JOHN THE BAPTIST PREPARES THE WAY

JOHN THE BAPTIST PREPARES THE WAY

John the Baptist preached in the Desert,

"Repent, for heaven is near."

He baptized when people repented;

They came from all over to hear.

The prophet Isaiah spoke of Him as:

"The voice of one calling in the desert,

Prepare the way for the Lord,

With straight paths" was Isaiah's alert.

John's clothes were made of camel's hair;

By our standards he would have looked funny.

A leather belt was around his waist.

And his food was locusts and honey.

People came to him from Judea,

The Jordan area and Jerusalem.

There at the Jordan River they came,

To repent and be baptized by him.

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John saw Pharisees and Sadducees coming,

Where people got their spiritual bath,

He yelled, "You brood of vipers!

Who warned you of the coming wrath?”

“Do not think you can say to yourselves,

'We have Abraham as our father.'

I tell you that out of stones,

God can raise children, so don't bother.”

“Bear fruit in keeping with repentance,

For if a tree doesn’t bear good fruit,

It will be cut down and thrown in the fire;

The axe is already at the root.”

"I baptize with water for repentance,” said John,

“But one more powerful than I,

Whose sandals I am not fit to carry,

Will baptize with the Spirit and fire.”

“His winnowing fork is in his hand,

And He will clear His threshing floor.

He will gather His wheat into the barn,

And burn the chaff evermore."

Becky Wall

A NEW ATTITUDE

A NEW ATTITUDE

Attitude ... will make or break a company. . .a church. . .a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. . . we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one thing we have, and that is our attitude. . . I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.” -- Charles Swindoll

There's a song that was popular some years ago called "A New Attitude." It's a secular song but the song's writer knows what it takes to have a better outlook on life. One line of it says:

… I'm feelin' good from my head to my shoes

Know where I'm goin' and I know what to do

I tidied up my point of view

I got a new attitude

The Bible contains some of the best mental and emotional therapy that will help you change your attitude and, in the process, transform your character. You'll feel better from your head to your shoes. No charge.

Prov. 17:22 - A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Prov. 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

I Cor. 4:21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a whip, or in love and with a gentle spirit?

Eph. 4:2-3 - Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

I Thess. 2:6-7 - We were not looking for praise from men, not from you or anyone else. As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children.

I Pet. 3:3-4 - Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

Galations 5:22 - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Let your speech be with grace, seasoned with salt.

Jesus's Sermon on the Mount found in the 5th chapter of Matthew, includes the Beatitudes. Beatitudes is a fitting name for that section of scripture because it identifies the attitudes we're to have and the blessings we will receive for displaying those attitudes -- for real and not fake. A few of the Beatitudes speak of the suffering some Christians endure for Christ's sake and the reward they will receive if they do.

THE BEATITUDES OR THE "BE ATTITUDES."

3“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 

12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Keeping a journal will help you stay on track of your journey to create a better attitude. You could title it "The Better Attitudes." Note your ups and downs. Identify your moods and why you feel the ways you named. Take into consideration that you're always more negative when you're overtired, not feeling well, or are stressed. It passes. Like the old saying goes "This too will pass," or "This day too will pass." I used to tell my daughter when she was upset at the end of the day, "Tomorrow will be a better day." The problems won't go away overnight but they're easier to deal with when you are rested and refueled. 

Everyone faces trials. They are part of life. We don't get to pick and choose which ones we want and don't want to experience. We have to take life as it comes, accepting what we cannot change and giving our burdens to the Lord to bear. Putting life in the proper perspective gives us a much better outlook for the day and for the future. 

People will want to hang around with you because your new attitude will make them feel better too. Smile often, even if you just have every other tooth. Smiling takes years off your age and takes precedence over your attire when meeting someone. You will deliver a positive impression and you might make them feel good from their head to their shoes.

Give it a try. It can't hurt, guaranteed. 

LUSTFUL AND PERVERSE THOUGHTS

LUSTFUL AND PERVERSE THOUGHTS

Job 31:

“I made a covenant with my eyes

not to look lustfully at a young woman.

2 For what is our lot from God above,

our heritage from the Almighty on high?

3 Is it not ruin for the wicked,

disaster for those who do wrong?

4 Does he not see my ways

and count my every step?

