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<a href="https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/826553589800460288">In part 1 of the Lion and Lamb Ministry Holy Week Messages</a>, we learned that the LORD Jesus Christ is NOT divided, and that He is the Good Shepherd, the Great Shepherd and the Chief Shepherd. And, NOW we learn that...<br />
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<b>JESUS KNEW ALL</b></div>
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<b><i>“But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all. And needed not that any should testify of man; for he knew what was in man.”</i></b> John 2:24-25.<br />
To know all is to be omniscient. Let us read the Apostle Peter’s words to the LORD Jesus,<b><i> “And he (Peter) said unto Him, LORD Thou knowest all things.”</i></b> John 21:17. Then woman at the well said to the LORD Jesus, <b><i>“I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.”</i></b> John 4:25. Note Christ’s reply, <b><i>“...I that speak unto thee am he.”</i></b> John 4:26.<br />
That sinful woman learned that day that Christ needed not that any should testify of woman; for He knew what was in woman. Christ saw Nathanael under the fig tree. But because it was NOT with physical eye-sight, Nathanael cried, <b><i>“Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God.”</i></b> Christ assured Nathanael that He would see greater things. John 1:46-51. In John 13:1, Jesus knew that His hour was come that He should depart out of the world, <b><i>“Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.”</i></b><br />
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<b>JESUS KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING</b></div>
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<b><i>“But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.”</i></b> John 6:64. <b><i>“For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.”</i></b> John 13:11.<br />
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<b>THE CHIEF SHEPHERD AND SIMON PETER</b></div>
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<b><i>“This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, LORD; thou knowest that I love thee, He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea LORD; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, LORD, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.”</i></b> John 21:14-17.<br />
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Here the chief Shepherd was instructing one of His under-shepherds to feed and tend His lambs and to feed His sheep. The LORD’s Pastors are expected to feed the LORD’s sheep and lambs. Those who are Faithful in this will receive a crown of glory when the chief Shepherd shall appear.<br />
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Then the shepherd has another duty; he is to keep the wolves out of the flock. <b><i>“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.”</i></b> Acts 20:28-29. It’s a shame that MANY of today’s Pastors and Preachers are, in fact, the wolves!<br />
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The LORD Jesus pictures Himself as the good Shepherd in Luke 15:4, <b><i>“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?”</i></b><br />
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Then remember the words of the Shepherd-King in Luke 12:32, <b><i>“Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.</i></b>” (Remember, right here the LORD is addressing the Apostles <b>BEFORE</b> His death and resurrection, and <b>BEFORE</b> the direct revelation given to the Apostle Paul concerning the Body of Christ.)<br />
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Simon Peter became a Faithful shepherd. He was Faithful unto death. John 21:18-19, <b><i>“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.”</i></b><br />
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<b>WHAT CHRIST KNEW ABOUT THE WOMAN AT THE WELL</b></div>
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In John 4:5-26 is recorded a most interesting story of a sinful woman of Sychar of Samaria. Before the story, we read in John 4:4, <b><i>“And he must needs go through Samaria.”</i></b><br />
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Now we see why He must needs go through Samaria. The Savior was wearied with His journey and He sat at noontime on Jacob’s well. <b><i>“There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.” </i></b>John 4:7. The woman was surprised that Jesus should have asked her for a drink <b><i>“for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.”</i></b> John 4:9, <b><i>“Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, ‘How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.’”</i></b> Then the LORD Jesus talked to that poor sinful woman about water that would satisfy her soul. He called it <b><i>“living water.”</i></b> John 4:10. <b><i>“’But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.’ The woman saith unto him, ‘Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.’” </i></b>John 4:14-15.<br />
Here we think of 1 Timothy 1:15, <b><i>“This is a Faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”</i></b> Note also Luke 19:10, <b><i>“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”</i></b> The LORD Jesus Christ came to be the Shepherd seeking lost sheep. He came into the world to save sinners.<br />
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Almost any person will say, “I am a sinner,” because all of us ARE sinners. But only the LORD Himself can convince the individual that he is not only a sinner, but a LOST sinner. The sinner will not be much concerned about salvation until he realizes that he is LOST.<br />
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The LORD went right to that woman’s conscience after He had her interest and attention. He will now get right at her sin. <b><i>“Jesus saith unto her, ‘Go, call thy husband, and come hither.’ The woman answered and said, ‘I have no husband.’ Jesus said unto her, ‘Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.’ The woman saith unto him, ‘Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.’” </i></b>John 4:16-19. Another moment or two and she learned that she was in the presence of the Messiah, the Christ.<br />
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Note what she did, <b><i>“The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, ‘Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?’ Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.”</i></b> John 4:28-30. Note also John 4:39, <b><i>“And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, ‘He told me all that ever I did.’”</i></b><br />
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She knew that the Messiah could tell all things. Now the Messiah had read her sinful heart. But here we have the confirmation of John 3:17, <b><i>“For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”</i></b> and 2 Cor. 5:19, <b><i>“To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”</i></b><br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it! </b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide. <br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br /><a href="https://www.minds.com/LionandLambMinistry">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20) Lion and Lamb Ministryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087910852922950447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928807088901421549.post-81073140656701444802018-03-25T10:43:00.000-04:002018-03-25T10:43:50.146-04:00PALM SUNDAY - Holy Week Message, part 1: Division Because of Jesus<br />
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<strong><em>"On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him."</em></strong><strong> </strong>John 12:12-16<br />
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<strong>A DIVISION BECAUSE OF JESUS</strong></div>
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In the days when Christ was here on earth there was a division among the people because of Jesus. There was even a greater division after His death and resurrection in the days of the Apostles. There is a still greater division in the world today because of Jesus.<br />
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<strong><em>“Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? So there was a division among the people because of him.”</em></strong> John 7:41-43.<br />
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<strong><em>“Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.”</em></strong> John 9:16.<br />
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<strong><em>“There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?”</em></strong> John 10:19-21.<br />
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<strong><em>“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.”</em></strong> Luke 12:51-53.<br />
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<strong><em>“He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.”</em></strong> Luke 11:23.<br />
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In the John 7, from which chapter we quoted the first Scriptures, note the statement concerning the division because of Jesus:<br />
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<strong><em>“AND THERE WAS MUCH MURMURING AMONG THE PEOPLE CONCERNING HIM: FOR SOME SAID, HE IS A GOOD MAN: OTHERS SAID, NAY; BUT HE DECEIVETH THE PEOPLE.”</em></strong> John 7:12.<br />
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<strong><em>“Much murmuring”, “Some said”, “Others said.”</em></strong> And you know this is still going on today. Who were right, the some who said or the others who said? Some said, <strong><em>“Christ is a good man.”</em></strong> Others said, <strong><em>“Nay, Christ deceiveth the people.”</em></strong> Note in Matthew 27:63 that the <strong><em>“others”</em></strong> continued in their attitude toward Christ, <strong><em>“Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.”</em></strong> Matthew 27:63.<br />
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To them Christ was a deceiver. To them Christ performed miracles by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, here note Matthew 11:19,<strong><em> “The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.”</em></strong><br />
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<strong>They called Him a blasphemer, because, being a Man, He made Himself God. John 10:33.</strong></div>
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Today intelligent Jews join with Christians in declaring that the LORD Jesus Christ was a good Man. How good? Better than all the rest. There was a time when prejudiced and ignorant men declared that Jesus of Nazareth was deluded. They said He was not mentally sound, therefore, He made some false claims. But today, intelligent Jews, Christians, and non-Christian Gentiles are all agreed that Jesus Christ was the most intelligent man that ever lived on earth, as well as the greatest human benefactor that the world has ever known.<br />
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<strong>What is the verdict then? The “some” who said, “Christ is a good Man,” were right.</strong> How about the statement of the “others”: “Nay, He deceiveth the people”? Did Christ deceive the people? If Christ really deceived the people, did He thereby prove that He was a good Man? In other words; could a man really be both a good man and a deceiver, especially if he continues month after month, and year after year, to deceive the people?<br />
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<strong>From the beginning of His earthly ministry until His death, and again after His resurrection, the LORD Jesus Christ claimed that He was God manifest in the flesh, that He was in the beginning in the God-Head, that He came down from heaven, that He had glory with the Father before the world was. Christ received worship as God. Christ proved His claim to Deity by His supernatural power, by His miracles, ACCORDING to the Scriptures.</strong><br />
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If Christ declared that He was God from the beginning, that He had glory with the Father, that He came down from heaven, and if He really was NOT what He claimed, then surely He deceived the people. Such a deceiver could not be called a good man.<br />
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So, we must decide by common sense logic that Jesus Christ was both God and good, OR, He was not God and good.<strong> The Modernists who have crept unawares into the Christian church are far more inconsistent than were the Jews who took up stones to kill Christ when He was here on earth.</strong> They stoned Him, <strong><em>“because He made Himself equal with God.” </em></strong>John 5:17-20. In John 19:7, we learn why they had Christ crucified. <strong>Because He claimed equality with God.</strong><br />
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<strong>Pay attention, the foolish MODERNISTS who have slithered in among church members, join with religious Jews in expressing great admiration for the man of Galilee, and dote much on the ideal Man, Jesus, with His ideal philosophy and His interpretation of God and true religion. They eulogize Him, quote Him, praise Him, and preach Him to Jews and Gentiles. But with all this they ever SEEK to make Christ, the Holy Spirit, and all the Apostles, LIARS, by saying that Jesus was a very good man, but that He was not born as the Bible declares He was born; that He did not come down from heaven; that He did not have Divine authority to forgive sins. He was not God, the Son. He was not God’s foreordained sin-bearer. His body was not raised from the dead. He is not now the resurrected Jesus at God’s right hand, as the Bible claims. And, that Salvation is not by Faith in the shed blood of the LORD Jesus Christ, but by character, by good behaviour, by actually imitating Jesus, by trying to live up to the RELIGION of Jesus. THIS is an ABOMINATION to God, and contempt for Christ!</strong><br />
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Surely you and I agree that these pretenders, who call themselves Modernists, are only Christianized <strong>agnostics</strong>. They are far less consistent than were the Jews, who in the first century also denied the eternal Deity of the Son of God, and took a decided stand against Him, declaring that He was worthy of death.<br />
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Note this law of the Jews in Leviticus 24:16, <strong><em>“And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.”</em></strong> If Jesus Christ was not God, as He claimed time and time again, were not the Jews right when they said to Pilate, <strong><em>“Then Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”</em></strong> John 19:7? Leviticus 24:16 was the law to which the Jews referred when they spoke the words of John 19:7.<br />
