CALL to HOLINESS

 2 Corinthians 6:18

King James Version

18 And will be a Father unto you, 

and ye shall be my sons and daughters, 

saith the Lord Almighty.

We are called to be holy.

We are called to be perfect.

We are called to be blameless.

We are called to be born again.

Why?

For what reason?

For what purpose?

Why the urgency?

We are in the end times.

The Rapture is imminent.

The day of the LORD is at hand.

Now is not the time to be lazy.

Skeptical.

Belligerent.

Indifferent.

Or wicked.

That will be at our own peril.

Everyday is pure grace from GOD.

We cannot thank GOD enough for His patience.

We cannot fathom His love for us.

He sent His Son to die in our place.

JESUS spoke of the urgency of the times.

That's why He said:

Mark 1:15

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15 And saying, 

The time is fulfilled, 

and the kingdom of God is at hand: 

repent ye, 

and believe the gospel.

We are called to repent of our sins.

To reconcile with GOD.

To be refreshed of our sins.

Through the precious blood of the LAMB.

Which happens to be JESUS, the sin offering.

If you are born again, you'd know the urgency of the times.

You'd see the signs all around you.

There's chaos, confusion, and cruelty.

As well as deception, deviation, and demolition.

When will you wake up?

When will you acknowledge the LORDSHIP of JESUS?

When will you acknowledge your sins?

When will you repent?

Will you keep going around in circles, as most people do?

Will you buy the lies Satan has imprinted upon man's hearts?

Will you rely on yourself, or others, to save you from destruction?

Will your money save you, when GOD decides "It's time!"

Do you think you, or anyone else, have any power at all?

SALVATION only comes through JESUS.

Acts 4:12

King James Version

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: 

for there is none other name under heaven 

given among men, whereby we must be saved.

All our blogs call you to "holiness".

To purity, praise, and perfection.

To healing, humility, and the HOLY SPIRIT.

To wholeness, worship, and the WORD.

To justice, joy, and JESUS.

To grace, good, and GOD.

To do RIGHT work.

All our blogs tell you where Satan attacks.

Who he likes to attack.

How he attacks.

How to avoid such attacks.

How to survive such attacks.

How DEEP his infiltration is.

How VAST his "network" is.

How ASLEEP most people are.

We can survive Satan's multi-pronged attacks.

But only THROUGH JESUS.

He gives us VICTORY over sin and death.

All these we comprehend only by being born again.

We need to be holy, for we are in the end times.

Apart from that, we need to know this:

Our bodies are the

temple of the HOLY SPIRIT.

A sacred place where He can govern.

A place where JESUS can live.

A place where GOD is loved.

This is the call for all of us:

2 Corinthians 7:1

King James Version

7 Having therefore these promises, 

dearly beloved, 

let us cleanse ourselves 

from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, 

perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

How to achieve "holiness"?

These articles tell you how:

The IMPORTANT articles

FEAR the LORD verses

LIVE by the BIBLE

SINS of the FLESH

Sin AWARENESS

REPENTANCE

HOLINESS

FULL ARMOR

WAKE UP series

GOD's GLORY blogs

BORN AGAIN classics

Born again SLOGAN

RIGHT work

On BEING PURE

 1 Thessalonians 4:1

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4 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, 

and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, 

that as ye have received of us 

how ye ought to walk and to please God, 

so ye would abound more and more.

What is purity?

Why must we be pure?

Why are we called to be pure?

What happens when we're not?

What happens when we don't care to be pure?

Remember what GOD said?

Leviticus 11:44-45

King James Version

44 For I am the Lord your God: 

ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, 

and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: 

neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner 

of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up 

out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: 

ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

How can we be "pure"?

Job 23:10-12

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10 But he knoweth the way that I take: 

when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

11 My foot hath held his steps, 

his way have I kept, and not declined.

12 Neither have I gone back 

from the commandment of his lips; 

I have esteemed the words of his mouth 

more than my necessary food.

Psalm 19:12-14

King James Version

12 Who can understand his errors? 

cleanse thou me from secret faults.

13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; 

let them not have dominion over me: 

then shall I be upright, 

and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

14 Let the words of my mouth, 

and the meditation of my heart, 

be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, 

my strength, and my redeemer.

