The Commands of Christ Jesus, the power of an endless Life
Rohnel, and my beloved husband, Peter, servants of God and Christ, unto the twelve tribes scattered in the world beloved of God, called to be saints, to the little children and to the faithful: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Luk 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Luk 1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
Luk 1:70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
Luk 1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
Luk 1:72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Psa 113:2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
Psa 113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’S name is to be praised.
Psa 113:4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
Psa 113:5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
Psa 113:6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
Adorning the Gospel of Christ
1Co 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Ezr 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
Ezr 9:15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
1Jn 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1Jn 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Commandments in the Church: D to D
Herewith are the Commandments of our Lord, Jesus Christ, as written in the New Testament and given by His Apostles in alphabetical order [my own] D-D. Some Commands overlap in other letters; some are left out here, but after you, the Reader, read all the letters regarding the Commands of Christ, Jesus, you will know what they are. These commandments are the Bread of Life, which we eat daily, that make us wise unto salvation. Also, some Commands carry a lot of Scriptures, and it is safe for us to read them all, binding them as a sign upon our hands so it may be as frontlets between our eyes.
- Do All to the Glory of God
- Do not be Angry
- Do not be Ashamed of the Gospel
- Do not be Deceived with Vain Words
- Do not be Partial
- Do not be Slothful
- Do not be Troubled
- Do not be Unequally Yoked
- Do not Boast
- Do not cause Another to Stumble
- Do not despise Prophesies
- Do not despise Your Youth
- Do not Judge
- Do not Lie
- Do not Muzzle the Ox
- Do not receive the Grace in Vain
- Do not Say God tempts You
- Do not Swear
- Drink no longer water but Wine
- Do well
DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD
Our thoughts and emotions come from our hearts. Let it be for the Lord. Consider that God is the God of heaven and God of the earth; there is no one else besides Him. Serve Him with all of our hearts and souls. Christ speaking in the Old Testament says He will plant us in our land assuredly with His whole heart and with His whole soul. Surely, we follow after Christ because as He is, so are we. We are commanded to serve Him from the heart and not only with our lips. We seek the spiritual wealth of our brethren by preaching the Gospel instead. We strive to be perfect before the Lord, because God looks at the heart. We glorify God and Christ when we obey Them.
1Co 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
1Co 10:24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
1Co 10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
1Co 10:26 For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
Col 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
DO NOT BE ANGRY
We are commanded not to be angry without cause, which are the Words of Christ in the Gospels. When we get angry because there is a reason, we count the cost and quickly settle with our adversary, the devil, in our heads, before we get thrown into a prison of carnal reasoning, which leads to sin, which leads to spiritual death. We give place to wrath and let God take vengeance on our enemies. When we get angry, we provoke wrath and not unto love and good works. Scripture teaches that an angry countenance drives away rain, and it is also written that when we get angry, we confuse our own faces. Anger is like jealousy, and it burns like fire. Kiss the Son and do not get angry, that is to say, do the Commandments of Christ. Kiss the Son, and He takes away the anger and gives us His peace. We are also commanded not to get angry quickly. He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit is better than he who takes a city. The right thing to do is not to bear a grudge against our brothers but rather rebuke them. We bear a grudge and sin in our hearts if we do not do this.
Rom 12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Rom 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Eph 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Eph 4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
Eph 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Col 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
1Th 5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
DO NOT BE ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL
To be ashamed means to feel uncomfortable, discomfort, and embarrassment, according to the world’s perspective. So, why are we ashamed of the Gospel? Is it because it is too simple or because we want to hold power by having knowledge that tickles our ears? The kind of wisdom of the world is what the heathen wants. Scripture coins this knowledge as dainty things, that is, delicate meats. For us, though, the Gospel is Wisdom, the wisdom of God, who is Christ, and to whom every knee bows and will bow that is in heaven and on earth. If we are ashamed of Christ and His Words, He will also be ashamed of us before the Father. Paul also commands us not to be ashamed of the prisoners of the Lord, Christ, Jesus, who preach the Gospel.
