Newsletter 263 October 2, 2011
Ephesians 5:1-21
King James Version (KJV)
I am sure that we have all seen the three year old boy, dressed as like his father as is possible, and copying his father in everything. He copies his walk, his mannerisms, and his talk. We see him and we laugh and say, “how cute.” But, this is what we as Christians ought to be doing, in our relationship with God our Father. This is what Jesus did in his relationship with his father, God. He said, “He that hath seen me has seen the father.” He is our perfect example.
1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Our text naturally divides into three parts. The first is:
WALK IN LOVE
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.
The world sings it’s “love songs”, meaning a totally different thing than Christian love. When Jesus said, “If you love me, keep my commandments,” God so loved the world,” “greater love hath no man than this,” he was speaking a “foreign language” to most of the world. Then he went on to define by example, what he meant. “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son.” This is sacrificial love, beyond comprehension to most of the world, but, so very clear to believers. God, who made all things, loves us that much!. Just to make sure that we understand, Paul goes on to show the contrast between Christians and the world.
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
To place he bow on the parcel, consider I Corinthians 13:13, “And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three but the greatest of these is love.” This sets Christians apart. “By their love, ye shall know them.”
WALK IN LIGHT
They walk confidently, for they walk in light. They walk confidently because they are not in spiritual darkness. John 1:4-5, “In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.“
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
If you do this, you shall be fruitful. The presence of the Holy Spirit, given at baptism, when one “puts on” Christ, assures the Holy Spirit, the Spiritual guide
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Those things that may have once seemed so important, are now something to be ashamed of.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
WALK IN WISDOM
We seek and study that we might gain knowledge, but wisdom is given in answer to prayer. Solomon pleased God when he asked for wisdom and not power and wealth. As long as he kept his eyes on God, he had wisdom in such quantities that he is spoken of yet as the wisest man the world has ever known. People came from afar, to consult him, but when he took his eyes off God and started looking about at the pagan gods of his many wives, he started to make more foolish mistakes. Walk not only in light, but walk wisely in the steps of the Lord.
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Why? , because the days are evil.
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
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OCTOBER
2nd. Sunday – Jeremiah 3, 4, Philippians 1:15-30, Psalm 116:1-11
3rd. Monday – Jeremiah 5, 6, Philippians 2:1-13, Proverbs 24:1-12
4th. Tuesday – Jeremiah 7, 8, Philippians 2:14-30, Psalm 116:12-19
5th. Wednesday - Jeremiah 9, 10, Philippians 3, Psalm 117
6th. Thursday - Jeremiah 11, 12, 13, Philippians 4, Psalm 118:1-16
7th. Friday – Jeremiah 14, 15, 16, Colossians 1, Proverbs 24:13-22
8th. Saturday - Jeremiah 17, 18, 19, Colossians 2, Psalm 118:17-29
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“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32
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A little girl became restless as the preacher’s sermon dragged on and on. Finally she leaned over to her mother and whispered, “Mommy, if we give him the money now, will he let us go?”
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After church on a Sunday morning, a young boy suddenly announced to his mother, “Mom, I’ve decided I’m going to be a minister when I grow up.”
“That’s okay with us,” his mother replied, but what made you decide to be a minister?”
“Well,” he said, “I’ll have to go to church on Sunday anyway, and I figure it will be more fun to stand up and yell than to sit still and listen.”
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JUDGMENT TO COME
Newsletter 260 V September 11, 2011
2 Corinthians 5:6-16 King James Version
Satan and his host of fallen angels are making a proverbial last stand. The Bible tells us that he is like a raging lion seeking whom he might devour, Recall when he tempted our Lord, pointing out the nations of the world, that he suggested that if Jesus would just worship him, he would turn the whole world over to Him. To be able to do that, he would have had to have the entire physical world under his control. You can not give away, that which is not yours.
That world, under Satan’s power, became such a vile place that there was little hope for any faith to survive. When it had come to that, God destroyed it using the great flood, saving only Noah and his immediate family to make a new start.
Satan then led them to build the Tower of Babel, but he was defeated yet again. When he tried to take over the Spiritual world, God defeated his goal by dividing the people into nations and scattering them abroad.
Our Lord had created that world (John 1:3), and it was perfect. Satan could only corrupt it. But, let us take a look at today’s world. It certainly is not perfect. On the purely physical side a hurricane destroyed a big portion of New Orleans. Many came to Texas and stayed. Their homes were gone. Just this year alone, An earthquake and tsunami, and now a typhoon have battered Japan, Haiti suffered an earthquake; a monstrous tornado destroyed a huge swath out of Joplin, and multiple tornadoes destroyed the south-east, now a hurricane has sped up the east coast accompanied by massive flooding and an earthquake. At the present after months of record breaking heat and drought, Texas is fighting massive outbreaks of raging fire everywhere, Its cattle are dying.. These are all physical. Satan, knowing that his end is looming is making a great struggle to destroy all that he can, and to financially destroy all that survive throughout the world. You could not pay me enough to live in California where so many earthquakes are considered to be “normal.” A really big one is expected, at any time.
Still, there is safety for the faithful. The church, which is Spiritual, is our refuge, and it shall safely survive it all. Because the church is Spiritual, Satan can not destroy it from the world. We are in the world, but need not to be of the world..
IN THE WORLD, BUT NOT OF IT.
We have a physical body, but we shall leave it behind, for Christians are basically spiritual beings, “born of the water and of the spirit.” We have “put on Christ.” Satan can not destroy Christ, or His.
