I just read 4 chapters that make up the book of Jonah. The whole point of what God did through “making” Jonah go and warn them of their impending judgement was—–
To show his mercy on 120,000 children of the city and the animals. Both of these would be innocent victims of collateral damage through destruction of the city.
The guilty of the city had to repent and change their ways to save the children and animals. They did repent and saved all the lives of everyone. God gave them another chance at life through his mercy and forgiveness.
This is the “OLD TESTAMENT” version of
John 3:16. The mindset and attitude of Jonah is why I believe God found fault with the “OLD COVENANT”.
Jesus came on the scene when his people “HATED” THEIR ENEMIES”. Jesus said
to “LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU”.
Jesus is the mediator of “NEW COVENANT”.
A better covenant built on better promises.
He is looking for messengers of the “GOOD NEWS” of the kingdom of God who don’t need to be thrown overboard, swallowed by a fish, and vomited onto dry land!
PERRY SEELY MINISTRIES 🌎 FOLLOW JESUS
John 8:12
NKJV
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying “I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
* IT IS A SIMPLE COMMAND, “FOLLOW ME”,
WITH A GREAT PROMISE ATTACHED TO IT. *
* IN EVERY GENERATION THE COMMAND IS TO “FOLLOW ME”. *
JESUS CHRIST—–THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND FOREVER
* LIKE HE TOLD PETER, AND LIKE HE TOLD PAUL. LIKE HE TOLD MARY, “FOLLOW ME. *
* HE IS THE ONE YOU FOLLOW SO THAT YOU DO NOT WALK IN DARKNESS. *
* HE IS THE ONE YOU FOLLOW SO YOU WILL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE. *
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PEOPLE STUMBLE IN THE DARKNESS BECAUSE THEY CAN’T SEE……THEY HAVE NO LIGHT.
IGNORANCE OF ALL THAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR US IS DARKNESS.
PEOPLE ARE LOST IN THE DARKNESS.
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BY FOLLOWING THE STEPS OF JESUS CHRIST FOR YOUR LIFE YOU HAVE THE
“LIGHT OF LIFE”.
IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP ONE WITH ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS SON CLEANSES US OF ALL SIN.
MAKE YOUR STAND ON THIS EARTH TO FOLLOW JESUS THE BEST YOU CAN AND WILL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.
ASK YOURSELF “WHAT WOULD JESUS DO”?
I MUST BE ABOUT MY FATHER’S BUSINESS.
NKJV
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying “I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
* IT IS A SIMPLE COMMAND, “FOLLOW ME”,
WITH A GREAT PROMISE ATTACHED TO IT. *
* IN EVERY GENERATION THE COMMAND IS TO “FOLLOW ME”. *
JESUS CHRIST—–THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND FOREVER
* LIKE HE TOLD PETER, AND LIKE HE TOLD PAUL. LIKE HE TOLD MARY, “FOLLOW ME. *
* HE IS THE ONE YOU FOLLOW SO THAT YOU DO NOT WALK IN DARKNESS. *
* HE IS THE ONE YOU FOLLOW SO YOU WILL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE. *
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PEOPLE STUMBLE IN THE DARKNESS BECAUSE THEY CAN’T SEE……THEY HAVE NO LIGHT.
IGNORANCE OF ALL THAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR US IS DARKNESS.
PEOPLE ARE LOST IN THE DARKNESS.
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BY FOLLOWING THE STEPS OF JESUS CHRIST FOR YOUR LIFE YOU HAVE THE
“LIGHT OF LIFE”.
IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP ONE WITH ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS SON CLEANSES US OF ALL SIN.
MAKE YOUR STAND ON THIS EARTH TO FOLLOW JESUS THE BEST YOU CAN AND WILL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.
ASK YOURSELF “WHAT WOULD JESUS DO”?
I MUST BE ABOUT MY FATHER’S BUSINESS.
PERRY SEELY MINISTRIES 🌎 THE WAY OF PEACE
Philippines 4:6-9
NKJV
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by
Prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,
Let your requests be made to God;
and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Finally, brethern, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, lf there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy——meditate on these things.
* DON’T WORRY…….PRAY. *
* BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION *
* HUMBLY ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED *
* LET IT ALL BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD *
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* BE THANKFUL TO GOD FOR ALL HE DOES *
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THEN…….
THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.
WE ARE DIRECTED TO SET OUR MINDS ON AND MEDITATE ON THESE THINGS……..
