GOD’S LAW OF LIVING.

EXODUS 20, ROMANS CHAPTER 8 & CHAPTER 13

EXODUS 20

(1491 B.C.) 

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

1 And God spoke all these words, saying (the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai are the foundation of all law, at least law that is righteous, for the entire world; it is the moral Law of God and, as such, cannot change), 2 I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage (the Lord doesn’t appeal to the Israelites as Creator, even though He definitely was that; He appealed to them as their Deliverer; as a result, He was to be obeyed by His people from a sentiment of love, not by fear). 3 You shall have no other gods before Me (the manner in which this First Commandment is given indicates that each individual of the nation is addressed severally, and is required personally to obey the Law, a mere general national obedience being insufficient; this Commandment requires the worship of one God Alone, Jehovah; it implies, in point of fact, that there is no other God). 4 You shall not make unto yourself any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in Heaven above, or that is in the Earth beneath, or that is in the water under the Earth. 5 You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them who hate Me; 6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them who love Me, and keep My Commandments. (The prohibition intended here does not forbid the arts of sculpture, painting, photography, etc., or even to condemn the use of them, but to disallow the worship of God under material forms. Those who ignore this Commandment are guilty of the sin of idolatry. Also, many have tried to derive from Verse 5 that which they refer to as the “family curse”; however, let it be known and understood, every curse was addressed at the Cross of Calvary [Gal. 3:13-14]. As well, Jesus has perfectly kept all the Commandments, and all who trust Him, and what He did for us at the Cross, are participants of God’s gracious Mercy.) 7 You shall not take the Name of the Lord your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His Name in vain (taking the Name of the Lord in vain pertains to all blasphemy, all swearing, all perjury and, in fact, all irreverent use of God’s Name in ordinary life). 8 Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labour, and do all your work: 10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made Heaven and Earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath Day, and hallowed it. (The seventh day was not so much to be a day of worship, as we think of such now, but rather a day of “rest.” Even the very beasts, pressed into man’s service since the Fall, shall rest. All were to observe this day. Everything pertaining to the Law of Moses, in some way, spoke of Christ. The “Sabbath” was no exception. It was meant to portray the fact that there is “rest” in Christ and, in fact, that there is rest “only in Christ” [Mat. 11:28-30]. So, when a person presently accepts Christ, they are in effect keeping the Sabbath, which speaks of the “rest” that we have in Christ — rest from self-effort to attain unto Righteousness. Even though there was no written command by the Holy Spirit to do so, gradually we find Believers, during the time of the Early Church, as recorded in the Book of Acts, making Sunday, the first day of the week, the day of our Lord’s Resurrection, their day of worship, etc., which is different than the Sabbath of old, because Christ has fulfilled in totality the old Jewish Sabbath.) 12 Honour your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you (honoring the father and the mother sets the stage for the honoring of God; the first five Commandments have to do with man’s obligation toward God, while the last five have to do with his obligation toward his fellowman). 13 You shall not kill (should have been translated, “Thou shalt do no murder”; God, in His Holy Word, commands magistrates to put evil men to death [Rom. 13:4]; that is not murder; to “kill” and to “commit murder” are two different verbs in the Hebrew Text). 14 You shall not commit adultery (regarding this sin, both man and woman are placed in the same category; our duty toward our neighbor is to respect the bond on which the family is based, and that conjugal honor which to the true man is dearer than life; marriage, according to the original institution, makes the husband and wife “one flesh” [Gen. 2:24]; and to break in upon this sacramental union was at once a crime and a profanity; it is a sin against man and against God). 15 You shall not steal (as it regards our neighbor, we are to respect his property; we simply don’t take that which doesn’t belong to us). 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour (false witness is of two kinds, public and private; we may either seek to damage our neighbor by giving false evidence against him in a court of justice, or simply culminate him to others in our social intercourse with them). 17 You shall not covet your neighbour’s house, you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbour’s (covetousness addresses what causes the evil deed; this Commandment teaches men that there is One Who sees the heart; to Whose Eyes “all things are naked and open”; and Who cares far less for the outward act than the inward thought or motive from which the act proceeds). FEAR 18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off (the word “saw” in this Verse is a particular type of Hebrew verb which means “perceive, witness”; in other words, no one of the hundreds of thousands of the Children of Israel had any doubt as to what they had witnessed and experienced). 19 And they said unto Moses, You speak with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die (as powerful as was this manifestation, one far more powerful was yet to be manifested, and we speak of the coming of Christ, Who manifested the Father as He had not been manifested before). 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that His fear may be before your faces, that you sin not (the Lord manifesting Himself in this fashion was not meant to strike fear in the people, even though it definitely did that, but rather that the people would want to obey the Lord, because of His Almighty Power). 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was (the Cross made it possible for all who “stand afar off” to now “come near” [Rev. 22:17]). WORSHIP 22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus you shall say unto the Children of Israel, You have seen that I have talked with you from Heaven (the greatest Revelation yet!). 23 You shall not make with Me gods of silver, neither shall you make unto you gods of gold (no image was to be made of what they thought God looked like; even if made of silver or gold it would be grossly wrong). 24 An Altar of earth you shall make unto Me, and shall sacrifice thereon your Burnt Offerings, and your Peace Offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record My Name I will come unto you, and I will bless you. (The Altar pictures Christ and what He would do for us at the Cross. The earth pictured His humanity; the stone, His Deity; the shed blood of the animal sacrificed, His priceless Life sacrificed to put away sin and bring the sinner back to God [I Pet. 3:18]. All blessings come exclusively through the Cross, and no blessings come other than through the Cross, at least not from God.) 25 And if you will make Me an Altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone: for if you lift up your tool upon it, you have polluted it. (No tool was to embellish the Altar; it was perfect in its beauty to the eye of God. And such was, and is, Jesus. As well, one might seek to paint the lily or adorn the rose, as for man to attempt to add to the beauty of Him Who is altogether lovely. As well, man must not seek to add to Calvary, or take from Calvary, which the “tool” would do, and which it is doing in countless places at present.) 26 Neither shall you go up by steps unto My Altar, that your nakedness be not discovered thereon. (When man exalts himself above God, he only exposes his own moral nakedness. The Cross, of which the Altar was a Type, must not be changed in any way. If so, meaning if men try to picture or present Christ in another fashion rather than “Jesus Christ and Him Crucified” [I Cor. 1:23], they then find themselves with “another Jesus” [II Cor. 11:4]. Lifting up the tool upon the stone, desiring to make it into their own likes or dislikes, thereby pollutes the Message. This is the great sin of the modern Church.)

ROMANS CHAPTER 8

(A.D. 60) 