6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
A SEPARATION IS COMING
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
CHRIST DIED FOR ALL MEN
If he died for all, then all were lost, whether they knew it or not. The greatest needed thing on earth is not physical, it is spiritual. Food, clothing, shelter, money, transportation, and all the contents of our homes. None of these things can go to heaven. The world’s Museums are filled with the wealth of past empires, because. they could not take it with them. It is for this reason that when I pray for the sick, I also try to remember to pray for their Spiritual well being as well, for that is why our Lord came to dwell among us.
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
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SEPTEMBER
11th. Sunday – Isaiah 27, 28, 2 Corinthians 11:1-15, Psalm 106:40-48
12th. Monday – Isaiah 29, 30, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, Psalm 107:1-9
13th. Tuesday – Isaiah 31, 32, 33, 2 Corinthians 12, Proverbs 22:17-29
14th. Wednesday - Isaiah 34, 35, 36, 2 Corinthians 13, Psalm 107:10-22
15th. Thursday - Isaiah 37, 38, Galatians 1, Psalm 107:23-32
16th. Friday – Isaiah 39, 40, Galatians 2, Psalm 107:33-43
17th. Saturday - Isaiah 41, 42, Galatians 3:1-14, Proverbs 23:1-9
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THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE
“If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
2 Corinthians 8:17
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2 Corinthians 5:6-16 King James Version
Satan and his host of fallen angels are making a proverbial last stand. The Bible tells us that he is like a raging lion seeking whom he might devour, Recall when he tempted our Lord, pointing out the nations of the world, that he suggested that if Jesus would just worship him, he would turn the whole world over to Him. To be able to do that, he would have had to have the entire physical world under his control. You can not give away, that which is not yours.
That world, under Satan’s power, became such a vile place that there was little hope for any faith to survive. When it had come to that, God destroyed it using the great flood, saving only Noah and his immediate family to make a new start.
Satan then led them to build the Tower of Babel, but he was defeated yet again. When he tried to take over the Spiritual world, God defeated his goal by dividing the people into nations and scattering them abroad.
Our Lord had created that world (John 1:3), and it was perfect. Satan could only corrupt it. But, let us take a look at today’s world. It certainly is not perfect. On the purely physical side a hurricane destroyed a big portion of New Orleans. Many came to Texas and stayed. Their homes were gone. Just this year alone, An earthquake and tsunami, and now a typhoon have battered Japan, Haiti suffered an earthquake; a monstrous tornado destroyed a huge swath out of Joplin, and multiple tornadoes destroyed the south-east, now a hurricane has sped up the east coast accompanied by massive flooding and an earthquake. At the present after months of record breaking heat and drought, Texas is fighting massive outbreaks of raging fire everywhere, Its cattle are dying.. These are all physical. Satan, knowing that his end is looming is making a great struggle to destroy all that he can, and to financially destroy all that survive throughout the world. You could not pay me enough to live in California where so many earthquakes are considered to be “normal.” A really big one is expected, at any time.
Still, there is safety for the faithful. The church, which is Spiritual, is our refuge, and it shall safely survive it all. Because the church is Spiritual, Satan can not destroy it from the world. We are in the world, but need not to be of the world..
IN THE WORLD, BUT NOT OF IT.
We have a physical body, but we shall leave it behind, for Christians are basically spiritual beings, “born of the water and of the spirit.” We have “put on Christ.” Satan can not destroy Christ, or His.
6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
A SEPARATION IS COMING
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
CHRIST DIED FOR ALL MEN
If he died for all, then all were lost, whether they knew it or not. The greatest needed thing on earth is not physical, it is spiritual. Food, clothing, shelter, money, transportation, and all the contents of our homes. None of these things can go to heaven. The world’s Museums are filled with the wealth of past empires, because. they could not take it with them. It is for this reason that when I pray for the sick, I also try to remember to pray for their Spiritual well being as well, for that is why our Lord came to dwell among us.
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
_________
READ THE BIBLE THROUGH AGAIN IN 2011
SEPTEMBER
11th. Sunday – Isaiah 27, 28, 2 Corinthians 11:1-15, Psalm 106:40-48
12th. Monday – Isaiah 29, 30, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, Psalm 107:1-9
13th. Tuesday – Isaiah 31, 32, 33, 2 Corinthians 12, Proverbs 22:17-29
14th. Wednesday - Isaiah 34, 35, 36, 2 Corinthians 13, Psalm 107:10-22
15th. Thursday - Isaiah 37, 38, Galatians 1, Psalm 107:23-32
16th. Friday – Isaiah 39, 40, Galatians 2, Psalm 107:33-43
17th. Saturday - Isaiah 41, 42, Galatians 3:1-14, Proverbs 23:1-9
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THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE
“If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
2 Corinthians 8:17
__________
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After church one Sunday morning, a mother commented: “The choir was awful this morning.” The father commented, “The sermon was too long.” Their seven-year old daughter asked: “You’ve got to admit it was a pretty good show for a dime.”
"MARY'S LETTERS"
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
THE CHURCH ETERNAL
Newsletter 262 September 25, 2011
Ephesians 3:14-21 King James Version
The church is not a building, whether simple of costly, it is only a building. Even the temple built in Jerusalem in honor of God and spoken of as His home was only a building and a rather short lived one at that, considering how long it was under construction. It was totally destroyed in 70 a.d. All that remains today is the wailing wall, really a retaining wall for the temple area.
The church is composed of those believers who have been obedient to the command to: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” (Acts 2:38) We know this because for the first time the church is spoken of as being present in (Acts 2:47) where we read: “And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.” Other versions say, “were being saved.” Symbolically, Peter used the key, when he first preached, at Pentecost, how to become a Christian. No man adds anyone to the church. Our, all knowing, almighty Lord does that, It is His church. Through Christ, and His church, we come to the Father.