Psalm 51:10

King James Version

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; 

and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:14

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14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, 

O God, 

thou God of my salvation: 

and my tongue shall sing aloud 

of thy righteousness.

Psalm 119:9

King James Version

9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? 

by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Proverbs 10:20-21

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20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: 

the heart of the wicked is little worth.

21 The lips of the righteous feed many: 

but fools die for want of wisdom.

Matthew 5:48

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48 Be ye therefore perfect, 

even as your Father which is in heaven 

is perfect.

Romans 13:13-14

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13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; 

not in rioting and drunkenness, 

not in chambering and wantonness, 

not in strife and envying.

14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, 

and make not provision for the flesh, 

to fulfil the lusts thereof.

1 Corinthians 6:13

King James Version

13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: 

but God shall destroy both it and them. 

Now the body is not for fornication, 

but for the Lord; 

and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 6:18

King James Version

18 Flee fornication. 

Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; 

but he that committeth fornication 

sinneth against his own body.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

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19 What? 

know ye not that your body 

is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, 

which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: 

therefore glorify God in your body, 

and in your spirit, which are God's.

Ephesians 5:1-5

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5 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, 

and hath given himself for us an offering 

and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

3 But fornication, 

and all uncleanness, or covetousness, 

let it not be once named among you, 

as becometh saints;

4 Neither filthiness, 

nor foolish talking, nor jesting, 

which are not convenient: 

but rather giving of thanks.

5 For this ye know, 

that no whoremonger, 

nor unclean person, 

nor covetous man, who is an idolater, 

hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ 

and of God.

Philippians 2:14

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14 Do all things 

without murmurings 

and disputings:

Philippians 4:8

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8 Finally, brethren, 

whatsoever things are true, 

whatsoever things are honest, 

whatsoever things are just, 

whatsoever things are pure, 

whatsoever things are lovely, 

whatsoever things are of good report; 

if there be any virtue, 

and if there be any praise, 

think on these things.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

King James Version

3 For this is the will of God, 

even your sanctification, 

that ye should abstain from fornication:

4 That every one of you should know 

how to possess his vessel 

in sanctification and honour;

5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, 

even as the Gentiles which know not God:

1 Timothy 1:4-5

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4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, 

which minister questions, 

rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

5 Now the end of the commandment is 

charity out of a pure heart, 

and of a good conscience, 

and of faith unfeigned:

2 Timothy 2:22

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22 Flee also youthful lusts: 

but follow righteousness, 

faith, charity, peace, 

with them that call on the Lord 

out of a pure heart.

Titus 2:1-12

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2 But speak thou the things 

which become sound doctrine:

2 That the aged men 

be sober, grave, temperate, 

sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

3 The aged women likewise, 

that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, 

not false accusers, 

not given to much wine, 

teachers of good things;

4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, 

to love their husbands, to love their children,

5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, 

good, obedient to their own husbands, 

that the word of God be not blasphemed.

6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: 

in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, 

gravity, sincerity,

8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; 

that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, 

having no evil thing to say of you.

9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, 

and to please them well in all things; 

not answering again;

10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; 

that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour 

in all things.

11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation 

hath appeared to all men,

12 Teaching us that, 

denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, 

we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, 

in this present world;

James 1:27

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27 Pure religion and undefiled before God 

and the Father is this, 

To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, 

and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

1 Peter 2:1-2

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2 Wherefore laying aside all malice, 

and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, 

and all evil speakings,

2 As newborn babes, 

desire the sincere milk of the word, 

that ye may grow thereby:

1 Peter 2:11

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11 Dearly beloved, 

I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, 

abstain from fleshly lusts, 

which war against the soul;

1 John 3:3

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3 And every man that hath this hope in him 

purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Purity is holiness.

It is perfection.

It is godliness.

It is a virtue.

It is a LOVE for GOD.

It is a respect for self, and others.

Which every believer needs to cultivate.

Through JESUS.

John 15:5

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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.

Through the HOLY SPIRIT.

John 16:7-11 

King James Version

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; 

It is expedient for you that I go away: 

for if I go not away, 

the Comforter will not come unto you; 

but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

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.

What comes from being "pure"?

What does the WORD of GOD promise us?

Psalm 19:7-11

King James Version

7 The law of the Lord is perfect, 

converting the soul: 

the testimony of the Lord is sure, 

making wise the simple.

