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Saturday, August 17, 2024

Song: Hot or Cold

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A disciple is a dedicated follower of Jesus who believes in him as their Lord and Savior and strives to live more like him. Striving to live more like Jesus is the main point of Hot or Cold. The Gospel is not about gaining money and material possessions it is about the spirit of God.

American churches focus on the prosperity of wealth and money, meanwhile, the fatherless people who don’t have God suffer with their sins because they don’t know God.
James 1:27 states that the religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Let‘s go back up top. A disciple is what again? Are they the disciple of Jesus or Money, Who do they follow?
Matthew 6:24-26 states No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Hot or Cold are the Christian leaders of America concerned only about their pockets, other than living in the spirit and teaching things attaining to the spirit.
Jesus has said in Mark 4:18-19 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
How can people grow in America where light is not truly light and if they are only teaching to gain the world? Collecting money and running to third-world countries to be missionaries but don’t do mission work in American urban neighborhoods, they are no different than the conquest of the Vatican.
My people were slaves and didn’t know anything but what was put in front of them. The system makes millions in bail money off of people's sins. The cost mercy in America is wrong they have become a den of thieves.
They don’t teach my people the difference between right and wrong. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Hot or Cold is a song about what Will are you living for, The Will of the world or the Will of God. You can only choose one.
Matthew 28:19-20 says therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

Friday, August 16, 2024

I Rebuke You World | Truth & Knowledge

August 16, 2024 0



I am Christian and Trump is calling me out to vote for him. I rebuke you, Trump. Christians should not get involved with the world and its political system which is part of the world. Anyone who is not leading me into repentance unto Christ I must rebuke. Both political sides are demonic, Democrat and Republican. This country must come to God and rebuke the devil and his ways.

A false prophet nation preaches the constitution and the liberty of their rights to sin and claims God at the same time,  no one can serve two masters.

I am running a good race for the Lord. Who is trying to cut in on me to keep me from obeying the truth? “ trying to cause me to agree with sin”  the question is that the system of America? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls us.  “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”  I am confident in the Lord that I will take no other view. The one trying to throw us into confusion with its culture, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. 

Brothers and sisters, if I am preaching to you to do whatever you like under your authority, why am I being persecuted? Why is there a conflict between flesh and spirit from within?  In that case, the offense of the cross has been abolished.  Is what Christ did for us for nothing? That is a question.

We know this is certainly not true. The only thing that matters is loving Jesus Christ with all your heart. It is written if you love me keep my commandments in John 14:15.

There is a way in life that seems right, but if it is not the way of the Lord, it is not the right way. You can’t love the system of the country and their ways more than you love God.  How can the love of God be in you if you love your Founded Fathers of America system more?

We worship in truth and spirit in what we love. It is written in Matthew 10:36-39.
A man’s enemies will be the members of his household.’ “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.  Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.  Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.



The word of God is clear in 1 John 2:15-17. Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.  For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.  The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.


Has America been resurrected? Meaning is it a new life living Spirit? Basically, has America been reborn again? What type of spirit goes backwards? Let’s make America great again LOL, In whose image of greatness do they worship? Their founding fathers’ constitution, declares righteous in the sight of God and justifies them to do whatever they like.

Let’s make America great again. We Rebuke it. Why follow a beast that does evil in the sight of God? Aren’t you tired of her filthy ways? Christians in America have become stupor. Why commit adultery with American ways? Can you see she become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit? See with your eyes and compare it to the spirit of God.


In Genesis 19, Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt after disobeying a warning not to look back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. When you say Let’s America great again are you turning the chapter in the life of Christ or are you turning into pillar salt because your heart is into self-indulging, the act of allowing yourself to do or have whatever you want in an excessive or wasteful way?

In their hearts and minds, what are they voting for? Is it the mark of God or the mark of the beast? This is a question?

The Lord Jesus says Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. Matthew 10:39. Think on that, and don’t forget for our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Philippians 3:20.


I Rebuke You World
by Trey Knowles
Truth & Knowledge Episode 74



Saturday, August 10, 2024

It is Worth It

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Isaiah 40:30-31 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. 31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint

Note: Stop trying to do everything in our strength. Let the Lord's strength renew us. This takes faith.


2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.


