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Friday, May 22, 2026

DADLE EL FRUTO DE SUS MANOS




“Dadle del fruto de sus manos, Y alábenla en las puertas sus hechos” (Pr 31:31).

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La mujer virtuosa debe ser recompensada y alabada. Dios cuida de los bueyes y de los apóstoles que trabajan duro (Dt 25:4; 1 Co 9:7-14). Él también se preocupa por mujeres nobles y piadosas (1 P 3:5-7). El marido debe honrar a su mujer (Pr 17:2; 27:18). Las recompensas y los honores motivan a los hombres en sus deberes, así que de igual manera motivarán a las mujeres en los suyos. Aquellos que piensan que la Biblia denigra a las mujeres, nunca han leído la oda a la mujer virtuosa (Pr 31:10-31). No saben de lo que hablan.

Pero la regla no se aplica a todas las mujeres, porque muchas esposas no merecen ni honor ni recompensas. Los siervos necios o perezosos no deben ser honrados. Es pecado honrar al necio o al perezoso (Pr 20:4; 26:1,8). La mujer virtuosa es rara (Pr 31:10), excepcional (Pr 31:29) y piadosa (Pr 31:30). La mayoría de las mujeres son comunes, promedio y nada de piadosas; muchas son incluso peores. La sabiduría aquí es de una reina madre a su hijo para conseguir y conservar a una gran esposa.

Si este proverbio fuera usado para alabar a todas las mujeres sólo por el hecho de serlo, se alentarían muchos males (Pr 12:4; 27:15-16; 30:21-23) y se abusaría de la recompensa y el honor (Pr 19:10; Ec 10:5-7). Cada mujer debe medirse por la mujer virtuosa antes de pensar que es digna de honor o alabanza. Pero el hombre bendecido con una verdadera mujer como la del texto debe honrarla siempre ante los demás. Debe alabar y exaltar esta gran bendición terrenal que muy pocos reciben del Señor.

Debe “darle del fruto de sus manos”. Ella fue creada para el hombre, y su trabajo productivo está a disposición de él (Gn 2:18; 1 Cor 11:9). Pero el cielo te ordena que le des a tu mujer el fruto de sus manos. Una recompensa tan justa y apropiada animará su espíritu y hará más productiva a tu mujer (Pr 31:16).

La mujer virtuosa, una mujer excepcional, se involucra en importantes proyectos fuera del hogar. Compra bienes raíces y los desarrolla para obtener rendimiento y producción (Pr 31:16). Fabrica material de lujo, dirige una operación de venta y suministra cintas a los mayoristas (Pr 31:24). ¡Produce mucho fruto! Muchos hombres esperan en vano ingresos generados por sus esposas, y a veces se debe a que ellos no han sabido aprovechar las habilidades de sus mujeres para obtener ganancias.

Un marido sabio dejará que las mismas obras de su mujer la alaben en las puertas”. Sus logros deben ser reconocidos en su nombre, en lugar de que su marido se lleve todo el crédito por su patrimonio en crecimiento. Un hombre sabio alabará a su mujer por sus frutos. Él no sofocará ni restringirá el honor que ella se merece, incluso si iguala o excede el suyo propio. Si lo hace con justicia y sabiduría, él mismo se convertirá en parte de su alabanza cuando se siente con los ancianos a las puertas de la ciudad (Pr 31:23).

Marido, ¿cuándo fue la última vez que honraste o recompensaste a tu mujer por trabajar en tu nombre? Si has sido negligente y egoísta mientras ella ha sido fiel y trabajadora, es hora de confesarle tu falta y devolverle parte de sus ganancias para su propio uso. No dejes que ningún espíritu avaro u orgulloso le robe el elogio o la recompensa que ella se merece. No perderás por la decisión más de lo que pierde tu empleador por honrarte o recompensarte por tu buen desempeño.

