Don't copy this imperfect - temporary world!

Do not copy the World!

*** Romans 12:19 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. ***

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Don't copy this imperfect - temporary world!

You have been given the opportunity to choose the right and then follow the dictates of your heart based upon the Perfect Plans of the Lord God Almighty!

Don't copy the habits, propaganda and customs of this temporary world!
Let the Lord God transform your thinking so that you will become a new improved person!


Romans 12:2 (NIV)
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Proverbs 21:15 -
 [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

Amos 5:24 -
 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Romans 12:19 -
 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 30:18 - 
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.

Micah 6:8 - 
He hath showed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Psalms 37:27-29 - 
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. (Read More...)

Isaiah 1:17 -
 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Proverbs 24:24-25 - 
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Romans 13:4 - 
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenuer to [execute] wrath upon him that does evil.

Proverbs 25:26 - 
A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Isaiah 61:8 - 
For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Luke 6:37 - 
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Psalms 50:6 - 
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah.

** One possible Hebrew word that is translated “selah” is calah which means “to hang” or “to measure or weigh in the balances.” Referring to wisdom, Job says, “The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold" (Job 28:19). 
The word translated “valued” in this verse is the Hebrew calah. 

Here Job is saying that wisdom is beyond comparing against even jewels, and when weighed in the balance  against wisdom, the finest jewels cannot equal its value.

“Selah” is also thought to be rendered from two Hebrew words: s_lah, “to praise”; and 
s_lal, “to lift up.” Another commentator believes it comes from salah, “to pause.” From these words comes the belief that “selah” is a musical direction to the singers and/or instrumentalists who performed the Psalms, which was the hymnbook of the Israelites.

If this is true, then each time “selah” appears in a psalm, the musicians paused, either to take a breath, or to sing a cappella or let the instruments play alone. Perhaps they were pausing to praise Him about whom the song was speaking, perhaps even lifting their hands in worship. This would encompass all these meanings—praise, lift up, and pause. When we consider the three verses in Habakkuk, we also see how “selah” could mean “to pause and praise.” Even though Habakkuk was not written to be sung, Habakkuk’s prayer in chapter 3 inspires the reader to pause and praise God for His mercy, power, sustaining grace and sufficiency.

Perhaps the best way to think of “selah” is a combination of all these meanings. 
The Amplified Bible adds “pause and calmly think about that” to each verse where “selah” appears. When we see the word in a psalm or in Habakkuk 3, we should pause to carefully weigh the meaning of what we have just read or heard, lifting up our hearts in praise to God for His great truths. “All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name." Selah! (Psalm 66:4).

Ecclesiastes 3:17 - 
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Zechariah 7:9 - 
Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion to every man to his brother or sister.

Philippians 4:8-9 (NIV)
 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be 

with you.

 *** This is the best advice for anyone interested in finding the the Kingdom of God!