CHRISTIAN VALUES.

CHRISTIAN VALUES.

I WOULD RATHER HAVE MY LIFE, BE ALL ABOUT GOD, SPEAK ALL ABOUT GOD, EVERYHING BE ABOUT GOD BECAUSE, EVERYTHING WE HAVE, OUR BODIES AND EVERYTHING BELONGS TOO GOD EXCEPT, THE THINGS THAT BELONGS TOO SATAN.
IF YOUR NOT LIVING FOR GOD? YOUR SOUL THEN, WILL BE TORMENTED BY SATAN, FOR ALL ETERNITY.

CHRISTIAN VALUES.

MATTHEW 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (this is flat out, stated as, an impossibility; it is total devotion to God, or ultimately it will be total devotion to the world; the word, “mammon” is derived from the Babylonian “Mimma,” which means “anything at all”).

Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. (The intention of this Proverb is that poverty with integrity is better than wealth with dishonesty.)

James 1:22-27 But be ye doers of the Word (the “Word”has the potential to do great and mighty things within our lives), and not hearers only (while hearing the Word is definitely necessary, at the same time it must be heard properly, and that refers to a heart that wants to receive), deceiving your own selves. (It’s bad enough to be deceived by others, but worse yet to purposely deceive ourselves. If we think we can live this life without total Faith in Christ and the Cross, we are doing exactly what James said not to do, “deceiving ourselves.”) 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass (he sees only that which is external and, therefore, cannot make a proper evaluation): 24 For he beholds himself, and goes his way (which is not God’s Way), and straightway forgets what manner of man he was. (An evaluation of ourselves is necessary. However, it is God Alone Who knows the heart which the Word of God, properly presented, reveals.) 25 But whoso looks into the perfect Law of Liberty (defines the whole body of revealed truth concerning the Word of God), and continues therein (there must be a continuous abiding in the Word), he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. (Obeying the Word of God brings great Blessing. However, the only way it can be obeyed is for the Believer to unequivocally place his Faith in Christ and the Cross.) 26 If any man among you seem to be religious (would have been better translated, “if any man among you seems to be spiritual”), and bridles not his tongue (again, only the Holy Spirit within our lives can do this), but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. (This would have been better translated, “profession is vain.”) 27 Pure religion (should have been translated, “pure spirituality”) and undefiled before God and the Father is this (refers to that which pleases God), To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction (proper Faith will always produce proper works), and to keep himself unspotted from the world (Victory in everyday life and living, which again must have the help and Power of the Holy Spirit).

Mark 11:24-26 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever you desire (one seeking to do the Will of God, will want only what God desires), when you pray (the value of prayer, without which these things cannot be done), believe (have faith) that you receive them, and you shall have them (as is obvious here, the receiving of these things, whatever they might be, requires relationship, and that is the key). 25 And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have ought against any (implying, that the above Promises will not be honored, if we harbor unforgiveness): that your Father also which is in Heaven may forgive you your trespasses (forgiveness from the Lord on our part, is predicated on us forgiving others). 26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in Heaven forgive your trespasses (implies, unforgiveness breaks down relationship, which destroys the whole program of God; in such a case, our sins are not forgiven, and neither can we expect God to answer prayer; these are extremely serious implications).

Acts 20:35 I have showed you all things (means that this particular aspect of unselfishness is to serve as an example), how that so labouring you ought to support the weak (everything the Believer does is to set a spiritual example), and to remember the Words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive (these words are not recorded in the Gospels; however, we know that only a tiny part of what He said and did is recorded; Peter, or one of the other Apostles who were with Jesus, evidently related this to Paul).

Hebrews 13:18 Pray for us (presents a common request by Paul [Rom. 15:30; Eph. 6:18; Col. 4:3; I Thess. 5:25; II Thess. 3:1]): for we trust we have a good conscience (concerns all things; however, I personally think the Apostle is speaking here of the way he has handled the Law of Moses regarding this Epistle to the Hebrews), in all things willing to live honestly. (This refers to his daily living for the Lord.)

THE GOLDEN RULE

Luke 6:31-42  And as you would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise (this is the Verse referred to as the “Golden Rule”; it is also a teaching of the Law [Lev. 19:18]). 32 For if you love them which love you, what thank have you? (The idea is Jesus loved us when we were unlovable [Rom. 5:8], and we are to do the same for them who are unlovable.) for sinners also love those that love them (to love those who do not love us portrays Godliness). 33 And if you do good to them which do good to you, what thank have you? for sinners also do even the same (the rule of man is to return good for good and evil for evil; then beneath this there is the returning of evil for good, which is devilish; while above it there is the returning of good for evil, which is Divine —that commanded of the followers of Christ). 34 And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thank have you? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again (how can we call it “lending,”if it is not to be repaid? Solomon gave the answer: “He who has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he has given will He pay him again”[Prov. 19:17]); and your reward shall be great (the idea is the Lord will repay, and He does so abundantly), and you shall be the children of the Highest (means that we will be like our Heavenly Father): for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil (what we should do as well). 36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful (as He has been merciful to us, we are to be merciful to others; everything we do is to be based on what He has done for us). JUDGING OTHERS 37 Judge not (do not judge one’s motives), and you shall not be judged (implying that you will be judged by the Lord, if you do not obey this admonition): condemn not (do not pass sentence), and you shall not be condemned (meaning conversely, that if you pass sentence on others, the Lord will ultimately pass sentence on you): forgive, and you shall be forgiven (implying that if you do not forgive, God will not forgive you, which puts a person in a terrible dilemma): 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you (God’s economy; it refers not only to the giving of money, but as well to mercy, grace, love, help, etc.); good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom (constitutes a remarkable Promise). For with the same measure that you mete withal it shall be measured to you again (is a Law of God which everyone should take very seriously, for Christ means exactly what He says). 39 And He spoke a Parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? (These are false religious teachers.) 40 The disciple is not above his master (those who listen to false teachers will become as perfectly deluded as their masters, for pupils cannot see more clearly than their teachers; hence, the disciples of Romanism, Mormonism, etc., become as wholly deluded as their teachers): but every one who is perfect shall be as his master (would have been better translated, “but every one who has been perfected,”i.e., “embraced this false doctrine,”shall be as his teacher). 41 And why behold thou the mote that is in your brother’s eye (don’t look for faults in others), but perceive not the beam that is in your own eye? (If you want to inspect, inspect yourself. You have plenty there to inspect, which desperately needs improvement.) 42 Either how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in your eye, when you yourself behold not the beam that is in your own eye? (This does not pertain to doctrine, which must be judged constantly [Mat. 7:15-20], but rather one’s person and character. Once again, we have enough about ourselves that needs improving, rather than condemning others.) Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then shall you see clearly to pull out the mote that is in your brother’s eye (if we deal with ourselves as we should, then we will then be able to “see clearly,”which means we’ll have no desire to find fault with others).

Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets (this rule does not authorize capricious benevolent action, but only what is reasonable and morally helpful, and controlled by Divine imitation [Mat. 5:48]; this principle of action and mode of life is, in fact, the sum of all Bible teaching).

GOD SAID IT, I BELIEVE IT AND THAT SETTLES IT.