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Even the thinking Jews today believe that Jesus Christ was too good to have been a blasphemer. They should accept Him then as God: for God He was. Remember what Thomas said when he was fully convinced <strong><em>“And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My LORD and my God.”</em></strong> John 20:28. Christ did not say, <em>“Thomas, you are mistaken. I am a very good Man, but I am not LORD and God.”</em> He received the worship. And remember His own words in Luke 4:8, <strong><em>“And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the LORD thy God, and him ONLY shalt thou serve.”</em></strong><br />
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The pseudo-Christians claim to believe in the historical Jesus. The historical Jesus is the Bible Jesus. So when they decide on the authority of the Bible Record that Jesus was a good man, they must, if intelligent and consistent, acknowledge that by the same Record He was and is God. <strong><em>“JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TODAY, AND FOR EVER.”</em></strong> Hebrews 13:8. <strong><em>“And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”</em></strong> Colossians 1:17.<br />
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<strong>HOUSEHOLD DIVIDED</strong></div>
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Note again Luke 12:51, <strong><em>“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.”</em></strong><br />
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Look all about on every side, and see not only nations, cities, and communities divided because of Jesus, but families. If we could only know what is going on in homes where some members of the household are for Christ and some are against Him. Yes, there has been, and there is, a division among the people because of Jesus.<br />
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In the eternal ages there will be a division among the people, because of Jesus. Some will spend eternity with the LORD and His redeemed in glory. Some will be in perdition suffering the sorrows of the second death. Christ declared, <strong><em>“he that is not with Me is against Me.”</em></strong> Luke 11:23.<br />
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<strong>IS CHRIST DIVIDED?</strong></div>
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<strong><em>“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our LORD Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” </em></strong>1 Corinthians 1:10. <strong><em>“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”</em></strong> 1 Corinthians 3:3. <strong><em>“For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it”</em></strong> 1 Corinthians 11:18. <strong><em>“That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.”</em></strong> 1 Corinthians 12:25.<br />
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<strong>Note God’s will; that there should be no “schism”; no “division.”</strong><br />
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What a pity! Christ’s Church so divided that the Apostles asked “is Christ divided?” Since that day divisions and subdivisions have increased, until today there are more than 300 branches of the Christian Church. The LORD said, <strong><em>“that there be no schism (division) in the Body.”</em></strong><br />
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Ephesians 4:3-7, <strong><em>“Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One LORD, one Faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given Grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ”</em></strong><br />
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Now, take a look at Romans 12:4-5, <strong><em>“For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.”</em></strong><br />
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Then note again Christ’s prayer in John 17:21 and John 17:11, <strong>“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou host sent me.”</strong>, AND, <strong><em>“And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou host given me, that they may be one, as we are.”</em></strong><br />
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<strong>ONE NEW MAN</strong></div>
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When we believers reach heaven perfect unity will prevail, and there we shall learn that God’s purpose in this age is expressed in Ephesians 2:15, <strong><em>“Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace.”</em></strong><br />
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<strong>One in Christ. In one Body of which Christ is the Head. </strong>Again note Galatians 3:28,<strong> <em>“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”</em> </strong>Now look at 1 Corinthians 12:12-13,<strong> <em>“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been made to drink into one Spirit”</em></strong><br />
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As the unbeliever looks on and beholds the division, sectarianism, and lack of unity among Christians, he is asking, “Is Christ divided?”<br />
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<strong>THE OMNISCIENT CHRIST: I KNOW MY SHEEP</strong></div>
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<strong><em>“I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.” “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”</em></strong> John 10:14, and John 10:27.<br />
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We read these words in 1 Timothy 2:19, <strong><em>“Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The LORD knoweth them that are his. And, Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”</em></strong><br />
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The LORD knoweth them that are His. The good Shepherd knows His sheep. He said, <strong><em>“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” “As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.” </em></strong>John 10:11, and John 10:15. <strong><em>“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”</em></strong> John 10:27-28.<br />
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The LORD Jesus knows who is saved and who is unsaved. But God wants the believer to KNOW that he is saved, <strong><em>“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”</em></strong> 1 John 5:13.<br />
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We read something more about Christ the Shepherd in Hebrews 13:20-21, <strong><em>“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our LORD Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.”</em></strong> And in 1 Peter 5:4, <strong><em>“And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.”</em></strong><br />
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So we learn that the LORD Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd, the Great Shepherd and the Chief Shepherd.<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it! </b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide. <br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br /><a href="https://www.minds.com/LionandLambMinistry">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20) Lion and Lamb Ministryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087910852922950447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928807088901421549.post-17200479252831665722017-10-16T17:03:00.000-04:002017-10-16T17:03:05.560-04:00Book of Hebrews: Argument IN FAVOUR of the Apostle Paul Authorship of the Book of Hebrews<br />
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<strong>The Arguments IN FAVOUR of the Pauline Authorship of Hebrews are much more weighty than those in favour of all other candidates put together.</strong><br />
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<strong>1. The thought and reasonings are Paul's</strong>, whatever the style and language may be. All his other epistles were written to churches mainly composed of Gentiles. In addressing such an epistle to Hebrews, he would naturally write as an instructed scribe, one brought up <em><strong>"at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers"</strong> </em>(Acts 22:3). It is therefore futile to argue that if Paul were really the author, the language and style would have been in exact accord with those of the other epistles. Had this been so, it would be an argument against, and not in favour of, Paul's authorship.<br />
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<strong>2. Its anonymity is eminently in favour of Pauline authorship.</strong> The suspicion with which the Jews regarded Paul, and their furious hatred of him (see Acts 21:21; 2 Cor. 11:24; Phil. 3:2; 1 Thess. 2:15), would be ample reason why, in addressing so important a letter to his own race, he should withhold his name. If it was necessary at the time of it publication to send out such an epistle, equally necessary was it that it should not be handicapped with a name regarded generally by the Jews as that of an infamous renegade. The argument of the value of an unsigned article in any important journal applies with great force in the case of Hebrews.<br />
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<strong>3. DATE of writing and publication.</strong> Owing to the fixed idea in the minds of most commentators that the reference to Timothy in 13:23 must have been connected with the Neronian persecution, the date is usually assigned to a period shortly before the destruction of the Temple, which took place late in A.D. 69. The very latest "guess" is that "it may have been written at any time between A.D 65 and 85". This is vague and unconvincing. The chronological position of Hebrews is, A.D. 53-54. MODERN tradition places it after 2 Tim., around A.D. 68. That the former is correct seems clear for the following reasons:<br />
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<strong>a.</strong> If Hebrews was written in or about the year 68, Paul's ministry had existed for twenty-two years (since his and Barnabas's "separation" for the work, in 46, Acts 13:2) without the aid of a written statement of such paramount importance as this. Then what I ask you, WHAT was the immediate urgency of publishing THEN, (only a year or two before the destruction of the Temple, and very shortly before his own death, 2 Tim. 4:6), so weighty an argument that Jesus was both Messiah and true Man, and as Man must have suffered? That the Old Covenant was ended and its place taken by a New (Heb. 8:13)? It is not believable that the Apostle Paul who was inspired to write and publish Romans at a comparatively early date should not have been allowed to put forth Hebrews till the very end of his ministry. <em><strong>"To the Jew first"</strong></em> is verily applicable in this connection.<br />
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<strong>b.</strong> Paul was at Jerusalem for the Council meeting, when the very subjects of Hebrews had evidently been bitterly discussed (Acts 15:5-7). Shortly thereafter he writes Thessalonians 1 and 2, BOTH of which contain poignant references to <em><strong>"shameful treatment"</strong></em> at the hands of his own people.<br />
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<strong>c.</strong> Some authoritative statement must be placed in the hands of even an early Ambassador in regard to new and altered relationships between his supreme Head and those to whom he is commissioned and sent. Paul, as God's ambassador to the Diaspora and Gentiles, must have had some documentary argument, proof, and testimony, in support of his (and of Timothy's and others') oral teaching and instruction, for circulation among the <em><strong>"many thousands"</strong></em> of Jews who believed at and after Pentecost, yet all of whom were <em><strong>"zealous of the Law"</strong></em> (Acts 2:41; 4:4; 6:7; 21:20), and with whom Paul and his fellow-workers must have come into contact. To Have attached his own name to this would have defeated his purpose, as above mentioned.<br />
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<strong>d.</strong> The approximate time therefore for writing and publishing such a body of doctrine MUST have been shortly after the beginning of his ministry, and, consequently, Hebrews was in all probability written during the eighteen months of Paul's sojourn at Corinth, during which he was <em><strong>"teaching among them the word of God"</strong> </em>(Acts 18:11).<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short.</b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ.<br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br /><a href="http://lionandlambministry.blogspot.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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Minister and Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20)Lion and Lamb Ministryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087910852922950447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928807088901421549.post-58398737129652523752017-10-12T18:27:00.000-04:002017-10-12T18:27:42.488-04:00Timeline of the Apostle Paul's Epistles and Ministry<br />
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<b>In order to get a better understanding of the progressive revelation of The Mystery given to the Apostle Paul by the Risen Christ, it is SUPER IMPORTANT to lay out the correct timeline of Paul's Ministry</b>.<br />
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So, let's begin. The Apostle Paul was saved in Acts 9 when Christ appeared to him on the road to Damascus. Paul would go on to write 13 books in the New Testament (from the Letter to the Romans to the Letter to Philemon). When we remember that the Apostle Paul is the subject of at least half of the Book of Acts, we realize that half of the 27 books in the New Testament are either about him (The Book of Acts) or were written by him (13 Books).<br />
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The Apostle Paul's letters are arranged in The Bible two ways: The letters to the churches are put first, nine letters from Romans to 2 Thessalonians, then the four letters written to individuals, from 1 Timothy to Philemon. The letters are also arranged by length, Romans is longest and is first, then the Corinthian letters, then Galatians, etc. Longer letters are first, shorter ones later.<br />
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<b>However, in order to get a better understanding of the progressive revelation of The Mystery given to the Apostle Paul by the Risen Christ, we need to read the Apostle Paul's letters in the order that he wrote them. When we arrange the letters in the order that they were written, all becomes clear!</b><br />
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The first 6 of Paul's letters can be fit into the Book of Acts. Therefore, we can read the Book of Acts and then read the Apostle Paul's letters and we can see where Paul was when he wrote these letters.<br />
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<b>The Letter to the Galatians is first</b></div>
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In Acts 13-14 Paul and Barnabas went on their first apostolic journey which took them into Galatia, with cities like Antioch, Lystra, Derbe, etc. Soon after Paul returned from this journey he wrote the letter to the Galatians (see Galatians 1:6 where Paul writes to the Galatians and says, you are <b><i>"so quickly turned."</i></b>). Galatians was written soon after Paul returned from that first journey, therefore, soon after Acts 14:27. That makes Galatians the earliest of Paul's letters.<br />