LIFE IN THE SPIRIT

1 There is therefore now no condemnation (guilt) to them which are in Christ Jesus (refers back to Rom. 6:3-5 and our being baptized into His Death, which speaks of the Crucifixion), who walk not after the flesh (depending on one’s personal strength and ability or great religious efforts in order to overcome sin), but after the Spirit (the Holy Spirit works exclusively within the legal confines of the Finished Work of Christ; our Faith in that Finished Work, i.e., “the Cross,” guarantees the help of the Holy Spirit, which guarantees Victory). 2 For the Law (that which we are about to give is a Law of God, devised by the Godhead in eternity past [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). 3 For what the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh (those under Law had only their willpower, which is woefully insufficient; so despite how hard they tried, they were unable to keep the Law then, and the same inability persists presently; any person who tries to live for God by a system of laws is doomed to failure, because the Holy Spirit will not function in that capacity), God sending His Own Son (refers to man’s helpless condition, unable to save himself and unable to keep even a simple Law and, therefore, in dire need of a Saviour) i n the likeness of sinful flesh (this means that Christ was really human, conformed in appearance to flesh which is characterized by sin, but yet sinless), and for sin (to atone for sin, to destroy its power, and to save and Sanctify its victims), condemned sin in the flesh (destroyed the power of sin by giving His Perfect Body as a Sacrifice for sin, which made it possible for sin to be defeated in our flesh; it was all through the Cross): 4 That the Righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us (the Law finding its full accomplishment in us can only be done by Faith in Christ, and what Christ has done for us at the Cross), who walk not after the flesh (not after our own strength and ability), but after the Spirit (the word “walk” refers to the manner in which we order our life; when we place our Faith in Christ and the Cross, understanding that all things come from God to us by means of the Cross, ever making it the Object of our Faith, the Holy Spirit can then work mightily within us, bringing about the Fruit of the Spirit; that is what “walking after the Spirit” actually means!). 5 For they who are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh (refers to Believers trying to live for the Lord by means other than Faith in the Cross of Christ); but they who are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit (those who place their Faith in Christ and the Cross, do so exclusively; they are doing what the Spirit desires, which alone can bring Victory). CONTRAST 6 For to be carnally minded is death (this doesn’t refer to watching too much television, as some think, but rather, it’s trying to live for God outside of His Prescribed Order; the results will be sin and separation from God); but to be Spiritually Minded is life and peace (God’s Prescribed Order is the Cross; this demands our constant Faith in that Finished Work, which is the Way of the Holy Spirit). 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God (once again, this refers to attempting to live for God by means other than the Cross, which places one “against God”): for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can be (in its simplest form means that what is being done, whatever it may be, is not in God’s Prescribed Order, which is the Cross). 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God (refers to the Believer attempting to live his Christian Life by means other than Faith in Christ and the Cross). 9 But you are not in the flesh (in one sense of the word is asking the question, “Since you are now a Believer and no longer depending on the flesh, why are you resorting to the flesh?”), but in the Spirit (as a Believer, you now have the privilege of being led and empowered by the Holy Spirit; however, He will do such for us only on the premise of our Faith in the Finished Work of Christ), if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you (if you are truly Saved). Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His (Paul is saying that the work of the Spirit in our lives is made possible by what Christ did at Calvary, and the Resurrection). 10 And if Christ be in you (He is in you through the Power and Person of the Spirit [Gal. 2:20]), the body is dead because of sin (means that the physical body has been rendered helpless because of the Fall; consequently, the Believer trying to overcome by willpower presents a fruitless task); but the Spirit is life because of Righteousness (only the Holy Spirit can make us what we ought to be, which means we cannot do it ourselves; once again, He performs all that He does within the confines of the Finished Work of Christ). 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). 12 Therefore, Brethren (means that Paul is addressing Believers), we are debtors (refers to what we owe Jesus Christ for what He has done for us on the Cross), not to the flesh (we do not owe anything to our own ability, meaning that such cannot save us or give us victory), to live after the flesh (“living after the flesh” pertains to our works, which God can never accept, and which can never bring us victory, but rather defeat). 13 For if you live after the flesh (after your own strength and ability, which is outside of God’s Prescribed Order), you shall die (you will not be able to live a victorious, Christian life): but if you through the Spirit (by the Power of the Holy Spirit) do mortify the deeds of the body (which the Holy Spirit Alone can do), you shall live (shall walk in victory; but once again, even at the risk of being overly repetitive, we must never forget that the Spirit works totally and completely within the confines of the Cross of Christ; this means that we must ever make the Cross the Object of our Faith, giving Him latitude to work). 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). 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time (speaks of the world and its condition because of the Fall) are not worthy to be compared with the glory (the glory of the coming future time will bear no relation to the misery of this present time) which shall be revealed in us (our Glory will be a reflective Glory, coming from Christ). 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature (should have been translated, “for the earnest expectation of the Creation”) waits for the mani festation of the sons of God (pertains to the coming Resurrection of Life). 20 For the creature (Creation) was made subject to vanity (Adam’s Fall signaled the fall of Creation), not willingly (the Creation did not sin, even as such cannot sin, but became subject to the result of sin, which is death), but by reason of Him Who has subjected the same in Hope (speaks of God as the One Who passed sentence because of Adam’s Fall, but at the same time gave us a “Hope”; that “Hope” is Christ, Who will rectify all things), 21 Because the creature (Creation) itself also shall be delivered (presents this “Hope” as effecting that Deliverance, which He did by the Cross) from the bondage of corruption (speaks of mortality, i.e., “death”) into the glorious liberty of the Children of God (when man fell, Creation fell! when man shall be delivered, Creation will be delivered as well, and is expressed in the word “also”). 22 For we know that the whole Creation (everything has been affected by Satan’s rebellion and Adam’s Fall) groans and travails in pain together until now (refers to the common longing of the elements of the Creation to be brought back to their original perfection). 23 And not only they (the Creation, and all it entails), but ourselves also (refers to Believers), which have the Firstfruits of the Spirit (even though Jesus addressed every single thing lost in the Fall at the Cross, we only have a part of that possession now, with the balance coming at the Resurrection), even we ourselves groan within ourselves (proclaims the obvious fact that all Jesus paid for in the Atonement has not yet been fully realized), waiting for the Adoption (should be translated, “waiting for the fulfillment of the process, which Adoption into the Family of God guarantees”), to wit, the Redemption of our body (the glorifying of our physical body that will take place at the Resurrection). 24 For we are saved by hope (means that the greater part of our Salvation is yet future): but hope that is seen is not hope (proclaims in another way the great Truth that all Salvation affords is not yet given unto the Believer): for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for? (In effect, this bluntly tells us that what is coming is so far beyond that which is here at the present, as to be no comparison.) 25 But if we hope for that we see not (plainly tells us that more, much more, is coming), then do we with patience wait for it (proclaims the certitude of its coming, because the Holy Spirit has promised it would). 26 Likewise the Spirit (Holy Spirit) also helps our infirmities (the help given to us by the Holy Spirit is made possible in its entirety by and through what Jesus did at the Cross): for we know not what we should pray for as we ought (signals the significance of prayer, but also that without the Holy Spirit, all is to no avail): but the Spirit itself (Himself) makes intercession for us (He petitions or intercedes on our behalf) with groanings which cannot be uttered (not groanings on the part of the Holy Spirit, but rather on our part, which pertains to that which comes from the heart and cannot properly be put into words). 27 And He Who searches the hearts (God the Father) knows what is the Mind of the Spirit (what the Spirit wants done, and not what we want done), because He (Holy Spirit) makes intercession for the Saints according to the Will of God (the overriding goal of the Spirit is to carry out the Will of God in our lives, not our personal wills; in other words, the Spirit is not a glorified bellhop). CONQUERORS 28 And we know that all things work together for good (but only if certain conditions are met) to them who love God (the first condition), to them who are the called according to His purpose (this means it’s “His Purpose, and not ours,” which is the second condition; otherwise, all things will not work together for our good). 29 For whom He (God) did foreknow (God’s foreknowledge), He also did predestinate to be conformed to the Image of His Son (it is never the person that is predestined, but rather the Plan), that He (Jesus) might be the Firstborn among many Brethren (doesn’t mean that Jesus was Born-Again as a sinner, as some teach, but rather that He is the Father of the Salvation Plan, having paid the price on the Cross, which made it all possible). 30 Moreover whom He (God) did predestinate (to be conformed to the Image of His Son), them He also called (without that “Call,” man cannot be saved; sadly, many refuse the “Call” [Prov. 1:24-33]): and whom He called, them He also justified (those who responded faithfully to the Call): and whom He justified, them He also glorified (shall glorify at the Resurrection; Justification guarantees it will be done). 31 What shall we then say to these things? (This refers to the suffering presently endured [Vss. 17-18] in comparison to “the Glory which shall be revealed in us.”) If God be for us (should have been translated, “since God is for us”), who can be against us? (It is who can be against us that will really matter.) 32 He Who spared not His Own Son (concerns the Great Gift of God, i.e., the Lord Jesus Christ), but delivered Him up for us all (the Cross), how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? (We can have all things that pertain to Life and Godliness, which Jesus paid for at the Cross, providing our Faith is ever in Christ and the Cross [II Pet. 1:3-7].) 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? (In effect, means, “Who shall pronounce those guilty whom God pronounces Righteous?”) It is God who justifies (it is God Who sets the rules for Justification, not man). 34 Who is he who condemns? (No man has the right to condemn God’s Justification Plan.) It is Christ Who died (if one condemns a Believer who is trusting Christ solely for Justification and Sanctification, he is at the same time condemning Christ and His Death on the Cross), yea rather, Who is risen again (the Resurrection ratified the fact that Jesus was the Perfect Sacrifice, and that God accepted Him as such), Who is even at the Right Hand of God (refers to the exaltation of Christ), Who also makes intercession for us (at the Right Hand of God, showing that His Sacrifice has been accepted, which guarantees intercession for us). 35 Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ? (This speaks of the Love of Christ for the Believer, instead of the Believer’s Love for Christ.) shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (We are protected against all outside influence, but not from ourselves. If a person so desires, he can separate himself from the Love of Christ by rejecting the Cross.) 36 As it is written (Ps. 44:22), For Your sake we are killed all the day long (the world has always been opposed to Christ and what He did at the Cross; regrettably, so is most of the Church); we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter (the way the world looks at us; in their eyes, we are fit only for slaughter). 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors (it is a Holy arrogance of Victory and the Might of Christ) through Him Who loved us (He loved us enough to give His Life on the Cross, which alone makes us “more than conquerors”). 38 For I am persuaded (the Apostle has faced the things of which he now speaks), that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the Love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (this Love of God extended to us is made possible solely by Christ, and what He has done for us at the Cross; once again, this is God’s Love for us, which never wavers because we are “in Christ Jesus”).

