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DID GOD Express the Very “Thoughts of his heart” to Us?

“The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.” Psalms 33:11 

WHERE did God reveal the very “thoughts of his heart”? In the recorded “counsel” of His written Word. They “are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 3:15-17).

He Gave Us “the thoughts of his heart” in the “holy scriptures” and instructed us to deliver them—to “Preach the word” (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 4:2-4).

To listen to, to seek out, to search the Scriptures to find out about your Maker and Redeemer, you are nobly letting the Almighty speak for Himself! You will not be misled or deceived!

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15

So many today have a fragmented hodge-podge patch job as their “knowledge” of God. Much of it is built on false notions, philosophies and half-truths and even heresies. Why? They have not gotten into God’s Word for themselves (KJB).

Search the scriptures … they are they which testify of me.” John 5:39

Here’s a fuller scope of the passage:

“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” John 5:39-40

The Holy Scriptures have as their Grand Subject the Son of God. Like the pharisees (the religionists of Christ’s time on earth), those who hear it and don’t repent and come to Jesus, forfeit the blessing of His salvation.

MESSAGE:

“I want to know the heart of Jesus.”

REPLY:

Jesus reveals His heart in His Word. The only way to get to know the heart of Jesus is to know His Word thoroughly and to obey it (John 5:39-40; 7:16-17). The more you know the Word of the LORD, the more you know His heart. Beware of the cult of the sacred heart of Jesus in the catholic church. Total witchcraft. Not biblical. The only biblical model for knowing God is His Word and Spirit—the Word being the priority and against which holy standard all must be tested, weighed in the balance to determine if it is true or false (Acts 17:10-11; 2 Timothy 3:16-17, etc.).

Desiring to know the LORD, to be known of Him, to know His heart, when separated from being focused on knowing Him via His Word, will always lead to deep deception. Any person searching for God outside of His Word, is going to be deceived.

God has revealed Himself to us in His Word to protect us, so that we would not be misled by our own depraved hearts and the “many false prophets” He repeatedly warned us about (Psalms 119:104, 128; Matthew 7:15; 24:11; 2 Timothy 2:15b, Acts 17:10-11). We must be willing to declare with Christ’s apostle Paul “Let God be true and EVERY man a liar” (Romans 3:4).

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalms 119:105

The Holy Scriptures, knowing them, walking in them as a lamp to your feet and light to the path of your life, is the primary way God leads His New Testament saints (2 Timothy 3:15-17, etc.).

“The Metaphysical meaning of ether: The spiritual substance in which can be made whatever we desire. Some scientists teach that space is heavily charged with energies that would transform the earth if they could be controlled.”

In other words, instead of seeking out and adhering to what God told us about Himself, His creation, and our lives, they are making up the image of a false god or gods out of thin air, out of the ether. So, they fill that emptiness, those plains of nothingness with the corrupted imaginations of their own sinful hearts.

In the pagan catholic church, they invented the cult of “the sacred heart of Jesus” which defines His heart as something other than what He stated in His Word. First off, God’s Word never instructs us to seek the heart of Jesus. There is no instruction to be devoted to Jesus’ heart. People who don’t realize this, can be susceptible to Satan’s many deceptions. Of the sacred heart of Jesus cult and devotion, one site noted:

“Promotion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a means to receive grace is yet another example of the ritual, extra-biblical tradition, and superstitious trust in objects and images prevalent in the Catholic Church. The Bible nowhere instructs anyone to meditate on or honor the physical heart of Jesus. More importantly, grace is by definition a gift that cannot be earned. The blessings of salvation, security, and peace are ours on the basis of faith in Jesus’ finished work, whether or not we observe certain Fridays, pray certain prayers, or meditate on a certain painting.”

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3): These are God’s blessings that are already ours, without the help of rituals or images, but rather freely given to His saints exclusively on the merit of the perfect, final sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. | “It is Finished” means “paid in full.”

