Today's message for watchman - racing the fastest race

The watchman woke and found that he was in a race, The race is against time. He has an appointed time to operate. The race course is already set. He has to complete the assignment in the appointed time according to the plumb line set in heaven. There is no option. The only hindrance to his finishing the race on time is himself. He must die to self and live to the Holy Spirit. He has no other road map but the Holy Spirit. He has no power except the power of the Holy Spirit (the same power that resurrected Jesus from the dead). There was no one else who could help him but Jesus, the beginner and finisher of his faith.

Philippians 3:7-11 New King James Version (NKJV)

7 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

 Philippians 3:7-11 New Living Translation (NLT)

7 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. 8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ.[a] For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. 10 I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death,

11 so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!

 Footnotes: a. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of Christ.

Philippians 3:7-11 Amplified Bible (AMP)

⁷ But whatever former things I had that might have been gains to me, I have come to consider as [^[a]one combined] loss for Christ’s sake.

⁸ Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One),

⁹ And that I may [actually] be found and known as in Him, not having any [self-achieved] righteousness that can be called my own, based on my obedience to the Law’s demands (ritualistic uprightness and supposed right standing with God thus acquired), but possessing that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ (the Anointed One), the [truly] right standing with God, which comes from God by [saving] faith.

¹⁰ [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [^[b]which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]

¹¹ That if possible I may attain to the [^[c]spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body].

Footnotes:

1. Philippians 3:7 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies: His “gains” are plural, but they are all counted as one combined “loss” (singular).
2. Philippians 3:10 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
3. Philippians 3:11 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People: A spiritual, moral resurrection—not the final, physical one, which will be the climax.

If I take the wings of the dawn

Tehillim 139

Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

139 (For the one directing, Mizmor of Dovid). Hashem, Thou hast searched me, and known me.

² Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast binah of my thought from afar off.

³ Thou comprehendeth my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my drakhim.

⁴ For there is not a milah (word) in my leshon, but, lo, Hashem, Thou knowest it altogether.

⁵ Thou hast enclosed me achor (behind) and kedem (before), and laid Thine hand upon me.

⁶ Such da’as is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

⁷ To where can I go from Thy Ruach [Hakodesh]? Or to where shall I flee from Thy presence?

⁸ If I ascend up into Shomayim, Thou art there; if I make my bed in Sheol, hinei, Thou art there.

⁹ If I take the wings of the shachar (dawn), and dwell in the uttermost acharit yam (the extreme end of the sea);

¹⁰ Even there shall Thy yad lead me, and Thy yamin shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, Surely the choshech shall cover me, even the lailah shall be ohr about me.

¹² Even the choshech is not dark to Thee; but the lailah shineth as the yom; the choshech and the ohr are both alike to Thee.

¹³ For Thou hast created my inmost being; Thou didst interweave me in the beten immi.

¹⁴ I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvellous are Thy ma’asim; and that my nefesh knoweth very well.

¹⁵ My atzamim (bones, frame) were not hid from Thee, when I was made beseter (in secret), and skillfully wrought in the depths of the Eretz.

¹⁶ Thine eyes did see my golem (embryo), yet being unformed; and in Thy Sefer (Book) all the yamim (days) ordained for me were written down, when as yet there were none of them.

¹⁷ How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O El! How great is the sum of them!

¹⁸ If I should count them, they are more in number than the chol (sand); when I awake, I am still with Thee.

¹⁹ Surely Thou wilt slay the rasha, O Eloah; depart from me therefore, ye anshei damim (bloodthirsty men).

²⁰ For they speak of Thee craftily, and it is taken lashav [Ex 20:7] by Thy enemies.

²¹ Should not I hate them, Hashem, that hate Thee? And am not I to be at odds with those that rise up against Thee?

²² I abhor them with complete sinah; I count them mine enemies.

²³ Search me, O El, and know my levav; test me, and know my thoughts;

²⁴ And see if there be any derech otzev (torturous crooked road) in me, and lead me in the Derech Olam.