GOD THE FATHER
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
ALL CHRISTIANS BEAR THE SON’S NAME
How very right it is that we bear he name “Christian”, meaning belonging to Christ. Add to that to be a part of the “whole family”, both here and in Heaven is an infinitely greater blessing. We are not there as servants, that is the work of the angels, we are there as adopted children, who bear the same name and have the same rights as our brother by adoption, Christ Jesus.
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
STRENGTHENED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
A truly Christian family is a wonderful thing, and to make certain that we remain that way, God sent us a blessing in the gift of the Holy Ghost.
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
THROUGH WHOM WE ARE STRENGTHENED
If the Holy Ghost in our hearts with Jesus as well, through faith we are rooted and well grounded for ever. We are enfolded in His love for us and we for one another. That includes all saints, Christians world-wide, “breadth, length, depth, and height.” As Jonah was in the belly of the great fish, and the astronauts have been in outer space, God is there, and His love is there for and with us.
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
HIS LOVE CAN NOT BE MEASURED
There is no way that we can understand that great love. It is beyond our ability, but it is there. It encompasses far beyond our human limitations, but one day we will know. Sometime we say, “I want to ask this when I get to heaven.” I think we will know without asking.
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
GLORY TO HIS PEOPLE, THE CHURCH, ETERNAL
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
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SEPTEMBER
25th. Sunday – Isaiah 63, 64, Ephesians 3, Proverbs 23:19-27
26th. Monday – Isaiah 65, 66, Ephesians 4:1-16, Psalm 112
27th. Tuesday – Micah 1, 2, Ephesians 4:17-32, Psalm 113
28th. Wednesday - Micah 3, 4, 5, Ephesians 5:1-16 , Psalm 114
29th. Thursday - Micah 6, 7, Ephesians 5:17-33, Proverbs 23:28-35
30th. Friday – Nahum 1, 2, 3, Ephesians 6, Psalm 115:1-9
OCTOBER
1st. Saturday - Jeremiah 1, 2, Philippians 1:1-14, Psalm 115:10-18 __________
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THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE
“And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.” Ephesians 1:22-23
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OOPS!
The pastor received the following thank you note from a newlywed in his congregation. “Dear pastor: I want to thank you for performing our marriage ceremony. It was beautiful the way you brought my happiness to a conclusion.”
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A pastor was called to a local nursing home to perform a wedding. An anxious old man met him at the door. The pastor sat down to counsel the old man and asked several questions. “Do you love her?”
The old man replied, “Nope.”
Is she a good Christian woman?”
“I don’t know for sure.” the old man answered.
“Does she have lots of money?” asked the pastor.
“I doubt it.”
“Then why are you marrying her?” The preacher asked.
“Cause she can drive at night.” The old man said.
Ephesians 3:14-21 King James Version
The church is not a building, whether simple of costly, it is only a building. Even the temple built in Jerusalem in honor of God and spoken of as His home was only a building and a rather short lived one at that, considering how long it was under construction. It was totally destroyed in 70 a.d. All that remains today is the wailing wall, really a retaining wall for the temple area.
The church is composed of those believers who have been obedient to the command to: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” (Acts 2:38) We know this because for the first time the church is spoken of as being present in (Acts 2:47) where we read: “And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.” Other versions say, “were being saved.” Symbolically, Peter used the key, when he first preached, at Pentecost, how to become a Christian. No man adds anyone to the church. Our, all knowing, almighty Lord does that, It is His church. Through Christ, and His church, we come to the Father.
GOD THE FATHER
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
ALL CHRISTIANS BEAR THE SON’S NAME
How very right it is that we bear he name “Christian”, meaning belonging to Christ. Add to that to be a part of the “whole family”, both here and in Heaven is an infinitely greater blessing. We are not there as servants, that is the work of the angels, we are there as adopted children, who bear the same name and have the same rights as our brother by adoption, Christ Jesus.
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
STRENGTHENED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
A truly Christian family is a wonderful thing, and to make certain that we remain that way, God sent us a blessing in the gift of the Holy Ghost.
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
THROUGH WHOM WE ARE STRENGTHENED
If the Holy Ghost in our hearts with Jesus as well, through faith we are rooted and well grounded for ever. We are enfolded in His love for us and we for one another. That includes all saints, Christians world-wide, “breadth, length, depth, and height.” As Jonah was in the belly of the great fish, and the astronauts have been in outer space, God is there, and His love is there for and with us.
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
HIS LOVE CAN NOT BE MEASURED
There is no way that we can understand that great love. It is beyond our ability, but it is there. It encompasses far beyond our human limitations, but one day we will know. Sometime we say, “I want to ask this when I get to heaven.” I think we will know without asking.
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
GLORY TO HIS PEOPLE, THE CHURCH, ETERNAL
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
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SEPTEMBER
25th. Sunday – Isaiah 63, 64, Ephesians 3, Proverbs 23:19-27
26th. Monday – Isaiah 65, 66, Ephesians 4:1-16, Psalm 112
27th. Tuesday – Micah 1, 2, Ephesians 4:17-32, Psalm 113
28th. Wednesday - Micah 3, 4, 5, Ephesians 5:1-16 , Psalm 114
29th. Thursday - Micah 6, 7, Ephesians 5:17-33, Proverbs 23:28-35
30th. Friday – Nahum 1, 2, 3, Ephesians 6, Psalm 115:1-9
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The old man replied, “Nope.”
