LIGHT OR DARKNESS?

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a LIGHT unto my path. The Commandment of the LORD is Pure, Enlightening the eyes. The Commandment is a lamp, and the Law is LIGHT. For by the Law is the knowledge of Sin. Sin is the transgression of the Law. I had not known sin, but by the Law: for I had not known lust, except the Law had said, Thou Shalt Not Covet. Sin will deeply damage and eternally damn your Soul; JESUS will heal and save your Soul. Escape for your life, for your love for Sinning will inevitably doom you; Flee to JESUS for Safety.

The entrance of thy words giveth LIGHT; it giveth UNDERSTANDING unto the simple. The people that walked in darkness have seen a GREAT LIGHT: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the LIGHT shined. If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is NO LIGHT in them. While ye have The LIGHT, Believe in The LIGHT. The eyes of your understanding being Enlightened.

Great Light, Marvellous Light, 

Light of the world, True Light, 

Light of Life, Dayspring

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death LIGHT is sprung up. Through the Tender Mercy of our God; whereby the DAYSPRING from on high that visited us. To give LIGHT to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. The way of peace they have not known. The LIGHT of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of LIGHT; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the LIGHT which is in thee be not darkness. To be enlightened with the LIGHT of the living. 

The whole world lieth in wickedness; the whole human race is Lost in the darkness of Sin. But JESUS humbled Himself and became Sin for us. He entered into the gross darkness, bore our sins in His own body on the tree, and died in our place. He rose again the third day from the dead, and now shines out of darkness like the gentle sunshine at daybreak. If you are dwelling in darkness today with sin-blinded eyes, Come now to the LIGHT, His name is The Lord Jesus Christ. JESUS is the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of your Soul, and HE by Himself with His Precious Blood will expunge and purge all your crimes against God and heaven. 

For Thou wilt LIGHT my candle: the Lord my God will ENLIGHTEN my darkness. The Lord is my LIGHT and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? They looked unto Him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. For with Thee is the fountain of life: in Thy LIGHT shall we see LIGHT. O send out Thy LIGHT and Thy TRUTH: let them lead me. Awake thou that sleepest, and airse from the dead, and Christ shall give thee LIGHT. Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death.

Friendly Reminder: A candle cannot light itself. Light must be given from above, right out of God's words, via The Gospel of the Grace of God; Divine Light cannot be generated out of a dead soul. Trusting to CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF, that is All.

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified HIM not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. And the LIGHT shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. A Light that shineth in a dark place. Great things doeth HE, which we cannot comprehend. And this is the condemnation, that LIGHT is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than LIGHT, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the LIGHT, neither cometh to the LIGHT, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the LIGHT, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. And ye have not His word abiding in you: for whom He hath sent, Him ye believe not. But I know you, that ye have not the LOVE of God in you. 

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM the LIGHT of the world: he that followeth ME shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the LIGHT OF LIFE. Walk while ye have the LIGHT, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the LIGHT of the Glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Walk in The Light, as He is in The Light.

I AM come a LIGHT into the world, 

that whosoever believeth on ME 

should not abide in darkness. 

But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is NO LIGHT in him. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to LIGHT, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 

The night is far spent, the DAY is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of LIGHT. For God, who commanded the LIGHT to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the LIGHT of the KNOWLEDGE of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. What communion hath LIGHT with darkness? For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye LIGHT in the Lord: walk as children of LIGHT: And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son. Ye are all the children of LIGHT, and the children of the DAY: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous LIGHT.  

This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is LIGHT, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth. Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in Him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the TRUE LIGHT now shineth. He that saith he is in the LIGHT, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did LIGHTEN it, and the LAMB is the LIGHT thereof. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them LIGHT: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

I AM come a LIGHT into the world, 
that whosoever believeth on ME 
should not abide in darkness. 

ABIDE IN ME

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye Abide in ME. I am the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in ME, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without ME ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in ME, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye Abide in ME, and MY words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 

When our hearts are not in touch with JESUS, they pine away and wither, just like a branch, that is separated from the Vine. Constrain Jesus daily to tarry with you.

He shall cover thee with His feathers, 

and under His wings shalt thou trust. 

If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

Jesus came to the place, He looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. But they constrained HIM, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And HE went in to tarry with them. And when Lydia was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. 

Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

He that saith he abideth in HIM ought himself also so to walk, even as HE walked. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. Ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is Truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in HIM. Now remember: It's not what you know, It's Who you know, that matters the most in this brief life we live here on Earth.

And now, little children, abide in HIM; that, when HE shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before HIM at His coming. Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him. 

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, 

if any man have a quarrel against any: 

even as Christ forgave you, 

so also do ye.

