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I'm from Atlanta TX .. I go to the Life Tabernacle Apostolic Church .. I have a Man of God watching out for me . He's the watchman on the wall looking out for my soul .. And that is *Pastor Tony Lee .. I give honor to whom honor is due ... Whoever lives daily after following Acts 2:38 and moves into following after Acts 2:42 I pray the Lord gives you boldness for it .. we had a message on boldness tonight and it's something we need in our everyday walk .. consider me a babe in the Lord still .. I prayed back through on February 5th ... I fell out .. I can tell you why .. I didn't stay filled .. I didn't stay close to the spring .. But my walk has changed for I have changed .. I've had a transformation of the mind .. and one this happens .. once you've made this commitment .. As it says in Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be FILLED. I believe in the long shirts and right hair length .. I believe the women need to wear the skirts and the men the pants. I'm a 1 God tongue talkin apostolic !! AND I LOVE IT!!!!

This Sermon at the Mount not only refer to those people during the ministry of Christ our Lord and Savior, but also to our time today. It tell us how to live a Chritian life and how to love and understand each other. We are all sons of God. To obtain Peace, unity, and understanding, we need to always remember our Lord's sermon at the mount, and do this in our real life. Revenge has no space in heaven and on earth. since the Glory of God must always remain in our hearth everyday of our life. The Good leader must lead his people to peace, unity and sobreity inoder to remain in God's guidance, and not killing his people that leads to war and separation from the guidance of the Lord our God. Peace! Peace! this is the sacred tenor of Christ when He appeared after His resurrection from His grave and once again meet His disciples. He said Peace be with you. What a wonderful greetings. Paul. remember, in all his letters. he always greet the people "Peace be with you all in the name of Jesus our Lord and Savor. I wish that all men shall be united in PEACE AND TOGETHER WE SHALL MEET OUR LORD AT HIS JUDGEMENT WITH OPEN ARMS. MAY THE PEACE OF OUR LORD REMAIN IN OUR LIFE EVERY MINUTE, EVERYDAY, A M E N .

Wally's,

Many Believers find themselves in this very perdicamit...Some times we can get cought up on serface problems in other peoples lives, and how peoples lifestiles dont line up with our "Religion" I might sugjest we trace serface broblems to root causes and focus on the "Relationship" with God, rather than the "Religion". God can, and will use anyone He wants to, to do his work in peoples lives. I myself would love to play a significant role in those lives around me to save all from hell, but if i havent developed that relationship enough with God so that i may be blameless in the eyes of God, we might want to put our focus on our own relationship with Him, before we try to win the others. If we do nothing but build our personal relationship with God, and pray in secret for others...God will guid you and GOD will work in you and in the others lives. Its hard to not want to just go and proclame God to all...but sometimes the Power of prayer is more effective. The one most important thing that needs to be on the top of our priority list, is our PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with Him...God and his Love Changes people...not us. "Christ IN you, the hope of Glory" as we know this is our purpose on this earth, to bring glory to GOD. I myself fall short every single day. Our goal before anything else needs to be, learning how to walk in his holey spirit as adam and eve did before the fall. (the kingdome of heaven)translated means: the rularship of God. In us there is no good thing..but the fruit of the Spirit:love, joy, PEACE,patience...If we can learn to walk in his Spirit, you may find that you wont need a pastors degree for your own walk with God to change the lives of those around you. For your personal studying, i would recamend reading and memorizing Romans 5,6 and 7...it will change your life. Do not get discoraged! David was a man after God's own heart and remember the sins he commited...the answers are in HIS word...blessed are YOU when you hunger and thurst after rightiousness...and you will be filled. Create in me a clean heart, oh God, and renew a Right spirit with in me. God weighs and tests our hearts...cry out to him and as for his wisdome and he promises that you will recieve it. Hope that helpped a little bit...i'll keep you in my prayers, God Bless!

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (KJV) It is possible even in a fleshly body to be perfect, anyone who tells you sin is apart of our fleshly form is wrong.

