September 12, 2012

THE TRUE HELPER HAS COME

 Eve had failed Adam. Many had failed their spouses. The reason is that the man (Adam) involved had not fulfilled his spiritual role to fit into the original design by God. Thus the helper (Eve) could not fit in her original spiritual design. The answer and solution is in the spiritual realm. Families have been salvaged and saved from being robbed, destroyed and even killed by the enemies (agents of the evil one) when man and woman submit to God and resist the devil. The Holy Spirit (the true Helper and Comforter) has come to enable and empower those who believe to overcome the enemy.
  1.  Genesis 2:18
    And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
    Genesis 2:17-19 (in Context) Genesis 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  2. Genesis 2:20
    So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.
    Genesis 2:19-21 (in Context) Genesis 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  3. 2 Kings 14:26
    For the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or free, there was no helper for Israel.
    2 Kings 14:25-27 (in Context) 2 Kings 14 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  4. Job 29:12
    Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
    Job 29:11-13 (in Context) Job 29 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  5. Job 30:13
    They break up my path, They promote my calamity; They have no helper.
    Job 30:12-14 (in Context) Job 30 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  6. Psalm 10:14
    But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay it by Your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
    Psalm 10:13-15 (in Context) Psalm 10 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  7. Psalm 30:10
    Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me; LORD, be my helper!”
    Psalm 30:9-11 (in Context) Psalm 30 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  8. Psalm 54:4
    Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is with those who uphold my life.
    Psalm 54:3-5 (in Context) Psalm 54 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  9. Psalm 72:12
    For He will deliver the needy when he cries, The poor also, and him who has no helper.
    Psalm 72:11-13 (in Context) Psalm 72 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  10. Jeremiah 47:4
    Because of the day that comes to plunder all the Philistines, To cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; For the LORD shall plunder the Philistines, The remnant of the country of Caphtor.
    Jeremiah 47:3-5 (in Context) Jeremiah 47 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  11. John 14:15
    [ Jesus Promises Another Helper ] “If you love Me, keep My commandments.
    John 14:14-16 (in Context) John 14 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  12. John 14:16
    And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—
    John 14:15-17 (in Context) John 14 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  13. John 14:26
    But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
    John 14:25-27 (in Context) John 14 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  14. John 15:26
    [ The Coming Rejection ] “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.
    John 15:25-27 (in Context) John 15 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  15. John 16:7
    Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.
    John 16:6-8 (in Context) John 16 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  16. Romans 16:2
    that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also.
    Romans 16:1-3 (in Context) Romans 16 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  17. Hebrews 13:6
    So we may boldly say: “The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
    Hebrews 13:5-7 (in Context) Hebrews 13 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations

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.

September 5, 2012

The Son of God has manifested!


