Biblical Life Ministries

10/28/2024

Proverbs 28:13, "He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy."
This principle is the foundation of any real and actual discipleship. There is not enough room here to unpack the whole thing, but I can say this much, find somebody you can tell the truth to, all of it.
The word for cover is 'kasah', and it means simply to cover up, hide, to conceal.

If I cover my own sins: I create a phony persona, a lie, presenting myself as something and someone I am not. Whatever sins I hide with this method, I also add to by lying about it. Now I have to cover the original sin problem, and the subsequent sin problem that I made by covering it up. And then it becomes a cycle of lying, covering, shame, denial, more lies, more shame, on and on.

Left unhealed and unchecked, it can create some serious spiritual/emotional/mental issues. There are many people who have followed the path of self cover for so long, they have given themselves an emotional fracture, like a fault line, a personality split as it were, and now live in an alternate reality, not only denying and refusing to face the truth, but they are not able to do so. These cases have, imo, transitioned out of the ministry of the counselor into the ministry of deliverance.

Listen, it is way better to just confess it, start small till you can get it all out, confess it and forsake it and you will find mercy -not judgment- mercy.

10/25/2024

Proverbs 25:28, "Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls."
Observation: 1. People have a spirit, saved and unsaved alike, we are created body, soul, and spirit. 2. 'Rule over' has to include these aspects: discerning between what is the human spirit and a demonic spirit, and the Holy Spirit; self awareness mainly of weaknesses and tendencies toward self-deception; self discipline, the internal mechanism which facilitates life change, emotional regulation, mental stability, and internal peace. #3. "A city broken down, without walls," indicating a personal life of dysfunction, disrepair, disarmed, and defenselessness, unable to keep out predators, unable to even know what should be allowed in or kept out.

Self-control cannot be overstated. It takes time to develop. There will be pain involved. Self-discipline is painful. Lazy is easy. Broken is easy. Living in denial is easier than facing shame. Face it anyway.

Control yourself.

10/18/2024

A Friday morning quote from one of our BLLC classes!

d. Principles of Humility
1) Humility before God and man is a sign of mature character.
a) Leadership is dangerous and abusive unless humility
guides it.

2) Humility is recognizing your own limitations and God’s
ability to compensate for them.
a) It is bowing down before God on a continual basis,
acknowledging His supremacy over all creation, His
sovereign ability to intervene in all circumstances, and His
authority to rule without rival over us.

3) Humility can be seen in a person’s response to correction.
a) Is correction received or……? (Proverbs 9:8)

b) How do they respond when they are told 'no'?

4) Humility can be seen in being quick to repent when wrong.
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9

10/10/2024

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10/06/2024

One thousand nine hundred ninety four years ago the Mosaic covenant was dissolved, a new covenant was inaugurated, with a better Mediator, better promises, and a far better inheritance.
One thousand nine hundred fifty four years ago, the Mosaic covenant was forcibly closed, the Temple destroyed. It is and has been impossible to keep or maintain the Mosaic covenant.
There is only one covenant that can be kept, only one that is recognized and accepted by God, the Author and Finisher of our faith.
There is only one door. His name is Jesus!

10/03/2024

The most productive, life-changing, and hardest Bible study that anyone can do is the inductive method.
Basically, there are three 'steps'.
Observation, or what does it say
Interpretation, what does that mean
Application, how can I apply that to my life (with the intention of becoming more like Christ, or as a part of my personal discipleship, which should be the same thing)

Most of the hard work is done in that first step. The hardest part of it is to allow the text to simply say what it says, without the framework of an interpretative view that gives the meaning beforehand. These frameworks go by several different names, but the point is this. In order to determine what any passage is saying, those frameworks must be put aside.
There are several rules that should be adopted in Bible study by any serious student. Grammar, sentence structure, word meanings, historical grammatical, and contextual consistency.
The next hardest part is to adjust your preconceived intrepretive conclusions . Everybody goes into a Bible study with preconceived ideas of what it says and what it means. But when you actually do read the words, and possibly/probably realize that your preconceived conclusions were incorrect, then you must adjust your mind to what the Bible actually says. In other words you have to change.
And that ain't easy.

The idea of personal discipline (that is, controlling yourself, your mind, will, and emotions) and daily crucifixion of the flesh are indispensable tools.

09/15/2024

Ok, people, this is now gonna be your challenge. Put down all, ALL, other books, booklets, devos, newspapers, articles, blogs, all reading materials
EXCEPT
The Bible, and stuff you have to read for work or if you are already in a class, no other ‘spiritual’ reading, or so called spiritual authors, through the end of the year.
That’s 4 short months.
Bible only, as much as humanly possible.

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08/28/2024

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08/28/2024

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08/21/2024

It's amazing to me how 'normies', that is people who did not develop chemical addictions to drugs and alcohol in their life, happily delude themselves into thinking that they are somehow free from the exact same life controlling issues that addicts medicate over.
Normies medicate, and lie to themselves about it. Half a y'all are addicted to wine. You drink everyday. You plan your day around it. You look forward to your 'relax' time, and if that time gets interrupted somehow, you're pretty bent over it. That's addict behavior.
And there's a boat load of normies addicted to lying! You live in denial of your own fallenness, or how you are still in bo***ge to the abuse you grew up in. Denial is lying. You've believed the lie for so long and so much, you have changed your normal to it.
And when someone tells you the truth, you're offended. You tell the lie as though it were the truth, because you cannot face the real truth. You can't uncover or admit what happened because it's too painful. That is the nature of an addict.
In your comparison between you and drug addicts, you justify your lies and phony behavior, making it seem like you are better, 'well, at least I didn't do drugs', all you succeed in doing is exposing your self righteousness.
You may be drug free, but you are not free at all until you are lie free.

08/20/2024

In Revelation 5, we are introduced to a scroll in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. It is apparently a very important document, although we are not told exactly why.
But we can see its importance in v3, where no one was able to open it. But, v5, "Behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll..."
The Greek word translated 'prevailed' is the same one used in ch6:2, 'He went out conquering and to conquer'. The Lamb prevailed, He conquered death, hell and the grave.

Then the living creatures and the elders testified.
Revelation 5:9-10 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, [10] And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth."

The qualifications of the Lamb that allowed Him to open the scroll: He prevailed; He was slain (on the cross, was buried, and on the third day He rose from the dead), He redeemed people by His blood; He made us kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth (this is our inheritance in the Lord).

If those are the qualifications needed to open this scroll, the redemptive work of the cross and the shedding of the blood of the Lamb, then this scroll can be nothing other than the New Covenant.
Matt 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25, all basically say the same thing, "This is My blood of the new covenant."
Heb 9:15; 12:24, also repeat, "He is the Mediator of the new covenant"

And you may be asking, hey wait a minute, if the scroll is the new covenant, and we live in that covenant now, then are all those seals already opened?
And also, how do the first four seals, the four horses, how do those apply to the new covenant?

Those are excellent questions! It looks like you've given yourself an assignment!

Look at the text with fresh eyes. I'll give you a clue: the first seal, the white horse, is the Lamb. The same One we see in ch19:11, same white horse, same Conquerer.