Did any of God's people hear the words of Jesus, our Lord and Savior concerning God's ten commandments? From the words of Jesus the ten commandments are not done away with. Since this is true, I would like to know why the fourth commandment is violated every first day of the week by everyone who goes to church on Sunday? We know that the Bible is all truth. If it is not in the Bible then it has to be a lie. Satan is the father of lies and he is the master counterfeiter, therefore all of God's people should prayerfully seek God for the truth. We must remember that not one sinner will be allowed entrance into the city and they will not have a right to the tree of life. Who do Jesus say will be allowed to into the city and who will be able to eat from the tree of life? "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." ( Revelation 22:14) Let God be true and every man a liar.

To Robert the first commenter... The word PERFECT means Mature.

I think Matthew 5 leaves everyone born on the planet without exception outside of what it takes to qualify to enter the kingdom of God. "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." Well folks, that leaves me out. It leaves out everyone that was getting ready to stone that lady, when Jesus was like, yeah the law says to stone her, so he that is without sin, well, you can throw the first rock, then he bent down and started writing stuff on the ground. Everyone slowly left, from the least to the greatest. The only one that was left standing with the lady was the only one who would have been justified to pick up a rock and throw it at her, and that was Jesus. He looks up and sees everyone left, and asks where her accusers were. After she points out that they all left, he told her that he wasn't accusing her either and for her to go and sin no more. Should we always strive to do good in God's eyes? Most certainly. But when it comes down to it, of all the good things I may have done, I still fall short. I got nothing. All my good works cannot offset one sin. The only thing that can do that is the Blood of Jesus Christ. Whithout the shedding of blood, there is no remission. That's all I got; the blood of Christ. If that's not good enough, and Judgement day is a real event, then we all know the outcome. I'm believing for good, great, wonderful things. I have to; I have two young daughters. I'm believing for the same leniency Jesus gave the lady being accused of adultry, not because I did anything worthy to deserve it, but because of his sacrifice of love for my sake, and that of the people of the world.

Well Wally, your comments are well taken, and it is good that you want to be a role model in the community. Jesus said "let your light shine, so that men will see your good works, and glorify God."
By allowing the Holy Spirit to live the christian life in you, will cause many in your town to turn to the Lord Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of the sins. Jesus is the completion of the Law, and that is why when we accept Jesus as our personal
Savior, we are born again into the family of God. The righteousness of Christ is imputed to our account by faith, and God looks at us as his son Jesus. When Jesus said to be perfect, as our father in heaven is perfect, this is how we do it. If we confess our sin, God is faithful and just to forgive our sin and cleanses us from all unrighteousness. Jesus is our advocate, and he is at the right hand of the father making intercession for us. So don't be ashamed to witness to your neighbors about the hope that is with in you. May God give you the strength from this day forward to let your light shine for Jesus.

I am going through some difficult times right now. I come from a small northern town in Canada, but modern technology has reached us here too. Almost everybody I know has an Xbox or a PS3, and a computer, and satellite T.V. and they pretty much allow their kids free reign over these things as well, in some cases to great detriment to their kids. It almost seems like we here in my hometown are all doomed because hardly anybody here lives according to Matthew 5, including myself. We here have seemed to lose our connection to religion, as the residential school system, with it's hellfire and brimstone teachings, sexual, physical, and mental abuse, seperation from parents and family which broke the family structure and caused most of my people to lose, or at least damage, their parental instincts, and these things trickled down the generations and are still affecting many of us today. It has really turned a lot of people off. Most of us here love God, but are afraid of religion. The preists and nuns that taught our parents and grandparents really used fear as a way of keeping the kids in line. Isn't God supposed to be about love and kindness. In my community, the organized religion really damaged it's reputation and standing amongst many in the community and instead of creating good christians, they created many drunks and fornicators and abusers. I personally want to be closer to God and Jesus, but I need to find a way that won't alienate me from my community. I know that blessed are the persecuted, but I love everyone here in my community and I would love it if every one of us made it into the kingdom (there are only 300 people here and I know and love everyone), and I don't want to be ostracized from my own community. I am only a man and I am not as strong as Jesus who was an outcast in his own community. It wouldn't do anything but make me into an outcast anyways, as people here don't want anybody preaching religion to them for the reasons I already outlined earlier. My predicament is that I do want to get everyone closer to God, in a way that will work. People around here put a lot of value on credibility. My going around town here yelling like John the Baptist for them to repent because the kingdom is near is only going to make them think of me as a weirdo and destroy all my credibility. The real reason I don't want to lose credibility with anyone here in my home is that I would like to see everybody from here make it to the next life, I would love it if we could all spend eternity in God's kingdom. It would be like my greatest wish. It's actually what I wish for when I see a shooting star, no fooling. Truth be told, I am lost right now. I long to be closer to God, but everytime I sin, I feel dirty and ashamed to pray. I have several addictions and I know God sees all. It's like I feel like I am undeserving at times. I know everybody here in my hometown and most of us here are kind, and generous and help each other out, in spite of our many faults. All good christian qualities. I just wish I knew of a good way to lead my people back to God. I know for a fact that preaching to them will only make them disrespect me. I am at a loss. I pray that God shows me the way and that I am strong enough to follow through.