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
2Ti 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
2Ti 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2Ti 1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel according to the power of God;
DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY VAIN WORDS
All the Scriptures beneath are about vanity, vain words, puffed up words, meaning nothing, not holding to the Commandments of Christ, overthrowing the faith of the hearers. Vain words are empty words, nothingness. Vain words cannot deliver; vain words cannot save our souls. They have no power. Vain words belong to a vain man, and Job tells us that a vain man is born like a wild ass’s colt, and that means a vain man is born without wisdom, meaning the Wisdom of God. Vain words, that is to say, knowledge without Christ, are likened unto a horse, which is a vain thing for safety that is not delivered by his great strength. This type of riches we are told are the vanities we labour for, but at the end of the day, it is our bread of sorrow. The Lord gives the true riches of His Word and Gospel to His Beloved in her sleep. That is to say, He gives it to His true Bride when she is dying to her carnal mind, to only have eyes for Him and His doctrine. Our bread of sorrow is to have too much knowledge, the studying of many books, as Solomon puts it.
Gal 4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Gal 4:10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Gal 5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Gal 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Gal 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Gal 5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Eph 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Eph 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Eph 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Eph 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Col 2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
Col 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Col 2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Col 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Col 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Col 2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
DO NOT BE PARTIAL
When we are partial, we are not being made perfect in love. As one example given to us, the Apostle James writes to us to not prefer a rich man, rich in knowledge, above a poor man, rich in the Gospel, all spiritual words which means we do not prefer the law of the gentiles, which accuse or excuse a man, above the Law of Christ, which are His Commandments. God is not a respecter of persons. He does not look at the outward appearance but looks to the inward parts. We are commanded not to prefer one to another and to judge righteous judgment, not honouring the mighty, respecting the poor, or fearing any man’s face, but to judge with Christ’s judgment according to His Law. We stand in Christ’s stead and judge for Him. When we do not judge correctly, we transgress and sin for a piece of bread. Not to respect the poor means that, although we are poor in Spirit, having Christ’s Gospel, we also have to obey and do the right things as the elect of God. Nobody is excluded, and we all stand before the judgment seat of God.
Rom 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
Col 3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
1Ti 5:21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
Jas 2:9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
DO NOT BE SLOTHFUL
To be slothful is to be lazy, idle, and not to want to work with your hands in Spirit. Not working with your own hands spiritually means one does not want to study at home, but rather be spoon-fed. Sloth is the way spiritual poverty comes to one’s house. The substance of a diligent man is precious, and diligence is the opposite of sloth. The hand of the diligent shall rule, but the slothful will be under tribute. A Little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands are in the bosom of the slothful. Do not be a slothful man or woman. Under tribute means to be a child or a servant.
Rom 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
1Ti 5:11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
1Ti 5:12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
1Ti 5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
DO NOT BE TROUBLED
Scripture here talks explicitly about the Day of the Lord when Christ comes to those who are waiting for Him and those who are ready for Him. We must fall away first to see ourselves as chief of sinners and realize we need a Saviour. If we do not see ourselves as chief of sinners first, we do not see ourselves as needing Christ. We are told to comfort our hearts, stand being established in good words and works, and hold to what we have been taught, not being unsettled or moved away from the Gospel, waiting for the Lord to come. What an honour to wait for the Bridgroom of heaven!
2Th 2:2 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.
2Th 2:3 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;
2Th 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
2Th 2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
The Lord comes after the Gospel has been preached, and then we see the abomination of desolation spoken about by Daniel in the Holy place. This man of sin must be cast out before the Lord comes to dwell in the Holy place.
DO NOT BE UNEQUALLY YOKED
Do we plow with an ox and an ass together? To be yoked is to be with those pointing fingers, and it cannot be. Why? Because we received and are receiving the Lord’s Holy anointing oil, His Commandments. Thus, make yourself a new heart and Spirit, the Lord doing it. God’s ways are equal; just balances and weights are required of us. Judge for ourselves and see if it benefits us to stay and be in bed with unbelievers. Come out her My People, says the Lord, and I will be a Father to you. Be a soldier of Christ, do not be entangled in the world and its affairs within and without.
2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2Co 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
2Co 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2Co 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
2Co 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
2Ti 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2Ti 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
DO NOT BOAST
We do not boast in anything except that we boast in God and Christ. We do not boast about tomorrow because we do not know what tomorrow will bring. We do not boast in the Law and the Prophets; we do not boast in men except what the Lord has wrought in them and in us. We boast in what the Lord is doing in our lives. To Him through Him and for Him are all things. Christ is the creation’s First and Last and everything in between. Everything is about Him because He is the Father’s Commandments. We do not boast when brothers are cut off and think soberly about the measure of faith we have been given. We glory in the Lord who has given us more than we can ever ask for. Paul gave an occasion to the Corinthians to glory about them, the Apostles, because they who boast in appearance [according to their carnal minds], would know what God wrought in them, the Apostles. We boast in the Lord’s provision.
Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Rom 11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Rom 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
Rom 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
Rom 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Rom 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Rom 15:17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
Rom 15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
1Co 1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
1Co 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
1Co 1:31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
1Co 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
1Co 3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
2Co 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
2Co 5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
Jas 4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Jas 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Jas 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
DO NOT CAUSE ANOTHER TO STUMBLE
Meat is our spiritual substance. Meat that makes another stumble is meat presented without Christ’s Commandments, and remember the Commandments are never meat that makes a brother stumble. Such meat, devoid of the Commandments, defrauds our brethren of salvation. Spiritually speaking, we become thieves and murderers in Spirit as we kill Christ and rob Him of His Glory. Meat that makes our brethren stumble is also when we give the meaty Word of substance, that is to say, meat for the mature to the less mature, and then when the brothers cannot eat it, they stumble because of a lack of faith. It is said in the Book of Solomon to not stir up love before it is ready. We are guilty of doing this when we provoke our spiritual children to wrath. Thanks be to God who sews ears back on. The true meat is to do the will of Him who sits in heaven. Giving the Commandments of Christ is always safe and makes us wise unto salvation. The Commandments are also our joy and strength in the Lord.
Rom 14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
Rom 14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Rom 14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
Rom 14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
Rom 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Rom 14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Rom 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Rom 14:20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Rom 14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Rom 14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
Rom 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
DO NOT DESPISE PROPHESIES
We do not despise prophesies because prophesies witness about Christ, His Birth, His Ministry, His Coming, the many Promises of God, as well as the knowledge of sin, and many more. By His design, the Lord made us err from His ways, and He tells us in the Prophets why He is angry with us. A Good scribe brings forth treasures old and new from the Old and New Testaments in Scriptures. All Scriptures is used for edifying the Church, and as Paul has written in Romans, that nothing of itself in Scripture is unclean. We have to be careful not to make our brothers stumble and have to discern what is profitable and edifying in the moment.
1Th 5:20 Despise not prophesyings.
2Pe 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
DO NOT DESPISE YOUR YOUTH
The Apostle Paul told Timothy to let no man despise his youth, but he also wrote to the Assemblies about his fellow laborers in the Gospel and requested the brethren to receive these and help them as such. What is Timothy’s youth? Timothy, like all of us, is young in the faith when we are reborn. Every man who receives the early and latter rain immediately rises and preaches the Gospel boldly. The Promise IS come, and everything is made new. Those who received the Promise speak with great Power. The blessing of the Promise, the living Gospel within a man, is not to be despised. Let no man despise your youth in Spirit. Those who are Christ’s Firstfruits are satisfied with all the good things the Father and the Lord provide and are renewed like the eagles. This happens to every man in his appointed time if he is called, chosen, and faithful. Do not think of youth in the natural, but think of youth spiritually. The wife of our youth, the wife of our covenant, spiritually speaking, is our renewed mindset of the Living Christ.
1Co 16:10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
1Co 16:11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.
1Co 16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
1Co 16:16 That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
1Co 16:17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
1Co 16:18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
1Ti 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
DO NOT JUDGE
Refer to Judging: The Accusing and Excusing Mindset on the http://www.truthinscripture.com website for a study on judging. We do not judge another on appearance, that is, how something appears to us in our carnal minds, but when we judge, we judge matters, not people, according to Christ, according to His Commandments. When we judge after appearance, we become judges of the law, not doers. Thus, evil speaking is judging; we rather judge our consciences whether we stand or fall before Christ. God judges those on the outside. We also judge nothing before the time but wait for the Lord to reveal a matter to us, when Truth comes.
Rom 2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Rom 2:2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
Rom 2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1Co 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1Co 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
1Co 4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
1Co 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
1Co 4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
Tit 3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Jas 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Jas 4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
1Pe 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
DO NOT LIE
A deceived heart lies, so does a false witness. A deceitful tongue sets on fire, the fire of Gehenna [Lake of Fire]. When the Father and Lord appear to us in their great mercy and lovingkindness, we become children who cannot lie. Why? Because the Lord and the Father bring both wisdom [Christ] and understanding [the Father], that is the one true Gospel that lives in our hearts and minds. Gone are the days when any man within or without can deceive us with prophets, prophecy-lying vanities that heap up spiritual riches without Christ, and seers that speak smooth things to us, tickling our ears. We now have the Truth, and the Truth has set us free. We do not lie against the Truth anymore. We now preach the Gospel and cannot lie anymore because we are not deceived anymore. The Lord hates getting treasures by a lying tongue, a vanity tossed to and fro. In our appointed times, we all do it and observe lying vanities, forsaking our own mercy. We sing of the Lord’s mercy in the morning, that is to say, we sing because the Father and the Son opened our eyes and ears in the morning, spiritually speaking, that is the morning of our resurrection from the dead. God is our defence and the God of our mercy.
