How GOD deals with EVIL

Psalm 37:13-15

King James Version

13 The Lord shall laugh at him: 

for he seeth that his day is coming.

14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, 

and have bent their bow, 

to cast down the poor and needy, 

and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, 

and their bows shall be broken.

We all know what happened to Israel on October 7.

How seven nations have ganged up on her.

How do you think GOD will respond?

Israel's enemies can expect this from the LORD:

Deuteronomy 28:7

King James Version

7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies 

that rise up against thee 

to be smitten before thy face: 

they shall come out against thee one way, 

and flee before thee seven ways.

And if you think unbelieving Jews are spared, witness how an evil spirit dealt with SEVEN exorcists who tried speaking in the name of JESUS:

Acts 19:13-17

King James Version

13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, 

exorcists, 

took upon them to call over them 

which had evil spirits 

the name of the Lord Jesus, 

saying, 

We adjure you by Jesus 

whom Paul preacheth.

14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, 

a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.

15 And the evil spirit answered and said, 

Jesus I know, 

and Paul I know; 

but who are ye?

16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was 

leaped on them, 

and overcame them, 

and prevailed against them, 

so that they fled out of that house 

naked and wounded.

17 And this was known 

to all the Jews and Greeks 

also dwelling at Ephesus; 

and fear fell on them all, 

and the name of the Lord Jesus 

was magnified.

Even evil knows a "fake" when it sees one.

And responds accordingly.

Evil only challenges GOD.

The SOURCE of ALL TRUE POWER.

That's why it persecutes Israel, whom He loves.

Evil is that bold, brash, and brazen.

Wanting a real fight.

Well, he shall have it.

GOD doesn't play "favorites".

If you are in sin, you are in sin.

GOD will deal with that.

In the same manner, His salvation is for all.

Romans 10:13

King James Version

13 For whosoever shall call 

upon the name of the Lord 

shall be saved.

Galatians 3:28-29

King James Version

28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, 

there is neither bond nor free, 

there is neither male nor female: 

for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, 

and heirs according to the promise.

So, don't challenge GOD.

We're no match for the LORD.

If you're not born again, don't expect to know GOD's ways.

Take note of the following sets of "7":

The Seven Enemies of Israel in the Promised Land

The SEVEN seals

The SEVEN trumpets

The SEVEN last plagues

The 7 churches

SPIRIT and the 7 churches

The number "7"

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Matthew 20:25-27

King James Version

25 But Jesus called them unto him, 

and said, 

Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles 

exercise dominion over them, 

and they that are great 

exercise authority upon them.

26 But it shall not be so among you: 

but whosoever will be great among you, 

let him be your minister;

27 And whosoever will be chief among you, 

let him be your servant:

What do politics have to do with tornadoes?

What do tornadoes have to do with politics?

Surely, I'm off my rocker?

Seeing a connection, where many may not.

Consider these things:

The 5 February 2008 primaries:

"The event began on Super Tuesday, while 24 states in the United States were holding primary elections and caucuses to select the presidential candidates for the upcoming presidential election"

-- Wikipedia

They called it:

"Giga Tuesday", "Mega Giga Tuesday", "Tsunami Tuesday" or even "Super Duper Tuesday"

-- Wikipedia

Then a STRANGE thing happened:

"The 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak[2] was a deadly tornado outbreak which affected the Southern United States and the lower Ohio Valley on February 5 and 6, 2008.

The outbreak generated 87 tornadoes over 15 hours from the afternoon of February 5 until the early morning of February 6.

A total of 57 people were killed across four states and 18 counties, with hundreds of others injured."

-- Wikipedia

Eighty-seven tornadoes hit that VERY same day.

Talking about Super, Giga, Mega Giga, Tsunami, and Super Duper.

And I'm not talking about the primaries.

We really have to watch our words.

What's most unusual is this:

"Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Alabama, and Tennessee were among the affected regions in which primaries were being held."

-- Wikipedia

Another CURIOUS thing was this -- notice the phrase in bold letters:

"To increase importance of their votes, 24 states with over half the delegates to the national conventions moved to change their primary dates to February 5, 2008, creating the largest "Super Tuesday" to date."

-- Wikipedia

That means, February 5 wasn't the original primary date.

I don't know what was, but all that matters for this post is that the date was MOVED to February 5.