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in HIM, and HE in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which HE hath given us. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

*IN A NUTSHELL*

WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN

The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world // Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners // I am come a Light into the world, that believeth on Me should not abide in darkness // I am come forth from the Father, and am come into the world // And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were evil // He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew HIM not // I am come down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me // I came not to judge the world, but to save the world // This is My Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased; hear ye HIM. In this was manifested the Love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that me might Live through HIM // For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through HIM might be saved // God was manifest in the flesh; Emmanuel is His name; God with us // The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, He was full of grace and truth // Wherefore when He cometh into the world, He saith, Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not, but a Body hast Thou prepared Me // For The Life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that Eternal Life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us // The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a Ransom for many 

WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN

The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day // For the Son of man shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on // Hereby perceive we the Love of God, because He laid down His life for us // The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again // Christ pleased not Himself // He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief // He was despised, and we esteemed Him not // He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet HE opened not His mouth // Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief and made His Soul and offering for sin // He shall bear their iniquities // For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself a Ransom for All // One died for All // He Offered Up Himself // Who gave Himself for our sins // Who loved me, and gave Himself for me // Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity // Christ Jesus was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin // Behold The Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world // For the Son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost.

WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN 

Hast redeemed us to God by Thy Blood // Christ also suffered for us, Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth // But Now once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself // As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up // He by the Grace of God should taste death for every man // The Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep // I lay down My Life for the sheep // That God might be Just, and the Justifier of him which believeth in Jesus // It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, Who is even at the right hand of God, Who also maketh intercession for us // God spared not His own, but delivered Him up for All // Who was delivered for our offences, and raised again for our Justification // Whom God that set forth to be a Propitiation through Faith in His Blood // Herein is Love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and His Son to be the Propitiation for our sins // Which God hath purchased with His own Blood // But God commendeth His Love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us // Much more then, being Now justified by His Blood, we shall be saved from wrath through HIM // Christ also hath Loved us, and that given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God // It behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day // In Whom we have Redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His Grace.

WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN 

But Now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the Blood of Christ // In Whom we have Redemption, through His Blood, even the forgiveness of sins // We were reconciled to God by the death of His Son // He was numbered with the transgressors // Unto Him that Loved us, and washed us from our sins in His Own Blood // For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us // But this Man, after He had offered one Sacrifice for sins, for ever, sat down on the right hand of God // They overcame him by the Blood of The Lamb // He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities // Having made Peace through the Blood of His Cross // Who for the Joy that was set before HIM endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of God // But by His Own Blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained Eternal Redemption for us // Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures // Christ died for the ungodly // How much more shall The Blood of Christ, Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God // He hath poured His soul unto death: and He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors // But with the Precious Blood of Christ as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot // The Blood of Jesus Christ God's Son cleanseth us from All sin // Neither is there Salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby me must be saved // Ye must be born again // We love Him, because He first loved us// He is the Mediator of a Better covenant.

WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN 

With His stripes we are healed // I gave My back to the smiters, and My cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not My face from shame and spitting // Then did they spit in His face, and buffeted Him; and others smote Him with the palms of their hands // Being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross // God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ // Wherefore He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by HIM, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them // 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 // And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, form which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses // That He might sanctify the people with His Own Blood, suffered without the gate // The Spirit, and the water, and the Blood, and these three agree in one // For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God // And not only so, but we also Joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we have Now received the Atonement.

WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN

The Lord is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that All should come to Repentance // Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a Curse for us // My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? // Why? For God hath made JESUS to be Sin for us, Who knew no Sin, that we might be made the Righteousness of God in HIM // He was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin // The LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us All // Who His Own Self bare our sins in His Own body on the tree // Nailing it to His Cross // JESUS by Himself purged our sins, sat down on right hand of The Majesty on high // He is the Propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world // Pilate delivered Him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led Him away // He is brought as a Lamb to the slaughter // They were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and other on the left // And when they crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take // He said, It is Finished: and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost // But God raised HIM from the dead // For they being ignorant of God's Righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the Righteousness of God.

WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN

By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin // We conclude that a man is Justified by Faith without the deeds of the law // Ye must be born again // Come unto ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you Rest // If any man thirst, let him come unto ME, and drink // Come now, let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool // Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved // Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved // Whosoever believeth in HIM should not perish, but have Eternal Life // Through His name whosoever believeth in HIM shall receive the remission of sins // Whosoever liveth and believeth in ME shall never die // God be merciful to me a sinner, for JESUS' sake // In Whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the Faith of Him // Boldness to enter into the holiest by The Blood of Jesus // Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of Grace, that we may obtain Mercy, and find Grace to help in time of need // I AM come a LIGHT into the world, that whosoever believeth on ME should not abide in darkness // Lord Jesus, please be Merciful to me a sinner, I am tired of sinning against You, I turn to you God and trust only in Your Blood and Righteousness, please save and heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee // Will you let JESUS bring you to God through Faith in His Precious Blood? Will you let JESUS make you Righteous in the sight of God by trusting only to His Righteousness? You must be made Alive in Christ, born again by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN!

