He Who Wins Souls Is Wise

Rejection is that spirit that destroys people ,  and it brings bitterness and every other kind of evil work with it.    Luk 6:37 ASV - And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:  Bitterness against some one will bind them and you also. The one thing Jesus ministered on was forgiveness.  The word says that love worketh no ill unto his neighbor therefore Love is the fulfilling of the Law.  
Hbr 12:15 ASV - looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby the MANY BE DEFILED;
   The whole world suffers from this terrible spirit .   People are subjected to this demon from their parents or who ever has raised them in the past.. And the spirit is the same all over the world.   Rejection is a spirit that comes when people are small and very innocent  , I believe the Lord showed me this in prayer one morning.    It brings  sorrow, retaliation bitterness and so on and it is debilitating and to many it brings oppression , depression hopelessness   . But the demons purpose is to destroy that person before Jesus can deliver them.  Think of the millions of people that have suffered this, prisons are full of souls that have suffered the attacks of Satan . The world as a whole is clueless as to the remedy for this.  And brother I am telling you now there is a remedy and his name is Jesus . They say alcoholism is a sickness with no way to really treat it. And the reason why ?  they do not know what causes a man or a woman to drink themselves to death, and it is not a bad habit, it is demonic.  Jhn 10:10 ASV - The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.  It says we were bought with a price he paid a ransom.
      If you could see the great need in these peoples life's through the Holy Ghost the spiritual side Jesus had compassion on them all.     They are not lovely to be around  the evil spirit cause them to be so offensive no one wants to be around them so they get rejected over and over pushed away again and again they need the love of Jesus.   The prisons are full of people that need deliverance as well as the mentally ill institutions. Why ? because its all spiritual the world does not understand most of the problems in society today,  because it is all spiritual .   Jesus said these signs shall follow those who believe . Go to the gospels and read where more than half his ministry was deliverance . I am saying this because a lot of you know some one or have a family member like this , there is hope in Christ they are redeemable .   Ask the Lord to show you.    Get this word in you read and seek pray to the Lord ask him he will answer.  The Lord is tender to a broken heart he does hear you when you cry out to him.
  Isa 61:1 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound; 
Isa 61:2 ASV - to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Isa 61:3 ASV - to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.

Here is prophecy come true from Isaiah to Luke 4
Luk 4:18 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,    Greek: thrauo
Bruise:
"to smite through, shatter," is used in Luk 4:18, "them that are bruised," i.e., broken by calamity.
Luk 4:19 ASV - To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.   Isaiah 61-2 says to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God.    From the birth of Christ to his death and than his return.  It was the acceptable year of the Lord , and the day of vengeance of our God will be when every eye shall see him coming in a cloud.        Rev 1:7 ASV - Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen. 
Zec 12:10 ASV - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
Luk 4:20 ASV - And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down: and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Luk 4:21 ASV - And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears.
    Rom 10:17 ASV - So belief [cometh] of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.  Faith to believe comes by hearing the word of God.

Hbr 4:2 ASV - For indeed we have had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard.
Jam 1:23 ASV - For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
Jam 1:24 ASV - for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Jam 1:25 ASV - But he that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
You have to mix the word of God with the gift of faith and act upon the promises of God.

Luk 8:26 ASV - And they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is over against Galilee.
Luk 8:27 ASV - And when he was come forth upon the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode not in [any] house, but in the tombs.  There are people today just like this poor soul , Jesus said the gates of hell shall not prevail against the church.
Luk 8:28 ASV - And when he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee, torment me
not. 
 Luk 10:19 ASV - Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.   The devils know who Jesus is and every one who is called by his name Jesus says I give you power over all the power of the devil you  enemy.    He is the same yesterday today and FOREVER .   Mat 7:13 ASV - Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.    Just because the organized apostate church believes something does not make it true. 

Mat 22:8 ASV - Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.   This says men that were bidden to come to the marriage feast were not worthy.
Mat 22:9 ASV - Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.
Mat 22:10 ASV - And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.
Mat 22:11 ASV - But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:    The ten virgins comes to mind , now all ten were there for the marriage feast.  But only five were wise and had the light of the spirit in them . Rev 3:5 ASV - He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.   Blot Greek     metaphorically, in the sense of removal, "to wipe away.

   White garments            Greek: leukos

White (Adjective and Verb):
is used of

(a) clothing (sometimes in the sense of "bright"), Mat 17:2; 28:3; Mar 9:3; 16:5; Luk 9:29; Jhn 20:12; Act 1:10; symbolically, Rev 3:4, 5, 18; 4:4; 6:11; 7:9, 13; 19:14 (2nd part);

(b) hair, Mat 5:36; Christ's head and hair (in a vision; cp. Dan 7:9), Rev 1:14 (twice); ripened grain, Jhn 4:35; a stone, Rev 2:17, an expression of the Lord's special delight in the overcomer, the new name on it being indicative of a secret communication of love and joy; a horse (in a vision), Rev 6:2; 19:11, 14 (1st part); a cloud, Rev 14:14; the throne of God, Rev 20:11.

