Book of Galatians Chpt 5 (Bondage) Part 5

Bible Study for 2/17/2014

Book of Galatians Chpt 5 (Bondage) Part 5

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There are so much corruptions going on in the Church world today. Their congregations are being mislead by false doctrines of many devils. Most Churches are putting their Faiths in something other than the Cross and Him Crucified, instead most of them are putting their Faith in Water Baptism, for the means of Salvation and making Baptism the Object of their Faith. This is Dangerous and will lead, not just themselves, but the listeners and believers of this false doctrine, to hell as well. Salvation is through Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified. Not all Churches are Saved, like as they claim. Keep a watchful eye out for false doctrine, you will know them by their fruits. Any Church, any person who hangs onto Law and not Grace of God, will remain in “Bondage” of sin and will not make it to Heaven. You need to make the Cross the Object of your Faith, and do not make Water Baptism the Object of your Faith, it will destroy your soul. Lets get started in with what the Word of God has to say about this.

Galatians 5:1-26 (KJV)

1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free (we were made free, and refers to freedom to live a Holy life by evidencing Faith in Christ and the Cross), and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (To abandon the Cross and go under Law of any kind guarantees Bondage once again to the sin nature.) 2 Behold (“mark my words!”), I Paul say unto you (presents the Apostle’s authority regarding the Message he brings), that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. (If the Believer goes back into Law, and Law of any kind, what Christ did at the Cross on our behalf will profit us nothing. One cannot have it two ways.) 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised (some of the Galatian Gentiles were being pressured by false teachers to embrace the Law of Moses, which meant they would have to forsake Christ and the Cross, for it’s not possible to wed the two; as well, it’s not possible to wed any Law to Grace), that he is a debtor to do the whole law (which of course is impossible; and besides, the Law contained no Salvation). 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you (this is a chilling statement, and refers to anyone who makes anything other than Christ and the Cross the Object of his Faith), whosoever of you are justified by the law (seek to be justified by the Law); you are fallen from grace (fallen from the position of Grace, which means the Believer is trusting in something other than the Cross; it actually means, “to apostatize”). 5 For we through the Spirit (the Holy Spirit works exclusively within the parameters of the Sacrifice of Christ; consequently, He demands that we place our Faith exclusively in the Cross of Christ) wait for the hope of righteousness (which is guaranteed to ultimately come [Rom. 6:14]) by faith (refers to Faith in Christ and what He did for us at the Cross). 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails anything, nor uncircumcision (has no spiritual bearing on anything); but faith which works by love. (The evidence of true Faith is the fact of the Love which emanates from such Faith.) 7 You did run well (under the Ministry of Paul, the Galatians had begun well); who did hinder you that you should not obey the truth? (Paul is referring to false teachers who were attempting to pull the Galatians away from the Cross to other things.) 8 This persuasion comes not of him (the Holy Spirit) that calls you. (What you are doing is not Biblical!) 9 A little leaven (corruption) leaveneth (corrupts) the whole lump. (The introduction of a small amount of false doctrine will ultimately consume the entirety of the belief system.) 10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will be none otherwise minded (that the Galatians would not abandon the Cross for this is false doctrine): but he that troubles you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. (Judgment will ultimately come on those who attempt to present a way of Salvation other than Christ and the Cross.) 11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? (Any message other than the Cross draws little opposition.) then is the offence of the cross ceased. (The Cross offends the world and most of the Church. So if the preacher ceases to preach the Cross as the Only way of Salvation and Victory, then opposition and persecution will cease. But so will Salvation!) 12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you. (They might cease from the land, but unfortunately false teachers seem to ever plague the landscape.) 13 For, brethren, you have been called unto liberty (liberty from the Law, and to live a Holy life); only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh (because you are living under Grace, do not think sin is inconsequential), but by love serve one another. (This is Paul’s constant concern. How will you use your freedom? How will you live your new life?) 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this (presents the Apostle telling us how the Law is fulfilled in our lives); You shall love your neighbour as yourself. (In this, the whole Law stands fully obeyed. This can be done and, in fact, will be done, providing the Believer ever makes the Cross of Christ the Object of his Faith. Accordingly, the Holy Spirit will then provide the power for us to do what we should do.) 15 But if you bite and devour one another (which will be done if the Believer seeks to live under Law), take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. (If Love absent, this tells us that the Cross is absent. Fighting and quarreling always follow the Law.) 16 This I say then, Walk (order your behavior) in the Spirit (we do so by placing our Faith exclusively in Christ and the Cross, through which the Spirit works exclusively [Rom. 8:1-2]), and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (This proves the existence of the sin nature in the Believer. It declares the consciousness of corrupt desires. As stated, the only way to not fulfill the lust of the flesh is for our Faith to be placed exclusively in the Cross.) 17 For the flesh (in this case, evil desires) lusteth against the Spirit (is the opposite of the Holy Spirit), and the Spirit against the flesh (it is the Holy Spirit Alone, Who can subdue the flesh; He does so as we have repeatedly stated, by our Faith being placed exclusively in the Cross): and these are contrary the one to the other (these two can never harmonize; as Paul has stated, the old nature must be cast out, which the Holy Spirit Alone can do): so that you cannot do the things that you would. (Without the Holy Spirit, Who works by the Cross, the Believer cannot live a Holy life.) 18 But if you be led of the Spirit, you are not under the law. (One cannot follow the Spirit and the Law at the same time, but regrettably that’s what most modern Christians are attempting to do. Unless one properly understands the Cross as it regards Sanctification, one cannot be properly “led of the Spirit,” Who works exclusively within the framework of the Finished Work of Christ.) 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these (if one attempts to function by means of Law of any nature, the “works of the flesh” will be manifested in one’s life); Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like (if one is walking after the flesh [Rom. 8:1], one or more of these sins will manifest themselves in one’s life; the only way, and I mean the only, one can walk in perpetual Victory is to understand that everything we receive from God comes to us by means of the Cross; consequently, the Cross must ever be the Object of our Faith; this being the case, the Holy Spirit, Who works exclusively within the confines of the Sacrifice of Christ, will exert His mighty Power on our behalf, which will enable us to live a Holy life): of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past (refers to the fact that the Apostle was not afraid to name specific sins), that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. (This tells us in no uncertain terms that if our Faith is not everlastingly in Christ and the Cross, we simply won’t make it. God doesn’t have two ways of Salvation and Victory, only one, and that is “Jesus Christ and Him Crucified.”) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit (are not “fruits” but rather “Fruit”; they are to be looked at as a “whole,” which means they grow equally) is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Against such there doesn’t need to be a Law. But let the Reader understand that this “Fruit” is of the “Holy Spirit,” and not of man. It can only develop as we are “led of the Spirit.” And we can only be led by the Spirit by making the Cross the Object of our Faith.) 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. (This can be done only by the Believer understanding it was carried out by Christ at the Cross, and our being “Baptized into His Death” [Rom. 6:3-5]. That being the case, and as repeatedly stated, the Cross must ever be the Object of our Faith, which alone will bring about will bring about these results.) 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit (“walk” refers to our lifestyle; this Passage declares both life and Holiness to be the Work of the Holy Spirit; He operates Salvation and He operates Sanctification; both are realized on the Principle of Faith, and that refers to the Cross ever being the Object of our Faith; many know they have received Spiritual Life, as it regards Salvation through Faith, but they think they can only secure Sanctification by works; this is a great error; it never brings victory; believing in Christ and the Cross for Sanctification, as well as for Justification, introduces one into a life of power and victory, which is the only way it can be accomplished.). 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory (which is a sign that one is functioning according to Law), provoking one another (self-righteousness), envying one another. (These are works of the flesh, and will manifest themselves if our Faith is in things other than the Cross.)

Romans 6:14 (KJV)

14 For sin shall not have dominion over you (the sin nature will not have dominion over us if we as Believers continue to exercise Faith in the Cross of Christ; otherwise, the sin nature most definitely will have dominion over the Believer): for you are not under the law (means that if we try to live this life by any type of law, no matter how good that law might be in It's own right, we will conclude by the sin nature having dominion over us), but under grace (the Grace of God flows to the Believer on an unending basis only as long as the Believer exercises Faith in Christ and what He did at the Cross; Grace is merely the Goodness of God exercised by and through the Holy Spirit, and given to undeserving Saints).