THE LIVING

* The living, the living, he shall praise Thee, as I do this day.

* For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made Alive. Now remember, You must be made Alive.

* The LORD is the true God, He is the Living God, and an Everlasting King.

* And God created whales, and every living creature that moveth.
* And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

* For the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth Life. God hath given to us Eternal Life, and this Life is in His Son.

* The voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire.

* For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword.

* By the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

* I AM He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I AM Alive for evermore. These things saith, the First and the Last, which was dead, and is ALIVE.

* In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

* Thou openest Thine hand, and satisfieth the desire of every living thing.

* To be enlightened with the light of the living.

* I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

* I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

* Thou art my Refuge and my Portion in the land of the living.

* My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God.

* That I may walk before God in the light of the living.

* Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

* My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

* For a living dog is better than a dead lion.

* For this my son was dead, and is Alive again, he was lost, and is found. And they began to be Merry.

* They have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

* They have forsaken the fountain of living waters, and hewn them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

* Ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God.

* For the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

* Tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for He is the living God, and stedfast for ever.

* Ye are the sons of the living God.

* And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out of Jerusalem.

* Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

* God is not the God of the dead, but of the living,

* Why seek ye the living among the dead?

* He would have given thee living water. From whence then hast Thou that living water?

* I am the living Bread which came down from heaven.

* As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father.

* And we believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the Living God.

* He that believeth on ME, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

* We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the Living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein.

* Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

* Quicken me O LORD, for Thy name's sake.

* And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.

* But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one JESUS, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be Alive.

* Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but Alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

* Christ liveth in me.

* But yield yourselves unto God, as those that are Alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of Righteousness unto God.

* The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

* Written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God.

* And you hath He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. Even so the Son quickeneth whom He will. It is the Spirit that quickeneth. That which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die.

* Ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

* How ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.

* Behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

* Because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

* Be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.

* How much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

* By a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh.

* It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

* But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.

* To whom also JESUS shewed Himself Alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

* To whom coming, as unto a living Stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and Precious.

* For the Lamb which in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

THE OIL OF GLADNESS

* Now He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God.

* The Recipe for Gladness: Love everything that God loves, and hate everything that God hates.

* Thou anointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over.

* Rejoice the soul of Thy servant: for unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

* O satisfy us early with Thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
* But be filled with the Spirit.

* The fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance. 

* These things write we unto you, that your Joy may be full. Ye Rejoice with Joy unspeakable and full of glory.
* As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing. Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
* I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

* I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
* This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
* Then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him: and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him.

* Love Righteousness and Hate Iniquity.
* And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon Him (JESUS).
* And when he hath found the lost sheep, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
* And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.
* For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
* And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom.
* Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.
* But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
* Glory ye in His holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
* Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
* Rejoicing in hope.
* Sing unto God, sing praises to His name: extol Him that rideth upon the heavens by His name JAH, and rejoice before Him.
* Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

* Love Righteousness and Hate Iniquity.
* And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in His salvation.
* And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
* Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
* Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice.
*Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee: let such as love Thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
* Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
* For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name.
* The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise Him.
* I will be glad and rejoice in Thy mercy.
* Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
* Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in Sincerity.
* But I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.
* I will be glad and rejoice in Thee: I will sing praise to Thy name, O thou most High.
* But let all those that put their trust in Thee rejoice.
* For God loveth a cheerful giver.
* A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.
* Because Thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice.
* Love Righteousness and Hate Iniquity.
* And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel.
* And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in Thy salvation.
* The heathen rejoice around their god: Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

THE UNKNOWN GOD

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not. 

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, Him declare I unto you. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know Me, nor My Father: if ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. All things are delivered to Me of My Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and He to whom the Son will reveal Him. 

O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee: but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent Me. The world cannot hate you; but Me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. But all these things will they do unto you for My name's sake, because they know not him that sent Me. I never knew you, depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee: for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee. Yet ye have not known Him; but I know Him: and if I should say, I know Him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know Him, and keep His saying. yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me. Then cried Jesus in the temple as He taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of Myself, but He that sent me is true, Whom ye know not. 

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.  

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient. We are of God: He that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God. In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God. 

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord. 

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 

MY DOCTRINE

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but HIS that sent Me. Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, He doeth the works. He that cometh from above is above all. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from above.

I can of Mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and My judgment is just; because I seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent Me. He that loveth Me not keepeth not My sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent Me. He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. 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. I speak to the world those things which I have heard of Him. 

For I have given unto them the words which Thou gavest Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from Thee, and they have believed that Thou didst send Me.  I have given them Thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but My words shall not pass away. That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent Him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 

For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me. I am the Living Bread which came down from heaven. For the Bread of God is He which cometh down from heaven, and giveth Life unto the world. I seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent Me. No man can come to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him. Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.