Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Authority? Who has it? Where does it come from?

au·thor·i·ty
əˈTHôrədē/
noun
  1. 1.
    the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.
    "he had absolute authority over his subordinates"
  2. 2.a person or organization having power or control in a particular, typically political or administrative, sphere.

Isaiah 58 Ministries                                                          May, 2015

Pastor:  Leah Faith

Scriptures:Matthew 28:18-20, Matthew 9:6-8, 1 Peter 3:22, Romans 7:22-24
Matthew 28:18 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
1 Peter 3:21-22........by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
John 20:22-24..................... Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

                                                 


                                                 Authority       
   


   The Bible is "authority". It is God. It is God's Will. God is over all things, he is the "authority" over all life.  The Constitution and The Declaration of Independence are both "authority." They were written by men inspired by God to write down his will for government.  Government is a "gift" of the Holy Spirit.
     




    God gave All "authority" to Jesus Christ.  Those saved, ordained, and anointed by him have Jesus' authority. 

The men who wrote and signed the the Declaration of Independence proved their authority and rights come from God. 
They proved the King had "no authority" over them because the king didn't submit to God.  The Founding Fathers proved they only have to submit to "God" and his laws.

    There can be no other "authority" but God. All men must submit to him. Evil people will always try to force others to "submit" to them "claiming authority."  Only those who are submitted to God and care deeply about your eternal soul can claim any authority over you.  That authority is to protect your soul, protect your life, protect your rights under God, protect your happiness, protect your ability to see, hear and talk to God freely, protect your virtue, honor, to make sure all your thoughts are clean.  Jesus came to clean our minds of any sin, any filthy thoughts.  This is why people say things like "get your mind out of the gutter."  Keep it clean.

   


Any filthy thoughts come from breaking the laws of God has written in his Word. The "Holy" Bible.  When submitted to God and good Godly leadership your mind, your thoughts are "holy" and "pure" like God's mind. You have the clean holy pure mind of Jesus Christ.
    
           So you accepted Jesus as your Savior but you still have unholy, impure thoughts.  Isaiah 58 Ministries can save you a whole lot of trouble if you are willing to work to "the saving of your soul". All your unholy thoughts come from an open door to the devil.  Jesus came to save us from the devils power.  The devil doesn't have the right to "make" us sin any more. We are filled with the light and power of God's Holy Spirit.  God has put his laws in us so we just automatically obey God by following the Holy Spirit.  
Romans 7:23…22For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, 23but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. 24Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?…

       What's going on? Part of our mind is under the "law".

 Unlawful authority has access to your mind causing you to obey them instead of God like school teachers. If you have ever submitted to them and they were not caring for your eternal soul; making sure you are following the Holy Spirit, you have a hole in your mind that gives the Devil access to your mind. You are being "oppressed" by another individual. 


            In America we call it being "dominated" by someone else or stupefied.  A Mother, Father, Boss, friend can usurp God's rightful position of authority in your mind and you can no longer see, hear or follow the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  
     
Money, Paper Currency is what gives men and women "Unlawful" authority. Authority they took and it was not giving to them by "God", through Jesus Christ.  You just have to start digging in your memory and experiences to find the times you "had" to obey another voice in your head other than the Holy Spirit.  Behind their voice, even if it's your own is the thought of paper money.
Definition of Fiat Currency or Paper Money
Currency that a government has declared to be legal tender, 
but is not backed by a physical commodity. 
The value of fiat money is derived from the relationship between supply and 
demand rather than the value of the material that the money is made of. 
Historically, most currencies were based on physical commodities such as gold or silver, 
but fiat money is based solely on faith. Fiat is the Latin word for "it shall be".


You have to decide who is caring for
 your eternal soul. Who do you submit
 to as your leader, government? Government
 is instituted by God 
 There are people with the
gift of government by 
the Holy Spirit
These men have been called by God, 
given power and authority from God
 to do one thing


make sure everyone is treated honestly, fairly, and justly
 by  rewarding "good" behavior and punish "evil behavior.
     
             
      The Founding Fathers were called by God
 and did what God called them to do;
 with The Declaration of Independence 
and The Constitution. The Founding Fathers
said that you can only use
 "Gold and Silver Coins.
 It's up to each person to come out from/ 
under; being dominated, oppressed,
 stupefied by people who were 
not called by God and have no authority
 from God  to start the paper money system.
 These people  broke the law of the Constitution, 
which has all "authority",  and started printing money.