ROMANS CHAPTER 13

(A.D. 60) 

HONOR AUTHORITY

1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers (refers to Human Government). For there is no power but of God (refers to the fact that God has ordained Government): the powers that be are ordained of God (refers to Human Government being a permanent institution, brought into being by God for the regulation of human affairs). 2 Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the Ordinance of God (anarchy is not of God): and they who resist shall receive to themselves damnation (the Law of the Land is always to be obeyed, providing it does not offend our conscience or the Word of God; the “damnation” mentioned here does not necessarily refer to such coming from God, but rather from men). 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil (concerns the Divine right of Government to oppose crime and to protect its citizens). Will you then not be afraid of the power? (This means that Civil Government should be respected, and all should fear breaking the Law.) do that which is good, and you shall have praise of the same (refers to obeying the Law, as all Christians ought to do; as well, it assumes that the Laws are right and just): 4 For he (the Civil Magistrate) is the minister of God to you for good (proclaims Government as a Divine Institution). But if you do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain (the sword is the symbol of the right of the State to inflict Capital punishment for Capital crimes): for he is the minister of God (not a Preacher of the Gospel, but a servant of the State), a revenger to execute wrath upon him who does evil (proclaims the right of the State, as ordained by God, to use whatever force is necessary to stop “evil,” i.e., crime). 5 Wherefore you must needs be subject (plainly tells us that Christians are subject to the Law of the Land; that is, if it does not violate the Word of God), not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake (refers to the fact that the Believer has a higher principle than that of the unbeliever). 6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also (refers to the paying of taxes): for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing (refers to public servants). 7 Render therefore to all their dues (means that it is proper and right for all people to pay taxes, Christians as well!): tribute to whom tribute is due (refers to that which is owed, and should be paid); custom to whom custom (addresses hidden taxes, which we should pay as well); fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour (Government is an Institution to be respected, extending to all Civil servants from the lowest to the highest). PUBLIC RELATIONSHIPS 8 Owe no man any thing (carries the idea that Christians do not “owe” their Brethren in the Lord the same obedience that is owed Civil Rulers), but to love one another (proclaims the only requirement between Believers): for he who loves another has fulfilled the Law (pertains to what the Law of Moses intended, but wasn’t able to bring about; it can be done under Christ, and Christ Alone). 9 For this, You shall not commit adultery (sex in any form outside of marriage is unlawful [Gen. 2:23-24]), You shall not kill (should have been translated, “murder”), You shall not steal (don’t take what’s not yours), You shall not bear false witness (don’t lie), You shall not covet (do not try to unlawfully take that which belongs to another); and if there be any other Commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbour as yourself (Divine Love produced by the Holy Spirit is self-sacrificial in its nature). 10 Love works no ill to his neighbour (will not hurt his neighbor): therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law (proclaims the fact that this is all the Law formally requires, but can only be done in Christ). 11 And that, knowing the time (the Believer is to do everything with the Judgment Seat of Christ in view), and now it is high time to awake out of sleep (spiritual apathy and lethargy must be shaken off): for now is our Salvation nearer than when we believed (actually speaks of the coming Rapture of the Church, and the Believer at that time being Glorified). 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand (refers to everything up until the coming Resurrection as “night”; all after the Resurrection is referred to as “day,” with both day and night used as symbols): let us therefore cast off the works of darkness (could be translated, “let us therefore cast off the clothes of darkness”; former bad habits of life are here, as elsewhere, regarded as clothing once worn, but now to be put off), and let us put on the armour of light (could be translated, “and let us put on the clothes of Light”). 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day (we should conduct ourselves in a manner befitting our high station in life as Saints of the Most High God); not in rioting and drunkenness (the ways of the world), not in chambering and wantonness (speaks of sexual immorality of every nature), not in strife and envying (speaks of constant manipulation and exploitation to best others regarding business, place, or position). 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ (avail yourself of all that Christ has accomplished at the Cross, which is available to all Believers), and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof (Faith in the Cross will give the Holy Spirit latitude within our lives, which alone gives us victory over the flesh).

Sermon, END TIMES OPPOSITION.
Produced by God, presented through the Holy Ghost and by His Temple, Zach

We are living in a dying world that has rejected God, out of the White House, out of our Country, out of our Schools, out of th Pledge Of The Leadgents, out of most of our Churches and Jobs and Work Force. If you are a Christian, let me say that again. If you are a Reborn Again Christian? You will face opposition, every where you work. I have faced and still facing, that exact problem. I am filled with the Holy Ghost and when I face oppositions, I take it by the Word of God and it gets me into trouble, every time. That tells me, that I am doing something right, while the Work place, tells me that it is wrong. Guess Again? God created these work places so, God is in them. It’s Satan that is running the work forces and that is why, Christians are being persecuted for standing up for themselves and for Jesus Christ, God Almighty. Friends, this world is going to hell, fast in a hurry. Look at the White House, the Work Force, its all gone to being a muslim nation, right before your eyes. Not to mention, our so called president, is trying to force in, sheria Law, which is a very bad thing and its happening right now, in many of our States, Michigan is one of them. Friends of the world, in any way, shape or form, is an enemy of God. Satan is using people everyday, trying to attempt to destroy other people and souls, with anything that he can get his hands on, even through music. If you are not Saved and Reborn again, you will not make it to Heaven. These are the days of the End Times. Lets get going, from the readings of God’s Word. May God be with you.

King James Expositor Study Bible.
We will be using some of the corosponding Scriptures but, not all. Feel free to look them up on your own if you wish.

FAITH

1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time (all the period, from the First to the Second Advents may, in this sense, truly be called, “the last time”): and as you have heard that Antichrist shall come (the Apostle is speaking of the coming man of sin, who will make his debut after the Rapture of the Church), even now are there many Antichrists (in the Greek is “Pseudochrists,” and refers to one who claims to be of Christ); whereby we know that it is the last time. (We know this is the last dispensation before the Second Coming of the Lord.)

Matthew 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of Man cometh (when Israel, during the Battle of Armageddon, will have given up hope, Jesus will come!).

2 Peter 3:3-4 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers (speaks of the times in which we now live; they scoff at the Cross), walking after their own lusts (which will happen when the Cross is rejected), 4 And saying, Where is the Promise of his coming? (This refers to the Second Coming, not the Rapture. Endtime events as predicted in the Bible are met with scoffing.) for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the Creation. (The two major themes of the Word of God are the Atonement and Endtime events. If we have a proper understanding of the Atonement, we will have, I think, a proper understanding of the latter.)

Epesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood (our foes are not human; however, Satan constantly uses human beings to carry out his dirty work), but against principalities (rulers or beings of the highest rank and order in Satan’s kingdom), against powers (the rank immediately below the “Principalities”), against the rulers of the darkness of this world (those who carry out the instructions of the “Powers”), against spiritual wickedness in high places. (This refers to demon spirits.)

