“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.”
–Psalm 32:8-10
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. “
–2TIMOTHY 3:16-17
Much of the Bible is made up of instructions from God to man on how to avoid the numerous pitfalls of his short time on this earth.
IN FACT, the Bible has been tagged with a LOT of imagined ACRONYMS, but many of them have to do with its INSTRUCTIONAL VALUE.
Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth (B.I.B.L.E.)
Best Instructions Before Leaving Earth
Biblical Insights for Basic Living Everyday
Basic Instructions Before Life Ends
Basic Instructions Before Life Eternal
Blessed Information for Basic Living on Earth
and so on…
But what about those instructions?
(Which FEW, in the times in which we now live, follow.)
A few questions come into one’s mind concerning the particulars of the instructions of God’s Word.
Do God’s instructions “work” because there is some unseen force at work which is unconnected to God?
OR, does God ENSURE his instructions work by fulfilling his promises usually attached to those instructions?
In addition, one further question on this topic was addressed this past week.
WHY do the wicked attach their stories to God’s instructions?
For instance, in Numbers 31, there are instructions for purifying various instruments of made of gold, silver,” the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead.”
“Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.”
There are also a number of instructions having to do with bathing in “running water.”
“And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.”
–Leviticus 15:13
The world has often used the verses as its “proof” that germs, microbes, viruses, bacteria and other invisible beings exist and were the reason behind God’s instructions to the children of Israel.
Never mind that FOR CENTURIES, the world mocked these same instructions as primitive and superstitious.
Never mind that the same world that employs the Word of God to “prove” their latest stories, DOES NOT BELIEVE the Word of God otherwise.
Never mind that the Bible has NOTHING to say about the stories themselves OR the Germ Theory of Disease.
Like Satan, the wicked will often twist the Word of God to meet their needs.
In Luke 4:1-13 and Matthew 4:1-11 is the biblical account of Satan tempting Jesus, which contains 3 instances of Satan twisting the Word of God to meet HIS needs.
All three times, Jesus rebuked the devil by setting him straight on the REAL MEANING of the Scripture Satan was quoting.
Satan (no dummy), finally accepted he was not to win this battle and left.
“And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.”
–Luke 4:13
Back to the basic questions of God’s instruction:
Do God’s instructions “work” because there is some unseen force at work which is unconnected to God?
OR, does God ENSURE his instructions work by fulfilling his promises usually attached to those instructions?
The reader might begin to answer these two questions IF he was to find all of the instances of God’s instruction to man in the Bible. Then, see how many of those instructions come with an attached promise if the instructions are followed.
That’s a clue.
HAS the reader ever wondered about the instructions God gives to man?
HAS the reader ever wondered why he does not see God’s power in his life?
It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.
DOES the reader believe he is saved?
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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?
Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation
- Gospel of Jesus Christ: Making a Choice
- The Gospel of Jesus Christ
- Gospel of Jesus Christ: The Power of God Unto Salvation
- Gospel of Jesus Christ: The End Times Power of God Unleashed
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: March 18, 2020.]
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