Sermon On Depression

SERMON ON DEPRESSION. Produced by God and presented by and through the Holy Ghost and by His Temple, Zach.

Everyone has issues or problems of some kind and many people knows how to handle them and many do not know what, where or who to turn to, about their problems and issues. I have been growing up in the Word of God, yes, some were cults, but the Holy Ghost lead me through my young years of life and taught me, who to and who not to listen too and what is the correct doctrine to listen and read of. Many of you, may not like me for telling you the Truth but, hey, when Jesus Christ came to earth to Preach the Gospel, people hated Him too. So, I am prepared to be disliked as well. The reason that many of you may dislike me, because of the Gospel of God, is because many of you are guilty of what God has to tell you, through me. Glory to God. Depression is what we are going to talk about and to see what God has to say and how to deal with them. Last night, I was dealing with deep depression and I thank God, everyday for allowing my wife and I to be together. If it wasn't for God and my wife in my life, I am not sure what I would do with myself. Does this sound familiar in your own life? I did not have it easy growing up. Satan was trying to destroy me at an early age. My Mom was taken away from me and slipped off into eternity, to be with our God. From what I was told, she believed in God and I know in my soul, (Through the Holy Ghost, “God”) that she is in Heaven. I was about 5 months old. In a Car wreck, I suffered, Brain Damage, collapsed lungs, broken leg and a broken him, which I still not have on my right side. I then was maid fun of through out my life. I was teased about how I walked, because of my condition, teased because I was in slow learning classes, I was jumped almost everyday, starting in grade school, all the way through High School and once, here in Zanesville Ohio. I was picked on, not just because I am a little different than some and act a little different than some but, because people can see that I have something that they don’t have and that is Jesus Christ, God Almighty, in my heart and life and Satan knows it. Satan has tried over and over to cripple me with his hell bound tactics and they didn't work on me then and they will not work on me now. I do have a case of depression and a touch of anxiety attacks at times. How do I deal with them? Lots of talking to God about them and sharing my issues with my loving wife. I first go into Prayer and start off, denying myself at the Cross and lay myself at the Cross and ask Jesus Christ to fill me with His Holy Spirit and forgive me for everything. That means, I am dying to self and of the flesh and giving my whole life back to God and walking away from it. At the end of the Prayer, I trust in God, through Faith, that my issues is no longer mine and that he has control over them and it has been lifted up off my shoulders, so I can Live. God is just like an earthly father, you don’t recieve, if you don’t ask the Father up above. Let me share this with you, God does not answer all Prayers. What? That's right. If you are living in disobedience to God in any way, God will not hear or answer your Prayers. Sin separates God from the sinner and will gain no help, if they do not repent and turn away from their sins, in fact, God will not help or Save those who has rejected Him. We will get into forgiveness, towards the end of this sermon. Those who did and does me wrong, I don’t blame the person who did or does the evil acts but, I do blame Satan. Why? Because Satan is an evil spirit and he needs a body to do evil. It could be an animals body or a humans body. God is the Holy Spirit and His Work is done through us. Anyone who accepts Satan into their hearts, will not go to Heaven, only hell. By the way, you can tell if a person is a Christian or not. If you stub your toe on the wall or something hard, then listen to what comes out of your mouth. If its cuss words? That should tell yourselves or anyone who hears you, even if your alone, God still hears you, if you cuss after stubbing your toe, that tells God and whoever else is in the area, that you are not Saved. If you are Saved and have God in your hearts and if your filled with the Holy Ghost (God), you would not have any cussing coming out of your mouths. Like I said before, I did not have it easy growing up and still don’t. My son is another story. We had plans to get together for Thanksgiving weekend and he canceled out on me. I understand that he was sick but, I have been trying to get with him and it almost fails every time. My son is from a previous marriage, that did not work out, I will not go into that story. However, I have always been here for him, no matter what. With someone who has a mental disability and depression, its not easy. I may get to see my boy about 1 or maybe 2 times a year, if Lord is Willing. I came from a broken family, I was Blessed with a family of my own that is now broken and now I am Blessed with a great Christian wife and a bird family of 6 parakeets. God is Good. Lets get started with the readings from God’s Holy Word.

I have every right to Preach and Teach the True Gospel of Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. God commands it.

King James Expositor Study Bible. Psalms 34:17-18 The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles (take the problem to the Lord). 18 The LORD is near unto them who are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit (man is naturally proud and, with pride being the foundational sin of all sin, man is not easily brought to the place of the “broken heart” and “contrite spirit”; the word “contrite” means “broken and crushed”; the Lord would bring David to this state despite his failure of faith).

28 Come unto Me (is meant by Jesus to reveal Himself as the Giver of Salvation), all you who labor and are heavy laden (trying to earn Salvation by works), and I will give you rest (this “rest” can only be found by placing one’s Faith in Christ and what He has done for us at the Cross [Gal. 5:1-6]).

BONDAGE

Galatians 5:1-6 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has 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.) Meaning that you can’t live under the Law of Moses and under Grace at the same time because it is a sin. If you are hanging onto the Law of Moses, you then are not under Grace of God and you are then, not Saved.

CHRIST OF NO EFFECT

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 who is circumcised (some of the Galatians 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), who soever 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.) Rom. 6:14 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 its 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).

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (Upon obedience to the Lord, with a sincere attempt to follow His Ways and Word, His “thoughts toward us” are always “thoughts of peace, and not of evil.”)

1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon Him (refers here to a direct and once-for-all committal to God of all that would give us concern); for He cares for you (translated literally, “for you are His concern”).

Isaiah 41:10 Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yea, I will uphold you with the right hand of My Righteousness. (The progression in this Verse is most precious: “I am with you”; but He comes yet nearer: “I will strengthen you”; and still closer: “I will help you”; and finally, He throws His arms around His Child and says, “I will uphold you.”)

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always (not for all things, but in all things): and again I say, Rejoice. (Paul’s teaching on emotional well-being, which follows, begins with rejoicing in the Lord.)

Luke 10:27 And He answering said, You shall love the Lord Your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself (this is quoted from Deut. 6:5 and Lev. 19:18). Deut. 6:5, Lev. 19:18. 5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might (Jesus quoted this Verse in Matthew 22:37). 18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the LORD (fulfills the second half of the entirety of the Ten Commandments). Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind (this is the foundation of all the Law, and as well, applies to the present Day of Grace).

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

2 Corinthians 10:4-6 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (carnal weapons consist of those which are man-devised), but mighty through God (the Cross of Christ [I Cor. 1:18]) to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations (philosophic strongholds; every effort man makes outside of the Cross of Christ), and every high thing that exalteth itself against the Knowledge of God (all the pride of the human heart), and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ (can be done only by the Believer looking exclusively to the Cross, where all Victory is found; the Holy Spirit will then perform the task); 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience (refers to that which is opposed to the Cross, where alone all Victory is found), when your obedience is fulfilled (is fulfilled when looking exclusively, as stated, to Christ and the Cross). I Cor. 1:18 18 For the preaching (Message) of the Cross is to them who perish foolishness (Spiritual things cannot be discerned by unredeemed people, but that doesn’t matter; the Cross must be preached just the same, even as we shall see); but unto us who are Saved it is the Power of God. (The Cross is the Power of God simply because it was there that the total sin debt was paid, giving the Holy Spirit, in Whom the Power resides, latitude to work mightily within our lives.)

John 10:27-31 27 My Sheep hear My Voice (Christ is the head of the Church, not men), and I know them (refers to perfect and absolute knowledge, even on an individual basis), and they follow Me (proclaims what True Sheep will do): 28 And I give unto them Eternal Life (carries with it a promise that cannot be matched elsewhere under any circumstances); and they shall never perish (means that no Believer need ever fear that God will change His Mind respecting their Salvation), neither shall any man pluck them out of My Hand (refers to any and all outside forces; however, if one so desires, one can take one’s self out of His Hand, which regrettably millions have done). 29 My Father, which gave them to Me, is greater than all (proclaims the Power of God that is able to keep any and all, which He does through the Spirit by what Christ did at the Cross, and our Faith in that Finished Work); and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand (when one has Christ, one at the same time has the Father, and the protection of the Father). 30 I and My Father are One (the Greek Text says, “We are One”; these simple words destroy the teaching of those who deny the distinction of persons in the Godhead, and those who question the Deity of Christ). THE JEWS 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him (thus was the answer of “God’s chosen people” to “God’s chosen Gift,” the Lord Jesus Christ!).