Psalm 139 (NASB)

God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
² You know ^[a]when I sit down and ^[b]when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
³ You ^[c]scrutinize my ^[d]path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
^4 [e]Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Lord, You know it all.
⁵ You have enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

⁷ Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
⁸ If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in ^[f]Sheol, behold, You are there.
⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
¹⁰ Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will ^[g]overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”
¹² Even the darkness is not dark ^[h]to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.

¹³ For You formed my ^[i]inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I will give thanks to You, for ^[j]I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
¹⁵ My ^[k]frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
¹⁶ Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

¹⁷ How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.

¹⁹ O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
²⁰ For they speak ^[l]against You wickedly,
And Your enemies ^[m]take Your name in vain.
²¹ Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
²² I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
²⁴ And see if there be any ^[n]hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 139:2 Lit my sitting
2. Psalm 139:2 Lit my rising
3. Psalm 139:3 Lit winnow
4. Psalm 139:3 Or journeying
5. Psalm 139:4 Lit For there is not
6. Psalm 139:8 I.e. the nether world
7. Psalm 139:11 Lit bruise; some commentators read cover
8. Psalm 139:12 Lit from
9. Psalm 139:13 Lit kidneys
10. Psalm 139:14 Some ancient versions read You are fearfully wonderful
11. Psalm 139:15 Lit bones were
12. Psalm 139:20 Or of
13. Psalm 139:20 Some mss read lift themselves up against You
14. Psalm 139:24 Lit way of pain

I will pour out My Ruach [Hakodesh] upon all basar

Yoel 2^28 (3:1) And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My Ruach [Hakodesh] upon all basar; and your banim and your banot shall prophesy, your zekenim shall dream chalomot, your bochurim shall see chezyonot (visions): ^29 (3:2) And also upon the avadim and upon the shefachot in those days will I pour out My Ruach [Hakodesh, see Ac 2:1-42].

