WHO IS READY? WHO IS ASLEEP? WHO RELIES ON WILL POWER FOR GRACE?

WHO IS READY? WHO IS ASLEEP? WHO RELIES ON WILL POWER FOR GRACE?
Only by His grace, not our free will, are we kept. ‘For His seed remaineth in him. Every man who hath this hope purifies himself. It is not by our good behaviour, our worship, our prayers, or our works, but alone through His mercy when we are reliant upon it, not our efforts and devotion. Thisx is to understand both our unworthiness and His grace. For we are saved by grace not by our deeds, good behaviour, or our service for God.
John David
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1 John 3:3
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Romans 8:24
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope:
Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 [
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away…
Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Mark 13:33
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.;
Luke 12:40
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Mark 13:33
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.;
1 John 3:9
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Brother John

WHO IS READY? WHO IS ASLEEP? WHO RELIES ON WILL POWER FOR GRACE?

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PROFILE of BIBLE SIMPLY SIMPLE KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING YOUR BIBLE’S CONTENTS   HOW TO START READING YOUR BIBLE. As we are educated to be doubters and skeptics, one way or another, you need to employ the willing suspension of disbelief at the very start and if you have not believed the following tenets enumerated below you must pretend they are true while reading. 1. Read it as if it is the infallible Word of God. 2. Remember in the first chapter of the first of sixty-six books: Genesis, these words appear: a. “God said-God made-God called” i. God said what you’re reading ii. God made the patriarchs, prophets & apostles write them. iii. God called ordinary men to write His Words. Do not treat them as in any other book. 3. Do not analyze it by your own intellect for logic or truthfulness; 4. Do not judge it by your powers of mental reason or of popular philosophy; 5. Read it as God’s Word demonstrating the waywardness of rebellious human nature cursed by sin; 6. Read it noticing the rare men or women that wholeheartedly seek God sincerely without ulterior motive; 7. Read it noticing the futile attempts of men to keep the moral law, vainly worshipping with lip service; 8. Read it and continue the habit even when you do not understand it for God is secretly at work because the Bible says:-: a. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God: i. Romans 10: 17. b. The pre-eternal Christ’s name is the Word, in the triune godhead of the Father, the Word & Spirit: i. 1st John 5:7; 1st John 1:1; John’s Gospel 1:1. 9. Read it without the help of church or clergy until there arises within your heart a pang of hunger to wholeheartedly be a daily Bible reader. 10. Read it until God’s grace enlightens the eyes of your understanding to fathom Christ’s message to you in both the Old and New Testaments (excepting the uninspired Apocrypha in some Bibles) 11. Read it noticing the principles of the wise reader found in the following Bible references:- a. Proverbs 3:5-6; 1st Corinthians 2:14; 2nd Timothy 3:16; Romans 1:17; John’s Gospel 1:17. 12. Keep in mind that the minute your mind asserts superior wisdom over your Bible reading you are a fool. a. Romans 1:22. 13. The reason the mind blindly argues against the credibility of Scripture that the problem is from the heart: a. Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? PROFILE John David’s Bible Simply is a Know Your Bible program. Bible Simply has been formed to reach the ‘household of faith’ and the god-fearing pilgrims struggling to understand the Bible. Bible Simply would encourage spasmodic readers to become daily Bible readers and regular readers to become more acquainted with the Old and New Testaments. For a free Bible Study or New Testament sample: c/- biblesimply@gmail.com or Please write to- Bible Simply PO Box 366603, Bonita Springs FL 34136. Bible Simply is neither church-based nor sectarian in approach. It does not solicit church attendance or use follow-up methods unless requested. Bible Simply holds to the tenets of our Puritan forefathers and their early English Bible translations based on the Greek Text of Erasmus, not the unreliable 19th C Greek New Testament of Westcott & Hort upon which most modern translations of the Bible are based. MOTTO: “Faith alone- by grace alone- through Scripture alone.” ‘The just shall live by faith,’ not of themselves but of grace. http://bonitabiblemission.worthyofpraise.org/how-to-start-reading-your-bible/