Thursday, June 2, 2016

Don't speak evil of a Man of God

Numbers 16:1-34 KJV
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men : 

 
[2] And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: 
 
[3] And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord ? 
 
[4] And when Moses heard it , he fell upon his face: 
 
[5] And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. 
 
[6] This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 
 
[7] And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 
 
[8] And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: 
 
[9] Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord , and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? 
 
[10] And he hath brought thee near to him , and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
 [11] For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord : and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? 
 
[12] And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
 
[13] Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? 
 
[14] Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. 
 
[15] And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord , Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. 
 
[16] And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord , thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: 
 
[17] And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. 
 
[18] And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. 
 
[19] And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation. 
 
[20] And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 
 
[21] Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. 
[22] And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
 
[23] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
 
[24] Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 
 
[25] And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. 
 
[26] And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 
 
[27] So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. 
 
[28] And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. 
 
[29] If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. 
 
[30] But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord . 
 
[31] And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 
 
[32] And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 
 
[33] They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. 
 
[34] And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also .
 
Go Ahead You run your mouth on a man whom God has set up for preachin the Gospel...
God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow..

Those things which he hated, abhorred in times past... HE STILL HATES!

All I know is ..It's not gonna be me!

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Wonder Wendsday..

I am going to try to take this blog into a slightly lighter theme..

I have been deeply struggling to keep up with all the bible study and also being a mommy and wife, daughter etc.

I love interacting with you all.. Or atleast putting stuff out there for you.. Sure do wish you all would actually LEAVE COMMENTS... LOL!



But anyhow.. 

What I mean to say is On WENDSDAYS.. I will begin putting up recipe's


And here is the first one!

What is salvation??



Philippians 2:12-16


"Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain."

If we want to be saved from our sins, there are things that we must do in order to receive the free gift of salvation. We must individually work out our salvation, as the apostle Paul instructs. This obviously is going to require obedience. The Hebrew writer said of Christ that,

"And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;" (Hebrews 5:9).


Salvation comes from the grace of God,  And is indeed by faith alone. However there is an element where we must obey God and enter into his salvation by the path and method which he will honor. We can only receive this gift that God wants us to have when we obey His gospel, and this is how we begin to work out our own salvation. We must hear the word, for

"Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17).

We must believe that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God. As Jesus said:

"For if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins" (John 8:24).

We must repent of our sins:

"And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere repent:" (Acts 17:30)


Taking care of your own salvation is not a selfish ploy; it is a requirement, and completely necessary if you are ever going to help others to have a right relationship with God. Jesus speaks about this in the sermon on the Mount:


"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." - Matthew 7:1-5