Son of God
the Son of God has manifested
The watchman returned from a journey to see God together with a group of seekers of God.
He was not disappointed. The journey turned out to be just the Lord has promised. He has known for quite sometime that in the end times, only those who earnestly seek God will survive.The word of God is clear and uncompromising. Is it very difficult to follow? No. God is merciful and full of loving kindness. He has promised to give grace to the meek and humble. During this journey the watchman observed that quite a number of the seekers are the elderly, including those in the 80s! They sat right in front of the interpreter and glued their ears to listening to every word from the Bible spoken as led by the Holy Spirit. They received wholeheartedly. They received.
All Jesus has asked from everyone is “Just believe” in the word of God. However, He asked for 100% belief and obedience. Can you do it, friends?
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THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS BY FAITH HAVE RECEIVED!
  1. Matthew 14:33 Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.”
    Matthew 14:32-34 (in Context) Matthew 14 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  2. Matthew 27:54 So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
    Matthew 27:53-55 (in Context) Matthew 27 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  3. Mark 1:1 [ John the Baptist Prepares the Way ] The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
    Mark 1:1-3 (in Context) Mark 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  4. Mark 3:11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, “You are the Son of God.”
    Mark 3:10-12 (in Context) Mark 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  5. Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
    Luke 1:34-36 (in Context) Luke 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  6. Luke 4:41 And demons also came out of many, crying out and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” And He, rebuking them, did not allow them to speak, for they knew that He was the Christ.
    Luke 4:40-42 (in Context) Luke 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  7. Luke 22:70 Then they all said, “Are You then the Son of God?” So He said to them, “You rightly say that I am.”
    Luke 22:69-71 (in Context) Luke 22 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  8. John 1:49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
    John 1:48-50 (in Context) John 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  9. John 3:18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
    John 3:17-19 (in Context) John 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  10. John 5:25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
    John 5:24-26 (in Context) John 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  11. John 9:35 [ True Vision and True Blindness ] Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
    John 9:34-36 (in Context) John 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  12. John 10:36 do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
    John 10:35-37 (in Context) John 10 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  13. John 11:4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
    John 11:3-5 (in Context) John 11 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  14. John 11:27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
    John 11:26-28 (in Context) John 11 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  15. John 20:31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
    John 20:30-31 (in Context) John 20 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED WITNESSED FOR JESUS
  1. Acts 8:37 Then Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
    Acts 8:36-38 (in Context) Acts 8 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  2. Acts 9:20 [ Saul Preaches Christ ] Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.
    Acts 9:19-21 (in Context) Acts 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  3. Romans 1:4 and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
    Romans 1:3-5 (in Context) Romans 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  4. 2 Corinthians 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes.
    2 Corinthians 1:18-20 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  5. Galatians 2:20
    I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
    Galatians 2:19-21 (in Context) Galatians 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  6. Ephesians 4:13
    till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
    Ephesians 4:12-14 (in Context) Ephesians 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  7. Hebrews 4:14 [ Our Compassionate High Priest ] Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
    Hebrews 4:13-15 (in Context) Hebrews 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  8. Hebrews 7:3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.
    Hebrews 7:2-4 (in Context) Hebrews 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
WARNING TO THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO BELIEVE IN JESUS
  1. Hebrews 6:6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
    Hebrews 6:5-7 (in Context) Hebrews 6 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  2. Hebrews 10:29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
    Hebrews 10:28-30 (in Context) Hebrews 10 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
THE SON OF GOD IS HOLY AND ALL WHO WANT TO BE SONS OF GOD MUST BE HOLY AND DOES THE WORK OF JESUS
  1. 1 John 3:8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
    1 John 3:7-9 (in Context) 1 John 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  2. 1 John 4:15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
    1 John 4:14-16 (in Context) 1 John 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  3. 1 John 5:5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
    1 John 5:4-6 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  4. 1 John 5:10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.
    1 John 5:9-11 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  5. 1 John 5:12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
    1 John 5:11-13 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  6. 1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
    1 John 5:12-14 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  7. 1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
    1 John 5:19-21 (in Context) 1 John 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
  8. 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) Other Translation

August 31, 2012

for Thou art my tehillah (praise)