1. Yochanan 1:32
   And Yochanan gave solemn edut, I have seen the Ruach Hakodesh descending like a yonah out of Shomayim and remaining upon him. (YESHAYAH 11:2)
   Yochanan 1:31-33 (in Context) Yochanan 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
2. Yochanan 1:33
   And I did not recognize him, but the One who sent me to give the mikveh mayim’s tevilah said to me, Upon whomever you see the Ruach Hakodesh descending and remaining, this is the One giving the tevilah in the Ruach Hakodesh. [YOEL 3:1 (2:28)]
   Yochanan 1:32-34 (in Context) Yochanan 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
3. Yochanan 3:5
   In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Omein, omein, I say to you: unless someone is born of mayim (TEHILLIM 36:10 [9]) and Ruach Hakodesh [YECHEZEL 36:25-27; 37:14], he is not able to enter into the Malchut Hashem [Lk 17:21].
   Yochanan 3:4-6 (in Context) Yochanan 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
4. Yochanan 3:6
   That which is born of basar is basar, and that which is born of the Ruach is ruach.
   Yochanan 3:5-7 (in Context) Yochanan 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
5. Yochanan 3:8
   The ruach (wind, Spirit) blows where it wishes, and the sound of it you hear, but you do not have da’as of where it comes from and where it goes [KOHELET 11:5]; so it is with everyone having been born of the Ruach Hakodesh. [YECHEZKEL 37:9]
   Yochanan 3:7-9 (in Context) Yochanan 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
6. Yochanan 3:34
   For he whom Hashem sent speaks the Divrei Hashem, for He gives the Ruach Hakodesh without measure. [YESHAYAH 42:1]
   Yochanan 3:33-35 (in Context) Yochanan 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
7. Yochanan 4:23
   But a sha’ah is coming, and now is, when those of the true avodas kodesh will worship HaAv in the Ruach Hakodesh and in Emes, for indeed [Elohim] HaAv is seeking such to worship Him.
   Yochanan 4:22-24 (in Context) Yochanan 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
8. Yochanan 4:24
   Hashem is Ruach (Spirit) and it is necessary for the ones worshiping Him to worship in Ruach and Emes. [Ezek 36:26-27; 37:14]
   Yochanan 4:23-25 (in Context) Yochanan 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
9. Yochanan 6:63
   The Ruach Hakodesh is that which is making alive, the basar does not profit anything. The dvarim which I have spoken to you are as Ruach and they are as Chayyim (Life).
   Yochanan 6:62-64 (in Context) Yochanan 6 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
10. Yochanan 7:39
    But this he said about the Ruach Hakodesh which the ones having emunah (faith) in him were about to receive, for the Ruach Hakodesh had not yet been given, because he had not yet received kavod. [YOEL 2:28 (3:1)]
    Yochanan 7:38-40 (in Context) Yochanan 7 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
11. Yochanan 14:17
    The Ruach HaEmes, which the Olam Hazeh is not able to receive, because it does not see Him nor have da’as of Him. But you have da’as of Him, because He remains with you and He will be in you.
    Yochanan 14:16-18 (in Context) Yochanan 14 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
12. Yochanan 14:26
    But the Melitz Yosher (Praklit, Advocate, Counselor, Helper in Court), the Ruach Hakodesh which HaAv will send b’Shem of me, He will teach you all things and will remind you of all things which I told you.
    Yochanan 14:25-27 (in Context) Yochanan 14 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
13. Yochanan 15:26
    But when the Melitz Yosher (Praklit, Advocate, Counselor, Helper in Court) comes, whom I will send to you from HaAv, the Ruach Hakodesh, the Ruach HaEmes, who proceeds from HaAv, that one will gives solemn edut (testimony) about me.
    Yochanan 15:25-27 (in Context) Yochanan 15 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
14. Yochanan 16:7
    But I tell HaEmes (the truth), it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Melitz Yosher (Praklit, Advocate, Counselor, Helper in Court) will not come to you. But if go, I will send Him (the Ruach Hakodesh) to you.
    Yochanan 16:6-8 (in Context) Yochanan 16 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
15. Yochanan 16:13
    But when that One has come, the Ruach Hakodesh, the Ruach HaEmes, He will guide you in all truth. [TEHILLIM 25:5] For He will not speak on His own authority, but what things He will hear, He will speak, and the things that are to come He will announce to you.
    Yochanan 16:12-14 (in Context) Yochanan 16 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
16. Yochanan 20:22
    And having said this, Moshiach breathed on them and says to them, Receive the Ruach Hakodesh.
    Yochanan 20:21-23 (in Context) Yochanan 20 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations 
17. Gevurot 1:2
    Until HaYom, when he made aliyah ascent to Shomayim, having given Moshiach’s mitzvot through the Ruach Hakodesh to the Shlichim whom he chose,
    Gevurot 1:1-3 (in Context) Gevurot 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
18. Gevurot 1:5
    "For Yochanan gave a tevilah of teshuva with a mikveh mayim, but you will receive a tevilah in the Ruach Hakodesh not many yamim from now." [YOEL 3:1;(2:28)]
    Gevurot 1:4-6 (in Context) Gevurot 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
19. Gevurot 1:8
    "But you will receive ko’ach when the Ruach Hakodesh has come upon you, and you all will be the Eidus (the Witness) of me, in Yerushalayim, and in all Yehudah, and Shomron and as far as ad ketzeh ha’aretz."
    Gevurot 1:7-9 (in Context) Gevurot 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations 
20.  Gevurot 2:4
    And all were filled with the Ruach Hakodesh, and they began to speak in leshonot acherot as the Ruach Hakodesh was giving the utterance to them.
    Gevurot 2:3-5 (in Context) Gevurot 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
21. Gevurot 2:18
    ‘And upon My avadim and upon My shfakhot in BAYYAMIM HAHEMMAH ESHPOCH ES RUCHI ("in those days I will pour out my Ruach Hakodesh") and they will speak dvarim hanevu’ah:
    Gevurot 2:17-19 (in Context) Gevurot 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
22. Gevurot 2:33
    "Having been exalted to the right hand of Hashem and having received the havtachah of the Ruach Hakodesh from [Elohim] HaAv, Moshiach poured out this which you also see and hear.
    Gevurot 2:32-34 (in Context) Gevurot 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations

THE DESERT YEARS ARE OVER! START MOVING!