Una mujer virtuosa no busca la alabanza de nadie. La autopromoción o la búsqueda de atención pública es totalmente contraria a su naturaleza modesta, que es la verdadera razón por la que otros la estiman (Pr 11:16; 27:2). Nadie sino un necio estima a un jactancioso. Pero, sin embargo, es deber del marido honrar a su mujer, y de los hijos honrar a sus madres (Pr 31:28).

Pablo, el gran apóstol de los gentiles, alabó a los cristianos fieles en sus epístolas mencionándolos por su nombre, y la iglesia del Señor Jesucristo ha leído sus nombres por cerca de 2,000 años. Juan hizo lo mismo (Ro 16:1-16; 1 Co 16:15-18; Fil 2:19-22; 2 Jn 1:12).

El Señor del cielo alaba a sus iglesias y santos, cuando le sirven bien, y sus obras los siguen a ese lugar glorioso donde recibirán la recompensa por sus labores (Ap 14:13; 22:12; 1 Ti 5:25; He 11:26; Mt 25:40; 2 Jn 1:8).

“Porque Dios no es injusto para olvidar vuestra obra y el trabajo de amor que habéis mostrado hacia su nombre, habiendo servido a los santos y sirviéndoles aún” (He 6:10).

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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Q & A ABOUT WOMEN, MEN, RESPECT, DATING, MARRIAGE, CHURCH, ETC.

 


It's God's plan for men to lead marriage. If women don't respect the power of a man's masculinity, her emotions and logical shortcomings will ruin the marriage. This channel focuses on what women do wrong in relationships by ignoring and fighting against male leadership. We are here to help men better understand women and their games, and also to help women see how they so often damage their marriage. New episodes every week. It's God's Plan for a woman to obey her husband, this shows she is in obedience to God. I thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, for opening my eyes to the truth of my behavior.

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Muchas mujeres hicieron el bien; Mas tú sobrepasas a todas(Pr 31:29).

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Mujer cristiana, ¿quieres ser la mejor de las mejores? He aquí una mujer excepcional. Han habido muchas mujeres virtuosas, afortunadamente. Pero no han habido muchas como la mujer virtuosa de Proverbios 31:10-31. Esta descripción, compuesta por la madre del rey Lemuel para identificarle a su hijo el tipo de mujer con la cual él debería casarse, es una lista detallada de las características de una esposa perfecta. Este tipo de mujer se gana la alabanza de Dios y de los hombres.

Tanto los hijos como el marido alaban a tan extraordinaria mujer (Pr 31:28). Este corto versículo contiene las palabras tiernas y agradecidas de su marido, ya que este es el único versículo en todo el extenso pasaje (Pr 31:10-31) en segunda persona. Habiendo conocido a esta mujer íntima y personalmente durante muchos años, él la elogia por la maravillosa compañera y ayudante que ha sido y sigue siendo. Él legítimamente la exalta a un lugar de preeminencia sobre todas las demás mujeres.

Esta mujer no es una mujer virtuosa promedio, es abrumadoramente excepcional. El estándar aquí es una vara muy alta. Esta es una mujer digna de un rey. Recuerda, la madre del rey Lemuel hace este retrato (Pr 31:1-2). ¡Qué imagen gloriosa de la mujer perfecta! Para las mujeres ambiciosas, su objetivo debería ser aprender todo lo que puedan sobre esta mujer e imitar su ejemplo. ¿Por qué conformarse con menos? ¡Ser la segunda mejor es perder!

La imagen detallada de esta mujer virtuosa abruma a la mayoría de las mujeres. Ellas ven su asombrosa diligencia diaria, laboriosidad incansable, previsión doméstica, emprendimiento comercial, conocimiento de textiles, delicadeza decorativa, planificación creativa, espíritu dulce, integridad moral, marido más que contento, celo espiritual y familia feliz, ¡y arrojan la toalla! “Es imposible”, exclaman, “hacer todo esto”. “Es imposible ser así”. 