Note: Lampros, "bright, clear," is rendered "white" in Rev 15:6, AV, of "white (linen)" (RV, "bright," following those mss. which have lithon "stone"); in Rev 19:8 (RV, "bright").
See BRIGHT, CLEAR, GOODLY, Note, GORGEOUS.

Mat 22:12 ASV - and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.      Lampros, "bright, clear," is rendered "white wedding garment

Luk 13:24 ASV - Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.  Jhn 10:9 ASV - I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.    Col 1:27 ASV - to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:   And this is the mystery that it is Jesus living inside you in your heart , and in that we obey this word which is Christ the word made flesh.   To come and abide in us and make its home in us .  And the hope is that we turn not away from but seek him earnestly every day,  Jesus said to eat his flesh and drink his blood . The mystery here is that you will find Jesus in his word so as you read and submit obey this word you are consuming Christ and his nature is his blood . The fruit of the spirit is the very nature of Jesus as you submit and pratice this word it becomes alive in you. So it is Christ in you the hope of your salvation.   But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.   Mat 22:13 ASV - Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Mat 22:14 ASV - For many are called, but few chosen.
Rev 3:5 ASV - He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels
Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.  Notice it says to the whole creation ,  From the begganning to the end  be not decieved this is the true gospel .    Act 2:37 ASV - Now when they heard [this,] they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?
Act 2:38 ASV - And Peter [said] unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 2:39 ASV - For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.  As many as the Lord God Shall Call .      Jhn 1:12 ASV - But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:       Name in the Greek: onoma
Name:
  for all that a "name" implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc., of everything that the "name" covers:
Luk 8:29 ASV - For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For oftentimes it had seized him: and he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters; and breaking the bands asunder, he was driven of the demon into the deserts.  How would this man be treated today what would be done for him.   He would be locked away and drugs would be his final solution.  So let us see how Jesus would handle this person .  Remembering his commandants to his believers

Luk 8:30 ASV - And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him.
Luk 8:31 ASV - And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.
Luk 8:32 ASV - Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave.
Luk 8:33 ASV - And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned. 
 Luk 8:34 ASV - And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
Luk 8:35 ASV - And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.    You must see here that the spirit that control this man was Bipolar and he was schizophrenia and many other things. It says the demon spoke through the man and said his name was legion over two thousand demons.      And the way the unbelieving world handle it they said get out of here you must leave now.  The same way the organized church would be today unbelief .           Mar 5:9 ASV - And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.   With a word Jesus made them leave for he said he came in his fathers name.      And every knee shall bow and confess that Jesus is Lord.   .  Jesus said in my name you shall do the same things even greater things shall you do.    Mar 16:17 ASV - And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
 Jhn 1:12 ASV - But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his NAME:    



Luk 8:36 ASV - And they that saw it told them how he that was possessed with demons was made whole.
Luk 8:37 ASV - And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to depart from them, for they were holden with great fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned. There is a book it is several years old now,  and the title is Do not Kill My Pigs / Hammonds.  And God can not deliver a man from a friend remember the word says to repent there is no other way my friend. 
2Cr 7:10 ASV - For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.  And repentance in the Greek means To Change Ones Mind and the verse says which brings no regret. Only by his spirit abiding in you can God revel to you how he sees you.  And than that Godly sorrow breaks your heart and you change you mind to follow his word.   Now the sorrow of the world is opposite of Godly sorrow , fleshly worldy sorrow this is people that are not sorry for their sin . they feel sorry for themselves but not enough to turn and repent .

    Hbr 13:8 ASV - Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and to-day, [yea] and for ever. Past , Present and the Future.     Col 1:9 ASV - For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Col 1:10 ASV - to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Col 1:11 ASV - strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
Col 1:12 ASV - giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
Col 1:13 ASV - who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;  
Col 2:10 ASV - and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:
2Cr 10:4 ASV - (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),
2Cr 10:5 ASV - casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
Eph 6:10 ASV - Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
Eph 6:11 ASV - Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  WILES Greek: methodia or -eia       Wiles:
denotes "craft, deceit" (meta, "after," hodos, "a way"). "a cunning device, a wile," and is translated "wiles (of error)" in Eph 4:14, RV [AV paraphrases it, "they lie in wait (to deceive)"], lit., "(with a view to) the craft (singular) of deceit;" in Eph 6:11, "the wiles (plural) (of the Devil.)"
Eph 6:12 ASV - For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].           Our warfare is against Satan not mans flesh,  It says against the Lies of the devil  Speaking of Jesus in verse 10 - who is the head of all principality and power.  The word says The fulness of God dwelt in Christ     Col 2:8 ASV - Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:
Col 2:9 ASV - for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,
Col 2:10 ASV - and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:
Mar 16:16 ASV - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
Mar 16:17 ASV - And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Eph 6:13 ASV - Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