Peace-makers are the children of God in this sense too. For even as Jesus said nothing do i of myself, but that which i've seen the Father do, so is it with those that allow God to work his peace through them.

Has anyone ever heard of the word fideism? according to Merriam-Webster FIDEISM. : reliance on faith rather than reason in pursuit of religious truth. — fi·de·ist -ˌdā-ist noun. — fi·de·is·tic ˌfē-(ˌ)dā-ˈis-tik ... To hate my mother or my father or anyone else is in my opinion a Jim Jones hypocrisy - where people are lead like blind sheep to mass slaughters and suicides - to contort or interpret this to mean anything other than the acceptance of unsound reasoning. To "know thy self" the great Imhotep proclaimed is where one learns all things as self being the building of that temple towards The Creator. If you "hate" yourself, your mother etc..you tear away the foundation of understanding and forgiveness which is even contrary to Christian theology. No matter how you slice it, if according to your own Bible Matthew 5:37 says," But let your Yes be Yes and your No, ' No. For whatever is more than these is from the evil one".
Hotep

Mt 5:36
"...,because you can not make one hair white or black"

This is my testimony.
Without reason God put me on terrible suffer for about seven days. I was completely devastate. Even I spent all my money on some stupid medications that did no help. Then without a visible reason the pain disappeared and some money I even forgot came. All this is happening in seven or eight days.
For all that time the only thing I could do is to pray from the deepest point of my heart and soul and mind.
The point of all this is that when I see a comment that GOD is good I feel a little resistance.
The GOD OUR LORD is almighty, that is my attitude. GOD can be good, GOD is certainly righteous, but from an angle of a single person GOD can be terrible.
Concerning GOD all we can do is to pray and Jesus Christ our savior and leader told us how.
I SEEK FOR YOUR KINGDOM AND YOUR JUSTICE, AND ELSE SHALL BE ADDED

This chapter is moving on all parts of it and I especially like the part loving loving your enemy.
We live in a cynical world that lives contrary to this teachin(even our so called Christians.
We should really pay attention to this.....because it's really fundumental to what living like a Christian means. I mean ask yourself.
Do I really try to lvoe those who hate me? What kind of impact would this have on the world if collectively we did this? I think even is we did this for one day alone....it would have a marked impact on society.......Any ideas?

TO WHOM THAT THINK THE LAW OF FOOD WAS DONE AWAY WITH, PLEASE READ, MATTHEW 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or to destroy the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. KJV
If you will follow up on this go to Acts 10:9 start reading there and thru Acts10:28
If you will notice Peter never eat of the food,
and it was not talking of food we eat, but to call no man common or unclean.
I once thought the same as you, but I will not eat anything that Leviticus chapter 11 says not to eat.
God bless.

Paul was telling Timothy that women should present themselves modestly. By that I mean, they shouldn't wear clothing that reveals everything that God gave them. They should dress in a fashion that God would appreciate not in a way that will create a distraction from God. Paul was trying to say that a modesty issue can become a morality issue. And Jesus said... 'But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart( Matthew 5:28)"
When women dress un-modestly, they tend to create an opportunity for a man to lust.

this chapter of Matthew is very powerful because it does not only gives us the character of a true christian but gives us the rules in the kingdom of God. I call this chapter as guidline to success life not only on this earth but also in heaven. The bible tells us that in heaven there is no sickness, no crying, no sorrow and so if we from the heart apply what Matthew 5 says then we will have righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost and nothing should or will bother us. Matthew 5 is the track for all believers to walk on if they want to experience lif in God that is eternal forever.