8 The statutes of the Lord are right, 

rejoicing the heart: 

the commandment of the Lord is pure, 

enlightening the eyes.

9 The fear of the Lord is clean, 

enduring for ever: 

the judgments of the Lord 

are true and righteous altogether.

10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, 

than much fine gold: 

sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: 

and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Matthew 5:8

King James Version

8 Blessed are the pure in heart: 

for they shall see God.

Acts 3:19

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19 Repent ye therefore, 

and be converted, 

that your sins may be blotted out, 

when the times of refreshing shall come 

from the presence of the Lord.

Philippians 2:15-16

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15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, 

the sons of God, 

without rebuke, 

in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, 

among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

16 Holding forth the word of life; 

that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, 

that I have not run in vain, 

neither laboured in vain.

Titus 1:15

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15 Unto the pure all things are pure: 

but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving 

is nothing pure; 

but even their mind and conscience 

is defiled.

Titus 2:13-14

King James Version

13 Looking for that blessed hope, 

and the glorious appearing of the great God 

and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

14 Who gave himself for us, 

that he might redeem us from all iniquity, 

and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 

zealous of good works.

1 Peter 2:12

King James Version

12 Having your conversation honest 

among the Gentiles: 

that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, 

they may by your good works, 

which they shall behold, 

glorify God in the day of visitation.

1 John 3:2

King James Version

2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, 

and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: 

but we know that, when he shall appear, 

we shall be like him; 

for we shall see him as he is.

It is vital we be born again.

That we may WALK with the SPIRIT.

And LIVE by the Bible.

Being guided every moment.

Into obeying GOD's commandments.

With love.

With delight.

With assurance.

With faith.

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AVOID pagan games

 1 John 2:16

King James Version

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.

I'm no lover of sports.

I'm no lover of competition.

That automatically disqualifies me from watching the Olympic games.

When I came across the blasphemous opening of this year's Paris Olympics, all the more I was turned off.

And when I reviewed the history of the Olympics, I knew I must write this article today.

For many are in danger of eternal fire.

The reasons?

It is idolatrous.

"The Ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta Olympia[6]) were religious and athletic festivals held every four years at the sanctuary of Zeus in Olympia, Greece."

-- Wikipedia

It is pagan.

"The date of the festival was determined according to a complicated formula whereby the midpoint of the festival would occur during the second full moon after the summer solstice—usually late August or early September."

-- Wikipedia

It is pure commerce.

The Olympic Games have been commercialised to various degrees since the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, when a number of companies paid for advertising

-- Wikipedia

It is political.

"In the following decades, the Olympics became one of the ideological fronts of the Cold War, and the International Olympic Committee wanted to take advantage of this heightened interest via the broadcast medium."

-- Wikipedia

It becomes an avenue for harm.

"The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September. The militants infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine others hostage, who were later killed after a failed rescue attempt."

-- Wikipedia

It is pure vanity.

Galatians 5:26

King James Version

26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, 

provoking one another, 

envying one another.

It promotes personal ego.

Philippians 2:3

King James Version

3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; 

but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other 

better than themselves.

The objective of this exercise?

KNOW what you are watching.

KNOW what you are promoting.

KNOW what you are supporting.

KNOW what you are participating in.

In most cases, you may just find it idolatrous.

All because we honor self, and not GOD.

We honor others, and not GOD.

Only GOD deserves praise.

You'd probably say, "What do I care?"

And throw back at me, "You're born again; I'm not."

Well, all I can say is what SPIRIT and I wrote in the past.

As we delved deep into Scripture.

With SPIRIT making me aware of GOD's LAWS.

As workman and watchman, it is my duty to warn you:

The WICKED shall PERISH

KNOW the world

Sin AWARENESS

HOLINESS

As born again, it is my duty to EXPOSE evil.

There is something interesting, though.

As in the case of Los Angeles.

It will have had THREE participations:

1932

1984

2028

According to this informative video, former mayor Tom Bradley held the 1984 games using existing infrastructure in L.A.

That kept the city's cost to $1 billion.

But they earned over $200 million.

That's a rare cost-effective mayor, and politician.

Not so for past, and present hosts.

They spend too many billions.

And when organizations and sponsors do that, I can only look to people in the world who could have better use of that "vanity" money.