Is she a good Christian woman?”
“I don’t know for sure.” the old man answered.
“Does she have lots of money?” asked the pastor.
“I doubt it.”
“Then why are you marrying her?” The preacher asked.
“Cause she can drive at night.” The old man said.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
THE TWO COVENANTS
Newsletter 261 September 18, 2011
Galatians
4:21-5:1-6
While the purpose of a Last Will and Testament may be good at the time, they often become outdated or overlook something important. I was the executor of the last minute will of a fellow missionary, signed as we left to take him to the hospital. Only twelve days later, he had died. And it was up to me to take over his estate, which was really very simple. He had already changed his banking affairs into his wife’s name, and they rented their home, but it was unknown to me that he had advanced money to a friend and they had bought an automobile while they were in America for a short trip. I only learned when the license had to be renewed that it even existed and was registered in his name and not the friends. Circumstances change, a will needs to be kept up to date. Two of our daughters drew up wills that if anything happened to themselves, we would be responsible for their children. Those children are all now married and have families of their own. That portion is no longer needed. We used to have a will that was going out of date, so we, living in Texas now, changed to a much more flexible Revocable Living Trust, and a pre-paid cremation service.
Are you aware that God made two separate wills?, not for His death: but for ours. We know them as the Old Testament, and the New Testament. Times have changed since the first, the Law.
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? (Luke 16:29)
GOD’S FIRST WILL, LAW
We all know the account of God giving Moses the ten commandments on Mount Sinai. They were inscribed, on stone. Their purpose was to guide and prepare his people for the Messiah whom He would send when the time was right. The apostle Paul used the wives of Abraham to explain this difference, but even today many seem to have missed the point, and we find the dispensations mixed in the teachings of many cults and churches. Three or four come readily to mind, but remnants still remain in many church doctrines. The Zion Christian Church of Africa, the Mormon practices, the Seventh Day Adventists, and the Jehovah’s Witnesses come to mind, but there are many more who teach things which were really for the Old Covenant.
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. (Genesis 16:15, Genesis 21:2)
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, (Romans 9:2, Galatians 4:29, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 18:10, Galatians 4:28, Hebrews 11:11)
24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— (1 Corinthians 10:11, Deuteronomy 33:2, Galatians 4:3)
25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children—
THE CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGED
But now, beginning with the founding of the Lord’s own people, the Messiah has already come, and the whole picture is changed. The Old covenant was ruled by law, and did not remove the sins of the people. Their sacrifices only prepared them for the final blood sacrifice, that of His Son who would die because of our sin, and offer salvation through obedient faith. This began in the old Jerusalem, and from there to the entire world. Today we can become Christians because of the grace of God. The word “grace” means “undeserved, or unmerited good favor.” That is totally different from the commandments of the Law. Christianity is based on Love, not Law.
26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. (Hebrews 12:22, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 21:2,)
27 For it is written: (Isaiah 54:1)
“ Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. (Galatians 4:23, Romans 9:7, Galatians 3:29)
29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. (Galatians 4:23, Genesis 21:9, Galatians 5:11)
The world which looks at Christianity through the eyes of Law, can not understand love.. We love Him because he first loved us. “And now abideth Faith, Hope, Love, and the greatest of these is love.” “By their love, ye shall know them.”
30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” (Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:12, John 8:35)
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
GOD’S SECOND WILL, GRACE
Galatians 5
Christian Liberty
The key word of the second covenant is “Grace.” No man can buy grace, no man deserves grace because of good works. Yet good works is at the heart of many churches. One does good works because of his love, not for “points” with God. In the words of 1 Corinthians 13: we read, “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I have become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.” To which James adds, “:Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.” People know who and what we are by what we do.
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. ((John 8:32, John 8:36, Romans 8:15, 2 Corinthians 3:17, Galatians 2:4, Galatians 5:13, 1 Corinthians 16:13,Acts 14:10, Galatians 2:4)
2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. (2 Corinthians 10:1, Acts 15:1, Galatians 5:3, Galatians 6:11)
3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole (Luke 16:28, Acts 15:1, Galatians 5:2, Romans 2:25)
4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. (Hebrews 12:15, 2 Peter 3:17)
If for religious purposes you keep a part of the Old Covenant, Paul says, you are obliged to keep all of the law. In such case you are “fallen from grace” because you are seeking salvation through works, not through Christ.
5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. (Romans 8:23, 1 Corinthians 1:7)
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. (Galatians 3:26, 1 Corinthians 7:19, Galatians 6:15, Colossians 1:41, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, James 2:18, James 2:20, James 2:22)
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SEPTEMBER
18th. Sunday – Isaiah 43, 44, Galatians 3:15-29, Psalm 108:1-5
19th. Monday – Isaiah 45, 46, 47, Galatians 4:1-16, Psalm 108:6-13
20th. Tuesday – Isaiah 48, 49, 50, Galatians 4:17-31, Psalm 109:1-15
21st. Wednesday - Isaiah 51, 52, 53, Galatians 5, Proverbs 23:10-18
22nd. Thursday - Isaiah 54, 55, 56, Galatians 6, Psalm 109:16-31
23rd. Friday – Isaiah 57, 58, 59, Ephesians 1, Psalm 110
24th. Saturday - Isaiah 60, 61, 62, Ephesians 2, Psalm 111
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Galatians
4:21-5:1-6
While the purpose of a Last Will and Testament may be good at the time, they often become outdated or overlook something important. I was the executor of the last minute will of a fellow missionary, signed as we left to take him to the hospital. Only twelve days later, he had died. And it was up to me to take over his estate, which was really very simple. He had already changed his banking affairs into his wife’s name, and they rented their home, but it was unknown to me that he had advanced money to a friend and they had bought an automobile while they were in America for a short trip. I only learned when the license had to be renewed that it even existed and was registered in his name and not the friends. Circumstances change, a will needs to be kept up to date. Two of our daughters drew up wills that if anything happened to themselves, we would be responsible for their children. Those children are all now married and have families of their own. That portion is no longer needed. We used to have a will that was going out of date, so we, living in Texas now, changed to a much more flexible Revocable Living Trust, and a pre-paid cremation service.