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<b>Then 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians</b></div>
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The next letters the Apostle Paul wrote are the two letters to the Thessalonians. In Acts 17, Paul, on his second apostolic journey, came to Thessalonica and preached there. Many were saved, but Paul was driven out of town. Paul continued on to Corinth where he wrote the two letters to the Thessalonians. Timothy's return from Macedonia mentioned in Acts 18:5 is also reported in 1 Thessalonians 3:6. And in 2 Thessalonians 2:5 Paul reminds the Thessalonians of his teaching, as if it had not been very long since he had been with them. So the writing of 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians can be placed into Acts 18 during the Apostle Paul's ministry in Corinth, and that makes them the second and third letters that Paul wrote.<br />
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<b>Next are 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians</b></div>
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The next two letters that the Apostle Paul wrote are the two letters to the Corinthians. In Acts 18 Paul spent a year and a half ministering in Corinth (Acts 18:11). Also, while here with the Corinthians, I believe the Apostle Paul was led by the Holy Spirit to pen the Book to the Hebrews, but that is another message. Back on point, Paul later returned to his home base at Antioch (Acts 18:22), and later in his third apostolic journey he arrived in Ephesus (his ministry in Ephesus extends all the way through Acts 19, a period of more than two years, see verse 10). It is here in Ephesus, during Acts 19, that Paul wrote 1 Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:19). Shortly after that the Apostle Paul traveled to Macedonia (Acts 20:1, and 2 Cor. 2:13) and that is where he wrote 2 Corinthians.<br />
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<b>Then comes Romans</b></div>
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In Acts 20:2-3 Paul arrived in "Greece," actually Corinth again, and spent three months there enjoying the hospitality of a believer named Gaius, mentioned in 1 Corinthians 1:14. In Gaius's home, in Corinth, the Apostle Paul wrote the letter to the Romans (Rom. 16:23). This is the last letter written during the Book of Acts. In Acts 21:33, the Apostle Paul was arrested in Jerusalem, and would spend the next 5 years in prison, right through the end of the Book of Acts.<br />
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So, so far, from Acts 9-Acts 28 we read of the earlier ministry of the Apostle Paul and find that during these years he wrote 6 of his 13 letters. Once again, for those not really paying attention…lol, the order of these first six books is: 1) Galatians (end of Acts 14), 2) 1 Thessalonians (Acts 18), 3) 2 Thessalonians (Acts 18), 4) 1 Corinthians (Acts 19), 5) 2 Corinthians (Acts 20),6. Romans (Acts 20). In Acts 21 Paul was arrested and remained a prisoner through to Acts 28, and beyond.<br />
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<b>Now, the Prison Epistles: Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon, and Philippians</b></div>
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Shortly after the end of the Book of Acts, while he was still a prisoner, now in Rome, Paul wrote four letters, the "prison epistles": Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon and Philippians. In each of these letters he writes of his "chains" (Ephesians 6:20, Colossians 4:18, Philemon 13, and Philippians 1:13).<br />
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<b>Then, the Pastoral Epistles: The letters to Titus, First Timothy and Second Timothy</b></div>
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The Apostle Paul was released from this imprisonment and continued his ministry for a few years, maybe 3 years. During this time he wrote the three letters known as the "Pastoral Epistles," because these letters were written to the Apostle Paul's co-workers…Pastor Timothy and Pastor Titus.<br />
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<b>Heading Home</b></div>
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At the end of his life he is again in prison. This time he anticipates being beheaded for the Lord and writes the last letter, Second Timothy.<br />
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Now let's proceed to our Bibles and READ the epistles in the order the Holy Spirit wrote them by the hand of the Apostle Paul.<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br /><a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20) Lion and Lamb Ministryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087910852922950447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928807088901421549.post-18995521355460250942017-08-29T18:30:00.000-04:002017-08-29T18:30:29.095-04:00Judgment of the gods of Egypt by the true God of Heaven. Exodus 5-13<br />
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There have been few dramas that can equal the story of the Exodus. Yet while most Christians are familiar with the events of Passover, few of us are probably aware of the significance behind the other nine plagues.<br />
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Each of the nine plagues targeted specific ancient Egyptian gods, they were part of an invisible cosmic war against the devils of darkness. The plagues were a powerful and dramatic demonstration of the supremacy of the true and living God of Abraham and Moses.<br />
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The first of the judgments was upon the waters of Egypt. The Nile was the highway of this ancient land, as it still is today. Not only was the Nile turned to blood, but the other waters of the land were as well, even the water that was drawn for use in the houses in wooden and stone jars. For seven days the whole land was in horror, with dead fish and a stench from the river.<br />
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To better appreciate what was going on, we must examine the numerous gods of the river: Osiris, one of the chief gods of Egypt, was first of all the gods of the Nile. He, with his companion, the mother god, Isis, and their child, Horus, were human-headed gods (in contrast to the many that had heads of birds, beasts, and reptiles). There were other gods of the Nile, too: Hapimon in the north, and Tauret at Thebes, and the hippopotamus goddess of the river. There was also Nu , the god of life in the Nile. The supernatural pollution of the waters of the land were a humiliation to the gods the Egyptians worshiped.<br />
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The second of the wonders further proved the powerlessness of the gods of Egypt. The land was covered with a plague of frogs in such abundance that they infested the Egyptians’ houses and beds. One of the principal goddesses of the land was Hekt , the wife of the creator of the world, who was always shown with the head and the body of a frog. The frogs came out of the sacred Nile and Egypt’s devotion to them prevented them from dealing with them: they soon had decaying carcasses throughout the land, resulting in a stinking horror. (It is interesting that the climactic war against God in Revelation is assembled by three frog-like spirits.)<br />
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The third of the judgments on Egypt came out of the soil in Egypt. The Hebrew word ken, is translated "lice" in our English translation, with "sand flies" or "fleas" in some marginal notes. The Hebrew word comes from a root meaning to dig; it is probable that the insect was one which digs under the skin of men. This was an embarrassment to their great god of the earth, Geb, to whom they gave offerings for the bounty of the soil. Also the presence of the fleas or lice were a barrier to their officiating in their priestly duties!<br />
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The fourth of the plagues were "swarms" ("of flies" is not in the original). The word is `arob, a swarm, possibly suggesting incessant motion. The deification of the scarab beetle is still conspicuous – even today – in the jewelry and artifacts celebrating ancient Egypt. Amon-Ra, the king of the gods, had the head of a beetle. Some of the giant scarabs were even accorded the honor of mummification and entombment with the Pharaohs.<br />
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This is particularly bizarre since the scarab is actually a dung beetle. The insect is about the size of a nickel and feeds on dung in the fields or the side of the road. When animals defecate, these insects swarm from their holes in the ground and collect their provender for future meals by forming it into round balls about the size of golf balls, which they roll across the ground to their underground dwellings. Since they seemed to "come from nowhere," and perhaps because these perfectly round balls were possibly associated with the sun, these beetles became associated with creation.<br />
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The plague of swarms of scarabs, with mandibles that could saw through wood, and destructive qualities worse than termites, must have caused extreme consternation since they were so venerated and thus were not to be interfered with! Pharaoh called Moses, pleaded for a cessation, hinted at the possibility of compromise, and even asked to be prayed for. But God doesn’t compromise; the judgments continued.<br />
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The fifth plague was against the domestic animals of Egypt, and thus Apis, the bull god, and the cow-headed Hathor, goddess of the deserts. These were so widespread that even the children of Israel had become tainted by their worship, which led to the fiasco of the golden calf in the image of Apis.<br />
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The plague was a "murrain," a contagious disease among the cattle, and even the sacred bulls in the temple died. Other domestic animals were sacred also, and their images adorned many of the idols, such as Bubastis, the cat goddess of love, feminine matters and fashion, etc. (The veneration of cows still creates a sight in India, when cows appear on the streets and even in stores and shops.) The cattle of the Hebrews, of course, were not touched.<br />
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The sixth wonder was manifested against the bodies of men. The plague of shechiyn, translated "boils”, may hide something more terrible. The root means "burning”, and the same word can be translated as leprosy, and as the Egyptian botch, which was declared to be incurable.<br />
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Among the gods to which cures would have been ascribed were Thoth, the ibis-headed god of intelligence and medical learning, and Apis, Serapis and Imhotep. Here even the magicians did not escape and could not carry on their priestly functions. It was their custom to take the ashes of human sacrifices and cast them into the air. Borne by the wind over the milling populace, they were viewed as a blessing. (It is inferred by some that this heathen custom was the source of the practice of putting ashes on the forehead on the first day of Lent.) Moses launched this plague with a parody of this practice, and may even have had access to the very furnaces used in the sacred precincts of the royal temple.<br />
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<b>Fiery Hail</b><br />
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Egypt is a sunny land with virtually no rain. The seventh wonder was a tempest of hail and fire. Where was Shu, the wind god? And Nut, the sky goddess? Where was Horus, the hawk-headed sky god of upper Egypt? When Pharaoh confessed his sin and the sin of his people, he even used the Hebrew names for God:<br />
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"I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. Intreat the Lord that there be no more mighty thunderings ["voices of Elohim"] (Exodus 9:27, 28)."<br />
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(The French have a phrase for one who speaks with spiritual language but whose heart is far from God: le patois de Canaan, the dialect of Canaan.)<br />
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<b>Locusts</b><br />
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Some of the earlier plagues may have been separated by extended intervals, but the eighth plague followed immediately on the heels of the seventh: locusts came upon the land. Every twig and leaf that had somehow escaped the hail and fire was now taken by the locusts. Where was Nepri, the grain god? Where was Ermutet, goddess of childbirth and crops? Where was Anubis , the jackal-headed guardian of the fields? And where was Osiris, great head of their senior trinity who was also their agricultural god? Having lost faith in their gods, rebellion was now in the air.<br />
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<b>Thick Darkness</b><br />
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The ninth wonder was a darkness that could be felt! Josephus writes:<br />
"But when Moses said that what he desired was unjust, since they were obliged to offer sacrifices to God of those cattle, and the time being prolonged on this account, a thick darkness, without the least light, spread itself over the Egyptians, whereby their sight being obstructed, and their breathing hindered by the thickness of the air, they were under terror lest they be swallowed up by the thick cloud. This darkness, after three days and as many nights was dissipated."<br />
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And then in Exodus 10:22-23, "And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings."<br />
Where was Ra, god of the sun? In the school of On, or Heliopolis, city of the sun, the worship of Ra was virtually almost monotheistic. He and Aten, the sun’s disc, were worshiped with the ankh, symbol of life from the sun, as almost a sort of trinity. Where was Horus, the god of the sunrise? Or Tem, the god of the sunset? Or Shu , the god of light? Or the deities of the moon and planets?<br />
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And, of course, the well-known tenth and final plague was the death of the firstborn – on those homes not covered by the lamb’s blood on the doorposts or lintels. We all know the story of the Passover in Egypt, remembered by the Jews to this day. And, of course, Ya-Hweh Yahuwshua, The LORD Jesus Christ, is our Passover: John the Baptist introduced Him twice as "The Lamb of God."<br />