*TRUE THINGS *
* NOBLE THINGS *
* JUST THINGS *
* PURE THINGS *
* LOVELY THINGS *
* THINGS WITH A GOOD REPORT *
* THINGS WITH VIRTUE *
* PRAISEWORTHY THINGS *
THE GOD OF PEACE WILL BE WITH YOU!
NKJV
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by
Prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,
Let your requests be made to God;
and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Finally, brethern, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, lf there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy——meditate on these things.
* DON’T WORRY…….PRAY. *
* BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION *
* HUMBLY ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED *
* LET IT ALL BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD *
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* BE THANKFUL TO GOD FOR ALL HE DOES *
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THEN…….
THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.
WE ARE DIRECTED TO SET OUR MINDS ON AND MEDITATE ON THESE THINGS……..
*TRUE THINGS *
* NOBLE THINGS *
* JUST THINGS *
* PURE THINGS *
* LOVELY THINGS *
* THINGS WITH A GOOD REPORT *
* THINGS WITH VIRTUE *
* PRAISEWORTHY THINGS *
THE GOD OF PEACE WILL BE WITH YOU!
PERRY SEELY MINISTRIES 🌎 TRANSFORMED “IN CHRIST”
1 Corinthians 13:11-13
NKJV
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child; but when I a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.
For now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
2 Corinthians 3:18
NKJV
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:6,7
NKJV
For it is the God who commanded light to shine in the darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be seen to be of God and not of us.
* THIS IS ALL IN THE CONTRAST BETWEEN
THE OLD COVENANT OF MOSES AND THE GREATER GLORY OF THE “NEW” IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST. *
* THERE WAS A VEIL OVER MOSES FACE TO SHIELD THE GLORY FROM THE PEOPLE. *
* IN THE TEMPLE WORSHIP SYSTEM UNDER THE OLD THERE WAS A VEIL BLOCKING THE WAY INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES. *
* WHAT WE HAVE NOW “IN CHRIST” IS THE INVITATION TO LOOK INTO THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST. *
* WE SEE DIMLY THIS OVERWHELMING GLORY AND OUR POTENTIAL TO KNOW FATHER GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. *
* AS WE LOOK AT JESUS WE ARE TRANSFORMED FROM ONE DEGREE OF GLORY TO EVEN MORE GLORY BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. *
* WE PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS IN THE WAY WE SPEAK AND THINK INTO BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIKE JESUS. *
* AS WE REALIZE WHAT JESUS HAS ACCOMPLISHED ON OUR BEHALF WE GAIN CONFIDENCE TO LOOK INTO AND TRANSFORM AND OVERCOME OUR FAILURES AND WEAKNESSES.
* ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD AS WE LOVE OUR FATHER AND LEARN TO OBEY HIS PLAN. *
* THE GOOD NEWS IS…….
WE JUST KEEP LOOKING TO THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD DOES THE TRANSFORMING IN OUR LIVES. *
* KEEP LOOKING AT JESUS! *
NKJV
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child; but when I a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.
For now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
2 Corinthians 3:18
NKJV
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:6,7
NKJV
For it is the God who commanded light to shine in the darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be seen to be of God and not of us.
* THIS IS ALL IN THE CONTRAST BETWEEN
THE OLD COVENANT OF MOSES AND THE GREATER GLORY OF THE “NEW” IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST. *
* THERE WAS A VEIL OVER MOSES FACE TO SHIELD THE GLORY FROM THE PEOPLE. *
* IN THE TEMPLE WORSHIP SYSTEM UNDER THE OLD THERE WAS A VEIL BLOCKING THE WAY INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES. *
* WHAT WE HAVE NOW “IN CHRIST” IS THE INVITATION TO LOOK INTO THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST. *
* WE SEE DIMLY THIS OVERWHELMING GLORY AND OUR POTENTIAL TO KNOW FATHER GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. *
* AS WE LOOK AT JESUS WE ARE TRANSFORMED FROM ONE DEGREE OF GLORY TO EVEN MORE GLORY BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. *
* WE PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS IN THE WAY WE SPEAK AND THINK INTO BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIKE JESUS. *
* AS WE REALIZE WHAT JESUS HAS ACCOMPLISHED ON OUR BEHALF WE GAIN CONFIDENCE TO LOOK INTO AND TRANSFORM AND OVERCOME OUR FAILURES AND WEAKNESSES.
* ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD AS WE LOVE OUR FATHER AND LEARN TO OBEY HIS PLAN. *
* THE GOOD NEWS IS…….
WE JUST KEEP LOOKING TO THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD DOES THE TRANSFORMING IN OUR LIVES. *
* KEEP LOOKING AT JESUS! *
PERRY SEELY MINISTRIES 🌎 WALK IN THE LIGHT
1 John 1:3-6
NKJV
That which we have sean and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.
