Satan

The hardest news and quite disturbing is the agony of one who knowest he is guilty of doing the worst wicked thing. Satan is one freakin shit example of what I am saying because he is already judged.

Jn 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

For his revenge, the Devil came down from heaven as a roaring lion, walketh about on earth, seeking whom he may devour.

Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea! for the devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

He will become the father of all lies where many will follow and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will be turned to fables and inventions of men.

Jn 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Satan is very much around, tempting and testing every angle of deception. Beware of this deception, you may be clean today and unclean tomorrow.

Lk 11:24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest: and finding none, he saith, I will return to my house whence I came out.

Lk 11:25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

Lk 11:26 Then he goeth and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

The reason why I am asking to myself sometimes, why? What happen to this caring, loving and responsible man turning himself into a son of the devil? Why rape & kill an innocent girl? Isn't it that you are commanded to love your neighbors, even enemies? Is there an escape to this evil trap of lust?

Jas 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Jas 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary to each other; so that ye cannot do the things that you would want.

Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Gal 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Gal 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he heareth us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired from him.

1 Jn 5:18 We know that whoever is born of God, sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

1 Jn 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

Thanks be to God. To God be the glory....

Salvation

For some who claims that there is no need for a religion or to enter in any place of worship, is an error contemplated in their mind.

Psalms 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful to him, and bless his name.

Thus, entering other gate in another way is called by the Bible as a thief and a robber.

John 10:1 Verily, verily, I say to you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

Because there is really no way to enter the kingdom of God except through a door of salvation which is Jesus Christ.

John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man shall enter he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

To be saved therefore, one must enter by the door and be ruled for without Christ Jesus, salvation is far from them.

Isaiah 59:11 We all roar like bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

There are people in the old times not governed by the rules of God. So that even they will hear his voice, because of hardened heart, they obeyed not.

Isaiah 63:19 We are thine: thou never didst bear rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

For every house is built by some man; but he that built all things is God.

Hebrews 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house: whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

Nostrils

Are we not all lived because of the breathed made by God on our nostrils?

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

But why did the Scripture stops us from trusting a man whose breath is in his nostrils?

Isaiahs 2:22 Sever yourselves from such a man, Whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?

Because if anyone lives according to the flesh are considered dead in the Spirit.

1 Timothy 5:6 But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.

These are the works of the flesh.

Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Those who continue to live in pleasure, although breathing in the nose, are all dead so we are commanded to stop trusting in them or even mingle or eat with them. So the inner man who lives within your heart will not be afflicted, overpowered or subdued.

Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a miserable man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Luke 24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Dust Of The Ground

Presently, knowledge has really increased as evidenced by the new technologies that we are currently using. Far more advance compared from that day the first man was ever created by God.

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

A word of truth where the Atheist and the Agnostics do not believe.

Atheist is a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings. Agnostic on the other hand is a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.

Romans 1:19-21 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

If you want to know something today, you will find the answer by a simple search on the computer. But putting ourselves in the shoes of Adam when he was created, do you think that he will not ask God where he came from? Do you think that he will not ask a question regarding those things seen around him? Is it some kind of steam or water in form of vapor or gas coming in the middle of nowhere?

Genesis 1:21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Actually they want to justify their evil deeds escaping their responsibility of doing good but in their hearts, they know where they came from. God formed them from the dust of the ground.

The Inward Man

Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. It is the outward man that they can kill & destroy.

2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

That is why, we must be born by the spirit.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

If indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you, you are in the Spirit, for those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

Moreover, even unclean spirits can enter and dwell in a man.

Mark 5:8-9 For He said to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!” Then He asked him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”

Imagine a Legion of unclean spirit that can dwell in your body?

Mark 5:13 And at once Jesus gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine (there were about two thousand); and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea.

By definition: A Legion is the major unit of the Roman army consisting of 3,000 to 6,000 infantry troops and 100 to 200 cavalry troops. How unrighteous that one man can be?

Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it. Offer your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

1 John 5:18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Memory Loss

Memory loss is something that will happen possibly to us as we get older. The most popular of this kind is Amnesia or Alzheimer's disease.

Amnesia in simple terms is the loss of memory. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and eventually even the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In most people with AD, symptoms first appear after the age of 60.

The Scripture also mentioned that the loss of memory will happen after the heaven and the earth passed away.

Revelation 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

As the new heavens and a new earth are created, all the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten.

Isaiah 65:17 “ For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.

Like the newly born baby who know nothing, we also don't know anything even the eternal plan and the wonderful things prepared by God.

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written: “ Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

Without Blemish

I wonder why the burnt offerings made unto God are without blemish. God is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.

Leviticus 22:19 you shall offer of your own free will a male without blemish from the cattle, from the sheep, or from the goats.

The offerings are to be eaten by the children of Aaron.

1 Corinthians 9:13 Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar?

Leviticus 6:18 All the males among the children of Aaron may eat it. It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Everyone who touches them must be holy.

The offerings that comes from the good heart of the giver makes the children of Aaron holy or without blemish.

Matthew 23:19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

All these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

Matthew 5:23-24 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Live such good lives among the unbelievers that they may see your good deeds and glorify God.

Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

The gifts, the giver, the recipient of the gifts must therefore be without blemish to become holy in the eyes of God.

The Poor Rich

Leviticus 23:22 ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.’”

Reading this verse, I can't help but to thank God and praise Him.

A poor family like us, have experienced going to the field after peanut harvesters are gone. True enough, inside the soil are ground nuts remnants. We call this process in Ilokano vernacular "Tudtod" (picking of whatever remaining on the ground).

In a fish pond for example, when harvesters are gone, we took possession of the pond and inside those muddy areas we still catch some fish, big and small, enough viand for a day or two.

Well, that is life living far from the City. Here, the poor are entirely dependent on jobs and helps from the government. Even the goods coming from generous heart, local or international, intended for those affected by calamities are not exempted from some greedy people the victims thought to rescue.

Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger.

Some Leaders are corrupt. Yes, they are greedy dogs which never have enough. They all look to their own way, every one for his own gain, from his own territory. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world?

Proverbs 22:16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

Fall By Calamity

The righteous died at younger age but the unrighteous are hard to fall. I often heard this saying when I was still young from folks in our locality that one survived in an accident because he is a bad guy and one did not because he is good & kind - with matching shaking of the head.

But reading the Scriptures proved otherwise.

Proverbs 24:16 For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity.

Certainly, people judged on the outside of a man compared to God who search the heart and mind of every man.

Jeremiah 17:9-10 “ The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

Knowing therefore that for being righteous, one may fall seven times and rise again, can we not persevere to become such & not fall by calamity?

Circumcision Of The Heart

Never thought that the gospel was preached to Abraham beforehand.

Galatians 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.

Abraham was circumcised at the age of 99 years old - a covenant between him and God.

Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.

Genesis 17:10-11 This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised; and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

For he who is keeping the law, it is circumcision and will become uncircumcision when he breaks the law.

Romans 2:25 For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

It's not the cut of a knife that makes a Jew. You become a Jew by who you are.

Romans 2:29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.

Abraham is a Gentile and was circumcised of the flesh, and so are we.

2 Corinthians 3:6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

The Naked Heart

We can not hide anything from God. Aside from the eyes looking at us from a distance, He knows anything about us through the heart.

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

He knows the heart of a man including that of the angels.

Ezekiel 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezekiel 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Even Satan who said in his heart he likes to be the Most High was not kept in secret.

Isaias 13:12-14 “ How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: ‘ I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’

What on earth that we can do that He can't see? Nothing, nothing but nothing.

Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Water Of Salvation

John the Baptist came, preaching in the Desert of Judea and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

Matthew 3:3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.' "

Isaiah 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

I wonder why John the Baptist makes his calling in the dessert instead of within the city. Other translation is wilderness instead of dessert. Dessert or wilderness, within the city is still the best place to make an announcement.

Luke 3:4-6 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: “ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘ Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight. Every valley shall be filled And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough ways smooth; And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’”

The dessert is a place where there is no water and evil spirit goes there.

Matthew 12:43 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.

A word of God that comes out of a mouth from a man's heart is a water of faith.

Proverbs 18:4 The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.

Romans 10:8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” that is, the word of faith which we preach:

A heart therefore with no word of God is like a dessert without water having nothing that will bring us to life. Who wants a heart with no water where evil can dwell?

Preparing the way of the Lord is to have a clean heart ever ready to receive enlightenment that you may know the hope of salvation to which He has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance.

Personal Hygiene

Matthew 15:11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

Matthew 15:20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

Spiritually true, but the washing of the hand is necessary in personal hygiene.

Most Woman's disease and disorder, urinary infection, bleeding, sexually transmitted diseases/HIV, is associated with man's carelessness & negligence.

Just think of a drunk Mechanic husband having sex with his wife without washing his hands & organ. This may be the dirtiest ever that you can imagine.

Matthew 23:26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

For some women, don't be in a hurry, let your hubby take a bath first before the romance begin.

Language Of The Heart

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornication, murders. Also, for from within, out of the heart of men, bringeth forth righteousness, faith, love, peace.

Proverbs 27:19 As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reveals the man.

This is applicable when the motive is brought out in the open coming from the truth within. What if the truth is concealed? Heard of the word betrayed by the heart?

Song of Solomon 5:2 I sleep, but my heart is awake; It is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, “ Open for me, my sister, my love, My dove, my perfect one; For my head is covered with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.”

Denial won't even help because the eyes of the heart clearly see things in the open.

Ephesians 1:18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to man and woman.

Women falls under this category who during courtship, though saying not, are betrayed mostly by their heart.

Open Heart

Listening to the word of God is often times the least of our concern. We mostly gave priorities on things that pertains to this world. When all things went worst, it is the only time that God is called.

Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

God is spirit. He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit.

Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

The reason why I pause and discern every word of God because of a very limited thoughts in a fervent prayer that the Lord will open my heart.

Unless the heart is opened, nobody will ever understand what the Scriptures want to convey.

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Luke 24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

For us human who can not search the heart of a man, know only a good man who bringeth forth good things for the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.