The VERY same day the tornado outbreak occurred.

If you don't appreciate these strange connections, then you haven't really worked with SPIRIT.

He gives me ALL the clues, prompts, guidance, and verses.

I'm only able to tell you all these because of SPIRIT.

And we always connect world events with Scripture.

In our two tornado articles* the past days, we've acknowledged the power GOD has over EVERYTHING.

Isaiah 40:21-24

King James Version

21 Have ye not known? 

have ye not heard? 

hath it not been told you from the beginning? 

have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, 

and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; 

that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, 

and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; 

he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

24 Yea, they shall not be planted; 

yea, they shall not be sown: 

yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: 

and he shall also blow upon them, 

and they shall wither, 

and the whirlwind shall take them away 

as stubble.

Was GOD displeased about something?

Did it have something to do with the candidates for president?

Did GOD know what those politicians were up to?

Surely, for only GOD knows our hearts:

1 Samuel 16:7

King James Version

7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, 

Look not on his countenance, 

or on the height of his stature; 

because I have refused him: 

for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; 

for man looketh on the outward appearance, 

but the Lord looketh on the heart.

Psalm 14:2

King James Version

2 The Lord looked down from heaven 

upon the children of men, 

to see if there were any that did understand, 

and seek God.

Jeremiah 17:10

King James Version

10 I the Lord search the heart, 

I try the reins, 

even to give every man according to his ways, 

and according to the fruit of his doings.

And you know what Scripture reveals about man?

Romans 3:9-10

King James Version

9 What then? 

are we better than they? 

No, in no wise: 

for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, 

that they are all under sin;

10 As it is written, 

There is none righteous, 

no, not one:

Romans 3:11

King James Version

11 There is none that understandeth, 

there is none that seeketh after God.

Romans 3:12

King James Version

12 They are all gone out of the way, 

they are together become unprofitable; 

there is none that doeth good, 

no, not one.

Romans 3:23

King James Version

23 For all have sinned, 

and come short of the glory of God;

Surely, GOD knows candidates' agendas.

He knows EVERYTHING we have in our heart.

ESPECIALLY when it pertains to His chosen nation.

Unless politicians love GOD, they cannot love others.

Unless they are a true born again, they won't accept His laws.

Unless they're taught by SPIRIT, they can't possibly understand Scripture.

Unless they believe in JESUS, they can't lead perfectly.

We will always fall short.

What of the forthcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election?

"The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election, set to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.Voters will elect a president and vice president for a term of four years. Incumbent President Joe Biden, a member of the Democratic Party, is running for re-election.[2] His predecessor Donald Trump, a member of the Republican Party, is running for re-election for a second, non-consecutive term, after losing to him in 2020."

-- Wikipedia

The ONLY thing that caught my eye?

"the 60th quadrennial presidential election"

And all I can say is UH-OH.

The number "60" stands for "PRIDE".

"Keys to Scripture Numerics" says so.

King Solomon's words come to mind:

Ecclesiastes 1:1-2

King James Version

1 The words of the Preacher, 

the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

2 Vanity of vanities, 

saith the Preacher, 

vanity of vanities; 

all is vanity.

Numbers matter to GOD.

He OWNS numbers.

He created it.

I merely connect the dots.

Through SPIRIT.

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TORNADOES, HAIL, and WINDS

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PERPETUAL note-taker

 

Deuteronomy 8:3

King James Version

3 And he humbled thee, 

and suffered thee to hunger, 

and fed thee with manna, 

which thou knewest not, 

neither did thy fathers know; 

that he might make thee know 

that man doth not live by bread only, 

but by every word that proceedeth 

out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

Perhaps, I was born with a pen in hand.

Always taking down notes.

Always writing something.

Always jotting down ideas.

Often class secretary in high school.

Often assisting my father to write down stuff.

Often supplying the word, or words, people look for.

Having a perpetual love for words.

Delighting in word play.

Knowing many books reside in my heart.

Not knowing how, or when, that would occur.

Until one day, GOD made me born again.

And everything finally made sense.

I was little scribe to the LORD.

I took down notes.

The day He led me to the Bible.

Some 636 moons ago.

Notebooks, index cards were filled with verses that called to me.

Even scraps of paper, such as back of receipts, were not spared.

You can see proof from the photo above.