       In order for us to get our minds
 out of the gutter we have to submit
 to "authority" given by God to a man.
 God has lead us to the Pilgrims, William Penn 
and the Founding Fathers.  They all answered
 the call of God and had the "gift of government".






When you submit to them, stay humble
 before them and learn from them. Your thoughts
 do become clean.  Thinking of Gold and Silver
 Coins causes your mind to be filled with
 clean, pure, holy, thoughts, the light of 
God's love, the wisdom of God,

The Power and Fire of God!



Scripture References:
Matthew 28:18-20 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,
 All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.   

Matthew 28:18-19 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.   (Read More...)

Matthew 9:6-8 - But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the
 sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.   (Read More...)

1 Peter 3:18-22 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, 
being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:   (Read More...)

1 Peter Chapter 3




John 12:48 - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

John 20:19-24 - Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.  


Philippians 2:12-13 - Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.   (Read More...)

Ephesians 2:14-16 - For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];  (Read More...)

James 2:24 - Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

Hebrews 1:2 - Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Raising Children, What does God want you to learn while growing up?

Isaiah 58 Ministries                                 April, 2015

Pastor : Leah Faith

Scriptures: Ephesians 3:16, Jeremiah 29:11

  Sin makes people weak. Coming to God, repenting, being fill with God's power is the Glory of every person. Through God's strength we are able to do the right thing all the time. Right according to God. ie Gold and silver are the right currency to use to be a law abiding citizen. God strengthens us to turn from dollar bills to Gold and Silver. Why? Dollars weaken a person internally, we sin. Gold and Silver strengthens us we do not sin. Dollar bills are a sin of evil men, fraudulent. Gold and Silver were made by God and people who obey God use Gold and Silver according to the laws of the founding Fathers.
 
Teachers are the snake.
  I have heard it said that men are still in 8th grade when it comes to maturity. They are still boys their toys are just bigger.  Is that a part of God's plan?  No.  That is what the American educational system does to boys raised by "Eve".  The woman who eats forbidden fruit, sin and teaches young men to do has she does. Sin retards growth, weakens the mind, spirit and body.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.


 
 We need God's strength through the Holy Spirit and the Word of God to stand strong against sin.  If God isn't with a person they will not reach their full potential. You stop growing at the place of sin and start to go backwards. You may grow a lot in "worldly knowledge" but that is going backwards, B.C. before Christ.



We are suppose to come out of the world, not die and leave the world but not emulate or practice what the world does.  God the Father is now our teacher. (Ephesians 3:16)

 
 What is God's plan.  From the time we are born God has a perfect plan for each human being. As you grow up you are to take on more and more responsibilities for yourself.



      First you learn to walk for yourself, then talk for yourself, dress yourself, clean you own room, make your own bed, wash your body and hair, do you nails, self-grooming, wash your own clothes, get your own food, make your own dinner. Each person should have a hand in this from the time they are born being encourage some day they will do it all by themselves without a Mother or Fathers help.

 

This should not be thrust upon a child all of a sudden. In school you did math every year, each year increasing the difficulty. A child is born curious and wanting to learn everything. Children  love to learn and a parent should love to teach, A little at a time. Inch by inch is a cinch! Being taught you might not  get it right at first but each time you do something you get better at it. 
Practice makes perfect.


Parents must use the Holy Spirit and the Bible to raise their children. Teach children the way God teaches you. Correct children the way God corrects you.

P.S. Never strike a child.  Children do not need spankings. God does not spank us, he guides in  and with the light and power of the Holy Spirit. Discipline can only be done by God in his power. Parents must be very close to God to "loose" their children from sin's power or convict their children of sin according to the Bible in the grace and love of the Holy Spirit. Correct a child the way God corrects you. Parents must always guide their children to love and serve God by being lead by his Spirit.












Strength from God
Ephesians 3:16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

Monday, April 6, 2015

Depression, Fear, Anxiety; Relief The Light of Jesus Christ

    Warning, bizzare "truths" within  That might set you free ,    Bring you closer to God. Reader beware.

"The force be with you," "positive energy," "negative energy,"
 good, bad.  

 There are all kinds of  "Light" in the world. Jesus said to make sure the "Light" you have is from God. Satan's children can turn themselves into a person of "Light" 

The Lamp of the Body
(Matt. 6:22, 23 )
33 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light. 34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part darkthe whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.”