Col 1:14 ASV - in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:
Col 1:15 ASV - who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
Col 1:16 ASV - for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;
Col 1:17 ASV - and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

Hbr 13:9 ASV - Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.
One last word to you that read this or my other blogs , I know not who will read this or who I am writing to.   Please do not be offended with the way I write, I believe I am speaking to a broad spectrum of souls this blog is world wide. And even the word of God can cross over and make transparent the cultures of us all .  It is call the body of Christ, we who believe are a part of the household of God . Children of the same family bro and sisters .  I would be terribly sadden if I offended or if I hurt one of Gods children on my part, but as for the truth it is what it is God word is alive and active   .   James says    Jam 1:21 ASV - Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.  And we know the implanted word is Christ in you the word made flesh.     Eph 1:3 ASV - Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:
Eph 1:4 ASV - even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
It is already accomplished it is finished ! our salvation was accomplished at the cross , It is never looking ahead to be healed or delivered,  thinking some day, or one day he will .   It is always looking back to his cross.   The promises of God are yea and amen By his stripes we WERE healed !

Gen 3:6 And These Three Things Killed Her And Her Children

Gen 3:17 ASV - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Gen 3:18 ASV - thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Gen 3:19 ASV - in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Gen 3:6 ASV - And when the woman saw that the tree was good for FOOD   (John 6-27)  , and that it was a DELIGHT TO THE EYES and that the tree was to be DESIRE TO MAKE ONE WISE, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.        1Jo 2:16 ASV - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.    These three things were tempting to Eve she ate the forbidden fruit and died.  Remember in revelations it speaks of the second death .    Rev 20:6 ASV - Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.  And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this [cometh] judgment;   He gave us life everlasting  through Jesus .    One interesting point to make here   there was only one tree that was  forbidden to Adam and Eve, one tree not to eat from in the garden the tree of knowledge. But wait the tree of life was there and it was free to eat from.  Only the tree of knowledge was forbidden.  So it was the lust of the eyes and the lust of the flesh and the vain glory of a worldly life, loving the world and all it has.  The temptation was to great for Eve , and she lost her life that day. For if they had chosen the tree of life they would have lived for ever.  Jam 1:14 ASV - but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.     because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:
Jam 1:15 ASV - Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
Jam 1:16 ASV - Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
Gen 2:9 ASV - And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Both trees were in the midst of the garden.   Man chooses to obey or disobey sin is sin and God made man in his own image and God did not make any mistakes he is perfect.  But each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.  
Jam 1:12 ASV - Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which [the Lord] promised to them that love him.
Jam 1:13 ASV - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
Jam 1:14 ASV - but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
Jam 1:15 ASV - Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.     Gen 2:17 ASV - but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.  Sin is the enemy of mans living his life with God . So what I see here is that God did not say you can not eat of the tree of LIFE , just the tree of knowledge. And I say to myself how is it Lord that the serpent is there in the garden with Adam and Eve. We have to understand why does God give commandants than. Because the flesh is subject to the material it came from the earth, dirt and dust.  I have given several verses concerning temptation . Which Eve experienced quickly in the garden. Now in James it says God can tempt no man ,  It looks as if man is subject to tempting from a child when he understands the right and wrong of a situation.  Temptation is a testing of man , God ordained it he put it into place and man must over come it . God told Cain sin is crouching at your door , if you do well you will over come it .    God always gives a way of escape to every man in his trials ,  A proving a testing of our hearts.     Mat 4:1 ASV - Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.   Gal 4:4 ASV - but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law.  Jesus was born of a woman he had flesh and blood just as you and I,  and he just like Adam and Eve was tempted of the serpent. But where Adam failed Jesus did not fail he over came by the blood of his cross.  He said he had the power to lay his life down and the power to take it up again . Hbr 5:7 ASV - Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

