NOT of GOD

 

2 Timothy 3:1

King James Version

3 This know also, 

that in the last days 

perilous times shall come.

How can you tell if you are of GOD?

And if you're not?

Really simple.

Scripture doesn't lie.

Scripture tells it plainly:

Luke 16:15

King James Version

15 And he said unto them, 

Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; 

but God knoweth your hearts: 

for that which is highly esteemed among men 

is abomination in the sight of God.

John 8:42-45

King James Version

42 Jesus said unto them, 

If God were your Father, ye would love me: 

for I proceeded forth and came from God; 

neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

43 Why do ye not understand my speech? 

even because ye cannot hear my word.

44 Ye are of your father the devil, 

and the lusts of your father ye will do. 

He was a murderer from the beginning, 

and abode not in the truth, 

because there is no truth in him. 

When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: 

for he is a liar, and the father of it.

45 And because I tell you the truth, 

ye believe me not.

John 8:47

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47 He that is of God heareth God's words: 

ye therefore hear them not, 

because ye are not of God.

John 10:23-26

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23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

24 Then came the Jews round about him, 

and said unto him, 

How long dost thou make us to doubt? 

If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

25 Jesus answered them, 

I told you, and ye believed not: 

the works that I do in my Father's name, 

they bear witness of me.

26 But ye believe not, 

because ye are not of my sheep, 

as I said unto you.

Romans 1:28-32

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28 And even as they did not like 

to retain God in their knowledge, 

God gave them over to a reprobate mind, 

to do those things which are not convenient;

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, 

fornication, wickedness, covetousness, 

maliciousness; 

full of envy, murder, debate, 

deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, 

proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, 

disobedient to parents,

31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, 

without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

32 Who knowing the judgment of God, 

that they which commit such things 

are worthy of death, 

not only do the same, but have pleasure in them

 that do them.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10

King James Version

9 Know ye not that the unrighteous 

shall not inherit the kingdom of God? 

Be not deceived: 

neither fornicators, nor idolaters, 

nor adulterers, nor effeminate, 

nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, 

nor revilers, nor extortioners, 

shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 John 2:15-16

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15 Love not the world, 

neither the things that are in the world.

 If any man love the world, 

the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, 

the lust of the flesh, 

and the lust of the eyes, 

and the pride of life, 

is not of the Father, 

but is of the world.

1 John 3:10

King James Version

10 In this the children of God are manifest, 

and the children of the devil: 

whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, 

neither he that loveth not his brother.

1 John 4:3

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3 And every spirit that confesseth not 

that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: 

and this is that spirit of antichrist, 

whereof ye have heard that it should come; 

and even now already is it in the world.

1 John 4:6

King James Version

6 We are of God: 

he that knoweth God heareth us; 

he that is not of God heareth not us. 

Hereby know we the spirit of truth, 

and the spirit of error.

1 John 4:8

King James Version

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; 

for God is love.

Revelation 22:14-15

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14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, 

that they may have right to the tree of life, 

and may enter in through the gates into the city.

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, 

and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, 

and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Knowing all these, we ask a few questions.

What is the state of the world now?

Will any be with GOD?

Are any of GOD?

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The HUMAN heart

 

1 Corinthians 2:14

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14 But the natural man 

receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: 

for they are foolishness unto him: 

neither can he know them, 

because they are spiritually discerned.

We've all been given that advice:

"Follow your heart."

Is man's heart trustworthy?

Does that ensure right decisions?

A born again looks to GOD's laws.

Here's what we found:

Man's heart cannot be trusted.

Genesis 6:5-6

King James Version

5 And God saw that the wickedness of man 

was great in the earth, 

and that every imagination 

of the thoughts of his heart 

was only evil continually.

6 And it repented the Lord 

that he had made man on the earth, 

and it grieved him at his heart.

Psalm 14:2-3

King James Version

2 The Lord looked down from heaven 

upon the children of men, 

to see if there were any that did understand, 

and seek God.

3 They are all gone aside, 

they are all together become filthy: 

there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Psalm 146:3-4

King James Version

3 Put not your trust in princes, 

nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; 

in that very day his thoughts perish.

Proverbs 21:2

King James Version

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: 

but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

Jeremiah 17:9

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9 The heart is deceitful above all things, 

and desperately wicked: 

who can know it?

Matthew 15:16-19

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16 And Jesus said, 

Are ye also yet without understanding?

17 Do not ye yet understand, 

that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth 

goeth into the belly, 

and is cast out into the draught?

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth 

come forth from the heart; 

and they defile the man.