Romans 8:1-2 (KJV)

1 There is therefore now no conversation (guilt) to them which are in Christ Jesus (refers back to Rom. 6:3-5 and our being baptized into His Death, which speaks of the Crucifixion), who walk not after the flesh (depending on one's personal strength and ability or great religious efforts in order to overcome sin), but after the Spirit (the Holy Spirit works exclusively within the legal confines of the Finished Work of Christ; our Faith in that Finished Work, i.e., “the Cross,” guarantees the help of the Holy Spirit, which guarantees Victory). 2 For the law (that which we are about to give is a Law of God, devised by the Godhead in eternity past [1 Pet. 1:18-20]; this Law, in fact, is “God’s Prescribed Order of Victory”) of the Spirit (Holy Spirit, i.e., “the way the Spirit works”) of life (all life comes from Christ, but through the Holy Spirit [Jn. 16:13-14]) in Christ Jesus (any time Paul uses this term or one of its derivatives, he is, without fail, referring to what Christ did at the Cross, which makes this “life” possible) hath made me free (given me total Victory) from the law of sin and death (these are the two most powerful Laws in the Universe; the “Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus” alone is stronger than the “Law of Sin and Death”; this means that if the Believer attempts to live for God by any manner other than Faith in Christ and the Cross, he is doomed for failure).

1 Peter 1:18-20 (KJV)

18 Forasmuch as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold (presents the fact that the most precious commodities [silver and gold] could not redeem fallen man), from your vain conversation (vain lifestyle) received by tradition from your fathers (speaks of original sin that is passed on from father to child at conception); 19 But with the precious blood of Christ (presents the payment, which proclaims the poured out Life of Christ on behalf of the sinners), as of a lamb without blemish and without spot (speaks of the lambs offered as substitutes in the Old Jewish economy; the Death of Christ was not an execution or assassination, but rather a Sacrifice; the Offering of Himself presented a Perfect Sacrifice, for He was Perfect in Every Respect [ex12:5]): 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world (refers to the fact that God,in His Omniscience, knew He would create man, man would fall, and man would be redeemed by Christ going to the Cross; this was all done before the Universe was created; this means the Cross of Christ is the Foundation Doctrine of all Doctrine, referring to the fact that all Doctrine must be built upon that Foundation, or else it is specious), but was manifest in these last times for you (refers to the invisible God Who, in the Person of the Son, was made visible to human eyesight by assuming a human body and human limitations),

John 16:13-14 (KJV)

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come (which He did on the Day of Pentecost), he will guide you into all truth (if our Faith is properly placed in Christ and the Cross, the Holy Spirit can then bring forth Truth to us; He doesn’t guide into some truth, but rather “all Truth”): for he shall not speak of himself (tells us not only What He does, but Whom He represents); but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak (doesn’t refer to lack of knowledge, for the Holy Spirit is God, rather He will proclaim the Work of Christ Only): and he will show you things to come (pertains to the New Covenant, which would shortly be given). 14 He shall glorify me (will portray Christ and what Christ did at the Cross for dying humanity): for he shall receive of mine (the benefits of the Cross), and shall show it unto you (which He did, when He gave these Great Truths to the Apostle Paul [Rom., Chpts. 6-8, etc.])

Romans 6:3-5 (KJV)

3 Know you not, that so many of us as were into Jesus Christ (plainly says that this Baptism is into Christ and Not Water [1 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 sins and transgressions of the past were buried; when they put Him in the Tomb, they put all our sins into the 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):

1 Corinthians 1:17 (KJV) 

For Christ sent me not to baptize (presents to us a Cardinal Truth), but to preach the gospel (the manner in which one may be Saved from sin): not with wisdom of words (intellectualism is not the Gospel), lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. (This tells us in no uncertain terms that the Cross of Christ must always be the emphasis of the Message.)

1 Corinthians 12:13 (KJV) 

For by one Spirit (the Holy Spirit alone does this) are we all baptized into one body (at Salvation, the Holy Spirit Baptizes the Believing sinner into the Body of Christ, which is the Born-Again experience; it doesn’t refer to Water Baptism), whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free (all must come in the same manner, “by and through Jesus Christ and what He did at the Cross”); and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (The Holy Spirit is the agent Who affects the work of Redemption carried out in our lives, which is made possible by the Death, Burial, Resurrection, Ascension, and Exaltation of Christ.)

Galatians 3:27 (KJV) 

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ (refers to the Baptism into His Death and Calvary [Rom. 6:3-5]; the reference is not to Water Baptism) have put on Christ (means to be clothed with Him [Jn. 14:20]).

Ephesians 4:5 (KJV) 

One Lord (Jesus Christ), one faith (what He did at the Cross), one baptism (our Salvation, referring to Believers Baptized into Christ, which was done at the Cross; it has nothing to do with Water Baptism [Rom. 6:3-5]),

Colossians 2:11-13 (KJV) 

11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands (that which is brought about by the Cross [Rom. 6:3-5]), in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ (refers to the old carnal nature that is defeated by the Believer placing his Faith totally in the Cross, which gives the Holy Spirit latitude to work): 12 Buried with him in baptism (does not refer to Water Baptism, but rather to the Believer baptized into the death of Christ, which refers to the Crucifixion and Christ as our substitute [Rom. 6:3-4]), wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. (This does not refer to our future physical Resurrection, but to that spiritual Resurrection from a sinful state into Divine Life. We died with Him [Rom. 6:3-5], and herein lies the secret to all Spiritual Victory.) 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh (speaks of spiritual death [i.e., “separation from God”], which sin does!), hath he quickened together with him (refers to being made spiritually alive, which is done through being “Born-Again”), having forgiven you all trespasses (the Cross made it possible for all manner of sins to be forgiven and taken away);

Have you changed your Faith away from "Bondage" of sin or are you still living by Law and not by Grace of God? Any person who is living under Law and not living by living under Grace, is in grave danger. As we close out in prayer, I am truly praying that you are taking this to heart and not lightly. God wants you to come to an understanding of His Truth. God's Truth, is the only thing that can set you free and become no longer in "Bondage", of sin, my friends. If you would like to be set free from "Bondage" and become reborn again and be Saved and make it to Heaven? Then accept Jesus Christ into your hearts, come as you are and allow the Holy Ghost of God, transform your life from within your hearts. The "Bondage", of your smoking habits, your "Bondage" of your alcoholic problems, your "Bondage" of cussing, your "Bondage" of drug addictions, your "Bondage" of worries, your "Bondage" of pornagrophy, your "Bondage of any kind of other abuses, all of your "Bondages", you can get free of them and become reborn again, with a bran new life style, brand new thinking and life. You can be Saved from all, if you give them all to God and turn away from the filth. This does for listening to false doctrine. One last thing to bring to your attention, if your listening to false doctrines, from false prophets? you then are supporting their false teachings and their wicked old ways of satan. If your are Saved, you then need to do what is right, follow the example of Jesus Christ and walk away from their programmings. Any person who is living in the "Bondage" lies, are not Saved. Lets Pray.

Book of Galatians Chpt 4 (Heirship Illustrated) Part 4

Bible Study For 2/10/2014

Book of Galatians Chpt 4 (Heirship Illustrated) Part 4

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There is a war going on in many of our Churches, all around the world, not a physical war, but a spiritual war. We have some Churches, or like what I prefer to call them, meeting house’s, that are Saved and not Saved. We are the Church, the bodies that we live in, many are saved and there are those who are not, even though they claim to be. The one’s who are Saved, are the one’s who are living under the new Covenant Law, which is under Grace, meaning, once we accept Jesus Christ into our hearts, believe and have Faith in what Jesus Christ did on the Cross, Believe that He has shed His Blood for our sins, will be Baptized by the Holy Ghost and will be Saved, because of Faith and not works, which is water Baptism. We just went through that last week, that is where Law comes in at. Those who makes the Cross their object of Faith, will be Saved. Those who makes legalism, which is done by living by Law, which would be, Baptism by Water and it takes us back in time, replaces Jesus Christ back on the Cross, to die for sin again. There are some Churches that believes that a person should get married once, and no more. That is true, unless the other person is not a Christian. If a marriage, is destroyed, due to satan interfering with the couple and the wife, or husband leaves and falls away from God, you can tell by the bad fruits that may be flying out of their mouth’s, then they are not Saved, Biblically. If the man or woman, whatever the case maybe, if the man or woman that has been cast out from the marriage, because of the unbelieving spouse, and that man or woman, is a Christian and the other is a Christian, they have every right to get married, as long as they both are Christians, it would be wrong for a believer to get married with an unbeliever, what dose light have in common with darkness? They don’t have anything in common. For a Church to control their congregations, telling them to remain single and not to get married, making Baptism the object of Faith, to get into God’s Kingdom, in the means to getting Saved, is all legalism and is a sin. We are to live by Faith in Jesus Christ, what He did on the Cross, and Him Crucified, believing that the poring of His Blood has covered our sins, which still, do not give us any right to live in sin no more. That is living by Faith and not by Works and Law. Many Churches and Christians is in great Danger of hell fire for all eternity, because they live by Law and not by Grace. Law is the old Covenant and Grace is the New Covenant. If your living under Law, you better keep it and don’t break it, it will send you to hell. I rather live under the New Law, Grace. You are Saved by repenting to Jesus Christ, accepting Jesus Christ into your hearts, believing in the Cross and Him Crucified, what does it say in scripture?