Yirmeyah 17

Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)
17 The chattat Yehudah is written with an et barzel (iron pen), and with the tzipporen shamir (point of a diamond); it is engraved upon the luach (tablet) of their lev, and upon the karenot (horns) of your mizbechot (altars);
Whilst their banim remember their mizbechot and their asherim by the leafy trees upon the high hills.
O My mountain in the sadeh, I will give over thy wealth and all thy otzerot (treasures) as plunder, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy territories.
And thou, even thyself, shalt let go of thine nachalah that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine oyevim in ha’aretz which thou knowest not; for ye have kindled an eish in Mine anger, which shall burn ad-olam (forever).
Thus saith Hashem: Arur (cursed) be the gever that trusteth in adam, and maketh basar his zero’a, and whose lev turneth away from Hashem.
For he shall be like the shrub in the aravah (desert), and shall not see when tov cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the midbar, in an eretz melechah (salt land) and not inhabited.
Baruch hagever asher yivtach baHashem (Blessed is the man that trusteth in Hashem), and whose mivtach (confidence) Hashem is.
For he shall be as an etz planted by the mayim, and that spreadeth out her shorashim (roots) by the brook, and shall not fear when chom (heat) cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the shenat batzoret (year of drought), neither shall cease from yielding p’ri (fruit).
The lev (heart, mind) akov (is deceitful) above all things, and anush (incurable [in wickedness]); who can know it?
10 I, Hashem, search the lev, I test the kelayot (kidneys, i.e., most inward parts), requiting to every ish according to his drakhim, and according to the p’ri of his deeds.
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth osher (riches), and not by mishpat, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a naval (fool).
12 A glorious high kisse from the beginning is the place of Mikdasheinu (our Beis HaMikdash).
13 Hashem, the Mikveh Yisroel, all that forsake Thee shall be put to shame, and they that turn away from Me shall be written down in ha’aretz, because they have forsaken Hashem, the Makor Mayim Chayyim (Fountain of Living Waters).
14 Heal me, Hashem, and I shall be healed; hoshi’eini (save me), and I shall be saved; for Thou art my tehillah (praise).
15 Hinei, they say unto me, Where is the Devar Hashem? Let it come now.
16 As for me, I have not hastened away from being a ro’eh (shepherd) to follow Thee; neither did I lust for the woeful day; Thou knowest; that which came out of my lips was before Thee.
17 Be not a mechittah (terror) unto me; Thou art my refuge in the Yom Ra’ah (Day of Evil, Day of Disaster, Day of Doom).
18 Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the Yom Ra’ah, and destroy them with mishneh (double) destruction.
19 Thus said Hashem unto me; Go and stand in the Sha’ar Bnei HaAm, whereby the melachim of Yehudah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the Sha’arei Yerushalayim;
20 And say unto them, Hear ye the Devar Hashem, ye melachim of Yehudah, and all Yehudah, and all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, that enter in by these she’arim (gates);
21 Thus saith Hashem: Be shomer over your nefashot, and bear no massa (burden) on Shabbos, nor bring through the Sha’arei Yerushalayim;
22 Neither carry forth a massa (burden) out of your batim (houses) on Shabbos, neither do ye any melachah (work), but keep Shabbos set apart as kodesh, just as I commanded Avoteichem.
23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ozen (ear), but made their stubborn neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive musar (discipline).
24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently pay heed unto Me, saith Hashem, to bring in no massa (burden) through the she’arim (gates) of this city on the day of Shabbos, but keep the day of Shabbos holy, to do no melachah (work) therein;
25 Then shall there enter into the she’arim (gates) of this city melachim and sarim sitting upon the kisse Dovid, riding in chariots and on susim, they, and their sarim, the Ish Yehudah, and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim; and this city shall be inhabited l’olam (forever).
26 And they shall come from the towns of Yehudah, and from the places around Yerushalayim, and from Eretz Binyamin, and from the Shephalah (Lowlands), and from the har (hill country), and from the Negev bringing olah (burnt offering), and zevach (sacrifice), and minchah (grain offering), and levonah (frankincense), and bringing todah (thank offering), unto the Bais Hashem.
27 But if ye will not pay heed unto Me to keep the day of Shabbos holy, and not to bear a massa (burden), when entering in at the She’arim of Yerushalayim on the day of Shabbos; then will I kindle an eish in the she’arim thereof, and it shall devour the fortresses of Yerushalayim, and it shall not be quenched.

August 25, 2012

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GODLY PURPOSES OF WORDS AND TONGUES
Luke 4:22 So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth.
Mark 16:17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;
(Watchman’s notes: believers must show evident signs: in Jesus’ name they cast out demons, speak new tongues! No sign? Ask the Lord why.)
Luke 1:64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God.
(Watchman’s notes: when your tongue is loosed by the Lord’s divine touch, you speak God’s words. You praise and not curse.)
Luke 16:24 “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’
(Watchman’s notes: the most painful torment in hell is dryness and waterless. The place of the demons is dry and waterless. When you are dry and tormented, you know why. The Holy Spirit brings rivers of living water. John 7:38-39. While on earth you still can repent and receive. Time is here and now.)
Hosea 6:5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And your judgments are like light that goes forth.
(Watchman’s notes: God slains by the words of His mouth.)
TRUTH ON THE HOLY SPIRIT’S GIFT OF TONGUES
Acts 2:3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues,as the Spirit gave them utterance.
(Watchman’s notes: be filled with the Holy Spirit and receive His tongues!)

Acts 2:11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God.”
Acts 10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered,
Acts 19:6 And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
Romans 14:11 For it is written: “As I live, says the LORD, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.”

(Watchman’s notes: Main purpose of tongues is to confess to God, magnify God, declare the wonderful works of God.)

