Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 4 ( UNBELIEF) Bible Study

Bible Study For 9/20/2014

Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 4 ( UNBELIEF) Bible Study

[Note to Blog Readers:Expositor’s Notes are in Bold Italic Font]

We will be Live on Skype This Saturday and would love to invite you all to join us, as we go through the Word of God. Times and dates subject to change,if you wish to join us. If you have me on Facebook? Inbox me. We will have discussions about what we have read and any other questions, about God, the Bible, or questions about life issues, are all welcome. God is here for you and so are we. Lets get started.

Hebrews 4:1-16 (KJV)

UNBELIEF 

1 Let us (modern Believers) therefore fear (refers to the fact that Salvation can be lost if the Believer ceases to believe), lest, a Promise being left us of entering into His rest (the Promise of Salvation), any of you should seem to come short of it. (This proves it is possible for such to be done, which means the loss of the soul.) 2 For unto us was the Gospel Preached, as well as unto them (there is only one Gospel, and that is “Jesus Christ and Him Crucified”): but the Word preached did not profit them (if the Cross is abandoned as the Object of Faith, Christ will profit no one anything [Gal. 5:2]), not being mixed with Faith in them who heard it. (The Israelites had Faith, but not in the right object. It must be Faith in Christ and the Cross, or it’s not valid Faith.) 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest (proclaims unequivocally that Faith is the key, but let it be understood that it’s Faith in Christ and the Cross), as He said, As I have sworn in My wrath, if they shall enter into My rest (the condition is Faith): although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. (This refers to this great Plan of Salvation through Christ and the Cross having been formulated even before the world was created [I Pet. 1:18-20].) 4 For He (God) spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise (Gen. 2:3), And God did rest the seventh day from all His Works. (God ceased from the Work of Creation simply because the Creation was finished.) 5 And in this place again (Ps. 95:7-11), If they shall enter into My rest (conditions are to be met). 6 Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein (speaks of the New Covenant and the Church), and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief (proclaims from Verse 2 that the Israelites of Old had the same Gospel preached unto them as we do, but to no avail): 7 Again, He (God) limited a certain day (proclaims in no uncertain terms that even though the Call of God is unlimited, the opportunity to accept that Call is definitely limited), saying in David, Today, after so long a time (the Holy Spirit said “today” then, and He is continuing to say “today” at present, referring to the fact that tomorrow may be too late); as it is said, Today if you will hear His Voice, harden not your hearts (once again refers to unbelief). 8 For if Jesus (should have been translated, “Joshua”) had given them Rest (refers to the fact that even though Joshua was able to lead Israel into the land of Canaan by the Power of the Holy Spirit, this was only a symbol of the True Rest which was to come, namely the Lord Jesus Christ), then would He (God) not afterward have spoken of another day (meaning the Law could not bring about what was desired, but definitely did point to that which was to come, namely the Lord Jesus Christ). 9 There remains (what the Law couldn’t do, Christ would do) therefore a Rest to the People of God. (This is found only in Christ and through what He did at the Cross, to which everything in the Old Testament pointed.) 10 For he who is entered into His (God’s) Rest (due to what Christ did at the Cross, anyone can enter into this “Rest”), he also has ceased from his own works (we enter in by Faith, which refers to Faith in Christ and what He did at the Cross), as God did from His. (God rested on the seventh day when Creation was finished. And we can Rest in Christ because the Plan of Redemption is finished, of which God’s Rest was a type.) 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that Rest (could be translated, “let us hasten therefore to enter into that Rest”), lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. (This tells us that the root cause of the “fall” of any Believer is unbelief, and it refers to unbelief in the Cross, which was the True Mission of Christ.) 12 For the Word of God is quick (alive), and powerful (active, energizing), and sharper than any two-edged sword (refers to the ability of the Word of God to “probe”), piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow (doesn’t mean the dividing asunder of soul from spirit or joints from marrow, but rather that the Word of God pierces the soul and the spirit, adequately proclaiming what man ought to be and can only be in Christ; as well, the Word of God portrays to us the Holy Spirit and His Power, and proclaims the fact that He Alone can “quicken our mortal bodies” [Rom. 8:11], which refers to giving us power to yield this physical body to that which is Righteous [Rom. 6:12-13]), and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (carries the idea of “sifting out and analyzing evidence”). 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight (refers to God as the Creator of all things): but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do (to Whom we must give account).

HIGH PRIEST 

14 Seeing then that we have a Great High Priest (Christ acts on our behalf to God), Who is passed into the Heavens (has to do with a legal process), Jesus the Son of God (presents the fact that Jesus is not only man, but is God as well), let us hold fast our profession. (Let us hold fast to Christ and the Cross, which was necessary for our Lord to be our High Priest.) 15 For we have not an High Priest Who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities (being Very Man as well as Very God, He can do such); but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin (His temptation, and ours as well, was to leave the prescribed Will of God, which is the Word of God; but He never did, not even one time.) 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the Throne of Grace (presents the Seat of Divine Power, and yet the Source of boundless Grace), that we may obtain Mercy (presents that which we want first), and find Grace to help in time of need (refers to the Goodness of God extended to all who come, and during any “time of need”; all made possible by the Cross).

Galatians 5:2 (KJV)

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.)

1 Peter 1:18-20 (KJV)

18 Forasmuch as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold (presents the fact that the most precious commodities [silver and gold] could not redeem fallen man), from your vain conversation (vain lifestyle) received by tradition from your fathers (speaks of original sin that is passed on from father to child at conception);

THE CROSS 

19 But with the Precious Blood of Christ (presents the payment, which proclaims the poured out Life of Christ on behalf of sinners), as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot (speaks of the lambs offered as substitutes in the Old Jewish economy; the Death of Christ was not an execution or assassination, but rather a Sacrifice; the Offering of Himself presented a Perfect Sacrifice, for He was Perfect in every respect [Ex. 12:5]): 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world (refers to the fact that God, in His Omniscience, knew He would create man, man would fall, and man would be redeemed by Christ going to the Cross; this was all done before the Universe was created; this means the Cross of Christ is the Foundation Doctrine of all Doctrine, referring to the fact that all Doctrine must be built upon that Foundation, or else it is specious), but was manifest in these last times for you (refers to the invisible God Who, in the Person of the Son, was made visible to human eyesight by assuming a human body and human limitations),

Exodus 12:5 (KJV)

5 Your lamb shall be without blemish (Christ was without blemish, Who the lamb represented, “holy, harmless, undefiled” — a “lamb without spot” [I Pet. 1:19]), a male of the first year (meant to portray the virile manhood of Christ; in other words, He didn’t die in the throes of old age, but rather in the prime of manhood): you shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats (the “goats” then represented were different from our goats presently; then they were very similar to the sheep, actually, with their long flowing mane, even more beautiful than the sheep):

Genesis 2:3 (KJV)

3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His Work which God created and made (the Sabbath, or seventh day, or Saturday, the last day of the week, is meant by God to be a Type of the Salvation Rest which one finds in Christ; that’s the reason it was a part of the Ten Commandments).

Psalms 95:7-11 (KJV)

7 For He is our God; and we are the people of His Pasture, and the sheep of His Hand. Today if you will hear His Voice (this Passage is quoted in Hebrews 3:7–11 and 4:7; what a privilege to say, “He is our God” and that “we are the people of His Pasture”; as well, the expression, “the sheep of His Hand,” refers to our being made by Him; it has a far greater meaning than if a shepherd purchases sheep; in this instance, it means that God created the sheep — “the sheep of His Hand”; accordingly, we are admonished to “hear His Voice,” the voice of the Shepherd), 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness (the wilderness was a proving time for Israel; regrettably, they failed!): 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. (Israel tempted the Lord in the wilderness, and refused to believe, even though they “saw His Work.”) 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people who do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways (Israel challenged God to provide a table for them in the desert and, when it was provided, declared that Pharaoh’s was better, so they desired to appoint a captain to return to Egypt! [Num. 14:3–4]): 11 Unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. (The greatest sin of all just may be the sin of faithlessness. The entire fabric of the Plan of God demands Faith. Men forsake God because they don’t believe God. In the Wilderness, Israel showed unbelief. They died because of that unbelief and “could not enter into God’s rest.”)

