Book Of Romans Chapter 14 ( DOUBTFUL THINGS) Bible Study

Bible Study for 8/2/2014

Book Of Romans Chapter 14 ( DOUBTFUL THINGS) Bible Study

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We are not to Judge a man's heart and motives, if we do, we will be subjected for destruction, we are to Judge righteous Judgments. Which would be like cursing and swearing, correcting those who chooses to drink any type of Alcohol, smoking, using drugs to destroy self, taking part in a negative parties, gambling, that is a start of what we are to Judge, which is all bad fruit. The Judging that is mentioned in this study, is referring to the heart. There are some people out in the world who is afraid of God and will not take the time to Pray to God. If I was them, I would be afraid of Satan, he is the one who will destroy the body and soul. God Saves all those who comes to Him in repentance and accepts Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savoir. Jesus Christ is the way that leads to Life at the Cross. I am very Thankful to know that I am Heaven bound and will be in Heaven for all Eternity, Glory to God. God maid a promiss to those who calls upon the name of the Lord, here, I will show you in scripture, KJV Romans 10:13 For whosoever (anyone, anywhere) shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be Saved (speaks of the sinner coming to Christ, but can refer to any Believer and with whatever need; the Cross is the means by which all of this is done).

Whenever you repent of your sins, you must turn away from it, otherwise, your repentance is bogus and many of your prayers, may not get answered. 

Romans 14:1-23 (KJV)
1 Him who is weak in the faith receive ye (refers to the Believer not understanding the Cross as he should), but not to doubtful disputations (is directed toward the strong Believers and those “weak in the Faith”; it means that the strong, who welcome those of weak Faith into the fellowship of the Church, are to do so unreservedly and not with the purpose of judging and attempting to rule their minds). 2 For one believes that he may eat all things (pertains to the strength of one’s Faith, based on a proper understanding of what Jesus did for us at the Cross): another, who is weak, eats herbs (this latter group doesn’t properly understand the Finished Work of Calvary, and think that eating or not eating certain things gauge their Sanctification and Holiness, etc.). 3 Let not him who eats despise him who eats not (speaks of the spirit of spiritual superiority); and let not him which eats not judge him who eats (is the same thing in reverse; spiritual superiority or spiritual pride is no respecter of persons; it can fasten itself to either group with equal tenacity): for God has received him (speaks of the individuals in either case, strong or weak). 4 Who are you who judges another man’s servant? (This actually says, “As for you, who are you to judge God’s Servant?”) to his own master he stands or falls (the Lord Alone is to be the judge). Yes, he shall be held up: for God is able to make him stand (has reference to the fact that God Alone can hold us up, and He is able to do so; the idea is that brow beating an individual will never help the person!). 5 One man esteems one day above another (is actually referring back to the Jewish Sabbaths): another esteems every day alike (subject every day to scrutiny; this is the proper course). Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind (the Apostle is not speaking of things here that are morally wrong and which the Word of God has already condemned; he is speaking of Rituals only). 6 He who regards the day, regards it unto the Lord (whatever Ritual someone may be attempting to keep, he is supposed to be doing it unto the Lord, and not for some personal satisfaction); and he who regards not the day, to the Lord he does not regard it (the interests of the Lord should be in view in either case). He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks (his Faith is sufficient and whatever the food might be is of no consequence); and he who eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and gives God thanks (has the same end in view, or at least it should, to please the Lord). 7 For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself (no Christian is his own end in life; what is always present in his mind as a rule of his conduct is the will and interest of his Lord). 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord (everything in our lives is to be, “unto the Lord”): whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s (reflects the Lord having total control over our lives and deaths, which we must desire He use to the fullest). 9 For to this end (refers to the fact of Christ’s absolute ownership of the Believer, spirit, soul, and body) Christ both died, and rose, and revived (a price was paid for us of such magnitude that it absolutely defies description), that He might be Lord both of the dead and living (refers to the Lordship of Christ over all Saints, whether alive or having passed on). 10 But why do you judge your brother? (Is any Believer qualified to judge another Believer? “Your Brother” is another reason for not judging. It is inconsistent with the recognition of the Brotherhood of Believers.) or why do you set at nought your brother? (There is only one reason for refusing fellowship, and that reason is unconfessed, unrepentant, habitual sin in a person’s life [I Cor., Chpt. 5].) for we shall all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ (we will be judged there, not for our sins, those having been handled at the Cross, but as it regards our stewardship and our motives, etc.; gain or loss of reward will be the result). 11 For it is written (Isa. 45:23), As I live, says the Lord (God cannot die), every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God (to make a confession of God’s Honor, and as well, to praise Him). 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God (each is responsible, meaning that the blame cannot be shifted elsewhere). 

RESPONSIBILITY

13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more (can be translated, “let us no longer have the habit of criticizing one another”): but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way (tells us what is, in fact, permissible to judge; as Believers, we are to judge every Brother and Sister and situation which surrounds them, irrespective what it might be, as to how we can help them, instead of harming them). 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus (means that this declaration is of the Lord, not merely of Paul’s reasoning power), that there is nothing unclean of itself (speaks of ceremonial impurity, not of actual immorality; in the manner in which everything was originally created by the Lord and intended to be used, there is nothing unclean): but to him who esteems any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean (is this way because of Faith placed in things other than the Cross). 15 But if your brother be grieved with your meat, now walkest thou not charitably (do not take that as an occasion to be uncharitable toward him). Destroy not him with your meat, for whom Christ died (our actions should always be motivated by the fact that Jesus died for this person, and this person belongs to Christ; we should treat him accordingly!). 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of (our “good” must be exercised with a gracious spirit, always considering others): 17 For the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink (actually refers to rules, regulations, ceremonies, or rituals, etc.); but Righteousness, and Peace, and Joy in the Holy Spirit (a right spirit, which refers to a spirit that is controlled by the Holy Spirit, will always produce Righteousness, Peace, and Joy, not argument, etc.). 18 For he who in these things serves Christ is acceptable to God (Righteousness, Peace, and Joy are acceptable to the Lord; but not contention, quarreling, and fighting in the Church), and approved of men (Righteousness, Peace, and Joy alone will bring men together). 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for Peace (following that which is of God, and not that devised by men), and things wherewith one may edify another (refers to that which is produced by the Holy Spirit, and not by man). 20 For meat destroy not the Work of God (let’s not fight over incidental things, which are what most Church fights are all about). All things indeed are pure (refers to that which is created by God, and used for its intended purpose); but it is evil for that man who eats with offence (refers to the man who is “weak in Faith”). 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak (the idea is that love is to be the ruling guide, not our freedom of liberties). 22 Have you faith? (This is addressed to the strong.) have it to yourself before God (don’t run the risk of injuring a Brother’s conscience merely for the sake of exercising in a special way the spiritual freedom we have the happiness to possess). Happy is he who condemns not himself in that thing which he allows (refers to this being joy enough, without us taking our liberty further and, thereby, hindering a weaker Brother or Sister). 23 And he who doubts is damned if he eat, because he eats not of faith (Faith, that is proper Faith, is the criteria for all things): for whatsoever is not of faith is sin (the type of Faith addressed here is Faith in “Jesus Christ and Him Crucified”; any other type of faith is “sin”).

1 Corinthians 5:1-13 (KJV)
MORAL STANDARDS

1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you (fornication speaks of all types of immorality; it seemed to have been more widespread than just a case or two), and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles (meaning this type was not common among the Gentiles), that one should have his father’s wife (refers to the man’s step-mother; it also seems the Father was alive [II Cor. 7:12]). 2 And you are puffed up (it seems that some were attempting to say such was allowed under the guise of Christian liberty), and have not rather mourned (presents that which should have been the norm, but seemingly was not), that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you (the idea is the individual repent, thereby ceasing such activity or be disfellowshiped).

JUDGMENT OF SIN

3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit (means that even though he is not present personally in Corinth, the direction he will now give is still to be taken just as seriously as if he were there personally), have judged al ready, as though I were present, concerning him who has so done this deed. (Does not, as some think, contradict Jesus’ instructions to not judge [Mat. 7:1-5]. Paul is judging an action here, as all Believers are called upon to do, i.e., “Fruit” [Mat. 7:15-20].) 4 In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ (refers to Christ as the Head of the Church), when you are gathered together (presents the authority of the local Church), and my spirit (refers to Paul being there in spirit, even though he could not be there in the flesh), with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ. (The authority is in the “Name,” and the “Power” is in the Person of Christ. This recognizes Him totally as the Head of the Church.) 5 To deliver such an one (the one committing the sin of incest) unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh (it refers to ceasing all prayer for such an individual, and can be done by the local Body, providing the Church is correct in its position; God will no more honor wrong committed by the Church than He will by an individual), that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus (it is hoped that such action will cause the person to repent). 

