A Virtuous Woman

One of life’s great treasures is a Virtuous Woman!

Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

A Woman who Fears the Lord!

Proverbs 31:30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

A Woman of Excellent Reputation!

Ruth 3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

The Husband of a Virtuous Woman is a blessed Man!

Proverbs 12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

What a Valuable Find!

Proverbs 18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

Super Glad that I Found Her!

Trial of Your Faith

Proven Faith is Precious and Praiseworthy!

1 Peter 1:7  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Abraham was Tried!

Genesis 22:2  And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

No Faith? No God.

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Self-Examination

2 Corinthians 13:5a Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. …

The Lord’s Examination

Psalms 26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

Will He Find Faith in You?

Luke 18:8b Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Creation’s Testimony

The Heavens declare God’s Glory

Psalms 19:1-3 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.

Astronomers estimate that our universe contains over 100 billion galaxies, and that each galaxy contains, on the average 100 billion stars.

The Psalmist says:

The heavens declare the glory of God. Every day they speak to us and show off the knowledge of God. They don’t have a human language but their voice is heard in all languages.

Creation’s testimony:

1. WE SERVE A HUGE GOD. 2. Nothing is too difficult for Him. 3. God is in control of every aspect of the universe and thereby controls our life too!

God made Creation Speak

Nehemiah 9:6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

Isaiah 44:24, Isaiah 45:12, Isaiah 48:12-13

Psalms 102:25-27 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

The Heavens Declare the Glory of God! The Firmament shows the work of his hands!

How about your life? Can God handle your life? Can God take care of your eternity?

I believe the answer is YES!

Impossible for God

God can not Lie

Hebrews 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

God is true – every man is a liar

Romans 3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

God cannot know another God

Isaiah 44:6,8 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

Isaiah 43:10b … before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

Isaiah 45:5a I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: …

God cannot remember forgiven sin.

Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Micah 7:19b … and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Psalms 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Thank the Lord!

Crucified with Christ

Jesus was killed by Crucifixion

Luke 23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

Crucified by Wicked hands

Acts 2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Knowing Jesus Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

Christians are Crucified with Him

Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Crucified but Alive

Galatians 2:20  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Crucified the Flesh

Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Crucified to the World

Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

In God We Trust

Trust the Lord Always!

Psalms 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Trust in His Shield!

Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Trust in His Goodness!

Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Again, and Again We Trust in the Lord!

Hebrews 2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.

Ten Commandments Summarized in Two

Ten Commandments

(Ref: Exodus 20:1-17, Deuteronomy 5:6-21)

Jesus emphasized the importance of living by the commandments.

Matthew 19:17b … but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Mark 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Even the great commandments are vain without the proper motive.

Matthew 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

The Commandments flow from loving God and your Neighbor.

Matthew 22:36-40 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

(Ref: Mark 12:29-31)

Jesus Christ has the answer for today!

Hope in The End

The Gospel Age will come to an End.

Matthew 24:13-14  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

1 Corinthians 15:24-25 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.  For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

The New Testament describes the END as a time of Hope.

1 Peter 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Hebrews 6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

Hebrews 3:14  For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

1 Corinthians 1:7-8  So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:  Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Our hope is in eternity and also in the END.

Victory in Jesus Christ

Victory belongs to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:11  Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

Victory in Righteousness and Holiness

Psalms 98:1 A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

God gives Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

1 Corinthians 15:5 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Victory through Faith in Him!

1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Victory comes at the End!

1 Corinthians 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

Thank God for the Victory!

Pray for Authority

Pray that Authorities will allow us to live in Peace.

1 Timothy 2:1-2  I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;  2  For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Selfish people will despise Government.

2 Peter 2:10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

God appoints and promotes rulers.

Psalms 75:6-7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.  But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Daniel 5:21 … till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

John 19:1 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

All authority is subject to Jesus Christ.

Luke 20:2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

1 Peter 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

We better pray!