A Better Way Life World

A Better Way. A Better Life. A Better World. By L. Tyler 2009 [email protected] Want to spend your life feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, meeting the needs of the homeless, clothing those who are inadequately clothed, visiting and comforting the sick, and visiting and comforting those who are in prison or jail? Want to live your lifetime meeting the needs of the homeless, clothing those who are inadequately clothed, visiting and comforting the sick, and visiting and helping those who are in prison or jail, loosening the bands of wickedness that bind people, undoing the heavy burdens of sin/grief/loss/pain/suffering that people are bearing, letting the oppressed ones go free from that which has enslaved and addicted them, breaking every yoke by which people are kept in subjection to sin and evil, finding housing for the wandering poor, clothing those inadequately clothed, caring for your own relatives, working at removing the oppressive and enslaving yoke that is on those around you, ceasing from accusing and/or slandering others, feeding the hungry, and caring for and comforting those who are afflicted and suffering, and being careful not to waste your life in foolish, empty and worthless talk? Want to live in a world where people are committed to actively compassionately and unselfishly love others by being patient, kind, envyfree, jealousy-free, advancing their good and interests, assertive for their good needs, seeking their good benefit, boastful of any good about them, humbly recognizing and accepting their limitations; behaving well, angry at evil but patient with weakness, forgiving wrongs done, delivering people from evil and harm, rejoicing in truth and merciful justice together, standing up and speaking out together for merciful justice and truth?

Almighty God, work and will in us to have the courage and readiness to take a stand for You and not be co-participants in, or fellow-partakers of, the evil of those who disobey You~, even if it means we have disobey* human laws and officials; to not partake of or participate in the ungodly deeds; and to patiently, gently, humbly and respectfully reprove, confute, admonish, convict, convince and rebuke those who disobey You, telling them of the evil in which they have become ensnared~. Father, we call on You and Trust You to enable us to obey You and teach Your disciples to observe everything You have commanded us`, even if it means we have to disobey* human laws and officials, including observing Your Word about sexual morality, creation, and infanticide - killing babies in the womb.` As Your child and subject, as a citizen of Your Kingdom, I accept my responsibility, as I

have opportunity and ability, to break the bonds and chains of wickedness, to untie the restraining ropes of enslaving, oppressive and burdensome restraints;^ to set the oppressed free, to protect foreigners, to unselfishly, patiently, kindly and compassionately love and provide for the foreign resident;^ to try to help and provide justice for the needy, the fatherless, the widow and the helpless; to rescue the poor and needy from the hands of the wicked, to rescue those wrongfully taken off to be killed, those moving toward slaughter in the womb or outside of it;^ to uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute, to remove every burdensome and oppressing restraint, to share my bread with the hungry, to give something to drink to the thirsty, to provide housing for the poor and homeless, to clothe the naked when I encounter them, to help take care of the sick and imprisoned, to see to it that bereft women and children are taken care of, to not ignore or neglect my own familial flesh and blood, to rid my life of scornful and accusatory finger-pointing and malicious speaking, to offer that with which I sustain my own life to the hungry that I encounter, and to do my best to meet the needs of the afflicted^ I encounter, even if it means we have to disobey* human laws and officials to do so. *Acts 5:28-30; Daniel 3 + 6; Gen 39:9-11; Exod 1:16-21; 2:1-4; Rom 13:1-7 + Hebrews 11:13-16 ~Eph 5:7-11: 2Tim 2:24-26; Gal 6:1 `Mat 29:19,20; Acts 20:25-35 ^ Isaiah 58; Matthew 25; James 1:27; Jer 22:16; Deut 24:17; 10:18; Prov 24:11; Psa 10:14; 82:3,4; 146:9; 68:5; Mat 25:35-45 Ask Jesus to come and live in you, to make you fit for eternal Life in Heaven with Him, and spend your life giving drink to the thirsty, meeting the needs of the homeless, clothing those who are inadequately clothed, visiting and comforting the sick, visiting and comforting Jesus believers who are in prison/jail, loosening the bands of wickedness that bind people, undoing the heavy burdens of sin/grief/loss/pain/suffering that people are bearing, letting the oppressed ones go free from that which has enslaved and addicted them,