Eph 4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
DO NOT MUZZLE THE OX
The labourer is worthy of his wages. Do not prevent those who labour in the Word from doing so because their reward is in their labour, and they live off the Gospel. Those who wait on the altar are also partakers of the things of the altar. They plough in hope, in expectation, and wait for the precious fruit of the earth, that is to say, for the precious fruit of the Spirit in themselves and their brethren.
1Co 9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
1Th 5:19 Quench not the Spirit.
1Ti 5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
DO NOT RECEIVE THE GRACE IN VAIN
To receive the Grace is to receive the Promise. We are commanded not to receive it in vain, that is to say, fall back in our old ways, trying to establish our own righteousness without Christ. He is faithful to the end. Once in the Promised Land, that is, after we receive the Faith of Christ, we remain steadfast in it, not going to the left or to the right, but eyes fixed on Him and His Gospel, we run the race to the end. The Galatians were guilty of receiving the Grace in vain, and Paul had to rebuke them. They wanted to go back to the law of the lawless, that is to say, they wanted to go back to the reasonings of their carnal minds and not to hold fast to the Head, which is Christ.
2Co 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
Gal 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Eph 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
DO NOT SAY GOD TEMPTS YOU
To tempt is to entice another person into a carnal argument. Be like Christ and answer with the written Word, whether you answer in your heart or with your tongue. Tempting are our own carnal lusts in our thought life, which accuse or excuse ourselves or somebody else. Serpents will destroy us if we do that, and that is to say, our own carnal logic will destroy us, and we will end up spiritually dead, not obeying Christ.
1Co 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Jas 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Jas 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
DO NOT SWEAR
We do not swear because we do not know what the day of tomorrow brings, and we cannot make one hair grey or white. To swear is to promise. To swear is to enter into a covenant. The Lord hates a false oath, He hates a false covenant which we make with other gods, this is a covenant of death that we make with our own fables, stories, and carnal reasonings [idols] that do not save us from our sins. Spiritually speaking, to swear is to be under the law of the Gentiles. We fall into condemnation when we make an oath, accusing and excusing within ourselves. Our Promises in God are steadfast. Let our yes be yes and our no be no. The Preacher, Solomon, tells us not to be rash with our mouths, to let our hearts not be hasty enough to utter anything before God, and to let our words be few.
2Co 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
2Co 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Jas 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
DRINK NO LONGER WATER BUT WINE
This is a parable. Do not just hear the Gospel but do the Gospel. Drink the Lord’s cup of salvation, which is the Baptism of Fire. This cup is the New Testament in His Blood, which is shed for us. The Lord’s cup of salvation is not like the golden cup of Babylon, which is a mixture of red wine, a cup of dregs to the wicked in us. Start doing the Commandments for our stomach’s sake, for the sake of our spiritual wealth.
1Ti 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
DO WELL
We are commanded to do well because we have entered the Promised Land and the Lord is increasing us, speaking of things that are not as if they were. Doing well is to seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, and plead for the widow, all spiritual language to tell us to preach and do the Gospel to those ready to hear. Do well to all men, suffer for the Kingdom’s sake when you do, and be at peace knowing that your labour is not in vain, and to wait for His Son from heaven.
Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Gal 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
2Th 2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
1Ti 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
1Ti 6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
1Ti 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
The Commandments of Christ Jesus in the Four Gospels, the Commandments of Christ Jesus regarding our Assembling together as His Church, the Commandments of Christ Jesus regarding Marriage, Divorce, Husbands, Wives and Others plus the five letters containing the Commandments of Christ Jesus, given by the Apostles in the New Testament Church, can be found on the http://www.truthinscripture.com website at this link: COMMANDMENTS.
Many ask what the Commandments are, and we pray that after reading all of the above, the Reader will better understand what the will of God, the Father, through His Son, Christ Jesus, is, and that is to love, by keeping His Commandments.
Receive ye the Gospel. Receive ye the Holy Spirit.
