A Better Way. A Better Life. A Better World.

By L. Tyler 2009
Ezelstone@gmail.com

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, envy-
free, 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)

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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, envy-
free, 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:

Eph 2:11Therefore, 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
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,
to the age of the ages).

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