Acts 17:30-31 And the times of this ignorance God winked at (does not reflect that such ignorance was Salvation, for it was not! before the Cross, there was very little Light in the world, so God withheld Judgment); but now commands all men every where to repent (but since the Cross, the “Way” is open to all; it’s up to us Believers to make that “Way” known to all men): 31 Because He has appointed a day (refers to the coming of the Great White Throne Judgment [Rev. 20:11-15]), in the which He will Judge the world in Righteousness by that Man Whom He has ordained (this Righteousness is exclusively in Christ Jesus and what He has done for us at the Cross, and can be gained only by Faith in Him [Eph. 2:8-9; Rom. 10:9-10,13; Rev. 22:17]); whereof He has given assurance unto all men, in that He has raised Him from the dead (refers to the Resurrection ratifying that which was done at Calvary, and is applicable to all men, at least all who will believe!). GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT Rev. 20:11-15 11 And I saw a Great White Throne (proclaims the final Judgment of the unredeemed, which will take place at the end of the Kingdom Age), and Him Who sat on it (proclaims none other than God; however, we must understand that it is the Person of the Godhead, the Lord Jesus Christ [Mat. 25:31]; He is the Saviour today; He will be the Judge tomorrow), from Whose face the Earth and the Heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. (This means a New Heaven and New Earth are in the offing.) 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God (pertains to the second Resurrection, the Resurrection of Damnation [I Cor., Chpt. 15; I Thess. 4:13-18; Jn. 5:29]); and the Books were opened: and another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life: and the dead were Judged out of those things which were written in the Books, according to their works (proclaims the manner of Judgment). 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them (points to the fact that every unredeemed person who has ever lived will face the Great White Throne Judgment; none will be exempted): and they were Judged every man according to their works (records the fact that this Judgment is not arbitrary, but is based on absolute Justice). 14 And death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire (combined, includes the wicked of all ages). This is the second death (Eternal separation from God and the Lake of Fire). 15 And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life (refers to the record of all the unredeemed) was cast into the Lake of Fire. (This includes every single individual who isn’t Redeemed, beginning with Adam and Eve. That is, if they didn’t come back to God.) Eph. 2:8-9 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]). Rom. 10:9-10 That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus (confess that Jesus is the Lord of Glory, and the Saviour of men, and that He died on the Cross that we might be Saved), and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead (pertains to the Bodily Resurrection of Christ, as is obvious), you shall be Saved (it is that simple!). 10 For with the heart man believes unto Righteousness (presents the word “believing” in a mode of “thinking,” not of feeling; the “believing” has to do with believing Christ, and that His Sacrifice of Himself Atoned for all sin); and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation (when Faith comes forth from its silence to announce itself and proclaim the Glory and the Grace of the Lord, its voice “is confession”). Rev. 22:17 And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. (This presents the cry of the Holy Spirit to a hurting, lost, and dying world. What the Holy Spirit says should also be said by all Believers.) And let him who hears say, Come. (It means if one can “hear,” then one can “come.”) And let him who is athirst come (speaks of spiritual thirst, the cry for God in the soul of man). And whosoever will, let him take the Water of Life freely (opens the door to every single individual in the world; Jesus died for all and, therefore, all can be Saved, if they will only come). I Thess. 4:13-18 But I would not have you to be ignorant, Brethren, concerning them which are asleep (refers to Believers who have died), that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. (This concerns those who do not know the Lord who will have no part in the First Resurrection of Life and, therefore, no hope for Heaven.) 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again (the very Foundation of Christianity is the Death and Resurrection of Christ; it is the proof of life after death in a glorified state for all Saints in that life, which incidentally will never end), even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. (This refers to the Rapture of the Church, or the Resurrection of all Believers, with both phrases meaning the same thing, even as Paul describes in I Cor., Chpt. 15. At death, the soul and the spirit of the Child of God instantly go to be with Jesus [Phil. 1:23], while the physical body goes back to dust. At the Rapture, God will replace what was the physical body with a Glorified Body, united with the soul and the spirit. In fact, the soul and the spirit of each individual will accompany the Lord down close to this Earth to be united with a Glorified Body, which will then make the Believer whole.) 15 For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord (presents the Doctrine of the Rapture of the Church as the “Word of the Lord”), that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord (all Believers who are alive at the Rapture) shall not prevent them which are asleep. (This refers to the fact that the living Saints will not precede or go before the dead Saints.) 16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout (refers to “the same Jesus” which the Angels proclaimed in Acts 1:11), with the voice of the Archangel (refers to Michael, the only one referred to as such [Jude, Vs. 9]), and with the Trump of God (doesn’t exactly say God will personally blow this Trumpet, but that it definitely does belong to Him, whoever does signal the blast): and the dead in Christ shall rise first (the criteria for being ready for the Rapture is to be “in Christ,” which means that all who are truly Born-Again will definitely go in the Rapture): 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up (Raptured) together with them (the Resurrected dead) in the clouds (clouds of Saints, not clouds as we normally think of such), to meet the Lord in the air (the Greek word for “air” is “aer,” and refers to the lower atmosphere, or from about 6,000 feet down; so, the Lord will come at least within 6,000 feet of the Earth, perhaps even lower, with all the Saints meeting Him there; but He, at that time, will not come all the way to the Earth, that awaiting the Second Coming, which will be seven or more years later): and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (This presents the greatest meeting humanity will have ever known.) 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. (This pertains to the future of the Child of God, which is Glorious indeed!) Jn. 5:29 And shall come forth (portrays both Resurrections as we shall see, and according to His “Voice”); they who have done good, unto the Resurrection of Life (pertains to the First Resurrection, or as commonly referred, “The Rapture” [I Thess. 4:13-18]); and they who have done evil, unto the Resurrection of Damnation (this last Resurrection will take place approximately a thousand years after the First Resurrection of Life [Dan. 12:2; Rev., Chpt. 20]). Gal. 6:14 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.)

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them (means to give instruction) to observe all things (the whole Gospel for the whole man) whatsoever I have commanded you (not a suggestion): and, lo, I am with you always (It is I, Myself, God, and Man, Who am — not “will be” — hence, forever present among you, and with you as Companion, Friend, Guide, Saviour, God), even unto the end of the world (should have been translated “age”). Amen (it is the guarantee of My Promise).

Come to the Cross in Repentance and get Saved today. God Bless

WHAT I STAND FOR.

WHAT I STAND FOR.

I am a Christian, 100 percent with God and I will never comprimise with the world and yes, I will make people mad and will tell the Truth and yes, I care about peoples feelings but, I will never sugar coat the Word of God. I will make some of you mad and some of you may defriend me, due to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. God created me to Preach the Gospel and to spread His word to the lost, any way I can and yes, that is what my page is all about. I care enough to share the Gospel and do not want to see or hear of anyone going to hell. My mission is of God and want to see souls getting Saved. I am a true Minister of God’s Word and will see to it, that the lost world hears it. If you reject me? You, at the same time, reject Jesus Christ, whom God is, the Cross and Him Crucified. I love you all and it takes courage of the Holy Spirit, to share the Gospel to you all. Those who rejects the Truth from God’s Word, I will know by what you say on your post’s. I can reconize who is Saved and who isn’t, by what people say, do and post on their walls. I know who needs to be Saved, by the way they talk, act, live and carry themselves, its called bad fruit. I know people by their fruits and at times, they need to know, through the Word of God, about it. God’s Word is clear as day and night, about who and isn’t Saved. It’s the Christians, let me refraze that, it’s the Reborn Again Christians, duty to see souls get Saved. Friends, a building called the Church, is just a meeting house, we, you, I, is the Church and God resides in the Born Again Believers, which is the ones who are Saved. If you are Saved, you then are to be seprate from the world, meaning, you are in the world but, not of the world. The Saved Christian’s can’t be like the world and live worldly and be Saved at the same time, If so, the Christian life your living is Blasphemous and bogus in the eyes of God. I Stand Firmly on the Word of God and I will not be moved. The solid Rock, I shall stand for ever, until the day that Jesus Christ (God), returns and Raptures me Home (to Heaven). Come to the Cross and repent and get Saved today. Jesus Christ (God), could return at any moment. Are you Ready? Will your soul go to Heaven? Will your soul go to Hell? The choice is yours, by the way you live on this, SIDE OF THE GRAVE. Choose wisly and may God be with your souls. God Bless my Family, Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

Please take the time to click on this link, watch the death totals change, reflect on your life and think about the Word of God and see if your living right, according to the Word of God. If your answer is no? Then you need to Repent at the Cross and turn away from you falsely way of Living and Repent, so you can be Biblically Saved. Now is the time to get Saved.

http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/live-world-death-totals

Sermon, SAVED BY GRACE AND NOT BY WORKS
Presented and Produced by God through His Holy Ghost and through His Temple, Zach.