2 Corinthians 4:8

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;


2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

Friday, August 9, 2024

The Vision of Jesus | Truth & Knowledge

August 09, 2024 0

Trey Knowles


To you, I am just a black man, but that is not my race. My race is not a color it is a seed. That seed is to do God's will. I am not speaking for the color of people but I am talking to the fatherless—those who do not know God and who are trapped in their sins.

Before I began let me make myself clear, If you say Colonial religion or European way. How can a house stand if it's divided against itself? Meaning. How do you claim Jesus if you are not walking in Jesus, you are not practicing or living the spirit of Jesus Christ.

Luke 11:28 Jesus replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Colonial religion or European way I think not. Who is my brother or sister? My brother and sister are those who do the will of our Father who in heaven. That is our chosen race.

Confuse, brainwash I think not.

1 Peter 2:9 states But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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Matthew 12:46-50

While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”

48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Vision of the Son of Man, Jesus is black but it does not matter.

Revelations 1:9

John’s Vision of Christ

9 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”

12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.


19 “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels[e] of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.


Colossians 3:11 says, "In the new life there is no difference between Greeks and Jews, those who are circumcised and those who are not circumcised, or people who are foreigners, or Scythians. There is no difference between slaves and free people. But Christ is in all believers, and Christ is all that is important"

Note: The Glory of God are 7 Angles which the 7 continents

Note: 7 Churches represent The 7 continents who is the body of Christ.

Note: God shine his love and love on all individual on planet earth.

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Unity and Diversity in the Body

Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.


Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.


The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.


Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.



Thursday, August 8, 2024

1 John 1:7 Walking the Light

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“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” -1 John 1:7

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Samson and Delilah The Bible Story

August 06, 2024 0

Trey Knowles




Samson lived in the land that God had given to the Israelites. But there were still other people who either inhabited the land or attacked the Israelites. God used men (and one woman) called Judges to lead and protect the people of Israel during this time before they had a king.


One of these judges was Samson. Though we probably think of Samson as being a wicked man, God still used Samson to accomplish His purposes.


This story is from Judges chapters 13 through 16.


Chosen From Birth



God had planned a special life for Samson. God visited Samson’s parents through an angel to tell them that Samson would be a Nazarite from birth. The vow of a Nazarite was typically for a set period of time and was voluntary. Yet, in Samson’s case, he was to be a Nazarite all his life and it was a calling by God, not a choice that Samson made personally.


This special vow put restrictions on his life. This included the food that Samson was to eat, that he was not to cut his hair with a razor, nor to be near a dead body. In exchange for these limitations, God endowed Samson with exceptional strength. Sadly, Samson violated all these restrictions during his life which brought him to a tragic end.



A Young Lion

Samson met a woman from the Philistines. These were the enemies of the people of God. Samson’s parents tried to convince him to choose an Israelite woman to be his wife, but he refused their guidance. Even though Samson’s desires were carnal, God used this choice to accomplish His plan.

On Samson’s way to visit the woman he had chosen to be his wife, he met a young lion along the way. He was able to kill the lion with his bare hands. Apparently this was the first time the great strength from God appeared in his life. The Bible says that he did not even tell his parents about this event.

When Samson returned home from visiting the woman who was to become his wife, a swarm of bees inhabited the dead body of the lion. Samson took honey from the lion’s carcase—in violation of the Nazarite vow to avoid dead bodies.

This event of the death of the lion and subsequent inhabitation by bees became the basis for a riddle he later told.

Samson’s Riddle

When preparing for the wedding feast a group of Philistine men, who apparently wanted to cause trouble, came to Samson. Samson proposed a challenge to them. He gave them a riddle that they had to answer within the week of the feast. If they answered correctly he would give sheets and clothing for each of the 30 men. Or, they would do the same for him if they could not figure out the riddle.

The riddle was, “Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.”

The Philistine men were not able to answer the riddle on their own. They threatened the lives of Samson’s wife and her family to get her to discover the riddle from Samson. She pleaded with Samson for the answer during the feast. Samson finally revealed the answer to her.

The Philistine men came to Samson with the answer, “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?”

To obtain the clothing he needed to pay off the debt of the riddle, Samson went and slew 30 men from Ashkelon.