I could not write fast enough, for the volume of material.

Scripture was so rich in GOD's TRUTH!

I marvel at how people can claim to have read the Bible.

At least THREE times.

The whole Bible?

Wow.

I'm still a work in progress.

SPIRIT takes me where He will, each day.

He inspires, guides, explains, gives clues.

And lets me piece it all together.

Possibly delighting in my devotion.

How can anyone not delight in the WORD of GOD?

It's PURE love, truth, mercy, glory, and wisdom from GOD!

It's the most exciting story that happened, is happening, and will still happen.

I know EXACTLY what apostle John meant when he said:

John 21:25

King James Version

25 And there are also many other things 

which Jesus did, the which, 

if they should be written every one, 

I suppose that even the world itself 

could not contain the books 

that should be written. 

Amen.

I doubt I'd be able to read the Bible, in full, THREE times.

Only because EVERY word speaks to me.

The King James Version has 783,137 words.

I linger, with EVERY word.

EVERY word speaks volumes.

EVERY word becomes another clue.

EVERY word opens an idea, for writing.

EVERY article leads to another.

EVERY blog leads to another.

Now, we have over a hundred blogs.

I may need several lifetimes to read the Bible, in full.

Of course, I'm exaggerating.

I only have this lifetime.

Hebrews 9:27

King James Version

27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, 

but after this the judgment:

Perhaps, my LORD will forgive my inability to read the Bible, from cover to cover, in one sitting.

So, I marvel at anyone who can do that.

I need SPIRIT to explain everything to me.

To find the true meaning of each word.

To remain true to GOD's WORD.

To know EXACTLY what JESUS means.

To get things right, EXACTLY as GOD commands.

Bear note that there are many Bible versions.

GOD led me to the King James Version.

The Old English style became easy for me to understand.

Strange, but true.

I haven't veered since.

Turned out, many abide by KJV.

And all I do is follow SPIRIT.

Wherever He takes me.

This is His nature, after all:

John 3:8

King James Version

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.

Note-taking is a compulsion.

A delight.

A desire.

A discipline.

An offering, back to GOD.

A reflection of my complete attention.

Undivided.

Undistracted.

Unimpeded.

I am GOD's little child.

Forever with pen in hand.

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The BIGGER picture

 

1 Corinthians 2:10

King James Version

10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: 

for the Spirit searcheth all things, 

yea, the deep things of God.

It was a very dangerous world I used to live in.

Only because I had been ignorant for a long time.

When you don't know GOD's laws, you are ignorant.

And that puts you in great danger -- subject to the ways of the world.

Once GOD makes you born again, ah, then, you become aware.

GOD gives us His SPIRIT to guide us.

Teaching us the ways of JESUS.

It's the only way we can survive in this world.

Don't expect the world to speak truth.

It doesn't have the capability to do so.

It has a different agenda.

It's wired differently.

Serving its own purpose.

JESUS spoke of it:

Luke 16:15

King James Version

15 And he said unto them, 

Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; 

but God knoweth your hearts: 

for that which is highly esteemed among men 

is abomination in the sight of God.

The apostles spoke of it:

2 Corinthians 4:4

King James Version

4 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.

James 4:4

King James Version

4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, 

know ye not that the friendship of the world

 is enmity with God? 

whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world 

is the enemy of God.

The Bible gives us enough warning.

But how many listen?

How many care to know?

All my blogs, and posts, warn us all the time.

I have Scripture to back up my findings.

Scripture is the only book I live by.

I trust is completely.

For it is the WORD of GOD.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

King James Version

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, 

and is profitable for doctrine, 

for reproof, 

for correction, 

for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, 

thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

There is no other reference to live by.

Scripture contains GOD's TRUTH.

Which happen to be the teachings of JESUS.

Who only lived to obey GOD's WILL.

If there's one tough lesson, that's really it.

To know GOD's WILL, and to FOLLOW it.

Only because people would rather do their thing.

When, all along, GOD's WILL is there to guide us.

In every aspect of JESUS' life, He showed us what it was.

And how we may obey, with joy, gladness, and focus.

Obedience to GOD is the only thing to do.

The world will teach you the opposite.

To defy GOD's WILL.

And that's where problems begin.

In direct defiance of GOD's commands.