5 “If I have walked with falsehood

or my foot has hurried after deceit—

6 let God weigh me in honest scales

and he will know that I am blameless—

7 if my steps have turned from the path,

if my heart has been led by my eyes,

or if my hands have been defiled,

8 then may others eat what I have sown,

and may my crops be uprooted.

9 “If my heart has been enticed by a woman,

or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

10 then may my wife grind another man’s grain,

and may other men sleep with her.

11 For that would have been wicked,

a sin to be judged.

12 It is a fire that burns to Destruction[a];

it would have uprooted my harvest.

Psalm 101:3-4

I will not look with approval

on anything that is vile.

I hate what faithless people do;

I will have no part in it.

The perverse of heart shall be far from me;

I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

II Cor. 10:1-5

By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away! 2 I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world. 3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

I Thess. 4:3-5

It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God…

I Thess. 4:7-8

For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Prov. 2:12-15

12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,

13 who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,

14 who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,

15 whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.

Proverbs 4:24

24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;

keep corrupt talk far from your lips. 

Ps. 101:4
The perverse of heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

Prov. 3:32
For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.

Prov. 28:18
The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.

I Timothy 1:9-10

9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine... 

SEX EDUCATION FROM THE BIBLE

SEX EDUCATION FROM THE BIBLE

    Some of the following verses are from the Old Testament. Many people say the Old Testament no longer applies to today. Wrong. Matthew 5:17-19, NIV says, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven." 

    Yes, some of these laws are no longer practiced, especially the ceremonial laws like sacrificing on an altar. Jesus also changed laws about priests and baptism. He became the high priest when he was crucified. No other priest is necessary. John the Baptist baptized for the remission of sins but Jesus instituted a baptism that gives us the gift of the Holy Spirit and  forgiveness preceded by true repentance is permanent. Since John was baptizing before Jesus arrived, we can only assume that his baptism was a Jewish practice. Therefore it wouldn't have been associated with Jesus--just temporary forgiveness accompanied by repentance, no mention of Jesus in the ceremony, and no gift of the Holy Spirit.

    The Old Testament is our teacher. It reveals to us what defines sin. When Jesus came, He taught that mature, willing obedience should be from the heart out of love and not as a "have to" requirement such as your parent or school required when you were young. So don't overlook the Old Testament non-ceremonial laws that still hold true.

    I have listed all the verses I could find about sexual relations and how God views it. 

Exodus 22:19 - “Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal is to be put to death.

Leviticus 18:6 - “No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 18:7 - “Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

Leviticus 18:8 - “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would dishonor your father.

Leviticus 18:9 - “Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.

Leviticus 18:10 - “‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.

Leviticus 18:11 - “‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

Leviticus 18:12 - “Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative."

Leviticus 18:13 - “Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative."

Leviticus 18:14 - “Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt."

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her."

Leviticus 18:16 - “Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother."

Leviticus 18:17 - “Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness."

Leviticus 18:18 - “Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living."

Leviticus 18:19 - “Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period."

Leviticus 18:20 - “Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her."

Leviticus 18:22 - “Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable."

Leviticus 18:23 - “Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion."

Leviticus 20:11 - “If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father."

Leviticus 20:13 - “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable."

Leviticus 20:17 - “If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace."

Leviticus 20:19 - “Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible."

Deuteronomy 27:21 - “Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal.”

Job 31:1 - “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman."

Proverbs 6:25 - "Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes."

Matthew 15:19 - "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:"

Matthew 5:27-28 - “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

Matthew 5:32 - "But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

Mark 7:21 - "For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,"

Romans 1:24 - Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another."

Romans 1:26 - "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error."

Romans 7:3 - "So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man."

Romans 12:2 - "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."

Romans 13:13 - Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy."

1 Corinthians 5:9 - "I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—"

1 Corinthians 5:11 - "But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people." Paul is saying this in a letter to the church in Corinth. "Bad company corrupts good character." I Corinthians 15:33

1 Corinthians 6:9 - "Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." Sincere repentance and turning your life around can change that judgment."

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 - “ 'I have the right to do anything,' you say—but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.' You say, 'Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.' 'The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, 'The two will become one flesh.' But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."

1 Corinthians 7:1-11 - "Now for the matters you wrote about: 'It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.' But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. I say this as a concession, not as a command. I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. 
Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife."

1 Corinthians 10:8 - "We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died."

2 Corinthians 12:21 - "I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged."

Galations 5:13-25 - "You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit."