Are you aware that God made two separate wills?, not for His death: but for ours. We know them as the Old Testament, and the New Testament. Times have changed since the first, the Law.
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? (Luke 16:29)
GOD’S FIRST WILL, LAW
We all know the account of God giving Moses the ten commandments on Mount Sinai. They were inscribed, on stone. Their purpose was to guide and prepare his people for the Messiah whom He would send when the time was right. The apostle Paul used the wives of Abraham to explain this difference, but even today many seem to have missed the point, and we find the dispensations mixed in the teachings of many cults and churches. Three or four come readily to mind, but remnants still remain in many church doctrines. The Zion Christian Church of Africa, the Mormon practices, the Seventh Day Adventists, and the Jehovah’s Witnesses come to mind, but there are many more who teach things which were really for the Old Covenant.
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. (Genesis 16:15, Genesis 21:2)
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, (Romans 9:2, Galatians 4:29, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 18:10, Galatians 4:28, Hebrews 11:11)
24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— (1 Corinthians 10:11, Deuteronomy 33:2, Galatians 4:3)
25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children—
THE CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGED
But now, beginning with the founding of the Lord’s own people, the Messiah has already come, and the whole picture is changed. The Old covenant was ruled by law, and did not remove the sins of the people. Their sacrifices only prepared them for the final blood sacrifice, that of His Son who would die because of our sin, and offer salvation through obedient faith. This began in the old Jerusalem, and from there to the entire world. Today we can become Christians because of the grace of God. The word “grace” means “undeserved, or unmerited good favor.” That is totally different from the commandments of the Law. Christianity is based on Love, not Law.
26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. (Hebrews 12:22, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 21:2,)
27 For it is written: (Isaiah 54:1)
“ Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. (Galatians 4:23, Romans 9:7, Galatians 3:29)
29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. (Galatians 4:23, Genesis 21:9, Galatians 5:11)
The world which looks at Christianity through the eyes of Law, can not understand love.. We love Him because he first loved us. “And now abideth Faith, Hope, Love, and the greatest of these is love.” “By their love, ye shall know them.”
30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” (Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:12, John 8:35)
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
GOD’S SECOND WILL, GRACE
Galatians 5
Christian Liberty
The key word of the second covenant is “Grace.” No man can buy grace, no man deserves grace because of good works. Yet good works is at the heart of many churches. One does good works because of his love, not for “points” with God. In the words of 1 Corinthians 13: we read, “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I have become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.” To which James adds, “:Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.” People know who and what we are by what we do.
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. ((John 8:32, John 8:36, Romans 8:15, 2 Corinthians 3:17, Galatians 2:4, Galatians 5:13, 1 Corinthians 16:13,Acts 14:10, Galatians 2:4)
2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. (2 Corinthians 10:1, Acts 15:1, Galatians 5:3, Galatians 6:11)
3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole (Luke 16:28, Acts 15:1, Galatians 5:2, Romans 2:25)
4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. (Hebrews 12:15, 2 Peter 3:17)
If for religious purposes you keep a part of the Old Covenant, Paul says, you are obliged to keep all of the law. In such case you are “fallen from grace” because you are seeking salvation through works, not through Christ.
5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. (Romans 8:23, 1 Corinthians 1:7)
6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. (Galatians 3:26, 1 Corinthians 7:19, Galatians 6:15, Colossians 1:41, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, James 2:18, James 2:20, James 2:22)
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READ THE BIBLE THROUGH AGAIN IN 2011
SEPTEMBER
18th. Sunday – Isaiah 43, 44, Galatians 3:15-29, Psalm 108:1-5
19th. Monday – Isaiah 45, 46, 47, Galatians 4:1-16, Psalm 108:6-13
20th. Tuesday – Isaiah 48, 49, 50, Galatians 4:17-31, Psalm 109:1-15
21st. Wednesday - Isaiah 51, 52, 53, Galatians 5, Proverbs 23:10-18
22nd. Thursday - Isaiah 54, 55, 56, Galatians 6, Psalm 109:16-31
23rd. Friday – Isaiah 57, 58, 59, Ephesians 1, Psalm 110
24th. Saturday - Isaiah 60, 61, 62, Ephesians 2, Psalm 111
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“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
Galatians 5:22
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Friday, September 2, 2011
TIMOTHY - FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD
Newsletter 259 V September 4, 2011
TIMOTHY - FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD
2 Timothy 1:5-18 King James Version (KJV)
This is probably the last of Paul’s letters, and was written from prison. As he was not certain that he would even be living by the time Timothy could come to him he used the opportunity to include final instructions, and encouragements to his “son in the faith.” It is very personal and clearly shows his familiarity with the family. Timothy’s father had been a Greek, but his grandmother and mother were faithful Jewish women who lived by, and taught Timothy the Old Testament scriptures. Here was one Jewish family who readily accepted Jesus as the Messiah, and was probably converted by Barnabas and Paul on their first missionary tour in that area. Timothy must have been in his late teens at that time. Now, perhaps fifteen years later, Timothy is following in the footsteps of Paul, and will carry on the work he had started.
