His Wondrous Word
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His Wondrous Word
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John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Study for Today
Study for October 24, 2026
News: The world is on the edge of war: Riots are breaking out, France seems to be in flames, Italy, Albania, Belgium, Greece, +, even Washington, DC. The media may try to give a superficial cause for the riots, but in reality it is God’s enemy (satan) setting the stage for his elite leader, the Antichrist, to come on the scene, creating chaos through which a new order can be established with strict controls through the newly constructed AI data centers. This is a spiritual war that began in the Garden of Eden, but is reaching its apex in our time. All world problems ultimately blame Israel because Israel is God’s covenant land and people. Satan is still trying to eliminate the Jews, defeat the Word of God, to acquire his goal, stated in Isaiah 14:14 “I will be like the most High”. ( Only Jesus is the Most High, Psalm 91:1).
The nations of the Psalm 83 war are aligning - Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia/Jordan, and Egypt; Ezekiel 38 nations also uniting – Russia, Iran, Turkey, with a new bloc of Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia.
This week we begin to look at the letters of Peter which seem to address the times in which we live:
1Peter 1:2 (to the) Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. To the “elect” according to the “foreknowledge” of God the Father – some people try to say this verse means that God determines who is elect and who is not, and that is not true. “Foreknowledge” does not mean “predetermination”. God knows all things but man still has free will: Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore (you) choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live (Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life, John 14:6): Clearly choice/free will resides with each person. (God is not willing that any perish, 2 Peter 3:9) Once “you” choose life by choosing Jesus, then God predestines other things, like being conformed to the image of His Son, Romans 8:29, all of which is part of the “sanctification” process of the Holy Spirit.
1Peter 1:5 (Elect) Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
1Peter 1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
1Peter 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1Peter 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. Important: in all manner of conversation!
1Peter 1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
1Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Study for October 17, 2026
We looked at 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 last week; this week chapter 5: The Bible interprets itself, so additions are added to verses of the chapter to affirm and witness to what the verse is saying.
1Thessalonians 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. The Day of the Lord as a “thief” suggests that everything seems fine and normal until all of a sudden, it isn’t. Paul outlines its coming as follows:
1Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. The UN is famous for the “peace and safety” terminology with every press briefing, announcement, nation vote, and with every public speech. At some point when the church is removed, when they say it, then sudden destruction is going to fall on them.
1Thessalonians 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Believers are in Christ Jesus, who said, in John 8:12 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. Believers in Christ are the children of Light – His Light.
1Thessalonias 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. We need to be alert! 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. Not to be alert is to be asleep, which is to be in the darkness of the world and oblivious to the truth.
1Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. In other words, put on the armor of God as outlined in Ephesians 6:10-17
1Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Key verse: God has NOT appointed His children to wrath; all those who have received salvation in Christ Jesus and have become part of the Body of Christ, are spared from the wrath to come, from the Day of the Lord. Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people (my children), enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
A brief reminder regarding the Day of the Lord from Joel 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. Joel continues to describe the Day of the Lord in Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. With all the talk today of nuclear and biological weapons, it most definitely will be a day of gloom and darkness. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. Before them, a garden; after they go past, desolation, burned and blackened. The ravages of war.
Returning now to 1Thessalonians 5:10 Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Joy unspeakable awaits believers as noted in 1Corinthains 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. After what we read and hear of the evil on the earth – this is a promise we all look forward to and rejoice in! Praise God! And now, verse 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.