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, 

murders, adulteries, fornications, 

thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Romans 3:23

King James Version

23 For all have sinned, 

and come short of the glory of God;

Only GOD can be trusted.

1 Samuel 16:7

King James Version

7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, 

Look not on his countenance, 

or on the height of his stature; 

because I have refused him: 

for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; 

for man looketh on the outward appearance, 

but the Lord looketh on the heart.

Psalm 146:5-6

King James Version

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, 

whose hope is in the Lord his God:

6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, 

and all that therein is: 

which keepeth truth for ever:

Proverbs 21:1

King James Version

21 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, 

as the rivers of water: 

he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Isaiah 55:8-9

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8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 

neither are your ways my ways, 

saith the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 

so are my ways higher than your ways, 

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Jeremiah 17:10

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10 I the Lord search the heart, 

I try the reins, 

even to give every man according to his ways, 

and according to the fruit of his doings.

John 1:14

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14 And the Word was made flesh, 

and dwelt among us, 

(and we beheld his glory, 

the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) 

full of grace and truth.

John 1:17

King James Version

17 For the law was given by Moses, 

but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

John 14:6

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6 Jesus saith unto him, 

I am the way, the truth, and the life: 

no man cometh unto the Father, 

but by me.

Romans 8:26-27

King James Version

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: 

for we know not what we should pray for 

as we ought: 

but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us 

with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27 And he that searcheth the hearts 

knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, 

because he maketh intercession for the saints 

according to the will of God.

Hebrews 4:12-13

King James Version

12 For the word of God is quick, 

and powerful, 

and sharper than any twoedged sword, 

piercing even to the dividing asunder 

of soul and spirit, 

and of the joints and marrow, 

and is a discerner of the thoughts 

and intents of the heart.

13 Neither is there any creature 

that is not manifest in his sight: 

but all things are naked and opened 

unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

1 John 2:27

King James Version

27 But the anointing 

which ye have received of him abideth in you, 

and ye need not that any man teach you: 

but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, 

and is truth, and is no lie, 

and even as it hath taught you, 

ye shall abide in him.

How GOD wants to purify us.

Ezekiel 11:19-20

King James Version

19 And I will give them one heart, 

and I will put a new spirit within you; 

and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, 

and will give them an heart of flesh:

20 That they may walk in my statutes, 

and keep mine ordinances, and do them:

and they shall be my people, 

and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 36:23

King James Version

23 And I will sanctify my great name, 

which was profaned among the heathen, 

which ye have profaned in the midst of them; 

and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, 

saith the Lord God, 

when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

Ezekiel 36:24

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24 For I will take you from among the heathen, 

and gather you out of all countries, 

and will bring you into your own land.

Ezekiel 36:25

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25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, 

and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, 

and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

Ezekiel 36:26

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26 A new heart also will I give you, 

and a new spirit will I put within you: 

and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, 

and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:27-28

King James Version

27 And I will put my spirit within you, 

and cause you to walk in my statutes, 

and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

28 And ye shall dwell in the land 

that I gave to your fathers; 

and ye shall be my people, 

and I will be your God.

John 3:5-7

King James Version

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.

How we are to be.

Proverbs 3:5

King James Version

5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; 

and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3:6

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6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, 

and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:7

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7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: 

fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

Psalm 51:10

King James Version

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; 

and renew a right spirit within me.

Proverbs 4:23

King James Version

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; 

for out of it are the issues of life.

Jeremiah 17:7

King James Version

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, 

and whose hope the Lord is.

Matthew 5:8

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8 Blessed are the pure in heart: 

for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:48

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48 Be ye therefore perfect, 

even as your Father which is in heaven 

is perfect.

James 4:8

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8 Draw nigh to God, 

and he will draw nigh to you. 

Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; 

and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

1 Peter 1:15-16

King James Version

15 But as he which hath called you is holy, 

so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

16 Because it is written, 

Be ye holy; 

for I am holy.

And if people don't want to listen?

Ezekiel 11:21

King James Version

21 But as for them whose heart walketh 

after the heart of their detestable things 

and their abominations, 

I will recompense their way 

upon their own heads, 

saith the Lord God.

All power comes from JESUS alone.

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine, 

ye are the branches: 

He that abideth in me, and I in him, 

the same bringeth forth much fruit: 

for without me ye can do nothing.

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Man's TRUE nature

 

Mark 10:18

King James Version

18 And Jesus said unto him, 

Why callest thou me good? 

there is none good but one, that is, God.

To know man's nature, first, we must know GOD's nature.

JESUS says ONLY GOD is good.

If you can accept that, then you're on the right track.