LEAVEN

6 Your glorying is not good (these people had taken liberty into license). Do you not know that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? (Leaven is figurative of such that is minuscule in quantity, but extremely pervasive in its penetrating force.) 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven (spoken in Old Covenant terminology, but with the same meaning carried over in the hearts and lives of New Testament Believers), that you may be a new lump (start acting like what you are, “a new creation”), as you are unleavened (speaks of the position that one has in Christ; that is our “standing”; it is the business of the Spirit to bring our “state” up to our “standing”). For even Christ our Passover is Sacrificed for us (the Believer can have victory over all sin by placing his Faith exclusively in the Cross of Christ, which Sacrifice addressed all sin): 8 Therefore let us keep the feast (is meant to serve as a symbol of the Jewish Passover, when all leaven was purged from the household), not with old leaven (old sins committed before conversion), neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness (refers to the ways of the world from which the Child of God has been delivered); but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (can only be attained by one’s Faith being anchored solely in the Sacrifice of Christ). 

SOCIAL RELATIONS

9 I wrote unto you in an Epistle (refers to a previous letter written to the Church of Corinth, which has been lost) not to company with fornicators (actually means, “not to be mingled up among”): 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world (places a difference between those in the world and those in the Church), or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must you needs go out of the world (refers to normal commerce and activity with those who are unsaved, which is different than those who profess Christ). 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company (Believers must not condone such immoral activity in other Christians, considering that they refuse to repent), if any man who is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner (plainly tells us that many will call themselves “Christian” or “Brother,” who practice these type of sins); with such an one no not to eat (speaks more so of the Lord’s Supper than anything else). 12 For what have I to do to judge them also who are without? (The idea is that we have no right to apply these standards to people who have not professed Christ as Saviour.) do not you judge them who are within? (As Believers, we have enough on our plate without having to call unbelievers to task. That is not our obligation.) 13 But them who are without (unsaved) God judges (so let’s leave the unredeemed to Him). Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person (If the Believer will not repent of obvious wrongdoing, and we speak of scandalous sins, then that person must be disfellowshiped).

2 Corinthians 7:12 (KJV)
12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause who had done the wrong, nor for his cause who suffered wrong (the one who was committing the sin of incest [I Cor., Chpt. 5], and his father who had been wronged, the husband of the woman in question), but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. (The entirety of the Church at Corinth needed direction.)

Matthew 7:1-5 (KJV)
JUDGING OTHERS

1 Judge not, that you be not judged (this statement by Christ harks back to Verses 25 through 34 of the previous Chapter; the idea is, God may permit poverty to test His Child, but fellow Believers are not to err, as Job’s friends did, and believe the trial to be a judgment for secret sin; as well, the word, “judging,” as used here, covers every aspect of dealing with our fellowman). 2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged (whatever motive we ascribe to others, such motive will ultimately be ascribed to us): and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again (a double emphasis is given here in order to proclaim the seriousness of the Words of our Lord; when we judge others, we are judging ourselves). 3 And why do you behold the mote that is in your brother’s eye (the Believer is not to be looking for fault or wrongdoing in the lives of fellow Believers), but consider not the beam that is in your own eye? (We have plenty in our own lives which need eliminating, without looking for faults in others. The “mote” and “beam” are contrasted! The constant judging of others portrays the fact that we are much worse off than the one we are judging.) 4 Or how will you say to your brother, Let me pull out the mote out of your eye (the seriousness of setting ourselves up as judge, jury, and executioner); and, behold, a beam is in your own eye? (Once again draws attention to the fact that the person doing the judging is in far worse spiritual condition than the one being judged.) 5 You hypocrite (aptly describes such a person), first cast out the beam out of your own eye; and then you shall see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother’s eye (the very fact that we do not address ourselves, but rather others, portrays the truth that our personal situation is worse; when we properly analyze ourselves, then, and only then, can we “see clearly”; this is speaking of character assassination and not the correction of doctrine).

Matthew 7:15-20 (KJV)
FALSE PROPHETS AND DECEPTIONS

15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves (“beware of false prophets” is said in the sternest of measures! there will be and are false prophets, and are some of Satan’s greatest weapons). 16 You shall know them by their fruits (this is the test as given by Christ as it regards identification of false prophets and false apostles). Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? (It is impossible for false doctrine, generated by false prophets, to bring forth good fruit.) 17 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit (the good fruit is Christlikeness, while the evil fruit is self-likeness). 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit (the “good tree” is the Cross, while the “corrupt tree” pertains to all of that which is other than the Cross). 19 Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire (Judgment will ultimately come on all so-called gospel, other than the Cross [Rom. 1:18]). 20 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them (the acid test).

Romans 1:18 (KJV)
18 For the Wrath of God (God’s Personal Emotion with regard to sin) is revealed from Heaven (this anger originates with God) against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men (God must unalterably be opposed to sin), who hold the truth in unrighteousness (who refuse to recognize Who God is, and what God is);

Isaiah 45:23 (KJV)
23 I have sworn by Myself, the Word is gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. (God swears “by Himself,” because He can swear by no greater peer [Heb. 6:13]. He condescends, for man’s sake, to confirm in this way Promises that are exceedingly precious. He said that His Word "shall not return." In other words, it will not be withdrawn or retracted. God's Gifts and Promises are "without Repentance" [Rom. 11:29]. "Every knee bowing" and "every tongue confessing" refers to the universal turning to God, which will take place in the coming Kingdom Age.)

Hebrews 6:13 (KJV)
13 For when God made Promise to Abraham (presents the Patriarch as the most illustrious example of those who “inherit the Promises” [Jn.8:58]), because He (God) could swear by no greater (refers to the solemnity and power of this Promise), He swore by Himself (a guarantee with resources of Heaven behind it that the Promise will be kept),

John 8:58 (KJV)
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am (in essence He said, “Before Abraham was brought into being, I was eternally existent”; He also said, “Abraham was,” “I am”).

If you have false faith in God, it then is sin. If you want your Prayers answered, you must of Godly Faith and God will answer and come to your rescue, in the times of trouble. We are Saved by Faith in Jesus Christ and by what He did at the Cross at Calvary, not by "Works", which is by "Water Baptism". We are Saved by Faith, through Jesus Christ and by what He did at the Cross, that is what Saves. I truly dearly Pray that this study was an eye opener for many of you and hope that you have come to the conclusion, that Living for God is what Life is all about, Living for Him and not for you. We are not put on this earth for self, we are designed and placed here to Live and serve God and that is it. There will be many souls in hell for doubting and for not trusting God's Word. As we close in Prayer, give your life up and give you and your all to God. Turn over a new leaf in life and stop living in sin for your sake. God did not create you to be selfishly living in sin. He created you with a Purpose, and that is to Live and Serve Him, with His Life. This life your living is not yours to Live, the way you want to, the body your in is not for you to destroy, the Air that God gave you to breathe, is not yours to polute and to take away. Everything mentioned here, belongs to God. Whenever you destroy the Body that you are in, you also destroy God's relationship with you. Whenever you put yourselves down, you also put God down and that is very sinful and can lead your souls to hell and not Heaven. Come to Jesus Christ, Accept Him as your Lord and Savior and be Baptized by the Holy Ghost and get Saved, before it to late. Lets close in Prayer.

Book Of Romans Chapter 13 ( HONOR AUTHORITY) Bible study

 Bible Study For July 26 2014

Book Of Romans Chapter 13 ( HONOR AUTHORITY) Bible study

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God has the Honor over every Authority here on this earth, even though, our government here on earth is heading for hell, due to taking God out of the Government, the pledge of allegiance, Prayer And the Bible out of our schools. There is only one Government that us Christians need to live and follow by and that is by God's Government. God is our Leader, not the corrupted one that we have here on earth. Whoever resists God, is of Satan. We are to be subject to the Law of the Land, unless it violates the Word of God. Our troops is being sent to a War, that we don't even belong in and trying to bring the shariah Law to the United States and that my friends, violates the Word of God, and should not be followed, that is perfect example of what this scripture is talking about. Your news stations that you watch, are not telling you what you need to know. We are to love one another, just as much as we love ourselves. This comes to mind after saying that. Those who disobeys God's Law of Living and those who puts others down by cursing at them, or cursing about anything, fighting with their friends for any reason, they are also putting themselves down as well and showing that they don't love God and themselves either. Take Obama for instance, he is sending troops off to war, just to get slaughtered and releasing dangerous troops back to the enemy. He doesn't even do things the way of the Lord God, because Obama is the enemy and who is against God and hates himself. If our earthly president was on the Lord side, he would pull our troops out of the war that we don't even belong in. God is the Only Government that we need to be following in this case. Do not live for the flesh, for the flesh leads only to a sinful life that will only die and fall into hell. Turn away from sin and live for God Almighty. Lets get started.