5 I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. (1 Timothy 1:5, Acts 16:1, 2 Timothy 3:15)
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. (1 Timothy 4:14)
He reminds Timothy that he had taught him in the faith, and endowed him with special gifts that he would need in his ministry. He was concerned, perhaps that Timothy might be fearful, but fear was not of God who gave him love and power added to his good mind.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (John 14:27, Romans 8:15)
One of Satan’s weapons is fear. No one wants to be scorned or called a lunatic, both of which were likely to happen in the future, both then and now. All of the apostles died a martyr’s death with the exception of John, who survived death, but was banished to the Roman prison colony on Patmos instead.
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; (Mark 8:38, Romans 1:16, 2 Timothy 1:12, 2 Timothy 1:16, 1 Corinthians 1:6, Ephesians 3:1, 2 Timothy 2:3, 2 Timothy 2:9, 2 Timothy 4:5, 1 Timothy 1:10, 2 Timothy 2:8)
God has a purpose for each of us and has called us to serve, in a task for which He has prepared us. From the beginning, He knew the end, and He specially made each of us to be where we are, at the exact time to do the job that we were prepared to do. We are not “off the rack Christians,” we are “one of a kind,” and specially made for our task.
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, (Romans 11:14, Romans 2:28, Romans 11:29, Ephesians 2:9, 1 Timothy 1:1, Romans 16:25, Ephesians 1:4, Titus 1:2)
10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: (Romans 15:26, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, 2 Timothy 4:1, 2 Timothy 4:8, Titus 2:11, 2 Timothy 1:1, 1 Corinthians 15:26, Hebrews 2:14)
11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. (1 Timothy 2:7)
Paul had been following his own plans until Jesus stopped him in his tracks, on the road to Damascus. He was going there to destroy those of the faith, but God directed him into his ministry of spreading that very same faith. He did it well, once he turned his life over to the Lord. The persecutor became the persecuted through Christ and he was never ashamed of the faith.
12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. (2 Timothy 1:8, 2 Timothy 1:16, Titus 3:8, 1 Timothy 6:20, 2 Timothy 1:14, 1 Corinthians 1:8, 1 Corinthians 3:13, 2 Timothy 1:18, 2Timothy 4:8)
Paul knew what lay ahead for Timothy, so he gave him the encouragement he would need.
13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:14, Titus 1:9, Romans 2:20, Romans 6:17, 1 Timothy 1:10, 2 Timothy 2:21 Timothy 1:14, 2 Timothy 1:1)
14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. (Romans 8:9, 1 Timothy 6:20, 2 Timothy 1:1-12)
It is only through the power of the Holy Spirit that we can, any of us, persevere.
15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
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SEPTEMBER
4th. Sunday – Isaiah 8, 9, 2 Corinthians 4, Psalm 105:23-36
5th. Monday – Isaiah 10, 11, 2 Corinthians 5, Proverbs 21:24-31
6th. Tuesday – Isaiah 12, 13, 14, 2 Corinthians 6, Psalm 105:37-45
7th. Wednesday - Isaiah 15, 16, 17, 2 Corinthians 7, Psalm 106:1-15
8th. Thursday - Isaiah 18, 19, 20, 2 Corinthians 8, Psalm 106:16-31
9th. Friday – Isaiah 21, 22, 23, 2 Corinthians 9, Proverbs 22:1-16
10th. Saturday - Isaiah 24, 25, 26, 2 Corinthians 10, Psalm 106:32-39
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“In the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;”
1 Timothy 4:1-2
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The preacher grabbed Jack by the hand and pulled him aside.
The Pastor said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!"
Jack replied, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor."
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Jack whispered back, "I'm in the secret service."
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Friday, August 26, 2011
A STILL UNFULFILLED PROPHECY
Newsletter 258 August 28, 2011
1 Corinthians 15:50-58
The world is made up of only two classes of people. In the long run, it makes no difference in what race or nationality you happen to have been born. You were born a sinless individual, but as you matured, you, like Adam and Eve sinned, “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” What you do about this then your own decision to make, God has done his part. “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life, for God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” (John 3:16-17). We call a non-believer, lost, but God calls him a sinner and the wage of sin is death. That is a certainty.
Most Biblical prophecies have already been fulfilled, and the remainder deal with end times and could be fulfilled momentarily. They are not all fearful things, but they will all happen.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. (Matthew 16:17, John 3:5, 1 Corinthians 6:9, Romans 2:7)
There are two parts to this verse. These will happen and the result is certain. No one will go to heaven in this physical body. That is very good news for any adult person. Our bodies were given to be temporary abodes for the real us, our souls. The body is temporary, and the soul is eternal. We inherited a body that is subject to neglect, misuse, abuse, disease, and just plain wearing out. Sometimes there is nothing we can do about that, but, our souls are eternal and we have full control of them.
What is the mystery here?
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, (1 Corinthians 13:2, 2 Corinthians 5:2-4)
The mystery is that not all will die a normal physical death, called “sleep” here. Those who happen to be physically, still living, will be changed.