Numbers 14:3-4 (KJV)

3 And wherefore has the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? (God is now blamed, whereas before they had only blamed Moses and Aaron.) 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. (Pulpit says, “Nothing less than an entire and deliberate revolt was involved in the wish to elect a captain for themselves, for the Lord was the Captain of this host [Josh. 5:14-15]. The proposal to depose Him, and to choose another in His place, marked the extremity of the unbelief, and the ingratitude of the people.”)

Joshua 5:14-15 (KJV)

14 And He (the Lord) said, No; but as Captain of the Host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto Him, What says my Lord unto His servant? (Joshua then recognized Him as the Lord. Concerning this, Williams says, “An absolute condition of victory is full surrender to Christ as Lord. He must be accepted as Captain, be permitted to plan, and be fully obeyed.”) 15 And the Captain of the LORD’s Host said unto Joshua, Loose your shoe from off your foot; for the place whereon you stand is Holy. And Joshua did so. (The demand that the shoes be removed from Joshua’s feet, and the removal of those shoes, guaranteed that He Who now spoke to Joshua was a Divine Person, actually, as stated, a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ. The removal of the shoes in essence indicated that Joshua was giving up all ownership and leadership, thereby giving Christ total control. We have four steps to victory here: 

1. The death of self — Circumcision; 

2. Testimony to the Blood of the Lamb — Passover; 

3. Feeding on the Word of God — old corn of the land; and, 

4. Subjection to Christ as Lord — pulling off the shoes.)

Romans 8:11 (KJV)

11 But if the Spirit (Holy Spirit) of Him (from God) Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you (and He definitely does), He Who raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies (give us power in our mortal bodies that we might live a victorious life) by His Spirit Who dwells in you (we have the same Power in us, through the Spirit, that raised Christ from the dead, and is available to us only on the premise of the Cross and our Faith in that Sacrifice).

Romans 6:12-13 (KJV)

SANCTIFICATION 

12 Let not sin (the sin nature) therefore reign (rule) in your mortal body (showing that the sin nature can once again rule in the heart and life of the Believer, if the Believer doesn’t constantly look to Christ and the Cross; the “mortal body” is neutral, which means it can be used for Righteousness or unrighteousness), that you should obey it in the lusts thereof (ungodly lusts are carried out through the mortal body, if Faith is not maintained in the Cross [I Cor. 1:17-18]). 13 Neither yield you your members (of your mortal body) as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin (the sin nature): but yield yourselves unto God (we are to yield ourselves to Christ and the Cross; that alone guarantees Victory over the sin nature), as those who are alive from the dead (we have been raised with Christ in “Newness of Life”), and your members as instruments of Righteousness unto God (this can be done only by virtue of the Cross and our Faith in that Finished Work, and Faith which continues in that Finished Work from day-to-day [Lk. 9:23-24]).

1 Corinthians 1:17-18 (KJV)

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

WISDOM 

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.)

Luke 9:23-24 (KJV)

DISCIPLESHIP 

23 And He said to them all, If any man will come after Me (the criteria for Discipleship), let him deny himself (not asceticism as many think, but rather that one denies one’s own willpower, self-will, strength, and ability, depending totally on Christ), and take up his cross (the benefits of the Cross, looking exclusively to what Jesus did there to meet our every need) daily (this is so important, our looking to the Cross; that we must renew our Faith in what Christ has done for us, even on a daily basis, for Satan will ever try to move us away from the Cross as the Object of our Faith, which always spells disaster), and follow Me (Christ can be followed only by the Believer looking to the Cross, understanding what it accomplished, and by that means alone [Rom. 6:3-5, 11, 14; 8:1-2, 11; I Cor. 1:17-18, 21, 23; 2:2; Gal. 6:14; Eph. 2:13-18; Col. 2:14-15]). 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it (try to live one’s life outside of Christ and the Cross): but whosoever will lose his life for My Sake, the same shall save it (when we place our Faith entirely in Christ and the Cross, looking exclusively to Him, we have just found “more Abundant Life” [Jn. 10:10]).

John 10:10 (KJV)

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

I can tell you who will not make it to Heaven, due to souls who don’t Believe in Jesus Christ and the Cross. First would be the Atheist’s, they do not Believe in God at all and in Jesus Christ, whom is God. They will be going to hell for “UNBELIEF”.

I know that I probably get a lot of grief for this, but the Truth has to be told, but it will set you free.

The Morman’s will be going to hell, for believing in other things, which would reject Jesus Christ and the Cross. I will give you an example of what they believe. 

1. What Do Mormons Believe: Life After Death. The Mormon church maintains that although there is temporary punishment for those that are most wicked, Jesus Christ will establish a new kingdom that will consist of three levels: the celestial kingdom, the terrestrial kingdom, and the telestial kingdom. 

2. What Do Mormons Believe: The Nature of Jesus Christ

The Mormon church views Jesus and Satan as spirit brothers and sons of God.5 God put forth His plan of salvation for the world, and Satan proposed his own plan. Jesus accepted the Father's plan and offered to implement it as the Savior.6 The Father chose Jesus, and the spirit of Jesus was given a body through the virgin Mary.7 He was crucified on a Roman cross, and rose from the dead three days later to establish His deity. The character and life of Jesus is attainable by anyone who performs at such a righteous level. 

3. They don’t only use a Bible, but they use a Morman book.

All that I listed, is only a few examples of what will send them to hell and using another book that is not of God and believing in it, is sin and will keep them out of Heaven. The Book they need, is the Holy Bible, the King James. They Believe in other things, which rejects Jesus Christ and the Cross. What about the Catholic’s? What are the few examples of their false Belief’s?

1. The Roman Catholic Church claim to have power over the Bible and authority to change it when they see fit.

2. The Roman Catholic Church teach that the Priests literally bring down Christ Jesus into the bread and wine of Mass. "It is by the conversion of the bread and wine into Christ's body and blood that Christ BECOMES PRESENT in this sacrament ... By the consecration the transubstantiation of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ is brought about. Under the consecrated species of bread and wine Christ himself, living and glorious, is present in a true, real and substantial manner ... In this divine sacrifice which is celebrated in the Mass, the SAME Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross IS CONTAINED and offered in an unbloody manner." 

3. The Roman Catholic Church teach that all sins MUST be confessed to a Catholic Priest.

"One who desires to obtain reconciliation with God and with the Church, must confess to a priest ... Confession to a priest is an essential part of the sacrament of Penance."

Everything mentioned in the Catholic Beliefs, will send them to hell, especially with number 3, you Only need to confess to Jesus Christ, whom is God, all of your sins to Him and He will forgive those with an sincere heart.

Church of Christ. 1. They Believe in Baptismo Regeneration, which is Works and a sin. They Believe that you have to be Baptized by Water, to be Saved. 

HEAR

BELIEVE

REPENT

CONFESS

BAPTISM (uh oh! This is damnable heresy!)

Water baptism is NOT required for Biblical salvation!

Faith in Christ ALONE equals salvation!

Faith in Christ PLUS anything equals hell!

2. They use false bibles, like the N.I.V. which I call, the hiv, they do not use the True Gospel, the King James, which is the Only Bible in the world. Anything that is printed after the King James, is nothing more than a paraphraze and false doctrines.

3. I think there was enough said.

One more, then we will move on. What about the Seventh-Day Adventist?