One early July morning, the watchman heard this: “You have been wandering around in this hill country long enough; turn to the north.” 

 (So, to north he and the ark will start moving...)

Deuteronomy 2

New King James Version (NKJV)

The Desert Years

2 “Then we turned and journeyed into the wilderness of the Way of the Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and we skirted Mount Seir for many days.

² “And the Lord spoke to me, saying: ³ ‘You have skirted this mountain long enough; turn northward. ⁴ And command the people, saying, “You are about to pass through the territory of your brethren, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore watch yourselves carefully. ⁵ Do not meddle with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as one footstep, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. ⁶ You shall buy food from them with money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.
⁷ “For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your trudging through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.”’
⁸ “And when we passed beyond our brethren, the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir, away from the road of the plain, away from Elath and Ezion Geber, we turned and passed by way of the Wilderness of Moab. ⁹ Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab, nor contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.’”
¹⁰ (The Emim had dwelt there in times past, a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim. ¹¹ They were also regarded as giants,^[a] like the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim. ¹² The Horites formerly dwelt in Seir, but the descendants of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their place, just as Israel did to the land of their possession which the Lord gave them.)
¹³ “‘Now rise and cross over the Valley of the Zered.’ So we crossed over the Valley of the Zered. ¹⁴ And the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, just as the Lord had sworn to them. ¹⁵ For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.
¹⁶ “So it was, when all the men of war had finally perished from among the people, ¹⁷ that the Lord spoke to me, saying: ¹⁸ ‘This day you are to cross over at Ar, the boundary of Moab. ¹⁹ And when you come near the people of Ammon, do not harass them or meddle with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the descendants of Lot as a possession.’”
²⁰ (That was also regarded as a land of giants;^[b] giants formerly dwelt there. But the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, ²¹ a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim. But the Lord destroyed them before them, and they dispossessed them and dwelt in their place, ²² just as He had done for the descendants of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They dispossessed them and dwelt in their place, even to this day. ²³ And the Avim, who dwelt in villages as far as Gaza—the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and dwelt in their place.)
²⁴ “‘Rise, take your journey, and cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and engage him in battle. ²⁵ This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.’

King Sihon Defeated

²⁶ “And I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, ²⁷ ‘Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left. ²⁸ You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; only let me pass through on foot, ²⁹ just as the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord our God is giving us.’
³⁰ “But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as it is this day.
³¹ “And the Lord said to me, ‘See, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to possess it, that you may inherit his land.’ ³² Then Sihon and all his people came out against us to fight at Jahaz. ³³ And the Lord our God delivered him over to us; so we defeated him, his sons, and all his people. ³⁴ We took all his cities at that time, and we utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining. ³⁵ We took only the livestock as plunder for ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we took. ³⁶ From Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and from the city that is in the ravine, as far as Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us; the Lord our God delivered all to us. ³⁷ Only you did not go near the land of the people of Ammon—anywhere along the River Jabbok, or to the cities of the mountains, or wherever the Lord our God had forbidden us.

Footnotes:

1. Deuteronomy 2:11 Hebrew rephaim
2. Deuteronomy 2:20 Hebrew rephaim

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

because your motives are all wrong

James 4

New Living Translation (NLT)

Drawing Close to God

4 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? ² 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. ³ And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.

⁴ 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. ⁵ What do you think the Scriptures mean when they say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy?^{[b] 6} 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]

⁷ So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸ 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. ⁹ 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.

¹⁷ Remember, 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.

The Son of God has manifested!

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.”
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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!”
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3. Mark 1:1 [ John the Baptist Prepares the Way ] The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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!”
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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.
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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.
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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?”
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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’?
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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.”
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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.”
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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.
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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.”
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2. Acts 9:20 [ Saul Preaches Christ ] Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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2. 1 John 4:15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
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3. 1 John 5:5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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