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The invisible war goes on. These same devils are worshiped today. The Scriptures tell us that we become like the gods we worship. Visit Egypt today and when you leave Cairo you will see villages living on dung hills. And this is not a typical "third world" country: it once ruled the known world! If you worship the world, you, too, will become materialistic, harsh, and unforgiving. You will become like the gods you worship. But if you worship Ya-Hweh Yahuwshua, The LORD Jesus Christ, who loved us and gave himself for us, you will become more like Him!<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20) Lion and Lamb Ministryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087910852922950447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928807088901421549.post-50953469517502318822017-08-17T09:26:00.000-04:002017-08-17T09:28:35.795-04:00Anti Apostle Paul Response: To the Apostle Paul haters<br />
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To the Apostle Paul haters:<br />
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The Apostles trained their disciples to respect Paul very highly, as evidenced in the extant writings of Polycarp, Clement, etc.<br />
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So, the argument is really about who is more credible, the Apostles and their disciples or these accusers 2000 years removed? These Anti-Paul loons...They only reveal their ignorance.<br />
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Read Polycarp's (disciple of John) letter to the Philippians.<br />
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Also, Irenaeus (disciple of Polycarp) canonized the writings authorized by the Apostles through their disciples in 180 AD and Paul's writings were included.<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20) Lion and Lamb Ministryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087910852922950447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928807088901421549.post-71438387869489031672017-07-13T20:10:00.001-04:002017-07-13T20:10:23.773-04:00WATCHOUT: PEACE and SAFETY then SUDDEN DESTRUCTION<br />
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Please read Isaiah 9:6-7; Luke 1:27-33; Luke 2:14; Luke 12:51-52; Romans 5:1; Colossians 1:20; Colossians 3:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5<br />
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Many Christians have been puzzled as to just what the LORD's messengers meant when they delivered the LORD's message to the shepherds 2000 plus years ago, <i><b>"Glory to God in the highest, and ON EARTH PEACE, good will toward men."</b></i> (Luke 2:14).<br />
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Now, take note...This is so entirely contrary to the words of the LORD Jesus Christ about 33 years later...<i><b>"Suppose ye that I am come to give PEACE ON EARTH? I tell you, NAY; but rather DIVISION."</b></i> (Luke 12:51).<br />
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<i><b>"Peace on earth"</b></i> and <i><b>"no peace on earth"</b></i> are contradictory statements. <b>DIVISION is not PEACE.</b> Could it be that the heavenly messenger gave out a false message like the false prophets of Jeremiah 6:14, <i><b>"Peace, peace, when there is no peace?" </b></i>Don't be silly!<br />
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And then some years after Christ went back to heaven He led the Apostle Paul to warn Christians not to be deceived when certain messengers cry <i><b>"peace and safety,"</b></i> for there would be destruction instead of peace. (1 Thessalonians 5:1-5).<br />
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And in Revelation 6:1-6, we learn positively, that before Christ comes to establish PEACE ON EARTH something big will happen...<i><b>"And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon TO TAKE PEACE FROM THE EARTH, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."</b></i> (Revelation 6:4).<br />
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<b>Now let us note this outline and God's "PEACE" program:</b><br />
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<b>1 - PEACE on earth with Christ on David's throne. </b><br />
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<b>2 - PEACE made on the cross. </b><br />
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<b>3 - PEACE with God through Christ. </b><br />
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<b>4 - The PEACE of God that passeth all understanding.</b><br />
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We are currently engaged in some of the most cruel, and brutal, types of warfare of all ages. <b>We are all sick and tired of war.</b> We want peace on earth. But CHRIST is the center of every "PEACE" program of God.<br />
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The statesmen and politicians insist that we will have to compromise, sacrifice, be tolerant, and diplomatic and gracious, with a new international spirit, if we are to maintain the peace which we are now trying to win. And even then they are more skeptical than hopeful. <b>The Apostle Paul wrote to some Faithful Christians,</b> <i><b>"Christ is our PEACE."</b></i> (Ephesians 2:14).<br />
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It was at the time Gabriel announced that <b>the purpose of Christ's birth was to take David's throne and reign over the house of Israel</b>, that the heavenly messenger announced <i><b>"PEACE ON EARTH."</b></i> (Luke 1:30-33; Luke 2:14; Luke 1:67-77). Christ's own nation did not know the things that belonged to their PEACE. (Luke 19:42). They knew not the time of their visitation. (Luke 19:44). They said concerning Christ, <i><b>"we will not have this man to reign over us."</b></i> (Luke 19:14). They chose to release Barabbas, the notable criminal, and kill the Prince of life. (Acts 3:12 to 15). They cried, <i><b>"we have no king but Caesar," "let the blood of this man (Jesus), Who claims to be the King, be upon us."</b></i> (Matthew 27:21 to 25 - John 19:15). It is still there.<br />
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Well, of course, Christ did not go to David's throne: but HE WILL. (Acts 15:15-18; Isaiah 9:6-7; Ezekiel 37:24-28). So Christ said, instead of universal peace, there will be division, tribulations, wars, famines. HOWEVER, Peace...for BELIEVERS only. (Luke 12:49-52; John 16:33; John 14:27; Luke 21:24-33).<br />
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<b>Instead of going to David's throne to take over the government, Christ went to Calvary. </b>He made <b>PEACE</b> through the blood of His cross. (Colossians 1:20). <b>PEACE</b> on earth was postponed. There is now NO world-wide peace on earth for lost sinners. Their future is NOT PEACE but wrath and misery. Eternal perdition awaits all who refuse to BELIEVE on the LORD Jesus Christ and receive Him as not only your Saviour, but LORD of your life. An interesting little tid-bit is that quite often in the cemetery on the stone over the sinner's grave, the word "PEACE" is carved.<br />
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Therefore, note how "PEACE WITH GOD" comes...<i><b>"Therefore being justified by Faith, we have 'PEACE WITH GOD' through our LORD Jesus Christ."</b></i> (Romans 5:1). There is NO OTHER WAY to be at peace with God. But, this IS the sure guarantee of peace. Then the PEACE OF GOD, "which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:7).<br />
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In closing, note carefully 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4, <i><b>"But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief."</b></i><br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20)Lion and Lamb Ministryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087910852922950447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928807088901421549.post-60927250852390594172017-07-06T17:25:00.000-04:002017-07-06T17:48:10.978-04:00Take Hold of Eternal Life TODAY!<br />
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The believer’s standing before God is perfect, because CHRIST, by one offering, hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. Hebrews 10:14 . <b>“He that believeth on the Son is not condemned.”</b> John 3:18.<br />
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On the cross of Calvary our LORD Jesus Christ became the propitiation for the sins of the whole world, and when the sinner, by the Faith, accepts that work, his relationship is forever established. The same LORD is now the believer’s Advocate, at God’s right hand, to maintain his fellowship with God. 1 John 2:1-2.<br />
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Certainly there are many Christians who know very little about true fellowship with God, although they are children of God. This relationship has been established because of Faith in the finished work of the LORD Jesus Christ. <b>They have salvation, BUT experience very little of the true joy of salvation.</b><br />
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What the member of the Body of Christ must come to know, is that we have been blessed <b>“with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies in Christ.”</b> Ephesians 1:3 . <b>“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”</b> Romans 8:32 . <b>“All are yours: And we are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.”</b> 1 Corinthians 3:23.<br />
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<b>Through the Faith in the LORD Jesus Christ we have BEEN:</b><br />
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“Delivered from the wrath to come” 1 Thessalonians 1:10<br />
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“Delivered from the power of darkness” Colossians 1:13<br />
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“Delivered from the fear of death” Hebrews 2:15<br />
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“Delivered from the law” Romans 7:6<br />
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“Delivered from this present evil age” Galatians 1:4<br />
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<b>Through the Faith in this same LORD Jesus Christ we have BECOME:</b><br />
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“Partakers of the Divine nature” 2 Peter 1:4<br />
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“Partakers of His holiness” Hebrews 12:10<br />
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“Partakers of His sufferings” 1 Peter 4:13<br />
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“Partakers of the heavenly calling” Hebrews 3:1<br />
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This is because we are partakers of Christ. Hebrews 3:14 . Christ is our righteousness, our holiness, and our redemption. 1 Corinthians 1:30.<br />
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The Christian’s spiritual resources are unlimited, but very few Christians ever learn how to possess their possessions.<br />
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Beginning as a newborn babe in Christ, the believer is exhorted to add to his faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love; and thus to grow in Grace and in the knowledge of the LORD Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:5-7 ; 2 Peter 3:18.<br />
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<b>“That ye might walk worthy of the LORD unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.”</b> Colossians 1:10.<br />
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Our God would have us abstain from the very appearance of evil. <b>“Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”</b> So that we may be vessels, sanctified, and meet for the Master’s Service. 2 Timothy 2:19-22 . As sons of God, we are called to Salvation, Separation; Service.<br />
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Christ said, <b>“Occupy till I come.”</b> Every member of the Body of Christ should be constantly occupied WITH Christ and FOR Christ.<br />
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Read about the LORD Jesus and Mary and Martha in Luke 10:38-42 . Martha was occupied FOR Jesus. Mary was occupied WITH Jesus. Christ said, <b>“Mary hath chosen that good part.”</b> Luke 10:42<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br /><a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20) <br />
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This short word is aimed at those that CALL themselves "Christian". If you don't know Christ we have something for you here as well.<br />
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Now, to those that carry the moniker of Christian, let me say this...ANY assembly, congregation, denomination members...whatever you want to call them...however decent, respectable, moral, kind, gentle, religious and zealous, who then DENY the eternal DEITY (which means that Christ IS God), and the virgin birth of our LORD Jesus Christ, His perfect, sinless life, His vicarious death, His resurrection and ascension in a body, OR give His attributes to another such as the fact that THERE IS ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS, 1 Timothy 2:4-6...those that DENY these things are deceivers and antichrist. 2 John 7; and they make God a liar, because they believe NOT the record that God hath given of His Son. 1 John 5:10.<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br /><a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20) <br />
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In speaking of Salvation, so many Pastors, Preachers, and Teachers recite a litany of methods in order to receive Salvation:<br />
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1. You must accept Christ as your Savior<br />
2. You must Accept Christ as your LORD<br />
3. You must accept Christ into your heart<br />
4. You must receive God's gift of Salvation<br />
5. You must Ask Christ into your heart<br />
6. You must Receive Christ into your heart<br />
7. You must repent of your sins<br />
8. You must repent and then accept Christ into your heart<br />
9. You must accept Jesus into your heart as your personal Lord and Savior<br />
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ETC ETC ETC...It goes on and on. Who knows what that all means anyway!<br />
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To become a Child of God, a member of the Body of Christ...YOU MUST, YOU HAVE TO...BELIEVE. BELIEVE the Record in God's Word that God gave of His Son.<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation.<br />
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The fact is, that by the work of God, (the Father, Son and Holy Spirit), there has been accomplished and there is available: for any and every sinner who BELIEVES the record that God gave of His Son, an accomplished redemption, a perfect salvation. And we shall see by the same Divine authority the further fact that this perfect salvation can be had by the believing sinner without any additional work, religious endeavor or church ceremony.<br />
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The righteousness of God has been made available for any one who will believe the truth of God. "Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." Romans 10:4-5.<br />