Pero es posible, para la mujer que está totalmente comprometida con el Señor, con la fuerza del Espíritu del Señor Jesucristo en ella y con la palabra de Su poder.

Mujer cristiana, en lugar de resentirte o desanimarte, agradécele al Señor la descripción tan clara de la mujer virtuosa que hasta Él alaba. No puedes emularla en un día, una semana o un mes. Pero el diligente esfuerzo diario se acumulará a tu favor rápidamente. Esta es una decisión que debes tomar para el resto de tu vida en la tierra, y que debes renovar cada día. La soñolienta vida de ocio de la perdedora promedio no tiene arte ni parte aquí.

¿Por qué no ser la mejor? Los atletas corren para ganar un premio (1 Co 9: 24-27). ¿Quién corre para perder? ¿Por qué ser una esposa promedio? El segundo lugar no es mejor que el tercer lugar, es igual al último lugar. Solo una gana, así que corre para ganar. La corona se gana con la constancia y templanza en todas las cosas, y la mujer virtuosa es una mujer con temple, muy disciplinada en la abnegación, la diligencia, y la gracia.

Mujer cristiana, tu Creador y todos los hombres, y todas las mujeres, te están mirando. Tu marido y tus hijos te están mirando. ¿Cómo abordas tu día? Difícilmente hay algo más hermoso y digno de elogio que una mujer virtuosa como la descrita aquí, especialmente hoy en día. ¿Cómo responderás? Dios y esta reina madre han puesto delante de tus ojos la descripción detallada del trabajo que se espera de ti: tú puedes hacerlo. Puedes ganarte el precioso elogio de este proverbio y hacer de tu hogar y del mundo un lugar mejor, a partir de hoy.

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WHAT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHES ABOUT SALVATION




Because of the ecumenical movement, a growing number of Roman Catholics are familiar with biblical terminology about salvation, such as born again, and some have been trained to reply affirmatively to the questions, “Are you saved?” or, “Have you been born again?”

The problem is that they do not mean by this what the Bible means.Biblical terms are redefined. Rome’s doctrine of salvation is not the the true gospel of complete and sure salvation through personal faith in Jesus Christ. It is a gospel of
sacraments
 that is sometimes presented under the guise of grace.


Roman Catholic apologists are also confusing things with their private interpretations of Catholic doctrine. But we aren’t dependent upon a Catholic apologist. We will go directly to the authoritative statements of the highest authorities of the Catholic church itself.

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH’S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:

1. Rome teaches that Christ, having purchased redemption by His blood and death, delivered it to the Catholic Church to be distributed to men through her sacraments.

Rome’s gospel centers in the Catholic Church, the pope, the priesthood, and the sacraments. While Catholicism teaches that Christ died on the cross to purchase man’s salvation, it is not satisfied simply to invite men to receive this salvation by faith directly from the resurrected Christ.

Consider the following quotes from the Vatican II Council:

For ‘God’s only-begotten Son ... has won a treasure for the militant Church ... he has entrusted it to blessed Peter, the key-bearer of heaven, and to his successors who are Christ’s vicars on earth, SO THAT THEY MAY DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE FAITHFUL FOR THEIR SALVATION. They may apply it with mercy for reasonable causes to all who have repented for and have confessed their sins. At times they may remit completely, and at other times only partially, the temporal punishment due to sin in a general as well as in special ways (insofar as they judge it to be fitting in the sight of the Lord). The merits of the Blessed Mother of God and of all the elect ... are known to add further to this treasury’” (ellipsis are in the original) (Vatican II Council, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Apostolic Constitution on the Revision of Indulgences, Chap. 4, 7, p. 80).

“For
it is through Christ’s Catholic Church alone, which is the universal help towards salvation, that the fulness of the means of salvation can be obtained. It was to the apostolic college alone of which Peter is the head, that we believe that our Lord entrusted all the blessings of the New Covenant, in order to establish on earth the one Body of Christ into which all those should be fully incorporated who belong in any way to the people of God” (Vatican II Council, Decree on Ecumenism, chap. 1, 3, p. 415).