1. Adventists Teach Salvation by Works! "In article 9 (of 'What Seventh-Day Adventists Believe'), it says, 'that those who are truly converted and love God will diligently study, and give heed to, His Word.'  And they give eight Scripture references and none of them say anything like that.  The simple truth is that people who are converted do not always 'diligently study' the Bible and do not always obey it in many matters.  This is a part of the doctrine of salvation by works which they teach, and that one may keep saved by keeping on working." 'Those who accept the Saviour, however sincere their conversion, should never be taught to say or to feel that they are saved.  This is misleading.  Every one should be taught to cherish hope and faith; but even when we give ourselves to Christ and know that He accepts us, we are not beyond the reach of temptation ... Only he who endures the trial will receive the crown of life."

2. Baptismal Regeneration

3. Seventh-Day Adventists Condemn Themselves by Their Own Words!

WHAT ADVENTISM TEACHES: The SDA doctrine of salvation documented. Consider carefully the following Seventh-day Adventist statements relative to salvation. While professing to uphold salvation by grace alone through faith alone, they actually redefine this contrary to Apostolic revelation. The result is a false gospel that subtly mixes grace and law.

There are so many more to warn you about, but we will stop here.

Each one listed up above, is in “Danger” of going to hell, unless each one turns away from false doctrines and turn to the King James Bible and Believes in Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified. That is the Only way of being Baptized by the Holy Ghost and to be Saved, Works will not cut it. Each one listed, equals “UNBELIEF”, of Jesus Christ, the Cross and in Him Crucified.

Unbelief, takes the person out of the hands of God and becomes unsaved and will lose their Salvation. You must make the Cross the Object of your Faith and belief and of what Jesus Christ did at the Cross, in order to be Saved, anything other than that, is sin.

If you desire to come to God and get Saved? All you need to do is to accept Jesus Christ into your heart and Believe in Him, in the Cross and Him Crucified and you will be Saved and guaranteed Salvation in Heaven, no Works needed, due to the fact that Jesus Christ already did the Works, there is only Rest for you, when you enter the presents of God, the Holy Ghost.

Come and repent to God and deny yourselves at the Cross and give all your worry’s, all your troubles, all your stress, all your anxieties, all your sins, all your weaknesses, anything that is troubling you and God will give you rest. All your fears of any kind, will be gone. Where God is, Satan cannot and never will be. You will feel and be safe, in the Arms of God Almighty.

If you wish to be Saved, or maybe you are Saved and you just want to be sure your Heaven Bound? Then say this Prayer out loud, repeat it a million of times, if you need to. When you read this, you must Believe what you are reading, because if you don’t, then you will be reading it in vein and God will not hear or answer you. You should always Pray, with a sincere heart unto our Lord God and He will Save you. Saying this Prayer will not Save you, unless you Believe in what you have read.

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

If you have Prayed this Prayer with an sincere heart and meant it, then Congratulations, you are now Saved and Heaven bound. With your Belief and Faith, you are now in the Hands of God and Saved, by the Blood of Jesus Christ, past, present and future sins are gone. The only person who can take you out of the Hands of God, is you, which is done by UNBELIEF. Jesus Christ Practiced Repenting of sins, every hour, on the hour, it would be great if you practiced the same.That way, your sins will remain covered. God Bless my Friends.

Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 3 (Moses) Bible Study

Bible Study for 9/13/2014

Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 3 (Moses) Bible Study

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Not all meeting house’s have God present in their congregation, during Worship time and is facing a life of death in hell, due to the fact that many has rejected Jesus Christ and the Cross. The Word of Faith movement has slipped into the walls and behind the Pulpit, now Satan resides behind it, in many Meeting House’s today and will be rejected from entering in God’s Kingdom. Those who Preaches on the Word of Faith doctrine, rejects Jesus Christ and the Cross and they are no better than Israel of the old. Everything was maid by God and for God and so were you. We have buildings, house’s, meeting House’s, Cars, Computers and so on, that was built by hands and of man, unless they are reborn Again Christian and give God all the credit for what they have built, then it would be built by God and not man. What is Zach talking about here? I tried to explain this to other people in person and they couldn't understand it either, because they are not quite right with God. Everything was spoken into existence by God, meaning that He built this planet and produced everything in and on it and that includes you. We are built by God, for God and that is it. Those who rejects this Truth, is of Satan and things that is built by a sinner, who has rejected Jesus Christ and the Cross, is maid by man and not of God. Another words, if the reborn again Christian, whom is Saved by God’s Grace and not of Works, things that are built by the Christian, is built by God, through the Temple of God, which is of the Christian. The Christian’s body, is the instrument and the Temple of God, better known as the real Church, and are the Servant’s of the Lord, whom is our God. The Meeting house’s who does not Preach about Jesus Christ and of the Cross, is Preaching and Teaching of unbelief and are not Saved, that is very dangerous and deadly to the souls, of those who are practicing and living by unbelief. Why do you think God has been telling me to warn you all about false doctrines, about false bibles and false religions? It’s because they are not of God and is no better than how Israel is, because they did the samething, they rejected Jesus Christ and the Cross. I think at this point, we should get started in this Bible Study and allow the Gospel tell you, through the Word of God. Lets get started.

Hebrews 3:1-19 (KJV)
MOSES
1 Wherefore, Holy Brethren, partakers of the Heavenly Calling (pertains to all Believers), consider the Apostle (presents the only time Christ is referred to as an “Apostle”) and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus (among the Jews, the High Priest was also considered to be the Apostle of God; consequently, the two Apostles are now compared, the High Priest of Israel and Christ Jesus); 2 Who was faithful to Him Who appointed Him (should read, “Christ was faithful to God Who appointed Him as Apostle and High Priest”), as also Moses was faithful in all his house. (This presents the Holy Spirit through Paul handling Moses delicately; however, there are vast differences in the two.) 3 For this Man (Christ Jesus) was counted worthy of more glory than Moses (finds Paul proclaiming the humanity of Christ, by which measurement he compares Moses), inasmuch as He (God) Who has built the house has more honour than the house. (This proclaims the fact that the Lord built the House of Israel.) 4 For every house is built by some man (presents the fact that even though men are the instruments used by God, they are, in fact, only instruments); but He Who built all things is God. (Christ, although humbling Himself to the likeness of sinful flesh, is still the Builder of all things, which means He is far greater than Moses [Jn. 1:1-3].) 5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant (proclaims the position of the great Lawgiver as it relates to God), for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after (pertained to Moses and the entirety of the Law with all its ceremonies, etc., all pointing to Christ and the Cross, Who was to come); 6 But Christ as a Son over His Own house (presents a clear distinction made between the Old Testament House of God and the New Testament House); Whose house are we (refers to the Church), if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end (if we keep our confidence in Christ and the Cross).

ISRAEL
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Spirit says (Ps. 95:7-11), Today if you will hear His Voice (presents words which were originally a warning to Israel not to provoke God, lest they be excluded from the “rest” He had promised them; this same warning is now given to Christians), 8 Harden not your hearts (as Israel hardened their hearts against God in the wilderness, it is likewise possible for modern Christians to do the same), as in the provocation (Israel provoked God), in the day of temptation in the wilderness (the Lord didn’t tempt Israel, they tempted Him!): 9 When your fathers tempted Me (they tempted God through unbelief and rebellion), proved Me (registered unbelief toward God), and saw My works forty years. (The proof was all around them regarding the miracle-working Power of God that was exhibited daily, even for forty years, but they still wouldn’t believe.) 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation (and because of their unbelief), and said, They do always err in their heart (proclaims the seat of obedience or disobedience); and they have not known My Ways. (They could have known, but had no desire to know.) 11 So I swore in My wrath (is figurative, and denotes a determined purpose), They shall not enter into My rest. (This refers here to a particular “rest,” which pertained to the land of Canaan, but was undoubtedly regarded as emblematic of the “rest” afforded by Salvation.) 12 Take heed, Brethren (proclaims Paul warning Believers by the examples of Israel’s failures in the wilderness), lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief (the Greek order of words is, “a heart evil with reference to unbelief”), in departing from the Living God. (As stated, the problem is unbelief, and in modern terminology it refers to unbelief in Christ and the Cross.) 13 But exhort one another daily (proclaims a constant frequency, which means the preacher should preach the Cross, and do so constantly), while it is called today (it must be done today; in other words, start now talking and speaking about the Cross, which is the only answer [I Cor. 1:17; Gal. 6:14]); lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. (This actually says, “the deceitfulness of the sin,” which refers to a rejection of the Sacrifice of Christ.) 14 For we are made partakers of Christ (refers to Rom. 6:3-5), if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end (if our confidence remains steadfast in Christ and the Cross); 15 While it is said, Today if you will hear His Voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation (Vss. 7-8). 16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke (should have been translated, “For who when they had heard did provoke”; all did except Joshua and Caleb [Num. 14:6-9]): howbeit not all who came out of Egypt by Moses. (This should have been translated, “Was it not all who came out of Egypt through Moses?”) 17 But with whom was He grieved forty years? (This refers to God’s wrath continuing simply because their unbelief continued.) was it not with them who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? (Unbelief caused the deaths of approximately two million people.) 18 And to whom swore He that they should not enter into His rest, but to them who believed not? (They lost everything because of unbelief, and the modern Church is doing the same, which is the very reason that Paul wrote this Epistle.) 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief (and if the modern Believer registers unbelief toward Christ and the Cross, the results will be the same as it was with Israel of Old).

