GOD'S WORD
DOERS TV, DOING TV GOD'S WAY
I JOHN:4 NKJ VERSION
1. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that[a] Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. 6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
Knowing God Through Love
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Seeing God Through Love
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
The Consummation of Love
17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him[b] because He first loved us.
Obedience by Faith
20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can[c] he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
How you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God.
When you read these instructions to the church by Paul the apostle, compare it to the modern day church. Please take notice of how the church of today differs from what Paul was teaching while under the influence of the Holy Spirit concerning church conduct. My question is why have we strayed from the truth?
1 Timothy 3
New King James Version (NKJV)
Qualifications of Overseers
1. This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop,[a] he desires a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,[b] but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence 5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); 6 not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Qualifications of Deacons
8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money, 9 holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. 10 But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless. 11 Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
The Great Mystery
14 These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God[c] was manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.
1 Timothy 3
New King James Version (NKJV)
Qualifications of Overseers
1. This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop,[a] he desires a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,[b] but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence 5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); 6 not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Qualifications of Deacons
8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money, 9 holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. 10 But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless. 11 Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
The Great Mystery
14 These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
God[c] was manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.
A TRUE PROPHET OF GOD
True Prophets
1) Few in Number; trusts only in God
Jer 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
2) Generally disliked and not trusted
Mat 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. James 5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
3) Speaks what God says - "God says..."
Deut 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
4) Gives warning of God's judgment of all
Ezek 33:7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
5) Works in the Holy Spirit and wields the sword of truth
2 Pet 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
6) Demonstrates the Power of God and shows the Glory of God
1 Cor 2:4-5 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
7) Socially unacceptable to the proud; does not conform to people's expectations:
1 Cor 1:26-29 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.
8) Speaks a compelling message:
1 Cor 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
9) Seeks God's will in your life:
Prov 3:13-14 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
10) Seeks God for His counsel:
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
11) Calls for the testing of prophets
1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
12) Shares that we too are subject to God's judgment, to fear God:
Rev 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
13) Shares Scripture to show the truth:
1 Cor 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
1) Few in Number; trusts only in God
Jer 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
2) Generally disliked and not trusted
Mat 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. James 5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
3) Speaks what God says - "God says..."
Deut 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
4) Gives warning of God's judgment of all
Ezek 33:7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
5) Works in the Holy Spirit and wields the sword of truth
2 Pet 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
6) Demonstrates the Power of God and shows the Glory of God
1 Cor 2:4-5 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
7) Socially unacceptable to the proud; does not conform to people's expectations:
1 Cor 1:26-29 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.
8) Speaks a compelling message:
1 Cor 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
9) Seeks God's will in your life:
Prov 3:13-14 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
10) Seeks God for His counsel:
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
11) Calls for the testing of prophets
1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
12) Shares that we too are subject to God's judgment, to fear God:
Rev 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
13) Shares Scripture to show the truth:
1 Cor 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
Iranian pastor's death sentence deplorable: Hague
(AFP) – 18 hours ago
LONDON — Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday said he "deplored" reports that Iran was about to execute a pastor after he refused to give up Christianity and return to Islam.
Hague urged the Iranian regime to respect its international human rights commitments and overturn the ruling.
"I deplore reports that pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian Church leader, could be executed imminently after refusing an order by the supreme court of Iran to recant his faith," Hague said in a statement.
The former Conservative party leader commented that the reports illustrated Iran's "continued unwillingness to abide by its constitutional and international obligations to respect religious freedom.
"I pay tribute to the courage shown by pastor Nadarkhani who has no case to answer and call on the Iranian authorities to overturn his sentence," he added.
Nadarkhani, now in his 30s, became a pastor of a small evangelical community called the Church of Iran after converting from Islam at the age of 19.
Iranian authorities arrested him for apostasy in 2009 and sentenced him to death under Islamic Sharia law.
The pastor was spared by a supreme court appeal ruling in July, his laywer told AFP, but was again condemned to death after the case was reheard at a court in his home town of Gilan, according to media reports.
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LONDON — Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday said he "deplored" reports that Iran was about to execute a pastor after he refused to give up Christianity and return to Islam.
