Psalm 24 - Passage Lookup - King James Version - BibleGateway.com

Psalm 24 - Passage Lookup - King James Version - BibleGateway.com

Psalm 24

1The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

5He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

7Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

8Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

9Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

10Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.



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Southern California Community Choir/Give Me A Clean Heart

Hymn - Hold To God's Unchanging Hand lyrics

Hold To God's Unchanging Hand lyrics by Hymn
Hold To God's Unchanging Hand
(written by Jennie Wilson)

Verse 1:
Time is filled with swift transition,
naught of earth unmoved can stand,
build your hopes on things eternal,
hold to God's unchanging hand.
Chorus:
Hold to God's unchanging hand,
hold to God's unchanging hand;
build your hopes on things eternal,
hold to God's unchanging hand.
Verse 2:
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Trust in Him who will not leave you,
whatsoever years may bring,
if by earthly friends forsaken
still more closely to Him cling.
Chorus
Verse 3:
Covet not this world's vain riches,
that so rapidly decay,
seek to gain the heav'nly treasures,
they will never pass away.
Chorus
Verse 4:
When your journey is completed,
if to God you have been true,
fair and bright the home in glory
your enraptured soul will view.
Chorus

Hold To God's Unchanging Hand - Oak Ridge Boys

Return of Jesus - What the Bible Tells us

Return of Jesus - What the Bible Tells us
What The Bible Tells Us
About the Return of Jesus

The Bible tells us very clearly, in words spoken by Christ himself in Matthew 24, that He will come again. There will be nothing secret about it; it will be the greatest event the world has ever seen. Revelation 1:7 tells us "Behold, He cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see Him." There is no scriptural support for the current popular theory of the "secret rapture."

Jesus warns us that before His actual return, false Christs and false prophets will arise and, showing great wonders, deceive many. (Matthew 24 below). And he tells us that a false Christ will impersonate Him, pretending to be the returning Jesus. But we are told how we can know that it is a false Christ. The real return of our Lord will take place in the sky, not on the land, as you will see in the following Bible quotes. So if a prophet showing great supernatural wonders tells us that Christ is soon to appear on land, we will know that this is the false prophet that Jesus has warned us about in the Bible. And when this "Christ" appears on land, those who study the scriptures and receive the love of the truth will know this is the false Christ.

The following Bible passages describe the real and the false returns of Jesus Christ. You can read them in your own Bible. Mark 13:26 "Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory."

1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17: "For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air." Matthew 24:4,5 : "And Jesus answered and said to them, "Take heed that no one deceives you, for many will come in my name, saying, "I am the Christ", and will deceive many."

Matthew 24:23-27: (this is Jesus speaking): "then if anyone says to you, "Look, here is the Christ", or "There", do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See I have told you beforehand. Therefore, if they say to you, "Look, He is in the desert.", do not go out, or "Look, he is in the inner rooms.", do not believe it. For as the lightning flashes from the East, and flashes to the West, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be."

And who is the false Christ? Students of the Bible believe it will be the devil himself, who has always desired above all things to receive the worship that may be given only to God. For an example, see Matthew 4:8-10. 2 Corinthians 11: 13,14 "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the Apostles of Christ. And no marvel, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."

Only those who have studied these Bible passages and follow the teachings of the Bible will be able to resist the powerful deceptions and delusions of the last days, which are soon coming upon us. We have waited with great anticipation the Second Coming of our Lord, and many now believe it is very near. Do not stumble at the very end of the race, and be taken in by the final deception of Satan impersonating the Second Coming of Jesus. Look to the Bible. It will show you how to detect him in spite of the wonders and miracles he will perform. Hold tight to the truths you have read in your Bible and do not fail this final test. Take comfort in the knowledge that soon after the devil tries to deceive the world, we will have the real return of our blessed Saviour, Jesus. Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour, no one knows, no, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only."

Matthew 24: 30,31 "Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a great sound of trumpet, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."

Revelation tells us many things about the end-times, but one of the most frightening passages in the entire Bible has to be Revelation 14: 9-11 “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark, he himself shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God.” When God sends to us warnings so important that they are represented as proclaimed by holy angels flying from heaven, every person endowed with reason should search the Bible as if their lives depended on it. We must learn what this mark of the beast is, and how to avoid getting it.

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is death.” Proverbs 16:25. Ignorance will be no excuse when we have every opportunity to know God’s law, by simply reading it. Jesus says in Matthew 5:17-19, “Do not think I have come to abolish the law; I have come to fulfill them. I say to you, ‘till heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter will by any means disappear from the law.” It is not enough to have good intentions when our very salvation is at stake. However confident you are, or even your minister is, you must study the Bible for yourself.

What kind of worship does Jesus call it, which is not according to the Ten Commandments? Matthew 15:9 "They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.” Read Daniel 7, which talks about the beast power at the end of time, and especially Verse 8 about the little horn with the eyes of a man, and Verse 25, “He shall persecute the saints of the most high, and shall intend to change times and laws.” I came across a tremendous website on this, www.666mark-of-the-beast.org/. Click on this for some thought-provoking insights, and links to other good sites. For instance, many Bible scholars now believe that proper Sabbath observance, in accordance with the Fourth Commandment, will play a prominent part in the testing of our faith at the end of time. This website refers to www.sabbath-day.net/, which has some challenging observations.

For those who might be interested in a book on the subject of the battle between the devil and our Lord, which has been going on since before the earth was made by God, and is now rapidly drawing to a conclusion, look in your library or online for “The Great Controversy” by Ellen G. White. It tells about the part that our generation will play in the final scenes of this great battle, before the return of Jesus.

I truly believe that our work on earth, if we are among those who are alive just before Jesus comes, is to prepare to stand for God in “the great and terrible day of our Lord” — “to stand for the right though the heavens fall.” This will be the hardest thing we have ever done, but we can take courage in Matthew 24:13 “But he who endures to the end will be saved”, and Hebrews 13:5, “For He Himself has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” Also Matthew 28:20, “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

Matthew 7

Matthew 7 - Passage Lookup - King James Version - BibleGateway.com
Matthew 7

1Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

28And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:

29For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes

Bible Study: Revelation 1:5, 6, Part 1

13. Revelation 1:5, 6, Part 1How little do we consider the wisdom and power of God as manifested in the government of the world. Let us take, for example, the balance preserved between the sexes in the relative number of births and deaths, so that the population of the earth is maintained from generation to generation without any human contriving. Or let us take into account the various temperaments and talents given to men, so that some are wise for counsel, administration and management, some are better qualified for hard manual labor, and others to serve in clerical functions. Or consider how His government curbs the baser passions of men, so that such a measure of law and order obtains generally in society that the weak are not destroyed by the strong nor the good unable to live in a world that wholly "lieth in wickedness" (1 John 5:19). Or think how God sets bounds to the success of rapacious dictators, so that when it appears they are on the very point of carrying all before them, they are suddenly stopped by the One who has decreed that they shall go "no farther." Or ponder how, in His application of the law of retribution, individuals and nations are made to reap what they sow, whether it be good or evil. It is because we pay so little attention to these and a hundred other similar phenomena that we are so rarely moved to cry, "Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth" (Rev. 19:6).