Isaiah 58 Ministries                               April 2015

Pastor: Leah Faith

Scriptures: Luke 11:33-36, Matthew 6:22-23, John 1:5, more scriptures below


 
               When we are depressed, anxious, nervous, fearful, we are in darkness.  For years I could tell when certain areas of my mind were in darkness because it hurts. The hurt comes in the form of embarrassment, sadness, disappointment,  anger, or a hundred other dreadful feelings that I hate.

      I have tasted of the Love of God, The comfort of the Holy Spirit, the power of the Word of God... Faith that can move mountains with no fear, complete confidence.  Then I see myself act and feel like the Prophet Elijah when Jezebel threaten to kill him. He ran away and hid.



1 Kings 19 Contemporary English Version  Elijah Runs Away from Ahab and Jezebel

19 Ahab told his wife Jezebel what Elijah had done and that he had killed the prophets. She sent a message to Elijah: “You killed my prophets. Now I’m going to kill you! I pray that the gods will punish me even more severely if I don’t do it by this time tomorrow.”
Elijah was afraid when he got her message, and he ran to the town of Beersheba in Judah. He left his servant there, then walked another whole day into the desert. Finally, he came to a large bush and sat down in its shade. He begged the Lord, “I’ve had enough. Just let me die! I’m no better off than my ancestors.” Then he lay down in the shade and fell asleep.

   When this happens it  is nerve racking, because  it takes control over you, you have no control over it. It is because there is something we do not know.  Some where there is a sin in  us. Not necessarily our sin. It could be the  sin of a parent, teacher, neighbor, government, any number of people. (Usually I "look" at "money" instead of "Jesus", Faith. Just like Peter when he was walking on Water)

The "truth" shall set you free.  
Be Patient, I will explain everything,even though it sounds bizarre!

Most depression, fear, and anxiety comes from drilling "Oil".    When men struck it rich with "gold" it didn't effect the whole society because gold is good. The motivation "to get rich" was wrong. But gold is good for society.
Bad side effects of Oil!
It's not worth it.

There is not one thing "good"  about Oil. So those who sought after this product were doing everything wrong. Those who use the product did horrible things with it. 



   The Bible says that men who  are the anti-Christ will show "signs and wonders"causing people to turn from God to them as "god." (see below 2 Thessaloninas2:10, Ecclesiates 7:29).   History has recorded that these men confessed they were sinners and were going to hell.  Most of the inventions that came from oil were from the devil. These men actually prayed for the devil to give them the inventions.

Signs and Wonders of the inventions of men with the aid of the devil:
TV, Light Bulb, Stereo's, Cars, Airplanes, Rockets, Going to space, Fireworks, Computers, Dollar Bill, Credit Cards, Telephones, Cameras videos, Inter state highways, Phonograph,electricity, Gas, and Oil. 

 
 

 
Cancer due to coal


All these inventions put people in bondage, lead to sickness and disease, and the defilling or pollution the earth.  i.e. Coal mining causes "lung problems" and enslaves men  They "pervert" the natural ways of doing things lead by God's Holy Spirit and the instinct or natural mind of mankind.



Your eye is the light of your body.
There are good inventions, the printing press, guiding your ship with special instruments, the compass, barometer, hand held appliances, apple peeler, apple press. Things that better  our life without destroying anything God has creation, or the skills and senses of human beings. We actually communicate better without the telephone.


Why know all that to be free from depression, anxiety and fear?


God sent his Jesus Christ to die for all sin. God (2 Corinthians 5:18-20)
A Russian Orthodox priest has spent
four years leading prayers in
a small wooden building on
King George Island, Antarctica
reconciled the world to himself. 12 men,the disciples of Jesus Christ along with others started spreading this good news throughout the world. Today there is not a place on the earth that hasn't heard the "Good News"

   If you travel any where in the world you will find that at one time the area was "Christian".
When the gospel is preached in the power of God people come to know God and live according to his ways he puts on their heart through the infilling of the Holy Spirit.



Being a Christian and having a victorious easy "full happy Life is so easy!!!!!!!!!!
God did not make it difficult.

 Sinners have beguiled everyone.  "One little sin won't hurt anything."

What Eve did was just one little sin and it changed the entire World!

It's called Daycare but it is an
Institution,
an orphanage.
Children with no parents.