The world will keep doing what it does:

Matthew 24:37-38

King James Version

37 But as the days of Noah were, 

so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood 

they were eating and drinking, 

marrying and giving in marriage, 

until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

Until such time GOD decides, "ENOUGH, is ENOUGH!"

And sends His Son for the Rapture.

Matthew 24:39-42

King James Version

39 And knew not until the flood came, 

and took them all away; 

so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; 

the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; 

the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not 

what hour your Lord doth come.

Every day we're alive, is a chance to get right with GOD.

Every day we're alive, is a chance to be born again.

Every day we're alive, is a chance to know GOD's laws.

Every day we're alive, is a chance to be saved.

Every day we're alive, is a chance to repent.

Each day is PURE grace.

Ephesians 2:8-9

King James Version

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; 

and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

But for the LOVE of the LORD, we'd all perish.

2 Peter 3:8-10

King James Version

8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, 

that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, 

and a thousand years as one day.

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, 

as some men count slackness; 

but is longsuffering to us-ward, 

not willing that any should perish, 

but that all should come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord 

will come as a thief in the night; 

in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, 

and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, 

the earth also and the works that are therein 

shall be burned up.

Let us not be complacent.

Let us not be proud.

Let us not be foolish.

Let us seek GOD.

While we still can.

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HUNGER for TRUTH

 

Philippians 4:8

King James Version

8 Finally, brethren, 

whatsoever things are true, 

whatsoever things are honest, 

whatsoever things are just, 

whatsoever things are pure, 

whatsoever things are lovely, 

whatsoever things are of good report; 

if there be any virtue, 

and if there be any praise, 

think on these things.

What makes SPIRIT show up?

Giving us the gift of knowledge?

Gracing us with His presence?

Teaching us JESUS' ways?

Here's what I found:

Have a HUNGER for TRUTH.

Pay ATTENTION to EVERYTHING.

Know WHO to ask.

If you're childlike, you'll pay attention to everything.

If you're jaded, you don't want to be bothered by anything.

Well, I've always been childlike.

Eager to learn.

Curious about most things.

Asking so many questions.

Bugging GOD all the time.

What was ABSOLUTE truth?

Doing TONS of research.

Reading TONS of books.

Learning from TONS of jobs.

Making TONS of mistakes.

I was such a sponge for learning.

Filing away things in my mind.

Knowing one day, the pieces will fit.

That day came when GOD made me born again in 2019.

He took everything to the highest form of learning.

Learning became focused on JESUS alone.

SPIRIT teaches me all I need to know.

Always, through Scripture.

From prayers, waiting, listening, taking notes, sharing with you.

Pretty soon, TONS of blogs were created.

Which keep growing every few days.

Night and day is devoted to GOD alone.

In His WORD, I delight in.

In His LAWS, I obey.

In His SCRIPTURE, I live.

Reminding me of King David's psalm:

Psalm 119:97-106

King James Version

97 O how love I thy law! 

it is my meditation all the day.

98 Thou through thy commandments 

hast made me wiser than mine enemies: 

for they are ever with me.

99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: 

for thy testimonies are my meditation.

100 I understand more than the ancients, 

because I keep thy precepts.

101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, 

that I might keep thy word.

102 I have not departed from thy judgments: 

for thou hast taught me.

103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! 

yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: 

therefore I hate every false way.

105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, 

and a light unto my path.

106 I have sworn, 

and I will perform it, 

that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

GOD, Who loves us, teaches us, and warns us.

We must be ready for the Rapture.

You would not want to be in the Tribulation.

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The CHRISTIAN life

 

Titus 2:12

King James Version

12 Teaching us that, 

denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, 

we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, 

in this present world;

The CHRISTIAN life is a disciplined life.

We revere the ways of GOD.

We delight in obeying the will of GOD.

We believe in JESUS, and rely on Him, for everything.

We are taught Scripture, by the HOLY SPIRIT.

We are born again.

We live by the Bible.

We do the following:

1. "denying ungodliness and worldly lusts"

2. "live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world"

Here's what those two sets of phrases mean:

Titus 2:12

Amplified Bible

12 It teaches us to reject ungodliness and worldly (immoral) desires, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives [lives with a purpose that reflect spiritual maturity] in this present age,

Titus 2:12

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

12 It has trained us to reject and renounce all ungodliness (irreligion) and worldly (passionate) desires, to live discreet (temperate, self-controlled), upright, devout (spiritually whole) lives in this present world,

Titus 2:12

Common English Bible

12 It educates us so that we can live sensible, ethical, and godly lives right now by rejecting ungodly lives and the desires of this world.