Psalms 40:1-3 1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto Me, and heard My cry. (The word “patiently” directs our attention to the thought that God, at times, does not answer immediately; however, the latter portion of this Verse encourages us that ultimately He will answer and “hear my cry.” The theme is threefold: 1. As the/our Redeemer: He atones for our sins, having loaded them upon Himself and having confessed them as His Own; 2. As our High Priest: He burdens Himself with our sorrows, encourages us to follow Him in His life of absolute confidence in God, teaching us to believe in Promises which never fail, and furnishes us with perfect forms of confession, prayer, and praise; and, 3. As our Commander: As such, He engages to deliver us from the powers of darkness, which, in fact, He has already done at the Cross [Col. 2:14–15].) 2 He brought Me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set My feet upon a rock, and established My goings (the words here are figurative of the state of sin and death out of which God Alone can save; He does so by the means of the Cross; trying to extricate ourselves by our own means, we only seek deeper into the “miry clay”; trusting in Him and what He did at the Cross will bring us out). 3 And He has put a new song in My mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD (the doctrine of this Psalm is Christ’s Perfect Obedience to the Will of God as the Sin-bearer of His People, and His Perfect Patience in waiting on and for God to deliver Him and them out of all afflictions). Col. 2:14–15 14 Blotting out the handwriting of Ordinances that was against us (pertains to the Law of Moses, which was God’s Standard of Righteousness that man could not reach), which was contrary to us (Law is against us, simply because we are unable to keep its precepts, no matter how hard we try), and took it out of the way (refers to the penalty of the Law being removed), nailing it to His Cross (the Law with its decrees was abolished in Christ’s Death, as if Crucified with Him); 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers (Satan and all of his henchmen were defeated at the Cross by Christ Atoning for all sin; sin was the legal right Satan had to hold man in captivity; with all sin atoned, he has no more legal right to hold anyone in bondage), He (Christ) made a show of them openly (what Jesus did at the Cross was in the face of the whole universe), triumphing over them in it. (The triumph is complete and it was all done for us, meaning we can walk in power and perpetual Victory due to the Cross.)

Psalms 39:13 O spare Me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more (as David pleaded for “strength,” likewise, the Son of David pleads to the Father for strength for Himself, which, in reality, is for us; without that “strength,” we could not make it).

Listen Friends and anyone who is dealing with depression, you have a clean way to escape your depressions, without doing suicide. The reason God has placed this message in my heart to share is because of what is going on in our world today. We just had a Ohio State football player take his own life. I just heard of another suicide on the news, else where in our country. We have had a Police officer shot and killed a young child, for doing his job and I could of imagine what he is feeling right now, even though it was not his fault. God has a way for you to escape your depressions. Yes, I had a rough time in my life but, God gave me, you and the world, a way to escape these feelings. I had a friend back in High School asked me this question. Zach, you had a rough way to go in life and you still have a hard time with your aunt. Zach, why haven’t you committed suicide yet? My response was, God has something greater for me in this cruel world and He is not done with me yet and I will stand strong, until the Good Lord God is ready to take me. I knew suicide was not the way to go. I know that some of you are probably asking this very question right now, can a person go to Heaven, if they commit suicide? Before I answer that question, I want to let you all know that I do not encourage anyone to take their lives, no way, shape or form. We have no rights to take our own lives at all. Back to the question, can a person who is Saved, take their own lives, still go to Heaven? Yes they can still go to Heaven, if they were Saved before that happens but, will just loose some rewards but, they will still be in Heaven. What can take us out of the hands of God?

John 10:28 tells us this; And I give unto them Eternal Life (carries with it a promise that cannot be matched elsewhere under any circumstances); and they shall never perish (means that no Believer need ever fear that God will change His Mind respecting their Salvation), neither shall any man pluck them out of My Hand (refers to any and all outside forces; however, if one so desires, one can take one’s self out of His Hand, which regrettably millions have done).

The only way that a Christian can take themselves out of the hands of God, is to reject Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified, which suicide does not do. Once again, suicide is still a sin but, it won’t keep the Christian out of Heaven. I still will not condone by saying suicide is the answer or the way, because it is not and I will not encourage it to anyone at all. The problem with going to canceling is, they don’t take peoples issues to the Word of God (King James Bible) to get the real and right help that the individuals really needs. They would rather tell the troubled person the man ways of doing things instead of God’s way of doing things. Thats why there are so many troubled mines, in this world still. Taking troubles to the Word of God (King James Bible) is the only way to help the depressed. I should know, I have dealt with it, on my own, through the Power of our Lord God. He heard my cry (Prayer) and God answered and delivered me. That brings me to my next point, Forgiveness. You must forgive others, so God can forgive you.

Matthew Chapter 6:14-15 14 For if you forgive men (it must be the God kind of forgiveness) their trespasses (large sins), your Heavenly Father will also forgive you (forgiveness rests totally on the Atoning Work of Christ; it is an act of sheer Grace): 15 But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses (if we want God to forgive us, we must at the same time forgive others; if not, His forgiveness for us is withheld; consequently, such a person is in jeopardy of losing their soul).

After that Scripture, I should have nothing to say about it, it all was covered in the Word of God. If you do not forgive anyone, you will lose your soul in hell, that's the bottom line right there, so, for your sake, you must forgive others, no matter what and if you don’t, you are no better than what Satan is and you will go to hell with him, in the lake of fire if, you don’t forgive others or, yourselves.

How to get Saved. Believe in Jesus Christ, what He did on the Cross for sins, have Faith in what He did at the Cross, call out to God in Prayer, through the Holy Spirit and deny yourselves (give up your sinful ways of living) and you will be Saved. You must, turn away from sin and live rigfht on this side of the grave, so you can die right and go to Heaven.

Acts 16:30-31 And brought them out (brought Paul and Silas out of the prison), and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (This presents terminology that shows some familiarity with the Gospel; quite possibly before the arrest of the Apostle, the jailer had heard him preach) 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved (presents the most beautiful explanation of Salvation that could ever be given), and your house (means that Salvation is not limited merely to the jailer, but is available to the entirety of his family as well, that is if they will meet the conditions of Faith in Christ required of them).

Anyone of you can be Saved right now and know that you will go to Heaven, when you die, How? By believing through Faith, of what you are reading and you can be Baptized by the Holy Ghost and be Saved. You are Saved by and through Belief and Faith, not by water, like what others think and believe, that would fall under false doctrine, and they use the book of Acts, 2:38 which the correct formula, is found in the book of Matthew, which reads this;

Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore (applies to any and all who follow Christ, and in all ages), and teach all nations (should have been translated, “and preach to all nations”, for the word “teach” here refers to a proclamation of truth), baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (presents the only formula for Water Baptism given in the Word of God):

Its very dangerous to your souls, if you are not being taught the correct doctrine of the Word of God, it can cause you to end up in hell, if you are believing in the wrong doctrine, which is of men and not of God. If you want to know if your Saved, with Belief through Faith in Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified, then say this Prayer out loud and you will be Saved. If you do this with a negative feeling and heart, then it will do you no good. Please repeat it as necessary, until you have recieved the Holy Ghost (God) into your hearts. May God Bless you my friends.

THE SINNER’S PRAYER

"DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, I COME TO YOU TODAY AS A LOST SINNER." "I AM ASKING YOU THAT YOU SAVE MY SOUL AND CLEANSE ME FROM ALL SIN." "I REALIZE IN MY HEART MY NEED OF SALVATION, WHICH CAN ONLY COME THROUGH JESUS CHRIST." "I AM ACCEPTING CHRIST INTO MY HEART AND WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS IN ORDER TO PURCHASE MY REDEMPTION." "IN OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WORD, I CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, AND BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD." "YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR WORD WHICH CANNOT LIE, 'FOR WHOSOEVER CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED' (ROM. 10-13)." "I HAVE CALLED UPON YOUR NAME EXACTLY AS YOU HAVE SAID, AND I AM SAVED."

Sermon about HELL AND HOW TO ESCAPE THIS PLACE Presented by God and produced through the Holy Ghost and through His Temple, Zach.

Sermon about HELL AND HOW TO ESCAPE THIS PLACE Presented by God and produced through the Holy Ghost and through His Temple, Zach.

Millions are going to hell when they die, for rejecting Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified, by the way they are living in sin, on this side of the grave. I know that I have maid a lot of souls mad, by Preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Its due to them feeling guilty of their lives, they way they have lived. They attend to get offensive, because they don’t want or can handle the Truth, from God’s Word. When people gets mad with me about it, they are at the same time, getting mad with the Holy Ghost of God. I hear all the time, that I have no rights to Judge anyone, they are dead wrong in sin about that. The Bible tells us that we are to Judge bad fruit. The Word Do not Judge, is speaking of Motives, which would be the heart, that belongs to God and is a sin for us to do. You need to go through the whole Bible, to understand what that one piece of Scripture is talking about. I understand that many souls reads false doctrines, false Bibles if you will. By false Bibles, you are missing a lot and will never learn the whole Truth. Thank God for Sbn and the Expositor Study Bible. That is why so many souls are so lost and confused, by Satan’s schemes. When people gets mad with me for Preaching the Truth, that tells me that I am doing something right, in the sight of God. Listen friend, this world is not ours, the life that your living here on earth is not yours. It all belongs to God and created by God and you are created by and for God. You are to live Holy Lives here on earth. Unfortunitly, many of you has already rejected God and Holy Living, by the way you are living, in a rebelliuos life styles. Your souls will end up in hell, when you die. At the end of this sermon, you will find out on how you can be Saved, we will get more into that here in a while. You must obey God by living right, on this side of the grave. you can’t die wrong and live right on the other side of the grave, it is the facts. Your earthly speeches, is all included with the way you live. If your heart is filthy, you then will live and speak filthy and it will be throune in the lake of fire for all eternity, this is a Warning and if your living wrong in any way? You must accept Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified, allow the Holy Ghost to make the changes in your heart, mind and soul. Hell, who is going there? If Satan is your god? It then will be your fathers will that you will do and many of you are doing just that. I can tell by your fruits, of who you serve. Lets get started, with the readings from God’s Holy Word. May God be with your souls.