I am about to upset some of you and i am glad about that, it tells me that you are living a life of Sin and you need to hear the True Gospel that Saves. Tbn, Total Blasphemy network won’t tell you the Truth of Jesus Christ, the Cross and of Him Crucified. Some of your Local Churches won’t do that either. You will read and hear about the True Gospel on this page for sure. I will bluntly tell the Gospel of God Almighty, just as He spoke it, in hopes to bring your souls to the Cross in Repentance, so you can get Saved. Works will not Save you. Going to your local Churches, which is only should of been called meeting house, due to the fact that our bodies, the body that you are in, is the Church. If God resides in your heart, it then is the Church. If Satan and his hell bound works abides in that temple that belongs to God? It then is a house of damnation, or better known as, the house of whoredom. It belongs to the devil and God is not with you, if your living ungodly period. You are maid by God, for God and you are to live a Godly Life. Works without Faith is dead, meaning those who are doing Works without Faith is dead and they are not Saved and will not be in Heaven when they die. There will be a lot od hell bound Christian’s because, they think that doing only good Works will Save them, while living in a worldly life style. God will not recognize that type of false worship. He will say to the, depart from me you evil doer, I never knew you. God will only Save those who are in a Relationship with Him. Religion will kill and destroy a person’s soul in hell. You must be Born again, you must be Saved by Grace and not Works. Faith in the Cross produces God’s Grace with the Christian being a Believer in what Jesus Christ did at the Cross for sins, bring eternal Salvation in Heaven. By the way, speaking in tongues won’t Save you either but, speaking in tongues is a Gift from God that show’s that they have been Baptized by the Holy Ghost (God) and Saved by the Grace of God. Water Baptism won’t Save you either, but it is something that every Believing Christian should do out of Obedience to God only. Performing Water Baptism out of compulsion, is spiritual adultery and all Churches that says a few Godly Words then performs Water baptsim’s immediately like that, is doing nothing more that Baptizing into Damnation to hell. Water Baptism’s should be done when the sinner really accepts Jesus Christ into their hearts, have an understanding the Power of the Cross and accepted the Holy Ghost into their hearts and once they have the True understanding and feels the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) in their hearts, should feel the want to be Baptized by Water, for wanting to be Obedient to God and not for Salvation. A sinner is Saved by Faith in the Cross and not by Works (Water Baptism). Belief and Faith in the Cross, Produces Forgiveness by God’s Grace, Produces Salvation in Heaven. by the way, if your hanging onto Law (“Ten Commandment, Law of Moses”) and onto the (“Law of Grace”)? You are heading for hell due to the fact that you are committing (“Spiritual Adultery”). The Ten commandments does nothing more than show sinner’s their sins and it does not offer up Salvation. On top of that, no one can keep that Law. If you are holding onto Works, which the Ten Commandments (Law of Moses is), if you break just one of them? You then have broken them all and you then, are subject to go to hell when you die. Thank God that He came down to earth as Jesus Christ, God in Human form, to give us another way of escape from going to hell.
Once Jesus Christ died on the Cross, the Law of Moses (Ten Commandments) then has been fulfilled. That is when God’s Grace for Salvation came into play. God’s Loving Saving Grace does not give anyone the rights to continue in a sinful life style, you must stop living in it because, when you become Saved, you are to turn away from sin and you no longer have the rights or the license to sin. God’s Grace is a gift to the sinner when he or she becomes Born again at the Cross. There is Power in the Blood that cover’s all sins and Saving Power of the Cross through Belief and Faith in that finished Work, of our Lord God Almighty.
There is killings going on, not just in the Holy Lands but, in our near by city’s. There was a report of shootings in the Columbus Air Port where police had to use deadly force. This part of the world is going to hell fast in a hurry. Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus, we have a job to do and its not getting done. Sinful people is not getting Saved. Every Christian, let me refraze that, every Reborn Again Christian’s, needs to step it up about sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Cross and Him Crucified, in hopes to Save souls from going to hell. The Gospel of the Cross can turn an evil person around and they can become Reborn Again and Saved. Most of you are too scared to do the Lords Work, which we who are Reborn Again are instructed to do.

Mark 16:15-16 And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world (the Gospel of Christ is not merely a western Gospel, as some claim, but is for the entirety of the world), and preach the Gospel to every creature (“preaching” is God’s method, as is here plainly obvious; as well, it is imperative that every single person have the opportunity to hear; this is the responsibility of every Believer). 16 He who believes (believes in Christ and what He did for us at the Cross) and is baptized (baptized into Christ [Rom. 6:3-5] not water baptism) shall be saved; but he who believes not shall be damned (Jn. 3:16).

Every Reborn Again Christian’s, is to be God’s Hands, Feet and His Mouth. The Holy Ghost Works through you and I and if your not doing the Will of God? By sharing His Gospel in hopes to Save the Lost, you then have failed Him. Lets get started with the readings from God’s Word.

King James Expositor Study Bible
James 2:14-26 14 What does it profit, my Brethren, though a man say he has Faith, and have not works? (This presents the fact that proper Faith will always produce proper works.) can Faith save him? (This should have been translated, “is that Faith able to save him?” The truth is God will not recognize that type of Faith.) 15 If a Brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in Peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding you give them not those things which are needful to the body; what does it profit? (This refers to claimed Faith which blesses no one, simply because it’s not true Faith. True Faith will help the person.) 17 Even so Faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone. (As stated, proper Faith will produce proper works. If not, the Holy Spirit says here that it is “dead faith.”) 18 Yes, a man may say, You have Faith, and I have works (proclaims the efforts by some to divide the two): show me your Faith without your works, and I will show you my Faith by my works. (This proclaims the fact that the profession of a lifeless Faith is profitless.) 19 You believe that there is one God (presents the type of Faith held by hundreds of millions, but in which there is no saving grace); you do well (you think you do well!): the devils also believe, and tremble. (Simply believing there is a God says no more than what demons believe. Proper Faith will accept the Lord as one’s Saviour.) 20 But will you know, O vain man, that Faith without works is dead? (In effect, James bluntly says anyone who trusts in an empty Faith has, in effect, an empty head.) 21 Was not Abraham our father Justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the Altar? (Any Faith that doesn’t have the Cross as its proper Object is dead Faith. The Holy Spirit had James choose this example of Abraham offering Isaac to portray one of the most vivid illustrations of the Sacrifice of Christ.) 22 Seest thou how Faith wrought with his works, and by works was Faith made perfect? (James is making it clear that he is not talking about works as the sole source of Abraham’s Justification as Verse 21, if taken out of context, might lead one to believe. Abraham’s Faith and his actions were working together.) 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which said (Gen. 15:6), Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for Righteousness (proclaims the fact that Abraham’s Faith was genuine): and he was called the Friend of God (Isa. 41:8). 24 You see then how that by works a man is Justified (could be better understood by saying, “You see then, how that by works a man’s Justification is proven”), and not by Faith only. (This must be understood in the context of the entire Passage. The Apostle is merely saying that no one can claim Justification on the basis of Faith alone, which produces no qualifying works. Such an individual is deceiving himself.) 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot Justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? (This presents one of the most beautiful stories of Faith found in the annals of human history. This was proper Faith, which produced proper works.) 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so Faith without works is dead also. (In closing our comments on this Chapter, I must remind you with Paul that works without dynamic living Faith in the Lord Jesus cannot produce Salvation or Victory. On the other hand, I must also remind you with James that Faith in the form of declaring a dogma or confessing a creed, which fails to produce life and labor according to the Word of God, will likewise condemn you.) Gen. 15:6 And he (Abraham) believed in the LORD (exercised Faith, believing what the Lord told him); and He (the Lord) counted it to him (Abraham) for Righteousness. (This is one of the single most important Scriptures in the entirety of the Word of God. In this simple term, “Abraham believed the LORD,” we find the meaning of Justification by Faith. Abraham was Saved by Grace through Faith, not by his good works. There is no other way of Salvation anywhere in the Bible. God demands Righteousness; however, it is the Righteousness afforded strictly by Christ and Christ Alone. Anything else is self-righteousness, and totally unacceptable to God. Directly the sinner believes God’s Testimony about His Beloved Son, he is not only declared righteous, but he is made a son and an heir.) Isa. 41:8-20 But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham My friend. (In Verses 8 through 20, the existence and love of an irresistible Power of the God of Israel are set out. The name “Israel” means “Prince with God,” while “Jacob” means “schemer.” God’s ever purpose was to change “Jacob, the schemer” into “Israel, the Prince with God,” which He did!) 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the Earth, and called you from the chief men thereof, and said unto you, You are My servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away. (Concerning the “chief men thereof,” the idea is that God had the ability to choose anyone. He had His pick of the “chief men.” However, it was Abraham whom He chose, i.e., “Jacob.”) GOD WILL GIVE ISRAEL VICTORY; HE WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE 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.”) 11 Behold, all they who were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they who strive with you shall perish. 12 You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even them who contended with you: they who war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. (The order, as given here, is one of climax. Similarly, with each augmentation of the hostility, there is an augmentation of the sentence of punishment. In essence, the Holy Spirit through Isaiah is saying that all who trust the Lord will be vindicated.) 13 For I the LORD your God will hold your right hand, saying unto you, Fear not; I will help you. (God Himself will be their [our] strength, courage, power, and their glory, and will Personally interfere on their behalf, taking them, as it were, by their right hand. As an adult leads a little child, thereby giving it protection, the Lord promises to do the same for Israel, and for us!) 14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says the LORD, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (It is the “worm Jacob” that is to become a “new sharp threshing instrument having teeth,” and who is to break in pieces the great nations and the lesser nations, here compared to mountains and hills. The Passage, “worm Jacob,” is given here so that Israel will recognize that such is done, not because they are good, but because God is good.) 15 Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff. (Israel is to be more than just sustained here. Strength is to be given her to take the aggressive, and to subdue her enemies under her. This will occur when Jesus comes back. Then every Promise that God made to the Patriarchs and Prophets will be brought to pass.) 16 You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel. (Israel in the past has little “rejoiced” or “gloried” in the “LORD.” However, her strength has always been derived from this Source, and this Source Alone!) 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. (The “poor and needy” represent Israel. The “water” represents the “Water of Life.” Israel doesn’t have this “Water of Life,” so her “thirst” continues; however, in the Battle of Armageddon, the Lord will hear their cries, and that “thirst” will be forever slaked.) 18 I will open rivers in the high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. (Often the Holy Spirit likens the spiritual rejuvenation to the “wilderness” being made fertile, and that by ample irrigation. Life is a “wilderness,” and can enjoy fertility only in Christ. How so much, and so often, does man attempt to make the “wilderness” fertile, but fail he does, as fail he must! Only Christ can do such!) 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, the box tree together (the trees named are the choicest in Israel; the idea is that we have a deep relationship with the One Who does the planting; in fact, Isaiah will later say that we are “the planting of the Lord” [61:3]): 20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it. (In that future day of blessing, Israel, now barren and stony, will become beauteous and fertile as the Garden of the Lord; and the nations of the Earth will recognize that these wonders are the Work of God and not idols.) 61:3 To appoint unto them who mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He might be glorified. (“Beauty” refers to a nuptial crown. Wood ashes placed upon the head expressed mourning, a nuptial garland signified gladness. The “trees” of this Verse are the redeemed of 60:21. It should be noticed that no praise is to be given to the beauteous trees, but all praise will be given to their wondrous Planter. All of this will come to Israel on that coming Glad Day, which, in fact, they could have had 2,000 years ago, had they only accepted Christ.)
60:21 Your people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My Hands, that I may be glorified. (The reason for the suffering being ended is because “your people also shall be all righteous.” Now, the Land that was promised to Abraham in the beginning will be theirs “forever.” It is called “the branch of My planting, the Work of My Hands.” Their full occupation of it, with His Blessings, will also bless the entirety of the world. All of this will “glorify the Lord,” because it proclaims His Word coming to pass in totality.)

