’s synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.
Revelation 3:8-10 (in Context) Revelation 3 (Whole Chapter)
Revelation 3:19
I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
Revelation 3:18-20 (in Context) Revelation 3 (Whole Chapter)
Revelation 12:11
And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.
Revelation 12:10-12 (in Context) Revelation 12 (Whole Chapter)
Revelation 18:14
“The fancy things you loved so much are gone,” they cry. “All your luxuries and splendor are gone forever, never to be yours again.”
Revelation 18:13-15 (in Context) Revelation 18 (Whole Chapter)
Revelation 22:15
Outside the city are the dogs—the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.
Revelation 22:14-16 (in Context) Revelation 22 (Whole Chapter)

End Times Watchman Bible Study: Love binds

In the end three things will last forever – faith, hope, and love – and the greatest of these is love. Let love be your highest goal! (1 Cor.13:13; 14:1)

GOD IS LOVE. (1 John 4:16)

How to know you belong to God? The identity is verified by the LOVE code in everyone. It is not a physical, mental or emotional thing. It is spiritual. God is Spirit. For those who believe in Jesus, the Son of God (the Messiah – Christ), a coding in the form of the Holy Spirit is stamped, sealed on or deposited in them. This is the LOVE identity from God. 

John 3:16

1. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
   John 3:15-17 (in Context) John 3 (Whole Chapter)
2. John 3:19
   And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
   John 3:18-20 (in Context) John 3 (Whole Chapter)
3. John 3:35
   The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.
   John 3:34-36 (in Context) John 3 (Whole Chapter)
4. John 5:20
   For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
   John 5:19-21 (in Context) John 5 (Whole Chapter)
5. John 5:42
   But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.
   John 5:41-43 (in Context) John 5 (Whole Chapter)
6. John 8:42
   Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.
   John 8:41-43 (in Context) John 8 (Whole Chapter)
7. John 10:17
   “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.
   John 10:16-18 (in Context) John 10 (Whole Chapter)
8. John 11:3
   Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”
   John 11:2-4 (in Context) John 11 (Whole Chapter)
9. John 11:5
   Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
   John 11:4-6 (in Context) John 11 (Whole Chapter)
10. John 11:36
    Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
    John 11:35-37 (in Context) John 11 (Whole Chapter)
11. John 12:25
    He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
    John 12:24-26 (in Context) John 12 (Whole Chapter)
12. John 12:43
    for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
    John 12:42-44 (in Context) John 12 (Whole Chapter)
13. John 13:1
    [ Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet ] Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
    John 13:1-3 (in Context) John 13 (Whole Chapter)
14. John 13:23
    Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
    John 13:22-24 (in Context) John 13 (Whole Chapter)
15. John 13:34
    A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
    John 13:33-35 (in Context) John 13 (Whole Chapter)
16. John 13:35
    By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
    John 13:34-36 (in Context) John 13 (Whole Chapter)
17. John 14:15
    [ Jesus Promises Another Helper ] “If you love Me, keep My commandments.
    John 14:14-16 (in Context) John 14 (Whole Chapter)
18. John 14:21
    He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
    John 14:20-22 (in Context) John 14 (Whole Chapter)
19. John 14:23
    Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
    John 14:22-24 (in Context) John 14 (Whole Chapter)
20. John 14:24
    He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.
    John 14:23-25 (in Context) John 14 (Whole Chapter)
21. John 14:28
    You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.
    John 14:27-29 (in Context) John 14 (Whole Chapter)
22. John 14:31
    But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
    John 14:30-31 (in Context) John 14 (Whole Chapter)
23. John 15:9
    [ Love and Joy Perfected ] “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.
    John 15:8-10 (in Context) John 15 (Whole Chapter)
24. John 15:10
    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.
    John 15:9-11 (in Context) John 15 (Whole Chapter)
25. John 15:12
    This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
    John 15:11-13 (in Context) John 15 (Whole Chapter)
26. John 15:13
    Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
    John 15:12-14 (in Context) John 15 (Whole Chapter)
27. John 15:17
    These things I command you, that you love one another.
    John 15:16-18 (in Context) John 15 (Whole Chapter)
28. John 15:19
    If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
    John 15:18-20 (in Context) John 15 (Whole Chapter)
29. John 16:27
    for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.
    John 16:26-28 (in Context) John 16 (Whole Chapter)
30. John 17:23
    I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
    John 17:22-24 (in Context) John 17 (Whole Chapter)
31. John 17:24
    “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
    John 17:23-25 (in Context) John 17 (Whole Chapter)
32. John 17:26
    And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
    John 17:25-26 (in Context) John 17 (Whole Chapter)
33. John 19:26
    When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!”
    John 19:25-27 (in Context) John 19 (Whole Chapter)
34. John 20:2
    Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”
    John 20:1-3 (in Context) John 20 (Whole Chapter)
35. John 21:7
    Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea.
    John 21:6-8 (in Context) John 21 (Whole Chapter)
36. John 21:15
    [ Jesus Restores Peter ] So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.”
    John 21:14-16 (in Context) John 21 (Whole Chapter)
37. John 21:16
    He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My sheep.”
    John 21:15-17 (in Context) John 21 (Whole Chapter)
38. John 21:17
    He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
    John 21:16-18 (in Context) John 21 (Whole Chapter)