Ephesians 4:17-19, NIV - "So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed."

Ephesians 5:3 - "But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people."

Colossians 3:5 - "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry."

I Thessalonians 4:3-5, 7-8 - "It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God…For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit."

I Timothy 1:9-10 - "9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine

Hebrews 12:16 - "See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son."

Hebrews 13:4 - "Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral."

I Peter 4:3 - "For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry."

II Peter 2:17b-22 - "Blackest darkness is reserved for them. For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for 'people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.' If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: 'A dog returns to its vomit,' and, 'A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.' "

I John 1:8-9 - "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."

I John 2:16 - "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."

Jude 1:7 - "In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire."

Revelation 2:14 - "Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality."

Revelation 2:20 - "Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols."

Revelation 9:21 - "Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts."

Revelation 21:8 - "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15 - "Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood."

See also "Lustful and Perverse Thoughts" https://beckyowall.blogspot.com/2022/10/lustful-and-perverse-thoughts.html

--Compiled by Becky Wall

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MY LIFE EXPERIENCES AS A CHRISTIAN WRITER

MY LIFE EXPERIENCES AS A CHRISTIAN WRITER

When I was young, I studied the Bible no more than I had to in Sunday School, church camp and youth group. But when I got older and was on my knees in prayer asking for God to fix my marriage, the answer that came to my mind was "Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." I knew that answer didn't come from me. I didn't remember ever memorizing that verse. It is from II Timothy 2:15 (KJV). God truly does speak to us through His word. But I wasn't happy with that answer at all. I did what Moses did when God wanted him to ask Pharoah to let His people go. I argued with Him. My first thought was "What kind of answer is that and what does it have to do with my marriage?" Silence. I was so disappointed. I wanted an answer to my problem that made sense and I wanted it now.

But I started reading the Bible faithfully. I even read a set of children's Bible encyclopedias so I could learn the succession of people and events told in a simpler way than the King James Bible. I became familiar with the begats and was glued to the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Samson, Elijah, Jezebel and so on. Noah and Jonah and a few others were already familiar to me but I still looked for details I missed.

My circumstances were unchanged. Nevertheless, I kept reading the Bible. I even created a timeline game from Adam and Eve to heaven. I put each story on a piece of colored paper about 3"x5". I spread it serpentine on the wall of my Sunday School classroom. I found some spaceship toys that fit right on the 3x5, pink-colored sheets on which I typed every major story of the Old Testament and part of the New Testament. I attached the game to the wood-paneled walls of my classroom at church in a zig-zag pattern. It went completely around the room. The kids got points for coming to church, reading their Bibles, learning a verse, attending class, bringing a friend, etc. If they had a certain amount of points, they got a prize. They moved their spaceship from its present story ahead according to the number of points they got. It was a giant project but I loved it. I named each spaceship. I remember one was "Rocket of Ages." Even after all the study it took to create that project, I still got only silence from God regarding my marriage.

While I was still married, I had a part-time job at a newspaper office. The owners were Catholic, so they were pro-life and allowed me to write a weekly article educating people about abortion. I wrote an article for many weeks or until I got a full-time job. A new library was being built around the time that I left. I was told that several of my articles were put in the cornerstone of the new building. I can't confirm it since I moved away, but I know I got people thinking. One of my articles about abortion generated a lot of discussion in several churches. I was surprised and pleased by that.

Eventually my marriage didn't make it. I didn't have a college education so I talked to the admission counselor at the local junior college. Her response was that I already knew whatever they could teach me at their college and that what I needed to do was go to the city. I thought to myself, I am not a city girl. But then the idea came to me that I could go to St. Louis Christian College. I could live and heal there, get a general studies education, and study more about the Bible. While there I had six articles published in a national Christian magazine. I became the girls' Dorm Mom after I had been there six months. I printed up a newsletter for the girls each month and called it "The Wall Paper," Wall being my last name. I included an article I wrote in each newsletter.

And, wow, did I ever have to study the Bible. I have to admit I enjoyed it more when it was voluntary and not assigned. I graduated 4 2/3 years later with an A.A. Degree. I had a 3.85 grade point average. I had to drop to part-time partway through my studies because I needed to help take care of my mother who had Alzheimer's.