The Expositor King James Study Bible. Matthew 23:33 You serpents, you generation of vipers (He likens them to that old serpent, their father, the Devil [Jn. 8:44; Rev. 12:9; 20:2]), how can you escape the damnation of Hell? (Eternal destiny of these religious leaders would be Hell. What an indictment!) John 8:44 You are of your father the Devil, and the lusts of your father you will do (presents the Lord repudiating in terrible language the spiritual claims made by these Jews respecting their association with Jehovah; this is the cause of all the problems in the world). He was a murderer from the beginning (refers to the fact that Satan originated sin, and sin brings forth death), and abode not in the truth (it means he was actually in truth, for a time, until he rebelled against God), because there is no truth in him (no truth in him since his rebellion). When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it (Satan is the originator of the “lie”; consequently, his entire kingdom of darkness, in totality, is built on the “lie”). Revelataion 12:9 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan (he is referred to as “the Great Dragon” because of his propensity to “steal, kill, and destroy” [Jn. 10:10]; he is the “old serpent” because in his first appearance in the Bible, he chose to work through a serpent; thereby, he is what the curse caused the serpent to be, wryly subtle, and treacherous), which deceives the whole world (deception is his greatest weapon; he deceives, and is himself deceived): he was cast out into the earth, and his Angels were cast out with him (pronounces the beginning of the end for this evil monster). 20:2 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),

Matthew 25:29-30 For unto every one who has shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him who has not shall be taken away even that which he has (in fact, this happens unnumbered times, every single day; observe religious denominations, which have rejected light!). 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth (these individuals do not merely lose reward, but rather their souls; all of this, as should be overly obvious, completely refutes the unscriptural doctrine of unconditional eternal security).

Matthew 25:41 Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand (the goat nations), Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels (nations that hindered or tried to harm Israel during the Great Tribulation):

Matthew 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal (all of this will happen soon after the Second Coming; the leaders of the nations who tried to help the Antichrist against Israel, during the Great Tribulation, will evidently be executed, and consequently will die eternally lost; conversely, the leaders of the nations who tried to help Israel at that time, will be given an opportunity to accept Christ as Saviour, which they no doubt will, and will thereby be given “life eternal”).

Mark 9:43-48 And if your hand offend you, cut it off ([symbolic], do not allow yourself to be placed in the position of opposing those who truly are of God): it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into Hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched (proves the reality of Hell, and of it being the destiny of those who oppose true Believers, who are truly doing the Work of God): 44 Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched (Christ is proclaiming what one faces who opposes true Believers; the punishment is eternal). 45 And if your foot offend you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into Hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 46 Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if your eye offend you, pluck it out: it is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into Hell fire: 48 Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched (when Christ gives an illustration of this magnitude, it is of extreme importance; when He doubles it, as He does here, it becomes extremely important; but when He triples it, as He definitely does, then its significance is of such magnitude as to defy description; most of the opposition against true Believers, and especially against those called of God for specific work, comes from the religious sector; to oppose that apostatized religious sector, may generate harm to one’s person; but it is better to endure that harm, than to lose one’s soul).

FOUR WOES Luke 6:24-26 But woe unto you who are rich! (Rich and increased with goods, and claim to have need of nothing [Rev. 3:17].) for you have received your consolation (you have traded the Spirit of God for “things,” and that is what you will have). 25 Woe unto you who are full! (Things of the world.) for you shall hunger (they will not satisfy). Woe unto you who laugh now! (Do not see your spiritual failure.) for you shall mourn and weep (mourn now over spiritual weakness, which all have, or mourn later over lost opportunity). 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets (such have always had men singing their praises, and do so no less today; however, it is because they are telling men what they want to hear instead of what God wants them to hear). Revelation 3:17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing (they equated the increase in material goods with spiritual Blessings, which they were not); and knowest not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked (the tragedy lay in the fact that while this Church gloated over material wealth, she was unconscious of her spiritual poverty; again indicative of the modern Church!):

Luke 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear: Fear Him (God), which after He has killed (life and death are in the Hands of God Alone) has power to cast into hell (the greater fear of God would banish the lesser fear of man; for man can only touch the body, but God can reach the soul and cast it into Hell); yea, I say unto you, Fear Him (presents the second time this is stated and is, therefore, meant to be clearly understood).

Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul (don’t fear men): but rather fear Him (God) which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 16:19-31 There was a certain rich man, who 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 of 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 seeth 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 the 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 a 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 even 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 said 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). Romans 4:6 Even as David (both Abraham and David were progenitors of the Promised Messiah, and as such they held a unique place in the Faith and veneration of the Work of God) also describes the blessedness of the man (a blessed man), unto whom God imputes Righteousness without works (works will never gain the Righteousness of God), Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the Earth (Christ would be dead three days and three nights; during this time, He would be in Paradise, and would preach to the spirits in prison who were fallen angels [Lk. 23:43; I Pet. 3:19-20] there is no scriptural record that Jesus was in the burning side of Hell, as some teach). Ephesians 4:8-9 Wherefore He said (Ps. 68:18), When He ascended up on high (the Ascension), He led captivity captive (liberated the souls in Paradise; before the Cross, despite being Believers, they were still held captive by Satan because the blood of bulls and goats could not take away the sin debt; but when Jesus died on the Cross, the sin debt was paid, and now He makes all of these His Captives), and gave Gifts unto men. (These “Gifts” include all the Attributes of Christ, all made possible by the Cross.) 9 (Now that He ascended (mission completed), what is it but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? (Immediately before His Ascension to Glory, which would be done in total triumph, He first went down into Paradise to deliver all the believing souls in that region, which He did!) Ps. 68:18 18 You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive: You have received gifts for men; yes, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. (Paul quoted this Scripture in Ephesians 4:8–10. It refers to Christ just before His Resurrection going down into Paradise and liberating all the Old Testament Saints, who, in fact, had been held captive by Satan, hence the term “have led captivity captive,” and taking all of them with Him to Glory. Now, when a Believer dies, instead of being taken to the heart of the Earth, which was the destination before the Cross, he is now instantly taken to Heaven, and all because of the Cross [Ps. 16:10; Mat. 12:40; Heb. 2:14–15; Lk. 16:19–31; II Cor. 5:8; Phil. 1:21–24; Rev. 6:9–11].)

Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto you, Today shall you be with Me in Paradise (a statement of fact, and not a question, as some claim; however, his stay in Paradise would be very short; some three days later, he would accompany Christ to Heaven, along with every other person in Paradise, which included all the Old Testament Saints).

SPIRITS I Pet. 3:19-20 By which also He went (between the time of His Death and Resurrection) and preached (announced something) unto the spirits in prison (does not refer to humans, but rather to fallen Angels; humans in the Bible are never referred to in this particular manner; these were probably the fallen Angels who tried to corrupt the human race by cohabiting with women [II Pet. 2:4; Jude, Vss. 6-7]; these fallen Angels are still locked up in this underworld prison); 20 Which sometime (in times past) were disobedient (this was shortly before the Flood), when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah (refers to this eruption of fallen Angels with women taking place at the time of Noah; this was probably a hundred or so years before the Flood), while the Ark was a preparing (these fallen Angels were committing this particular sin while the Ark was being made ready, however long it took; the Scripture doesn’t say!), wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. (This doesn’t refer to being saved from sin. They were saved from drowning in the Flood by being in the Ark.) Please see any of the Corresponding Scriptures that we did not go over on your own.

How does a person escape hell?

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die (due to the Fall, all men are under the sentence of death, and, in fact, all have died Spiritually, which means to be separated from God), but after this the Judgment (the answer to the Spiritual death of man is Christ and what He did at the Cross; if Christ the Saviour is rejected, all will face Christ the Judge; for as death was inevitable, the Judgment is inevitable as well):

Before I share Scripture about how to be Saved, remember this, if you are or have became reborn again and saved, that does not give you the rights to sin, live in sin or even the rights to sin freely. If you think that you can live this life by sinning freely and can still be Saved? You then are not Saved. You can’t live for God and Satan at the same time, that spells out self rightousness, self will, which is Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, meaning Blasphemy to God. Those who are dead to sin, will no longer live in sin. Those who are saved, due to repentance at the Cross, has no sinful past, due to the Blood of Jesus Christ and what He has done on the Cross. I am not saying that us Christian’s has no sin, I am just telling you that the reborn again Christians has no past, because we have already confessed our sins to Jesus Christ, which must be done dailey, because no one is perfect, but when we repent at the Cross, we become perfectly forgiven and free from sin and death, meaning the second death, which leads to hell, speaking of the great white throune Judegment (Eternal death in hell, Seperation from God).

Romans 10:13 For whosoever (anyone, anywhere) shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be Saved (speaks of the sinner coming to Christ, but can refer to any Believer and with whatever need; the Cross is the means by which all of this is done).

REDEMPTION Ephesians 2:8-10 For by Grace (the Goodness of God) are you Saved through Faith (Faith in Christ, with the Cross ever as its Object); and that not of yourselves (none of this is of us, but all is of Him): it is the Gift of God (anytime the word “Gift” is used, God is speaking of His Son and His Substitutionary Work on the Cross, which makes all of this possible): 9 Not of works (man cannot merit Salvation, irrespective what he does), lest any man should boast (boast in his own ability and strength; we are allowed to boast only in the Cross [Gal. 6:14]). 10 For we are His workmanship (if we are God’s workmanship, our Salvation cannot be of ourselves), created in Christ Jesus unto good works (speaks of the results of Salvation, and never the cause), which God has before ordained that we should walk in them. (The “good works” the Apostle speaks of has to do with Faith in Christ and the Cross, which enables the Believer to live a Holy life.)