Anyone speaking of the heart of Jesus and not His Word, not studying and becoming ever more deepened in His Word, is deceived. With no exception, every true disciple of Jesus is grounded in and lives by God’s Word (John 8:47; 2 Timothy 2:15, etc.).

The heart and wisdom of God is revealed via His words.

“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Timothy 3:15-17

Anyone not seeking God in His Word, according to what He Himself stated, is “not of God” (John 8:47).

“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: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” 2 Peter 1:19-21 

Speaking God’s Word

“If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God.” 1 Peter 4:11

The deceiver is an evil orchestrator who attempts to make his own points in your heart for the purpose of manipulating your mind to think the way he wishes for you to see things in order to bring about his own self-serving agenda. The goal of the wolf who is cloaked in position and clothing like the sheep, is to posture your thinking to pay dividends to his cause. For example, many in ministry today would have you believe that if you gave to their ministry God will bless you because of who they are (Word/Faith movement) instead of in obedience and love to the LORD. Others like Rick Warren use over 20 Bible versions (corrupted versions) in order to make their own point instead of letting the LORD speak for Himself by transmitting His own points through His own words. Godly servants deliver only His Word—just as it is written (and those things in strict accordance to the Word).

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” 2 Timothy 4:2

“Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples…To the law and to the testimony (written Word)if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isaiah 8:16, 20

Have you personally observed that when thumbing through the majority of “Christian” books today even the casual onlooker can see the gross lack of Bible verses? Such should be a red flag to the Berean believer who solely trusts what His LORD says and has transmitted to us in His Word. His words are the conveyance of “the thoughts of his heart” (Psalms 33:11).

“These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:11

The LORD gave us His Word and we are either searching, receiving and conveying it just as it is written, or we identify ourselves as false (2 Corinthians 11:12-15).

“The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.” Psalms 86:11

“Search the scriptures.” John 5:39

The LORD gave to us the very “thoughts of his heart” in His holy Word.

“The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.” Psalms 33:11

The Almighty promised to preserve His Word to our generation and loved us so much that He transmitted to us the very “thoughts us his heart” through Moses, the prophets and apostles in tangible form (Psalms 12:6-7; Romans 3:1-2).

“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” Romans 15:4

He commanded His patriarchs, prophets and apostles to “write the vision” (Habakkuk 2:2)

“And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.” Habakkuk 2:2

Having in tangible form the very oracles of the living God, we are able now to learn and apprehend the divine will and run the race of life in the right way of the LORD.

No confusion need plague the believer concerning the general will of God.

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalms 119:105

He said He gave us His words “That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed” (Luke. 1:4). The darkness associated with the lack of understanding is vanquished with the light of the truth.

“The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.” Psalms 119:130

That all men might know Him and have the light of His truth to guide their every step, He gave promise to preserve His oracles to every generation.

“The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” Psalms 12:6-7

Do you personally believe you have God’s truth in your possession in His Word? If not, why not? Do you think that there is equality in the Bible versions? Is it possible that every single new version (of the many) is equally inspired? See Bible Versions page.

“All things that pertain unto life and godliness” are found in the “exceeding great and precious promises” of the Word of our LORD! See 2 Peter 1:3-4. Abundant hope and joy infuses the believer’s heart as he pours over and embraces by faith that which he beholds in the Scriptures of truth!

“The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.” Psalms 119:72

“I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.” Psalms 119:131

More on deceivers…..

“For we are not as MANY, which corrupt (pervert; twist) the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.” 2 Corinthians 2:17

In contrast to the myriad of self-serving wolves who plague our generation, the true servant leader who lives and labors in the fear of the LORD, points people directly to the Word of God in order that they might know Him and His will and possess or be possessed by the mind of be Christ and be fully pleasing to Him. O that there were more leaders today who would denounce “the hidden things of dishonesty” and cease to use or twist the Word of God for their own purpose. LORD purify our hearts and bless us to be enlisted into the army of the enduring faithful!