Romans 13:1-14 (KJV)

1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers (refers to Human Government). For there is no power but of God (refers to the fact that God has ordained Government): the powers that be are ordained of God (refers to Human Government being a permanent institution, brought into being by God for the regulation of human affairs). 2 Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the Ordinance of God (anarchy is not of God): and they who resist shall receive to themselves damnation (the Law of the Land is always to be obeyed, providing it does not offend our conscience or the Word of God; the “damnation” mentioned here does not necessarily refer to such coming from God, but rather from men). 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil (concerns the Divine right of Government to oppose crime and to protect its citizens). Will you then not be afraid of the power? (This means that Civil Government should be respected, and all should fear breaking the Law.) do that which is good, and you shall have praise of the same (refers to obeying the Law, as all Christians ought to do; as well, it assumes that the Laws are right and just): 4 For he (the Civil Magistrate) is the minister of God to you for good (proclaims Government as a Divine Institution). But if you do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain (the sword is the symbol of the right of the State to inflict Capital punishment for Capital crimes): for he is the minister of God (not a Preacher of the Gospel, but a servant of the State), a revenger to execute wrath upon him who does evil (proclaims the right of the State, as ordained by God, to use whatever force is necessary to stop “evil,” i.e., crime). 5 Wherefore you must needs be subject (plainly tells us that Christians are subject to the Law of the Land; that is, if it does not violate the Word of God), not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake (refers to the fact that the Believer has a higher principle than that of the unbeliever). 6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also (refers to the paying of taxes): for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing (refers to public servants). 7 Render therefore to all their dues (means that it is proper and right for all people to pay taxes, Christians as well!): tribute to whom tribute is due (refers to that which is owed, and should be paid); custom to whom custom (addresses hidden taxes, which we should pay as well); fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour (Government is an Institution to be respected, extending to all Civil servants from the lowest to the highest).

PUBLIC RELATIONSHIPS

8 Owe no man any thing (carries the idea that Christians do not “owe” their Brethren in the Lord the same obedience that is owed Civil Rulers), but to love one another (proclaims the only requirement between Believers): for he who loves another has fulfilled the Law (pertains to what the Law of Moses intended, but wasn’t able to bring about; it can be done under Christ, and Christ Alone). 9 For this, You shall not commit adultery (sex in any form outside of marriage is unlawful [Gen. 2:23-24]), You shall not kill (should have been translated, “murder”), You shall not steal (don’t take what’s not yours), You shall not bear false witness (don’t lie), You shall not covet (do not try to unlawfully take that which belongs to another); and if there be any other Commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbour as yourself (Divine Love produced by the Holy Spirit is self-sacrificial in its nature). 10 Love works no ill to his neighbour (will not hurt his neighbor): therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law (proclaims the fact that this is all the Law formally requires, but can only be done in Christ). 11 And that, knowing the time (the Believer is to do everything with the Judgment Seat of Christ in view), and now it is high time to awake out of sleep (spiritual apathy and lethargy must be shaken off): for now is our Salvation nearer than when we believed (actually speaks of the coming Rapture of the Church, and the Believer at that time being Glorified). 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand (refers to everything up until the coming Resurrection as “night”; all after the Resurrection is referred to as “day,” with both day and night used as symbols): let us therefore cast off the works of darkness (could be translated, “let us therefore cast off the clothes of darkness”; former bad habits of life are here, as elsewhere, regarded as clothing once worn, but now to be put off), and let us put on the armour of light (could be translated, “and let us put on the clothes of Light”). 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day (we should conduct ourselves in a manner befitting our high station in life as Saints of the Most High God); not in rioting and drunkenness (the ways of the world), not in chambering and wantonness (speaks of sexual immorality of every nature), not in strife and envying (speaks of constant manipulation and exploitation to best others regarding business, place, or position). 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ (avail yourself of all that Christ has accomplished at the Cross, which is available to all Believers), and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof (Faith in the Cross will give the Holy Spirit latitude within our lives, which alone gives us victory over the flesh).

Genesis 2:23-24 (KJV)
THE FIRST MARRIAGE UNION
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh (that is, she is man’s counterpart, not merely in feeling and sense — his flesh — but in his solid qualities): she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man (God did not take the woman out of man’s feet to be stepped on as an inferior; nor out of his head to be put on a pedestal as a superior; but from his side, close to his heart as an equal). 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife (this Passage must be viewed as an inspired declaration of the law of marriage): and they shall be one flesh (points to a unity of persons, not simply to a conjunction of bodies, or a community of interests, or even a reciprocity of affections).

We are Created by God, For God and to Live and follow His ways of Living, not our ways. Our ways only brings eternal death in hell. Thanks to  God Almighty that He gave us a way to be Saved. You are Saved by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and by Believing in what He did on the Cross at Calvary and not by Works, which is Water Baptism. Because of what Jesus Christ did at the Cross, we are subject to a Higher Power of Authority than what is on this earth, which is a low power that is being ran by Satan. I want to encourage you to come to Jesus Christ and get Saved, while you still have a chance. If you are looking for a way to get Saved, I just shared the way with you. I will like to read a Prayer out Loud and want you who are reading this on your computers or devices, as you read, say it out loud and Believe what you are reading. I Pray and hope that as you read this, that you will allow the Holy Ghost of God, come into your hearts and transform your life of sin, to an everlasting Life of God and become Heaven bound, and stop living the ways of the lost world.  Deny yourselves at the Cross, meaning that you have died from sins in your life and have turned away from it and will accept Jesus Christ. Lets Pray, Here we go,

"DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, I COME TO YOU TODAY AS A LOST SINNER." 

"I AM ASKING YOU THAT YOU SAVE MY SOUL AND CLEANSE ME FROM ALL SIN."

"I REALIZE IN MY HEART MY NEED OF SALVATION, WHICH CAN ONLY COME THROUGH JESUS CHRIST."

"I AM ACCEPTING CHRIST INTO MY HEART AND WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS IN ORDER TO PURCHASE MY REDEMPTION."

"IN OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WORD, I CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, AND BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD."

"YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR WORD WHICH CANNOT LIE, 'FOR WHOSOEVER CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED' (ROM. 10-13)."

"I HAVE CALLED UPON YOUR NAME EXACTLY AS YOU HAVE SAID, AND I AM SAVED."

If you have meant this Prayer today, then congratulations, you are Blood Bought and now Saved and you are now Perfect, Just as He is Perfect and Heaven Bound. May God be with you from here on out and stay clear of the schemes of Satan. May God be with you all. Amen. God Bless my friends.

Book of Romans Chapter 12 (Consecration ) Bible Study

Bible Study For July 19 2014

Book of Romans Chapter 12 (Consecration ) Bible Study

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We are going through the Word of God, live on Skype and on Video and Voice chat on Facebook. Everyone is welcome, we will have discussions and Prayer together as well. We hope to have you all Join us soon. Just inbox Brian or Zach. We will be getting started at 1:00 pm on Friday the 18th. Hope to see there. Times and dates are subject to Change but will let everyone know if it does.

Every person is made for the Lord our God and should always serve and Worship God. Those who chooses to live in sin, rejects God and is then hell bound. God's Word is clear on that. Always seek God in your lives and stay away from sin and evil.  We are Saved when we keep the Cross as our focus, which means that you are remembering what Jesus Christ did at Calvary for us, which does not give us the license to sin no longer. You must present your Bodies to God as living sacrifice. You should keep God's Temple Holy and Clean before the Lord, which is the body that you are in. Do not be conformed to this world any longer and stop living as the sinners of Satan are, that goes for cursing, drinking, smoking, or anything else that is outside of God and that also includes living as a gay or as an lesbian, all of these things will keep you out of Heaven, if you do not come to Jesus Christ in repentance, at the Cross, you will not be forgiven. God, whom is Jesus Christ, then will not save you. Your sins is what sends you to hell, not God. When you give your life over to God, you need to give up your old ways bof living so you can grow closer to God and start living a brand new life, in the presents of God. You are living in the presents of God, no matter where you are at. The Ten commandments is of the Mosaic Law, Jesus Christ fulfilled that Law, when Jesus Died on the Cross at Calvary. However, we are under the New Covenant, which is Grace, the Grace of God, is how we are Saved. If you are a Christian, a Follower of Jesus Christ, Believe in what Jesus Christ and His Crucifixion, and have repented of all your sins, you then are covered by the Blood of Jesus Christ and are Saved by God's Grace. If you are Saved, you then would want to Obey God's Law and sin no more. You now then have no rights or the Licence to sin. You then will keep His commandments. If you are strictly hanging on to the Law of Moses only, you then better keep it and don't even break just one, if you do, you will go to hell for all eternity, because there is no Salvation offered up in the Mosaic Law. There are Churches who tells their congregations to keep the ten commandments, because they don't understand the Grace that God offers. Once again, if you are Saved by Grace, which is the New Covenant, you wouldn't want to break any Law of God.  Lets get this study started.

