Building your house on the word from God

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  Starting the race is good.  But ending the race is critical.   Matthew 24:12-13  Jesus says: And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.   💥💥💥   Hebrews 3   8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tem...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  John 1   1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made. 4 In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men.   💥💥💥   When I read the Bible, and see "The Lord", I always think "The Word."     Psalm 23...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...    I Corinthians 10:13  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.   💥💥💥   Call on God for help in times of temptation ... and take the way of escape that God shows.   💥...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  Ephesians 4:8;11-14   8 Wherefore HE (Jesus) saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 11 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  As we study the Bible the Holy Spirit takes us from scripture to scripture, comparing spiritual things with spiritual, rightly dividing the Word of God.   I Corinthians 2:12-14   12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  We will meet the Lord "in the air".   This present heaven and earth will be destroyed by God.   2 Peter 3   10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that a...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  Conversation means:  verbal communication but it also means "manner of life".   Dictionary.com:   Meaning of communication:  behavior or manner of living   💥💥💥   Hebrews 13:5-6   5 Let your conversation (manner of life) be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for HE hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  Many churches eat crackers and drink grape juice thinking this to be the Lord's supper.   Paul tells us we must examine ourselves and eat and drink in a worthy way otherwise we will eat and drink damnation to ourselves.   How do we examine ourselves?     Even as a young child I wondered how we are to do this.   I Corinthians 11   23 For I have received of the Lor...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  We exercise ourselves unto godliness by taking portions of scripture and doing them throughout the day.    I Timothy 4:7-8  But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.  ...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  2 Corinthians 2:11  Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.   The devil will try to get us to carry a grudge, to get even with those who offend us, to hate and despise, to live in unforgiveness, to avenge the wrong done against us ... and to do the works of the flesh.   Romans 12   17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. P...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  Luke 8   5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good g...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  I Corinthians 3   10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ (The Word of God). 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, si...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  At the end of this world, when God will judge the world and the apostate church, the message for us is to seek peace and pursue it.   It is not that we agree with the world or the evil doers to maintain peace.  Rather we maintain peace by speaking the word of God and allowing the world to depart from us.     Scriptures concerning peace:   2 Peter 3:10-14  But the...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  When I was a new Christian, God took me to 1 Corinthians 2 and used this to instruct me concerning the Holy Spirit who lives in the believer.   I Corinthians 2  (The apostle Paul says:)   1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know any thing among y...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  Revelation 12   9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of HIS Christ: for the accuser of ou...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  Some church goers cannot enter into things of God for they cannot believe.   The Word come to us through God.  Believing that word is the first step to living in peace.   Luke 1:45  And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.    💥💥💥   Hebrews 3   7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  The apostle Paul says:   10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.   💥💥💥   A true minister of Jesus Christ speaks that which is brought to his mind by the Holy Spirit of God.   If a minister is trying to please people, he will speak that which the congregations wants him t...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  I Corinthians 5    11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; 13 Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.   💥💥💥💥💥   * For writings on additional subjects, click here:  Jesus Ministries Exhortations...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  I Corinthians 7   10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... After we pray, we need to recognize which ideas are from God.   James 3    13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  v.  7  For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.   💥💥💥   Comments by Joan Boney:   I believe this means these people who are in churches but do not believe that Jesus lives in our flesh today by His Spirit.   I attended a luncheon at Texas Tech University when I...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  I John 5   18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know HIM that is true, and we are in HIM that...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  The people of this world often hope in governments of men.  They vote for men and women hoping they will make some law whereby they benefit financially.  As they vote for these individuals they also sanction these individuals and often as a result they will lose reward in heaven as Christians.   The apostle John tells us this:  For if we wish a person well and th...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  Matthew 5   Jesus says:   38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 41 And whosoever shall compel...

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ...  The sins of Sodom became so well known that they came before the face of God and that is when judgment came from God.   God sent 2 angels to destroy Sodom but first the 2 angels had to get Lot to come out of Sodom.   2 Peter 2   1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damna...