Romans 10:11 For the Scripture says (combining parts of Isa.   28:16   with   49:23),
Whosoever believes on Him (proclaims the fact that Salvation is reachable by all) shall not be ashamed (in essence says, “shall not be out to shame,” but rather will receive what is promised).

Isa. 28:16 Therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a Foundation a Stone, a tried Stone, a precious Corner Stone, a sure Foundation: he who believes shall not make haste. (This Passage speaks of the Lord Jesus Christ.As Zion was not itself the Corner Stone, so the Church is not the Saviour. Christ is the “Stone,” but sadly almost the entirety of the world stumbles over this “tried stone.” Every “foundation” is not “Jesus Christ and Him Crucified” is built upon “lies” and “falsehood.”) Lets get started.

Galatians 4:1-31 (KJV)
1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differs nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all (Paul continues the argument for the inferiority of the condition under Law using an illustration from contemporary life); 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. (This refers to the fixed time when he would be of legal age and, therefore, able to accept the inheritance.) 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world (refer to passion and pride which enslave humanity): 4 But when the fulness of the time was come (which completed the time designated by God that should elapse before the Son of God would come), God sent forth his Son (it was God who acted; the Law required man to act; this requirement demonstrated man’s impotency; the Son of God requires nothing from man other than his confidence), made of a woman (pertains to the Incarnation, God becoming man), made under the law (refers to the Mosaic Law; Jesus was subject to the Jewish legal economy, which He had to-be, that is if He was to redeem fallen humanity; in other words, He had to keep the Law perfectly, which no human being had done, but He did), 5 To redeem them that were under the law (in effect, all of humanity is under the Law of God which man, due to his fallen condition, could not keep; but Jesus came and redeemed us by keeping the Law perfectly, and above all satisfying its penalty on the Cross, which was death), that we might receive the adoption of sons (that we could become the sons of God by adoption, which is carried out by Faith in Christ and what He did at the Cross). 6 And because you are sons (we now have many privileges), God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts (because we are sons, the Holy Spirit has been sent to take up His permanent residence in our hearts), crying, Abba, Father. (This means it is the Holy Spirit Who is doing the crying, and does so to the Father on our behalf.) 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son (refers to the standing one has in Christ because of one’s Faith in Christ); and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (This proclaims the fact that all the privileges, which belong to Christ, now belong to us as well.) 8 Howbeit then, when you knew not God (refers to the former unredeemed state), you did service unto them which by nature are no gods. (They were slaves to heathenistic superstition.) 9 But now, after that you have known God (refers to Saving Grace, Knowing God through the acceptance of Jesus Christ, which is the only way He can be known), or rather are known of God (refers to the Lord knowing us in a saving way), how turn you again to the weak and beggarly elements (when the substance is reached and sonship established, going back to the “rudiments,” i.e., symbols and sacraments, is not progress, but ignorance), whereunto you desire again to be in bondage? (Bondage to the sin nature! It refers to leaving the Cross, and making other things the object of Faith.) 10 You observe days, and months, and times, and years. (The Judaizers were attempting to get the Galatians to go into Law-keeping in conjuction with Christ, which connot work.) 11 I am afraid of you (afraid for your spiritual welfare), lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. (If one leaves Faith in Christ and the Cross and embraces other things, which means to look to those other things for life and victory, the Holy Spirit will have bestowed upon such a person labor in vain.) 12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am (free from all the bondage of Salvation by works and sacraments, which is is no Salvation at all); for I am as you are (means that even though he is an Apostle, he is subject to the same Biblical Doctrines as they are): you have not injured me at all. (My motive is not one of personal complaint, but because of the great harm that could come to you.) 13 You know how through infirmity of the flesh (doesn’t say what it is) I preached the gospel unto you at the first (evidently, when these Church were first founded). 14 And my temptation which was in my flesh you despised not, nor rejected (should have been translated, “my trial”; but once again, we do not know what it was, so speculation is useless); but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. (They accepted him and what he preached.) 15 Where is then the blessedness you spoke of? (This speaks of the wonderful prosperity of Salvation, which had come to them as a result of Paul bringing the Gospel to this region.) for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. (This doesn’t necessarily mean Paul had an eye disease, as some claim. This was an idiom used often to express extreme affliction.) 16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? (A real friend is one who will tell his friend the truth, even though it hurts.) 17 They zealously affect you (speaks of the Judaizers attempting to subvert the Galatians in order to win them over to themselves), but not well (not for your good); yes, they would exclude you (they would shut the Galatians out from the benefits of the Gospel of Grace), that you might affect them (means to be drawn to their side). 18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing (Paul wanted the Galatians to be as zealous over Christ and the Cross as it seems they were tending to be over false doctrine), and not only when I am present with you. (Their zeal for the right thing should be present at all times.) 19 My little children (presents the language of deep affection and emotion), of whom I travail in birth again (deliver to you again the rudiments of the great Message of Christ and Him Crucified, as though you had never heard it to begin with) until Christ be formed in you (presents the work only the Holy Spirit can do, and does exclusively within the parameters of the Sacrifice of Christ, which must always be the Object of our Faith), 20 I desire to be present with you now (as a loving parent wants to be at the side of a sick child), and to change my voice (refers to the fact that his true love for them would more profitably come through were he only standing before them in person); for I stand in doubt of you. (The Apostle was perplexed as to how the Galatians could have forsaken the Holy Spirit, substituting in His Place the cold issues of dead Law. Any Christian who presently has his object of Faith anything but the Cross is following the same course as the Galatians of old.) 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law (the Law of Moses or any type of Law), do you not hear the law? (Do you actually know what the Law demands?) 22 For it is written (Gen. 16:15; 21:2-3), that Abraham had two sons (Ishmael and Isaac), the one by a bondmaid (Hagar), the other by a freewoman (Sarah). 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh (by the scheming of Abraham and Sarah); but he of the freewoman was by promise (by an action of the Holy Spirit). 24 Which things are an allegory (a figure of speech in which spiritual facts are presented in physical terms): for these are the two covenants (represents Law [Hagar] and Grace [Sarah]); the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. (This presents the Apostle plainly saying he is using Hagar as a symbol of the Law of Moses. As is obvious, it was given at Mt. Sinai.) 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is (refers to that city at the time of Paul; it was subject to Laws, rites and customs according to the Laws of Moses), and is in bondage with her children. (Israel was in bondage to sin because of having rejected Christ.) 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free (presents the origin of Salvation, which is Heaven, and proclaims its results, which are “freedom”), which is the mother of us all. (This refers to all who are true Christians, whether Jews or Gentiles.) 27 For it is written (Isa. 54:1), Rejoice, you barren that bears not; break forth and cry, you who travail not (speaks of the Church, grafted in because of Grace, in the place of Israel which demanded Law and which God would not accept): for the desolate has many more children than she which has an husband. (This pertains to Sarah who was barren which, in one sense of the word and the culture of that day, was the same as not having a husband, even though she was married to Abraham. It also refers to the Church, which, in effect, had no husband, as did Israel, i.e., “God.” The Church has many children than Israel ever had!) 28 Now we (Believers), brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. (The Promise is a picture of the Messiah, Who Came through the lineage of Isaac to grant deliverance to people bound in sin.) 29 But as then he that was born after the flesh (Ishmael) persecuted him that was born after the Spirit (Isaac), even so it is now. (Isaac  and Ishmael symbolized the new and the old nature in the Believer. Hagar and Sarah typified the two Covenants of works and Grace, of bondage and Liberty, even as Paul is explaining here.) 30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? (Gen. 21:10-11) Cast out the bondwoman and her son (the birth of the new nature demands the expulsion of the old; it is impossible to improve the old nature demands the expulsion of the old; it is impossible to improve the old nature; it must be cast out, i.e., “placed in a dormant position”; this can only be done by the Believer evidencing constant Faith in the Cross, which then gives the Holy Spirit latitude to bring about this necessary work): for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. (Paul is giving a dramatic illustration of the irreconcilable conflict between Salvation by works and Salvation by Faith.) 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman (Hagar, Ishmael, and the Law), but of the free. (We are not children of the Law, but rather free children of Faith.)

Genesis 16:15 (KJV)
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. (Hagar, without doubt, related to Abraham all that had happened, placed herself under authority of Sarah, and Abraham was then careful to name the boy what the Lord had said-- “Ishmael.”)