Romans 12:1-21 (KJV)
1 I beseech you therefore, Brethren (I beg of you please), by the Mercies of God (all is given to the Believer, not because of merit on the Believer’s part, but strictly because of the “Mercy of God”), that you present your bodies a Living Sacrifice (the word “Sacrifice” speaks of the Sacrifice of Christ, and means that we cannot do this which the Holy Spirit demands unless our Faith is placed strictly in Christ and the Cross, which then gives the Holy Spirit latitude to carry out this great work within our lives), holy (that which the Holy Spirit Alone can do), acceptable unto God (actually means that a holy physical body, i.e., “temple,” is all that He will accept), which is your reasonable service. (Reasonable if we look to Christ and the Cross; otherwise impossible!) 2 And be not conformed to this world (the ways of the world): but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind (we must start thinking Spiritually, which refers to the fact that everything is furnished to us through the Cross, and is obtained by Faith and not works), that you may prove what is that good (is put to the test and finds that the thing tested meets the specifications laid down), and acceptable, and Perfect, Will of God (presents that which the Holy Spirit is attempting to bring about within our lives, and can only be obtained by ever making the Cross the Object of our Faith). 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me (refers to Paul’s Apostleship given by the Grace of God [Eph. 3:8]), to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think (Israel had fallen, and the reason at least in part was because of this very thing — a prideful, unscriptural evaluation of themselves); but to think soberly (don’t be high-minded), according as God has dealt to every man the measure of Faith (this is given by the Holy Spirit at conversion). 4 For as we have many members in one body (refers to every person who is in the Body of Christ), and all members have not the same office (a mode of acting or function): 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ (speaks of the unity which ought to be prevalent within the Body), and every one members one of another (in effect, says that whatever is true according to one is also true according to the other; this does not speak of “offices,” but rather being a member of the Body). 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us (speaks of different “Gifts” or “Offices”), whether Prophecy, let us Prophesy according to the proportion of Faith (has to do with “the measure of Faith”); 7 Or Ministry (one who serves), let us wait on our Ministering (would have been better translated, “let us Minister according to the proportion of Faith”): or he who teaches, on teaching (carries the same idea; it is a wise man who stays within the sphere of service for which God, the Holy Spirit, has fitted him, and does not invade some other field of service for which he is not fitted); 8 Or he who exhorts, on exhortation: he who gives, let him do it with simplicity (proclaims “giving” as a “Gift” or “Office”); he who rules, with diligence (a position of authority); he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness (the Holy Spirit says that this is a “Gift” as well). 9 Let love be without dissimulation (real, not feigned or hypocritical). Abhor that which is evil (the Christian is to express his hatred of evil by a withdrawal from it and a loathing of it); cleave to that which is good (fasten, and firmly). 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love (speaks of the Brotherhood of Believers, which is even closer than the blood ties of relatives who aren’t saved); in honour preferring one another (the respect shown another, which is measured by one’s evaluation of another); 11 Not slothful in business (must be done with fervency, diligence, and attention to detail, with responsibility); fervent in Spirit (should have been translated, “fervent in the Holy Spirit”; looking to the Spirit constantly for leading and guidance); serving the Lord (serving Him in everything we do); 12 Rejoicing in hope (constantly rejoicing in the sphere of hope, always believing God); patient in tribulation (to remain under the test in a God-honoring manner; not seeking to escape it, but eager to learn the lessons it was sent to teach); continuing instant in prayer (the idea is that we pray about everything continually, and be quick to do so); 13 Distributing to the necessity of Saints (pertains to concern and generosity); given to hospitality (kindness toward all, even strangers). 14 Bless them which persecute you (speak well of such a one): bless, and curse not (the Christian is to only bless, and not pronounce judgment on others, even our most strident enemies; we must leave judgment to the Lord). 15 Rejoice with them who do rejoice (speaks of the Believer being sincerely glad for the Blessings of others), and weep with them who weep (expresses the Believer being sincerely sorry for and with those who experience tribulation and sorrow). 16 Be of the same mind one toward another (have the same mind toward all, whether great or small, rich or poor). Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate (the manner in which a Believer treats a person who occupies the lowest station of life [whatever that might be] when no one else is seeing or hearing shows what you are). Be not wise in your own conceits (proclaims the antipathy felt by the Apostle to every sort of spiritual aristocracy, and to every caste-distinction within the Church). 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil (we are not to repay evil in like kind, but rather with the very opposite). Provide things honest in the sight of all men (the Christian is exhorted to take careful forethought that his manner of life and his outward expression conforms to, and is honestly representative of, what he is, a Child of God). 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men (the Believer has no control over the conduct of another, but the idea is that the initiative in disturbing the peace is never to lie with the Christian). 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves (proclaims action respecting fellow human beings), but rather give place unto wrath (speaks of God’s Wrath, and means to leave room for it and not take God’s proper Work out of His Hands): for it is written, Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, saith the Lord ([Lev. 19:18] the righting of wrong is to be committed to the Lord). 20 Therefore if your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink (we should treat our enemies with goodness): for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head (coals of fire were taken from the Brazen Altar, a Type of the Cross, and placed on the Altar of Incense; the Cross diverted judgment to intercession, of which the Altar of Incense was a type; by showing kindness to an enemy, we are diverting judgment, and showing mercy which God has shown us). 21 Be not overcome of evil (don’t meet evil with evil, which only breeds more evil), but overcome evil with good (the initiative has changed from evil to good).

Ephesians 3:8 (KJV)
8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all Saints, is this Grace given (humility is made evident here, which can only be made possible by the Cross, through which Grace comes to us), that I should Preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ (the “riches of Christ” come to us exclusively by and through the Cross, and are inexhaustible, with greater and greater enlargement which will last forever);

Leviticus 19:18 (KJV)
18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the LORD (fulfills the second half of the entirety of the Ten Commandments).

Any person who is evil in any way, is subject for hell and not Heaven. Over come all evil with good and don't fall into Satan's trap. don't give evil the authority over you. A Child of God is protected from all unrighteousness and will go to Heaven if anything bad happens to him or her, because they are covered by the Loving Grace of God. If you are not Saved and would like to pray or prayer request, we will be Glad to Pray with you. We Pray and hope that you will come to know the Love of God and get Saved. Lets Pray   

Book of Romans Chapter 11 (God's Purpose) Bible Study

Bible Study For July 12 2014

Book of Romans Chapter 11 (God's Purpose) Bible Study

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So many are in spiritual blindness that is caused by false doctrines that is of Satan. Churches who believes in works is doomed for hell, unless they repent and live God’s way and not by man’s way. Works is of the devil and has blinded many and will keep them out of Heaven, because works, rejects Jesus Christ, the Cross and what Jesus did at the Cross, for the sins of the world. Not everyone is going to make it in to Heaven, because of good Merit’s, (Works). It takes Faith in Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified, which means that God has already did the Works for us on the Cross at Calvary, It is Finished, He has already defeated Satan so, all we have to do is to Accept Him and what He did at the Cross and Believe and have total Faith in that finished Work, that is how we are Saved through Faith, which give us the forgiveness of and by God’s Grace. Friends, it can’t get any clearer than than that. If you are still living by doing “Works”, after reading this and the Bible study that is to follow? You then are in big trouble with God, just like how some of Israel is, because Works, produces unbelief and will be sent to hell when they die. Many of the so called Churches are no different that them in Israel that don’t properly Believe. If the Church you are attending and believing in their ways of Works, are doomed for hell. Those who practices and preaching on Works, makes the pastor a false prophet and they are no different than what TBN is. You all may reject me after telling you all the Truth, but hey, you have then rejected Jesus Christ and what He did at the Cross as well. You can’t hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and about the Cross if you are not reading the King James Bible, or listening to Sonlife Broadcasting on SBN, or attending to a Church who actually Preaches about Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified. You can’t know the Truth if your not hearing it, that's why so many has rebelled against God and still doing so. This world has gay’s and lesbians that are being dirty, all the way to hell and have no desire to change for the better, because, the Church is not stepping up to the plate in telling them what the Gospel of Jesus Christ has to say. That’s why we have so many people turning to alcohol, they are going to drink their way right to hell, because no one has taken the time to spread the Gospel to them, same thing about those who smoke all kinds of ratt poison’s, doing Works and such. By living in sin, you are rejecting Jesus Christ. You can’t be Truly Saved and still live in sin and expect to go to Heaven. God’s Word is very clear about who is going to be Saved and who isn’t. Friends, being ignorant to the Word of God is not going to get you into Heaven, you should already know this by now, if you have been paying any attention to the Word of God, that we have been sharing all this time. Many of the Churches, (which is the body that you are living in), are no better than those who are in Israel, lets get started.