Hbr 5:8 ASV - though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;
Hbr 5:9 ASV - and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;      Psa 7:5 ASV - Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah
Psa 7:6 ASV - Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
Psa 7:7 ASV - And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.
Psa 7:8 ASV - Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
Psa 7:9 ASV - O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
Psa 7:10 ASV - My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.
 Hbr 10:8 ASV - Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law),
Hbr 10:9 ASV - then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Hbr 10:10 ASV - By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.    Born of a woman and born under the Law.      Jhn 12:47 ASV - And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Jhn 12:48 ASV - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.    When the end has come and we all stand before Christ .    
2Cr 5:10 ASV - For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.  Very interesting to see the words    judgement seat which in the greek is the bema seat or the foot print tribunal  ,     Greek: bema
Judgment-Seat:

primarily, "a step, a pace" (akin to baino, "to go"), as in Act 7:5, translated "to set (his foot) on," lit., "foot-room," was used to denote a raised place or platform, reached by steps, originally that at Athens in the Pnyx Hill, where was the place of assembly; from the platform orations were made. The word became used for a tribune, two of which were provided in the law courts of Greece, one for the accuser and one for the defendant; it was applied to the tribunal of a Roman magistrate or ruler, Mat 27:19; Jhn 19:13; Act 12:21, translated "throne;" 18:12, 16, 17; 25:6, 10, 17.
In two passages the word is used of the Divine tribunal before which all believers are hereafter to stand. In Rom 14:10 it is called "The judgment seat of God," RV (AV, "of Christ"), according to the most authentic mss. The same tribunal is called "the judgment seat of Christ," 2Cr 5:10, to whom the Father has given all judgment, Jhn 5:22, 27. At this bema believers are to be made manifest, that each may "receive the things done in (or through) the body," according to what he has done, "whether it be good or bad." There they will receive rewards for their faithfulness to the Lord. For all that has been contrary in their lives to His will they will suffer loss, 1Cr 3:15. This judgment seat is to be distinguished from the premillennial, earthly throne of Christ, Mat 25:31, and the postmillennial "Great White Throne," Rev 20:11, at which only "the dead" will appear. The judgment-seat of Christ will be a tribunal held "in His Parousia," i.e., His presence with His saints after His return to receive them to Himself.   I do not want to confuse you but the interweaving of Gods word in our lifes will make ,    if we obey it the garment of salvation . Isaiah 61 says he wraps us in a robe of righteousness a garment of salvation. And our perfection that comes in that day will be the very life and nature of the lamb of God tried and true.  When the word says he was our example    1Pe 2:21 ASV - For hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps:   Col 2:6 ASV - As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk in him,
Greek: lampros
Bright, Brightness:

"shining, brilliant, bright," is used of the clothing of an angel, Act 10:30; Rev 15:6; symbolically, of the clothing of the saints in glory, Rev 19:8, RV, in the best texts (AV, "white"); of Christ as the Morning Star, Rev 22:16; of the water of life, Rev 22:1, AV, "clear."
Rev 19:13 ASV - And he [is] arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Rev 19:14 ASV - And the armies which are in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white [and] pure.


 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man . And if man was made in the image of God.   Rom 1:23 ASV - and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Rom 8:29 ASV - For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
Greek: eikon
Image:

denotes "an image;" the word involves the two ideas of representation and manifestation. "The idea of perfection does not lie in the word itself, but must be sought from the context" (Lightfoot); the following instances clearly show any distinction between the imperfect and the perfect likeness.
The word is used

(1) of an "image" or a coin (not a mere likeness), Mat 22:20; Mar 12:16; Luk 20:24; so of a statue or similar representation (more than a resemblance), Rom 1:23; Rev 13:14, 15 (thrice); 14:9, 11; 15:2; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4; of the descendants of Adam as bearing his image, 1Cr 15:49, each a representation derived from the prototype;

(2) of subjects relative to things spiritual, Hbr 10:1, negatively of the Law as having "a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things," i.e., not the essential and substantial form of them; the contrast has been likened to the difference between a statue and the shadow cast by it;

(3) of the relations between God the Father, Christ, and man,

(a) of man as he was created as being a visible representation of God, 1Cr 11:7, a being corresponding to the original; the condition of man as a fallen creature has not entirely effaced the "image;" he is still suitable to bear responsibility, he still has Godlike qualities, such as love of goodness and beauty, none of which are found in a mere animal; in the Fall man ceased to be a perfect vehicle for the representation of God; God's grace in Christ will yet accomplish more than what Adam lost;

(b) of regenerate persons, in being moral representations of what God is, Col 3:10; cp. Eph 4:24;

(c) of believers, in their glorified state, not merely as resembling Christ but representing Him, Rom 8:29; 1Cr 15:49; here the perfection is the work of Divine grace; believers are yet to represent, not something like Him, but what He is in Himself, both in His spiritual body and in His moral character;

(d) of Christ in relation to God, 2Cr 4:4, "the image of God," i.e., essentially and absolutely the perfect expression and representation of the Archetype, God the Father; in Col 1:15, "the image of the invisible God" gives the additional thought suggested by the word "invisible," that Christ is the visible representation and manifestation of God to created beings; the likeness expressed in this manifestation is involved in the essential relations in the Godhead, and is therefore unique and perfect; "he that hath seen Me hath seen the Father," Jhn 14:9. "The epithet "invisible." . . . must not be confined to the apprehension of the bodily senses, but will include the cognizance of the inward eye also" (Lightfoot).