HOW IT WILL HAPPEN
With the blast of the angel’s trumpets, “the twinkling of an eye” the dead shall be raised and all will witness the Lord’s return to earth. The “saved” among the currently living, shall be changed, and all the physically deceased who died in Christ, those who “sleep;” Will join them
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (Matthew 24:31, John 25:48, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 1 Thessalonians 4:17)
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. (Romans 2:7, 2 Corinthians 5:4)
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (Isaiah 25:8)
VICTORY IN CHRIST
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (Hosea 13:14)
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. (Romans 5:12, Romans 3:20, Romans 4:15, Romans 7;8)
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 7:25, 2 Corinthians 2:15, Romans 8:37, Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 5:4, Revelation 21:4)
God has prepared the way. He has revealed it through His Word. It is over to us to act upon it. To do nothing is fatal.
MAKE CERTAIN YOU ARE READY
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. (2 Peter 3:14, 1 Corinthians 16:10)
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READ THE BIBLE THROUGH AGAIN IN 2011
AUGUST
28th. Sunday – 2 Chronicles 29, 30, 2 Timothy 1, Proverbs 21:1-12
29th. Monday – 2 Chronicles 31, 32, 2 Timothy 2, Psalm 104:1-14
30th. Tuesday – 2 Chronicles 33, 34, 2 Timothy 3, Psalm 104:15-25
31st. Wednesday - 2 Chronicles 35, 36, 2 Timothy 4, Psalm 104:26-35
SEPTEMBER
1st. Thursday - Isaiah 1, 2, 2 Corinthians 1, Proverbs 21:13-23
2nd. Friday – Isaiah 3, 4, 2 Corinthians 2, Psalm 105:1-11
3rd. Saturday - Isaiah 5, 6, 7, 2 Corinthians 3, Psalm 105:12-22
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THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, al things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.”
2 Corinthians 6:17-18
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1 Corinthians 15:50-58
The world is made up of only two classes of people. In the long run, it makes no difference in what race or nationality you happen to have been born. You were born a sinless individual, but as you matured, you, like Adam and Eve sinned, “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” What you do about this then your own decision to make, God has done his part. “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life, for God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” (John 3:16-17). We call a non-believer, lost, but God calls him a sinner and the wage of sin is death. That is a certainty.
Most Biblical prophecies have already been fulfilled, and the remainder deal with end times and could be fulfilled momentarily. They are not all fearful things, but they will all happen.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. (Matthew 16:17, John 3:5, 1 Corinthians 6:9, Romans 2:7)
There are two parts to this verse. These will happen and the result is certain. No one will go to heaven in this physical body. That is very good news for any adult person. Our bodies were given to be temporary abodes for the real us, our souls. The body is temporary, and the soul is eternal. We inherited a body that is subject to neglect, misuse, abuse, disease, and just plain wearing out. Sometimes there is nothing we can do about that, but, our souls are eternal and we have full control of them.
What is the mystery here?
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, (1 Corinthians 13:2, 2 Corinthians 5:2-4)
The mystery is that not all will die a normal physical death, called “sleep” here. Those who happen to be physically, still living, will be changed.
HOW IT WILL HAPPEN
With the blast of the angel’s trumpets, “the twinkling of an eye” the dead shall be raised and all will witness the Lord’s return to earth. The “saved” among the currently living, shall be changed, and all the physically deceased who died in Christ, those who “sleep;” Will join them
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (Matthew 24:31, John 25:48, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 1 Thessalonians 4:17)
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. (Romans 2:7, 2 Corinthians 5:4)
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (Isaiah 25:8)
VICTORY IN CHRIST
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (Hosea 13:14)
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. (Romans 5:12, Romans 3:20, Romans 4:15, Romans 7;8)
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 7:25, 2 Corinthians 2:15, Romans 8:37, Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 5:4, Revelation 21:4)
God has prepared the way. He has revealed it through His Word. It is over to us to act upon it. To do nothing is fatal.
MAKE CERTAIN YOU ARE READY
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. (2 Peter 3:14, 1 Corinthians 16:10)
_________
READ THE BIBLE THROUGH AGAIN IN 2011
AUGUST
28th. Sunday – 2 Chronicles 29, 30, 2 Timothy 1, Proverbs 21:1-12
29th. Monday – 2 Chronicles 31, 32, 2 Timothy 2, Psalm 104:1-14
30th. Tuesday – 2 Chronicles 33, 34, 2 Timothy 3, Psalm 104:15-25
31st. Wednesday - 2 Chronicles 35, 36, 2 Timothy 4, Psalm 104:26-35
SEPTEMBER
1st. Thursday - Isaiah 1, 2, 2 Corinthians 1, Proverbs 21:13-23
2nd. Friday – Isaiah 3, 4, 2 Corinthians 2, Psalm 105:1-11
3rd. Saturday - Isaiah 5, 6, 7, 2 Corinthians 3, Psalm 105:12-22
__________
OUR CHRISTIAN BLOG LINKS
(With links to 787 titles)
Ctrl/click to follow these links
http://searchingthescriptureswithbob.blogspot.com
Our weekly Bible Letter
http://47yearsinafrica.blogspot.com
Biographical, with photos
http://whatdoesgodsayaboutthis.blogspot.com
Questions and discussions
http://scripturegems.blogspot.com
Favorite Scripture Quotation
http://salvationtracts.blogspot.com
Representing 70 world languages
http://searchthescriptureswithbob.blogspot.com
Short Bible studies
http://bookletbiblestudies.blogspot.com
Several pages in length
http://phyllistheauthor.blogspot.com
Portions of Phyllis’ published books
httpv://priceless.but.free.gift.blogspot.com
__________
THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, al things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.”
2 Corinthians 6:17-18
__________
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SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS ! – Forward this along to all your friends. The saved will rejoice and the unsaved need its message the most, so everyone is blessed: YOU FOR SHARING, AND ALL FOR READING.