Romans 11:1-36 (KJV)

1 I say then, Has God cast away His People? (This is phrased in the Greek Text so that it requires a negative answer.) God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the Tribe of Benjamin (“Israelite” is the most august title of the three names). 2 God has not cast away His People which He foreknew (refers to Israel as a Nation, and the many Promises made respecting the future of these ancient people). Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah? (I Ki. 19:10, 14) how he makes intercession to God against Israel, saying (carries the thought that the Prophet should have pleaded for Israel, not against Israel), 3 Lord, they have killed your Prophets, and dug down your Altars (the true worship of God at that time was forsaken, and in its place idols were substituted [I Ki. 12:28-33]); and I am left alone, and they seek my life (in fact, Elijah was not alone, even as we shall see). 4 But what was the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal (this tells us that True Faith always has the attachment of spiritual action).
A REMNANT
5 Even so then at this present time (Paul’s day) also there is a Remnant according to the election of Grace (definitely speaks of Predestination, but not as many think; it is the “Remnant” that is elected or predestined, not who will be in the Remnant). 6 And if by Grace (the Goodness of God, all made possible by the Cross), then is it no more of works (no one can point to their works as grounds for Salvation): otherwise Grace is no more Grace (if works are mixed with Grace, they nullify Grace). But if it be of works, then is it no more Grace (works can never produce Grace): otherwise work is no more work (for example, Water Baptism, if acted upon wrongly, nullifies its true meaning; this holds true as well for all other great Ordinances of the Lord).
REBELLION AND UNBELIEF
7 What then? (This was asked regarding Israel, but can also apply to the Church as well!) Israel has not obtained that for which he seeks (emphatically states that Salvation cannot be obtained in any manner or way other than God’s Way, which is the Cross); but the election has obtained it (refers to the Jews who did not attempt to claim Salvation by Merit, but rather by Grace), and the rest were blinded (refers to a judicial blindness). 8 (According as it is written (Isa. 29:10), God has given them the spirit of slumber (that’s what they wanted, so that’s what they got!), eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) (This refers to not being able to “see” even though the evidence is plainly visible, or to “hear” even though the words are plainly spoken.) unto this day (refers to a condition that will not correct itself, but will actually grow worse). 9 And David said (Ps. 69:22), Let their table be made a snare (refers to their prosperity), and a trap (pertains to the end result of the “snare”), and a stumblingblock (Israel stumbled over the very blessings which were intended for her betterment), and a recompence unto them (a negative end result): 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see (they didn’t want to “see,” so the Lord gave them what they wanted), and bow down their back always (refers to them coming under the burden of captivity, which is exactly what happened).
GENTILES
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? (Never to rise again?) God forbid: but rather through their fall Salvation is come unto the Gentiles (is another manner of expressing the formation or building of the Church), for to provoke them to jealousy (harks back to the Prophecy of Noah after the flood, “God shall enlarge Japheth [Gentiles], and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem,” i.e., “Israel”; Japheth will receive the blessings intended for Shem, which is exactly what has happened [Gen. 9:26-27]). 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world (the idea is that their Fall did not stop the Gospel from coming to the world; the manner of the translation makes it seem as if the world has been greatly enriched by the Fall of Israel; however, that is not the case!), and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles (the Blessings that were supposed to go to Israel came to the Gentiles, and we speak of the Church, i.e., “The True Church”); how much more their fulness? (In this one question, Paul implies Israel’s rightful place in the Kingdom of God yet to come, which will then bring everything into line, with Israel being the great Blessing that God always intended.) 13 For I speak to you Gentiles (it speaks of nations which are distinct from Israel), inasmuch as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles (speaks of Paul’s special Calling by the Lord), I magnify my office (the Office of the Apostle, which refers to the Message of Grace that would affect every Believer): 14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them (Paul hoped Israel might see the Blessings of the Lord on the Gentiles, and, desiring those Blessings, accept Christ and, thereby, be saved). 15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world (refers to the Act of God in setting Israel aside temporarily as a channel through which to bring the Good News of Salvation to the world, and in their place the substitution of the Church), what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? (All of this is with a view to bringing Israel back into fellowship with Himself and service in the coming Millennium. Their conversion is likened to a Resurrection.) 16 For if the Firstfruit be Holy (refers to the Patriarchs of Israel, who were Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), the lump is also Holy (does not refer to personal attributes, but simply that Israel has been Called of God, and set apart by God for a special task which will ultimately be performed): and if the root be Holy, so are the branches (this pertains to their work, their reason for being; they are even now in the beginning stages of being brought back “from the dead”). 17 And if some of the branches be broken off (not all the branches, but some; referring to the fact that Israel will ultimately be brought back), and you (refers to the Church, i.e., “the Gentiles”), being a wild olive tree (inferior), were grafted in among them (presents the inferior being grafted into the superior, which is totally against nature), and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree (means that the Church derives its life from the common Root that was originally given to Israel of long ago); 18 Boast not against the branches (the Church has not replaced Israel in the Plan of God, even though the Church is included in the Plan of God due to Israel’s rejection of Christ). But if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root you (as stated, the Church was grafted in, and is built upon the Promises originally given to Israel, which still apply to Israel and one day will be fulfilled). 19 You will say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in (the Church must ever know and understand that it was and is second choice). 20 Well; because of unbelief they (Israel) were broken off (unbelief respecting Christ and the Cross), and you stand by Faith (proclaims that the Church was brought in because of Faith and not merit, and stands in its present position by Faith and not merit). Be not highminded, but fear (the reason is given in the next Verse): 21 For if God spared not the natural branches (Israel), take heed lest He also spare not you (again refers to the Church, as is obvious). 22 Behold therefore the Goodness and Severity of God (don’t mistake the Goodness of God for license): on them which fell, severity (speaks of Judgment which came on Israel, God’s chosen People); but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His Goodness (proclaims the condition; the continuing of that “Goodness” pertains to continued Faith in Christ and the Cross): otherwise you also shall be cut off (is the modern Church on the edge of that even now? Rev. 3:15-22 tells us this is the case!). 23 And they also (Israel), if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in (Israel’s unbelief will end at the Second Coming): for God is able to graft them in again (and that He will do!). 24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature (refers to the Gentile world, and in this case the Church), and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree (the inferior into the superior): how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? (Israel failed, but the Plan did not fail. Israel will ultimately be brought back and will Evangelize the world as originally planned. This will take place in the coming Kingdom Age [Isa. 66:19].) 
RESTORATION
25 For I would not, Brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery (what has happened to Israel), lest you should be wise in your own conceits (the Gentiles were not pulled in because of any merit or Righteousness on their part, but strictly because of the Grace of God); that blindness in part is happened to Israel (is the “mystery” of which Paul speaks), until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in (refers to the Church; in fact, the Church Age is even now coming to a close). 26 And so all Israel shall be saved (when the Church Age ends, and the Second Coming commences; then Israel will accept Christ and be saved): as it is written (Isa. 27:9; 59:20-21), There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer (Jesus Christ will be the Deliverer), and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob (Christ will deliver Israel from the Antichrist, and more importantly will deliver them from their sins): 27 For this is My Covenant unto them (a Promise), when I shall take away their sins (as stated, it will be done at the Second Coming [Zech. 13:1]). 28 As concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes (refers to the Gospel of Jesus Christ): but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes (speaks of their Calling). 29 For the Gifts and Calling of God are without Repentance (the Gifts and Calling of God are not subject to a change of mind on God’s Part). 30 For as you in times past have not believed God (concerns the Gentile world which lived outside of the Promises of God for about 4,000 years), yet have now obtained Mercy through their unbelief (refers to the unbelief of Israel, but their unbelief did not stop Mercy being granted to the Gentiles, which God had planned all along): 31 Even so have these also now not believed (pertains once again to Israel, and the fact that even though they are now in unbelief; this will ultimately change), that through your Mercy (the Church) they also may obtain Mercy (the Mercy which was extended to the Gentiles will ultimately bring Israel back as well, with the entirety of the Plan of God now coming full circle). 32 For God has concluded them all in unbelief (both Jews and Gentiles; the Jews were loathe to accept this conclusion), that He might have Mercy upon all (proclaims God’s condition of dealing with the entirety of the human family, both Jew and Gentile).
GREATNESS OF GOD
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! (This depth is beyond our comprehension.) how unsearchable are His Judgments, and His Ways past finding out! (They cannot be found out by the intellect, only by Revelation which comes by the Spirit.) 34 For who has known the Mind of the Lord? (As stated, the only way the Mind of the Lord can be known is for it to be revealed by the Holy Spirit.) or who has been His counsellor? (It would have to be, “no one.”) 35 Or who has first given to Him (Job 41:11), and it shall be recompensed unto him again? (What we sow, we reap!) 36 For of Him (refers to Creation), and through Him (refers to His Perfect Knowledge), and to Him (His Presence is everywhere), are all things (He Alone is the First Cause): to Whom be Glory forever (He Alone deserves the Glory). Amen (Truth).