John 1:1-3 (KJV)
1 In the beginning (does not infer that Christ as God had a beginning, because as God He had no beginning, but rather refers to the time of Creation [Gen. 1:1]) was the Word (the Holy Spirit through John describes Jesus as “the Eternal Logos”), and the Word was with God (“was in relationship with God,” and expresses the idea of the Trinity), and the Word was God (meaning that He did not cease to be God during the Incarnation; He “was” and “is” God from eternity past to eternity future). 2 The same was in the beginning with God (this very Person was in eternity with God; there’s only one God, but manifested in three Persons — God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit). 3 All things were made by Him (all things came into being through Him; it refers to every item of Creation one by one, rather than all things regarded in totality); and without Him was not any thing made that was made (nothing, not even one single thing, was made independently of His cooperation and volition).

Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
1 In the beginning (refers to the beginning of creation, or at least the creation as it refers to this universe; God, unformed, unmade, uncreated, had no beginning; He always was, always is, and always shall be) God (the phrase, “In the beginning God,” explains the first cause of all things as it regards creation) created the heaven and the Earth (could be translated “the heavens and the Earth” because God created the entirety of the universe).

Psalms 95:7-11 (KJV)
7 For He is our God; and we are the people of His Pasture, and the sheep of His Hand. Today if you will hear His Voice (this Passage is quoted in Hebrews 3:7–11 and 4:7; what a privilege to say, “He is our God” and that “we are the people of His Pasture”; as well, the expression, “the sheep of His Hand,” refers to our being made by Him; it has a far greater meaning than if a shepherd purchases sheep; in this instance, it means that God created the sheep — “the sheep of His Hand”; accordingly, we are admonished to “hear His Voice,” the voice of the Shepherd), 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness (the wilderness was a proving time for Israel; regrettably, they failed!): 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. (Israel tempted the Lord in the wilderness, and refused to believe, even though they “saw His Work.”) 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people who do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways (Israel challenged God to provide a table for them in the desert and, when it was provided, declared that Pharaoh’s was better, so they desired to appoint a captain to return to Egypt! [Num. 14:3–4]): 11 Unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. (The greatest sin of all just may be the sin of faithlessness. The entire fabric of the Plan of God demands Faith. Men forsake God because they don’t believe God. In the Wilderness, Israel showed unbelief. They died because of that unbelief and “could not enter into God’s rest.”)

Numbers 14:3-4 (KJV)
3 And wherefore has the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? (God is now blamed, whereas before they had only blamed Moses and Aaron.) 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. (Pulpit says, “Nothing less than an entire and deliberate revolt was involved in the wish to elect a captain for themselves, for the Lord was the Captain of this host [Josh. 5:14-15]. The proposal to depose Him, and to choose another in His place, marked the extremity of the unbelief, and the ingratitude of the people.”)

Joshua 5:14-15 (KJV)
14 And He (the Lord) said, No; but as Captain of the Host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto Him, What says my Lord unto His servant? (Joshua then recognized Him as the Lord. Concerning this, Williams says, “An absolute condition of victory is full surrender to Christ as Lord. He must be accepted as Captain, be permitted to plan, and be fully obeyed.”) 15 And the Captain of the LORD’s Host said unto Joshua, Loose your shoe from off your foot; for the place whereon you stand is Holy. And Joshua did so. (The demand that the shoes be removed from Joshua’s feet, and the removal of those shoes, guaranteed that He Who now spoke to Joshua was a Divine Person, actually, as stated, a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ. The removal of the shoes in essence indicated that Joshua was giving up all ownership and leadership, thereby giving Christ total control. We have four steps to victory here: 

1. The death of self — Circumcision; 

2. Testimony to the Blood of the Lamb — Passover; 

3. Feeding on the Word of God — old corn of the land; and, 

4. Subjection to Christ as Lord — pulling off the shoes.)

1 Corinthians 1:17 (KJV)
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize (presents to us a Cardinal Truth), but to preach the Gospel (the manner in which one may be Saved from sin): not with wisdom of words (intellectualism is not the Gospel), lest the Cross of Christ should be made of none effect. (This tells us in no uncertain terms that the Cross of Christ must always be the emphasis of the Message.)

Galatians 6:14 (KJV)
14 But God forbid that I should glory (boast), save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ (what the opponents of Paul sought to escape at the price of insincerity is the Apostle’s only basis of exultation), by Whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. (The only way we can overcome the world, and I mean the only way, is by placing our Faith exclusively in the Cross of Christ and keeping it there.)

Romans 6:3-5 (KJV) [Note to Readers refer back to the Romans Chapter 6 Study for corresponding Scriptures]
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):

Numbers 14:6-9 (KJV)
JOSHUA AND CALEB
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them who searched the land, rent their clothes (the “tearing of their clothes” was meant to serve as a symbol unto the people of the extremity of the situation, hoping to turn them around): 7 And they spoke unto all the company of the Children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. 8 If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear you the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. (“If the Lord be with us, who can be against us?”)

If you have found the Lord Jesus as your Savior, after reading this Study, then congratulations, God is for you and who can be against you?, No one. You are now in the Present’s of the Lord and all you need to do is to, Accept Him with Belief, into your heart and believe in what Jesus Christ did at the Cross at Calvary, you then will be Saved and Heaven Bound. Who can take you out of the Hands of God and of His Loving Grace, no one. Once that you have been Converted to being a reborn again Christian, you are guaranteed Salvation in Heaven, through Belief and of Faith. Lets close in a Word of Prayer and we will continue next week, with the next Chapter in Hebrews.

SERMON ABOUT SEEKER SENSITIVE PEOPLE Produced by God, presented through His vessel, by Zach and through God’s Word, The King James Expositor Study Bible

Lets get Started by reading from the Word of God.

2 Tomothy 4:3-5 For the time will come when they will not endure sound Doctrine (“sound Doctrine” pertains to overriding principles: the Salvation of the sinner, and the Sanctification of the Saint; the Cross is the answer for both, and is the only answer for both); but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears (refers to the people who have ears that “itch” for the smooth and comfortable word, and are willing to reward handsomely the man who is sufficiently compromising to speak it; hearers of this type have rejected the Truth and prefer to hear the lie); 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the Truth (those who follow false teachers not only turn away their ears from the Truth, but see to it that the ears are always in a position such that they will never come in contact with the Truth), and shall be turned unto fables. (If it’s not the “Message of the Cross,” then it is “fables” [I Cor. 1:18].) 5 But watch thou in all things (carries the idea of watching one’s own life, Ministry, and the Doctrine which we are proclaiming), endure afflictions (carries the idea of not allowing hardships, difficulties, or troubles to hinder one’s carrying forth of one’s Ministry; it is a sharp command given with military snap and curtness; Wuest says, “How we in the Ministry of the Word need that injunction today. What a ’softy’ we sometimes are, afraid to come out clearly in our proclamation of the Truth and our stand as to false doctrine, fearing the ostracism of our fellows, the Ecclesiastical displeasure of religious leaders so-called, or even the cutting off of our immediate financial income.” [“I would rather walk a lonely road with Jesus than be in a crowd, without His fellowship”]), do the work of an Evangelist (keep trying to get people Saved), make full proof of your Ministry (does it match up with the Word of God?). 1Corithians 1:18, adding verse 19. 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.) 19 For it is written (Isa. 29:14), I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent (speaks to those who are wise in their own eyes, in effect, having forsaken the Ways of the Lord). Isaiah 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. (The idea of the Passage is that despite the unbelief of men, God’s Work would nevertheless be carried out. While it is true that the unbelief would cause millions to die eternally lost, still, some would accept. Those who accept will receive Eternal Life.)