1 Peter 3:18-22 18 For Christ also has once suffered for sins (the suffering of Christ on the Cross was but for one purpose, and that was “for sins”; while we as Believers might suffer for sins as well, such is never in the realm of Atonement; the price has been fully paid, which means there is nothing left owing), the just for the unjust (Christ was the Perfect Sacrifice, the One Who was born without original sin, and Who lived a Perfect Life, never failing even in one point; He Alone was the “Just”), that He might bring us to God (refers to the way being opened for sinful man to come into the very Presence of God), being put to death in the flesh (refers to the fact that Jesus died physically in order to serve as a Sacrifice, which means He didn’t die spiritually, as some claim!), but quickened by the Spirit (raised from the dead by the Holy Spirit [Rom. 8:11]): SPIRITS 19 By which also He went (between the time of His Death and Resurrection) and preached (announced something) unto the spirits in prison (does not refer to humans, but rather to fallen Angels; humans in the Bible are never referred to in this particular manner; these were probably the fallen Angels who tried to corrupt the human race by cohabiting with women [II Pet. 2:4; Jude, Vss. 6-7]; these fallen Angels are still locked up in this underworld prison); 20 Which sometime (in times past) were disobedient (this was shortly before the Flood), when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah (refers to this eruption of fallen Angels with women taking place at the time of Noah; this was probably a hundred or so years before the Flood), while the Ark was a preparing (these fallen Angels were committing this particular sin while the Ark was being made ready, however long it took; the Scripture doesn’t say!), wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. (This doesn’t refer to being saved from sin. They were saved from drowning in the Flood by being in the Ark.)

WATER BAPTISM 21 The like figure (refers to Water Baptism as a symbol) whereunto even baptism does also now save us (speaks of the Baptism into Christ, which takes place at conversion; it is done by Faith, and has nothing to do with Water Baptism, although that serves as a symbol [Rom. 6:3-5]) (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh (proclaims the fact that Water Baptism cannot cleanse the soul), but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) (refers to the fact that one engages in Water Baptism because one has already been made clean by Faith in the Lord Jesus, which in turn gives one a good conscience toward God) by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (which refers to the Cross, and the Believing sinner being raised with Christ in “newness of life” [Rom. 6:4-5]):

CHRIST EXALTED 22 Who (Jesus Christ) is gone into Heaven (His Mission is complete), and is on the Right Hand of God (proclaims the fact that His Sacrifice was accepted); Angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him. (This refers to all, whether Holy or unholy. The “Cross” is the means by which all of this was done [Col. 2:14-15].)

Romans 6:3-5 Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ (plainly says that this Baptism is into Christ and not water [I Cor. 1:17; 12:13; Gal. 3:27; Eph. 4:5; Col. 2:11-13]) were baptized into His Death? (When Christ died on the Cross, in the Mind of God, we died with Him; in other words, He became our Substitute, and our identification with Him in His Death gives us all the benefits for which He died; the idea is that He did it all for us!) 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): 6 Knowing this, that our old man is Crucified with Him (all that we were before conversion), that the body of sin might be destroyed (the power of the sin nature made ineffective), that henceforth we should not serve sin (the guilt of sin is removed at conversion, because the sin nature no longer rules within our hearts and lives).

If you now gained the desire to get Saved and Baptized by the Holy Ghost and filled with the Holy Spirit? I then want to encourage to say this Prayer out loud, over and over and over again, with Belief and through Faith, in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified. If you don’t mean it with a sincere heart, it then won’t work. Has you read this out loud, may God be with your souls.

THE SINNER’S PRAYER

"DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, I COME TO YOU TODAY AS A LOST SINNER." "I AM ASKING YOU THAT YOU SAVE MY SOUL AND CLEANSE ME FROM ALL SIN." "I REALIZE IN MY HEART MY NEED OF SALVATION, WHICH CAN ONLY COME THROUGH JESUS CHRIST." "I AM ACCEPTING CHRIST INTO MY HEART AND WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS IN ORDER TO PURCHASE MY REDEMPTION." "IN OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WORD, I CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, AND BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD." "YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR WORD WHICH CANNOT LIE, 'FOR WHOSOEVER CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED' (ROM. 10-13)." "I HAVE CALLED UPON YOUR NAME EXACTLY AS YOU HAVE SAID, AND I AM SAVED."

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THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREE’S AND ABOUT CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS

THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREE’S AND ABOUT CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS Brought to you by God and Presented to you through the Holy Ghost and by God’s Temple, Zach Lets get started from the reading of God’s Word.

The Christmas tree THE King James Expositor Study Bible

Jeremiah 10:1-4 (600 B.C.) THE VANITY OF IDOLS 1 Hear you the Word which the LORD speaks unto you, O House of Israel (“House of Israel,” is actually the Kingdom of Judah. It is called such here because of being the only part of Israel that is left. “The LORD speaks unto you,” is not only intended to address Israel collectively as a nation, but also personally as to each individual): 2 Thus says the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. (“The way of the heathen,” actually refers to “the religion of the heathen.” “The signs of heaven,” refers, in this case, to the astrological calculations based upon extraordinary appearances in the sky, or the signs of the zodiac. Israel was commanded by the Lord to pay no heed to these things, because, in reality, they hold no answers whatsoever!) 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. (The word “customs” refers to the “images of wood,” i.e., “idols.” The word “people” refers to heathen nations. The “vanity” addressed here, concerning the “cutting of the tree out of the forest,” is meant by the Holy Spirit to portray the absurdity of thinking that something fashioned by the hands of man could be greater than the hands which fashioned it.) 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (This making of an idol is the same as described in Isa. 41:7 and 44:13-17, which could very well have been read by Jeremiah, with the Holy Spirit impressing him strongly to emphasize this great sin once more. Such does not show a weakness in the Text, but rather an emphasis placed by the Holy Spirit on that which He considers to be very important. And if He considers it to be very important, by all means, we should, as well! These Passages are sometimes taken to mean the modern Christmas tree, but actually the tree referred to had no branches left on it at all. This refers to a tree trunk being made into an idol, not the Christmas tree.) Isaiah 41:7, 44:13-17 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer him who smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that i t should not be moved. (As they would make their idol, they would then need to “solder” and “nail” it so that the wretched object might be kept erect and not show its weakness by falling over. Such is the spiritual dumbness of man!) 13 The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. (Idolatry blinds the senses that a man will cook his food with one-half of a tree and bow down and worship the other half as a god able to deliver him. He worships a god whom he himself makes!) 14 He hews him down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain does nourish it. (The idea of this Passage is that God made the trees of any and all varieties; then senseless man, deceived by Satan, takes one and proposes to make a god of it. How stupid!) 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; ye s, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a graven image, and falls down thereto. (He worships what he makes. Again, I say, “How stupid!” He doesn’t seem to realize that he has to be more intelligent than what he has made. So why worship something that is less intelligent than the maker?) 16 He burns part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eats flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied: yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire (he takes part of the tree and uses the wood to build a fire, thereby preparing his meal; with the other half, he fashions a god. Hence, men take on the nature of that which they worship. In this case, it is a dumb idol; consequently, its maker becomes more dumb!): 17 And the residue thereof he makes a god, even his graven image: he falls down unto it, and worships it, and prays unto it, and says, Deliver me; for you are my god. (The Harvard graduate would smile at such ignorance; and yet, if the graduate knows not the Lord Jesus Christ, he is himself an idolater, functioning in the same capacity as the one he ridicules!)

As you have just read, that there is nothing wrong with putting up a Christmas tree. Idle Worship happens when there is no branches on the tree trunk. Idle worship happens when people takes the wood and worship’s it and make carven images out of it. I myself, had the wrong idea about Christmas and Christmas tree’s, due to false doctrines of men.

Jermiah 10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. (These absurd man-made idols, which “speak not” and which have to be carried about because of having no mobility of their own, are not something to be “afraid of.” They don’t have the power to do “evil” or “good.”)

Now that brings me to my next point of idles. People, once a month replaces Jesus Christ by placing Satan on a pedlestoll and worshiping him like a god, in malls everywhere. a fat stranger, by the way, adults tells their children to never talk to strangers and to always tell the Truth, even when adults can’t even do that themselves, but yet, they will allow their children to go sit on a strangers lap and be lied to again. Wake up you hell bound soul’s, what are you thinking? These strangers and these idiote adults are doing the works of Satan and everyday, they are failing God and falling right into Satan’s schemes. When your in hell for lying and leading your children to hell with you, it then will be too late for you to be Saved. You better repent on this side of the grave, while you have the chance too.