What is Matthew 5:5 saying about the meek do they stay here on earth after the father rids the earth of all the evil. Are there 2 classes of people 144,000 that go to heaven the others stay here on earth.

It really Blessed me.

Come on, really? The truth is exactly the opposite. Head of people approaching the Holiness OUGHT to be covered continually: Leviticus 10:6, 21:10 and Ezekiel 24:17. People are seriously warned to pay their best possible attention and to take the best possible care with interpreting the Law and God's will. According to that warning, this so-called apostle Paul is a creature from the deepest Hell: he turned upside down everything he ever could. Matthew 5:19.

What about saying an oath with your hand upon this book?

it is a awesome scripture. its showing me tht I shudnt be hiding tht light. n now my Generation needs to hear it.

Katia's post from 12/24/2010 makes the mark. Blessed are those who know they are as God tells us, poor in our spiritual foundation, yet contrite of heart in understanding our need in the Creator God for all our needs.

mercy should be shown to every human kind and my heart arches whenever i see what war does to humankind its just not in our authority to stop it but only ask the Lord to intervene and show mercy

The GOD of ISRAEL commanded HIS PEOPLE to keep the dietary laws that are written in the bible. These commandments werent given for nothing. so with that said its true you have to keep God's laws, commandments and statutes especially if you want to make it to the kingdom of GOD. Every law of God is still in effect and Matthew 5:17-19 makes that clear. dont be decieved nor decieve yourself, if you DON'T have understanding on the word of God DON'T speak on it. NOW, in 1Tim 4:4 it reads ''For every creature of God is good'' now thats true right? every creature of God is good, for whatever purpose God created it for. God did NOT create every single animal to be eaten and if you feel thats not true then dont bother spending money on meats just go outside and find a random dog, cat, rat or pigeon and take it home and cook it up! see the problem is people are wicked and want to cut corners when it comes to God and thats just going to get you a 1st class ticket to hell. God set a diffence between CLEAN and UNCLEAN beasts, and the DIFFERENCE IS clean is meant to be recived and unclean is NOT meant to be eaten( Leviticus 11:46&47) but is good for another purpose EXAMPLE PIG/SWINE that animal is a farm tool, pigs eat anything so its job is to eat all the trash off the farm including POOP now thats a good purpose imagine having a farm without a pig... now, is the feasting of this animal really tempting to you?? NASTY! and for Those that think its still ok to eat the PIG or any ABOMINATION... judgement is written just for you. Take a look at Isaiah 66:16-17. dont be decieved u WILL go to hell for this. simple as that.

I Love Love Matthew 5:48. WHY? Because the world says no one can be perfect. but what does the WORD of GOD say? Matthew 5:48 is a COMMANDMENT. I WILL REACH PERFECTION!

I just twitted Matthew 5:48

People have come to the conclusion that God will accept anything. But this chapter, along with so many others remindes us that there are conditions to the blessings. Most of todays religeous society embraces grace with recklessness. Christ tells us that grace requires more than the original law. The law is fulfilled in the life of Christ, and if we are decieved into thinking that we are responsible for nothing, we will be held accountable for our slothfulness!

I love it when the Lord reminds us that we need to be about our father's business. That if we are not then what good are we. We need to be able to season someone with the words of the Lord. We need to mind the way we live, let it be HOLY before the Lord and Man.

This bible portion is wake up call to all who profess to be followers of CHRIST. That we may conduct ourselves properly in every area of our lives. In dressing, modest; in speech, edifying; etc. It is by so doing that men would desire to be part of this only way to the Living GOD. FAITH WITHOUT WORK, IT IS WRITTEN, IS DEAD. We must defend our faith by our daily conduct and thus bring glory to God. It is written,He that winneth a soul is wise. soul winning is only possible via our wise disposition.

blessed are the peacemakers were called to protect the loved children of god to be the leaders of todays world and to love all even there enimies. But to believe in them selfs and to respect all life !