One little sin leads to total darkness in the soul. God is light, there is no darkness in God. Sin separates us from God. God cannot sin. "God put his word in us, and lives in us in the form of the Holy Spirit, so we do not sin."  In our generation we have been "forced, coerced, brainwashed" into sin in infancy.  If your Mom and Dad had a car, electricity, and a phone, you are already in sin. As a child you just think it's normal, OK.
Natural,  normal,    healthy

   The Amish are a small remnant God has kept freer and closer to him than any group of human beings I know.  But each year the Amish do get further away from God.

      The other day someone  said, "Hey, did you get my Text?"  "No,when did you send it?" "3 minutes ago!"   Americans focus on the here and "Right Now".  We have a hard time stepping back and looking at history.  History is everything!   It seems unnatural for us to study history  but that is where our future is.   Jesus said you must have the Faith of a child.  Where are you going to find the faith you had as a child?  Remember  being a child, thinking with the mind you had then before the brainwashing.

   
Slow to be fully lit.
     I wrote the above to set the stage for what I am about to say.  It takes a step of Faith into the darkness where you speak the truth "light" and patiently wait for the light to come on. It is like the new light bulbs, you learn the truth, tell yourself or force yourself to think the truth, believe it; that is the light switch, in time the light gets brighter and brighter.

   



Silver piece
    The Constitution is clear, only gold and silver are legal coins in America.   Article I, Section is specific for a reason, fraud is hard to commit using Gold and Silver. The Founding Fathers wrote the law to protect everyone.
     To have God's light, we need to turn, repent from the sin we were taught and desire to obey "the law." The Constitution is a legally binding document on every citizen in every states. We all signed it and agreed to obey it. No one can change this law.  It is from God.   The problems we have today became overwhelming, out of control, when oil came around and all this money, gold was being siphoned off by Oil men. It was illegally gotten gain. No one has the right to produce products that kill the rest of us that is treason. 


 The gold God gave to Americans was being robed by oil men.


 Evil had the gold and started doing evil. Good People had less did less, and less good works.
Evil increased, good started to decrease.    


If I'm wrong and not telling the truth you will not get set free or come closer to God except for the truth.
  


     (Be Patient.)
     There is basically one sin we all need to deal with: Oil Production. Oil is a seed planted and the things that grew from the seed are all tied to it. Like a vine. if you dig out the root the whole system dies.

    Think Gold!   Make your mind go there.  It is difficult.  But you will start to "literally", internally see light inside you.  We have all heard of the light at the end of the tunnel when we die. It really is there.  Jesus doesn't talk about light over and over again if he meant it metaphorically.  There is a real light we see when we know the absolute truth.

 i.e. When God revealed to Peter that "Jesus was the Messiah the Son of the living God."  Peter saw light inside himself.


 The Kingdom of God really is in you and you do receive it.  Stay in the light.

    When I forced myself to take a thought of money and change it to gold, I saw the light.  I had understanding, knowledge of "God", good. Then I could go through my entire life and whenever I was "right" and walking in God's power there was light. Whenever I was lead by the Holy Spirit even if it wasn't the perfect situation, God was leading me out.


Who do you say that I am?
I saw light, I saw the name of "Jesus."  For all power has been given to the name of Jesus.    

It isn't enough to just "see the light", you have to look at, stare at it, meditate on it. It is shining on your soul, giving light to your mind. You will think and say something you could not think or say before. Holy, clean, pure. You'll understand how light does disburse the darkness.

Peter meditated on what he said the rest of his life. It gave light to his mind, understand, peace the end of confusion, despair, fear.

Walk in Light
Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit  is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.14 Therefore He says:
“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”


     If you are unable to do this start small---read from those who have the light, the founding Fathers. God lead me to William Penn, William Penn knew the light deeply!  A man with vast understanding of God.  God gave America to him, he owns it all.  Just like God gave the promise  land to Abraham. George Washington, John Adams, John Quincy Adams all have the light of God's love shining through every word they ever wrote.
Site Where you Can Find Many of Penn's Wonderful Writings

"Children, Fear Godthat is to say, have a holy awe upon your minds to avoid what is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do what is good. The measure and standard of which knowledge and duty, is the light of Christ in your consciences, by which, as in John 3:20-21, you may clearly see if your deeds, yes, and your words and thoughts too, are wrought in God or not; or are they the deeds of the mind, for which you must be judged. I say, with this divine light of Christ in your consciences, you may bring your thoughts, words, and works, to judgment in yourselves; and have a right, true, sound, and unerring, sense of your duty towards God and man. As you come to obey this blessed light in its holy convictions, it will lead you out of the world's dark and degenerate ways and works; and bring you to Christ's way and life, to be of the number of his true self-denying followers, to take up your cross for his sake, that bore his for your sake; and to become the children of the light, putting it on, as your holy-armor; by which you may see and resist the fiery darts of Satan's temptations, and overcome him in all his assaults.