Hague urged the Iranian regime to respect its international human rights commitments and overturn the ruling.
"I deplore reports that pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian Church leader, could be executed imminently after refusing an order by the supreme court of Iran to recant his faith," Hague said in a statement.
The former Conservative party leader commented that the reports illustrated Iran's "continued unwillingness to abide by its constitutional and international obligations to respect religious freedom.
"I pay tribute to the courage shown by pastor Nadarkhani who has no case to answer and call on the Iranian authorities to overturn his sentence," he added.
Nadarkhani, now in his 30s, became a pastor of a small evangelical community called the Church of Iran after converting from Islam at the age of 19.
Iranian authorities arrested him for apostasy in 2009 and sentenced him to death under Islamic Sharia law.
The pastor was spared by a supreme court appeal ruling in July, his laywer told AFP, but was again condemned to death after the case was reheard at a court in his home town of Gilan, according to media reports.
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A PERSONAL TESTIMONY
A MIRACLE WORKING GOD
I have been born again to Christ for many years, eleven I think, and God has done more miracles for me than I will ever remember. Not because I am anything special but because He is grand and full of love and so kind, powerful, real and everlasting.
These words do not even touch the greatness of His being. I am constantly overwhelmed at His Love for me and so very grateful that He loves all who rejoice in His presence the exact same. I love God, He is my best friend. When I don't act holy according to His word he makes His love known even more so that I will get back on track. There will never be a greater friend to man kind or me than God all mighty who we serve in and through Jesus.
Yesterday morning around 6:30 am, no big deal I am always awake that early, I get a phone call that goes directly to my answering system. I happen to be laying in bed because I had been awake since 2:00 am and wanted to get a quick nap, so I missed the phone call.
When I listened to the message, it was a friend of mine on his way to work being touched and moved by the Holy Spirit. He was nearly in tears and he said "you are loved, how deeply you are loved, walk in the word today and for me and my life you have been such a blessing" the message went on for about a minute and at the end he said "God just wanted me to tell you how much you are loved"
I am so undeserving of His love, but He loves me anyway. What a great start to my day. I did my normal daily routine and went to sleep while viewing television as usual. I always go to sleep with the television on and the remote control lays directly beside me. I woke up to use the bathroom and layed back down. I grabbed the remote control to turn down the television and went back to sleep.
I woke up for the day and was listening to a guy on the television selling knives, some early morning commercial. I never looked at the television, I still had my eyes closed. This guy was telling me about a particular knife he was selling and all of a sudden the broadcast ended and I heard a gospel group singing a song about God opening up the windows of heaven to poor out a blessing on me that I could not contain it. I thought about how great God was and what a cool way to start the day.
I had concluded in my mind that there was an abrupt end to the previous broadcast do to poor commercial scheduling at the TV station. After the song ended the preacher said "God is going to poor out a blessing on you that you can not contain and welcome to the camp meeting". That was it for me; I was getting up and not for the reason you think.
I was going to turn that television off. I was not going to listen to another preacher trying rip off Gods people with false hope based on the attraction of emotional giving as apposed to loving God and helping others from a pure heart. I am sick of that preaching and it is all a lie from the pit of hell. So I began to feel around the bed for my remote control to turn the television off. I still had not opened my eyes.
The preacher said let's go back to worshiping the Lord. I thought, "that's good, I don't have to listen to this guy" and I could not find the remote control, which was in bed with me when I woke up to use the bathroom and I had already used the control to turn down the television. Where was it? All I knew was that the preacher was not talking and that was OK with me. The praise and worship was great, so I just listened but I thought that the volume was awfully loud and I had to find the remote control which forced me to to open my eyes, turn on the lamp beside my bed and begin looking through my covers to find it.
I never looked at the television the entire time after opening my eyes and the music was so loud. I figured the remote fell behind the bed and I was now going to manually deal with the volume. So now I looked at the television for the first time in this brief moment of time. What I saw on the television was two guys facing each other talking. It did not make since because I was listening to a gospel group praise and worship. I thought what is going on, so I manually turned off the television.
The music kept playing. It was coming from my living room. I walked in the living room and the television was on blaring this gospel music. I started raising my hands and praising God. I knew God had done this. I was dancing and praising lifting up holy hands to God.