2. Rome’s plan of salvation has several steps

The First Step is Baptism. According to Rome, salvation begins with baptism. It can be infant baptism for those born into Catholic homes or adult baptism for those who approach the Roman Church later in life. Either way, the Catholic Church teaches that through baptism a person receives spiritual life.

“By the sacrament of Baptism, whenever it is properly conferred in the way the Lord determined and received with the proper dispositions of soul, man becomes truly incorporated into the crucified and glorified Christ and is reborn to a sharing of the divine life” (
Vatican II, Decree on Ecumenism, chap. 3, II, 22, p. 427).

The next steps are the other church sacraments.

After baptism a person is considered to be born again and part of the Church. This new life is said to be nurtured and kept alive through Confirmation, Mass, Penance and the other Catholic sacraments.

“Just as Christ was sent by the Father so also he sent the apostles ... that they might preach the Gospel to every creature and proclaim that the Son of God by his death and resurrection had freed us from the power of Satan and from death, and brought us into the Kingdom of his Father. But he also willed that the work of salvation which they preached SHOULD BE SET IN TRAIN THROUGH THE SACRIFICE AND SACRAMENTS, around which the entire liturgical [ritualistic] life revolves” (
Vatican II, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Chap. 1, I, 5,6, pp. 23-24).

“THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS ARE THE NECESSARY MEANS ESTABLISHED BY CHRIST THROUGH WHICH HIS REDEEMING, LIFE-GIVING, SANCTIFYING GRACE IS IMPARTED TO INDIVIDUALS’ SOULS. You must centre your life upon the sacraments established by Christ if you want to save your soul. means of salvation. ... The sacraments are the source of your real life, the divine life that will unite you with God in this world and in eternity. Let nothing make you think that you can get along without the sacraments. Without them your soul must die. ... IF YOU DON’T RECEIVE THE SACRAMENTS AT ALL, YOU DON’T RECEIVE GRACE. If you don’t receive them properly, that is, if you receive them seldom and with little devotion, you receive less grace” (L.G. Lovasik,
The Eucharist in Catholic Life, pp. 14,15).

Thus we see that the Roman Catholic plan of salvation is faith in Christ PLUS baptism PLUS continuing in the sacraments.

3. Rome teaches that salvation is by the grace of God through Christ and is received by faith, but it denies that salvation is by grace ALONE and faith ALONE.

The following statement is made by a modern Roman priest well known for his emphasis upon the necessity for personal faith in the exercise of the sacraments, yet he is careful to say that the sacraments are as necessary as faith.

“In recent years the church has reiterated again and again that we are saved by faith AND the sacraments of faith. BOTH ARE NECESSARY” (J.D. Crichton,
Christian Celebration: The Sacraments, p. 65).

The Catholic Church redefines grace.

When a Roman Catholic priest speaks of salvation through the grace of Jesus Christ, he does not mean the unmerited, free grace of God whereby a believing sinner is eternally and completely and once-for-all saved from sin by his faith in Jesus Christ. By “grace,” the Roman Catholic Church means God’s help to live a righteous life. Grace salvation actually means works salvation.

Consider the following quote from the Second Vatican Council:

“All children of the Church should nevertheless remember that their exalted condition results, not from their own merits, but from the grace of Christ. If they fail to respond in thought, word and deed to that grace, not only shall they not be saved, but they shall be the more severely judged” (
Vatican II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, chap. 2, 14, p. 337).

This is a strange kind of grace. It is a grace that does not result in eternal certainty, but only the POSSIBILITY of living up to God’s requirements. It is a subtle and unscriptural MIXTURE OF GRACE PLUS WORKS that is condemned in Galatians 1:6-8.