http://www.ushistory.org/penn/quotes.htm

"A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we do evil, that good may come of it...To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals."  William Penn

   Read what men, who in the name of God and for God started a Great Nation! See what they wrote.  You'll find you understand them better than anyone else in this modern world.  Why? The  same spirit in you, is in them. God is the same in all of us.  See the light, stare at it, let it shine on your soul.      Literally!

   
Gold and silver turns my mind from darkness, (not understanding God or his ways), to light, a deep understanding.

From the light you start to "see" the "power" of God that the church is lacking today.   The world has total control over America and the church has no power.

What the world has and uses comes from the Devil. Jesus took all his power from him. I  like to say Jesus bound the devil  up in chains, took him all around making a spectacle of him so All people would know the devil had no more power over them. The Blood Jesus shed for us pays the price for our sins and the devil can no longer hold us captives.


Devil has no power, Here is an article.
http://www.uckgtanzania.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1148&Itemid=552  
HE IS DEFEATED

We frequently have difficulties in believing that the devil is already defeated. It happens for example, when we look at our churches and realize that many members, and even pastors, are living a life of constant defeats emotionally, physically and spiritually speaking. When we see people out side the church being dominated and enslaved by the devil, many times we think that we can do nothing to help them. 
Although problems are all around us and many things disturb us, we must have the assurance that Satan is already defeated and his sentence is declared:  the eternal punishment in the lake of fire and sulphur. Jesus has already crushed his head.

“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death - that is, the devil”  (Hebrews 2:14). The word of God says that Jesus has already destroyed the devil and his power - even if our adversary denies and becomes furious and brave.  Jesus has already defeated him, destroying his power through His life and death on the cross.  
“And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” (Colossians 2:15). 

 
Men were not lead by God
to invent things things, greed did.
We are dying from these products!

So we see oil is the problem and things were created because of it. It was done in sin and continues in sin.  So all we have to do is know that

     The Devil, these people, sinner and their sins have no more power, they must submit to Jesus.









The Power and strength comes from God.  The Founding Fathers had it, William Penn had it, the disciples had it, Martin Luther had it, etc.  If you see History there  10's of thousands who have made their mark on history for God!      

WE will get our gold back and God is right now healing the country.  It will be as if "good" people have always produced the fruit of his will: that all Americans live free, peaceful, wholesome lives resting upon the Gospel of Jesus Christ....

The birth of Jesus changed the calendar




The birth of Jesus changed the calendarwww.oxfordcartographers.com

The birth of Jesus changed the calendar

The current calendar we have starts with the birth of Jesus. Sure Jesus' exact birth date might be off by a few yeas but the point is the calendar is based on His birthday. Of course some people have tried to eliminate Jesus from the calendar by changing it to CE (Current Era) and BCE (Before Current Era) but the true calendar remains.

Scripture References


1 Pet 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
1 Pet 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
1 Pet 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
We are Christ's Ambassadors

2 Corinthians 5:18Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.…



http://www.learningthroughhistory.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=H&Product_Code=HT-18
The Man of Sin
2 Thessalonians…8Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; 9that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.…
 Ecclesiates7:29 But they (men) have sought out many inventions (chishshebonoth); 2 Chronicles 26:15, where the term implies works of invention, and is translated "engines," i.e. devices, ways of going astray and deviating from original righteousness. Man has thus abased his free-will, and employed the inventive faculty with which he was endowed in excoriating evil 

The Light in You

Luke 11:33 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. 35 Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”

The Lamp of the Body

Matthew 6:22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
You Cannot Serve God and Riches
24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.



The Beginning John 1:5
4In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

Cross References

Matthew 5:15
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
John 3:19

This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
Acts 26:18

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

Treasury of Scripture

And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.


1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: …

2 Thessalonians…8Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; 9that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.…
 Ecclesiates7:29 But they (men) have sought out many inventions (chishshebonoth); 2 Chronicles 26:15, where the term implies works of invention, and is translated "engines," i.e. devices, ways of going astray and deviating from original righteousness. Man has thus abased his free-will, and employed the inventive faculty with which he was endowed in excoriating evil