1 Kings 19:10, 14 (KJV)
10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of Hosts: for the Children of Israel have forsaken Your Covenant, thrown down Your Altars, and killed Your Prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. (The angry Prophet, crouching with embittered heart in the cavern, pictured the nation. The “flesh” in him was just as hateful as the “flesh” in them. He is invited to come forth and meet God. As Israel refused, Elijah likewise refuses. He must, therefore, be compelled to come forth.) 
14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of Hosts: because the Children of Israel have forsaken Your Covenant, thrown down Your Altars, and killed Your Prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. (As is obvious here, Elijah’s emphasis is strictly on himself and not the Lord. When self is not properly hidden in Christ [Jn. 14:20], self always becomes king, and brings about many problems. That’s the reason that Jesus told us that we must “deny ourselves” [Lk. 9:23].)

John 14:20 (KJV)
20 At that day (after the Resurrection, and the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost) you shall know that I am in My Father (speaks of Deity; Jesus is God!), and you in Me (has to do with our Salvation by Faith), and I in you (enables us to live a victorious life [Gal.2:20]).

Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
20 I am Crucified with Christ (as the Foundation of all Victory; Paul, here, takes us back to Rom. 6:3-5): nevertheless I live (have new life); yet not I (not by my own strength and ability), but Christ lives in me (by virtue of me dying with Him on the Cross, and being raised with Him in Newness of Life): and the life which I now live in the flesh (my daily walk before God) I live by the Faith of the Son of God (the Cross is ever the Object of my Faith), Who loved me, and gave Himself for me (which is the only way that I could be Saved).

Romans 6:3-5 (KJV)
3 Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ (plainly says that this Baptism is into Christ and not water [I Cor.1:17; 12:13; Gal. 3:27; Eph. 4:5; Col. 2:11-13]) were baptized into His Death? (When Christ died on the Cross, in the Mind of God, we died with Him; in other words, He became our Substitute, and our identification with Him in His Death gives us all the benefits for which He died; the idea is that He did it all for us!) 4 Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death (not only did we die with Him, but we were buried with Him as well, which means that all the sin and transgression of the past were buried; when they put Him in the Tomb, they put all of our sins into that Tomb as well): that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the Glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life (we died with Him, we were buried with Him, and His Resurrection was our Resurrection to a “Newness of Life”). 5 For if we have been planted together (with Christ) in the likeness of His Death (Paul proclaims the Cross as the instrument through which all Blessings come; consequently, the Cross must ever be the Object of our Faith, which gives the Holy Spirit latitude to work within our lives), we shall be also in the likeness of His Resurrection (we can have the “likeness of His Resurrection,” i.e., “live this Resurrection Life,” only as long as we understand the “likeness of His Death,” which refers to the Cross as the Means by which all of this is done):

Luke 9:23 (KJV)
23 And He said to them all, If any man will come after Me (the criteria for Discipleship), let him deny himself (not asceticism as many think, but rather that one denies one’s own willpower, self-will, strength, and ability, depending totally on Christ), and take up his cross (the benefits of the Cross, looking exclusively to what Jesus did there to meet our every need) daily (this is so important, our looking to the Cross; that we must renew our Faith in what Christ has done for us, even on a daily basis, for Satan will ever try to move us away from the Cross as the Object of our Faith, which always spells disaster), and follow Me (Christ can be followed only by the Believer looking to the Cross, understanding what it accomplished, and by that means alone [Rom. 6:3-5, 11, 14; 8:1-2, 11; I Cor. 1:17-18, 21, 23; 2:2; Gal. 6:14; Eph. 2:13-18; Col. 2:14-15]).

1 Kings 12:28-33 (KJV)
28 Whereupon the king took counsel (but not from God), and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan. (The great Redemption given to Israel by God concerning their deliverance from Egypt was now attributed to a “golden calf.” I wonder if we are doing any differently today in the modern Church, when we attribute the help that God gives us to humanistic psychology?) 30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. (The expression concerning Jeroboam, “made Israel to sin,” is used twenty-three times. This “sin” was idolatry, which led to all other types of sin.) 31 And he made an house of high places, and made Priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi (the Levites had all migrated to Jerusalem; so, Jeroboam selected the base and the vile to be his priests; to be sure, this would suffice for the worship of golden calves). 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the Altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made (he conducted his feasts at the same time that Judah conducted the Feasts of the Lord). 33 So he offered upon the Altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the Children of Israel: and he offered upon the Altar, and burnt incense. (We may perhaps see in Jeroboam’s ministering and person not only the design to invest the new ordinance with exceptional interest and splendor, but also the idea of encouraging his new priests to enter on their unauthorized functions without fear. The history, or even the traditions, of Nadab and Abihu [Lev., Chpt. 10] and of Korah and his company [Num. 16:40] may very well have made them hesitate. And that their fears of a Divine interposition were not groundless, the sequel shows — Spence.)

Numbers 16:40 (KJV)
40 To be a memorial unto the Children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. (Unfortunately, under the New Covenant, many are presently committing the sin of Korah. They are substituting a government of their own making; however, they must remember, as the Cross is the means of all blessings, at the same time, it is also the means of all judgment.)

Isaiah 29:10 (KJV)
10 For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the Prophets and your rulers, the seers has He covered. (The “deep sleep” spoken of here refers to a spiritual deadness and impassiveness — an inability to appreciate or even to understand spiritual warnings.)

Psalms 69:22 (KJV)
22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. (The “table” that is referred to here is actually that which the Lord prepares for His Own [Psalm 23]. Judas did not want the “table” that the Lord had prepared; he desired another “table.” It would become a “snare.” Along with Judas, this also speaks of the Priests who opposed Christ, and most did!)

Psalms 23:1-6 (KJV)
1 The LORD is My Shepherd; I shall not want. (Even though this beautiful Psalm applied to David, and to all Believers as well, more than all it applied to Christ. Williams says, “Only one voice sang this Psalm in perfect tune. It was the Voice of Jesus. When walking through the dark valley of His earthly Life, Jehovah was His Shepherd. There is no suggestion of sin in the Psalm. Its great theme is not so much what Jehovah gives, or does, as what or Who He is.” And yet, at the same time, as Christ presents Himself as the Sheep, He is also presented as the Great Shepherd of His People, for He was raised from the dead in order to be such [Heb. 13:20].) 2 He makes Me to lie down in green pastures (any other voice that is followed will lead only to barren pastures): He leads Me beside the still waters. (The 23rd Psalm makes it abundantly clear that the Church is not the Saviour, neither is religious hierarchy the Saviour, neither are rules and regulations the Saviour. Only the Lord is. We can follow Him, or we can follow other things; we cannot follow both.) 3 He restores My soul (when the sheep skin their forehead foraging for grass, the shepherd would pour oil over the wounds): He leads Me in the paths of Righteousness for His Name’s sake. (At times the lamb will leave the appointed path, even doing so several times, being retrieved each time by the shepherd. But, if it leaves too many times, the shepherd, upon retrieving it from the rocky crevices, will take his staff and break one of the legs. He then carefully “sets” the leg, and then lays the lamb on his shoulder close to his heart. He carries it until the wound is healed. That is a symbol of chastisement [Heb. 12:5–11].) 4 Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil (the powers of darkness, constituting powerful attacks by Satan): for You are with Me; Your rod and Your staff they comfort Me. (The ideal position for the “lamb” is to allow the Shepherd to fight for him. In fact, the only fight we are told to fight is the “good fight of Faith” [I Tim. 6:12]. What a comfort it is to know that the “rod” and “staff” are constantly beating back the powers of darkness on our behalf.) 5 You prepare a table before Me in the presence of My enemies (and these “enemies” cannot touch this “prepared table”): You anoint My head with oil (a Type of the Holy Spirit); My cup runs over (a figure of speech that refers to abundance). 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow Me all the days of My life (“goodness” gives us green pastures and still waters; “mercy” retrieves us when we foolishly leave the “paths of righteousness”): and I will dwell in the House of the LORD for ever (as long as the Lord is our Shepherd, we can expect all of this, “all the days of our lives").