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Amazon has Cloud reader for the computer free. Phyllis’ new book, “Mary’s Letters” You will weep with her but in the end rejoice. only $ 7.69 for the Cloud version.
What is a father?
Someone has said, "A father is a person who is forced to endure childbirth without anesthetic."
Someone else has observed "A father is a thing that growls when it feels good, and laughs very loud when it's scared to death."
Paul Harvey suggests that "Fathers are what give daughters away to other men who aren't nearly good enough, so they can have grandchildren who are smarter than anybody else's."
"MARY'S LETTERS"
ISBN 978-1-4628-9618-9, hard cover $29,99
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
SPIRITUAL GROWTH
Newsletter 257 August 21, 2011
1 Corinthians 13 New King James Version
We have all seen pictures of starving babies. Famine is spreading over large portions of the globe for different reason, but the end is the same. Sometimes it is unrest and war. Farming comes to a stop, and food soon is lacking. The hungry parent neglects the little ones first. Even in the best of times I have noted, in Africa, that the men of the family eat well. The mothers eat a poorer selection, and if there is any thing, left the children scrape it from what is left on a plate or pan here or there with their fingers. When water is scarce and the streams dry up, everyone suffers and soon the little ones start to die. A mother can not nurse her children if she herself is struggling to live.
Spiritually speaking, the line of supply and demand is much the same. We have a friend who runs a weekly “soup kitchen”, not necessarily soup as it has to be much finger food, served up with Bible instruction. The children flock for a proper meal; hundreds of them! The Bible lessons they hear are about all they know about the Bible. That is in a culture where “stories” are a part of their heritage. That is the old way to teaching them.
How many new Christians expect to stay just about where they were spiritually when they were first baptized into the Lord. Keep in mind that this is called a new birth. Baptism is the starting point, ,just as we expect physical growth in our children, God expects Spiritual growth in His children. Our Spiritual food is the word, applied through prayer and sharing. Just as you cut a potato into portions, each with an eye, to produce a patch of potatoes. You produce fruit by sharing.
THE BABY ISN’T GROWING!
A clanging cymbal alone is not a very beautiful sound. It has to be a blend with other instruments. I am often reminded of poor Amos as he quotes God, “Therefore the Lord of hosts, the Lord says this:” (Amos 516, Amos 5:23) “Take away from Me the noise of your songs, For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.” What he seems to be emphasizing is that the people lacked in sincere worship. All the noise, is just noise if the heart is not filled with love, I can not help but remember a gentleman who prayed the most beautiful prayers, but who arrived at worship staggering drunk to pick a fight because he had not been invited to event the night before. God blesses each of us with gifts which He expects us to use with love.
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. (1 Corinthians 12:10, 2 Corinthians 12:4, Revelation 14:2, Psalm 150:5)
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. (Matthew 7:22, Acts 13:1, 1 Corinthians 11:4, 1 Corinthians 13:8, 1 Corinthians 14:1, 1 Corinthians 14:39, 1 Corinthians 14:2, 1 Corinthians 15:51, Romans 15:14, 1 Corinthians 12:9, Matthew 17:20, Matthew 21:21, Mark 11:23)
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. (Matthew 6:2)
SIGNS OF GROWTH
Love is not something to be flaunted, not something, to envy, but flows from our hearts naturally as we grow S[iritually.
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; (Proverbs 10:12, Proverbs 17:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:14, 1 Peter 4:8, Acts 7L9, 1 Corinthians 4:6)
5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; (1 Corinthians 10:24, Philippians 2:21, 2 Corinthians 5:19)
6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; (1 Thessalonians 2:12, 2 John 4, 2 John 3)
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 9:12)
A WELL ROUNDED ADULT
The end result is a well rounded life used for the Lord. It is the one gift that will last for ever. There won’t be evangelistic meetings to convert the heathen in heaven, for all will already be living for the Lord, there will be no needs for tongs to evangelize the world, for that era is finished. We shall all possess full knowledge, for we see and all our questions are apparent. Perfection has arrived, all the prophecies are fulfilled
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. (1 Corinthians 13:2, 1 Corinthians 13:1)
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. (1 Corinthians 8:2, 1 Corinthians 13:12)
10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. (2 Corinthians 5:7, Philippians 3:12, James 1:23, Genesis 32:30, Numbers 12:8, 1 John 3:2, 1 Corinthians 8:3)
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (Galatians 5:6)
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AUGUST
21st. Sunday – 2 Chronicles 15, 16, 17, 1 Corinthians 15:1-29, Psalm 101
22nd. Monday – 2 Chronicles 18, 19, 1 Corinthians 15:30-58, Psalm 102:1-11
23rd. Tuesday – 2 Chronicles 20, 1 Corinthians 16, Psalm 102:12-19
24th. Wednesday - 2 Chronicles 21, 22, 1 Timothy 1, 2, Proverbs 20:21-30
25th. Thursday - 2 Chronicles 23, 24, 1 Timothy 3, 4, Psalm 102:20-28
26th. Friday – 2 Chronicles 25, 26, 1 Timothy 5, Psalm 103:1-12
27th. Saturday - 2 Chronicles 27, 28, 1 Timothy 6, Psalm 103:13-22
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http://scripturegems.blogspot.com
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Representing 70 world languages
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Short Bible studies
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http://phyllistheauthor.blogspot.com
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THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE
“And now abideth faith, hope, love, but the greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13:13
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"Do you believe in life after death?" the boss asked one of his employees.
"Yes, sir," the new recruit replied.
"Well, then, that makes everything just fine, " the boss went on. "After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother's funeral, she stopped in to see you."
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