Foxes in the Corn

Samson’s wife was taken from him and he was not allowed by his father-in-law to have her. The father offered Samson a younger sister instead. Samson was not pleased with the idea of a substitute. As a punishment for taking away his wife Samson tied 300 foxes together by their tails in pairs and lit a torch between them. The foxes ran through the corn fields of the Philistines destroying their crops.

The Philistines retaliated against Samson by burning Samson’s wife and her household. Samson singlehandedly went to war against the Philistines. We are not told how many people Samson slew at that first battle, but apparently an impressive number. He then retreated to a mountain.

The men of the Philistines came to take Samson by force. But the men of Israel did not want their country destroyed because of this war. They knew the Philistines were mightier than Israel. Therefore, 3,000 Israelites came to Samson to ask him to turn himself in. He allowed them to bind him with ropes and deliver him to the Philistines.

When he arrived in the camp of the Philistines, Samson broke the ropes and again fought the the men of the land. This time he battled with a donkey’s jawbone. He killed 1,000 Philistines before the fight was over. But, he was dying of thirst. God provided water for him from the jawbone.

Judge

This single-man war against the Philistines started a 20 year reign of Samson over the Philistines. Samson did not always obey God or His plan, yet God used Samson to lead and protect Israel. Therefore he is one of the many judges in the Bible that God used.

At one point Samson was surrounded by the Philistines in Gaza to capture him. He rose in the middle of the night and tore the gates of the city from their hinges. Then he carried them up to the top of a hill near Hebron. His great strength was demonstrated again and again.


Delilah

Samson had a woman problem. The reason he was in Gaza previously was to be with a prostitute. Later he was in the Valley of Sorek with Delilah, who was not his wife. Delilah was a Philistine. The leaders of the land each promised to pay her 1,100 pieces of silver for her help in discovering Samson’s strength and for bringing him into captivity.

Through various attempts and pleading, which you can read about in the story of Samson and Delilah, she was able to uncover his weakness. Samson was taken prisoner with the help of Delilah.

Capture and Death

Samson’s hair had been cut and his eyes gouged out. He was taken to the grinding wheel of the Philistines. Samson was publicly humiliated.

I don’t believe Samson’s strength was wrapped up in the length of his hair. His strength was something that was given to him by God for a purpose. We see that the Spirit of God moved upon Samson to give him his strength (Judges 14:6). When Samson continually disregarded the vow, or calling, that God bestowed upon him, that is when his strength was taken away from him.

Samson was placed in front of the prison house to be humiliated once again. He asked the young boy that led him out (presumably like a dog on a leash) to place his hands on the pillars of the building. Though blinded and humiliated—or maybe because he was finally humbled—Samson prayed that God would allow him to do a work on behalf of Israel once again. God granted him the strength to knock down the building. The Bible says that Samson slew more in his death under the rubble of the building than he did in his life.

Though Samson accomplished the purposes of God, I often wonder how much more powerful and effective he would have been had he also honored God with his life.

Lessons to Learn

God often works in spite of our rebellion.
God allows us to make wrong choices. He will not force us to follow and obey Him.
Though God does not force us to obey, He can withhold His blessings and empowerment when we don’t.

Though God did not visit your parents or my parents with a set of instructions for us before we were born, He has given us His Word that should guide us in our daily lives.
Will your obey His Word? Will you seek to do His will?


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Saturday, August 3, 2024

Jesus Is The Son of God | Truth & Knowledge

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Trey Knowles

Matthew 16:13-18

13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 

18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.


In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made” (John 1:1–3).

John 17:4 Jesus prayed. I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

Luke 20:41-44

Whose Son Is the Messiah?

41 Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David? 42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms:

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:

“Sit at my right hand

43 until I make your enemies

a footstool for your feet.”’

44 David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”



Psalm 110

Of David. A psalm.

1 The LORD says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

2 The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!” 3 Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.


Dew is a symbol of resurrection (Isaiah 26:19). Just as the earth brings forth it's dew, so also it shall bring forth the dead to new life. Dew is a symbol of the redeemed and resurrected people of God. Dew is associated with manna and thus food (Exodus 16:13-21).


Isaiah 26:19 But your dead will live, LORD; their bodies will rise—

let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy— your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.

John 17:4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.