breaking every yoke by which people are kept in subjection to sin and evil, feeding the hungry, finding housing for the wandering poor, clothing those inadequately clothed, caring for your own relatives, working at removing the oppressive and enslaving yoke that is on those around you, ceasing from accusing and/or slandering others, and caring for and comforting those who are afflicted and suffering, and being careful not to waste the eternal Life Jesus has given you by ungodly/foolish/empty/worthless talk. Let Jesus come to live in You and work and will in You to Love long, patiently, kindly; without emulation, insolence, rashness or pride; loving in a seemly manner unselfishly, without being easily provoked, or imputing or reckoning evil to another. Spend your life with a Love that is patient and kind, which knows neither envy nor jealousy, not self-advancing and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited; which does not behave unbecomingly, nor seek to aggrandize herself, nor blaze out in passionate anger, nor brood over wrongs; which finds no pleasure in injustice done to others, but joyfully sides with the truth; which knows how to be silent, is full of trust, full of hope, and full of patient endurance. Call on Jesus to deliver you from being imipatient, unkind, envious, jealous, self-advancing, self-assertive, self-seeking, boastful, conceited; for behaving badly, being angry badly, brooding over and remembering wrongs done to me; for enjoying falsehoods and injustice done to others in movies and TV, and failing readily stand up and speak out for justice and truth; for failing to trust You with all the areas of my life, and hope for Your best with patient endurance. Father, I agree with you that when it comes to NNN I have been imipatient, unkind, envious, jealous, self-advancing, self-assertive, self-seeking, boastful, conceited; behaving badly, being angry badly, brooding over and remembering the wrongs she did to me; enjoying falsehoods and injustice done to her, and failing readily stand up and speak out for justice and truth for her; failing to trust You with the areas of my life that touch her life, and failling to hope for Your best for her with patient endurance. Jesus showed us that their is no contradiction between despising the depraved and their sin, while at the same time Loving them and praying for them. Luke 6:27-37 etc show clearly that while we are to despise the depraved sinners and deeds, (Isa 58;Mat 25) ================================= Please don't forget that, according to Isaiah 58 and Matt 25, as the world's "salt" and "light" Jewish and Christian conservatives support and are

committed to programs and candidates who are serious about meeting the needs of the homeless, bereft women and children; clothing those who are inadequately clothed, visiting and comforting the sick, and visiting and helping those who are in prison or jail, loosening the bands of wickedness that bind people, undoing the heavy burdens of sin/grief/loss/pain/suffering that people are bearing, letting the oppressed ones go free from that which has enslaved and addicted them, breaking every yoke by which people are kept in subjection to sin and evil, finding housing for the wandering poor, clothing those inadequately clothed, caring for your own relatives, working at removing the oppressive and enslaving yoke that is on those around you, ceasing from accusing and/or slandering others, feeding the hungry, caring for and comforting those who are afflicted and suffering, and being careful not to waste your life in foolish, empty and worthless talk. Christian conservatives support and are committed to programs and candidates that are serious about people being committed to actively, compassionately and unselfishly loving others by being patient, kind, envyfree, jealousy-free, advancing the good and interests of others, assertive for the good needs of others, seeking others' good benefit, boastful of any good about others, humbly recognizing and accepting others' limitations; behaving well, angry at evil but patient with weakness, forgiving wrongs done, delivering people from evil and harm, rejoicing in truth and merciful justice together, standing up and speaking out together for merciful justice and truth. Mat 25:35-45 I believe only Jesus can enable ethnic Jews, Arabs and Palestinians to live together in peace in harmony as His disciples. I have seen Him do it. I was not surprised at all to see that as a Jew Jesus' biggest problems during His earthly walk was with the religious establishment, rulers and leaders of His brethren, the Jews. Isn't it interesting that while Jesus-Jehovah had the Jews build a tabernacle and a temple, He never instructed His multi-racial and multi-ethnic disciples to build large churches or temples. They met in homes, used other people's facilities or had open air rallies in public places. Jesus is in the business of building His Temple as follows:

Therefore, remember that at one time you were Gentiles (unbelievers) in the flesh, called Uncircumcision by those [Jews] who called themselves Circumcision, [itself a mere mark] in the flesh made by human hands. 12 [Remember] that you were at that time separated from Eph 2:11

Christ, utterly estranged and outlawed from the rights of Israel as a nation, and strangers with no share in the sacred compacts of the [Messianic] promise. And you had no hope (no promise from God); you were in the world without God. 13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were [so] far away, through the blood [sacrifice] of Christ have been brought near. 14 For He is [Himself] our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both [Jew and Gentile] one [body], and has broken down the hostile dividing wall [of the Law] between us, 15 By abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the enmity [caused by] the Law with its decrees and ordinances; that He from the two [peoples] might create in Himself one new man, so making peace. 16 And [He designed] to reconcile to God both [Jew and Gentile] in a single body by means of His cross, thereby killing the mutual enmity [caused by the Law] and bringing the feud to an end. 17 And He came and preached the glad tidings of peace to you [Gentiles] who were afar off and [peace] to those [Jews] who were near. 18 For it is through Him that we both [Jew and Gentile] now have an access by one [Holy] Spirit to the Father. 19 Therefore you [Gentiles] are no longer outsiders (aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens of the Kingdom of God), but you now share citizenship with those [ who are God's own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God's [own] household. 20 You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone. 21 In Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated and consecrated to the presence of the Lord]. 22 In Him you yourselves also are being built