As to synonymous words, homoioma, "likeness," stresses the resemblance to an archetype, though the resemblance may not be derived, whereas eikon is a "derived likeness" (see LIKENESS); eidos, "a shape, form," is an appearance, "not necessarily based on reality" (see FORM); skia, is "a shadowed resemblance" (see SHADOW); morphe is "the form, as indicative of the inner being" (Abbott-Smith); see FORM. For charakter, see No. 2.




Jam 1:16 ASV - Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.
Jam 1:17 ASV - Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
Jam 1:18 ASV - Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.


Gen 3:7 ASV - And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Gen 3:8 ASV - And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.
Gen 3:9 ASV - And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Gen 3:10 ASV - And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Gen 3:11 ASV - And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Gen 3:12 ASV - And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Gen 3:13 ASV - And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Gen 3:14 ASV - And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.  2 Cor 11:3
Beguiled or deceived in the Hebrew

to lend on interest or usury, be a creditor

a) (Qal) creditor (participle)

b) (Hiphil) to act as a creditor

So we must see here that through willful sin Satan owns his victims he becomes a mans creditor until Jesus pays the price of deliverence a ransom          Greek: lutron
Ransom:

"a means of loosing"     That Christ gave up His life in expiatory sacrifice under God's judgment upon sin and thus provided a "ransom" whereby those who receive Him on this ground obtain deliverance from the penalty due to sin, is what Scripture teaches. What the Lord states in the two passages mentioned involves this essential character of His death. In these passages the preposition is anti, which has a vicarious significance, indicating that the "ransom" holds good for those who, accepting it as such, no longer remain in death since Christ suffered death in their stead. The change of preposition in 1Ti 2:6, where the word antilutron, a substitutionary "ransom," is used, is significant. There the preposition is huper, "on behalf of," and the statement is made that He "gave Himself a ransom for all," indicating that the "ransom" was provisionally universal, while being of a vicarious character. Thus the three passages consistently show that while the provision was universal, for Christ died for all men, yet it is actual for those only who accept God's conditions, and who are described in the Gospel statements as "the many." The giving of His life was the giving of His entire person, and while His death under Divine judgment was alone expiatory, it cannot be dissociated from the character of His life which, being sinless, gave virtue to His death and was a testimony to the fact that His death must be of a vicarious nature.

Mat 4:1 ASV - Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Mat 4:2 ASV - And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.
Mat 4:3 ASV - And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.
Mat 4:4 ASV - But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Mat 4:5 ASV - Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
Mat 4:6 ASV - and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Mat 4:7 ASV - Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.
Mat 4:8 ASV - Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Mat 4:9 ASV - and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Mat 4:10 ASV - Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Mat 4:11 ASV - Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.




Greek: peirasmos
Temptation:

akin to A, above, is used of
(1) "trials" with a beneficial purpose and effect,

(a) of "trials" or "temptations," Divinely permitted or sent, Luk 22:28; Act 20:19; Jam 1:2; 1Pe 1:6; 4:12, RV, "to prove," AV, "to try;" 2Pe 2:9 (singular); Rev 3:10, RV, "trial" (AV, "temptation"); in Jam 1:12, "temptation" apparently has meanings (1) and (2) combined (see below), and is used in the widest sense;

(b) with a good or neutral significance, Gal 4:14, of Paul's physical infirmity, "a temptation" to the Galatian converts, of such a kind as to arouse feelings of natural repugnance;

(c) of "trials" of a varied character, Mat 6:13; Luk 11:4, where believers are commanded to pray not to be led into such by forces beyond their own control; Mat 26:41; Mar 14:38; Luk 22:40, 46, where they are commanded to watch and pray against entering into "temptations" by their own carelessness or disobedience; in all such cases God provides "the way of escape," 1Cr 10:13 (where peirasmos occurs twice).

(2) Of "trial" definitely designed to lead to wrong doing, "temptation," Luk 4:13; 8:13; 1Ti 6:9;

(3) of "trying" or challenging God, by men, Hbr 3:8.

Luk 12:36 ASV - and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.
Luk 12:37 ASV - Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.

Mat 6:19 ASV - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
Mat 6:20 ASV - but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Mat 6:21 ASV - for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.
Mat 6:22 ASV - The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Mat 6:23 ASV - But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!
Mat 6:24 ASV - No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Mat 6:25 ASV - Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?
Mat 27:28 ASV - And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
Mat 27:29 ASV - And they platted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
Mat 27:30 ASV - And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.