Genesis 21:2-3 (KJV)
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. (Referring back to the past Chapter, if it be objected that this whole occurrence is incredible, because no heathen prince would desire to marry a woman upwards of ninety years of age, or to conceive such a passion for her that to secure her he would murder her husband -- the very fate which Abraham feared for himself -- it may be replied that God must have miraculously renewed her youth, so that she became sufficiently youthful in appearance to suitably be desirable. Three times in these first two verses, the clause points to the supernatural character of Isaac’s birth.) 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. (The name means “laughter.” It speaks of blessing, increase, healing, life and well- being [Jn. 10:10]. As Isaac was a type of Christ, it would not be wrong to say that one of the names of Christ is “laughter.”)

John 10:10 (KJV)
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy (speaks of Satan and his emissaries who peddle a false way of Salvation): I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (the Source of this “Life” is Christ; all true Believers have such; however, all true Believers enjoy such only by constant Faith in Christ and the Cross).

Isaiah 54:1 (KJV)
1 Sing, O barren, you who did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. (The singing of this Chapter will be the moral result of the weeping of the prior one. The Tribes of Israel, having wailed because of Him, will then sing because of Him. This is a great moral principle. Before the heart can taste the joy of God’s Salvation, there must be recognition and confession of its guilt and its rejection of Christ.

The “barren” woman, at least in this case, is Israel. Two periods of her  history are pointed to 1. As the married wife, i.e., when in official relationship with God and 2. When out of relationship as the “desolate” woman.

During the first period of her history, she gave birth to many sons; but during the second period, which is yet to come, she will give birth to a countless multitude.

As well, Paul quoted this very Passage, using it to prove that more will be saved under the New Covenant than under the Old [Gal. 4:27]. As such the Church has many more “children,” i.e., followers of the Lord than Israel of old! Moreover, the Gentiles, who were once “barren,” can now “sing,” because of having been included in the great Salvation plan [Jn. 3:16]. So in essence, this Passage, as given, has two meanings.)

John 3:16 (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world (presents the God kind of love), that he gave his only begotten Son (gave Him up to the Cross, for that’s what it took to redeem humanity), that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Genesis 21:10-11 (KJV)
10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: (Isaac and Ishmael symbolize the new and old natures is the Believer. Hagar and Sarah typify the two Covenants of works and Grace, of bondage and liberty [Gal., Chpt. 4]. The birth of the new nature demands the expulsion of the old. It is impossible to improve the old nature. How foolish, therefore, appears the doctrine of moral evolution!) for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. (Allowed to remain, Ishmael would murder Isaac; allowed to remain, the flesh will murder the Spirit. The Divine way of holiness is to “put off the old man,” just as Abraham “put off” Ishmael. Man’s way of holiness is to improve the “old man,” that is to improve Ishmael. The effort is both foolish and hopeless.) 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son. (It is always a struggle to cast out this element of bondage, that is salvation by works, of which this is a type. For legalism is dear to the heart. Ishmael was the fruit, and, to Abraham, the fair fruit of his own energy and planning, which God can never accept.)


Praise God Almighty that we are free Children of Faith. I pray and hope that you see the Truth, through the Word of God of what the difference is between living under the Law and living under Grace, there is a big difference and I hope that your Church will learn the Truth, if they haven’t already. Are you living under Law? No? Good, because no one can keep up with Law and many Churches and people are in grave danger by living that way. Thank God I am living under the Grace of God and I know, that I am born again and free, free from sin. are you? Accept Jesus Christ into your hearts, believe and have Faith in the Cross and Him Crucified and you will be Saved. Turn away from sin today. May God Bless you. Lets close in prayer.

Book of Galatians Chpt 3 (By Faith) Part 3

Bible Study for 2/3/2014

Book of Galatians (By Faith) Part 3

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God has a lot of great things that every person that is still breathing, needs to learn and to apply in their lives, including so called Churches. As we go through this great book of Galatians, you should see that many of these Churches is a cult, one way or another. They attend to hang onto Law and not Grace through the Cross, of Jesus Christ. Those Churches, you need to get out of, they are misleading souls and pointing them to hell, here is how. They are placing their Faith in and making Baptism their object of Faith, instead of the Cross. By doing that, people are going back in time and replacing Jesus back on the Cross and re beating him over and over again. Jesus Christ died for sin and took the sins of the world and had them nailed to the Cross. That time was needed for Water Baptism, “the old Covenant”, when Jesus Christ died on the Cross and shed His Blood on the Cross for sins of the World, “New Covenant has come into play”, sins has been covered by the Blood of Jesus Christ, that is where being Saved by the Blood, by having Faith in the Cross, through Jesus Christ comes in at. Those who are Baptizing by Water, out of compulsion, is being Cursed by sin and damnation of hell, and they are not Saved, according to the Word of God. They are making Baptism the object of their Faith and not putting Faith and making the Cross the object of their Faith, which is sin. People who hears the word but yet, continues to live a sinful life style, by cursing, smoking, drinking any type of alcohol, allowing ungodly music into the Church Worship time, having perverted hearts and minds and not repenting and turning away from the filth, is not truly Saved. You are mocking God and that is a big no, no, if you are a Christian. Those who claims to be “Christian” and prays to God, He may not hear or answer your prayers, if you are living in disobedient in any way, something extra for you to think and pray about. As we go through this lesson today, it all will come together and make more since to ya, I pray and hope. Lets get started and may God be with you, through this Journey together.

Galatians 3:1-29 (KJV)

1 O foolish Galatians (failure to use one’s powers of perception), who has bewitched you (malignant influence), that you should not obey the truth (refers to “Jesus Christ and Him Crucified”), before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been evidently set forth, crucified among you? (Paul Preached the Cross with such vividness that his hearers could see Jesus Christ Crucified among them. Regrettably, only a few modern Preachers follow his example.) 2 This only would I learn of you (I will convince you of your error by this one argument), Did you Receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? (This refers to being Born-Again, at which time the Spirit of God comes into the heart and life of the new Believer. It is received simply by trusting Christ, and what He did at the Cross.) 3 Are you so foolish? having begun in the Spirit (do you think you can now be brought to a state of spiritual maturity by means of self-effort?), are you now made perfect by the flesh? (These Galatians were practicing Salvation by “Faith,” and Sanctification by “self,” which is also the state of most modern Christians.) 4 Have you suffered so many things in vain? (You have suffered persecution because of your acceptance of Christ. Don’t throw it away.) if it be yet in vain (in essence saying, “I trust it is not in vain”). 5 He (the Lord Jesus) therefore that ministers to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, does he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? (It is obvious that everything the Lord does is done on the basis of the Believer exhibiting Faith. It is never by works of the Law.) 6 Even as Abraham believed God (proclaims the fact that the Patriarch was justified by Faith, not works), and it was accounted to him for righteousness. (The Righteousness of God is imputed to a person only on the basis of Faith in Christ, and what Christ has done at the Cross [Jn. 8:56].) 7 Know you therefore that they which are of faith (presents Faith, and Faith alone, as the foundation; but the Object of Faith must ever be the Cross), the same are the children of Abraham (the legitimate sons of Abraham). 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith (proclaims the Word of God as the Foundation of all Things), preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed (Gen. 12:1-3). 9 So then they (whomsoever they might be) which be of faith (in Christ and the Cross) are blessed with faithful Abraham. (He received Justification by Faith, and so do we!) 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse (the Believer can only be under Law or Grace; it is one or the other; one can only come to Grace through the Cross; if one is trusting in Law, whatever kind of Law, one is cursed): for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them (Deut. 27:26). (To attain the Righteousness of the Law, one must keep the Law perfectly, thereby never failing. Such is impossible, so that leaves only the Cross as the means of Salvation and Victory.) 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident (because it is impossible for man to perfectly keep the Law): for, The just shall live by faith ([Hab. 2:4], Faith in Christ and what He did at the Cross). 12 And the law is not of faith (the two principles of Law and of Faith as a means of Justification are mutually exclusive of one another): but, The man who does them shall live in them. (The Believer has a choice. He can attempt to live this life by either Law or Faith. He cannot live by both.) 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law (He did so on the Cross), being made a curse for us (He took the penalty of the Law, which was death): for it is written, Cursed is every one who hangs on a tree (Gal. 3:13): 14 That the blessing of Abraham (Justification by Faith) might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ (what He did at the Cross); that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (All sin was atoned at the Cross, which lifted the sin debt from from believing man, making it possible for the Holy Spirit to come into the life of the Believer and abide there forever [Jn. 14:16-17].) 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men (now presents an argument to show that the Covenant God made with Abraham is still in force); Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or adds thereto. (In other words, the Covenant of Justification by Faith cannot be broken or set aside.) 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made (to all those who are brought into Salvation by Faith in Christ). He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (Abraham’s Seed was Christ, and Christ is both God and Man. Therefore, the Covenant cannot be broken.) 17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ (refers to the Abrahamic Covenant, which is Justification by Faith), the law (the Law of Moses), which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. (In other words, the Law of Moses did not annul the Abrahamic Covenant. In fact, that Covenant is still in force.) 18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise (the inheritance cannot come from both Covenants and, in fact, it cannot come by the Law): but God gave it to Abraham by promise. (The verb “gave” is in a perfect tense, which means that God gave the Promise about Christ as a permanent Promise that cannot be superseded or modified.) 19 Wherefore then serves the law? (What good is the Law?) It was added because of transgressions (was given to define sin), till the seed should come to whom the promise was made (Christ is the Promise); and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. (Moses was the mediator of the Law.) 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one (for there to be a mediator, there has to be more than one person involved; in other words, the mediator is the middle person between two or more people who are at enmity with each other), but God is one. (God is the Mediator of the New Covenant, but in a different way than Moses. Jesus is God, and Jesus is also Man. Consequently, the New Covenant doesn’t depend upon man as such, but rather the man Christ Jesus. Therefore, this Covenant cannot fail!) 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? (This demands a negative answer.) God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. (The Law of Moses could show a man what he was but had no power to change the man.) 22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin (means that the Law could not give Eternal Life; it could only exact its penalty, which was death), that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. (Eternal Life comes by Faith in the Promise, Who is Jesus Christ and what He did at the Cross. In other words the word “believe” demands that Christ and the Cross ever be the Object of our Faith.) 23 But before faith came (actually says in the Greek, “before the Faith”; in short, it refers to “Jesus Christ and Him Crucified”), we were kept under the law (actually means, “to keep inward under lock and key”), shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. (This proclaims the fact that the Law pointed to Christ, always to Christ.) 24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster (should have been translated, “guardian”) to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. (This proclaims to us that the Law had no permanent function, but served only until Christ would come. It is only by Faith in Christ that one can be justified.) 25 But after that faith is come (Paul is speaking about the Finished Work of Christ on the Cross), we are no longer under a schoolmaster. (This should actually say, “We are no longer under the guardianship of the Law.” The Law was totally fulfilled in Christ.) 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (Every person who is saved, and every person who has ever been or ever will be saved, is saved only by “Faith in  Christ Jesus,” which refers to what He did at the Cross.) 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ (refers to the Baptism into His Death and Calvary [Rom. 6:3-5]; the reference is not to Water Baptism) have put on Christ (means to be clothed with Him [Jn. 14:20]). 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female (all have common life in Christ Jesus): for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (This proclaims an end of all class, status, and social distinction. This phrase alone answers all racism.) 29 And if you be Christ's, then are you Abraham's seed (Christ is Abraham’s Seed, so my union with Christ makes me Abraham’s seed as well), and heirs according to the promise (heirs of God, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ [Rom. 8:17]).