ROME’S COUNCIL OF TRENT CURSED THOSE WHO TEACH SALVATION BY GRACE ALONE WITHOUT WORKS

The Council of Trent was a Catholic council held from 1545 to 1563 in an attempt to destroy the progress of the Protestant Reformation. This council denied every Reformation doctrine, including Scripture alone and grace alone. Trent hurled 125 anathemas (eternal damnation) against Bible-believing Christians. The Second Vatican Council, the most recent formal Catholic council, referred to Trent dozens and dozens of times, quoted Trent’s proclamations as authoritative, and reaffirmed Trent on every hand. The New Catholic Catechism cites Trent no less than 99 times. That is my own count. There is not the slightest hint that the proclamations of the Council of Trent have been abrogated by Rome. At the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Pope John XXIII stated, “I do accept entirely all that has been decided and declared at the Council of Trent.” Every cardinal, bishop and priest who was a member of the Council also signed that document (Wilson Ewin, You Can Lead Roman Catholics to Christ, Quebec Baptist Mission, 1990 edition, p. 41).

Following are a few of Trent’s anathemas:

SIXTH SESSION, CANONS CONCERNING JUSTIFICATION: “If anyone says that justifying faith is nothing else than confidence in divine mercy, which remits sins for Christ’s sake, or that it is this confidence alone that justifies us, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA” (Canons Concerning Justification, Canon 12).

SIXTH SESSION, CANONS CONCERNING JUSTIFICATION: “If anyone says that the justice received is not preserved and also not increased before God through good works, but that those works are merely the fruits and signs of justification obtained, but not the cause of its increase, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA” (Canons Concerning Justification, Canon 24).

SEVENTH SESSION, CANONS ON BAPTISM: “If anyone says that baptism is optional, that is, not necessary for salvation, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA” (Canons on Baptism, Canon 5).

SEVENTH SESSION, CANONS ON BAPTISM: “If anyone says that children, because they have not the act of believing, are not after having received baptism to be numbered among the faithful, and that for this reason are to be rebaptized when they have reached the years of discretion; or that it is better that the baptism of such be omitted than that, while not believing by their own act, they should be baptized in the faith of the Church alone, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA” (Canons on Baptism, Canon 13).

THIRTEENTH SESSION, CANONS ON THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST: “If anyone denies that in the sacrament of the most Holy Eucharist are contained truly, really and substantially the body and blood together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and consequently the whole Christ, but says that He is in it only as in a sign, or figure or force, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA” (Canons on the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, Canon 1).

TWENTY-SECOND SESSION, CANONS ON THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS: “If anyone says that in the Mass a true and real sacrifice is not offered to God; or that to be offered is nothing else than that Christ is given to us to eat, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA” (Canons on the Sacrifice of the Mass, Canon 1).

TWENTY-SECOND SESSION, CANONS ON THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS: “If anyone says that the sacrifice of the Mass is one only of praise and thanksgiving; or that it is a mere commemoration of the sacrifice consummated on the cross but not a propitiatory one; or that it profits him only who receives, and ought not to be offered for the living and the dead, for sins, punishments, satisfactions, and other necessities, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA” (Canons on the Sacrifice of the Mass, Canon 3).

THE BIBLE’S ANSWER TO ROME’S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION

1. Sacramental salvation is contrary to the examples of salvation in the book of Acts (Acts 10:43: 11:16-18; 14:27; 15:9-11; 16:30-31). The souls that were saved in the early churches were saved once and for all by putting their faith in Jesus Christ. Their salvation was not a process of sacramentalism.

2. Sacramental salvation is contrary to the teaching of the book of Romans. This book is written expressly to reveal the way of salvation (Romans 1:15-17).

Consider Romans 3:21-24; 4:4-6; 11:6. Notice in the last reference that God says it is impossible to mix grace and works for salvation. We are saved by grace or we are saved by sacraments; it cannot be a mixture of the two as the Catholic Church teaches!

3. Sacramental salvation is also contrary to the Gospel of John, which was written expressly to lead men to eternal life in Christ (John 20:31).