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.) Gal. 6:14 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.)

The Cross is the Only Means of Salvation through Belief and Faith in the Finished Work that Jesus Christ (God) did at the Cross. We are Saved by Grace and not of your earthly Works. May God be with your souls. God Bless my Family, Sisters and Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

Forgive and Forget

Sermon, FORGIVE AND FORGET. Produced by God and presented by the Holy Ghost and by His Temple, Zach. This is a very important study of the Bible that everyone who is still alive and breathing today to read. be sure to read from start to the very last word, it could possibly save your soul from damnation in hell. The lesson is in titled, FORGIVE AND FORGET. You have heard the Words of our Lord God many times be quoted by many Pastors and many postings about forgiveness that I have shared. People in this world, especially Christians, takes the Word of God out of context, all the time. They think that all that they have to do is to forgive but, don’t have to forget. They all are dead wrong about this. When God forgives us when we repent at the Cross, He also forgets what we have done wrong. If He did not forget what we have done wrong, then their would be no Grace, which is the New Testament Law of God, it God’s Grace. Why do people in this world forgives but, don’t forget what others has done to them? Its because they are living by Law and not by Grace. They all are holding onto the Law of Moses. The Ten commandments only show’s people’s sins but, does not offer up Salvation or the Cross, which is the Only means of Salvation. People in this world would rather keep their heads safly buried in the sand and ignore the Law of Grace of God. If you forgive someone, you also need to forget, it runs hand in hand together. You are sinning in the eyes of God if you are forgiving and forgetting. You are still holding onto the bondage of sin and hatred and hatred against God. You can still remember what they have done wrong, so you can learn from their mistakes and from yours but, don’t use that as an excuse not to forget the wrong they have done to you or as a hatred type of behavior. The troubles in this world is to teach you on how to live Holy, just how as Jesus Christ is Holy and to live Holy Lives. Those who claims that they have forgiven others and don’t forget the wrong that they have done to them, is just the same as not really forgiving them. If you cannot forgive and forget others, the sin that they have done to you, just like how God forgives and forgets? You then, are not forgiven by God and God has not forgotten of your sins. It’s time to wake up world, especially the “Christian’s”. Judgment day of God is at hand and the unforgiving sinner’s and some so called “Christian’s, who claim to be Christian’s but not reborn again, hell fire is in the near future”. Lets get Started by reading Scriptures from the Word of God and I hope and pray that every soul reading this today and I hope that you will read this often and feel free to Save this to your computer or even print this off to help others to Learn the Truth about Forgiving others, I pray and hope that this all will be a True Godly Blessing to you and others. King James Expositor Study Bible Matthew 6:14-15 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). Proverbs 25:21-22 If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22 For you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward you. (This was quoted by the Apostle Paul in Rom. 12:20. As fire melts the hardest metal, so love melts the hardest heart.) 23 The north wind drives away rain: so does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. (Whenever a “backbiting tongue” is rebuked, it stops. If more Christians would show displeasure at gossip and slander, there would be less of such.) 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. (The Holy Spirit is saying here that it is better to dwell in that small room which houses only a few Believers in the Word of God than to dwell in a “wide house” with many people and the “brawling woman” of false doctrine.) 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. (This Proverb is similar to Verse 13. The “good news” is the Gospel being taken to a lost world.) Romans 12:20 Therefore if your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink (we should treat our enemies with goodness): for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head (coals of fire were taken from the Brazen Altar, a Type of the Cross, and placed on the Altar of Incense; the Cross diverted judgment to intercession, of which the Altar of Incense was a type; by showing kindness to an enemy, we are diverting judgment, and showing mercy which God has shown us). Proverbs 25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them who send him: for he refreshes the soul of his masters. (During winter, when the snow fell in Judea, some of it would be taken deep into caves where the temperature was very cool. If it were correctly stored in these certain places, it would not melt. Therefore, during the “time of harvest,” when the sun was hot, water that was cooled by “snow” was brought from the place of storage and was very refreshing. As such is refreshing, so is a “faithful messenger” bearing good news. This could be likened to the Gospel being taken to those who have not had the privilege to hear.) Psalms 140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. (We are told in this Passage concerning the Antichrist and his followers that “they rise not up again.”) Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man defers his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. (A forgiving spirit marks the true man of God under both the First and Second Covenants.) Exodus 21:22-27 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her (the pregnancy is terminated), and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then you shall give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. (The order of retaliation, as it referred to here, was seldom carried out under Jewish Law, but was rather settled by the giving of money or labor, etc.; however, let it ever be understood, the Scripture also says: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord” [Lev. 19:18; Deut. 32:35]. Jesus said, “With what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again” [Mat. 7:2]. The Word of God, in one way or the other, will always be carried out.) 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake. Levicus 19:18 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). Deuteronomy 32:35 To Me belongs vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste (the coming Great Tribulation [Mat. 24:21]). Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation (the last three and one half years), such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be (the worst the world has ever known, and will be so bad that it will never be repeated). Matthew 7:2 This verse is talking about the “heart, we are to judge bad fruit only”. For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged (whatever “motive” we ascribe to others, such motive will ultimately be ascribed to us): and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again (a double emphasis is given here in order to proclaim the seriousness of the Words of our Lord; when we judge others, we are judging ourselves). RETALIATION Matthew 5:38-41 You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth ([Ex. 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21]; the letter of the Law was that which God would carry out in His Own way [Mat. 7:2] man was not to resort to such, even as Jesus will now say): 39 But I say unto you, That you resist not evil (do not reward evil with evil): but whosoever shall smite you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also (once again, the language is figurative, for the Lord when smitten on the cheek [Jn. 18:22-23] did not turn the other cheek but with dignity rebuked the assailant). 40 And if any man will sue you at the law, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also (this does not refer to righteous action, which is sometimes necessary, but rather to a contentious spirit, which demands one’s rights, down to the minute detail). 41 And whosoever shall compel you to go a mile, go with him two (the entirety of the idea has to do with the heart of man, not so much his outward actions, but which most surely would guide his actions accordingly). Levitcus 24:20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again (actually, these Laws were seldom carried out; most of the time, a value in money was placed upon the infraction, with it being paid to the victim, that is, if wrong had actually been done). Deuteronomy 19:21 And your eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot (most of the time, this was never carried out, but, instead, certain amounts of money were given to satisfy the situation). John 18:22-23 And when He had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand (probably did this in order to curry favor with the High Priest), saying, Answerest Thou the High Priest so? (This answers the fact that they were looking for a reason to strike Him.) 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil (in essence says, “if I have spoken or committed some type of evil, tell Me what it is!): but if well, why do you smite Me? (What have I said or done to deserve this?) THE LAW OF LOVE Matthew 5:43-48 43 You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy (once again, Christ is correcting the perversion of Scripture; the “hating of the enemy” was probably derived from Deut. 7:1-6; but nowhere in that Passage does it say to hate the enemy; while we are to hate the sin, we are not to hate the sinner [Jn. 3:16]). 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them who curse you, do good to them who hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you (the actions of the enemies of goodness and of righteousness are to be “hated” with a holy hatred; but personal hatred is to be met by love); 45 That you may be the Children of your Father which is in Heaven: for He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust (we are to imitate our Heavenly Father). 46 For if you love them which love you, what reward have you? do not even the publicans the same? (Only those who have the true Love of God in their hearts can love those who do not love them.) 47 And if you salute your Brethren only, what do you more than others? do not even the publicans so? (If our love is of no greater definition than that of the world, then our claims are empty.) 