 And they platted a crown of thorns /  this is the curse that God put on Adam and every one born of the loins of Adam   cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;      thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Col 2:14 ASV - having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out that way, nailing it to the cross;
    Isa 61:10 ASV - I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.   The bride groom is Jesus and the garland is a  crown of victory he over came hell and death and he is now wearing the crown of a  Victorious Savior ! .  And the bride (the church)  Adorneth herself with her jewels,  the jewels are the knowledge and wisdom of her righteousness in Christ Jesus


Greek: stephanos
Crown (Noun and Verb):

primarily, "that which surrounds, as a wall or crowd" (from stepho, "to encircle"), denotes
(a) "the victor's crown," the symbol of triumph in the games or some such contest; hence, by metonymy, a reward or prize;

(b) "a token of public honor" for distinguished service, military prowess, etc., or of nuptial joy, or festal gladness, especially at the parousia of kings. It was woven as a garland of oak, ivy, parsley, myrtle, or olive, or in imitation of these in gold. In some passages the reference to the games is clear, 1Cr 9:25; 2Ti 4:8 ("crown of righteousness"); it may be so in 1Pe 5:4, where the fadeless character of "the crown of glory" is set in contrast to the garlands of earth. In other passages it stands as an emblem of life, joy, reward and glory, Phl 4:1; 1Th 2:19; Jam 1:12 ("crown of life"); Rev 2:10 (ditto); 3:11; 4:4, 10: of triumph, Rev 6:2; 9:7; 12:1; 14:14.

It is used of "the crown of thorns" which the soldiers plaited and put on Christ's head, Mat 27:29; Mar 15:17; Jhn 19:2, 5. At first sight this might be taken as an alternative for diadema, "a kingly crown" (see below), but considering the blasphemous character of that masquerade, and the materials used, obviously diadema would be quite unfitting and the only alternative was stephanos


This reed is symbolic of the rod of Aaron it constituted all the power of God , and God proved it by causing the rod of Aaron to not only put forth leaves but to bloom and also produce almonds
Num 17:8 ASV - And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds. The almond tree is used here because it is the first tree to awake out of its sleep from winter.

A reed in his right hand   the word REED

Greek: kalamos
Reed:

denotes
(a) "the reed" mentioned in Mat 11:7; 12:20; Luk 7:24, the same as the Heb., qaneh (among the various reeds in the OT), e.g., Isa 42:3, from which Mat 12:20 is quoted (cp. Job 40:21; Eze 29:6, "a reed with jointed, hollow stalk");

(b) "a reed staff, staff," Mat 27:29, 30, 48; Mar 15:19, 36 (cp. rhabdos, "a rod;" in 2Ki 18:21, rhabdos kalamine);

(c) "a measuring reed or rod," Rev 11:1; 21:15, 16;

Luk 22:15 ASV - And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:   Jesus was celebrating his death even before he died he was that passover .      Luk 22:16 ASV - for I say unto you, I shall not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Luk 22:29 ASV - and I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as my Father appointed unto me,
Luk 22:30 ASV - that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Jhn 12:47 ASV - And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Jhn 12:48 ASV - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the WORD that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.   The word of God has already judged man even as I write this word will be the plumb line of life for every man.       Rev 20:12 ASV - And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.   Does not the word say that God wrote his word on the tables of mans heart . Not on stone, the book of life here is the book we read every day the word of God   and God is writing it on your heart to remember his law of life through Jesus. 
1Jo 3:1 ASV - Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1Jo 3:2 ASV - Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
1Jo 3:3 ASV - And every one that hath this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
You are the first fruits of Christ the fruit of his lips his word of life.
Hbr 13:15 ASV - Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.

Behold, To Obey Is Better Than Sacrifice

This is a parable Jesus spoke to his disciples , the rich man is a man who trust in the arm of his own strength . He is not righteous , he is a man of the earth a man that loves this world and its money. We all have to have money to exist and live . But this is a parable of Loving money and what happens to people that live unto unrighteous mammon.  Mammon in the   Greek: mamonas
Mammon:

a common Aramaic word for "riches," akin to a Hebrew word signifying "to be firm, steadfast" (whence "Amen"), hence, "that which is to be trusted;" Gesenius regards it as derived from a Heb. word signifying "treasure" (Gen 43:23); it is personified in Mat 6:24; Luk 16:9, 11, 13.

Luk 12:34 ASV - For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.   His master was even impressed at the servants method of protecting himself, with his masters own money. Today is no different than that day, men steal enormous amounts of money and the the others in  his circle admire his crafty devious ways.  And are motivated to do the same  because they love money ,  it is a lusting an evil insatiable appetite .