Hebrews 13:20 (KJV)
20 Now the God of Peace (proclaims that Peace has been made between God and fallen man, and done so through what Jesus did on the Cross on man’s behalf), that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus (presents the only mention of the Resurrection of Christ in this Epistle to the Hebrews), that Great Shepherd of the sheep (presents the One Who died for us, and Whom God raised from the dead), through the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant (points to the Cross and proclaims the fact that this Covenant, being perfect, is Eternal),

Hebrews 12:5-11 (KJV)
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto children (the Apostle’s objective in introducing this here is to show that afflictions are designed, on the part of God, to produce positive effects in the lives of His People), My son, despise not you the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of Him (everything that happens to a Believer is either caused or allowed by the Lord; consequently, we should learn the lesson desired to be taught): 6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens (God disciplines those He loves, not those to whom He is indifferent), and scourges every son whom He receives. (This refers to all who truly belong to Him.) 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons (chastening from the Lord guarantees the fact that one is a Child of God); for what son is he whom the father chastens not? (If an earthly father truly cares for his son, he will use whatever measures necessary to bring the boy into line. If an earthly father will do this, how much more will our Heavenly Father do the same?) 8 But if you be without chastisement, whereof all (all true Believers) are partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons. (Many claim to be Believers while continuing in sin, but the Lord never chastises them. Such shows they are illegitimate sons, meaning they are claiming faith on a basis other than the Cross. The true son, without doubt, will be chastised at times.) 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence (earthly parents): shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of Spirits, and live? (“Father of Spirits” is contrasted to “fathers of the flesh.” The latter concerns our earthly parents. Their relation to us is limited. His is universal and eternal.) 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure (the use of the word “pleasure” indicates that the chastening may or may not have been proper, as it regards our earthly parents); but He for our profit (presents the difference between human liability of error and the perfect knowledge of our Heavenly Father; He seeks our profit, and cannot err in the means He employs), that we might be partakers of His Holiness. (This presents the objective of the chastening and correction of God.) 11 Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous (presents the fact that the trials we are at times exposed to do not give joy at that moment, and are often hard indeed to bear): nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of Righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. (All of this is carried out by the Holy Spirit for a specific purpose [Jn. 15:1-9].)

John 15:1-9 (KJV)
1 I A m the True Vine (the True Israel, as He is the True Church, and the True Man; more specifically, He Alone is the Source of Life), and My Father is the Husbandman (refers to God the Father not simply as the Vinedresser, but also the Owner so to speak). 2 Every branch (Believer) in Me (to have Salvation, we must be “in Christ” which refers to trusting in what He did at the Cross) that bears not fruit (the Holy Spirit Alone can bring forth fruit within our lives, and He does such through the Finished Work of Christ, which demands that the Cross ever be the Object of our Faith) He takes away (if the Believer refuses the Cross, ultimately, he will be taken out of the Body of Christ): and every branch that bears fruit (has some understanding of Christ and the Cross), He purges it (uses whatever means necessary to make the Cross the total Object of one’s Faith), that it may bring forth more fruit (only when the Cross becomes the total Object of one’s Faith can the Holy Spirit perform His Work of bringing forth proper fruit [Rom. 8:1-2, 11]). 3 Now you are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you (the answer, as always, is found in the Word of God; the Story of the Bible is “Jesus Christ and Him Crucified”). 4 Abide in Me (look to Him exclusively, and what He has done for us at the Cross), and I in you (if we properly abide in Him, which we can only do by ever making the Cross the Object of our Faith, then He will abide in us without fail). As the branch (Believer) cannot bear fruit of itself (one cannot Sanctify one’s self! it is impossible!), except it abide in the Vine (abiding in Him refers to the fact that we understand that every solution we seek, for whatever the need might be, is found only in Christ and the Cross; we must never separate Christ from the Cross [I Cor. 1:23; 2:2]); no more can you, except you abide in Me. 5 I am the Vine (not the Church, not a particular Preacher, not even a particular Doctrine, but Christ Alone), you are the branches (Believers): he who abides in Me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit (let us say it again; the Believer must understand that everything we receive from God comes to us exclusively through Christ and the Cross; that being the case, the Cross must ever be the Object of our Faith; then the Holy Spirit can develop fruit within our lives; it can be done no other way!): for without Me (what He did for us at the Cross) you can do nothing (the Believer should read that phrase over and over). 6 If a man abide not in Me (refuses to accept the Cross, which means he is serving “another Jesus” [II Cor. 11:4]), he is cast forth as a branch (is removed from the Source of Life), and is withered (without proper Faith in Christ and the Cross, the Believer ultimately withers); and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned (the implication is striking! if proper Faith in Christ and the Cross is not maintained, the ultimate result is eternal Hell). 7 If you abide in Me (keep your Faith anchored in Christ and the Cross), and My Words abide in you (in fact, the entirety of the Word of God is the Story of “Christ and the Cross”), you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you (proper Faith in Christ and the Cross desires only the Will of God, which Will is guaranteed now to be carried forth). 8 Herein is My Father Glorified (that Believers totally and completely place their Faith exclusively in Christ and the Cross), that you bear much fruit (meaning that Jesus did not die in vain, but that His Death on the Cross will result in “much fruit”); so shall you be My Disciples (Lk. 9:23-24). 9 As the Father has loved Me (the Heavenly Father loves us accordingly, as we abide in Christ), so have I loved you (the Good Shepherd gives His Life for the sheep): continue ye in My Love (we can continue in His Love, only as we continue in our Faith, which must ever have the Cross as its Object).

1 Timothy 6:12 (KJV)
12 Fight the good fight of Faith (in essence, the only fight we’re called upon to engage; every attack by Satan against the Believer, irrespective of its form, is to destroy or seriously weaken our Faith; he wants to push our Faith from the Cross to other things), lay hold on Eternal Life (we do such by understanding that all Life comes from Christ, and the means is the Cross), whereunto you are also Called (Called to follow Christ), and have professed a good profession before many witnesses. (This does not refer to a particular occasion, but to the entirety of his life for Christ.)

Genesis 9:26-27 (KJV)
26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem (through Shem would come the Jewish people, who would give the world the Word of God and, as well, would bring forth the Messiah, the Saviour of the world); and Canaan shall be his servant (the Canaanites in Israel were defeated by David, and became the servants of Israel). 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem (Israel, the descendants of Shem, would reject Christ, while the descendants of Japheth would accept Him, which means that the Blessing intended for Shem, i.e., Israel, would instead go to the descendants of Japheth, i.e., the Gentiles); and Canaan shall be his servant. (The descendants of Canaan continue unto this hour [2003], in a sense, to be the servants of Japheth. For instance, the descendants of Canaan, wherever they might be, in a sense, answer to the United States, which part of the population are descendants of Japheth.)

Revelation 3:15-22 (KJV)
15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot (characterizes that which is prevalent at this present time): I would you were cold or hot (half measures won’t do). 16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot (if a person is lukewarm towards something, it means he hasn’t rejected it, but at the same time he has by no means accepted it; in the Mind of God, a tepid response is equal to a negative response), I will spue you out of My mouth. (There is no prospect of Repentance here on the part of this Church, or Restoration. In fact, there is Divine rejection.) 17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing (they equated the increase in material goods with spiritual Blessings, which they were not); and knowest not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked (the tragedy lay in the fact that while this Church gloated over material wealth, she was unconscious of her spiritual poverty; again indicative of the modern Church!): 18 I counsel you to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich (what they needed to “buy” could not be purchased with money, but only with the precious Blood of Christ, which price has already been paid; but the modern Church is not interested!); and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness do not appear (refers to Righteousness which is exclusively of Christ, and is gained only by Faith in Christ and the Cross; this tells us that the Laodicean Church is extremely self-righteous; not having the Righteousness of Christ, they are “naked” to the Judgment of God); and anoint your eyes with eyesalve, that you may see. (The modern Church is also spiritually blind.) 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten (implies a remnant): be zealous therefore, and repent. (The modern Church desperately needs to repent for its rebellion against God’s Divine Order [Christ and the Cross] and for following cunningly devised fables [II Pet. 1:16].) 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock (presents Christ outside the Church): if any man hear My voice (so much religious racket is going on that it is difficult to “hear His Voice”), and open the door (Christ is the True Door, which means the Church has erected another door), I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me. (Having been rejected by the Church, our Lord now appeals to individuals, and He is still doing so presently.) 21 To him who overcomes will I grant to sit with Me in My Throne (the overcomer will gain the prize of the Throne, which can only be done by one ever making the Cross the Object of his Faith), even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His Throne. (This presents Christ as our Substitute, going before us, and doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.) 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the Churches. (In plain language, the Holy Spirit is saying, “come back to Christ and the Cross!")