48 Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect (Jesus is not teaching sinless perfection, for the Bible does not teach such; He is teaching that our imitation of our Heavenly Father must be as perfect as possible; the Holy Spirit Alone can help us do these things, which He does according to our Faith in Christ and the Cross [Rom. 8:1-2, 11]). SEPARATION Dueteronomy 7:1-6 When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you (the Lord could easily have destroyed these nations, exactly as He did Sodom and Gomorrah, etc., but He deemed it desirable that Israel dispel them in order that Israel might learn trust and faith; faith comes by hearing the Word; however, faith put to practice can only come about by experience; it is the same with us presently; the Holy Spirit “helps us,” which means that we have a part to play ourselves; that part is Faith in Christ and the Cross [Rom. 8:26]); 2 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall smite them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them (the wickedness of these Tribes had reached such a state that there was nothing left but extermination; but God made that decision, not man, even though man was the instrument in carrying it out; likewise, anything and everything in our lives which isn’t Christlike must be “smitten” and “destroyed”): 3 Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give unto his son, nor his daughter shall you take unto your son. 4 For they will turn away your son from following Me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy you suddenly. (When we join the world, thinking to win the world, the world instead wins us. The unredeemed are brought to the Lord God’s Way. Any other way has the opposite effect. God’s Way is the Word being preached and anointed by the Spirit, with conviction seizing the heart of the unredeemed [Jn. 16:7-14; I Cor. 2:2.]) 5 But thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire (there can be no compromise with sin). 6 For you are an holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto Himself, above all people who are upon the face of the Earth (Israel, God’s chosen People!). John 3:16 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. LIFE IN THE SPIRIT Romans 8:1-2, 11 There is therefore now no condemnation (guilt) to them which are in Christ Jesus (refers back to Rom. 6:3-5 and our being baptized into His Death, which speaks of the Crucifixion), who walk not after the flesh (depending on one’s personal strength and ability or great religious efforts in order to overcome sin), but after the Spirit (the Holy Spirit works exclusively within the legal confines of the Finished Work of Christ; our Faith in that Finished Work, i.e., “the Cross,” guarantees the help of the Holy Spirit, which guarantees Victory). 2 For the Law (that which we are about to give is a Law of God, devised by the Godhead in eternity past [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). Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit (Holy Spirit) also helps our infirmities (the help given to us by the Holy Spirit is made possible in its entirety by and through what Jesus did at the Cross): for we know not what we should pray for as we ought (signals the significance of prayer, but also that without the Holy Spirit, all is to no avail): but the Spirit itself (Himself) makes intercession for us (He petitions or intercedes on our behalf) with groanings which cannot be uttered (not groanings on the part of the Holy Spirit, but rather on our part, which pertains to that which comes from the heart and cannot properly be put into words). John 16:7-14, 1 Corinthians 2:2. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away (the Mission and Ministry of the Holy Spirit to the Body of Christ depended upon the return of Christ to the Father): for if I go not away, the Comforter (Holy Spirit) will not come unto you (concerns the respective Office Work of Both Jesus and the Holy Spirit —Jesus as the Saviour of men, and the Holy Spirit as the Power of the Church); but if I depart, I will send Him unto you (a Finished Work on the Cross was demanded of Christ, before the Holy Spirit could be sent). 8 And when He (the Holy Spirit) is come, He will reprove (convict) the world of sin (the supreme sin of rejecting Christ), and of Righteousness (Jesus is Righteousness, and declared so by the Resurrection), and of Judgment (Satan was judged at Calvary, and all who follow him are likewise judged): 9 Of sin, because they believe not on Me (to reject Christ and the Cross is to reject Salvation); 10 Of Righteousness, because I go to My Father (Jesus presented a spotless Righteousness to the Father, namely Himself, which pertained to His Sacrifice at Calvary, that was accepted by God; consequently, that Righteousness is imputed to all who will believe in Him and His Work on the Cross), and you see me no more (meaning that His Work was Finished); 11 Of Judgment, because the Prince of this world is judged (Satan was completely defeated at Calvary and, thereby, judged as eternally condemned; all who follow him will suffer his fate, the Lake of Fire, and that fate will be forever and forever [Rev. 20:12-15]). 12 I have yet many things to say unto you (pertained to the entirety of the New Covenant that would be given to the Apostle Paul, and which foundation had already been laid by Christ), but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come (which He did on the Day of Pentecost), He will guide you into all Truth (if our Faith is properly placed in Christ and the Cross, the Holy Spirit can then bring forth Truth to us; He doesn’t guide into some truth, but rather “all Truth”): for He shall not speak of Himself (tells us not only What He does, but Whom He represents); but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak (doesn’t refer to lack of knowledge, for the Holy Spirit is God, but rather He will proclaim the Work of Christ only): and He will show you things to come (pertains to the New Covenant, which would shortly be given). 14 He shall glorify Me (will portray Christ and what Christ did at the Cross for dying humanity): for He shall receive of Mine (the benefits of the Cross), and shall show it unto you (which He did, when He gave these great Truths to the Apostle Paul [Rom., Chpts. 6-8, etc.]). 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you (with purpose and design, Paul did not resort to the knowledge or philosophy of the world regarding the preaching of the Gospel), save Jesus Christ, and Him Crucified (that and that alone is the Message, which will save the sinner, set the captive free, and give the Believer perpetual Victory). Romans 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): 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). REDEMPTION 1 Peter 1:18 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); Revelation 20:12-15 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God (pertains to the second Resurrection, the Resurrection of Damnation [I Cor., Chpt. 15; I Thess. 4:13-18; Jn. 5:29]); and the Books were opened: and another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life: and the dead were Judged out of those things which were written in the Books, according to their works (proclaims the manner of Judgment). 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them (points to the fact that every unredeemed person who has ever lived will face the Great White Throne Judgment; none will be exempted): and they were Judged every man according to their works (records the fact that this Judgment is not arbitrary, but is based on absolute Justice). 14 And death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire (combined, includes the wicked of all ages). This is the second death (Eternal separation from God and the Lake of Fire). 15 And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life (refers to the record of all the unredeemed) was cast into the Lake of Fire. (This includes every single individual who isn’t Redeemed, beginning with Adam and Eve. That is, if they didn’t come back to God.) 1 Corthians 1:17 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.) 13 For by one Spirit (the Holy Spirit Alone does this) are we all baptized into one Body (at Salvation, the Holy Spirit Baptizes the Believing sinner into the Body of Christ, which is the Born-Again experience; it doesn’t refer to Water Baptism), whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free (all must come in the same manner, “by and through Jesus Christ and what He did for us at the Cross”); and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (The Holy Spirit is the agent Who affects the work of Redemption carried out in our lives, which is made possible by the Death, Burial, Resurrection, Ascension, and Exaltation of Christ.) Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ (refers to the Baptism into His Death at Calvary [Rom. 6:3-5]; the reference is not to Water Baptism) have put on Christ (means to be clothed with Him [Jn. 14:20]). Ephesians 4:5 One Lord (Jesus Christ), one Faith (what He did at the Cross), one Baptism (our Salvation, referring to Believers Baptized into Christ, which was done at the Cross; it has nothing to do with Water Baptism [Rom. 6:3-5]), Colossians 2:11-13 In Whom also you are circumcised with the Circumcision made without hands (that which is brought about by the Cross [Rom. 6:3-5]), in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the Circumcision of Christ (refers to the old carnal nature that is defeated by the Believer placing his Faith totally in the Cross, which gives the Holy Spirit latitude to work): 12 Buried with Him in Baptism (does not refer to Water Baptism, but rather to the Believer baptized into the death of Christ, which refers to the Crucifixion and Christ as our substitute [Rom. 6:3-4]), wherein also you are risen with Him through the Faith of the operation of God, Who has raised Him from the dead. (This does not refer to our future physical Resurrection, but to that spiritual Resurrection from a sinful state into Divine Life. We died with Him, we are buried with Him, and we rose with Him [Rom. 6:3-5], and herein lies the secret to all Spiritual Victory.) 