The first twelve chapters of John describe Jesus’ ministry to the world of lost men. In these chapters, we are shown by unmistakable emphasis that eternal life and salvation are received by faith in Jesus Christ and faith in Christ alone. “Believe” is the key word in these chapters. See John 1:12; 3:16-18, 36; 5:24; 6:28-29; 7:38-39; 8:24; 9:35-38; 11:25-26; 12:36-37. Notice that in all of these verses we are told that salvation is obtained through faith in Christ and there is no hint of sacramentalism.

4. Sacramental salvation is contrary to the summary of the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. Here Paul summarizes the gospel that he preached, and it is faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Period. There is no sacramentalism whatsoever. No priests; no church; no works; no sacraments.

5. Sacramental salvation is contrary to the summary of the gospel in Ephesians 2:8-10. This passage teaches that salvation is a free gift of God’s grace and that works follow as the evidence. This puts everything into proper order and perspective. It is God’s will that men live holy lives, but holy living is the product of salvation and not the way of salvation.

6. Sacramental salvation is contrary to the summary of the gospel in Titus 3:4-8. This passage also teaches that salvation is a free gift of God’s grace and that works follow as the evidence and product.

This is true Bible salvation. Eternal life, forgiveness of sin, righteousness, and the Holy Spirit are received when an individual acknowledges his sinfulness, repents of his sin and trusts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. It is only after this that a person can do any work to please God. Sacraments and ceremonies, such as baptism and the Lord’s Supper, in themselves have nothing to do with forgiveness of sin, eternal life, the new birth, or becoming a child of God. Rather, obedience to God follows salvation as naturally as living follows ones natural birth. First we must receive new life through personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Then, having life, the regenerated believer serves his Master.

QUESTIONS TO ASK A PERSON WHO CLAIMS TO BE A SAVED ROMAN CATHOLIC

Occasionally, some well-meaning Christian thinks he knows a “saved Roman Catholic.” We invite such a person to introduce us to his friend so that we may, in his presence, ask the Roman Catholic these questions. His answers will easily determine that he is not saved in the true, biblical sense. The new “accommodation” approach of the Roman Church in these ecumenical days of apostasy is to use the same expressions as Fundamental Christians. Christian love is not shown by permitting these people to believe they are saved, when they are not. Christian love is shown by making the true Gospel plain and clear so that the “religious but lost” person will realize his unsaved condition and his need of a Saviour. He must receive the true Christ of the Bible, not a counterfeit, as in the Roman, Greek and many other churches. The Apostle Paul said that he was free from the blood of all men because he did not withhold from them all truth. May the same be true of every genuine witness for Jesus Christ! Here are the questions:

1. When were you converted?
2. How were you converted?
3. To what, or to whom, were you converted?
4. What do you believe now that you did not believe before your conversion?
5. What does it mean to be saved?
6. On what scriptural promises do you base your salvation?
7. What does it mean to be born again?
8. Are you sure today that if you die tomorrow, or at any time in the future, you will be in heaven immediately after death?
9. What do you believe about Purgatory?
10. What do you believe about the Mass?
11. Do you still participate in the Mass?
12. Do you believe that any sinner can be saved who dies without trusting in Jesus Christ alone for the salvation of his soul and forgiveness of his sins?
13. Do you believe that Mary and Roman Catholic saints can answer your prayers or help you get to heaven?
14. How do you believe that the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ is applied to your soul?
15. Have you told your priest you have been saved?
16. Do you believe you will still go to heaven if you leave the Roman Catholic Church, receive believer’s baptism and join a fundamentalist Bible believing, non-Catholic church?
17. When and where do you plan to do this?

As questions such as these are discussed in detail, it will become evident that the person is trusting in his merits, baptism, confirmation, sacraments, or something BESIDES OR PLUS, Jesus Christ, and not in Christ and Christ ALONE. He can then be shown the difference between his unbiblical form of salvation and the saving faith of the Bible.

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