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Matthew 19:16 And, behold,
one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that
I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto
him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God:
but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto
him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit
adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19 Honour thy father
and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20 The young man
saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack
I yet?
21 Jesus said unto
him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast,
and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come
and follow me.
22 But when the
young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
23 Then said Jesus
unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly
enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say
unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than
for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
25 When his disciples
heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
26 But Jesus beheld
them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all
things are possible.
27 Then answered Peter
and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what
shall we have therefore?
28 And Jesus said
unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the
regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory,
ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And every one
that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother,
or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold,
and shall inherit everlasting life.
30 But many that
are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
Matthew 13:44 Again, the
kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when
a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth
all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
45 Again, the kingdom
of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
46 Who, when he
had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all
that he had, and bought it.
14 And unto the angel of
the church of the Laodiceans
write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works,
that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because
thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my
mouth.
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17 Because thou sayest,
I
am rich, and increased with goods, and have
need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable,
and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee
to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white
raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness
do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I
love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand
at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh
will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and
am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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An English synonym for this
word is democracy. While democracy
is far superior to any other form of human government, it is not God's
plan for the Church.
AV - Laodicea 6; 6 2993
Laodikeia {lah-od-ik'-i-ah} from a compound of 2992 and 1349;; n
pr loc
Laodicea = "justice of the people"
1) a city of Phrygia, situated on the river Lycus not far from Colosse. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 66 A.D. and rebuilt by Marcus Aurelius. It was the seat of the Christian church.
This is taken from Online Bible.
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MODERN
PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES (From
Feast of Tabernacles)
That
is why Jesus warned the disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and Sadducees. Now the doctrines of the Sadducees were definitely
false, for they denied the resurrection, the fact of angels and spirits,
and so forth. They were the predecessors of our modern religions
which have a form of godliness but ‘deny the power thereof.’ They
denied the supernatural; and we have plenty of Sadducees in the world today.
But the Pharisees, on the other hand, were quite orthodox in their teaching;
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they
said. (Matt 23:3) Why then did
He tell the same disciples to ‘beware’ of their doctrine? For this
simple reason: ‘They say and do not.’ What they said was all right,
generally speaking, but their works gave the lie to their teachings.
So it is with our modern Pharisees, our orthodox Christian teachers.
They teach about the power of Jesus’ blood; they lift you to heights of
praise as they expound the glories of the celestial, and the power of Christ’s
resurrection; they speak much of miracles of Christ, and the power of the
early Church; they will expound the doctrines of healing, and miracles,
and the various gifts of the Holy Spirit. But ‘they
say and do not/’ And not only that; for they
condemn and denounce the man who wishes to go in and explore the glories
of resurrection life and the powers of the age to come.’ They
think it is all right to talk about resurrection and life and the heavenly
realm—but when one suggest that this is the heritage of the saints here
and now, there are loud protest from the Pharisees. Then the leaven
begins its subtle influence, and an orthodox theology develops into malice
and wickedness.
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1
John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard
that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby
we know that it is the last time.
19
They
went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of
us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that
they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
20
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
Eph
4:11 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:
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Till
we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son
of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness
of Christ:
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These
ministry gifts are given until:
1. we all come in the unity of the faith,
2. we all come in the unity of the knowledge of the Son of God
3. we all come unto a perfect (totally complete)
man
4. we all come unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
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The
members
do the work of the ministry, but only after being equipped by the 5-fold
apostolic ministry.
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