Isaiah 26:3-4
King James Version
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever:
for in the Lord Jehovah
is everlasting strength:
What does it mean to focus on CHRIST?
What does it ask of us?
What are our responsibilities towards CHRIST?
Why should we focus on JESUS alone?
As always, SPIRIT and Scripture give us the facts.
And the facts are these:
Exodus 18:21
King James Version
21 Moreover thou shalt provide
out of all the people able men,
such as fear God,
men of truth,
hating covetousness;
and place such over them,
to be rulers of thousands,
and rulers of hundreds,
rulers of fifties,
and rulers of tens:
Psalm 26:5
King James Version
5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers;
and will not sit with the wicked.
Psalm 31:6
King James Version
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities:
but I trust in the Lord.
Psalm 45:7
King James Version
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee
with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Psalm 97:10
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10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil:
he preserveth the souls of his saints;
he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 101:3
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3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes:
I hate the work of them that turn aside;
it shall not cleave to me.
Psalm 119:104
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104 Through thy precepts I get understanding:
therefore I hate every false way.
Psalm 119:128
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128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts
concerning all things to be right;
and I hate every false way.
Psalm 119:158
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158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved;
because they kept not thy word.
Psalm 119:163
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163 I hate and abhor lying:
but thy law do I love.
Psalm 139:21-22
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21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee?
and am not I grieved with those
that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred:
I count them mine enemies.
Proverbs 8:13
King James Version
13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil:
pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 13:5
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5 A righteous man hateth lying:
but a wicked man is loathsome,
and cometh to shame.
Proverbs 15:27
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27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house;
but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Proverbs 24:9
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9 The thought of foolishness is sin:
and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Proverbs 29:27
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27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just:
and he that is upright in the way
is abomination to the wicked.
Ezekiel 35:6
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6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God,
I will prepare thee unto blood,
and blood shall pursue thee:
sith thou hast not hated blood,
even blood shall pursue thee.
Amos 5:15
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15 Hate the evil, and love the good,
and establish judgment in the gate:
it may be that the Lord God of hosts
will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Romans 12:9
King James Version
9 Let love be without dissimulation.
Abhor that which is evil;
cleave to that which is good.
1 Corinthians 10:21
King James Version
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord,
and the cup of devils:
ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table,
and of the table of devils.
1 Timothy 6:11
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11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things;
and follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Hebrews 1:9
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9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;
therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee
with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
James 4:7
King James Version
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Jude 23
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23 And others save with fear,
pulling them out of the fire;
hating even the garment
spotted by the flesh.
Revelation 2:5-6
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5 Remember therefore
from whence thou art fallen,
and repent, and do the first works;
or else I will come unto thee quickly,
and will remove thy candlestick out of his place,
except thou repent.
6 But this thou hast,
that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes,
which I also hate.
Noticed anything?
It's all about "abhorring" evil.
And to focus on CHRIST, and "holiness".
That we may be acceptable to the FATHER.
Psalm 97:12
King James Version
12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous;
and give thanks at the remembrance
of his holiness.
Proverbs 21:21
King James Version
21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy
findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Amos 5:14
King James Version
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live:
and so the Lord, the God of hosts,
shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
We must depart from evil, and follow what GOD commanded.
Leviticus 11:45
King James Version
45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up
out of the land of Egypt, to be your God:
ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
And what JESUS commanded, in support of the FATHER's command.
Matthew 5:48
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48 Be ye therefore perfect,
even as your Father which is in heaven
is perfect.
With the LORD's perfect reason:
Mark 1:15
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15 And saying,
The time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye,
and believe the gospel.
We are in the end times.
There is no more dilly-dallying.
The RAPTURE could occur any moment.
We must focus on JESUS, and desire to be with Him.
In order to do that, we must get right with GOD now.
We all need to be born again of the SPIRIT.
It's the only way we can understand JESUS, Scripture, and the times.
John 3:3-8
King James Version
3 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him,
How can a man be born when he is old?
can he enter the second time
into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth: so is every one
that is born of the Spirit.
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