Luk 16:1-15 NASB - Now He was also saying to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.
 "And he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
 The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
   'I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.'
  "And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
 "And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
  "Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
 "And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to Their Own Kind than the Sons of Light.
  "And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings.
  "He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.
 "Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?
 "And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
  "No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."
 :Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.
 And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselfs in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

Luk 6:47 ASV - Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:
Luk 6:48 ASV - he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.
Luk 6:49 ASV - But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.   This word house     Greek: oikia   metaphorically, the heavenly abode, spoken of by the Lord as "My Father's house," Jhn 14:2, the eternal dwelling place of believers; the body as the dwelling place of the soul, 2Cr 5:1; similarly the resurrection body of believers (id.); property, e.g., Mar 12:40; by metonymy, the inhabitants of a house, a household, e.g., Mat 12:25; Jhn 4:53; 1Cr 16:15.
Luk 6:36 ASV - Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
Luk 6:37 ASV - And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:
Luk 6:38 ASV - give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.        Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back .  Wisdom here is you do not give to get back , you give out of obedience to this word , and the love of God in you.   Give mercy and you shall receive mercy. 

"Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?  It is not how much money you have its what you do with what you have.
Looking beyond the natural and into the spirit we see it is a matter of a mans heart this whole thing is about our salvation,    God does not need my money. He wants my love and obedience to sever him because I love him.    Its your heart God is after your heart !     1Cr 13:13 ASV - But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

1Cr 13:1 ASV - If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
1Cr 13:2 ASV - And if I have [the gift of] prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
1Cr 13:3 ASV - And if I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
I will relate a story to you about a circumstance that happen to me in my early years. I was with my family and we were in church one day , my family consisted of nine people.  And I was not a man of wealth it was always a struggle to make ends meet. But we survived with Gods help.
When a time came to give of my increase that day I open my wallet and there was one five dollar bill. And I was miles from home out of gas in my vehicle , and we need food also. I was going to buy gasoline to get back home.  So as I could here the music playing and people coming to give I looked  down again at my five dollars and began to think, when this voice spoke to me. It said do you trust me son. I knew who that was speaking, I quickly said yes Lord I do trust you.    I looked down at the money and said but Lord it is all I have .  Than I sat and thought and he said than give the money .   It was not the money he wanted ,  it was my faith my heart to trust him completely . So I just sat there thinking more and more seeing the situation of my need and not my faith.    Looking at my flesh my own ability more than his promises. So he came again and said test me son and see if my word is true,   give the money . So I jumped up from my seat and went and gave the money. And turned to go back to my seat when I heard a woman speak and say come here , so I went over to her and she introduced me to a gentleman  I did not know.  She had told him of some help I had given her with her home some work I had done for her. He looked up at me and smiled and put out his hand to shake my hand. And when I shook his hand he looked into my eyes and smiled again and put something in my hand. And I turned and went to my seat with my family. As I sat knowing that he put something in my hand I open my hand and it was a fifty dollar bill . I wept and could hear that voice in my mind saying trust me just trust me.       Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back .   We do not give to receive ! we give to be obedient to his word.   The lord knows our hearts and he is after our hearts.
Psa 50:10 ASV - For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Psa 50:11 ASV - I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.
1Sa 15:22 ASV - And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Rom 14:17 ASV - for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 

The Precious Fruit Of The Earth

THE FINAL HARVEST
by David Wilkerson
[May 19, 1931 – April 27, 2011]

"And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil" (Deuteronomy 11:13-14).

The planting and harvest seasons in Israel were just the opposite of ours. The first rains, which softened the ground, fell from October to the end of December, just before planting season. The last rains fell from March through April, just prior to harvest, and those rains ripened the harvest.

It is important to note that these two outpourings always had to do with the harvest: "That thou mayest gather in . . ." (verse 14). And, beloved, if you want to judge any move of the Holy Spirit to discern if it is of God or of flesh, then use this criterion: The Spirit's work is always focused on the harvest of souls!

No matter what kind of manifestations you see in a so-called revival, it is not a true move of God unless it is focused on the harvest. The Holy Ghost rains always fall to produce an ingathering of souls.

God poured out His Spirit in the former rain at Pentecost to prepare and soften the ground for the gospel seed to be sown. Spirit-filled sowers were sent out from the Upper Room that day into all the world—to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth to make disciples of Jesus Christ.

The church has now seen almost 2,000 years of sowing and growing—and it is harvest time! All who have died in Christ up to now represent the firstfruits, or the early harvest. But Zechariah prophesies a final harvest and that is the reason Jesus has not yet come (see Zechariah 12:10). The Lord has been waiting patiently for His final, mighty harvest of the earth!

"Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain" (James 5:7).

This is a letter from a dear Brother David Wilkerson he love the Lord and served him diligently , and there is much fruit that follows him .     Hsa 6:3 ASV - And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
 Pro 16:15 ASV - In the light of the king's countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
  Isa 61:1 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
Isa 61:2 ASV - to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Isa 61:3 ASV - to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.    
I have said before and I say again there is a great latter rain coming , the former rain was the beginning of his plan of salvation in the book of Acts.  I have read Isaiah 61 many times and saw it only in the letter, always seeing some poor lost soul that needed Jesus a captive a soul lost.    Until the Lord reveled to me that these verse's is an every day occurrence for all his children. No one man will ever have all the truth and no one man will be the only Sheppard .  Hence the body of Christ.       1Cr 12:27 ASV - Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.
Eph 4:12 ASV - for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:   Unless the five fold ministry be prevalent and in operation in the assembly of the believer ,  the church is crippled and has not the perfect power of God  , the wisdom of God can only come through the completion of Gods plan for his church.

 Eph 4:10 ASV - He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Eph 4:11 ASV - And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 ASV - for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 ASV - till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Eph 4:14 ASV - that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
Eph 4:15 ASV - but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, [even] Christ;
Eph 4:16 ASV - from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in [due] measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.
It says for the PERFECTING of the saints now every man has a place in this body and a work of God in their life. The word says God is no respecter of persons.   Every man has a place in Gods kingdom and a work unto the building up of the whole body of Jesus.       Jhn 12:23 ASV - And Jesus answereth them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
Jhn 12:24 ASV - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.
Jhn 12:25 ASV - He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Jhn 12:26 ASV - If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.
Jhn 12:28 ASV - Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, [saying], I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

Now the seed here is the fullness of Christ in you.       1Cr 15:37 ASV - and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind;
1Cr 15:38 ASV - but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
1Cr 15:39 ASV - All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one [flesh] of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.
1Cr 15:40 ASV - There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial is another.
1Cr 15:41 ASV - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
1Cr 15:42 ASV - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1Cr 15:43 ASV - it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
1Cr 15:44 ASV - it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual [body].
1Cr 15:45 ASV - So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
       That the son of man should be glorified how is Jesus glorified,   by his obedience to the will of the father and again it says he shall glorify it again.  And that is The spirit of Jesus in you the hope of glory.   So a seed will only produce fruit of its own kind , a peach will produce a peach an apple an apple . So the seed of Christ is the word of God living in  you and working in you . And therefore the word of God will bring forth the fruit of Jesus . Any other seed than Jesus will bring forth another kind of fruit .  There is only one kind of fruit God is coming for in the end of all things and that is the fruit of his son Jesus .  Remember flesh and blood will not inherit the kingdom of God ,    Jesus said   Luk 17:20 ASV - And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Luk 17:21 ASV - neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
Jhn 3:8 ASV - The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
This great and glorious word is that seed of God and according the the parable of the sower of the seed      Mat 13:3 ASV - And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;
Mat 13:8 ASV - and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Now Jesus is that precious seed that fell into the ground  ,  your heart is the good ground.  And his seed will produce himself in you, the nature the character the authority and Jesus said he came in his fathers name .
 Hbr 2:9 ASV - But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, [even] Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for every [man].
Hbr 2:10 ASV - For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Hbr 2:11 ASV - For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Hbr 2:12 ASV - saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise.
There is a promise unto all that fall upon this rock Jesus and be broken. The promise that he would come again unto you the promise of the Holy Spirit .   Act 2:38 ASV - And Peter [said] unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 2:39 ASV - For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.  Speaking of the future seed to come,  Let no man steal your crown.
And you are the many that are being called , to all that are a far off.  Afar in the Greek 

Greek: makran

Afar:
from makros, "far," Mat 8:20 (AV, "a good way;" RV, "afar"), "a long way off," is used with eis, "unto," in Act 2:39, "afar off." With the article, in Eph 2:13, 17, it signifies "the (ones) far off."    metaphorically, "far (from the kingdom of God)," Mar 12:34; in spiritual darkness, Act 2:39; Eph 2:13, 17. 

 Rom 4:16 ASV - For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all .
 Rom 9:6 ASV - But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:
Rom 9:7 ASV - neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Rom 9:8 ASV - That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.        Rom 11:26 ASV - and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Seek the Lord ask him for conformation concerning this wonderful truth.  He will confirm his word to you.       1Cr 1:25 ASV - Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1Cr 1:26 ASV - For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:
Mat 22:14 ASV - For many are called, but few chosen.