Looking back, while I was separated from my husband, I knew I had to find an outlet for my emotions and a way to keep from being lonely, so I began writing poetry. I took each of the Old Testament Bible Stories I had written and put them to rhyme, keeping them as close to actual scripture as I could. I have them compiled in a spiral notebook, professionally assembled, and hope to get it published someday. I also wrote Christian life poetry and compiled them in a little booklet I called "The Color of Love." Since then I discovered blogs on the computer. I created one for myself called "Contemplations" and have over 250 writings and have just short of 50,000 views from all over the world.

During my separation years my emotions ran very high. I discovered that that is the best time to devote myself to what I consider a gift. What I hadn't planned on, though, was being awakened in the middle of the night quite often with a title for a writing or a subject for the theme. I knew that if I didn't get up and write it down, I would never get any sleep because it would just go around and around in my head. But once I wrote the one line down, another would come, then another, and before I knew it, I had a whole poem. I wrote mostly poems during those two years. A few years later I wrote six articles that got published by Standard Publishing Company in their weekly magazine called "The Christian Standard."

Did my prayer save my marriage? No, but God brought good out of it. I might otherwise not have accomplished all of the writing I have done that has been spread not only across the nation but across the world. Following is a sample of readers within 24 hours:

My writing gives me a sense of purpose and accomplishment. Since I live alone and am aging, I don't know how I would mentally and emotionally survive without the gift God gave me and without that answer to my prayer so many years ago now. God truly works in mysterious ways. We may not always like His answers to our prayers, but we'd best listen to His still, quiet voice and obey.

--Becky Wall

COUNTING THE COST

COUNTING THE COST

When someone asks for your time,

Do you stop to count the cost?

For time is money, and money is time,

And you fear some of each will be lost.

Or if you are moved to give a tithe,

As an offering to the Lord,

Do you ponder and fidget and calculate,

How much to let go from your hoard?

If you are asked to give of yourself,

Do you serve with humility?

Or do you with pride and arrogance,

Say, “What do you now want from me?”

Jesus gave up His kingdom on high,

To be crucified here on earth.

He gave His life in place of yours;

What do you think that is worth?

When time, money, or yourself you give,

If you feel you must count the cost,

Consider Christ’s great sacrifice;

It is you who may be lost.

Becky Wall

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

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PROPHECIES IN THE O.T. COME TRUE

(the above is copied)

 PROPHECIES IN THE O.T. COME TRUE

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Isaiah 7:14-15 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,

Micah 5:2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”

Isaiah 53 (the whole chapter)

2 Chronicles 5:13 - The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang: “He is good; his love endures forever.”

Psalm 22:1-2 "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? 2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest."

Psalm 22:6-8 "But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
“let the Lord rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him.”

Psalm 22:14 - "I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. "18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture."

Psalm 22:31 "They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn:  'He has done it!'"

Proverbs 30:4 - "Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!"

Daniel 9:24 - “ 'Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place."

Daniel 9:26 - " 'After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.' "

Daniel 9:27 - " 'He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.' ”
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WHEN YOUR WILL WON'T

--Becky Wall

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LUCIFER a/k/a SATAN, THE DEVIL, BEELZEBUB

 LUCIFER a/k/a SATAN, THE DEVIL, BEELZEBUB

(Fallen Angel names plus Abaddon)

Ephesians 6:12 - 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.

2 Corinthians 11:14 - "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."

Lucifer:
Genesis 3:3-19 - "Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” 4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” 12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?'” The woman said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.' 4 So the Lord God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this,

Cursed are you above all livestock

and all wild animals!

You will crawl on your belly

and you will eat dust

all the days of your life.

15 And I will put enmity

between you and the woman,

and between your offspring and hers;

he will crush your head,

and you will strike his heel.'”

Satan isn't named in these verses so you have to read between the lines to figure out it is him taking the form of a serpent. All serpents or snakes are not Satan or even demon-possessed. It's possible that the serpent fell in the category with dinosaurs. But that's just my own thought. His presence in the Garden of Eden made him the first angel, albeit a fallen one, mentioned in the Bible. 

16 To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;

with painful labor you will give birth to children.

Your desire will be for your husband,

and he will rule over you.”

17 To Adam he said, 

“Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’

“Cursed is the ground because of you;

through painful toil you will eat food from it

all the days of your life.