Titus 2:12

Complete Jewish Bible

12 It teaches us to renounce godlessness and worldly pleasures, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives now, in this age;.

Titus 2:12

Contemporary English Version

12 He taught us to give up our wicked ways and our worldly desires and to live decent and honest lives in this world.

Titus 2:12

Darby Translation

12 teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,

Titus 2:12

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

12 training us that having denied ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live sound-mindedly[a] and righteously and godly in the present age,

Titus 2:12

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

12 Instructing us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and justly, and godly in this world,

Titus 2:12

Easy-to-Read Version

12 It teaches us not to live against God and not to do the bad things the world wants to do. It teaches us to live on earth now in a wise and right way—a way that shows true devotion to God.

Titus 2:12

Evangelical Heritage Version

12 It trains us to reject ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age,

Titus 2:12

English Standard Version

12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Titus 2:12

Expanded Bible

12 It ·teaches [trains; disciplines] us to ·turn away from [reject; deny] ungodly living and ·the evil things the world wants to do [or worldly desires; sinful pleasures]. Instead, that grace teaches us to live in the present age in a ·wise [self-controlled] and ·right [upright; just] way and in a ·way that shows we serve God [godly manner].

Titus 2:12

GOD’S WORD Translation

12 It trains us to avoid ungodly lives filled with worldly desires so that we can live self-controlled, moral, and godly lives in this present world.

Titus 2:12

Good News Translation

12 That grace instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this world,

Titus 2:12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

12 instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,

Titus 2:12

International Children’s Bible

12 It teaches us not to live against God and not to do the evil things the world wants to do. That grace teaches us to live in the present age in a wise and right way—a way that shows that we serve God.

Titus 2:12

International Standard Version

12 It trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age.

Titus 2:12

J.B. Phillips New Testament

11-14 For the grace of God, which can save every man, has now become known, and it teaches us to have no more to do with godlessness or the desires of this world but to live, here and now, responsible, honourable and God-fearing lives.

Titus 2:12

Jubilee Bible 2000

12 teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live temperately, righteously, and godly in this present world;

Titus 2:12

Living Bible

12 and along with this gift comes the realization that God wants us to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures and to live good, God-fearing lives day after day,

Titus 2:12

The Message

We’re being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life.

Titus 2:12

Names of God Bible

12 It trains us to avoid ungodly lives filled with worldly desires so that we can live self-controlled, moral, and godly lives in this present world.

Titus 2:12

New American Bible (Revised Edition)

12 and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age,

Titus 2:12

New Catholic Bible

12 It teaches us to reject godless ways and worldly desires, and in the present age to lead lives that are temperate, just, and godly,

Titus 2:12

New Century Version

12 It teaches us not to live against God nor to do the evil things the world wants to do. Instead, that grace teaches us to live in the present age in a wise and right way and in a way that shows we serve God.

Titus 2:12

New International Reader's Version

12 His grace teaches us to say no to godless ways and sinful desires. We must control ourselves. We must do what is right. We must lead godly lives in today’s world.

Titus 2:12

New International Version

12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

Titus 2:12

New Life Version

12 We are taught to have nothing to do with that which is against God. We are to have nothing to do with the desires of this world. We are to be wise and to be right with God. We are to live God-like lives in this world.

Titus 2:12

New Living Translation

12 And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God,

Titus 2:12

New Matthew Bible

12 and teaches us that we should deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and that we should live sober-minded, righteously, and godly in this present world,

Titus 2:12

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

12 training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,

Titus 2:12

New Testament for Everyone

12 It teaches us that we should turn our backs on ungodliness and the passions of the world, and should live sober, just and devout lives in the present age,

Titos 2:12

Orthodox Jewish Bible

12 Instructing us to deny all that is frai (irreligious) and not of chasidus [in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach] and all that is ta’avanut, and to live with seichel and tzidkat Hashem and yirat Shomayim in the Olam Hazeh,

Titus 2:12

Revised Standard Version

12 training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world,

Titus 2:12

Tree of Life Version

12 training us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live in a manner that is self-controlled and righteous and godly in the present age.