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And to believe means: that upon which a man or woman is prepared to act. Or to put it more simply: believe is to accept as true, to accept as real! You are not Saved if you are secretly NOT believing the record God gave of His Son<br />
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THEN let us BELIEVE the fact...that is, "that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4<br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20)Lion and Lamb Ministryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087910852922950447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6928807088901421549.post-24686684211685851682017-06-03T21:42:00.002-04:002017-06-03T21:42:46.939-04:00Worry and Anxiety Dishonor The LORD: Control Worry and Anxiety<br />
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Philippians 4:5-7, <em><strong>“Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”</strong></em><br />
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Worrying is as definitely forbidden as theft, according to our verse...and the whole of Scripture. This needs to be carefully considered and realized by Children of God, so that we do not excuse it as an innocent "weakness". The more we are convicted of the sinfulness of anxiety and worry, the sooner are we likely to perceive that it is most dishonouring to God, and <em><strong>"strive against</strong></em>" it (Hebrews 12:4). But how are we to <em><strong>"strive against"</strong></em> it?<br />
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We strive against worry by watching its beginning, and as soon as we are conscious of the harassment of our mind, as soon as we detect the unbelieving thought, lift up our heart to God and ask Him for deliverance from it. The best antidote for anxiety and worry is frequent meditation upon God’s goodness, power, and sufficiency. When the saint, the member of the Body of Christ, can confidently realize <em><strong>"The Lord is My Shepherd,"</strong></em> he must then conclude, <em><strong>"I shall not want!"</strong></em><br />
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The next part of our Bible verse is, <em><strong>"but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known unto God."</strong> </em>The <em><strong>"with thanksgiving"</strong></em> is super important, yet it is the point at which we most fail. It means that before we receive God’s answer, we thank Him for the same: it is the confidence of the child expecting his Father to be gracious.<br />
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Now hear the LORD's words from Matthew 6:25-33, <em><strong>"Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought (anxious concern) for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?" "But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."</strong></em> (Matthew 6:25-33).<br />
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<strong>Nothing is too big and nothing is too little to spread before and cast upon our great God and our Saviour, the LORD Jesus Christ.</strong><br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20) <br />
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Our <b>Dear Heavenly Father, Creator of all things, The LORD God, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath</b>, through the LORD Jesus, and in the power of thy Spirit we come before thee. Everything on earth is yours, LORD. We have nothing that can make you richer, for it all comes from you in the first place. We also acknowledge and are thankful that we LIVE thanks to you, and that <b>without YOU we have nothing and can do nothing.</b><br />
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Father we ask that you will<b> bless exceedingly our commission as Ambassadors for Christ, and that the Word of Reconciliation, our Ministry</b>, will be broadcast around the world through this work that you have given us to do. And to <b>make all men see what is the Dispensation of the Mystery</b>, and the Knowledge of the Mystery, whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of the Grace of God. The Mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made known to his saints....members of the Body of Christ....to whom God would make known what is the riches of <b>the glory of this mystery, which is: CHRIST in you, the hope of glory</b>. And it is Christ whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.<br />
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<b>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, Unto Him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.</b><br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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<b>It is quite obvious to many believers that the Bible itself is under attack.</b> The Bible was the textbook for America for over 100 years and we produced the greatest generation of scholars, scientists, lawyers, judges, doctors, teachers, and preachers that the world had ever seen!<br />
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But now, people think they are more sophisticated, and have become "judges" and "critics" of the Bible. Its historicity and accuracy is being challenged by many people, both secularists as well as the religious people. People continue to question the authenticity of the Bible and even the majority of Americans doubt that the Bible IS THE Word of God and that it is inspired of God.<br />
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<b>SO, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY "INSPIRATION"?</b></div>
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Inspiration does NOT refer to the writers, but rather to the writings. 2 Timothy 3:16 says "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God." 2 Peter 1:20-21 insists that the writers were controlled by the Holy Spirit so that what was written was accurate and exactly what God wanted to communicate to us.<br />
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There is "external evidence" (like manuscripts, historical and archaeological facts, geographical information, etc.) as well as "internal evidence" (what the Bible claims about itself) that affects what we mean by "inspiration."<br />
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Here is a possible definition: <b>INSPIRATION IS THE ACT OF GOD BY WHICH HE COMMUNICATED HIS WORD IN WRITTEN FORM AND DIRECTLY CONTROLLED THE WRITERS SO THAT WHAT WAS WRITTEN (original autographs) WAS FREE FROM ERROR!</b><br />
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The Bible is not only "inspired of God" - it is also inerrant (without error in the original autographs). It is the most translated and distributed book before the invention of printing (1450 AD) in the history of the world! No other writing is close to its manuscript evidence. Over 5500 Greek manuscripts, 10,000 Latin manuscripts, and over 1000 manuscripts in other languages - all before the invention of printing! Incredible to say the least!<br />
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<b>Inspiration refers to ALL that was written - not just parts of it. If you can't trust the Bible's historical facts, then how can you trust its moral and spiritual teachings?</b> The Bible is the most amazing book of all history - actually it is a library (like an integrated software system!) of 66 books.<br />
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The Old Testament has 39 books in the Protestant Bible (exactly the same as the Jewish Bible, the Tanakh, but organized differently in three major sections - the torah, the prophets, and the writings.) The New Testament contains 27 books. The ROMAN Catholic Bible has added some 14 Jewish apocryphal books, but the early church <b>NEVER considered them inspired of God</b> even though some of them do contain valuable history. There have been some modern attempts (Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Judas, etc.) to add books to the Bible as though they were on the level of the Canon of the Scriptures - but it won't work! <b>These "pseudo-graphic" writings clearly reveal that they are outside the realm of Biblical authority and authenticity.</b><br />
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The Bible itself will bring a person salvation Romans 10:17, 2 Timothy 3:14-15, 1 Peter 1:23-25; and give discernment to the believer as to what is right and wrong Hebrews 5:11-14. Through the Bible we gain effectiveness in prayer John 15: 7, 1 John 5:14; and we are enabled to live victoriously over sin Psalm 119:9-11, John 15:3, 1 Peter 2:2-3. Through the Bible the true believer can be equipped for every good work 2 Timothy 3:16-17.<br />
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Next up, is our message, "The Bible: Which Version?".<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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Welcome to the first in our four part series on The Bible being the Final and Complete Revelation from God. Upcoming messages include: The Bible IS the INERRANT Word of God; The Bible IS the Inspired Word of God; and, The Bible...Which Version?<br />
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<b>We want to answer the question...IS THE BIBLE THE FINAL AND COMPLETE REVELATION FROM GOD IN WRITTEN FORM?</b><br />
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Now of course, if that statement is true, then the Quran is NOT a revelation from God and neither is the Book of Mormon, nor any other writing claiming to be inspired of God as The Bible is! You got that! Then next <br />
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<b>BUT LET'S LOOK AT THIS FIRST...HOW DO WE KNOW IF A PERSON IS SPEAKING FROM GOD'S REVELATION OR NOT?</b><br />
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That is an excellent question since so many religious leaders claim that God speaks directly to them as He did in the Bible. The following issues need to be addressed whenever you run into such a claim:<br />
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1. If what is predicted does NOT happen, then God did not tell them it would, no matter what they say! Read carefully Deuteronomy 18:21-22.<br />
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2. If the gospel that is preached is NOT the gospel of Jesus Christ found in the Bible, then God did NOT speak to them! Read Galatians 1:6-10.<br />
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3. If what they say does NOT agree with the Bible, then God did NOT speak to them! Read Isaiah 8:19-20; II Peter 3:2.<br />
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4. If they ADD any additional "truth" to what the Bible already says, then God did NOT speak to them! Read Revelation 22:18-19.<br />
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<b>OK NOW...WHY DO WE BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE IS A COMPLETE AND FINAL REVELAATION FROM GOD?</b><br />
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1. A <b>THEOLOGICAL</b> reason - nothing is omitted that BELIEVERS need to know!<br />
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2. A <b>LOGICAL </b>reason - early church leaders were closer to the issue. They consistently rejected claims by other writings.<br />
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3. A <b>FACTUAL</b> reason - no attempt was made to change this completed Bible to the Council of Trent (1540-1546 AD). That council was a reaction to objections by the reformers regarding church tradition being more important than the Bible itself, and the failure of many church teachings to be supported by Biblical authority.<br />
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4. AN <b>EXPERIENTIAL</b> reason - it has the proven power to save and change lives who believe its message and obey its teachings.<br />
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5. A <b>BIBLICAL</b> reason - THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ARGUMENT OF ALL! God indicates that His written Word would be a complete and final revelation!<br />
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FOR YOUR DILIGENT STUDY, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES. These passages will also be in the description: Exodus 20:1; Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 8:3; Psalm 19:7; Psalm 119:89, Psalm 152, Psalm 160; Proverbs 30:5-6; Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 5:18; Matthew 24:35; Luke 16:31; John 10:35; John 16:13; Romans 10:17; 1 Corinthians 14:37; 1 Corinthians 15:1; Galatians 1:9; Hebrews 1:1-2; Hebrews 2:2-4; Jude 3; Revelation 1:1; Revelation 22:18-19<br />
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Hebrews 1:1-2 makes the clear argument that in the <b><i>"last of these days"</i></b> (which is the correct Greek grammar) in which God spoke directly, there would be a <b>final revelation</b> concerning His Son, our LORD Jesus Christ. That <b>final revelation</b> is the last book of the New Testament which calls itself, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ". It is an uncovering or unveiling of His Person and majesty like no other portion of God's Word. It is in that book (especially in its last chapter...22:18-19) that deals with the future...clear into eternity...that we have the <b>warning against adding</b> to its words or taking away any of its words. <b>God's revelation ENDED with the Book of Revelation!</b> We are no longer hearing God's direct and audible revelation. He is finished, and now holds us accountable for all that He HAS revealed to us about the past, the present, and the future!<br />
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MAY GOD RESTORE IN OUR HEARTS THE ABSOLUTE SUFFICIENCY AND ACCURACY OF THE BIBLE! IT IS THE INSPIRED AND INERRANT WORD OF THE ONE AND ONLY GOD, AND IT IS A COMPLETE AND FINAL REVELATION FROM GOD HIMSELF! <br />
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Next up, is our message, "The Bible IS the INERRANT Word of God".<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20) <br />
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Paul was directed by the Holy Spirit to write to fellow Christians, <b><i>“ye are not your own, ye are bought with a price.”</i></b> (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). What a difference it would make in the life and behavior and service of Christians, if they would permit the Holy Spirit to teach them and constantly remind them that the LORD of Glory, Who suffered on the cross of Calvary, the eternal, omnipotent, sinless Christ, was the Creator of the heavens and the earth; and that this world belongs to Christ by right of creation AND by right of redemption. <b>Little wonder then that God, the Father, desires that God, the Son, in all things should have the preeminence.</b> (Colossians 1:18).<br />
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We should be able to understand the meaning of Philippians 4:19 when we read Romans 8:32. Note these two verses: <b><i>“My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”</i></b>, and, <b><i>“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”</i></b><br />