Just to make sure that I did not allow my own mind to fabricate a scenario that would explain this happening God does something else. It goes like this. I was dancing and praising God and crying and thinking how great my God is, I looked down at my computer and there was the bedroom television remote control in my living room in front of my computer. The same remote control that was in my bed a few hours earlier. So God muted my bedroom television with the knife guys talking and turned on the living room television so that I could be blessed.
That's a great two days of blessing. Intense.
Joe Sprott
I have been born again to Christ for many years, eleven I think, and God has done more miracles for me than I will ever remember. Not because I am anything special but because He is grand and full of love and so kind, powerful, real and everlasting.
These words do not even touch the greatness of His being. I am constantly overwhelmed at His Love for me and so very grateful that He loves all who rejoice in His presence the exact same. I love God, He is my best friend. When I don't act holy according to His word he makes His love known even more so that I will get back on track. There will never be a greater friend to man kind or me than God all mighty who we serve in and through Jesus.
Yesterday morning around 6:30 am, no big deal I am always awake that early, I get a phone call that goes directly to my answering system. I happen to be laying in bed because I had been awake since 2:00 am and wanted to get a quick nap, so I missed the phone call.
When I listened to the message, it was a friend of mine on his way to work being touched and moved by the Holy Spirit. He was nearly in tears and he said "you are loved, how deeply you are loved, walk in the word today and for me and my life you have been such a blessing" the message went on for about a minute and at the end he said "God just wanted me to tell you how much you are loved"
I am so undeserving of His love, but He loves me anyway. What a great start to my day. I did my normal daily routine and went to sleep while viewing television as usual. I always go to sleep with the television on and the remote control lays directly beside me. I woke up to use the bathroom and layed back down. I grabbed the remote control to turn down the television and went back to sleep.
I woke up for the day and was listening to a guy on the television selling knives, some early morning commercial. I never looked at the television, I still had my eyes closed. This guy was telling me about a particular knife he was selling and all of a sudden the broadcast ended and I heard a gospel group singing a song about God opening up the windows of heaven to poor out a blessing on me that I could not contain it. I thought about how great God was and what a cool way to start the day.
I had concluded in my mind that there was an abrupt end to the previous broadcast do to poor commercial scheduling at the TV station. After the song ended the preacher said "God is going to poor out a blessing on you that you can not contain and welcome to the camp meeting". That was it for me; I was getting up and not for the reason you think.
I was going to turn that television off. I was not going to listen to another preacher trying rip off Gods people with false hope based on the attraction of emotional giving as apposed to loving God and helping others from a pure heart. I am sick of that preaching and it is all a lie from the pit of hell. So I began to feel around the bed for my remote control to turn the television off. I still had not opened my eyes.
The preacher said let's go back to worshiping the Lord. I thought, "that's good, I don't have to listen to this guy" and I could not find the remote control, which was in bed with me when I woke up to use the bathroom and I had already used the control to turn down the television. Where was it? All I knew was that the preacher was not talking and that was OK with me. The praise and worship was great, so I just listened but I thought that the volume was awfully loud and I had to find the remote control which forced me to to open my eyes, turn on the lamp beside my bed and begin looking through my covers to find it.
I never looked at the television the entire time after opening my eyes and the music was so loud. I figured the remote fell behind the bed and I was now going to manually deal with the volume. So now I looked at the television for the first time in this brief moment of time. What I saw on the television was two guys facing each other talking. It did not make since because I was listening to a gospel group praise and worship. I thought what is going on, so I manually turned off the television.
The music kept playing. It was coming from my living room. I walked in the living room and the television was on blaring this gospel music. I started raising my hands and praising God. I knew God had done this. I was dancing and praising lifting up holy hands to God.
Just to make sure that I did not allow my own mind to fabricate a scenario that would explain this happening God does something else. It goes like this. I was dancing and praising God and crying and thinking how great my God is, I looked down at my computer and there was the bedroom television remote control in my living room in front of my computer. The same remote control that was in my bed a few hours earlier. So God muted my bedroom television with the knife guys talking and turned on the living room television so that I could be blessed.
That's a great two days of blessing. Intense.
Joe Sprott
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