John 8:56 (KJV)

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad (in the great Revelation of Justification by Faith given to Abraham by God, he was made to understand that this great Redemption Plan was wrapped up, not in a philosophy, but rather a Man, the Man Christ Jesus, and what He would do at the Cross; the Patriarch rejoiced in that).

Genesis 12:1-3 (KJV)

1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram (referring to the Revelation which had been given to the Patriarch a short time before; this Chapter is very important, for it records the first steps of this great Believer in the Path of Faith), Get thee out of your country (separation), and from your kindred (separation), and from your father's house (separation), unto a land that I will show you (refers to the fact that Abraham had no choice in the matter; he was to receive his orders from the Lord, and go where those orders led him): 2 And I will make of you a great nation (the Nation which God made of Abraham has changed the world, and exists even unto this hour; in fact, this Nation “Israel” still has a great part to  play, which will take place in the coming Kingdom Age), and I will bless you, and make your name great (according to Scripture, “to bless” means “to increase;” the builders of the Tower of Babel sought to “make us a name,” whereas God took this man, who forsook all, and “made his name great”); and you shall be a blessing: (Concerns itself with the greatest blessing of all. It is the glory of Abraham’s Faith. God would give this man the meaning of Salvation, which is “Justification by Faith,” which would come about through the Lord Jesus Christ, and what Christ would do on the Cross. Concerning this, Jesus said of Abraham, “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day: and he saw it, and was glad” [Jn. 8:56].) 3 And I will bless them that bless you (to bless Israel, or any Believer, for that matter, guarantees the Blessings of God), and curse him that curses you (to curse Israel, or any Believer, guarantees that one will be cursed by God): and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed. (It speaks of Israel, which sprang from the loins of Abraham and the womb of Sarah, giving the world the Word of God and, more particularly, bringing the Messiah into the world. Through Christ, every family in the world who desires blessing from God can have that Blessing, i.e., “Justification by Faith.”)

Deuteronomy 27:26 (KJV)

26 Cursed be he that confirms not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen (the Law, as given by God, was to govern Israel in all that she did; in fact, Israel constituted the only people in the world who had the Law of God, which made them in every respect).

Habakkuk 2:4 (KJV)

4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. (The first phrase of this Verse speaks of one who is proud, presumptuous, thinking much of himself, despising others, and who is not straightforward and upright before God. As such, he carries in himself the seeds of destruction. “But the just shall live by his Faith,” implies a loving trust in God, confident in His Promises, resulting in due performance of His Will. This Passage can be translated, “As to the just, through his Faith, he shall live.” This is the great Passage used by the Apostle Paul on the basis of his great argument of Faith versus works [Rom. 1:17].)

John 14:16-17 (KJV)

16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter (“Parakletos,” which means “One called to the side of another to help”), that he may abide with you forever (before the Cross, the Holy Spirit could only help a few individuals, and then only for a period of time; since the Cross, He lives in hearts and lives of Believers, and does so forever); 17 Even the Spirit of truth (the Greek says, “The Spirit of the Truth,” which refers to the Word of God; actually, He does far more than merely superintend the attribute of Truth, as Christ “is Truth” [1Jn. 5:6]); whom the world cannot receive (the Holy Spirit cannot come into the heart of the unbeliever until that person makes Christ his or her Saviour; then He comes in), because it sees him not, neither knows him (refers to the fact that only Born-Again Believers can understand the Holy Spirit and know Him): but you know him (would have been better translated, “But you shall get to know Him”); for he dwells with you (before the Cross), and shall be in you (which would take place on the Day of Pentecost and forward, because the sin debt has been forever paid by Christ on the Cross, changing the disposition of everything).

Romans 6:3-5 (KJV)

3Know ye not, that so many of us as were into Jesus Christ (plainly says that this Baptism is into Christ and Not Water [1 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 sins and transgressions of the past were buried; when they put Him in the Tomb, they put all our sins into the 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):

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 8:17 (KJV)

17 And if children (Children of God), then heirs (a privilege); heirs of God (the highest enrichment of all), and joint-heirs with Christ (everything that belongs to Christ belongs to us through the Cross); if so be that we suffer with him (doesn’t pertain to mere suffering “with Him” referring to His Suffering at the Cross, which brought us total Victory), that we may be also glorified together (He has been glorified, and we shall be glorified; all made possible by the Cross).

Did this make a difference in your thinking and walk with God? As you can see, clear as day, in order for God to hear and answer your prayer needs, you need to be Saved, He may answer some of your prayers, but not all of them. Question time, Are you Saved by Water emersion, and making Baptism the object or our Faith? If you answered no, you are right, like I said before, that is the old Covenant Law, any Church that is hanging onto “Law is Cursed and re Crucifying Jesus Christ, all over again. Water Baptism is works and Jesus Christ, did that already for us on the Cross”. Any person and or Church, who makes water Baptism the object of their Faith, has already rejected Jesus Christ and what He did at the Cross. Are we Saved by Grace, through Faith in Jesus Christ and the Cross and making the Cross the object of our Faith? If you answered yes, then you are right. If you are a sinner and if your hearts desire is to be Saved and make it to Heaven, then Accept Jesus Christ into your Hearts, believe and have Faith in Jesus Christ and what He did at the Cross for sins of the world, you then will be Baptized by the Holy Ghost and you will be Saved, my friends. That is the promises of God. Those who rejects Jesus Christ and the Cross, will be subject for hell. It is a sin to perform water Baptism out of compulsion, which means doing that week after week, is a sin and Blasphemous. The person needs to be Saved, before they can be Baptized by water. Lets close in prayer. 