We Celebrate Christmas once a year and lost soul’s buys gifts to give each other and allow children to visit Satan at the malls and gets lied too, even more. People thinks that they are doing a good thing, when infact, that they are not. However, people in this world thinks that Christmas is about getting and giving gifts to each other, which should be done on our Birthday’s, not on Jesus Christ’s Birthday. On Jesus’s Birthday, we should be denying ourselves at the Cross and giving our lives and soul’s back to God, since the bodies that we are in, belongs to Him anyways. We need to be doing that all year round and stop living in sin, period. Christmas time is for Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Christ and not worshipping Satan Claus. We Celebrate Jesus Christ’s Birthday on December 25th, every year, because it all got started by pagan’s and has become a pagan Holiday and they have done this for all the wrong reason’s. They think and believe that Jesus Christ was born in the winter time, but that is not possible, because there were animals in the fields and they would of died in the cold wintery nights. No one knows the exact date that Jesus Christ was Born, it had of been either late spring, early or late summer or fall time. To Celebrate Christmas on December 25th, the right way, is to offer back our lives back to Jesus Christ, at the Cross and Celebrate the Life that God Gave us and to Thank Him for the Savior that came and died for our sins, so we can be Saved by Faith and Belief, in that finished Work. This world needs to be doing that everyday and remembering the day of the Passover. I think instead of having a stranger in Satan’s outfit in the malls, I feel like we should have a person dressed as Jesus Christ, to remind every lost soul out there, what Christmas is really about.

WHAT IS CHRISTMAS ALL ABOUT? Good question, lets take a look by reading from the Word of God.

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His Name Immanuel. (Without a doubt, this Prophecy is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, in the Bible. In Hebrew, the word “virgin” is “haalmah,” which means “the virgin —the only one that ever was or ever will be a mother in this way.” The “Son” Who would be born would be the “Son of God.” The word “Immanuel” means “God with us.” Such was fulfilled in Christ. This Prophecy was given by God as a rebuttal to the efforts of Satan working through the kings of Syria and Israel to unseat Ahaz. In other words, their efforts to make void the Promise of God given to David would come to naught.)

Luke 1:30-35 30 And the Angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for you have found favour with God (should have been translated, “you have received Grace from God”). 31 And, behold, you shall conceive in your womb (should have been translated, “You shall forthwith conceive in your womb,” meaning immediately), and bring forth a Son (proclaims the Incarnation, “God manifest in the flesh, God with us, Immanuel” [Isa. 7:14; 9:6]), and shall call His name JESUS (the Greek version of the Hebrew, “Joshua”; it means “Saviour,” or “The Salvation of Jehovah”). 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest (actually means “The Most High,” and refers to “Jehovah”): and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David (II Sam., Chpt. 7): 33 And He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of His Kingdom there shall be no end (this will begin at the Second Coming, and will last forever; it could have begun at the beginning of His Ministry, but He was rejected by Israel; but at the Second Coming, they will accept Him as their Saviour, Messiah, and King [Zech., Chpts. 12-14]). 34 Then said Mary unto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? (She was probably in her late teens.) 35 And the Angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you (has the same connotation as, “the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters” [Gen. 1:2]), and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you (has the same reference as, “And God said, let there be light: and there was light” [Gen. 1:3]): therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of you shall be called the Son of God (constitutes the Incarnation, “God becoming Man”; He would be Very God and Very Man). 6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the Government shall be upon His Shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (This glorious Promise pertains not only to the First Advent, but to the Second Advent, as well. The pronoun “us” refers to Israel. From the Seed of Abraham, which spawned the Jewish people, and hence ultimately the Messiah, the greatest Promise of all time would finally be fulfilled. The phrase, “Government on His Shoulder,” refers to the coming Kingdom Age, when Christ will rule and reign over the entirety of the Earth [Dan. 7:13-14; I Cor. 15:24-28; Rev. 11:15; 20:4-10].) Gen. 1:2-3 2 And the Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep (God did not originally create the Earth without form and void; it became this way after a cataclysmic happening; this happening was the revolt of Lucifer against God, which took place some time in the dateless past). And the Spirit of God (Holy Spirit) moved upon the face of the waters (the moving of the Holy Spirit signified and signifies the beginning of life). FIRST DAY 3 And God said (presents the manner in which creation or re-creation was carried out; some ten times this phrase is used, and in the exact manner, with the exception of the last time, where it says, “And the LORD God said” [Gen. 2:18]), Let there be light: and there was light (God is the essence of light [Jn. 1:4-9]; God’s Word is of such magnitude that light continues to expand in the universe at the rate of 186,000 miles a second). Jn. 1:4-9 4 In Him was Life (presents Jesus, the Eternal Logos, as the first cause); and the Life was the Light of men (He Alone is the Life Source of Light; if one doesn’t know Christ, one is in darkness). 5 And the Light shines in darkness (speaks of the Incarnation of Christ, and His coming into this world; His “Light,” because it is derived from His Life, drives out “darkness”); and the darkness comprehended it not (should have been translated, “apprehended it not”; it means that Satan, even though he tried with all his might, could not stop “the Light”; today it shines all over the world, and one day soon, there will be nothing left but that “Light”). JOHN THE BAPTIST 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness (speaks of the Mission of the Prophet), to bear witness of the Light (spoke of Jesus and only Jesus), that all men through Him might believe (presents that Jesus is not only for Israel, but also for the entirety of the world). 8 He was not that Light (John the Baptist was not the Light), but was sent to bear witness of that Light (presents the sum total that man can do). THE INCARNATION 9 That was the True Light (there are many false lights; Jesus is the only True Light), which lighteth every man who comes into the world (if man is to find Light, it will be only in Christ, and it is for “every man”).

Gen. 2:18. GOD’S FORESIGHT FOR MAN And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone (doesn’t mean that the idea of a companion for Adam suddenly presented itself to the Lord; God never intended that man should be alone); I will make him an help meet for him (this is not meant to infer that the creation of woman was an afterthought; there is no Plan of God that is incomplete!).

Dan. 7:13-14, I Cor. 15:24-28, Rev. 11:15; 20:4-10. 13 I saw in the night Visions, and, behold, One like the Son of Man came with the clouds of Heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. (This “One like the Son of Man” is “The Lord Jesus Christ.” We have here the Trinity represented: God the Father, i.e., “the Ancient of Days,” “The Son of Man,” Who, as stated, is Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, Who inspired this.) 14 And there was given Him Dominion, and Glory, and a Kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His Dominion is an Everlasting Dominion, which shall not pass away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (This Verse corresponds with 2:35. This Kingdom of Righteousness will begin immediately after the Second Coming, with Christ as its Supreme and Eternal Head.) 24 Then comes the end (does not refer to the time immediately following the Rapture or even the Second Coming, but rather to when all Satanic rule and authority have been put down, which will take place at the conclusion of the Millennial Reign [Rev., Chpt. 20]), when He (Jesus) shall have delivered up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. (He will have put down all of Satan’s rule, etc.; the means of which were made possible by the Cross and the Resurrection.) 25 For He (Jesus) must reign (refers to the 1,000 year reign of Christ on Earth after He returns), till He has put all enemies under His Feet (the subjugation of all evil powers, which will take place at the conclusion of the Millennial Reign [Rev., Chpt. 20]). 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed (abolished) is death (Death is the result of sin [Rom. 6:23], and the Cross addressed all sin. After the Resurrection, when all Saints are given glorified bodies, it will be impossible to sin. Even during the Millennial Reign, sin will still be in the world, but not in the Glorified Saints. It will be eradicated when Satan and all his fallen angels and demons spirits, plus all people who followed him, are cast into the Lake of Fire, where they will remain forever [Rev., Chpt. 20]. Death will then be no more.) 27 For He has put all things under His feet. (God the Father has put all things under the Feet of Jesus.) But when He said all things are put under Him, it is manifest that He is excepted, which did put all things under Him. (This has reference to the fact that “all things” do not include God the Father being made subject to Jesus. God is excepted, as should be obvious.) 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto Him (implies that in Paul’s day, this total dominion had not yet been exercised and, in fact, has not done so unto this present hour; but the time will come when it definitely shall be, which will be at the close of the Millennial Reign), then shall the Son also Himself be sub ject unto Him Who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. (There will be no trace of evil left anywhere in the Universe.) 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 forever 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.) 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 who 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, the Resurrection of the Just and the Resurrection of the Unjust, will be separated by 1,000 years). 6 Blessed and Holy is he who has 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 has 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.) SATAN 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, and 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 who 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 forever 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].) Please see remaining corresponding Scriptures and chapters on your own.

Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death (speaks of spiritual death, which is separation from God); but the Gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord (as stated, all of this, without exception, comes to us by the means of what Christ did at the Cross, which demands that the Cross ever be the Object of our Faith, thus giving the Holy Spirit latitude to work within our lives and bring forth His Fruit).

THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST Matthew 1:18-25 Now the Birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as His Mother Mary was espoused (engaged) to Joseph, before they came together (before they were married), she was found with Child of the Holy Spirit (by decree of the Holy Spirit). 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily (to quietly break the engagement). 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto you Mary your wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His Name JESUS (Saviour): for He shall save His people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a Virgin shall be with Child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His Name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us (Isa. 7:14). 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the Angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife (immediately went ahead with the wedding ceremony): 25 And knew her not (had no sexual relations with her) till she had brought forth her Firstborn Son: and he called His Name JESUS (meaning Saviour; after the Birth of Christ, Joseph did have relations with Mary, with four other boys being born, and several sisters [Mat. 13:55-56]). 55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? (This was a denial of His claim regarding Messiahship.) is not his mother called Mary? and His brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? (They were denying as well, His Virgin Birth.) 56 And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this Man all these things? (If all of these things were so, they were saying, His family, by now, would have mentioned it.)

