Do not show yourselves being heated up to evildoers.Do not get envious to those doing unrighteousness.
The seeming success of evildoers may prompt feelings of envy.
But will our getting upset improve the situation?
Does envy of the apparent advantages that the wicked enjoys alter the outcome for them?
Most definitely not!
And there is REALLY no need for us to be "heated up".
Why not?
The psalmist says:
For like grass, they will speedily withers, and like green new grass,they will fade away.
Green new grass may look pretty but soom they will shrivel and die.
Likewise with evildoers.Their apparent prosperity is not permanent.
When they die, their ill gotten wealth cannot help them.
Justice will finally catches up with everyone.
The wages sins pays is death.
Evildoers and all who are unrighteous will finally receive their "wages" and no more.
references: (Psalms 37:2, 35,36,49:16,17 Romans 6;23)
What a profitless life.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Saturday, March 06, 2010
our old personality
Put away our old personality which conforms to your former form of conduct and... put on the new personality which was created according to God's will. Ephesians 4:22,23
Before making a dedication to serve God Jehovah through baptism,many of us had to make significant changes so that our dedication/vow would be meaningful and acceptable to Him.
In other words, before saying YES as respect to our dedication/vow/baptism,to God, we had to say NO to un acceptable former way of life.
Certain feaures of our old personality that prospective servants of God (to be His Witness) must put away are condemned by God's words (laws)in the Bible.
What are they?
Paul enumerated some in his letter to the Corinthians saying,
"Neither fornicators nor idolaters, nor adulterers,nor men who sleep with men,nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards,nor revilers,nor extortioners will inherit God's Kingdom."
He then added; Yet that is what some of you were.
Notice were not are.
1Cor 6;9-11
Bon weekend a tous!
Before making a dedication to serve God Jehovah through baptism,many of us had to make significant changes so that our dedication/vow would be meaningful and acceptable to Him.
In other words, before saying YES as respect to our dedication/vow/baptism,to God, we had to say NO to un acceptable former way of life.
Certain feaures of our old personality that prospective servants of God (to be His Witness) must put away are condemned by God's words (laws)in the Bible.
What are they?
Paul enumerated some in his letter to the Corinthians saying,
"Neither fornicators nor idolaters, nor adulterers,nor men who sleep with men,nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards,nor revilers,nor extortioners will inherit God's Kingdom."
He then added; Yet that is what some of you were.
Notice were not are.
1Cor 6;9-11
Bon weekend a tous!
Friday, February 26, 2010
our tongue
weekly bread.
The tongue , not one of mankind can get it tamed, James 3:8
In addition to the above,James reminds us,
"We all stumble many times.If anyone does not stumble in words,this one is a prefect man, able to bridle also his own body."
None of us are perfect, despite of our best intentions, therefore, our speech sometimes do not build each others up and does not praise our Creator.
So then we must pay attention on what we say.
Jesus mentioned in his teachings, that our words when we speak will declare us righteous, or we will be condemned.(Mat 12;36,37)
Yes, our True God holds us accountable for our words.
One way to avoid harmful speech is to develop in engaging spiritual conversations, encouraging and pleasant to the ears.
It must be different from "tickling" someone's ears to get an advantage.
It is an honest conversations that is keeping the soul alive and encouraging one another without looking for any hidden agenda.
Would you like to learn more?
The tongue , not one of mankind can get it tamed, James 3:8
In addition to the above,James reminds us,
"We all stumble many times.If anyone does not stumble in words,this one is a prefect man, able to bridle also his own body."
None of us are perfect, despite of our best intentions, therefore, our speech sometimes do not build each others up and does not praise our Creator.
So then we must pay attention on what we say.
Jesus mentioned in his teachings, that our words when we speak will declare us righteous, or we will be condemned.(Mat 12;36,37)
Yes, our True God holds us accountable for our words.
One way to avoid harmful speech is to develop in engaging spiritual conversations, encouraging and pleasant to the ears.
It must be different from "tickling" someone's ears to get an advantage.
It is an honest conversations that is keeping the soul alive and encouraging one another without looking for any hidden agenda.
Would you like to learn more?
Saturday, September 12, 2009
is birth contol pills bàd?
WHAT do you think?
Is it wrong for married people to use contraception?
Your answer may well depend on your religious convictions.
The Catholic Church teaches that every action designed to impede procreation “is intrinsically evil.”
Catholic dogma promotes the idea that each act of sexual intercourse between marriage mates must remain open to pregnancy. For the Catholic Church, then, contraception is “morally unacceptable.”
Hence, married couples may decide for themselves whether they will raise a family, how many children they will have, and when they will have them.
The Scriptures, likewise, do not condemn birth control. From a Biblical point of view, then, whether a husband and wife choose to use some nonabortive method of contraception is really a personal decision.
Why, though, does the Catholic Church condemn contraception?
So if a couple should decide to exclude the possibility of a pregnancy by using some form of contraception, that is their choice to make, and no one should judge them.—Romans 14:4, 10-13.
Is it wrong for married people to use contraception?
Your answer may well depend on your religious convictions.
The Catholic Church teaches that every action designed to impede procreation “is intrinsically evil.”
Catholic dogma promotes the idea that each act of sexual intercourse between marriage mates must remain open to pregnancy. For the Catholic Church, then, contraception is “morally unacceptable.”
Hence, married couples may decide for themselves whether they will raise a family, how many children they will have, and when they will have them.
The Scriptures, likewise, do not condemn birth control. From a Biblical point of view, then, whether a husband and wife choose to use some nonabortive method of contraception is really a personal decision.
Why, though, does the Catholic Church condemn contraception?
So if a couple should decide to exclude the possibility of a pregnancy by using some form of contraception, that is their choice to make, and no one should judge them.—Romans 14:4, 10-13.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Six Keys to Personal Success
The reasoning behind this position is not philosophical but Biblical. It was based, on divine wisdom, not on human wisdom.
Good day to all, again im updating this blog. In times of my spiritually weaknesses or stress, i visited Jehovah's Witnesses website. And here it helps me before I get silly, I find really refreshing:
It did to me, so im sure it will to you.
SIX KEYS TO PERSONAL SUCCEES
TRUE SUCCEES is the achievement of the very best way of life, one that results from the application of God’s standards and that harmonizes with his purpose for us.
A person who leads such a life, the Bible says, will “become like a tree planted by streams of water, that gives its own fruit in its season and the foliage of which does not wither, and everything he does will succeed.”—Psalm 1:3.
read the rest here:
Good day to all, again im updating this blog. In times of my spiritually weaknesses or stress, i visited Jehovah's Witnesses website. And here it helps me before I get silly, I find really refreshing:
It did to me, so im sure it will to you.
SIX KEYS TO PERSONAL SUCCEES
TRUE SUCCEES is the achievement of the very best way of life, one that results from the application of God’s standards and that harmonizes with his purpose for us.
A person who leads such a life, the Bible says, will “become like a tree planted by streams of water, that gives its own fruit in its season and the foliage of which does not wither, and everything he does will succeed.”—Psalm 1:3.
read the rest here:
Monday, July 27, 2009
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