Exhortations For The Church: Volume 6



Preface


As the sin in the churches and in the world increases around us, we draw nearer to the day of the Lord, the return of Jesus for the church. 

Twice in the New Testament we read these times would be very difficult for the godly person.  It will be so difficult to endure in the midst of the increasing approval of sin.

Jesus even said:   And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.  Mt. 24:12 

(The love of many for the word of God will grow cold because there is so much iniquity around them.) 

The apostle Peter said it would get so bad that the "righteous" would scarcely be saved.  I Peter 4:18 

And Jesus said:  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.  Mt. 24:22 

What must we do to endure? 

Hebrews 10 gives us a clue ... "exhorting one another and even more as we see the day approaching." verse 25 

This is what we are doing with these volumes of "Exhortations for the Church."

Joan Boney



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The apostasy must happen in the churches before the return of Jesus, says Paul
II Thess. 2



The sin in the churches today is rampant as scripture is removed and discarded and other doctrine is set up to allow sinners to be approved inside the church itself.
This would be very depressing except for one thing.
The apostle Paul said this had to happen in the churches before Jesus could return.
II Thess. 2 ... 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
We, who are of God, cannot sit in apostate churches.
These apostate churches deny the power of the scripture to rule over them.
Paul says:   Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.  II Tim. 3:5
They will not take correction.  They may try to lead us on and try to make us think they can be corrected in order to hold onto our flesh.  We simply have to walk away, from churches and from individuals when we see this.
I once told my mother, "You can go down but I won't go down with you."  She straightened up.


Years ago, God gave me the following dream.  I checked into a hotel and was taken to my room.  The room was a mess, not cleaned up from previous guests.  I went to desk and told him the problem.  I thought they would clean up the room immediately.  But they did nothing.

For many years, in trying to find a church to attend, I saw scripture eliminated and misused.  Over and over I went to pastor and others who misused scripture.  Never did anyone repent nor show any sorrow at all for the misuse of scripture.  This is the antichrist in the churches.

There is nothing to do but walk away and leave them alone.

Your flesh may tell you that you can remain in such a group and work within the group to change the group, but if you do this you will not succeed and you will go dead with them and will perish with them.

II Thess. 2 ... 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

There is such a pleasure in going to church that many try to ignore the wrong doing inside the church.  Being with others who call Jesus "Lord" is such a delight to us.  But Jesus is not their Lord unless they allow the scripture to rule over them.  They will be a constant thorn in our flesh as long as we continue with them.

There was a woman who was like a daughter to me.  She was a devout Catholic.  She was also very scornful of others, considering them to be foolish in the decisions they were making.

God said to me this woman is "self-righteous" ... her righteousness was of herself, of her own works which she thought were godly works.

At one point, I delivered to her the following scripture:

Jesus said ...  And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.  Mt. 23:9
The woman thanked me for the message ... but she continued in the Catholic church, calling these men "Father".
I finally removed myself from her.
In 1979, God gave me the following very shocking dream.
In this dream, a meeting was going on.  I went into the room and began listening to a man who was speaking to the group of people in the room.  Another man rushed in and said, "Stop ... wait ... can't you see?  It's too late ... It's already begun".
The first man in the dream resumed speaking.
I looked out the windows to see what was happening.
I was shocked, horrified in what I saw.
There was a tall pole with a yellow civil defense warning speaker on top of the pole.  A gas was coming out of the speaker.  It was coming toward us and I knew it was poison gas and it would kill us.
It was so horrible to see.  The speaker which was set there to warn us was being used to distribute to us the gas that would kill us.
I looked at the man sitting next to me.  He had a big smile on his face and he was looking, in a very attentive way, directly at the man who was speaking.  But this man was dead ... He was already a corpse.
I looked around the room and the rest of the people were dead also, though they all had big smiles on their faces and seemed to be attentive to the speaker.
And as I sat back in my chair, I felt myself beginning to fall asleep.  The gas coming from the speaker was killing me also.
II Tim. 3:5 ... Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
I Cor. 5 ... 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
We must follow God with them who call on God out of a pure heart. 



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