Book of Galatians Chpt 2 (The Church) Part 2

Bible Study For 1/27/2014

 Book of Galatians Chpt 2 (The Church) Part 2

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We have started last week in the book of Galatians, with the Introduction of Chapter 1, we have seen a lot of things that are taking place in out local Churches. We are starting in chapter 2 this week. I have been born and raised with a Church back round. Half of my family always went to Church, to try to lead and teach me the way I should go. Of course, I had my trials and troubled times, but not that bad. I struggled with my walk with God when I was young, but God pulled me through them, thank God. In this Chapter, we are going to talk about “THE CHURCH” Many people in the world is very uncomfortable in going to Church these days. The Church ministers and elders and deacons has invited satan into the many of your local Church services and youth groups. I should know, I was guilty of it at one time. The Church that I was raised in would go to, what they called “Christian Rock Concerts”, which I know now, that I was deceived and went to these things, thinking that I was getting feed with the Gospel, here it turned out that it was actually vulgar music, with Jesus slapped on it, they mentioned Jesus, but not Jesus Christ, it was another Jesus. There is no such thing as Christian Rock music, its all demonic and the works of satan. I then started to going to another Church that was no different, they even allowed it in the Church services. False doctrine came into play. I was presented the niv Bible to keep for myself. I learned as time went that the Niv is not even a Bible. Its a toss up between, gospel perversion, same sex relation perversion and the satanic bible, perversion, its all poisoning to your soul and it can stumble your walk with God, and cause you to loose your place in Heaven. Friends, there is no such thing as once saved, always saved. If your living your life in any perversion, if your Church is covering the Cross, that is just the same saying that God is not allowed in your Church. It is all blasphemy. Most of the Churches that is afraid to offend someone, by covering the Cross, because they think it old fashioned, that is the same, they are calling God old fashioned. Friends, God is the same from the be-gaining of this world, God is the same from the time that we were maid in His image, God is the same today and now, God is the same when you are dead, God will always be the same for ever. If God never changes, then why should the Churches? We are created to Worship God and Preach His Word to the sinners, if God never changes, then why should we change to be come like the devil? The Church is failing God, because they have invited the devil inside the walls, by allowing demonic music, into the Church and Worship services. The Church is failing. It time to wake up people. The Church that I am talking about is not a building that is built by hands of men, the Church that I am talking about, is the temple that is built by God, which is the body that you, your soul lives in. If you are living in sin, then you have the spirit of satan that is residing inside of you. If your a smoker, if your an alcoholic, which is any amount of bottles that you may drink, or glasses, if you have the tenancy to cuss with a loose tongue and not repenting, living by pushing any other drugs, you are filled with the spirit of satan and you will die in hell. We have the feel good, nothing can happen to you, type false gospels running all over the television, they are sending more souls to hell than ever, by the use of false doctrine. Friends, you need to be warned about wolves in sheep’s clothing, they will devour you in hell with lies. Do you want to hear and know the Truth? Then get an King James Expositor  study Bible and learn the Truth by reading God’s Holy Word.

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Chapter 2 of Galatians, “THE CHURCH”

Galatians 2:1-21 (KJV)

1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabus (was probably The Jerusalem Council [Acts 15:1-35]), and took Titus with me also. 2 And I went up by Revelation (the Lord told him to go) , and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles (the Message of the Cross) , but privately to them which were of reputation (to at least some of the original Twelve), lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. (if the Twelve, or even James the Lord's brother, repudiate His gospel of grace at least as far as the Gentiles were concerned this would create an insurmountable barrier.) 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek (a Gentile), was compelled to be circumcised (Paul probably took him as a test case): 4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in (suggests they were fellow Believers, but their insistence upon  the necessity of the law constituted a denial of Christ in Paul's eyes), who came in privileged (subtly) to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus (the Truth of the Gospel was at stake), that they might bring us into bandage (forsaking the Cross always result in bondage): 5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour (Paul would not yield one iota,  nor compromise in the slightest); that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. (Justification by Faith was on trial.) 6 But of these (false brethren) who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it makes no matter to me: God accepts no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me (there was nothing anyone there could add to the Revelation given to him by the Lord, as it regards the Cross): 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcised (the Gentiles) was committed unto me (presents the Jerusalem apostles championing the cause of Paul after they heard the issue to discussed in private conference), as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter (the Jews) ; 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision (the Jews), the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 9 And when James (the Lord's Brother), Cephas (Peter) , and John, who seemed to be pillars (a metaphor), perceived the grace that was given unto me (the Message of Grace), they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship (a pledge of friendship and agreement); that we should go unto the heathen (Gentiles), and they unto the circumcision (Jews). 10 Only they would that we should remember the poor (the poor Saints in Jerusalem, who had suffered terrible hardships because of persecution); the same which I also was forward to do. (Paul saw the need, and felt he must respond favorably, which he did.) 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch (Antioch Syria, this city used by God to spearhead world Evangelism), I withstood him to the face (means Paul openly opposed and reproved him, even though Peter was the eldest) , because he was to be blamed (for abandoning the Cross and resorting to Law). 12 For before that certain came from James (give us all too well another example as to why Apostles, or anyone else for that matter, are not to be the final word, but rather the Word of God itself), he (Peter) did eat with the Gentiles (Peter knew the Gospel of Grace): but when they were come (those from James in Jerusalem), he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. (The problem was “man fear.” some of the Jewish Christians were still trying to hold the law of Moses, which means they accepted Jesus as the Messiah, but gave no credence to the Cross whatsoever. this ultimately occasioned the necessity of Paul writing the Epistle to the Hebrews.) 13 And the other Jews (in the Church at Antioch) dissembled likewise with him (with Peter); insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation (hypocrisy). 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel (they were forsaking the Cross), I said unto Peter before them all (Paul's rebuke was in the presence of everybody, the whole Antioch Church), If you, being a Jew, live after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? (Hypocrisy!) 15 We who are Jews by nature (we ought to know better), and not sinners of the Gentiles (who only know what we tell them because they were not privileged to have the Law as we did), 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law (such is impossible), but by the faith of Jesus Christ (Faith in what He did at the Cross), even we have believed in Jesus Christ (the Object of Faith must always be the Cross), that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified (emphatically so! it cannot be done). 17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ (by trusting in what Christ did at the Cross), we ourselves also are found sinners (if we fail, thereby sinning in some way), is therefore Christ the minister of sin? (is Christ to blame for our failure?) God forbid. (the Cross hasn't failed. It's we who have failed.) 18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed (revert back to the Law), I make myself a transgressor. (To revert to any type of Law is a departure of God's Prescribed Order of Victory [the Cross], and is sin). 19 For I through the law (Christ has perfectly kept the Law and suffered it Just penalty, all on my behalf) am dead to the law (the law is not dead, but I am dead to the Law by virtue you of having died with Christ [Rom. 6:3-5]), that I might live unto God. (This presents that which can only be done through Christ, and never by the Law.) 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). 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God (if we make anything other than the Cross of Christ the Object of our Faith, we frustrate the Grace of God, which means we stop its action, and the Holy Spirit will no longer help us): for if righteousness come by the law (any type of Law), then Christ is dead in vain. (If I can successfully live for the Lord by any means other than Faith in Christ and the Cross, then the Death of Christ was a waste.)

Acts 15:1-35 (KJV)

