JB, Author at It's a Heart Matter

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What are Treasures in Heaven?

What are treasures in heaven? How do we store treasures in heaven? Matthew 6:19-24 NASB (Emphasis bold and underlines added): “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and…

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Living Water vs Cisterns

When I was around 11 or 12 years old, my parents decided it was time to move from the Northeastern part of the state back to the area where my dad had grown up in the southeastern part. We had…

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What Do You Believe?

For years I thought I was “saved”. The teaching of the churches I attended were concerned with converts, getting saved, repenting (which was taught pretty much just asking for forgiveness). Becoming a disciple, keeping Yeshua/Jesus’s commands, Kingdom living, or…

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What is The Great Commission?

What is The Great Commission? The last “instructions” that Yeshua gave to His 11 remaining apostles has been labeled as The Great Commission. Those last instructions, or commission (the act of committing someone to something or to a task or…

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Where is The Kingdom of Heaven?

Where is The Kingdom of Heaven? When I ask that question of myself or anyone else that is familiar with Yeshua’s teachings in the gospels, the quick habitual answer is: “The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.” from Luke, chapter…

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Do Christians Need to Keep The Law?

Do Christians need to “keep” any Biblical law? Are “Christian under any Biblical law? I often have heard that Christians are not “under” law. By Biblical law, I am referring to the laws given in the Bible or mentioned in…

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GOD’s Covenants, Law, Judgements, and Ordinances Part 1

This is part 1 of a discussion of GOD’s covenants, Law, judgements, and ordinances being in and on the heart of his people. I am not a Biblical scholar, my degree is not in anything that pertains to this study. …

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Communication with the Dead

When the movie “Ghost” came out many years ago, it became my favorite movie. At the time, I didn’t think too much about attempted communication between the living and the dead as being something that GOD disapproves of. I didn’t…

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Wheat and Tares – Lawlessness and Stumbling Blocks

Wheat and Tares- Lawlessness and Stumbling Blocks Yeshua teaches about the Kingdom of heaven with the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares. Matthew 13:24 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in…

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Covenants and Commandments

God has laws, commandments, precepts for man to live by. The world chose to ignore these commandments and was judged unrighteous except for Noah who was judged righteous. At the very least Noah walked with God and was blameless whereas…