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Mark 4:29

But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

When will the harvest come?   When the fruit is brought forth…

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

Deuteronomy 32:31-33

Leadership is not about control.

Jesus said that if you wanted to be the greatest in His kingdom, you must be servant of all.

Fathers and husbands should not go on an ego trip saying things like “I’m your provider”.  When they do that, they are putting themselves in the place of God.

God is our provider. 

1 Tim 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils

2 Thess 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition

Matthew 24:10-11 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.   And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many (see also Mark 13:5-6; 11-12, Luke 21:8; 16-17)

1 Corinthians 13:8-13

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.  [See Revelation 22:4-6

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

That which is perfect (Jesus) is when we shall see HIM face to face…   at THAT time prophecies, tongues, and knowledge will cease, what will endure will be faith, hope, and love.

A confidence trick (synonyms include confidence game, confidence scheme, scam and stratagem) is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, used in the classical sense of trust. Confidence tricks exploit characteristics of the human psyche such as dishonesty, honesty, vanity, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility, naïveté and greed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.

Jeremiah 6:16

And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

2 Peter 2:2

I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 23:14

Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

Ezekiel 13:22

“The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him — the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.” – Isaiah 11:2

(1) Spirit of the LORD
(2) Spirit of wisdom
(3) Spirit of understanding
(4) Spirit of counsel
(5) Spirit of power
(6) Spirit of knowledge
(7) Spirit of the fear of the Lord

Revelation 1:4;3:1;4:5; and 5:6