18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,

and you will eat the plants of the field.

19 By the sweat of your brow

you will eat your food

until you return to the ground,

since from it you were taken;

for dust you are

and to dust you will return.”

Isaiah 14:12-17 - " 'How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.' " 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?' "

Satan:
1 Chronicles 21:1 - "And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel."

Job 1:6 - "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them."

Job 1:7 - "And the Lord said unto Satan, 'Whence comest thou?' Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, 'From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.' " KJV

Job 1:8 - "And the Lord said unto Satan, 'Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?' " KJV

Job 1:9 - "Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, 'Doth Job fear God for nought?' " KJV

Job 1:12 - "And the Lord said unto Satan, 'Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand.' So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord." KJV

Job 2:1 - "Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord."

Job 2:2 - "And the Lord said unto Satan, 'From whence comest thou?' And Satan answered the Lord, and said, 'From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.' "

Job 2:3 - "And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause." KJV

Job 2:4 - "And Satan answered the Lord, and said, 'Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.' " In this verse the Lord is initiating His test of Job's faith. Satan showed no mercy. When we find ourselves in hard times, keep in mind it is not the Lord causing it. Satan may be the culprit and God may allow the hardship in order to test our faith.

Job 2:6 - "And the Lord said unto Satan, 'Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.' "

Job 2:7 - "So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown."

Psalm 109:6 - "Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand."

Zechariah 3:1 - "And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him."

Zechariah 3:2 - "And the Lord said unto Satan, 'The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?' "

Matthew 4:10 - "Then saith Jesus unto him, 'Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.' " KJV

Matthew 12:26 - " 'And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?' "

Matthew 16:23 - " 'But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.' "

Mark 1:13 - "And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him."

Mark 3:23 - "And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, 'How can Satan cast out Satan?' "

Mark 3:26 - " 'And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.' "

Mark 4:15 - " 'And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.' "

Mark 8:33 - "But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, 'Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.' "

Luke 4:8 - " 'And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.' "

Luke 10:18 - " 'And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.' "

Luke 11:18 - " 'If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.' "

Luke 13:16 - " 'And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?' "

John 13:27 - "And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, 'That thou doest, do quickly.' "

Luke 22:3 - "Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve."

Luke 22:31 - "And the Lord said, 'Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:' "

Acts 5:3 - "But Peter said, 'Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?' "

Acts 26:18 - " 'To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.' "

Romans 16:20 - " 'And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.' "

1 Corinthians 5:5 - " 'To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.' "

1 Corinthians 7:5 - " 'Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.' "

2 Corinthians 2:11 - " 'Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.' "

2 Corinthians 11:14 - "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."

2 Corinthians 12:7 - " 'And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.' "

Ephesians 6:12 - "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."

1 Thessalonians 2:18 - " 'Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.' "

2 Thessalonians 2:9 - " 'Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,' "

1 Timothy 1:20 - " 'Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.' "

1 Timothy 5:15 - " 'For some are already turned aside after Satan.' "

Revelation 2:9 - " 'I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.' "

Revelation 2:13 - " 'I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.' "

Revelation 2:24 - "But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, 'as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.' "

Revelation 3:9 - " 'Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.' "

Revelation 12:9 - "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

Revelation 20:2 - "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,"

Revelation 20:7 - "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,"

Devil:

Leviticas 17:7 - "And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations."

Deuteronomy 32:17 - " 'They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.' "

2 Chronicles 11:15 - "And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made."

Psalm 106:37 - "Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,"

Matthew 4:1 - "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil."

Matthew 4:5 - "Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,"

Matthew 4:8 - "Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;"

Matthew 4:11 - "Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him."

Matthew 4:24 - "And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them."

Matthew 7:22 - "Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?"

Matthew 8:16 - "When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:"

Matthew 8:28 - "And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way."

Matthew 8:31 - "So the devils besought him, saying, 'If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.' "

Matthew 8:33 - "And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils."

Matthew 9:32 - "As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil."

Matthew 9:33 - "And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, 'It was never so seen in Israel.' "

Matthew 9:34 - "But the Pharisees said, 'He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.' "

Matthew 10:8 - " 'Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.' "

Matthew 11:18 - "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil."

Matthew 12:22 - "Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw."

Matthew 12:24 - "But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, 'This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.' "

Matthew 12:27 - " 'And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.' "

Matthew 12:28 - " 'But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.' "

Matthew 13:39 - "The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels."