Many of you have become fools to the Truth of God’s Holy Word, due to reading and listening to false doctrines, which comes from false teachers, false networks and so called pastors and you know who they are, I have posted warnings about them and the sad part of it is, most of you failed to listen. False prophets, and pastors will not be in Heaven when they die, unless they turn away from the false teachings and start Preaching on the Truth and about Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified, and they are leading others to hell, because when they hear sound Doctrine, they reject it and don’t want the Truth. They want to hear what will allow them to continue to live in sin and think that they will still be Saved, even though they are still living in sin and think that there is nothing wrong with it. Not every Book out there is the True Word of God and many of you are Spiritually Blind, due to false doctrine. God’s Word is very clear about exposing false doctrine and have nothing to do with the unrighteous. Here, take a look for yourselves; God will destroy those who thinks that they are wise in their false teachings, they will not be Saved and neither will those who chooses to follow them. Lets read some more on this;

FALSE PROPHETS AND DECEPTIONS Matthew 7:15-18 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves (“beware of false prophets” is said in the sternest of measures! there will be and are false prophets, and are some of Satan’s greatest weapons). 16 You shall know them by their fruits (this is the test as given by Christ as it regards identification of false prophets and false apostles). Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? (It is impossible for false doctrine, generated by false prophets, to bring forth good fruit.) 17 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit (the good fruit is Christlikeness, while the evil fruit is self-likeness). 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit (the “good tree” is the Cross, while the “corrupt tree” pertains to all of that which is other than the Cross).

This world has been deceived by Satan’s greatest weapon and many of you has become fools to the Truth and now its behind the Pulpits, in our local meeting houses, not all, but in some. Becareful who you listen too, not all of them are Preaching and Teaching the True Gospel of Jesus Christ and what He did at the Cross and not even Preaching the True Salvation, that saves the sinners souls. We have every right to stand up for the True Gospel of Jesus Christ. We will be mocked and spit upon and people will try to convict the Christian for Judging wrong, but I don’t care. I am looking for toes to step on. You can mock me, persecute me, or even kill me and hate me for telling you the Truth, but hey, that means that you hate Jesus Christ, whom is God, by the way, The sinners hated God, back in the day when He was here on earth as Jesus Christ, first. I’m not ashamed of the Word of God and in fact, if you don’t have God in your heart and life and if your not Living fully for God, you then will be rejected by God and sent to hell, because you, have rejected Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified, which means that you have rejected God and accepted Satan has your father and god. your fathers will, the sinner will do. I wish this was good news for you seeker sensitive people, but your not going to get a cushioned Sermon when the Truth is preached here. Tbn is leading billions to hell. They have fired several pastors from their programming, due to the fact that they started to Preach sound doctrine from the True Gospel of Jesus Christ. That's why many of them are no longer on that station. Tbn wants preachers who will preach lies upon lies. I have shared the Truth on facebook about it, but many of you, wants to hear lies and live in darkness of Satan and reject the Truth, when its told to you. Shame on you, hell will be the final eternal place, and when these false teachers, will be at for all eternity, when they die and anyone who is ignorant to the True Word of God, that is following these false prophets, will be joining them when they die as well. Yes, God is a Loving and forgiving God, but He will not tolerate sins of the world. God sends no one to hell, people sends themselves to hell, by not Obeying the Word of God, which is by living in any sin, that is in this world. You must be Born again through Jesus Christ, You must Believe and have Faith in Him and in what He did at the Cross. Heaven is Guaranteed to those who are Born again and having a Relationship with Him and by Believing and having Faith. You can’t be friends with Satan and expect to be Saved and go to Heaven. You must deny yourselves at the Cross, which means that you are dead in sin but, then you become Alive in Jesus Christ and Saved. You must give up your sinful lifestyles, which can only be done by and Through, Jesus Christ and the Power of the Holy Ghost and not of yourselves. I will never, ever, sugarcoat the Word of God, Tbn is doing a great job of that. Closing Scriptures.

JESUS John 14:6-11 6 Jesus said unto Him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life (proclaims in no uncertain terms exactly Who and What Jesus is): no man comes unto the Father, but by Me (He declares positively that this idea of God as Father, this approach to God for every man is through Him — through what He is and what He has done). 7 If you had known Me, you should have known My Father also (means, “If you had learned to know me spiritually and experientially, you should have known that I and the Father are One,” i.e., One in essence and unity, and not in number): and from Henceforth you know Him, and have seen Him (when one truly sees Jesus, one truly sees the Father; as stated, they are “One” in essence). 8 Philip said unto Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us (like Philip, all, at least for the most part, want to see God, but the far greater majority reject the only manner and way to see Him, which is through Jesus). 9 Jesus said unto Him, Have I been so long with you, and yet have you not known Me, Philip? (Reynolds says, “There is no right understanding of Jesus Christ until the Father is actually seen in Him.”) He who has seen Me has seen the Father (presents the very embodiment of Who and What the Messiah would be; if we want to know what God is like, we need only look at the Son); and how do you say then, Show us the Father? 10 Do you believe not that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? (The key is “believing.”)the words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself (the words which came out of the mouth of the Master are, in fact, those of the Heavenly Father): but the Father who dwells in Me, He does the works (the Father does such through the Holy Spirit). 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me (once again places Faith as the vehicle and Jesus as the Object): or else believe Me for the very works’ sake (presents a level which should be obvious to all, and includes present observation as well).

Jesus Christ and the Father, God, resides in me. I am Saved and Heaven Bound, Glory to God. Why not you? Amen

Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 2 (COVENANT) Bible Study

Bible Study For 9/6/2014
Study of the Book of Hebrews Chapter 2 (COVENANT) Bible Study

[Note to Blog Readers: Expositor Notes Are in Bold Italic Font]

People in this world who are not Saved, which be the ones who has rejected the Cross as their only means of Salvation, is in grave danger of losing their souls in hell, for all eternity, if they don’t turn back to God and repent. Friends, we were put here for one reason and that is to Praise, Edify, to Glorify God and that is it. God owns the born again Believers and will be Saved and guaranteed Heaven. You who are living in sin has no rights to do so, because, you were not given life to be that way. Our Lives is not ours to do whatever that pleases the flesh. This Life and world belongs to God and is the resurrected Life of Jesus Christ, because He dwells in us and we are to live a Holy Life that is Pleasing to God, that is what this life is about. Those who are living unholy lives here on God’s world, is setting themselves up for a life in hell, for all eternity, by the sinful lifestyles that all of you have chosen to live. Satan is your father and his will you will do. For those who are born again, will do has their Father will do. Our Father is God Almighty. Most of the human race will be living in hell and will not Heed these Warnings, from the Word of God. Since this Life, the body that your living in, belongs to God, why destroy it? There is going to be awful consequences that you will be facing either with God or with Satan, in hell. Give God’s Breath back, give His Life back, you are only borrowing it for a short season. The soul that God gave you to live, belongs to Him and not you. We are just the renters and God is the Land Lord of all. If you destroy it by satan’s schemes, God then will have to destroy you. We Pray and hope that after this Study, that you will surrender from your selfish way of living and come back to God and give up the whole life of sin and repent to God, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, be Baptized by the Holy Ghost and get Saved. Lets get Started in the Word of God.