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Surely now we can understand better Colossians 3:23 and Colossians 3:17: <b><i>“Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily (from the soul), as to the LORD, and not unto men.”</i></b>, and, <b><i>“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the NAME of the LORD Jesus, giving thanks unto God the Father by Him.”</i></b><br />
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Some saved church members join with the great number of unsaved assembly members in their comment, <i>“this is taking religion too seriously.”</i> The great majority of saved assembly members give little heed to Colossians 3:16, <b><i>“let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.”</i></b> There it is again, another very important ‘LET’ in Philippians 4:6-7, which it behooves every Christian to obey in these days of uncertainty, unrest, of international political, economic, and religious confusion, <b><i>“Be careful (anxious, full of worry) for nothing: but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, ‘LET’ your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth (is greater than, SURpasseth) all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”</i></b><br />
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Let us never forget the words of our LORD Jesus Christ, in John 12:26 and John 5:23, and let us, by God’s Grace and power, obey 1 Corinthians 15:58. Note the truth in these verses. Christ said, <b><i>“if any man serve Me, Him will My Father honor”, “That all men should honor the Son even AS they honor the Father: he that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father Who hath sent Him.” “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always, abounding in the ‘WORK OF THE LORD’, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain ‘IN THE LORD’.”</i></b><br />
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<b><i>“Be strong in the LORD, and in the power of His might.”</i></b> (Ephesians 6:10). <b><i>“Knowing that of the LORD ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the LORD Christ.”</i></b> (Colossians 3:25).<br />
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Surely as we meditate upon what we have quoted from God’s Book, the Bible, we must know that the Christian belongs to Christ; that he is not his own; that he is bought with a price, the precious shed blood of the Eternal Christ. (1 Peter 1:18-23). We should know what the Apostle Paul meant when he said, <b><i>“the love of Christ constraineth us.”</i></b> (2 Corinthians 5:14). Before Paul wrote this to the Corinthian Christians he wrote, in 1 Corinthians 16:22, <b><i>“if any man love not the LORD Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha”</i></b> (“accursed, the LORD coming”). Another apostle, John, wrote; <b><i>“we love Him, because He first loved us.”</i></b> (1 John 4:19).<br />
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<strong>Remember that assembly, congregation, denomination members, (whatever you want to call them), however decent, respectable, moral, kind, gentle, religious and zealous, who DENY the eternal DEITY (that means He is GOD) and virgin birth of our LORD Jesus Christ, His perfect, sinless life, His vicarious death, His resurrection and ascension in a body, are called deceivers and antichrist (2 John 7); and they make God a liar, because they believe not the record that God hath given of His Son. (1 John 5:10).</strong><br />
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Inasmuch as the LORD Jesus Christ, Who is now in heaven appearing in God’s presence for Christians (Hebrews 9:24 and Hebrews 7:25), is the Author and Finisher of our Faith, and wants all Christians to be Faithful Ambassadors, witnesses, and laborers, we do not want it said of us what is being said concerning so many denomination members, <b><i>“they practice Christianity only when it is convenient and entails no sacrifice, hardship nor suffering.”</i></b> And SHAME on the "spiritual" leaders...Pastors, Preachers, and Teachers, who have changed conviction for convenience. (John 12:43, Galatians 1:10, and Jude 16).<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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LLM - Ambassador for Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18-20) <br />
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There has been, and even today still is, MUCH controversy over the teaching of The Mystery, which the Holy Spirit first revealed to and then taught through the Apostle Paul.<br />
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MANY "Christian" Fundamentalists have joined with Modernists in attempting to exalt "the teachings of Jesus" (while on earth) above the Word of God through the Apostle Paul. They ask, <i>"Which should bear the greater weight with us, the words of Jesus, or the words of Paul?"</i><br />
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<b>This is the classic straw-man argument. Because, see, they do not ask this because they truly desire to OBEY these "words of Jesus" and to see them obeyed. NO! For they flagrantly disregard and disobey them, from the Sermon on the Mount to the Great Commission</b>.<br />
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With regard to the Sermon on the Mount, <b>they do not</b> subject themselves to the Law of God given through Moses (Matthew 5:17-19). <b>They do not</b> bring gifts to altars of sacrifice (Matthew 5:23-24). <b>They do not </b>give freely to all who ask of them, quite the opposite (Matthew 5:42; Matthew 10:8-9). <b>They do not</b> refrain from laying up treasures on earth (Matthew 6:19, and Matthew 6:25-26); And <b>they certainly do not</b> sell what they have and give alms (Luke 6:30; Luke 12:33).<br />
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Let's not stop there...then, these hypocrites, while professing obedience to the so called "Great Commission" as "the Church's marching orders", <b>they do not</b> proclaim faith AND baptism for salvation (Mark 16:16); <b>they do not</b>, (they cannot), perform miraculous signs (Mark 16:17,18); <b>they do not</b> give the Jew first place in their ministry (Luke 24:47; Acts 1:8), and <b>they certainly do not</b> teach others to observe all things that Messiah on earth commanded (Matthew 28:20).<br />
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So why? Why do these hypocritical fundamentalists and modernists set "the teachings of Jesus" (on earth) over and against the teachings of the RISEN Jesus through the Apostle Paul? Well, it is NOT because they are determined to obey Jesus, but <b>because they are determined to minimize that which God has "magnified", and that is, the authority of the Apostle Paul as </b><i><b>"the apostle of the Gentiles" </b></i>(Romans 11:13).<br />
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They seek to exalt the teachings of Jesus during His earthly ministry above those of the RISEN Jesus through the Apostle Paul BECAUSE they have closed their ears to the often repeated and Holy Spirit inspired teaching of the Apostle Paul that the glorified RISEN Christ spoke from heaven, to and through him, committing to him "The Dispensation of the Grace of God". THE program for the day in which we live (Acts 20:24; Acts:22:6-10, Acts 22:17-21; Acts 26:12-18; Romans 11:13; Romans 15:15-16; Romans 16:25-26; 1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Cor. 5:16; Galatians 1:1, Galatians 1:11-12; Galatians 2:7-9; Ephesians 3:1-9; Ephesians 6:18-20; Philippians 4:9; Colossians 1:23-27; 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 2 Thessalonians 3:14; 1 Timothy 2:5-7; 2 Timothy 2:7-9; Titus 1:2-3).<br />
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But MORE than this, they have forgotten the STERN rebuke the Galatians received for failing to recognize the Apostle Paul's teachings as a message from the RISEN, Glorified, Exalted Christ (Galatians 1:6-12). They have taken lightly Paul's words to the Corinthians, <i><b>"if I come again I will not spare: since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me"</b></i> (2 Cor. 13:2-3).<br />
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These hypocritical fundamentalists and modernists have, as well, distorted the Holy Spirit's admonition through the Apostle Paul as to His own writings,<i><b> "If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing, from such withdraw thyself"</b></i> (1 Timothy 6:3-5).<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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In Romans 8:1-4, we read of three great laws. <em><strong>"The law of sin and death, by Adam." "The law, the ministration of condemnation and death, by Moses,"</strong></em> 2 Corinthians 3:5-9. <em><strong>"The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus."</strong></em><br />
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Thus we learn that: <strong>By Adam is the entrance of Sin. Romans 5:12. By Moses is the knowledge of sin. Romans 3:20, Romans 5:20, and Galatians 3:19. And that by Jesus Christ, is the forgiveness of sins. Acts 13:39.</strong><br />
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The Holy Spirit, through the Apostle Paul wrote, <em><strong>"When Christ who is our life shall appear."</strong> </em>Colossians 3:1-4. Christ declared Himself to be The Life. John 14:6. Paul wrote, <em><strong>"Christ liveth in me." "For me to live is Christ."</strong> </em>In 2 Timothy 1:10 we learn that Christ brings life and the guarantee of incorruptibility to light in the Gospel. In John 10:28 we Have the words of Christ, <em><strong>"I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish."</strong></em> In John 11:25 Christ is the resurrection and the life for believers who will never die. Christ, of course, had power to lay down His life and to take it up again. John 10:17-19.<br />
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So here is what we understand..<strong>.that the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus frees the believer from the law of sin and death; from the penalty and wages of sin; and from the wrath to come.</strong><br />
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The sum total of man's spiritual responsibility and duty is with respect to <em><strong>"the Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus."</strong></em><br />
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Therefore, <strong>FIRST</strong>, appropriate that law and be Saved. <strong>SECOND,</strong> demonstrate that law by walking in the Spirit and fulfilling the righteousness of the law. <strong>THIRD</strong>, propagate that Law of Life by preaching and teaching it to others; that is, by proclaiming the message of Grace <strong>unmixed with religion or legalism.</strong><br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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In 2 Timothy 2:1, <strong>the servant of the LORD is exhorted to be strong in the Grace that is in Christ Jesus.</strong><br />
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In 2 Timothy 2:3, <strong>the servant of the LORD is exhorted to endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.</strong><br />
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In 2 Timothy 2:15, <strong>the servant of the LORD is expected to study to show himself/herself approved unto God and rightly divide the Word of truth.</strong><br />
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In 2 Timothy 2:19, <strong>the servant of the LORD is exhorted to depart from iniquity.</strong><br />
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In 2 Timothy 4:2-5, <strong>the servant of the LORD is told to preach the Word and to do the work of an evangelist.</strong><br />
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If the servant of the LORD will faithfully obey these exhortations, he or she, will be a vessel unto honor, sanctified and meet for the Master’s use, prepared unto every good work. 2 Timothy 2:21.<br />
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<strong>Every Member of the Body of Christ is a Vessel in a House...a Great House. 2 Timothy 2:20.</strong></div>
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In 1 Timothy 3:15, the servant of the LORD is told how he should behave in the House of God which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. Those same instructions are stated in different language in Ephesians 4:1, <b><i>“That ye walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye are called.”</i></b><br />
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<b>It is BEYOND human imagination what the Body of Christ, as the pillar and ground of the truth, could do, if members of that Church would be strong in the Grace that is in Christ Jesus, if they would endure hardness as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, if they would rightly divide the Word of truth, if they would depart from iniquity.</b><br />
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Members of the Body of Christ, Which He purchased with His own blood, Acts 20:28, are certainly vessels in a great House. Think of the price that was paid for this House and the glorious future of this House, <b><i>“...Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself for it; That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word. That He might present it to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that is should be holy and without blemish.”</i></b><br />
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Surely every Christian should desire to be a <b>vessel of honor</b> in this great House, sanctified and easily used for the LORD Jesus Christ, Who said, <b><i>“if any man serve Me, him will My Father honor.”</i></b> John 12:26.<br />
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We read concerning Christ as the Chief Corner Stone in this great House, <b><i>“In Whom all the Building fitly framed (joined) together groweth unto an Holy Temple in the LORD. In Whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.” </i></b>Ephesians 2:21-22. <b><i>“The Household of God.”</i></b> Ephesians 2:20.<br />
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<b>What an honor to be in this Household, this Temple, this Building! To be “in Christ” in this Age of Grace, means to be a member of God’s Family, a child of God, an heir of God and a joint heir with Christ.</b> Romans 8:15-16. So stop your belly aching, whatever it may be, and LOOK at what you have in Christ!<br />
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<b>It is possible to be saved so as by fire and not be a vessel of honor in this great House</b>, sanctified and meet for the Master’s use. 1 Corinthians 3:15. But why not have the very best that God has for us?<br />