Of his ministry, the great apostle stated:

“But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.” 2 Corinthians 4:2

Bible Knowledge Tip

KEY to understanding the mind of Christ in any book of the Bible: First, read that book 10-20 times straight through to gain a knowledge of it, to begin to grasp the divine transmission. Then, go back and study it verse by verse in a more in-depth break down of the text.

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The Good Shepherd and His True Sheep [podcast]


“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant …” Hebrews 13:20

“To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.” John 10:3 

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.” John 10:27-29

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 11 persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.” 2 Timothy 3:1-13

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?” Luke 9:23-25

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Apostasy

Eating the Fat, and Drinking the Sweet! [podcast]


Mourning Trumps Merriment in Christ’s Kingdom

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I’d like to walk in Your bless-ed joy, filling my life to overflowing, no matter what’s transpiring. LORD, I ask You to do Your deeper work in my heart, in my life. Please set apart my life to truly glorify You, being full of the fruits of Your righteousness. In Jesus’ Name, amen.

Everyone desires the joy of the LORD, right? Yes, yet only those who are willing to devour His Word – to get it into their hearts and keep it flowing into their hearts, will experience that great joy of the LORD which is our strength! In context, the joy of the LORD is the strength of those who read it, hear it, embrace it, adhere to it, and keep it flowing into their mind and heart daily! (Nehemiah 8:8, 10)

“So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly (directly), and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. … 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:8, 10

After they had feasted on God’s Word, the elders of Israel said to them: You are now full of the Word. Now “Go your way”, that is, go home and be blessed to “send portions” of the bounty of the LORD you’ve been filled with today to overflowing. “Freely ye have received, freely give.” (Matthew 10:8) Let your cup run over and bless others! Let your light shine into others, may your cup run over onto others, to bless them with the bountiful blessings of the LORD you have received.

We have to eat the fat and drink the sweet of the Word of God to be filled with the joy of the LORD which is our strength!

“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16

Nourishing the Body of Christ

“If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.” 1 Timothy 4:6

DO people know they can find the rich treasures of God’s Word when they walk into your life, when they visit your social media page? (Colossians 3:16) Will they be “nourished” by the milk and meat of God’s bless-ed Word when they are graced to be in your company?

“There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise.” Proverbs 21:20

Holy Father, we ask You in the name of Jesus to make us happy in Jesus as You’ve forgiven and freed us from our sin and so of all people on Your earth, only Your people can be truly happy in Thee dear LORD. Please bless each of Your beloved saints to be anointed for the death and burial of the self life and raised up in Your blessed resurrection grace and joy. In Jesus’ name let it be dear LORD.

“These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” John 15:11

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Pride and False Prophets [podcast]


“And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.”  Matthew 24:11

What’s the difference between true and false servants of the LORD?

Jeremiah 23 is essential concerning recognizing the “MANY false prophets” which Jesus foretold would “deceive MANY” in this late hour before His return (Matthew 24:11).

True servants of the LORD stand in the counsel, the WORD of the LORD and not in the evil imaginations, dreams, or visions of their own wicked hearts.

Jeremiah 23
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
17  They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
18  For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
19  Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
20  The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
21  I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22  But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.”

ARE YOU in God’s Word daily or have you backslidden? It’s either one or the other.

True servants of the LORD, as was the case with Paul and Timothy, will get YOU into God’s Word for yourself…

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:” 1 Peter 2:2

So both the LORD’s apostle Paul and the apostle Peter instructed believers to get into the Word of God for themselves – to “study” and to “desire” it. Any man pretending to represent Christ and not do this very thing repeatedly is a bona fide wolf in sheep’s clothing, a devil.

Imagine parents who continued to feed their infant and never taught that baby to pick up the spoon and feed themself….  so that child would perpetually be dependent upon someone else feeding them…. in the natural this is unheard of, yet it’s rampant in that which claims to be Christ’s “church.”

Read Jeremiah 23.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”  James 4:6-10

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1

Pride vs Humility

“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18) True humility before God first, then men, always wins – “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” (James 4:10)

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