1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren (presents the greatest crisis of the Early Church), and said, Except you be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved (they were attempting to refute Paul’s Message of Grace through faith; in other words, they were attempting to circumvent the Cross, trying to add the Law of Moses to the Gospel of Grace). 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them (seems to indicate that these men came to Antioch not long after Paul and Barnabas had returned from their first Missions tour), they (the Elders of the Church at Antioch) determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question (no doubt refers to the trip mentioned by Paul in Gal. 2:1-10). 3 And being brought on their way by the church (means that the Church at Antioch paid the expenses of the Brethren respecting this trip), they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles (indicates that they stopped to visit Churches all along the way): and they caused great joy unto all the brethren (seems to indicate that the Judaizers had not brought their false doctrine to these Churches). 4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church (indicates they were received with open arms), and of the apostles (refers to the Twelve, minus James the brother of John who had been martyred) and elders (other Preachers), and they declared all things that God had done with them (gave a report of their recent Missions trip). 5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed (refers to them as having accepted Christ as their Saviour; they were in the Church at Jerusalem), saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses (speaking of new converts; this was the great controversy; even though this was a different group, it was the same erroneous message). 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter (this was not a closed meeting, but was rather played out before many Believers). 7 And when there had been much disputing (much questioning and discussion), Peter rose up, and said unto them (portrays the Apostles, at least now and at this particular meeting, in the position of Leadership), Men and brethren, you know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe (harks back some ten to twelve years earlier to Peter’s experience with Cornelius [Acts, Chpt. 10]). 8 And God, which knows the hearts (speaks of this action concerning Cornelius being of the Lord and not of Peter), bare them witness (witnessed to the validity of their conversion), giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us (all of this without Circumcision and Law-keeping); 9 And put no difference between us and them (in other words, these Gentiles were just as saved as the Jews, and without all of the Laws of the Jews), purifying their hearts by faith (Faith in Christ and Faith in Christ alone, not by Law-keeping). 10 Now therefore why do you tempt God (calls into question that which God has done), to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples (followers of Christ), which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? (Peter was not speaking disparagingly to the Law of Moses, but stating that its demands were beyond the ability of human beings to meet because of man’s fallen condition.) 11 But we (the Apostles) believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved (without Law-keeping), even as they (even as the Gentiles). 12 Then all the multitude kept silence (refers to the introduction of both “Barnabas and Paul” to the audience), and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul (Barnabas is listed first because he was known to the Church at Jerusalem; he probably spoke first), declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them (they simply gave an account, which refers to the fact that Paul and Barnabas preached Grace and Faith to the Gentiles, and didn’t preach the Law at all; God honored it by giving them signs and wonders, which would not have been the case had He been displeased). 13 And after they had held their peace (concluding their remarks), James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me (presents the Lord’s Brother as the presiding Elder of the Church in Jerusalem): 14 Simeon has (Peter) declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles (refers to the conversion of Cornelius and his household), to take out of them a people for his name (presents this as the Plan of God, which it surely was!). 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets (James now appeals directly to the Word of God, which  verifies all that has been said); as it is written (Amos 9:11), 16 After this I will return (speaks of the Church Age and the Second Coming of the Lord), and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up (speaks of the restoration of Israel and the coming Kingdom Age, in which all the Prophets declare [Isa. 9:6-7; Dan. 7:13-14; Hos. 3:4-5; Lk. 1:32-33; Rom., Chpts. 9-11; Rev. 11:15; 20:1-10; 22:4-5]): 17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles (a worldwide harvest of souls during the Kingdom Age), upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord (refers to the Gentile world which has been favorable toward the Lord to a degree), who does all these things (refers to the Power of God in performing all of this). 18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world (the Plan of God regarding the human family was known from “the beginning of the world” [Gen., Chpt. 4]). 19 Wherefore my sentence is (would have been better translated, “I think it good”), that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God (carries the idea that it does not make any sense to demand certain other things of them, claiming such things are needed in order to be saved, when in fact the people are already saved!): 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols (this was common in the heathen world of that day), and from fornication (all forms of immorality), and from things strangled (which refers to the blood not being properly drained from the flesh), and from blood (not to eat blood, which was somewhat common among the heathen during those days; in any case, blood was not to be imbibed, but this did not refer to transfusion; man is saved by the shed Blood of Christ, so blood must be treated accordingly). 21 For Moses of old time has in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day (the idea is that Gentiles who desire to know more about the Law of Moses need only to go to one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath, which was every Saturday). 22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas (proclaims the fact that all of the Church at Jerusalem, or at least the greater majority, totally agreed with what James had said respecting Gentiles and the Law of Moses); namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren (Silas was to play a very important part regarding his help to Paul with respect to future Evangelism): 23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. 24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls (evidently speaks of those mentioned in Verse 1), saying, You must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment (specifies exactly what the error was; these individuals, whomever they may have been, were not sent by the Church in Jerusalem, nor were they given any Commandment to teach any type of false doctrine): 25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord (proclaims the unity of the Brethren in Jerusalem), to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul (places a gracious and kind endearment toward Paul and Barnabas, which spoke volumes as well), 26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (tells us for Whom it was done!). 27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth (with these two men accompanying this letter, and verifying its contents, no false prophet could claim that the letter was forged, etc.). 28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us (proclaims without a doubt that the Holy Spirit led and guided these proceedings), to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things (when men leave the Word of God, they get into a lot of “unnecessary things”); 29 That you abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, you shall do well. Fare ye well. 30 So when they (possibly six or seven Brethren) were dismissed (sent away with great love), they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle (we aren’t told how large the Church was in Antioch; however, it could have numbered several hundred; that being the case, they would have met outdoors for this Epistle to be read to them): 31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation (tells us that the Law/Grace issue had been very serious; now this settles the dispute, at least for the time being). 32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves (means that they stood in the Office of the Prophet [Eph 4:11]), exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them (they addressed the multitude with words of great encouragement). 33 And after they (Judas and Silas) had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles (refers to Judas returning to Jerusalem, but not Silas). 34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still (it was the Holy Spirit Who moved on him to remain in Antioch). 35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also (this Church was blessed, to say the least!).

Revelation 11:15 (KJV)

15 And the seventh angel sounded (marks the beginning of the last three and one half years of the Great Tribulation); and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (This is said in anticipation, and will definitely come to pass at the conclusion of this three and one half year period at the Second Coming of the Lord.)

Revelation 20:1-10 (KJV)

1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven (continues with the idea that Angels are very prominent in the Plan and Work of God), having the key of the bottomless pit (speaks of the same place recorded in Rev. 9:1; however, there the key is given to Satan, but this Angel of Rev. 20:1 “has the key,” implying he has had it all along; more than likely, God allows this Angel to give the key to Satan in Rev. 9:1) and a great chain in his hand (should be taken literally). 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan (as a “dragon,” he shows his power; as a “serpent,” he shows his cunning; as the “Devil,” he is the accuser; and as “Satan,” he is the adversary), and bound him a thousand years (refers to being bound by the great chain carried by the Angel), 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him (speaks of the abyss being sealed to keep him there), that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. (At the end of the thousand-year period, Satan will be loosed out of his prison. He will make another attempt to deceive the nations, in which he will not succeed. We aren’t told how long this “little season” will be.) 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them (refers to the 24 Elders who represent the entire Plan of God, which pertains to the Redeemed of all ages; we aren’t told who these men are): and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands (categorizes the Tribulation Saints who gave their lives for the cause of Christ; the idea is that these will be included in the first Resurrection of Life, and will enjoy all its privileges); and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (This is the Kingdom Age.) 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. (This pertains to all the unsaved, in fact, all those who lived and died since the dawn of time. The souls and spirits of these people are now in Hell [Lk. 16:19-31].) This is the first resurrection (proclaims the fact that these two Resurrections, There Resurrection of the Just and the Resurrection of the Unjust, will be separated by 1,000 years). 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection (this is the Resurrection of Life, which will include every Saint of God who has ever lived from Abel to the last Tribulation Saint; all will be given glorified bodies): on such the second death hath no power (the “second death” is to be cast into the Lake of Fire, and to be there forever and forever [Rev. 21:8]; all who are washed in the Blood of the Lamb need not fear the second death), but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. (All Believers who have part in the First Resurrection will at the same time serve as mediators, so to speak, between the population of the world and God and Christ. The “thousand years” portrays the Kingdom Age, when Christ will reign supreme over the entire Earth.) 7 And when the thousand years are expired (should have been translated, ”finished”), Satan shall be loosed out of his prison (is not meant to infer a mere arbitrary act on the part of God; He has a very valid reason for doing this), 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog (the main reason the Lord allows Satan this latitude is, it seems, to rid the Earth of all who oppose Christ; George Williams says: “The Creation Sabbath witnessed the first seduction, and the Millennial Sabbath will witness the last”; the “Gog and Magog” spoken of by John is a Hebrew term expressive of multitude and magnitude; here it embraces all nations, “the four quarters of the Earth”), to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea (proclaims the fact that virtually all of the population at that particular time, which did not accept Christ during the Kingdom Age, will Throw in their lot with Satan). 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, add compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city (pictures Satan coming against Jerusalem with his army, which will be the last attack against that city): and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. (Stipulates that the Lord will make short work of this insurrection. In fact, very little information is given regarding this event, as is obvious.) 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone (marks the end of Satan regarding his influence in the world, and, in fact, in any part of the Creation of God), where the beast and the false prophet are (proclaims the fact that these two were placed in “the Lake of Fire and Brimstone” some one thousand years earlier [Rev. 19:20]), and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (This signifies the Eternity of this place. It is a matter of interest to note that Satan’s first act is recorded in Gen., Chpt. 3 [the third Chapter from the beginning], whereas his last act on a worldwide scale is mentioned in Rev., Chpt. 20 [the third Chapter from the end].)