1 Corinthians 12:10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.

(Watchman’s notes: speaking in varieties of tongues are spiritual gifts to the appointed ones by God in church, in the same categories with healings, helps, and administrations. Additional remark: note that administration is ranked second last in terms of God’s purposes in the church. Today’s churches have placed administration to be number one. That explains why Jesus has to write seven letters to the churches.)
1 Corinthians 13:1 [ The Greatest Gift ] Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 13:8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
(Watchman’s notes: the watchman was woken one morning with this phrase “tongues of angles”. He was reminded of the need to have love for lost souls even when praying in angelic languages. Then he was told to focus on “prophecy”-the preaching of God’s word in truth and in spirit for end times church purposes.)
1 Corinthians 14:2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. 14:4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.
1 Corinthians 14:39 Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues.
(Read: 1 Corinthians 14:5-6, 9,13-14, 18-23, 26-27)

Philippians 2:11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
1 Timothy 3:8 [ Qualifications of Deacons ] Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money,
1 Peter 3:10 For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.
1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

Psalm 55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.
(Watchman’s notes: be discerning in the spirit. Do not look at the seen, but look at the unseen. Sons of God are led by the Spirit of God. A spiritual man discerns all things.)
(Further reading: 1 Corinthians 2:9-16 for us who have received the Spirit of God, we are spiritual and have the mind of Christ. We judge all things. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God. )
Proverbs 6:2 You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.
Proverbs 8:8 All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.
Ecclesiastes 5:2 Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;
Ecclesiastes 10:13 The words of his mouth begin with foolishness, And the end of his talk is raving madness.
Ezekiel 35:13 Thus with your mouth you have boasted against Me and multiplied your words against Me; I have heard them.”

Daniel 7:8 I was considering the horns…And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words. 7:20 and the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, before which three fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke pompous words, whose appearance was greater than his fellows.
Jude 1:16 [ Apostates Predicted ] These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.
(Watchman’s notes: those of Anti-christ spirit speak pompous words. 1 Thessalonians 2 describes them as “lawless”. Jesus has warned such in Matt.7:23 “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.” )
GOD COVENANTS WITH WORD
Isaiah 59:21 “As for Me,” says the LORD, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the LORD, “from this time and forevermore.”
Isaiah 51:16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
Zechariah 8:9 “Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘Let your hands be strong, You who have been hearing in these days These words by the mouth of the prophets, Who spoke in the day the foundation was laid For the house of the LORD of hosts, That the temple might be built.

GOD’S SPOKEN WORD IN THE SPIRIT -THE END TIMES WORD-SWORD 3

WRONG USE OF TONGUE BRING DESTRUCTION
Joshua 6:10 Now Joshua had commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout.”
Isaiah 3:8 For Jerusalem stumbled, And Judah is fallen, Because their tongue and their doings Are against the LORD, To provoke the eyes of His glory.
Romans 3:13 “Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “The poison of asps is under their lips”;
Psalm 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.
Psalm 12:3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things,
Psalm 12:4 Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?”
Psalm 15:3 He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
Psalm 31:20 You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence From the plots of man; You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion From the strife of tongues.
Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit.

Psalm 39:1 [ Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness ] I said, “I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.”
Psalm 50:19 You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.
Psalm 52:2 Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 52:4 You love all devouring words, You deceitful tongue.
Psalm 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalm 57:4 My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men Who are set on fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 64:3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows to shoot their arrowsbitter words,
Psalm 73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth.
Psalm 78:36 Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth, And they lied to Him with their tongue;

(Watchman’s notes: how foolish man can be, thinking that they can flatter God and lie to God!)
Psalm 64:8 So He will make them stumble over their own tongue; All who see them shall flee away.
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Psalm 109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Psalm 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 120:3 What shall be given to you, Or what shall be done to you, You false tongue?
Psalm 140:3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
Proverbs 6:17 A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 6:24 To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

Proverbs 17:4 An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.
Proverbs 17:20 He who has a deceitful heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.
Proverbs 21:6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.
Proverbs 25:23 The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
RIGHT USE OF TONGUE
Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth,but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
Psalm 119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I have hoped in Your ordinances.
Proverbs 15:23 A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

Psalm 119:172 My tongue shall speak of Your word, For all Your commandments are righteousness.
Psalm 39:3 My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
Psalm 45:1 [ The Glories of the Messiah and His Bride ] To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love. My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Psalm 35:28 And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness And of Your praise all the day long.
Psalm 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of justice.
Psalm 51:14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.

Psalm 66:17 I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue.
Psalm 71:24 My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long; For they are confounded, For they are brought to shame Who seek my hurt.
Psalm 126:2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Psalm 139:4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.