up [into this structure] with the rest, to form a fixed abode (dwelling place) of God in, by and through the Spirit. Eph 2 AB = Amplified Bible OUR FUTURE AND BLESSED HOPE AB Revelation 20: 1THEN I saw an angel descending from heaven; he was holding the key of the Abyss (the bottomless pit) and a great chain was in his hand. 2 And he gripped and overpowered the dragon, that old serpent, who is the devil and Satan [the father of lies, murder, hate, and human suffering], and bound him for a thousand years. 3 Then he hurled him into the Abyss (the bottomless pit) and closed it and sealed it above him, so that he should no longer lead astray and deceive and seduce the nations until the thousand years were at an end. After that he must be liberated for a short time. 4 Then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to whom authority to act as judges and to pass sentence was entrusted. Also I saw the souls of those who had been slain with axes [beheaded] for their witnessing to Jesus and [for preaching and testifying] for the Word of God, and who had refused to pay homage to the beast or his statue and had not accepted his mark or permitted it to be stamped on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived again and ruled with Christ (the Messiah) a thousand years. AB Isaiah 11:1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2

The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him,

The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. 3 His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears; 4 But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. 5 Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist. 6 “ The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD As the waters cover the sea. 10 “ And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious.”

AB Revelation 20: 5 The remainder of the dead were not restored to life again until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed (happy, to be envied) and holy (spiritually whole, of unimpaired innocence and proved virtue) is the person who takes part (shares) in the first resurrection! Over them the second death exerts no power or authority, but they shall be ministers of God and of Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand years. 7 And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his place of confinement, 8 And he will go forth to deceive and seduce and lead astray the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth--Gog and Magog--to muster them for war; their number is like the sand of the sea. 9 And they swarmed up over the broad plain of the earth and encircled the fortress (camp) of God's people (the saints) and the beloved city; but fire descended from heaven and consumed them. [II Kings 1:10-12; Ezek. 38:2, 22.] 10 Then the devil who had led them astray [deceiving and seducing them] was hurled into the fiery lake of burning brimstone, where the beast and false prophet were; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever (through the ages of the ages). 11 Then I saw a great white throne and the One Who was seated upon it, from Whose presence and from the sight of Whose face earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 I [also] saw the dead, great and small; they stood before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is [the Book] of Life. And the dead were judged (sentenced) by what they had done [their whole way of feeling and

acting, their aims and endeavors] in accordance with what was recorded in the books. 13 And the sea delivered up the dead who were in it, death and Hades (the state of death or disembodied existence) surrendered the dead in them, and all were tried and their cases determined by what they had done [according to their motives, aims, and works]. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's [name] was not found recorded in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire. AB Revelation 21: 1 THEN I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, for the former sky and the former earth had passed away (vanished), and there no longer existed any sea. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, all arrayed like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband; 3 Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God. 4 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away. 5 And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and trustworthy) and true (genuine). AB Isaiah 65:17 “ For behold, I create new heavens and a

new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, And her people a joy. 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying. 20 “ No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; For the child shall die one hundred years old, But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed. 21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat; For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, And their offspring with them. 24 “ It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,

The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,” Says the LORD. AB Revelation 21: 6 And He [further] said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I [Myself] will give water without price from the fountain (springs) of the water of Life. 7 He who is victorious shall inherit all these things, and I will be God to him and he shall be My son. 8 But as for the cowards and the ignoble and the contemptible and the cravenly lacking in courage and the cowardly submissive, and as for the unbelieving and faithless [who rejected Jesus' Way], and as for those defiled with abominations, and as for murderers and the sexually immoral and adulterous and the practicers of magic arts and the idolaters (those who give supreme devotion to anyone or anything other than God) and all liars (those who knowingly convey untruth by word or deed)--[all of these shall have] their part in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone. This is the second death [of those who rejected Jesus' Way]. 9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven final plagues (afflictions, calamities) came and spoke to me. He said, Come with me! I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife. 10 Then in the Spirit He conveyed me away to a vast and lofty mountain and exhibited to me the holy (hallowed, consecrated) city of Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God, 11 Clothed in God's glory [in all its splendor and radiance]. The luster of it resembled a rare and most precious jewel, like jasper, shining clear as

crystal. . . . 22 I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Omnipotent [Himself] and the Lamb [Himself] are its temple. 23 And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to give light to it, for the splendor and radiance (glory) of God illuminate it, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations shall walk by its light and the rulers and leaders of the earth shall bring into it their glory. 25 And its gates shall never be closed by day, and there shall be no night there. 26 They shall bring the glory (the splendor and majesty) and the honor of the nations into it. 27 But nothing that defiles or profanes or is unwashed shall ever enter it, nor anyone who commits abominations (unclean, detestable, morally repugnant things) or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are recorded in the Lamb's Book of Life.

Revelation 22:1 THEN HE showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 Through the middle of the broadway of the city; also, on either side of the river was the tree of life with its twelve varieties of fruit, yielding each month its fresh crop; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing and the restoration of the nations. 3 There shall no longer exist there anything that is accursed (detestable, foul, offensive, impure, hateful, or horrible). But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall worship Him. 4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. 5 And there shall be no more night; they have no need for lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will illuminate them and be their light, and they shall reign [as kings] forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities,

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