Luke 16:19-31 (KJV)

19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day (the Jews of Jesus’ day concluded that riches were the favor of God, and poverty was the curse of God; therefore, this illustration given by Christ ripped to shreds their false doctrine): 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus (many claim this is a Parable not to be taken literally; however, as it is to be noticed, Jesus uses names in this illustration, meaning that it’s not a Parable but actually, something that really happened; consequently, it is chilling indeed!), which was laid at his gate, full of sores (the rich man saw Lazarus constantly, but offered no help whatsoever; as stated, such concluded ones like Lazarus to be cursed of God, and to help such would be thwarting the Plan of God; how so much the Word of God is twisted by so many), 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table (probably means that this rich man felt very good with himself in even allowing “crumbs” to be given to this beggar): moreover the dogs came and licked his sores (proclaims the fact that this man was not only poverty stricken, but, as well, was sick; he would not fit the mold of the modern prosperity gospel, which, in fact, is no Gospel at all; but he definitely did fit God’s mold; we should consider all of this very carefully). 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died (more than likely, no one cared, but the Lord cared, as we shall see), and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom (Paradise; where all Believers went before the Cross; as well, Jesus also tells us here that whenever a Believer dies, his soul and spirit are escorted by Angels into the presence of God): the rich man also died, and was buried (no Angels carried him away, for he died eternally lost; him being rich did not carry any weight as it regards his soul’s Salvation); 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes (Jesus here plainly proclaims the Doctrine of Eternal Hell ; as well, He also proclaims the fact that the soul and  the spirit immediately go to Heaven or Hell at the time death, and that the soul and the spirit are totally conscious), being in torments (to say the least, Hell is not a pleasant place and, as stated, it is eternal), and sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom (all Believers before the Cross expressed faith in the Revelation given to Abraham by God as it regards Redemption and, in a sense, it is the same presently [Rom 4:16]). 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me (there are no unbelievers in Hell, nor is there any Salvation there; the rich man repented, but too late), and send Lazarus (he had no concern for Lazarus back on Earth, but his conscience now recalls many things, but too late), that he may dip the tip of his finger in water (evidently there is no water there), and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame (the Bible teaches that the fires of Hell are literal; Jesus said so!). 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things (in no way does it mean that this was the cause of him being lost; it merely means that he was treated very well, but showed no thankfulness for his blessings), and likewise Lazarus evil things (the rich man didn’t allow his blessings to bring him to the Lord, and Lazarus didn’t allow his poverty to keep him from the Lord): but now he is comforted (because he had accepted the Lord), and you are tormented (the word “now” is that which is all-important; it speaks of the time after death; will it be one of “comfort” or “torment”?). 26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed (this is in heart of the Earth [Mat. 12:40]; before the Cross even though all who went to Paradise were comforted, they were still captives of Satan, with him hoping that ultimately he would get them over into the burning pit [Eph. 4:8-9]; this means that when Believers died before the Cross, due to the fact that the blood of bulls and goats could not take away sins, the sin debt remained, and Satan still had claim on them; so all those in Paradise were awaiting the Cross, which would deliver them): so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot (proclaims the fact that all opportunities for Salvation are on this side of the grave; this means that the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory is a “fool’s hope”; there is no such place); neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence (but yet it was possible for those in Hell to look over and see those in Paradise, and it seems to speak to them; that place, due to the Cross, is now empty, with all liberated by Christ after the price was paid [Eph. 4:8-9]). 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that you would send him (send Lazarus) to my father's house (this is the only example of praying to a dead Saint in Scripture; let those who do so remember that prayer to all other dead Saints will avail just as much as this prayer did -- nothing): 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them (these statements proclaim the fact that this man had a working knowledge of God and more than likely professed Salvation before his death; but he wasn’t Saved!), lest they also come into this place of torment (he did not ask this grace for himself, for he knew that he was eternally entombed; it is easy to step into Hell, but impossible to step out). 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them (doesn’t mean that this event happened during the time of Moses, but that Abraham is referring to the Word of God; this tells us that at least a part of the Old Testament had then been written). 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent (the Scriptures contain all that is necessary to Salvation; a returned spirit could add nothing to them; and a man who will not listen to the Bible would not listen to a multitude, if raised from the dead; in fact, a few days later, the Lord did raise a man named Lazarus from the grave, and the Pharisees went about to put him to death). 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead (this illustration as given by Christ, actually happened and, in fact, presents a startling portrayal of life after death; we learn from this, and in stark reality, that the only thing that really matters in life is being right with God; there is a Heaven and there is a Hell, and every soul who has ever lived has gone or is going to one or the other; the only way to make Heaven one’s eternal Home is to accept Christ; He Alone is the Door; everything else leads one to Hell, exactly as the rich man found out, and to his eternal dismay).

Revelation 22:4-5 (KJV)

4 And they shall see his face (shows intimate relationship); and his name shall be in their foreheads (refers to ownership; we were bought “with a price,” and that price was the Blood of the Lamb). 5 And there shall be no night there (this speaks of the New Jerusalem only, for night and day will be in the balance of the Earth forever); and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light (presents the Source of this Light): and they shall reign forever and ever. (It has never been known for servants to “reign” like kings; however, these servants shall!)

Romans 6:3-5 (KJV)

3Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ (plainly says that this Baptism is into Christ and Not Water [1 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 sins and transgressions of the past were buried; when they put Him in the Tomb, they put all our sins into the 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):

1 Corinthians 1:17 (KJV) 

For Christ sent me not to baptize (presents to us a Cardinal Truth), but to preach the gospel (the manner in which one may be Saved from sin): not with wisdom of words (intellectualism is not the Gospel), lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. (This tells us in no uncertain terms that the Cross of Christ must always be the emphasis of the Message.)

1 Corinthians 12:13 (KJV) 

For by one Spirit (the Holy Spirit alone does this) are we all baptized into one body (at Salvation, the Holy Spirit Baptizes the Believing sinner into the Body of Christ, which is the Born-Again experience; it doesn’t refer to Water Baptism), whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free (all must come in the same manner, “by and through Jesus Christ and what He did at the Cross”); and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (The Holy Spirit is the agent Who affects the work of Redemption carried out in our lives, which is made possible by the Death, Burial, Resurrection, Ascension, and Exaltation of Christ.)

Galatians 3:27 (KJV) 

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ (refers to the Baptism into His Death and Calvary [Rom. 6:3-5]; the reference is not to Water Baptism) have put on Christ (means to be clothed with Him [Jn. 14:20]).

Ephesians 4:5 (KJV) 

One Lord (Jesus Christ), one faith (what He did at the Cross), one baptism (our Salvation, referring to Believers Baptized into Christ, which was done at the Cross; it has nothing to do with Water Baptism [Rom. 6:3-5]),

Colossians 2:11-13 (KJV) 

11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands (that which is brought about by the Cross [Rom. 6:3-5]), in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ (refers to the old carnal nature that is defeated by the Believer placing his Faith totally in the Cross, which gives the Holy Spirit latitude to work): 12 Buried with him in baptism (does not refer to Water Baptism, but rather to the Believer baptized into the death of Christ, which refers to the Crucifixion and Christ as our substitute [Rom. 6:3-4]), wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. (This does not refer to our future physical Resurrection, but to that spiritual Resurrection from a sinful state into Divine Life. We died with Him [Rom. 6:3-5], and herein lies the secret to all Spiritual Victory.) 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh (speaks of spiritual death [i.e., “separation from God”], which sin does!), hath he quickened together with him (refers to being made spiritually alive, which is done through being “Born-Again”), having forgiven you all trespasses (the Cross made it possible for all manner of sins to be forgiven and taken away);

Now is the time to turn from your wicked old ways and to deny yourselves, at the foot of the Cross (meaning dying to sin and becoming Alive in Jesus Christ). If it wasn’t for the Cross of Calvary, there would of been no Blood shed for sin and you all would have no chance, to escape damnation in hell. God loves you so much, that He came to earth and was given the Name Jesus, He is the Christ that came to Save and He deserves, all the Glory, Praise and should be Edified by all Christians. Those who rejects Jesus Christ, any Building built by hands, that rejects Jesus Christ, any soul that rejects Jesus Christ as their Savior, any soul who does not turn away from sin and repents to God, will be subject and tossed into hell, with Lucifer for all eternity. Friends, your soul will go one way, I pray that is will be the right way with Jesus Christ, or your soul will go the other, which is in hell with Lucifer. You make the choices by your actions, the way you live, by your speech and everything else that was mentioned in the beginning of this study. Are you going to Heaven? Or are you heading for hell? As we close in prayer, I pray and hope that all of you will make better choices in your life. The wrong choice that you make, could send you were you do not want to end up at. Why don’t you come, come now to be with Jesus Christ. Accept Jesus Christ into your hearts today, believe in the Cross, His Resurrection, His Blood Shed and in the Cross and you can be Saved. May God be with you.Today is the day of Salvation, Turn to God now. Lets Pray.