Mathew 2:1-12 Please look up any corresponding Scriptures on your own. CHAPTER 2 (A.D. 1) THE VISIT OF THE MAGI FROM THE EAST 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea (Mic. 5:2) in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came Wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is He Who is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His Star in the east, and are come to worship Him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the Chief Priests and Scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the Prophet, 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the Land of Judah, are not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a Governor, Who shall rule My people Israel (Mic. 5:2). 7 Then Herod, when he had privily (privately) called the Wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found Him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship Him also. 9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was (not Bethlehem, but some other place, maybe Nazareth). 10 When they saw the star (where the star stopped), they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 11 And when they were come into the house (not the stable where He was born in Bethlehem), they saw the young Child with Mary His Mother, and fell down, and worshipped Him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

In closing

John 3:16 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.

1 John 5:11 11 And this is the record (the “record” is the Word of God, which is the story of the Cross), that God has given to us Eternal Life (the Life of God flowing into and literally becoming a part of the Believer), and this life is in His Son. (Christ is the Source, while the Cross is the means.)

You should know what life is all about and the reason for Celebrating, True meaning of Celebrating Christmas, its all about Jesus Christ and Living for Him. God came in the flesh as Jesus Christ (The Trinity) to Save the world and we should Celebrate His Birth and a way of escape from damnation in hell. This Christmas, I want to encourage each, everyone of you my friends, to give up the life of sin and get right with God and get Saved and turn away from sin. Start the new year right and live your whole or remainder of your life for God and God Only. God Bless you all. Amen.

The Dangers of being a part time Christian For a Full time God

Sermon about THE DANGERS OF BEING A PART TIME CHRISTIAN
FOR A FULL TIME GOD. Produced by God and presented by and through the Holy Ghost and by His Temple, Zach.

Lets get started with the reading of God’s Word.

Hebrews 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God. (This refers to those who have once known the Lord, but now express no Faith in the Cross.)

Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the time (the Believer is to do everything with the Judgment Seat of Christ in view), and now it is high time to awake out of sleep (spiritual apathy and lethargy must be shaken off): for now is our Salvation nearer than when we believed (actually speaks of the coming Rapture of the Church, and the Believer at that time being Glorified).

Colossians 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers (Satan and all of his henchmen were defeated at the Cross by Christ Atoning for all sin; sin was the legal right Satan had to hold man in captivity; with all sin atoned, he has no more legal right to hold anyone in bondage), He (Christ) made a show of them openly (what Jesus did at the Cross was in the face of the whole universe), triumphing over them in it. (The triumph is complete and it was all done for us, meaning we can walk in power and perpetual Victory due to the Cross.)

I pray and hope as we go through this sermon that I am sharing with all of you, through the Holy Ghost, that you all will wake up from the dead and become Alive in Jesus Christ, whom is God Almighty and come back to the Cross in Repentance, on your knee’s. The reason why I said fall to your knee’s, is because when Jesus Christ returns, you will do accordingly. For many of you will be because many of you will feel heavy guilt and very ashamed, by the way that you have lived here on Earth and many will fall to their knee’s before the Lord, because many really do Love the Lord God and will Worship Him Faithfully. I know that all who is hell bound, because they have rejected God already, due to the sinful living that they have lived, on this side of the grave. If you are living wronly on this side of the grave, you can’t die right on the other side of the grave, in the presents of our Lord, Jesus Christ. You must make the Cross of Christ of the Object of your Faith and live right, in the sight of God. There are many souls that have rejected the Cross, due to the fact that they are so affraid to stand up for Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified, they will not make it to Heaven, because of their unbelief and for being scared to offend someone. The sad part of this is, its happening behind almost every Pulpit, in every meeting house services, I have witnessed it in person, myself. I have old friends of the past that tells me, can’t we just forgive everyone, just like how Jesus Christ forgives? My answer to you, if you are thinking about approuching me with the same question is this, Yes, I can forgive everyone, but if they keep living in sin and not turning away from sin, I then can’t keep forgiving them, if they keep on repeating their sinful past. neither can God. They will be rejected from Heaven, because they have not Truly repented and they keep turning back to their own sinful and selfwill, worshipping satan ways. God will cut them off, if they don’t turn back to God and turn away from the, I am going to be very blunt, ways of Satan. God even tells us in,

2 Corinthians 6:14 SEPARATION 14 Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers (there are two fellowships in the world, and only two; all men belong either to one or the other; no one can belong to both and claim to be a Christian; one is with the world, and one is with the Lord): for what fellowship has Righteousness with unrighteousness? (None!) and what communion has light with darkness? (None!)

Sin is what sends souls to Hell, not God. Sin rejects God and it is happening right this very second, behind most of the Pulpits today. People has asked me this question quite a bit. Why are you so harsh with the Word of God, why can’t you be loving and kind to everyone and everything? My question to you, if you are thinking about asking me the exact same question is this, God called out sin and called it what it was and is. If you are a True Born again Christian and a True follower of Jesus Christ? You then would want to do what your Father does, Preach to the world about Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified and call sin what it was and is, just the same and rebuke sin in the name of Jesus Christ, God Almighty and rebuke it to the trash, where it belongs. You can’t be a Part Time Christian, for a Full Time God, that is a sin and anyone like that, will be rejected from Heaven and thrown, into the lake of fire with Satan and all of his henchmen. Now listen, this is from the Word of God, not mine. If your getting mad at me and ready to reject me as your friends, just remember, your also rejecting God, not only that, but rejecting God, will send your soul to hell, just really think about that. If you are cursing with any swear Word, Drinking any type of Alcohol, living any other sinful life styles, like pushing drugs to get a buzz or even living as an gay or lesbianism, all also rejects God and you will be rejected from Heaven. Many of the meeting house’s, which by the way, is what the world calls Church, not all but most of them used to have a relationship with God, until they have stopped Preaching on the Cross, about Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. God is no longer in those places and in the souls of the people, no longer. Their Faith in God has been rejected by God, the day they decided that they would rather sugar coat the Word of God and to teach about religion, instead of a relationship with God and allowing worldly music to be be present in worship, which by the way, also invites the devil and his demons to be present, behind the pulpits, that should never be, in the sight of God and God will reject their false worhip and reject the congregation and depart from their building and bodies. If you are a reborn again Christian, you then must reject the sins of the world and depart from evil doers of Satan and Live the Rightous Life that Jesus Christ, came down to die for. You can’t live in sin and live for God at the same time. Just one or the other. People tells me that I have no rights to say, what I have just said. If you really are a Christian and know of what the Word of God say’s? You then should know that I have every rights to do so, in hopes to bring the world to Repentance and to see that every soul that is reading this and all other studies that God has put together through me, is getting Saved and that is my business and has became my business, ever since God has taken control over this temple, the Body that I am in, God’s True Church. A Building is not a Church, its the Body that you are in and most of you have already rejected God and the consequence for that is, God has left and it will have to be destroyed in hell. I want to encourage every soul that is reading all of this, to do a self examination of your life. If you see that you are living and speaking in a hell bound life style and if you have realized in your soul, through the Holy Ghost that I am right? I want to encourage you to come back to Jesus Christ, right now. Let me tell you something else real quick, as we start to wrap this up. I am a Servant of God, a True Minister of God’s Word and the World is my Congregation. We are instructed by the Word of God to take His Message, back to the streets. We, as Christians, are to Preach the True Gospel of Jesus Christ, God Almighty to the world. Listen friends, many of you who claim to be Christian, is doing everything the wrong way. I have witnessed all of it on tbn, I have witnessed it in some of our local meeting house’s, where I used to live and live now. I have to say it load and clear, THANK GOD ALIGHTY, FOR SON LIFE BROAD CASTING NETWORK FOR PREACHING AND TEACHING ME THE TRUE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, THE CROSS AND OF HIM CRUCIFIED. If have the wish to accept Jesus Christ and want to be Saved, you must turn away from the worlds way of living and start a brand new Life and a new Way of Living at the Cross of Christ, I then want to encourage you to say this prayer out load and Believe in what you are reading. If you don’t Believe and have 100% Faith in God and what you are reading, it then will not do you any good. Come back to the Cross and Jesus Christ. All you have to do is turn around and take that first little step and Jesus Christ will Run Back to you with open Arms and Save you. For your Heavenly Sake, Start reading with Belief and Faith and you will be Saved. Repeat over and over again, until you have Recieved the Holy Ghost into your heart, with Belief and Faith.

THE SINNER’S PRAYER

"DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, I COME TO YOU TODAY AS A LOST SINNER." "I AM ASKING YOU THAT YOU SAVE MY SOUL AND CLEANSE ME FROM ALL SIN." "I REALIZE IN MY HEART MY NEED OF SALVATION, WHICH CAN ONLY COME THROUGH JESUS CHRIST." "I AM ACCEPTING CHRIST INTO MY HEART AND WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS IN ORDER TO PURCHASE MY REDEMPTION." "IN OBEDIENCE TO YOUR WORD, I CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, AND BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD." "YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR WORD WHICH CANNOT LIE, 'FOR WHOSOEVER CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED' (ROM. 10-13)." "I HAVE CALLED UPON YOUR NAME EXACTLY AS YOU HAVE SAID, AND I AM SAVED."

Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 7 ( MELCHISEDEC) Bible Study Part 2

Bible Study for 10/11/2014

Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 7 ( MELCHISEDEC) Bible Study Part 2

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Hebrews 7:1-28 (KJV)
MELCHISEDEC
1 For this Melchisedec, King of Salem (an ancient name for Jerusalem [Ps. 76:2; 122:3]), Priest of the Most High God (tells us what He was, but gives us almost no information after that [Gen. 14:18]), who met Abra ham returning from the slaughter of the kings (Gen. 14:14-15), and blessed him (presents Melchisedec in a superior spiritual position); 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all (the first mention of Tithes in the Bible; this means that if Abraham paid Tithe to Melchisedec, his natural and spiritual seed, which includes every Believer, should continue to pay Tithes to this Priesthood [namely Christ, i.e., “His Work”], since it has now replaced the Aaronic Priesthood); first being by interpretation King of Righteousness (Melchisedec was a Type, and, thereby, meant to portray the True “King of Righteousness,” the Lord Jesus Christ), and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of Peace (Jesus is also the “Prince of Peace,” once again of which Melchisedec was a Type [Isa. 9:6]); 3 Without father, without mother (only means there was no record made of the name of his father, his mother, or any of his posterity), without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life (means the Holy Spirit intended Melchisedec to be without genealogy, in order that he may serve as the Type); but made like unto the Son of God (actually says, “to be likened to the Son of God”); abideth a Priest continually. (This refers to Christ of Whom Melchisedec was a Type.) 4 Now consider how great this man was (the Text plainly tells us here that Melchisedec was a man, not an Angel, etc., as taught by some), unto whom even the Patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. (By use of the word “Patriarch” regarding Abraham, we know this speaks of Abraham’s position as “Father of the Faithful.” As well, we are told here how the standard is set as it regards the financing of the Work of God on Earth.) 5 And verily they who are of the sons of Levi (proclaims the Apostle now showing the difference between Law and Grace, and that the former is vastly inferior to the latter), who receive the Office of the Priesthood (specifying those of the Tribe of Levi who were Priests; all were not! only the sons of Aaron were), have a commandment to take Tithes of the people according to the Law, that is, of their Brethren (refers to the fact that the people were to pay Tithes to the Priesthood under the old Mosaic economy), though they come out of the loins of Abraham (the Jews were fond of boasting that they had Abraham as their father, meaning they were his descendants; so, using him as an example, Paul proves that the Aaronic system was much inferior to the Order of Melchisedec, or else Abraham would not have paid Tithes to this man): 6 But he (Melchisedec) whose descent is not counted from them (from Israel) received Tithes of Abraham, and blessed him who had the Promises. (This proclaims the fact that Melchisedec blessed Abraham, despite the fact that it was Abraham to whom the great Promises of God had been given. The only way one could be greater than Abraham is that he would be a Type of Christ, which Melchisedec was.) 7 And without all contradiction (means that what he is saying cannot be contradicted) the less (Abraham) is blessed of the better (Melchisedec, who was a Type of Christ; this has Paul saying that Christ is better than any other system, and is the only One Who can properly Bless). 8 And here men who die receive Tithes (refers to the Levitical Priesthood, which, in fact, was still being carried on at the time Paul wrote these words); but there he receives them (refers back to the Passage in Genesis where Melchisedec is recorded as having received Tithes), of whom it is witnessed that he lives. (This refers to the Eternal Priesthood of Christ, of which Melchisedec was the Type.) 9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receives Tithes (because Tithes were paid to Levi, i.e., “the Priestly Order,” in no way means this was the superior Order), paid Tithes in Abraham. (This struck a telling blow in Paul’s argument regarding the superiority of the Priestly Order of Melchisedec. If Abraham paid Tithes to Melchisedec [which he was instructed by the Lord to do], and Abraham is the father of the Jewish people [meaning Levi was in his loins], then Levi also paid Tithes to Melchisedec. This placed the whole of the Jewish system as second to that of Christ.) 10 For he (Levi) was yet in the loins of his father (Abraham), when Melchisedec met him. (This makes the New Covenant better than the Old, which is the argument of the Book of Hebrews.)

CHRIST’S PRIESTHOOD
11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical Priesthood (in effect, says this was not the case), (for under it the people received the Law,) (This proclaims the fact that if the Levitical Priesthood [which was a part of the Law] was changed, which it was, then the Law had to be changed also.) what further need was there that another Priest should rise after the Order of Melchisedec (since the Levitical Priesthood brought nothing to completion, not merely another Priest was needed, but another Priest of a different kind altogether), and not be called after the Order of Aaron? (This presents the fact that the Order of Aaron must give way to the Order of Melchisedec, a better Priesthood, which it was always meant to do.) 12 For the Priesthood being changed (refers to the Priestly Order of Aaron now being abrogated to make way for the original Priesthood that preceded it, which, in effect, had predicted this very thing), there is made of necessity a change also of the Law. (The connection between the Priesthood and the Law means a change in one involves a change in the other.) 13 For He (Christ) of Whom these things are spoken pertains to another Tribe (Christ was not of the Tribe of Levi, from which all Levitical Priests had to come, but rather was of the Tribe of Judah), of which no man gave attendance at the Altar. (This carries the obvious meaning that none of the Tribe of Judah officiated at the Altar, as it pertained to the Sacrifices, that being the domain of the Levites exclusively.) 14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah (presents a fact that was not questioned, even by the most ardent of the enemies of our Lord); of which Tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning Priesthood. (The Tribe of Judah had nothing to do with the Priesthood, and the Priesthood had nothing to do with the Tribe of Judah.) 15 And it is yet far more evident (something plainly obvious, which speaks here of the Priesthood of Christ): for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there arises another Priest (refers to the necessity of such, and that God had chosen Melchisedec to be the Type of Christ), 16 Who (the Lord Jesus) is made (made a High Priest through His Atoning Sacrifice of Himself), not after the Law of a carnal commandment (the idea is that the Levitical Priesthood was weak and frail, due to man’s frailty of which it was made, and, thereby, needed a replacement), but after the power of an endless life. (This refers to Christ, Who was raised from the dead and lives forever, and will, thereby, be the “High Priest” forever.) 17 For He (God) testifies (Ps. 110:4), You (Christ) are a Priest forever after the Order of Melchisedec. (This Order of Priesthood was made in this way so that it might address the entirety of mankind, both Jews and Gentiles. The Levitical Priesthood only addressed the Jews.) 18 For there is verily a disannulling of the Commandment (presents the end of the Law, which was all done by Christ, and was intended all the time) going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. (This refers to the problems with the Old Law, and that it was of temporary character.) 19 For the Law (Law of Moses) made nothing perfect (the Law was a mirror which showed what man was, but had no power to change man), but the bringing in of a better hope did (refers to Christ and what He did for us at the Cross); by the which we draw near unto God. (The Law of Moses could not open the door to the Holy of Holies for all of mankind, but the Cross did!)

A BETTER SACRIFICE
20 And inasmuch as not without an oath (earthly Jewish Priests were not sworn in by an oath, simply because they were temporary) He (Christ) was made Priest (when Jesus was made a High Priest, God took an oath guaranteeing the unending character of His Priesthood): 21 (For those Priests were made without an oath (the Jewish Priests); but this (the Lord Jesus Christ) with an oath by Him (by God the Father) Who said unto Him (said unto Christ), The Lord sware and will not repent (means the Lord will not change His Mind), You are a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) (Ps. 110:4) 22 By so much was Jesus (proclaims the fact that all of Redemption is bound up totally and completely in Christ) made a surety (guarantee) of a better Testament (a better Covenant). 23 And they truly were many Priests (many Priests were needed under the Mosaic economy because the Sacrifices were vastly inferior), because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death (portrays the inferiority of the Old Jewish system): 24 But this Man (the Lord Jesus Christ), because He continues ever (proclaims the Priesthood of Christ as Eternal, while death was inevitable as it regarded the Aaronic Priests), has an unchangeable Priesthood. (This not only refers to that which is Eternal, but to that which will not change as far as its principle is concerned as well. The reason is the Finished Work of the Cross is an “Everlasting Covenant” [Heb. 13:20].) 25 Wherefore He (the Lord Jesus Christ) is able also to save them to the uttermost (proclaims the fact that Christ Alone has made the only true Atonement for sin; He did this at the Cross) who come unto God by Him (proclaims the only manner in which man can come to God), seeing He ever lives to make intercession for them. (His very Presence by the Right Hand of the Father guarantees such, with nothing else having to be done [Heb. 1:3].) 26 For such an High Priest became us (presents the fact that no one less exalted could have met the necessities of the human race), Who is Holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners (describes the spotless, pure, Perfect Character of the Son of God as our Great High Priest; as well, this tells us Christ did not become a sinner on the Cross, as some claim, but was rather the Sin-Offering), and made higher than the Heavens (refers to the fact that He is seated at the Right Hand of the Father, which is the most exalted position in Heaven or Earth); 27 Who needs not daily (refers to the daily Sacrifices offered by the Priests under the old Jewish economy), as those High Priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s (refers to the work of the Jewish High Priest on the Great Day of Atonement, which specified their unworthiness; Christ did not have to function accordingly): for this He did once, when He offered up Himself. (This refers to His Death on the Cross, which Atoned for all sin — past, present, and future, making no further Sacrifices necessary.) 28 For the Law (Law of Moses) makes men High Priests which have infirmity (refers to the fact that the system was imperfect because it depended on frail men); but the word of the oath (the Promise of God that He was going to institute a superior Priesthood, far superior to the old Levitical Order [Ps. 110:4]), which was since the Law (refers to the fact that the Oath was given some five hundred years before the Law was given to Moses), makes the Son (the Lord Jesus), Who is consecrated (means that He, and He Alone, can function in this capacity) for evermore. (This Covenant is perfect because the Son is Perfect, because what He did at the Cross is Perfect, which means it will never have to be replaced.)