2 Peter 1:16 (KJV)
16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables (refers to “heresies” taught by “false teachers”; in other words, anything that leads one away from Christ and the Cross), when we made known unto you the Power and Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (what Christ could do in one’s life, which the Cross made possible), but were eyewitnesses of His Majesty. (This pertains to the Transfiguration, which was an actual demonstration of Christ coming in His Glory to Earth to set up His Kingdom [Mat. 16:27-28; 17:1-8; 24:29-31; 25:31-46; Rev. 19:11-21].)

Matthew 16:27-28 (KJV)
27 For the Son of Man shall come in the Glory of His Father with His Angels (while the Son must suffer, nevertheless, Glory will follow; He speaks here of the Second Coming); and then He shall reward every man according to his works (“every man” refers first of all to the Saints and the Judgment Seat of Christ, where rewards will be handed out, and to the unredeemed at the Great White Throne Judgment, where eternal damnation will be meted out [Rev. 20:11-15]). 28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom (refers to the Transfiguration of Christ, which would take place in a few hours, and would be observed by Peter, James, and John).

Matthew 17:1-8 (KJV)
1 And after six days (is exclusive, meaning, that all the days and time are not included; Luke said, “about eight days,” but is inclusive, meaning that everything is included) Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into an high mountain apart (does not tell us which mountain; “apart” from the other Disciples), 2 And was transfigured before them (means that the Glory did not shine upon Jesus, but instead, shone out from Him through His raiment): and His Face did shine as the sun (Rev. 1:16), and His Raiment was white as the light (the light made it white). 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with Him (Moses and Elijah represented the Law and the Prophets, the dead, and raptured Saints; they spoke with Him of His Atoning Death [Lk. 9:31]; this doctrine is the great theme of Heaven [Rev. 1:5; 5:6, 9; 7:14]). 4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will, let us make here three Tabernacles; one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah (God will not have even the greatest Saints associated with His Beloved Son in worship or teaching). 5 While He yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them (this was a demonstration of the Shechinah, a token of the presence of the Most High, which had appeared over the Tabernacle in the wilderness): and behold a Voice out of the cloud (the “cloud” overshadowing them was a fore-view of the Work of the Holy Spirit after the Day of Pentecost in glorifying Christ [Jn.16:14]), which said, This is My Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased (we have here the Trinity, the Voice out of the cloud, which was the Father, Jesus, standing in a radiant light, and the Holy Spirit present with the overshadowing cloud); hear ye Him (Hear Him Alone; everything comes through Christ, and what Christ did at the Cross; the Holy Spirit works accordingly [Rom. 8:2]). 6 And when the Disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid (the words, “sore afraid,” meant that they were fearful that they would die). 7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid (ever the Voice of the Saviour to those who are truly sincere, but yet wrong). 8 And when they had lifted up their eyes (proclaims them earnestly surveying the locality), they saw no man, save Jesus only (everything hinges on Jesus, and what He did at the Cross).

Matthew 24:29-31 (KJV)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days (speaks of the time immediately preceding the Second Coming) shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light (the light of these orbs will be dim by comparison to the light of the Son of God), and the stars shall fall from Heaven (a display of Heavenly fireworks at the Second Coming), and the powers of the Heavens shall be shaken (will work with the Son of God against the Antichrist, at the Second Coming): 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in Heaven (pertains to the Second Coming, which will take place in the midst of these Earth and Heaven shaking events): and then shall all the tribes of the Earth mourn (concerns all the nations of the world which possibly will see this phenomenon by Television), and they shall see the Son of Man (denotes Christ and His human, Glorified Body) coming in the clouds of Heaven with power and great glory (lends credence to the thought that much of the world will see Him by Television as He makes His descent). 31 And He shall send His Angels (they will be visible) with a great sound of a trumpet (announcing the gathering of Israel), and they shall gather together His elect (Israel) from the four winds, from one end of Heaven to the other (Jews will be gathered from all over the world, and brought to Israel).

Isaiah 66:19 (KJV)
19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, who have not heard My fame, neither have seen My Glory; and they shall declare My Glory among the Gentiles. (“And I will set a sign among them,” actually pertains to Christ. He will be the sign! “And I will send those who escape of them unto the nations,” refers to the two-thirds who will be killed during the latter half of the Great Tribulation and the Battle of Armageddon, who did not want or desire Christ. The one-third of Israel remaining [Zech. 13:8-9] will then be sent as missionaries to the nations of the world to proclaim Messiah’s Glory. They will do so with such success that entire nations will be converted even in “one day” [Vs. 8]. Then Israel will finally fulfill her intended purpose to serve as a light to the world.)

Isaiah 27:9 (KJV)
9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the Altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. (The cleansing effect of this purging of the Vine is declared. In this Verse, the word “fruit” means “results.” The result of chastening is that iniquity is purged and sin taken away. This is not necessarily the expiation of guilt by the Atonement of Christ, for that has already been done, but it is the purging of a branch already in the True Vine [Zech. 13:1; Jn., Chpt. 15].)

Isaiah 59:20-21 (KJV)
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them who turn from transgression in Jacob, says the LORD. (The “Redeemer” is Christ, and He shall “come to Zion.” Paul quoted this in Rom. 11:26. All the “transgressions” mentioned in Verse 12 and corresponding Scriptures will now, and finally, be brought to the Redeemer. Then “Jacob” will finally become “Israel, the Prince with God.”) 21 As for Me, this is My Covenant with them, says the LORD; My Spirit that is upon you, and My Words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed’s seed, says the LORD, from henceforth and forever. (The words, “As for Me,” refer to Jehovah speaking, and not Isaiah. This Scripture proclaims the Divine Trinity: 

1. The One speaking is Jehovah; 

2. The Redeemer is the Messiah; and, 

3. My Spirit, i.e., the Holy Spirit, Who is sent by Jehovah, is still yet another Person [Jn. 14:16, 26]. The words, “My Covenant,” refer to the New Testament, i.e., New Covenant, which Israel would not accept the first time, but will now accept! "My Words” refer to the entirety of the Bible. Israel, even though used by God to bring it into the world, still, never really did abide by it. Now they shall, and it “shall not depart out of your mouth.” As well, the Holy Spirit declares that all succeeding generations will continue to follow the Lord, as referred to by “Your seed’s seed.” This will all take place during the coming Kingdom Age.)

Zechariah 13:1 (KJV)
1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the House of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. (“In that day,” occurs eighteen times from 9:16 through 14:21. This shows how precious “that day” is to the Messiah’s Heart. In that day, His Victory over the enemies of His People will be great, but greater will be His Moral Victory over His People themselves. The Christian’s true triumphs are God’s Triumphs over him, and God’s Triumphs over His People are their only victories. Such was Jacob of old, who represented Israel in that coming Glad Day. The conversion of the Apostle Paul illustrates the future conversion of Israel. He hated Jesus, but on the Damascus Road, he looked upon Him Whom he had pierced, mourned, and wept. The phrase, “In that day there shall be a fountain opened,” does not mean that it is first opened there, but that Israel will only begin to partake of it “in that day,” i.e., the beginning of the Kingdom Age. This fountain was historically opened at Calvary, but will be consciously opened to repentant Jews in the future day of her Repentance. For the fact and function of that fountain only becomes conscious to the awakened sinner. A true sense of sin and guilt in relationship to God awakens the sense of the need of cleansing, and so the shed and cleansing Blood of the Lamb of God becomes precious to convicted conscience. As well, the ever-living efficacy of Christ’s Atoning Work, with its power to cleanse the conscience and the life, is justly comparable to a fountain and not to a font. The sense of the Hebrew Text is that this Fountain shall be opened and shall remain open. “To the House of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness,” portrays the possibility that, of all sinners, the Jerusalem sinners may be accounted the greatest. It was Jerusalem that stoned the Prophets and crucified the Messiah; therefore, great sinners may hope for pardon and cleansing in this Fountain opened for the House of David. The entrance of Christ judges sin, unmasks its true character, and arouses a moral consciousness which approves that judgment. That entrance dominates, adjusts, disciplines, instructs, and cleanses man’s affections, relationships, and desires. All of this must be cleansed, not only in Israel of a future day, but also in any and all of who come to Christ. That Fountain is open to all!)

Job 41:11 (KJV)
11 Who has prevented Me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole Heaven is Mine (all things belong to God; one day, the Lord will make an end of Satan; the Bible tells us so [Rev. 20:1–3]).

God’s Purpose, we are to live for God, we are to Glorify, Edify and Praise God and that is it.

We are to live for God’s Purpose and not for our purpose. We are to live in God’s way, our way leads to hell. 

Lets close in prayer.