Matthew 15:22 - "And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil."

Matthew 17:18 - "And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour."

Matthew 25:41 - "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, 'Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:' "

Mark 1:32 - "And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils."

Mark 1:34 - "And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him."

Mark 1:39 - "And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils."

Mark 3:15 - "And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:"

Mark 3:22 - "And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils."

Mark 5:12 - "And all the devils besought him, saying, 'Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.' "

Mark 5:15 - "And they came to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid."

Mark 5:16 - "And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine."

Mark 5:18 - "And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him."

Mark 6:13 - "And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them."

Mark 7:26 - "The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter."

Mark 7:29 - "And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.' "

Mark 7:30 - "And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed."

Mark 9:38 - "And John answered him, saying, 'Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.' "

Mark 16:9 - "Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils."

Mark 16:17 - "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;"

Luke 4:2 - "Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered."

Luke 4:3 - "And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread."

Luke 4:5 - "And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time."

Luke 4:6 - "And the devil said unto him, 'All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.' "

Luke 4:13 - "And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season."

Luke 4:33 - "And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,"

Luke 4:35 - "And Jesus rebuked him, saying, 'Hold thy peace, and come out of him.' And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not."

Luke 4:41 - "And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ."

Luke 7:33 - "For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil."

Luke 8:2 - "And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,"

Luke 8:12 - "Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved."

Luke 8:27 - "And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils a long time, and wore no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs."

Luke 8:29 - "(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)"

Luke 8:30 - "And Jesus asked him, saying, 'What is thy name?' And he said, 'Legion: because many devils were entered into him.' "

Luke 8:33 - "Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked."

Luke 8:35 - "Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid."

Luke 8:36 - "They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed."

Luke 8:38 - "Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,"

Luke 9:1 - "Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases."

Luke 9:42 - "And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father."

Luke 9:49 - "And John answered and said, 'Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.' "

Luke 10:17 - "And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, 'Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.' "

Luke 11:14 - "And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered."

Luke 11:15 - "But some of them said, 'He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.' "

Luke 11:18 - " 'If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.' '

Luke 11:19 - " 'And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.' "

Luke 11:20 - " 'But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.' "

Luke 13:32 - "And he said unto them, 'Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.' "

John 6:70 - " 'Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?' "

John 7:20 - "The people answered and said, 'Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?' 

John 8:44 - " 'Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.' "

John 8:48 - "Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, 'Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?' "

John 8:49 - "Jesus answered, 'I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.' "

John 8:52 - "Then said the Jews unto him, 'Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.' "

John 10:20 - "And many of them said, 'He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?' "

John 10:21 - Others said, 'These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?' "

John 13:2 - "And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;"

Acts 10:38 - "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."

Acts 13:10 - "And said, 'O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?' "

1 Corinthians 10:20 - "But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils."

1 Corinthians 10:21 - " 'Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.' "

2 Corinthians 11:14 - "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."

Ephesians 4:27 - "Neither give place to the devil."

Ephesians 6:11 - "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."

1 Timothy 3:6 - "Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil."

1 Timothy 3:7 - "Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil."

1 Timothy 4:1 - "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;"

2 Timothy 2:26 - "And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will."

Hebrews 2:14 - "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;"

James 2:19 - "Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble."

James 3:15 - "This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish."

James 4:7 - "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

1 Peter 5:8 - "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"

1 John 3:8 - 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.

1 John 3:10 - "In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."

Jude 1:9 - "Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Revelation 2:10 - "Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."

Revelation 9:20 - "And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:"

Rev. 12:7  - "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,"

Revelation 12:9 - "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

Revelation 12:12 - "Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."

Revelation 16:14 - "For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty."

Revelation 18:2 - "And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, 'Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.' "

Revelation 20:2 - "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,"

Revelation 20:10 - "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."

Beelzebub:

Matthew 12:24 - "But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, 'This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.' "

Matthew 12:27 - " 'And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.' "

Mark 3:22 - "And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, 'He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.' "

Luke 11:18 - " 'If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.' "

Luke 11:19 - " 'And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.' "

Abaddon:
Fallen angel considered to be the destroyer. Rev. 9:11 (KJV) - "And they had a king over them, which is the 5th angel known as the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

 
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. (Isaiah 9:9 - KJV)

Compiled by Becky Wall
 

1 Thessalonians 5:5 - "Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness."

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