Titus 2:12

The Voice

12 Grace arrives with its own instruction: run away from anything that leads us away from God; abandon the lusts and passions of this world; live life now in this age with awareness and self-control, doing the right thing and keeping yourselves holy.

Titus 2:12

Worldwide English (New Testament)

12 It teaches us to say no to the things that are not true of God, and to the things of this world. It teaches us to use good sense, to do what is right, and to please God while we live in this world.

Titus 2:12

Wycliffe Bible

12 and taught us, that we forsake wickedness and worldly desires, and live soberly, and justly, and piously in this world, [teaching us, that we, forsaking unpiety, and worldly desires, live soberly, and justly, and piously, in this world,]

In SUMMARY, "denying ungodliness and worldly lusts" means (pay particular attention to the highlighted verbs):

reject ungodliness and worldly (immoral) desires

reject and renounce all ungodliness (irreligion) and worldly (passionate) desires

rejecting ungodly lives and the desires of this world

renounce godlessness and worldly pleasures

give up our wicked ways and our worldly desires

having denied impiety and worldly lusts

having denied ungodliness and worldly desires

denying ungodliness and worldly desires

not to live against God and not to do the bad things the world wants to do

reject ungodliness and worldly lusts

renounce ungodliness and worldly passions

turn away from [reject; deny] ungodly living and ·the evil things the world wants to do [or worldly desires; sinful pleasures]

avoid ungodly lives filled with worldly desires

give up ungodly living and worldly passions

deny godlessness and worldly lusts

not to live against God and not to do the evil things the world wants to do

renounce ungodly living and worldly passions

have no more to do with godlessness or the desires of this world

denying ungodliness and worldly lusts

turn from godless living and sinful pleasures

turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life

avoid ungodly lives filled with worldly desires

reject godless ways and worldly desires

not to live against God nor to do the evil things the world wants to do

say no to godless ways and sinful desires. We must control ourselves. We must do what is right.

say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions

have nothing to do with that which is against God. We are to have nothing to do with the desires of this world. We are to be wise and to be right with God.

turn from godless living and sinful pleasures

deny ungodliness and worldly lusts

renounce impiety and worldly passions

turn our backs on ungodliness and the passions of the world

deny all that is frai (irreligious) and not of chasidus [in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach] and all that is ta’avanut

renounce irreligion and worldly passions

deny ungodliness and worldly desires

run away from anything that leads us away from God; abandon the lusts and passions of this world

say no to the things that are not true of God, and to the things of this world

forsake wickedness and worldly desires

In SUMMARY, to "live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world" means:

live sensible, upright, and godly lives [lives with a purpose that reflect spiritual maturity] in this present age

live discreet (temperate, self-controlled), upright, devout (spiritually whole) lives in this present world

live sensible, ethical, and godly lives right now

live self-controlled, upright and godly lives now, in this age

live decent and honest lives in this world

live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things

live sound-mindedly[a] and righteously and godly in the present age

live soberly, and justly, and godly in this world

live on earth now in a wise and right way—a way that shows true devotion to God

live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age

live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age

live in the present age in a ·wise [self-controlled] and ·right [upright; just] way and in a ·way that shows we serve God [godly manner]

live self-controlled, moral, and godly lives in this present world

live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this world

live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age

live in the present age in a wise and right way—a way that shows that we serve God

live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age

live, here and now, responsible, honourable and God-fearing lives

live temperately, righteously, and godly in this present world

live good, God-fearing lives day after day

take on a God-filled, God-honoring life

live self-controlled, moral, and godly lives in this present world

live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age

in the present age to lead lives that are temperate, just, and godly

live in the present age in a wise and right way and in a way that shows we serve God

We must lead godly lives in today’s world.

live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age

We are to live God-like lives in this world.

live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God

live sober-minded, righteously, and godly in this present world

live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly

live sober, just and devout lives in the present age

live with seichel and tzidkat Hashem and yirat Shomayim in the Olam Hazeh

live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world

live in a manner that is self-controlled and righteous and godly in the present age

live life now in this age with awareness and self-control, doing the right thing and keeping yourselves holy

use good sense, to do what is right, and to please God while we live in this world

live soberly, and justly, and piously in this world

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