One interesting video shows abandoned venues.

Useful comments from that video (posted 10 February 2022):

@brodypearlman6034

2 years ago

Really sucks that so much money is spent on these Olympics just for the venues afterward to be wasted. Places should really submit a post-Olympic plan when submitting bids to confirm the viability of a location for continuing summer and winter sports after its usage. Rio is certainly an example of this, just put the country of Brazil into a further economic disaster leading up to the games

@TheTommyboy63

7 days ago

That is a wonderful idea.

@naoseinomequalquer

5 days ago

Best ideia ever

@MrGregorSF

3 days ago

 @Sargebri LA 84 built only 2 new venues., pool at USC that is still in use, and velodrome in Carson which will be used again in 28. Athlete housing became student dorms at UCLA. UCLA dorms will be used for LA28. Everything else was existing or temporary. LA28 is not building any new permanent venues.

Latter comment confirms Mayor Bradley's brilliance, and foresight.

What about you, in your part of the country?

After having hosted the games, are your facilities still in use?

Did your country "over-spent", or "showed off"?

Please wake up, world!

You have no idea your sins.

SPIRIT and I need to tell you about the LORD JESUS:

Colossians 3:1-2

King James Version

3 If ye then be risen with Christ, 

seek those things which are above, 

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, 

not on things on the earth.

What the world offers is idolatry, greed, and vanity.

And I'll have no part in it.

Ecclesiastes 1:2-4

King James Version

2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, 

vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

3 What profit hath a man of all his labour 

which he taketh under the sun?

4 One generation passeth away, 

and another generation cometh: 

but the earth abideth for ever.

I cannot honor flesh.

I only honor GOD.

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EYES of the LORD

 Job 31:4

King James Version

4 Doth not he see my ways, 

and count all my steps?

Does GOD really see EVERYTHING?

What does He look for?

What does He check out?

What does Scripture say?

Genesis 6:8-9

King James Version

8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

9 These are the generations of Noah: 

Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, 

and Noah walked with God.

Deuteronomy 11:11-12

King James Version

11 But the land, 

whither ye go to possess it, 

is a land of hills and valleys, 

and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:

12 A land which the Lord thy God careth for: 

the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, 

from the beginning of the year 

even unto the end of the year.

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.

2 Chronicles 16:9

King James Version

9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro 

throughout the whole earth, 

to shew himself strong in the behalf of them 

whose heart is perfect toward him. 

Herein thou hast done foolishly: 

therefore from henceforth 

thou shalt have wars.

Job 33:27-28

King James Version

27 He looketh upon men, 

and if any say, I have sinned, 

and perverted that which was right, 

and it profited me not;

28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, 

and his life shall see the light.

Job 34:21-22

King James Version

21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, 

and he seeth all his goings.

22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, 

where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Psalm 14:2

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.

Psalm 32:8

King James Version

8 I will instruct thee 

and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: 

I will guide thee with mine eye.

Psalm 33:18-19

King James Version

18 Behold, the eye of the Lord 

is upon them that fear him, 

upon them that hope in his mercy;

19 To deliver their soul from death, 

and to keep them alive in famine.

Psalm 34:15

King James Version

15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, 

and his ears are open unto their cry.

Psalm 139:1-3

King James Version

139 O lord, 

thou hast searched me, 

and known me.

2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, 

thou understandest my thought afar off.

3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, 

and art acquainted with all my ways.

Proverbs 5:21

King James Version

21 For the ways of man 

are before the eyes of the Lord, 

and he pondereth all his goings.

Proverbs 15:3

King James Version

3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, 

beholding the evil and the good.

Proverbs 22:12

King James Version

12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, 

and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

Jeremiah 17:10

King James Version

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.

Zechariah 4:10

King James Version

10 For who hath despised the day of small things? 

for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet 

in the hand of Zerubbabel 

with those seven; 

they are the eyes of the Lord, 

which run to and fro 

through the whole earth.

Hebrews 4:13

King James Version

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 Peter 3:12

King James Version

12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, 

and his ears are open unto their prayers: 

but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

Revelation 5:6

King James Version

6 And I beheld, and, lo, 

in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, 

and in the midst of the elders, 

stood a Lamb as it had been slain, 

having seven horns and seven eyes, 

which are the seven Spirits of God 

sent forth into all the earth.

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