Hebrews 2:1-18 (KJV)
(Covenant)
1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard (actually refers to the New Testament Message of the Cross), lest at any time we should let them slip. (In the Greek Text, it carries the idea of a ring slipping from a finger. Regrettably, the Church presently has let the Message of the Cross slip and, as a result, the Church hardly knows where it’s been, where it is, or where it’s going.) 2 For if the word spoken by Angels was stedfast (actually refers to the Law of Moses, which had many Angels in attendance), and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward (sin is either addressed at the Cross, or else it is addressed in Judgment; so, each person has a choice); 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great Salvation (if we neglect the Cross, we have destroyed ourselves); which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord (announced by Christ when He said, “repent: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand” [Mat. 4:17]), and was confirmed unto us by them who heard Him (confirmed by healings and miracles which were witnessed by the original Twelve, plus untold numbers of others); 4 God also bearing them witness (presents the highest evidence of all, actually that which is absolutely indisputable), both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles (which began with Christ, and continued on through His Apostles), and Gifts of the Holy Spirit (has to do with those listed in I Cor. 12:8-10), according to His Own Will? (These things were the Will of God then, and are the Will of God now!)

REDEMPTION
5 For unto the Angels has He not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. (The Lord hasn’t given the Angels dominion and rulership as He has Christ.) 6 But one in a certain place testified, saying (Ps. 8:4-6), What is man, that You are mindful of him? (This delves into the reason God has given man so much notice.) or the son of man, that You visit him? (This refers to looking upon in order to help or benefit. This clearly indicates the “son of man” spoken of here is the human race and not Christ.) 7 You made him a little lower than the Angels (should have been translated, “You made him a little lower than the Godhead”; the Hebrew word translated “Angels” is “Elohim” which means “God,” and should have been translated accordingly); You crowned him with glory and honour (proclaims that which was never said of Angels), and did set him over the works of Your hands (some of that dominion is retained despite the Fall; however, as would be obvious, much has been lost; but to be sure, it has all been regained in Christ, and will ultimately be realized in Christ): 8 You have put all things in subjection under his feet. (This speaks of Adam before the Fall, but more particularly it speaks of Christ and what He did at the Cross on our behalf.) For in that He (God) put all in subjection under him (man), He (God) left nothing that is not put under him. (Once again speaks of the original Adam, but more than all speaks of the “Last Adam,” the Lord Jesus Christ.) But now we see not yet all things put under him. (Due to the Fall, we do not now see what was originally intended for man, but through Christ it will ultimately be seen.) 9 But we see Jesus, Who was made a little lower than the Angels (the Incarnation) for the suffering of death (unequivocally proclaims the fact that Jesus came to this world for one specific purpose — to die upon a Cross, which was planned even before the foundation of the world [I Pet. 1:18-20]), crowned with glory and honour (the mission was accomplished, and now Christ is exalted); that He by the Grace of God should taste death for every man. (This proclaims the fact that He needed the Grace of God to accomplish this task, because He was a man, “the Man, Christ Jesus.”) 10 For it became Him (refers to God’s Way, as it concerns the Redemption of mankind), for Whom are all things (God is the final reason for all things), and by Whom are all things (through Whose agency), in bringing many sons unto Glory (speaks of the Divine Purpose), to make the Captain of their Salvation perfect through sufferings. (This carries the idea that Christ had to suffer the Cross in order to bring about Redemption for humanity.) 11 For both He Who Sanctifies and they who are Sanctified are all of One (of Christ): for which cause He is not ashamed to call them Brethren (refers to the fact that Jesus became one of us, but only in the sense of humanity, not in the sense of sin), 12 Saying, I will declare Your Name unto My Brethren ([Ps. 22:22] meaning that Christ will declare the Name of God to all the Brethren, in effect, owning them), in the midst of the Church will I sing praise unto You. (Christ will praise God because of this great Victory, which has brought many sons into the Kingdom, all made possible by the Cross.) 13 And again (II Sam. 22:3), I will put My trust in Him. (Christ puts His Trust totally in God.) And again (Isa. 8:18), Behold I and the Children which God has given Me. (The Cross makes it possible for us to become a Child of God.) 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood (refers to the fact that this Creation has a human, not Angelic, nature), He (Jesus) also Himself likewise took part of the same (the Incarnation, God becoming man); that through death (the Cross) He (Jesus) might destroy him (Satan) who had the power of death, that is, the Devil (the wages of sin is death, which speaks of separation from God; Jesus atoned for all sin at the Cross, thereby removing the cause of spiritual death, at least for all who will believe [Jn.3:16]); 15 And deliver them (speaks of mankind held in captivity by Satan) who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (It has been well said that the two terrors from which none but Christ can deliver men are guilt of sin and fear of death. The latter is the offspring of the former.) 16 For verily He took not on Him the nature of Angels (Christ did not come to be the Saviour of fallen Angels; they are of another creation); but He took on Him the seed of Abraham. (This refers to His Humanity, which He became and was the manner in which Redemption would be brought about.) 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made like unto His Brethren (refers to our Lord laying hold of the human race for the purpose of saving those who would accept Salvation by Faith), that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God (as our High Priest, He is our Representative to God, which He could be by becoming a Man and going to the Cross as well, which He did), to make reconciliation for the sins of the people (to make an atoning Sacrifice in order to regain the favor and goodwill of God on behalf of the human race). 18 For in that He Himself has suffered being tempted (in His Incarnation as the last Adam, our Lord was put to the test, and was also solicited to do evil [Mat. 4:1-11]), He is able to succour them who are tempted. (The Cross alone is the answer to temptation and sin. We overcome temptation by placing our Faith strictly in Christ and the Cross, which is the only way it can be overcome, thus giving the Holy Spirit latitude to strengthen us, as He always stands ready to do [Rom. 8:2, 11].)

Matthew 4:17 (KJV)
17 From that time (the move to Capernaum) Jesus began to preach (the major method of the proclamation of the Gospel), and to say, Repent (beginning His Ministry, the first word used by Christ, as recorded by Matthew, was “Repent”): for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand (the Kingdom from Heaven, headed up by Christ, for the purpose of reestablishing the Kingdom of God over the Earth; the Kingdom was rejected by Israel).

1 Corinthians 12:8-10 (KJV)
8 For to one is given by the Spirit (proclaims the Holy Spirit as being the One Who carries out the instructions of Christ, relative to who gets what) the Word of Wisdom (pertains to information concerning the future, whether of people, places, or things); to another the Word of Knowledge (concerns the past or the present, relative to persons, places, or things; it is to be noted that it’s “the Word of,” which means a small amount) by the same Spirit (it is the Holy Spirit Who functions in all of these Gifts); 9 To another Faith (special Faith) by the same Spirit; to another the Gifts of Healing (prayer for the sick) by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of Miracles (extraordinary things); to another Prophecy (this is for “edification, exhortation, and comfort [I Cor. 14:3]”; this has nothing to do with the Office of the Prophet); to another discerning of spirits (whether the Spirit of God, human spirits, or evil spirits); to another divers kinds of Tongues (meant to be interpreted); to another the interpretation of Tongues:

1 Corinthians 14:3 (KJV)
3 But he who Prophesies (speaks of the sixth Gift of the Spirit [I Cor. 12:8-10]) speaks unto men (the opposite of Tongues, which speaks unto God) to Edification (builds up), and Exhortation (to implore), and Comfort (consolation).