This is the message which we have heard from him and declare to 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 practice the truth.
But if we walk in the light as he is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
* JOHN IS SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT HE SAW WITH HIS OWN EYES, AND HEARD WITH HIS OWN EARS ABOUT HIS LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. *
* HE DECLARES THIS SO YOU CAN HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM (JOHN) AND ALL THOSE “IN CHRIST”. *
* THEN JOHN SAYS THAT THE TRUE FELLOWSHIP……THE OVERRIDING, OR FIRST PRIORITY FELLOWSHIP IS WITH THE “FATHER” AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. *
* IT IS “NOT” THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IT IS THE FELLOWSHIP WITH FATHER AND SON THAT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS TOGETHER. *
* EVERY ONE OF US “IN CHRIST” MUST HAVE DEEP PERSONAL FELLOWSHIP EXPERIENCE WITH FATHER GOD AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. *
* THIS COMES BY TALKING TO HIM, (FATHER) AS YOUR FATHER THROUGH FELLOWSIP WITH JESUS CHRIST
(HIS SON). *
* BY LEARNING TO TRUST THROUGH EXPERIENCE AND OVERCOMING YOUR SINS AND FAILURES THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO HIM. *
* THIS IS “WALKING IN THE LIGHT” AS “HE,”
(FATHER), IS IN THE LIGHT. *
* TO ME, (PERRY SEELY), “WALKING IN THE LIGHT” IS “WALKING IN THE SPIRIT”. THEY ARE THE SAME THING……TWO WAYS OF SAYING THE SAME THING. *
* GOD IS LIGHT LIGHT AND IN HIM IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL. *
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* DARKNESS IS……..
* IGNORANCE OF CHRIST’S WORKINGS. *
* SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. *
* WILLFULLY SINNING AGAINST FATHER. *
* DECEPTION *
* RESISTING THE TRUTH. *
* MORAL FAILURE. *
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* THROUGH FELLOWSHIP WITH JESUS YOU
HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER. HE GIVES YOU HIS “COVERING” OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SO YOU “CAN” OVERCOME YOUR PERSONAL SINS AND WEAKNESSES. *
HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL PERFORM IT TO COMPLETION “IN CHRIST”.
NKJV
That which we have sean and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.
This is the message which we have heard from him and declare to 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 practice the truth.
But if we walk in the light as he is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
* JOHN IS SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT HE SAW WITH HIS OWN EYES, AND HEARD WITH HIS OWN EARS ABOUT HIS LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. *
* HE DECLARES THIS SO YOU CAN HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM (JOHN) AND ALL THOSE “IN CHRIST”. *
* THEN JOHN SAYS THAT THE TRUE FELLOWSHIP……THE OVERRIDING, OR FIRST PRIORITY FELLOWSHIP IS WITH THE “FATHER” AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. *
* IT IS “NOT” THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IT IS THE FELLOWSHIP WITH FATHER AND SON THAT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS TOGETHER. *
* EVERY ONE OF US “IN CHRIST” MUST HAVE DEEP PERSONAL FELLOWSHIP EXPERIENCE WITH FATHER GOD AND HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. *
* THIS COMES BY TALKING TO HIM, (FATHER) AS YOUR FATHER THROUGH FELLOWSIP WITH JESUS CHRIST
(HIS SON). *
* BY LEARNING TO TRUST THROUGH EXPERIENCE AND OVERCOMING YOUR SINS AND FAILURES THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO HIM. *
* THIS IS “WALKING IN THE LIGHT” AS “HE,”
(FATHER), IS IN THE LIGHT. *
* TO ME, (PERRY SEELY), “WALKING IN THE LIGHT” IS “WALKING IN THE SPIRIT”. THEY ARE THE SAME THING……TWO WAYS OF SAYING THE SAME THING. *
* GOD IS LIGHT LIGHT AND IN HIM IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL. *
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* DARKNESS IS……..
* IGNORANCE OF CHRIST’S WORKINGS. *
* SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. *
* WILLFULLY SINNING AGAINST FATHER. *
* DECEPTION *
* RESISTING THE TRUTH. *
* MORAL FAILURE. *
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* THROUGH FELLOWSHIP WITH JESUS YOU
HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER. HE GIVES YOU HIS “COVERING” OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SO YOU “CAN” OVERCOME YOUR PERSONAL SINS AND WEAKNESSES. *
HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL PERFORM IT TO COMPLETION “IN CHRIST”.