Psalms 76:2 (KJV)
2 In Salem also is His Tabernacle, and His Dwelling Place in Zion. (“Salem” is Jerusalem. “Zion” is where the Tabernacle was located, near where the Temple would later be built. God then dwelt in the Tabernacle in the Holy of Holies, between the Mercy Seat and the Cherubim. Due to the Cross, He now dwells in the hearts and lives of Believers [I Cor. 3:16].)

1 Corinthians 3:16 (KJV)
16 Know you not that you are the Temple of God (where the Holy Spirit abides), and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? (That makes the Born-Again Believer His permanent Home.)

Psalms 122:3 (KJV)
3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together (this statement in abbreviated form exclaims the fact of Jerusalem’s tremendous troubles of the past, which are now over):

Genesis 14:18 (KJV)
18 And Melchizedek (this man appears on the scene, who is a King and a Priest and, above all, who is a Type of Christ [Ps. 110:4; Heb. 5:5-6]; some Scholars believe that Melchizedek could actually have been Shem, the son of Noah; Shem was alive at this time, and actually lived for about 60 years more; in fact, some think he died when Abraham was about 150 years of age; his name means, “King of Righteousness” and “King of Peace” [Heb. 7:2]) king of Salem (Jerusalem) brought forth bread and wine (the “bread and wine” symbolize the broken Body and shed Blood of our Lord, which was necessary for the Salvation of mankind [Mat. 26:29; Mk., Chpt. 14; Lk. 22:15; Rom. 8:21]): and he was the Priest of the Most High God. (Melchizedek, as a Priest, symbolized the coming Christ, Who is our Great High Priest [Heb. 7:15-17]. David prophesied, about a thousand years after Abraham, “The Lord has sworn, and will not repent, You [Christ] are a Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek” [Ps. 110:4]. Abraham is here introduced to God by a different name than he had previously known, “El Elyon,” meaning “Most High God.”)

Genesis 14:14-15 (KJV)
14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

Isaiah 9:6 (KJV)
6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the Government shall be upon His Shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (This glorious Promise pertains not only to the First Advent, but to the Second Advent, as well. The pronoun “us” refers to Israel. From the Seed of Abraham, which spawned the Jewish people, and hence ultimately the Messiah, the greatest Promise of all time would finally be fulfilled. The phrase, “Government on His Shoulder,” refers to the coming Kingdom Age, when Christ will rule and reign over the entirety of the Earth [Dan. 7:13-14; I Cor. 15:24-28; Rev. 11:15; 20:4-10].)

Daniel 7:13-14 (KJV)
THE SECOND ADVENT OF THE MESSIAH
13 I saw in the night Visions, and, behold, One like the Son of Man came with the clouds of Heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. (This “One like the Son of Man” is “The Lord Jesus Christ.” We have here the Trinity represented: God the Father, i.e., “the Ancient of Days,” “The Son of Man,” Who, as stated, is Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, Who inspired this.) 14 And there was given Him Dominion, and Glory, and a Kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His Dominion is an Everlasting Dominion, which shall not pass away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (This Verse corresponds with 2:35. This Kingdom of Righteousness will begin immediately after the Second Coming, with Christ as its Supreme and Eternal Head.)

1 Corinthians 15:24-28 (KJV)
24 Then comes the end (does not refer to the time immediately following the Rapture or even the Second Coming, but rather to when all Satanic rule and authority have been put down, which will take place at the conclusion of the Millennial Reign [Rev., Chpt. 20]), when He (Jesus) shall have delivered up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. (He will have put down all of Satan’s rule, etc.; the means of which were made possible by the Cross and the Resurrection.) 25 For He (Jesus) must reign (refers to the 1,000 year reign of Christ on Earth after He returns), till He has put all enemies under His Feet (the subjugation of all evil powers, which will take place at the conclusion of the Millennial Reign [Rev., Chpt. 20]). 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed (abolished) is death (Death is the result of sin [Rom. 6:23], and the Cross addressed all sin. After the Resurrection, when all Saints are given glorified bodies, it will be impossible to sin. Even during the Millennial Reign, sin will still be in the world, but not in the Glorified Saints. It will be eradicated when Satan and all his fallen angels and demons spirits, plus all people who followed him, are cast into the Lake of Fire, where they will remain forever [Rev., Chpt. 20]. Death will then be no more.) 27 For He has put all things under His feet. (God the Father has put all things under the Feet of Jesus.) But when He said all things are put under Him, it is manifest that He is excepted, which did put all things under Him. (This has reference to the fact that “all things” do not include God the Father being made subject to Jesus. God is excepted, as should be obvious.) 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto Him (implies that in Paul’s day, this total dominion had not yet been exercised and, in fact, has not done so unto this present hour; but the time will come when it definitely shall be, which will be at the close of the Millennial Reign), then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him Who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. (There will be no trace of evil left anywhere in the Universe.)

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 forever 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 20:4-10 (KJV)
THE MILLENNIUM
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 who 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, the Resurrection of the Just and the Resurrection of the Unjust, will be separated by 1,000 years). 6 Blessed and Holy is he who has 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 has 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.)

SATAN
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, and 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 who 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 forever 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].)

Psalms 110:4 (KJV)
4 The LORD has sworn, and will not repent, You are a Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. (This is addressed in Heb. 5:6 and 6:20. Christ is the Eternal Priest. The Priestly “Order of Melchizedek” was different from the Levitical or the Aaronic Priesthood. The Melchizedek Order was eternal, with the Aaronic Order being temporary [Gen. 14:17–20].)

Hebrews 5:6 (KJV)
6 As He said also in another place (Ps. 110:4), You are a Priest forever after the order of Melchisedec. (This is the distinguishing characteristic of this order of Priesthood, and proclaims it as an Eternal One.)

Hebrews 6:20 (KJV)
20 Whither the Forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus (presents the imagery of the Great Day of Atonement, when the High Priest entered the most Holy Place on behalf of the people; all of that was a Type of Christ, Who has entered the Holiest for us), made an High Priest forever after the order of Melchisedec. (This presents Christ as not in the line of Aaron, but another Order altogether. The old Levitical Order had an ending. This Order has no ending. Christ is an Eternal High Priest.)

Genesis 14:17-20 (KJV)
MELCHIZEDEK
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him (Abraham) after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale. (As we shall see here, there is no time so dangerous to the Christian as the morrow after a great spiritual victory.) 18 And Melchizedek (this man appears on the scene, who is a King and a Priest and, above all, who is a Type of Christ [Ps. 110:4; Heb. 5:5-6]; some Scholars believe that Melchizedek could actually have been Shem, the son of Noah; Shem was alive at this time, and actually lived for about 60 years more; in fact, some think he died when Abraham was about 150 years of age; his name means, “King of Righteousness” and “King of Peace” [Heb. 7:2]) king of Salem (Jerusalem) brought forth bread and wine (the “bread and wine” symbolize the broken Body and shed Blood of our Lord, which was necessary for the Salvation of mankind [Mat. 26:29; Mk., Chpt. 14; Lk. 22:15; Rom. 8:21]): and he was the Priest of the Most High God. (Melchizedek, as a Priest, symbolized the coming Christ, Who is our Great High Priest [Heb. 7:15-17]. David prophesied, about a thousand years after Abraham, “The Lord has sworn, and will not repent, You [Christ] are a Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek” [Ps. 110:4]. Abraham is here introduced to God by a different name than he had previously known, “El Elyon,” meaning “Most High God.”) 19 And he (Melchizedek) blessed him (Abraham), and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, Possessor of heaven and Earth: (Melchizedek blessing Abraham means that the standing of Melchizedek was greater than that of Abraham. The reason? Melchizedek was a Type of Christ [Heb. 7:4, 7].) 20 And blessed be the Most High God, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand. (We find here that Melchizedek did not come forth when Abraham was in pursuit of Chedorlaomer, but when the king of Sodom was in pursuit of Abraham. This makes a great moral difference. Mackintosh says: “A deeper character of communion was needed to meet the deeper character of conflict.”) And he gave him tithes of all. (This is the first time that “tithes” are mentioned in Scripture. It refers to a tenth part. Abraham paid tithe to Melchizedek, who was a Type of Christ; consequently, Abraham’s children, which make up the Church presently, are to continue to pay tithe to those carrying out the Work of God.)

Hebrews 1:3 (KJV)
3 Who being the brightness of His Glory (the radiance of God’s Glory), and the express Image of His Person (the exact reproduction), and upholding all things by the Word of His Power (carries the meaning of Jesus not only sustaining the weight of the universe, but also maintaining its coherence and carrying on its development), when He had by Himself purged our sins (which He did at the Cross, dealing with sin regarding its cause, its power, and its guilt), sat down on the Right Hand of the Majesty on high (speaks of the Finished Work of Christ, and that the Sacrifice was accepted by the Father);