Psalms 8:4-6 (KJV)
4 What is man, that You are mindful of him? and the son of man, that You visit him? (God became man and went to Calvary in order to redeem fallen humanity. The price that was paid for that Redemption proclaims to us the worth of man, which, in fact, is God’s highest Creation.) 5 For You have made him a little lower than the Angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor (the Hebrew word “Elohim” here translated “Angels” should have been translated “God” or “Godhead,” for that’s what the word actually means; there is no place in the Old Testament where “Elohim” means “Angels”; this means that man was originally created higher than the Angels, and through Christ will be restored to that lofty position [Rom. 8:14–17]). 6 You made him to have dominion over the works of Your Hands; You have put all things under His Feet (in their fullness, these words given here are only true of the God-Man, Jesus Christ [Mat. 28:18]; Christ has been exalted to a place higher than Angels or any other being except the Father; redeemed man is to be raised up to that exalted position with Him [Eph. 2:6–7]):

Romans 8:14-17 (KJV)
DELIVERANCE
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God (the Spirit will always lead us to the Cross), they are the Sons of God (we live as Sons of God, which refers to total Victory within every respect of our lives; if the sin nature is dominating a person, he certainly isn’t living as a son of God). 15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage (to try to live after a system of works and laws will only succeed in placing one in “bondage”) again to fear (such living creates a perpetual climate of fear in the heart of such a Believer); but you have received the Spirit of Adoption (the Holy Spirit has adopted us into the Family of God), whereby we cry, Abba, Father (the Holy Spirit enables the Child of God to call God “Father,” which is done so because of Jesus Christ). 16 The Spirit itself (Himself) bears witness with our spirit (means that He is constantly speaking and witnessing certain things to us), that we are the Children of God (meaning that we are such now, and should enjoy all the privileges of such; we can do so if we will understand that all these privileges come to us from God, by the means of the Cross): 17 And if children (Children of God), then heirs (a privilege); heirs of God (the highest enrichment of all), and joint-heirs with Christ (everything that belongs to Christ belongs to us through the Cross, which was done for us); if so be that we suffer with Him (doesn’t pertain to mere suffering, but rather suffering “with Him,” referring to His Suffering at the Cross, which brought us total Victory), that we may be also glorified together (He has been glorified, and we shall be glorified; all made possible by the Cross).

Matthew 28:18 (KJV)
THE GREAT COMMISSION
18 And Jesus came and spoke unto them (the same meeting on the mountain, and constitutes the Great Commission), saying, All power is given unto Me in Heaven and in Earth (this is not given to Him as Son of God; for, as God nothing can be added to Him or taken from Him; it is rather a power, which He has merited by His Incarnation and His death at Calvary on the Cross [Phil. 2:8-10]; this authority extends not only over men, so that He governs and protects the Church, disposes human events, controls hearts and opinions; but the forces of Heaven also are at His Command; the Holy Spirit is bestowed by Him, and the Angels are in His employ as ministering to the members of His Body. When He said, “all power,” He meant, “all power!”).

Philippians 2:8-10 (KJV)
8 And being found in fashion as a man (denotes Christ in men’s eyes), He humbled Himself (He was brought low, but willingly), and became obedient unto death (does not mean He became obedient to death; He was always the Master of Death; rather, He subjected Himself to death), even the death of the Cross. (This presents the character of His Death as one of disgrace and degradation, which was necessary for men to be redeemed. This type of death alone would pay the terrible sin debt, and do so in totality.) 9 Wherefore God also has highly exalted Him (to a place of supreme Majesty; Jesus has always been Creator, but now He is Saviour as well), and given Him a Name which is above every name (actually says, “The Name,” referring to a specific Name and Title; that Name, as Verse 11 proclaims, is “Lord”): 10 That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow (in the sphere of the Name, which refers to all it entails; all of this is a result of the Cross, the price paid there, and the Redemption consequently afforded), of things in Heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth (all Creation will render homage, whether animate or inanimate);

Ephesians 2:6-7 (KJV)
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): 7 That in the ages to come (in the ages that are coming, one upon another, unending) He might show the exceeding riches of His Grace (presents the Believer’s golden age is always future, never past) in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. (God is able to show us kindness only through the Cross. The Bible Student must realize the Cross is the oldest Doctrine in the Bible [I Pet. 1:18-20], and is, in fact, the Foundation on which all Doctrine must be built.)

1 Peter 1:18-20 (KJV)
REDEMPTION
18 Forasmuch as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold (presents the fact that the most precious commodities [silver and gold] could not redeem fallen man), from your vain conversation (vain lifestyle) received by tradition from your fathers (speaks of original sin that is passed on from father to child at conception);

THE CROSS
19 But with the Precious Blood of Christ (presents the payment, which proclaims the poured out Life of Christ on behalf of sinners), as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot (speaks of the lambs offered as substitutes in the Old Jewish economy; the Death of Christ was not an execution or assassination, but rather a Sacrifice; the Offering of Himself presented a Perfect Sacrifice, for He was Perfect in every respect [Ex. 12:5]): 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world (refers to the fact that God, in His Omniscience, knew He would create man, man would fall, and man would be redeemed by Christ going to the Cross; this was all done before the Universe was created; this means the Cross of Christ is the Foundation Doctrine of all Doctrine, referring to the fact that all Doctrine must be built upon that Foundation, or else it is specious), but was manifest in these last times for you (refers to the invisible God Who, in the Person of the Son, was made visible to human eyesight by assuming a human body and human limitations),

Exodus 12:5 (KJV)
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish (Christ was without blemish, Who the lamb represented, “holy, harmless, undefiled” — a “lamb without spot” [I Pet. 1:19]), a male of the first year (meant to portray the virile manhood of Christ; in other words, He didn’t die in the throes of old age, but rather in the prime of manhood): you shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats (the “goats” then represented were different from our goats presently; then they were very similar to the sheep, actually, with their long flowing mane, even more beautiful than the sheep):

Psalms 22:22 (KJV)
22 I will declare Your name unto My brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise You. (Verses 1 through 21 present to us the sufferings of the Messiah, while Verses 22 through 31 present to us the Exaltation and Glory of the Messiah. We are to declare His Name all over the world, and praise Him for what He has done in redeeming man.)

2 Samuel 22:3 (KJV)
3 The God of my rock; in Him will I trust: He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; You save me from violence (“Rock” suggests an immovable might; it is often used for God’s Glory as being the Strength and Protection of His People; the “shield,” of course, is for defense, while the “horn” is for attack; the “high tower” signifies a place of refuge, which saves the blessed one from the violence of his enemies).

Isaiah 8:18 (KJV)
18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, Who dwells in Mount Zion. (The phrase, “from the LORD of Hosts, Who dwells in Mount Zion,” means that God had not left Zion. The Shechinah still rested between the Cherubim and the Holy of Holies. While this is so, God is still with His People — “Immanuel.” Sadly, Judah took little advantage of the Glory and Grace that were in their midst.)

John 3:16 (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world (presents the God kind of love), that He gave His Only Begotten Son (gave Him up to the Cross, for that’s what it took to redeem humanity), that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life.

Matthew 4:1-11 (KJV)
THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS IN THE WILDERNESS
1 Then (immediately after the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Him) was Jesus led up (urgently led) of the Spirit (Holy Spirit) into the wilderness (probably close to Jericho) to be tempted of the Devil (as the Last Adam, He would be tempted in all points like as we are [Heb.4:15; I Cor. 15:21-22, 45, 47]). 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward hungry (other than Christ, three men in the Bible fasted forty days and forty nights: Moses [Deut. 9:9, 18, 25; 10:10], Joshua [Ex. 24:13-18; 32:15-17], and Elijah [I Ki. 19:7-8]). 3 And when the tempter (Satan) came to Him, he said, If You be the Son of God (since You are the Son of God), command that these stones be made bread (Christ was tempted to use His Power for His Own benefit, which He was to never do). 4 But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of the Mouth of God ([Deut. 8:3]; man is a spiritual being as well as a physical being; therefore, dependent on God). 5 Then the Devil took Him up (a powerful force) into the Holy City (Jerusalem), and set Him on a pinnacle of the Temple (its highest point, which Josephus stated, was about 700 feet from the ravine below), 6 And said unto Him, If You be the Son of God (since You are the Son of God), cast Yourself down (literally spoken): for it is written, He shall give His Angels charge concerning You: and in their hands they shall bear You up, lest at any time You dash Your foot against a stone (derived from Psalms 91:11-12). 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, you shall not tempt the Lord your God ([Deut. 6:16]; to tempt God is to question His Word, which casts doubt on His ability to do what He has promised). 8 Again (the third temptation), the Devil took Him up into an exceeding high mountain (not definitely known, but probably Nebo), and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them (showed them to Him, not in a physical sense, but rather in a spiritual sense); 9 And said unto Him, All these things will I give You, if You will fall down and worship me (the temptation was that Christ abrogate the Cross, through which He would regain all things). 10 Then said Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan (presents Christ for the first time Personally addressing Satan): for it is written, you shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve (Satan desires that mankind worship and serve him; we are to worship and serve the Lord Alone). 11 Then the Devil left Him (“departed from Him for a season,” meaning that there would be other temptations [Lk. 4:13]), and, behold, Angels came and ministered unto Him (in what manner they ministered, we aren’t told).