The purpose being, not to cut down man, but to let SPIRIT and SCRIPTURE correct us:

John 16:8-14

King James Version

8 And when he is come, 

he will reprove the world of sin, 

and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, 

and ye see me no more;

11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world 

is judged.

12 I have yet many things to say unto you, 

but ye cannot bear them now.

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, 

he will guide you into all truth: 

for he shall not speak of himself; 

but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: 

and he will shew you things to come.

14 He shall glorify me: 

for he shall receive of mine, 

and shall shew it unto you.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

King James Version

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God,

 and is profitable for doctrine, 

for reproof, 

for correction, 

for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, 

thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Hebrews 4:12

King James Version

12 For the word of God is quick, 

and powerful, 

and sharper than any twoedged sword, 

piercing even to the dividing asunder 

of soul and spirit, 

and of the joints and marrow, 

and is a discerner of the thoughts 

and intents of the heart.

Surely, there's a part of you that wants to change.

If we want to be with JESUS, we must change.

We must become born again.

That we may know how we have wronged the LORD, others, and ourselves.

And be aware who causes us to sin.

Let us not be guilty of this:

John 8:44-45

King James Version

44 Ye are of your father the devil, 

and the lusts of your father ye will do. 

He was a murderer from the beginning, 

and abode not in the truth, 

because there is no truth in him. 

When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: 

for he is a liar, and the father of it.

45 And because I tell you the truth, 

ye believe me not.

Now, it's time to know the TRUE nature of man:

Genesis 6:5-7

King James Version

5 And God saw that the wickedness of man 

was great in the earth, 

and that every imagination 

of the thoughts of his heart 

was only evil continually.

6 And it repented the Lord 

that he had made man on the earth, 

and it grieved him at his heart.

7 And the Lord said, 

I will destroy man 

whom I have created from the face of the earth; 

both man, and beast, 

and the creeping thing, 

and the fowls of the air; 

for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Jeremiah 17:9-10

King James Version

9 The heart is deceitful above all things, 

and desperately wicked: 

who can know it?

10 I the Lord search the heart, 

I try the reins, 

even to give every man according to his ways, 

and according to the fruit of his doings.

Matthew 15:11

King James Version

11 Not that which goeth into the mouth 

defileth a man; 

but that which cometh out of the mouth, 

this defileth a man.

Matthew 15:18-20

King James Version

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth 

come forth from the heart; 

and they defile the man.

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, 

murders, adulteries, fornications, 

thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

20 These are the things which defile a man: 

but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

Romans 3:9-10

King James Version

9 What then? 

are we better than they? 

No, in no wise: 

for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, 

that they are all under sin;

10 As it is written, 

There is none righteous, no, not one:

Romans 3:11

King James Version

11 There is none that understandeth, 

there is none that seeketh after God.

Romans 3:12

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12 They are all gone out of the way, 

they are together become unprofitable; 

there is none that doeth good, 

no, not one.

Romans 3:23

King James Version

23 For all have sinned, 

and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 6:6

King James Version

6 Knowing this, 

that our old man is crucified with him, 

that the body of sin might be destroyed, 

that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Romans 7:18

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18 For I know that in me 

(that is, in my flesh,) 

dwelleth no good thing: 

for to will is present with me; 

but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Romans 7:23

King James Version

23 But I see another law in my members, 

warring against the law of my mind, 

and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin 

which is in my members.

Romans 7:24-25

King James Version

24 O wretched man that I am! 

who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; 

but with the flesh the law of sin.

Galatians 5:19-21

King James Version

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, 

which are these; 

Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 

emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, 

revellings, and such like: 

of the which I tell you before, 

as I have also told you in time past,

 that they which do such things 

shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Colossians 3:5-6

King James Version

5 Mortify therefore your members 

which are upon the earth; 

fornication, uncleanness, 

inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, 

and covetousness, which is idolatry:

6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh 

on the children of disobedience:

James 1:13-16

King James Version

13 Let no man say when he is tempted, 

I am tempted of God: 

for God cannot be tempted with evil, 

neither tempteth he any man:

14 But every man is tempted, 

when he is drawn away of his own lust, 

and enticed.

15 Then when lust hath conceived, 

it bringeth forth sin: 

and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.

James 4:1

King James Version

4 From whence come wars 

and fightings among you? 

come they not hence, 

even of your lusts 

that war in your members?

James 4:2-3

King James Version

2 Ye lust, and have not: 

ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: 

ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, 

that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

James 4:4

King James Version

4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, 

know ye not that the friendship of the world 

is enmity with God? 

whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world 

is the enemy of God.

James 4:16-17

King James Version

16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: 

all such rejoicing is evil.

17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, 

and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

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