He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” Matthew 17:5


Hebrews 1

God’s Final Word: His Son

1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.

The Son Superior to Angels

5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son;

today I have become your Father”? Or again, “I will be his Father,

and he will be my Son”? 6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”

7 In speaking of the angels he says, “He makes his angels spirits,

and his servants flames of fire.” 8 But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;

therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions

by anointing you with the oil of joy.” 10 He also says, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,

and the heavens are the work of your hands. 11 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. 12 You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.”

13 To which of the angels did God ever say, “Sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

John 14: 9-13

Jesus said. Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? Jesus says. The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.


John 10:30 I and the Father are one.


 ”For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16


Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6


Revelation 1:8 I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”


Jesus Is The Son of God

He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” Matthew 17:5

Friday, August 2, 2024

Colonial Missionaries of What They Did to People of Color

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Proverbs 12:9 states, "Better is he that is lightly esteemed and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread".

Leopold II implemented a forced labour system in the Congo that was quickly copied by other European colonial powers. This brutal practice was a catastrophe for the population of the Congo, and Leopold was eventually forced to give up his hold on the colony. Leopold 11 was part of the Catholic Church; below are his letters on how to enslave people of color using European misconceptions of the bible. Click blow this line to read Leopold 11 letters.

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labor. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. The thing about slavery it is the works of labor. Good deeds, and kindness, are not slavery but the works of the spirit.  A Slave Master act of labor that puts a person in bondage is the acts of the flesh.

Matthew 5:21-22: States "You have heard that it was said to our people long ago, 'You must not murder anyone. Anyone who murders another will be judged'" 

Galatians 5:19–21 states, “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 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”

If your slave master who put you in bondage possesses these traits, you are not the slave, The slave master is the slave internally. Don’t be fooled even if they claim God.

1 John 3:7-9 states little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. 

For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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.

Matthew 7:15-19 states beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

The word of God does not do evil it. Remember John 10:10 states.  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.



I want you to know that principalities in high places" is a phrase from Ephesians 6:12 in the Bible, which states, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places".


The reason for this post is for it to never happen again in the future. What they did in history affects people of color today. Note: This is not the way or character of God.

But again "If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you". Jesus said this to warn his disciples that they would face persecution, similar to how he had, because the world hated his message and his actions. Jesus was persecuted for speaking with authority, exposing the world, and judging hidden motives. The world also hated the message of the cross, which includes the idea that people are completely dependent on Christ John 15:20.

Without Christ, you are a slave to your sinful flesh.




Every Continent is Part of God

August 02, 2024 0

 

Trey Knowles


In Revelation 1:12–13, the apostle John experiences a vision of Jesus Christ standing amid seven candlesticks: “And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle” (KJV). Most modern translations refer to the “seven candlesticks” as “seven golden lampstands.”


Jesus spoke to John in the vision and explained what the seven candlesticks were: “The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches” (Revelation 1:20).


The seven churches, represented by the seven candlesticks, were actual churches that existed at the time John experienced the vision. The churches were located in seven cities of western Asia Minor: in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. In Revelation 2 — 3, Jesus Christ addresses a letter to each of these churches, a letter that included words of commendation, criticism, and consolation. This part of Revelation comprises the “what is now” section of Revelation (see Revelation 1:19).


Trey Knowles's interpretation. The Glory of God is the seven Angles of the seven continents God has created in his image in glory. Seven churches represent seven continents of the earth, which is in the body of Christ. Note: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, In Hebrew 1:7 it is written In speaking of the angels he says, “He makes his angels spirits, and his servant's flames of fire.


1 Corinthians 6:20 For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. God shows his love for us that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Christ died for every person on every continent. For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen Romans 11:36.  


Why do I say this? 

Note: Psalm 24:1-3 says The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?


Note: 2nd reason I say the seven continents are the seven churches, is 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 says Unity and Diversity in the Body. Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.  For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body--whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.  Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.


Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.  If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?  But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.  If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.


The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,  and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,  while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.


 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?  Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?  Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.


1 Peter 2:9 says but you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;


Colossians 3:11 says, "In the new life there is no difference between Greeks and Jews, those who are circumcised and those who are not circumcised, or people who are foreigners, or Scythians. There is no difference between slaves and free people. But Christ is in all believers, and Christ is all that is important"