Proverbs 21:23 Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 16:1 The preparations of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
Proverbs 25:15 By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded, And a gentle tongue breaks a bone.
Proverbs 31:26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of kindness.
Song of Solomon 4:11 Your lips, O my spouse, Drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue; And the fragrance of your garments Is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

TWO TYPES OF TONGUE BRING FORTH GOOD AND EVIL
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 10:20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little.
Proverbs 10:31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, But the perverse tongue will be cut out.
Proverbs 12:18 There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes health.
Proverbs 12:19 The truthful lip shall be established forever, But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.
Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 28:23 He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.
HELL FIRE!
James 1:26 If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.
James 3:1 [ The Untamable Tongue ] My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.
James 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
James 3:8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

GOD’S SPOKEN WORD IN THE SPIRIT -THE END TIMES WORD-SWORD 2

GOD’S WORD DEMANDS OBEDIENCE, BUILDS HOLY AND GODLY CHARACTER, GIVES LIFE
Deuteronomy 8:2-4 And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. 3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. 4 Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.
Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
EVIL TONGUE BRINGS DESTRUCTION
Job 5:21 You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
And you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Job 20:16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue will slay him.

WATCHMAN HEARS AND FEARS GOD AND SPEAKS HIS WORD ONLY; GOD MAKES SURE HIS WORD COMES TRUE
Ezekiel 3:16-17 Now it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me:
Ezekiel 33:6-8 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’
7 “So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
Job 5:15 But He saves the needy from the sword, From the mouth of the mighty, And from their hand.
Isaiah 1:20 But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

2 Chronicles 36:22 [ The Proclamation of Cyrus ] Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
Ezra 1:1 [ End of The Babylonian Captivity ] Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
Psalm 33:6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
Isaiah 45:23 I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall take an oath.
Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Deuteronomy 30:14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

GOD SPOKE THROUGH THESE PROPHETS AND CONDEMN EVIL TONGUE
Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
Isaiah 50:4 “The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned.

(Watchman’s notes: the watchman’s job is to seek the Lord, hear His word and give to the people as told.)
Ezekiel 33:31 So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain.
(Watchman’s notes: often the people do not listen to true prophets, because they are self-seeking and do not really seek God. But the true prophets fear God and not men.)
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the LORD.
(Watchman’s notes: the devil uses man’s mouth to accuse the brethren. But the Lord has given His people his word which is all powerful to overcome the enemy!)
Isaiah 57:4 Whom do you ridicule? Against whom do you make a wide mouth And stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, Offspring of falsehood,
(Watchman’s notes: just look at the internet postings on social network, e.g.facebook etc.)
Isaiah 59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity.
(Watchman’s notes: unlike the social ‘norm’ of these days, God’s standard/plumb line demands absolute integrity. To Him, speaking lies means muttering perversity.)
Jeremiah 9:3 “And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” says the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:5 Everyone will deceive his neighbor, And will not speak the truth; They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves to commit iniquity.

(Watchman’s notes: people have to learn to tell lies, by listening and believing the lies told to them (by evil spirits) in their mind. After practicing this way long enough (to the extent of deliberately bending their tongues), they tell lies automatically, believing their own lies as truth!)
Jeremiah 9:8 Their tongue is an arrow shot out; It speaks deceit; One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, But in his heart he lies in wait.
(Watchman’s notes: Do not listen with your physical ears to words of ‘peace’. Listen with your spirit and hear the evil intents of their hearts. Discern the spirit that uses the speaker’s mouth).
Jeremiah 18:18 [ Jeremiah Persecuted ] Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah... Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
(Watchman’s notes: the evil one attacks with words through the tongues of men.)
Hosea 7:16 They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Micah 6:12 For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

(Watchman’s notes: those who use their tongues to curse will fall by their own curses. Violence and lies/deceits are linked together with pride. James 3 well describes how such evil manifestations work together.)
Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel shall do no unrighteousness And speak no lies, Nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; For they shall feed their flocks and lie down, And no one shall make them afraid.”
Zechariah 14:12 And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.
Isaiah 11:15 The LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt; With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over the River, And strike it in the seven streams, And make men cross over dry-shod.
Jeremiah 5:14 Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts: “Because you speak this word, Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire, And this people wood, And it shall devour them.
Jeremiah 23:16 Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the LORD.

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