1 Corinthians 15:21-22,45,47 (KJV)
21 For since by man came death (refers to Adam and the Fall in the Garden of Eden, and speaks of spiritual death, separation from God), by Man came also the Resurrection of the dead. (This refers to the Lord Jesus Christ Who Atoned for all sin, thereby, making it possible for man to be united once again with God, which guarantees the Resurrection.) 22 For as in Adam all die (spiritual death, separation from God), even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (In the first man, all died. In the Second Man, all shall be made alive, at least all who will believe [Jn.3:16].)

NECESSITY
45 And so it is written (Gen. 2:7), The first man Adam was made a living soul (the natural body); the last Adam (Christ) was made a quickening Spirit. (The word “last” is used. No other will ever be needed. “Quickening” refers to making all alive who trust Him.) 47 The first man (Adam) is of the earth, earthy (materialistic): the Second Man (Christ) is the Lord from Heaven (a vast difference between the “first man” and the “Second Man”).

Genesis 2:7 (KJV)
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground (proclaims the physical body made of clay), and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (the “breath of life,” which comes from God, pertains to the soul and spirit of man; this was done with the first man, Adam, God breathing the soul and the spirit into man, and thereafter it comes automatically at conception); and man became a living soul (man is a soul, has a spirit, both which reside in the physical body; the soul addresses the body; the spirit addresses God; the physical body addresses the world).

Romans 8:2, 11 (KJV)
2 For the Law (that which we are about to give is a Law of God, devised by the Godhead in eternity past [I Pet. 1:18-20]; this Law, in fact, is “God’s Prescribed Order of Victory”) of the Spirit (Holy Spirit, i.e., “the way the Spirit works”) of Life (all life comes from Christ, but through the Holy Spirit [Jn. 16:13-14]) in Christ Jesus (any time Paul uses this term or one of its derivatives, he is, without fail, referring to what Christ did at the Cross, which makes this “life” possible) has made me free (given me total Victory) from the Law of Sin and Death (these are the two most powerful Laws in the Universe; the “Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus” alone is stronger than the “Law of Sin and Death”; this means that if the Believer attempts to live for God by any manner other than Faith in Christ and the Cross, he is doomed to failure).  11 But if the Spirit (Holy Spirit) of Him (from God) Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you (and He definitely does), He Who raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies (give us power in our mortal bodies that we might live a victorious life) by His Spirit Who dwells in you (we have the same Power in us, through the Spirit, that raised Christ from the dead, and is available to us only on the premise of the Cross and our Faith in that Sacrifice).

Deuteronomy 9:9, 18, 25 (KJV)
9 When I was gone up into the Mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the Covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the Mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which you sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger.
25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said He would destroy you.

Deuteronomy 10:10 (KJV)
10 And I stayed in the Mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy you.

Exodus 24:13-18 (KJV)
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the Mount of God. (Evidently, Moses was instructed by the Lord to take Joshua with him. It is doubtful that Joshua was able to go into the very Presence of God as did Moses; nevertheless, he at least went part way, and evidently stayed the entirety of the time, because we find him coming down with Moses, when, some forty days later, Moses descended from the mountain [32:17].) 14 And he (Moses) said unto the Elders (70 men), Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them (the latter two were left in charge). 15 And Moses went up into the Mount, and a Cloud covered the Mount. (Evidently, Moses stopped when he arrived at the Cloud.) 16 And the Glory of the LORD abode upon Mount Sinai, and the Cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day He called unto Moses out of the midst of the Cloud. (Moses evidently waited until the Lord called him.) 17 And the sight of the Glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the Mount in the eyes of the Children of Israel. (It looked like the entirety of the top of the Mountain was on fire, with this being seen by all of the Children of Israel.) 18 And Moses went into the midst of the Cloud (Joshua stayed at the edge of the Cloud, and did not go further), and got him up into the Mount: and Moses was in the Mount forty days and forty nights (without food or water; so the Lord had to miraculously sustain him).

Exodus 32:15-17 (KJV)
MOSES
15 And Moses turned, and went down from the Mount, and the two Tables of the Testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written (the Ten Commandments, written by the “Finger of God” [31:18]). 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. (The Law began with the Judgment of God, even as all Law must begin with the Judgment of God.) 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. (It seems that Joshua has waited for Moses for the entirety of the 40 days and 40 nights. He did so about halfway down the mountain. He will now accompany Moses to the base of the Mountain.)

1 Kings 19:7-8 (KJV)
7 And the Angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for you. (This was a journey not ordained of God. In fact, it would be a round-trip of approximately 500 miles, all of it out of the Will of God. And yet, in this wayward journey, the Lord would never leave Elijah’s side. How many wayward trips have all of us taken? And yet the Lord never leaves us nor forsakes us. The fact is: every journey of fear is too great for us. The reason is: our energy is from the flesh and not the Spirit.)

ELIJAH GOES TO HOREB
8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the Mount of God. (Horeb was about 180 miles from where he had sat under a “juniper tree.” Evidently, the food prepared for him by the Angel was supernatural, and provided a supernatural strength.)

Deuteronomy 8:3 (KJV)
3 And He humbled you, and suffered you to hunger, and fed you with Manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that He might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the Mouth of the LORD does man live. (These very words were uttered by Christ to Satan regarding the temptation in the wilderness [Mat. 4:4]. Every “Word” in the Bible is important. We must as well understand that the Bible is the Word of God, which means that it doesn’t merely contain the Word of God.)

Psalms 91:11-12 (KJV)
11 For He shall give His Angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. (This shows how much Satan knows the Bible, but yet he still thinks he can circumvent the Word of God. Angels did constantly help Christ [Mat. 4:11; Lk. 4:10–11]. However, Satan corrupted the Scripture by omitting “in all your ways,” and inserting in its place “at any time.” The Messiah’s path through the desert of the Wilderness was one of dependence upon God. Satan’s effort in the temptation was to move Him to independence, but he failed. Christ walked a path of perfect submission, obedience, and dependence; likewise, all those who walk after Him in like dependence and faith can be assured of His Victory.) 12 They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone. (Satan attempted to get Christ to commit the sin of presumption, which means to twist the Word of God in order that it mean something that God did not intend.)

Luke 4:10-11 (KJV)
10 For it is written, He shall give His Angels charge over You, to keep You (a misquote from Psalms 91:11-12; the correct quotation is, “to keep you in all Your ways,” which refers to the “Ways of God”; protection is guaranteed under those circumstances, but not as Satan said): 11 And in their hands they shall bear You up, lest at any time You dash Your foot against a stone (Satan again misquoted the Text by adding the words “at any time,” which changes the meaning altogether; this tells us that Satan knows the Word very well, and to his own advantage subtly changes it to make it say something it originally did not say; as well, if one is to notice, Satan didn’t quote the Thirteenth Verse in the 91 st Psalm, for it predicts his destruction by the Lord Jesus Christ).

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