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If you feel that you have been a failure and consider your case about hopeless, read Jeremiah’s visit to the potter’s house in Jeremiah 18:1-6 and see how God’s prophet saw the potter “remake” the marred vessel. THEN read God’s word; that He could do the same with a marred sinner. God is the Great Potter. We are the vessels. If you are a sinner, let God save you, by His Grace and His Son. If you are a saint, a member of the Body of Christ, let God use you. <b><i>“Purge yourself from these.” </i>Be a vessel of honour in God’s Great House.</b> Remember 1 Corinthians 15:58 and 1 Corinthians 3:13-15. Our God, THE God, the ONLY God, is a Great God. He gives eternal life to receivers. <b>Then He pays well for service.</b><br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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Some may suppose that it would require little boldness today to proclaim the Grace of God in all its purity. Who is ever persecuted now, at least in free, “enlightened lands”, for preaching God's Grace? <br />
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<b>Ah, but do not be deceived. Satan was no less active in his opposition to the truth when Constantine exalted the professing Church to prominence than when his predecessors persecuted the Church and sent its members to death by fire and sword. Indeed, Satan, was doubtless, more successful in Constantine's day than he had been when persecution raged. </b><br />
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Does any believer in the Word of God suppose that Satan has relented in his opposition to the truth today, just because men, at least in this land, are not burned at the stake or thrown to the lions? Do not be misled. Satan's enmity against God and against His Word continues undiminished. His hatred of <b><i>"the Gospel of the Grace of God," </i></b>is as bitter, and his opposition to it as determined as it ever was. AND, well does he know that the constant discouragements connected with being in the minority often succeed in silencing those who would stand against physical persecution. <br />
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<b>Today Satan uses the new evangelicalism</b> with its highly- organized highly-financed campaigns, and its woeful lack of doctrinal and dispensational teaching of the Word...to neutralize the saints. <br />
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Multitudes are attracted to these neo-evangelical extravaganzas, at which the participants are for the most part performers, and those who stand for the truth often feel very small as compared to the vast unthinking majority. But let us never forget that God uses "<b><i>things that are not</i></b>" to accomplish His work (1 Corinthians 1:26-29). <br />
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Let us, who know and love the truth, then, determine by God's Grace that nothing shall make us unfaithful to our glorious commission; that, whatever the cost, we shall faithfully and boldly proclaim to others the unadulterated Gospel of the Grace of God, <b><i>"the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery."</i></b> Romans 16:25<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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Now, it is of the utmost importance, in your study of the Bible, that you all become fully aware and learn of this very important fact...The Fact that from the first chapter of Matthew to the last chapter of Revelation <b>5, FIVE, different groups</b> or classes of people are addressed.<br />
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<b>1) To unsaved Israelites who were under the Law.</b><br />
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<b>2) To saved Israelites who were under the Law before they became members of the Body of Christ.</b><br />
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<b>3) To unsaved Gentiles who were aliens from the Commonwealth of Israel, and not under the Law.</b><br />
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<b>4) To carnal saints and babes who were members of the Body of Christ.</b><br />
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<b>5) To those who were of full age, called "the faithful in Christ Jesus."</b><br />
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The words of the Lord Jesus, in Matthew 15:24 and Matthew 10:5-8, should be self explanatory. Christ definitely declared that He Himself was sent <b>ONLY</b> to the lost sheep of the House of Israel, and instructed the twelve apostles, just as definitely, to go NOT in the way of the Gentiles; but rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.<br />
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<b>The LORD Jesus Christ, was sent to Israel with a two-fold message; that is, to present "the Kingdom of Heaven" to the Nation with its rulers, and to offer salvation to individual Israelites.</b><br />
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In Matthew 8:12, Christ called the Israelites, both saved AND unsaved, "<b><i>the children of the kingdom.</i></b>" In John 8:37 He said to the unsaved Israelites, "<b><i>ye are the seed of Abraham.</i></b>" In Acts 3:25 Peter addressed the unsaved Israelites as "<b><i>the children of the covenant</i></b>." In Luke 1:16 and Luke 1:80 we read that John the Baptist appeared to Israel. In John 1:31 we read that John the Baptist baptized with water THAT Christ might be made manifest to Israel, (NOW you know why baptism was introduced, but this has NOTHING to do with the Body of Christ). In Acts 11:1-8 we learn that some of the twelve apostles contended with Peter because he preached to an uncircumcised Gentile, about seven years after Christ died. From all of this and many other Scriptures, we should know the significance of the statement, in Romans 15:8, that Jesus Christ was a Minister of the Circumcision, and should know that, from Matthew 1:1 to Acts 11:18, God's order was "<b><i>to the Jew only.</i></b>" However, in Acts 11:18 we read that God did something for the Gentiles.<br />
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<b>Some of the messages in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Acts, were addressed to unsaved Israelites, or Jews, and some of them were addressed to saved Israelites or Jews. Surely we must consider this if we would intelligently interpret and apply these Scriptures, right? For, if we don't we will just continue in the confusion that has resulted in all of the denominations of today.</b><br />
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In Galatians 1:11-18 we learn that the Apostle Paul was chosen by the Risen Christ, by a special revelation from heaven, to preach the Grace of Christ to heathen. The Apostle Paul tells us of his call to go to the Gentiles, in Acts 22:17-21, and Romans 15:16. In many respects the Gospel of Grace message that Paul proclaimed to Gentiles, not under the Law, differed from the Gospel of the Kingdom messages that Christ and the Twelve proclaimed to saved and unsaved Israelites. Therefore, to preach many of the messages of Matthew, Mark, Luke and the first nine chapters of Acts to the Gentiles not under the law, is to pervert God's Gospel of Grace to Gentiles.<br />
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In applying the truth of Matthew, Mark and Luke, and the truth in the first nine chapters of Acts to Gentiles, whether saved or unsaved, we must keep in mind the particular group of people that is addressed in the Scriptures we are studying. Many messages which the LORD's servants proclaimed to backslidden Israel are not intended by God to be included in the salvation message of Christ for Gentiles, not under the Law. We should keep in mind the statements, concerning these Gentiles, in many different verses, for instance read the second chapter of Ephesians, as well as Ephesians 4:18. In these verses we learn that the Gentiles, to whom the Apostle Paul preached the Gospel of the Grace of God, were strangers from the covenants, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, alienated from the life of God, and dead in trespasses and sins.<br />
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Surely any preacher who preaches to such people, "bring forth meat for repentance," the message which the LORD gave to John the Baptist for Israel, is out of the will of God. A dead man alienated from the life of God, could not bring forth fruit. But he could be made alive without doing anything. Ephesians 2:4-8. Romans 6:23.<br />
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Ok, so, so far we have dealt with the first three classes of people...unsaved Israelites who were under the Law, saved Israelites who were under the Law before they became members of the Body of Christ, and unsaved Gentiles who were aliens from the Commonwealth of Israel, and not under the Law. Now, here are the fourth and the fifth classes.<br />
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1 Corinthians 3:2-3<br />
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"<b><i>I have fed you with milk, and not with meat; for hitherto ye were not able to hear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?</i></b>"<br />
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Ephesians 1:1 and Ephesians 4:13-14<br />
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"<b><i>Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus." And, "Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.</i></b>"<br />
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These Scriptures should convince any student of the Bible that Paul would never have written to the carnal Corinthians what he wrote to the faithful saints in Ephesus. Let us note the last three verses of Hebrews 5, which we quote:<br />
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Hebrews 5:12-14<br />
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"<b><i>For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskillful in the Word of righteousness; for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their sense exercised to discern both good and evil.</i></b>"<br />
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Here in this portion of scripture we are told of the two classes, within the Body of Christ: members of the Body of Christ who could take only the milk of the Word, God's truth for babes; and those who were of full age who could understand the deep things or the meat of God's Word.<br />
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In 1 Peter 2:2 we learn that the new born babes should have the milk of the Word. Note this verse, "<b><i>As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.</i></b>"<br />
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Now, you must keep in mind at all times, the saints in Corinth were just as much saints as were the saints in Ephesus. The difference was, the saints at Corinth were carnal and unable to take the strong meat which we find in the Apostle Paul's messages to the Ephesians and Colossians. Of course the "full-age" saints will feed on the milk as well as on the meat. But strong meat belongeth to saints of full age and carnal saints must limit themselves to a milk diet.<br />
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<b>A love for religion, ritualism, or sectarianism (denominations), will keep a saint carnal just as much as a love of the world. Read that sentence over and over again. The Corinthians were sectarians. The Ephesians and Colossians accepted the Divine Truth of Ephesians 4:3-6 concerning the One Body, the One Lord, and the ONE BAPTISM.</b><br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short.</b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ.<br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
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<b><i>"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS according to the Scriptures, and THAT HE WAS BURIED, and THAT HE ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY according to the Scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4.<br />
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There were WITNESSES of the Resurrection of Christ, to that there is no doubt. AND in the following passage from 1 Corinthians 15, the Apostle Paul CITES Peter and the eleven apostles who saw the LORD after His resurrection, and then he further states, <b><i>"After that, He was seen of more than FIVE HUNDRED brethren at once. He was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all, He was seen of me also as one born out of due time"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:5-8.<br />
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<b>That Christ was <i>"raised again the third day"</i> is of the UTMOST importance because it is the receipt from God, Himself, that our sins have been paid in full, signed in His own blood, as it were. </b><br />
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Death and Hades could not keep the Son of God in its icy grip. Unlike you and me, the LORD Jesus Christ had no sin, He is <b><i>"holy, harmless, undefiled, [and] separate from sinners" </i></b>Hebrews 7:26...and possessing <b><i>"the spirit of holiness"</i></b> God <b><i>"declared [Him] to be the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead"</i></b> (Romans 1:4).<br />
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<b>Pay very close attention...The Father raised Christ from the dead. Galatians 1:1. The Holy Spirit raised Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:18. The LORD Jesus Christ raised HIMSELF from the dead. John 10:18.</b> In the resurrection of Christ, God shows <b><i>"what is the exceeding greatness of His power to usward who believe". </i></b>Ephesians 1:19.<br />
Now, another important point...Christ's appearance to Paul was VERY different than His appearances had been unto all those other saints. <b>The Apostle Paul saw the RISEN, EXALTED, and GLORIFIED, LORD JESUS CHRIST in the glory of His Grace.</b> Listen to Paul's own testimony, <b><i>"And when I could not see for the Glory of that Light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. And one Ananias said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know His will, AND SEE THAT JUST ONE, and shouldest hear the voice of His mouth" </i></b>Acts 22:11-14.<br />
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So in the Apostle Paul's Gospel when he focuses upon the <b><i>"crucified"</i></b> One, 1 Corinthains 1:23, he proclaims <b><i>"Jesus Christ according to the Revelation of the Mystery"</i></b> (Romans 16:25). In our endeavors, therefore, to keep our congregations informed of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ may we NEVER forget that we <b><i>"who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the BLOOD of Christ".</i></b> Ephesians 2:13. What love, and what Grace, that should compel our worship, our praise, and our adoration of our wonderful LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. <b>And it all begins at Calvary.</b><br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it! </b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide. <br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkwiVNA_2RU">In part 1 of the Lion and Lamb Ministry Holy Week Messages</a>, we learned that the LORD Jesus Christ is NOT divided, and that He is the Good Shepherd, the Great Shepherd and the Chief Shepherd. And, NOW we learn that...<br />
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<strong>JESUS KNEW ALL</strong></div>