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh (speaks of spiritual death [i.e., “separation from God”], which sin does!), has He quickened together with Him (refers to being made spiritually alive, which is done through being “Born-Again”), having forgiven you all trespasses (the Cross made it possible for all manner of sins to be forgiven and taken away); 1 Thesslonians 4:13-18 But I would not have you to be ignorant, Brethren, concerning them which are asleep (refers to Believers who have died), that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. (This concerns those who do not know the Lord who will have no part in the First Resurrection of Life and, therefore, no hope for Heaven.) 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again (the very Foundation of Christianity is the Death and Resurrection of Christ; it is the proof of life after death in a glorified state for all Saints in that life, which incidentally will never end), even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. (This refers to the Rapture of the Church, or the Resurrection of all Believers, with both phrases meaning the same thing, even as Paul describes in I Cor., Chpt. 15. At death, the soul and the spirit of the Child of God instantly go to be with Jesus [Phil. 1:23], while the physical body goes back to dust. At the Rapture, God will replace what was the physical body with a Glorified Body, united with the soul and the spirit. In fact, the soul and the spirit of each individual will accompany the Lord down close to this Earth to be united with a Glorified Body, which will then make the Believer whole.) 15 For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord (presents the Doctrine of the Rapture of the Church as the “Word of the Lord”), that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord (all Believers who are alive at the Rapture) shall not prevent them which are asleep. (This refers to the fact that the living Saints will not precede or go before the dead Saints.) 16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout (refers to “the same Jesus” which the Angels proclaimed in Acts 1:11), with the voice of the Archangel (refers to Michael, the only one referred to as such [Jude, Vs. 9]), and with the Trump of God (doesn’t exactly say God will personally blow this Trumpet, but that it definitely does belong to Him, whoever does signal the blast): and the dead in Christ shall rise first (the criteria for being ready for the Rapture is to be “in Christ,” which means that all who are truly Born-Again will definitely go in the Rapture): 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up (Raptured) together with them (the Resurrected dead) in the clouds (clouds of Saints, not clouds as we normally think of such), to meet the Lord in the air (the Greek word for “air” is “aer,” and refers to the lower atmosphere, or from about 6,000 feet down; so, the Lord will come at least within 6,000 feet of the Earth, perhaps even lower, with all the Saints meeting Him there; but He, at that time, will not come all the way to the Earth, that awaiting the Second Coming, which will be seven or more years later): and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (This presents the greatest meeting humanity will have ever known.) 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. (This pertains to the future of the Child of God, which is Glorious indeed!) John 5:28-29 28 Marvel not at this (these statements, as given by Christ, left the religious leaders of Israel speechless): for the hour is coming, in the which all who are in the graves shall hear His Voice (speaks of the Resurrection of Life and the Resurrection of Damnation; again, these statements proclaim Christ as the Lord of both life and death), 29 And shall come forth (portrays both Resurrections as we shall see, and according to His “Voice”); they who have done good, unto the Resurrection of Life (pertains to the First Resurrection, or as commonly referred, “The Rapture” [I Thess. 4:13-18]); and they who have done evil, unto the Resurrection of Damnation (this last Resurrection will take place approximately a thousand years after the First Resurrection of Life [Dan. 12:2; Rev., Chpt. 20]). John 14:20 At that day (after the Resurrection, and the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost) you shall know that I am in My Father (speaks of Deity; Jesus is God!), and you in Me (has to do with our Salvation by Faith), and I in you (enables us to live a victorious life [Gal. 2:20]). Daniel 12:2 Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. (The idea, as given by the Holy Spirit, is that they had “spiritual eyes,” but refused to see, and “spiritual ears,” but refused to hear.) Acts 1:11 Which also said, You men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into Heaven? (This does not mean that it was only men who were present, but rather that this was a common term used for both men and women.) this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into Heaven (refers to the same Human Body with the nail prints in His Hands and Feet, etc.), shall so come in like manner as you have seen Him go into Heaven (refers to the same place, which is the Mount of Olivet). Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the Archangel (no other Angel bears the title of Archangel, as recorded; there are others who are Chief Angels, and Michael is only one of them [Dan. 10:13]), when contending with the Devil he disputed about the body of Moses (after the death of Moses, Satan demanded the body of the Lawgiver which was denied him by Michael, the Archangel), did not bring against him (against Satan) a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke you (a “railing accusation” would have placed Michael on the same level with the Devil to which the great Archangel would not stoop, and rightly so!). Philippians 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two (refers to equal pressure being exerted from both sides; he is speaking here of his personal desires, and not necessarily that which the Lord would desire; however, he has already made it clear his personal will is to be swallowed up in the sweet Will of God), having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better (the centerpiece of all of this is Christ; if one draws any other conclusions, one misses the point entirely): Galatians 2:20 I am Crucified with Christ (as the Foundation of all Victory; Paul, here, takes us back to Rom. 6:3-5): nevertheless I live (have new life); yet not I (not by my own strength and ability), but Christ lives in me (by virtue of me dying with Him on the Cross, and being raised with Him in Newness of Life): and the life which I now live in the flesh (my daily walk before God) I live by the Faith of the Son of God (the Cross is ever the Object of my Faith), Who loved me, and gave Himself for me (which is the only way that I could be Saved). Rvelation 20:3, 5-6, 11-15. 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him (speaks of the abyss being sealed to keep him there), that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. (At the end of the thousand-year period, Satan will be loosed out of his prison. He will make another attempt to deceive the nations, in which he will not succeed. We aren’t told how long this “little season” will be.) Revelation 5-6 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. (Thispertains 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.) GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT Revelation 11-15 11 And I saw a Great White Throne (proclaims the final Judgment of the unredeemed, which will take place at the end of the Kingdom Age), and Him Who sat on it (proclaims none other than God; however, we must understand that it is the Person of the Godhead, the Lord Jesus Christ [Mat. 25:31]; He is the Saviour today; He will be the Judge tomorrow), from Whose face the Earth and the Heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. (This means a New Heaven and New Earth are in the offing.) 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God (pertains to the second Resurrection, the Resurrection of Damnation [I Cor., Chpt. 15; I Thess. 4:13-18; Jn. 5:29]); and the Books were opened: and another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life: and the dead were Judged out of those things which were written in the Books, according to their works (proclaims the manner of Judgment). 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them (points to the fact that every unredeemed person who has ever lived will face the Great White Throne Judgment; none will be exempted): and they were Judged every man according to their works (records the fact that this Judgment is not arbitrary, but is based on absolute Justice). 14 And death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire (combined, includes the wicked of all ages). This is the second death (Eternal separation from God and the Lake of Fire). 15 And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life (refers to the record of all the unredeemed) was cast into the Lake of Fire. (This includes every single individual who isn’t Redeemed, beginning with Adam and Eve. That is, if they didn’t come back to God.) This is a perfect part to stop at. As you have just read, it is a big sin if you don not forgive, just as God has forgiven you and forgets your past sins when you repent at the Cross. When you say sorry to someone, you are at the same time, repenting and admitting that you were wrong to the other person. If he or she excepts their apology, he or she needs to not just forgive for their wrong but, also needs to forget what they have done wrong, that is called, Godly forgiveness and that is what God has been trying to teach all nations to live by but, they all, including most Churches. They all would rather play and be God, instead living godly and let God, be God. They would rather play God and that all is spiritual adultery and will lead their souls to hell. God will never play favoritism to any soul, no way, shape or form. This life is to be lived God’s way and not your ways. Your ways is what got your souls in trouble. Now, is the Time to come to the Cross in Repentance, so you can be Saved from your sins. God is knocking at your hearts door and wants to come in, to give you a brand new heart, mind, soul and to provide you with a brand new Life, for you to live on this side of the grave. Come to the Cross today in Repentance and God will Baptize you with His Spirit and you will then be Saved but, you must turn away from sin and if you mess up, just come back to the Cross and repent, live your life in Repentance. This still does not give you the rights to sin freely at all. You must die to the sin nature so, the Holy Spirit of God will gain the latitude to Work in your lives. May God be with your souls my friends, Brothers, Sisters in Christ Jesus and family.