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<strong><em>“But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all. And needed not that any should testify of man; for he knew what was in man.”</em></strong> John 2:24-25.<br />
To know all is to be omniscient. Let us read the Apostle Peter’s words to the LORD Jesus,<strong><em> “And he (Peter) said unto Him, LORD Thou knowest all things.”</em></strong> John 21:17. Then woman at the well said to the LORD Jesus, <strong><em>“I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.”</em></strong> John 4:25. Note Christ’s reply, <strong><em>“...I that speak unto thee am he.”</em></strong> John 4:26.<br />
That sinful woman learned that day that Christ needed not that any should testify of woman; for He knew what was in woman. Christ saw Nathanael under the fig tree. But because it was NOT with physical eye-sight, Nathanael cried, <strong><em>“Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God.”</em></strong> Christ assured Nathanael that He would see greater things. John 1:46-51. In John 13:1, Jesus knew that His hour was come that He should depart out of the world, <strong><em>“Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.”</em></strong><br />
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<strong>JESUS KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING</strong></div>
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<strong><em>“But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.”</em></strong> John 6:64. <strong><em>“For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.”</em></strong> John 13:11.<br />
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<strong>THE CHIEF SHEPHERD AND SIMON PETER</strong></div>
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<strong><em>“This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, LORD; thou knowest that I love thee, He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea LORD; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, LORD, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.”</em></strong> John 21:14-17.<br />
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Here the chief Shepherd was instructing one of His under-shepherds to feed and tend His lambs and to feed His sheep. The LORD’s Pastors are expected to feed the LORD’s sheep and lambs. Those who are Faithful in this will receive a crown of glory when the chief Shepherd shall appear.<br />
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Then the shepherd has another duty; he is to keep the wolves out of the flock. <strong><em>“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.”</em></strong> Acts 20:28-29. It’s a shame that MANY of today’s Pastors and Preachers are, in fact, the wolves!<br />
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The LORD Jesus pictures Himself as the good Shepherd in Luke 15:4, <strong><em>“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?”</em></strong><br />
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Then remember the words of the Shepherd-King in Luke 12:32, <strong><em>“Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.</em></strong>” (Remember, right here the LORD is addressing the Apostles <strong>BEFORE</strong> His death and resurrection, and <strong>BEFORE</strong> the direct revelation given to the Apostle Paul concerning the Body of Christ.)<br />
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Simon Peter became a Faithful shepherd. He was Faithful unto death. John 21:18-19, <strong><em>“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.”</em></strong><br />
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<strong>WHAT CHRIST KNEW ABOUT THE WOMAN AT THE WELL</strong></div>
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In John 4:5-26 is recorded a most interesting story of a sinful woman of Sychar of Samaria. Before the story, we read in John 4:4, <strong><em>“And he must needs go through Samaria.”</em></strong><br />
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Now we see why He must needs go through Samaria. The Savior was wearied with His journey and He sat at noontime on Jacob’s well. <strong><em>“There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.” </em></strong>John 4:7. The woman was surprised that Jesus should have asked her for a drink <strong><em>“for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.”</em></strong> John 4:9, <strong><em>“Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, ‘How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.’”</em></strong> Then the LORD Jesus talked to that poor sinful woman about water that would satisfy her soul. He called it <strong><em>“living water.”</em></strong> John 4:10. <strong><em>“’But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.’ The woman saith unto him, ‘Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.’” </em></strong>John 4:14-15.<br />
Here we think of 1 Timothy 1:15, <strong><em>“This is a Faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”</em></strong> Note also Luke 19:10, <strong><em>“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”</em></strong> The LORD Jesus Christ came to be the Shepherd seeking lost sheep. He came into the world to save sinners.<br />
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Almost any person will say, “I am a sinner,” because all of us ARE sinners. But only the LORD Himself can convince the individual that he is not only a sinner, but a LOST sinner. The sinner will not be much concerned about salvation until he realizes that he is LOST.<br />
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The LORD went right to that woman’s conscience after He had her interest and attention. He will now get right at her sin. <strong><em>“Jesus saith unto her, ‘Go, call thy husband, and come hither.’ The woman answered and said, ‘I have no husband.’ Jesus said unto her, ‘Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.’ The woman saith unto him, ‘Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.’” </em></strong>John 4:16-19. Another moment or two and she learned that she was in the presence of the Messiah, the Christ.<br />
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Note what she did, <strong><em>“The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, ‘Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?’ Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.”</em></strong> John 4:28-30. Note also John 4:39, <strong><em>“And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, ‘He told me all that ever I did.’”</em></strong><br />
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She knew that the Messiah could tell all things. Now the Messiah had read her sinful heart. But here we have the confirmation of John 3:17, <strong><em>“For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”</em></strong> and 2 Cor. 5:19, <strong><em>“To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”</em></strong><br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it! </b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide. <br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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<strong><em>"On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him."</em></strong><strong> </strong>John 12:12-16<br />
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<strong>A DIVISION BECAUSE OF JESUS</strong></div>
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In the days when Christ was here on earth there was a division among the people because of Jesus. There was even a greater division after His death and resurrection in the days of the Apostles. There is a still greater division in the world today because of Jesus.<br />
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<strong><em>“Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? So there was a division among the people because of him.”</em></strong> John 7:41-43.<br />
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<strong><em>“Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.”</em></strong> John 9:16.<br />
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<strong><em>“There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?”</em></strong> John 10:19-21.<br />
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<strong><em>“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.”</em></strong> Luke 12:51-53.<br />
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<strong><em>“He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.”</em></strong> Luke 11:23.<br />
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In the John 7, from which chapter we quoted the first Scriptures, note the statement concerning the division because of Jesus:<br />
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<strong><em>“AND THERE WAS MUCH MURMURING AMONG THE PEOPLE CONCERNING HIM: FOR SOME SAID, HE IS A GOOD MAN: OTHERS SAID, NAY; BUT HE DECEIVETH THE PEOPLE.”</em></strong> John 7:12.<br />
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<strong><em>“Much murmuring”, “Some said”, “Others said.”</em></strong> And you know this is still going on today. Who were right, the some who said or the others who said? Some said, <strong><em>“Christ is a good man.”</em></strong> Others said, <strong><em>“Nay, Christ deceiveth the people.”</em></strong> Note in Matthew 27:63 that the <strong><em>“others”</em></strong> continued in their attitude toward Christ, <strong><em>“Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.”</em></strong> Matthew 27:63.<br />
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To them Christ was a deceiver. To them Christ performed miracles by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, here note Matthew 11:19,<strong><em> “The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.”</em></strong><br />
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<strong>They called Him a blasphemer, because, being a Man, He made Himself God. John 10:33.</strong></div>
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Today intelligent Jews join with Christians in declaring that the LORD Jesus Christ was a good Man. How good? Better than all the rest. There was a time when prejudiced and ignorant men declared that Jesus of Nazareth was deluded. They said He was not mentally sound, therefore, He made some false claims. But today, intelligent Jews, Christians, and non-Christian Gentiles are all agreed that Jesus Christ was the most intelligent man that ever lived on earth, as well as the greatest human benefactor that the world has ever known.<br />
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<strong>What is the verdict then? The “some” who said, “Christ is a good Man,” were right.</strong> How about the statement of the “others”: “Nay, He deceiveth the people”? Did Christ deceive the people? If Christ really deceived the people, did He thereby prove that He was a good Man? In other words; could a man really be both a good man and a deceiver, especially if he continues month after month, and year after year, to deceive the people?<br />
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<strong>From the beginning of His earthly ministry until His death, and again after His resurrection, the LORD Jesus Christ claimed that He was God manifest in the flesh, that He was in the beginning in the God-Head, that He came down from heaven, that He had glory with the Father before the world was. Christ received worship as God. Christ proved His claim to Deity by His supernatural power, by His miracles, ACCORDING to the Scriptures.</strong><br />
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If Christ declared that He was God from the beginning, that He had glory with the Father, that He came down from heaven, and if He really was NOT what He claimed, then surely He deceived the people. Such a deceiver could not be called a good man.<br />
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So, we must decide by common sense logic that Jesus Christ was both God and good, OR, He was not God and good.<strong> The Modernists who have crept unawares into the Christian church are far more inconsistent than were the Jews who took up stones to kill Christ when He was here on earth.</strong> They stoned Him, <strong><em>“because He made Himself equal with God.” </em></strong>John 5:17-20. In John 19:7, we learn why they had Christ crucified. <strong>Because He claimed equality with God.</strong><br />
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<strong>Pay attention, the foolish MODERNISTS who have slithered in among church members, join with religious Jews in expressing great admiration for the man of Galilee, and dote much on the ideal Man, Jesus, with His ideal philosophy and His interpretation of God and true religion. They eulogize Him, quote Him, praise Him, and preach Him to Jews and Gentiles. But with all this they ever SEEK to make Christ, the Holy Spirit, and all the Apostles, LIARS, by saying that Jesus was a very good man, but that He was not born as the Bible declares He was born; that He did not come down from heaven; that He did not have Divine authority to forgive sins. He was not God, the Son. He was not God’s foreordained sin-bearer. His body was not raised from the dead. He is not now the resurrected Jesus at God’s right hand, as the Bible claims. And, that Salvation is not by Faith in the shed blood of the LORD Jesus Christ, but by character, by good behaviour, by actually imitating Jesus, by trying to live up to the RELIGION of Jesus. THIS is an ABOMINATION to God, and contempt for Christ!</strong><br />
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Surely you and I agree that these pretenders, who call themselves Modernists, are only Christianized <strong>agnostics</strong>. They are far less consistent than were the Jews, who in the first century also denied the eternal Deity of the Son of God, and took a decided stand against Him, declaring that He was worthy of death.<br />
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Note this law of the Jews in Leviticus 24:16, <strong><em>“And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.”</em></strong> If Jesus Christ was not God, as He claimed time and time again, were not the Jews right when they said to Pilate, <strong><em>“Then Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”</em></strong> John 19:7? Leviticus 24:16 was the law to which the Jews referred when they spoke the words of John 19:7.<br />
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Even the thinking Jews today believe that Jesus Christ was too good to have been a blasphemer. They should accept Him then as God: for God He was. Remember what Thomas said when he was fully convinced <strong><em>“And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My LORD and my God.”</em></strong> John 20:28. Christ did not say, <em>“Thomas, you are mistaken. I am a very good Man, but I am not LORD and God.”</em> He received the worship. And remember His own words in Luke 4:8, <strong><em>“And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the LORD thy God, and him ONLY shalt thou serve.”</em></strong><br />
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The pseudo-Christians claim to believe in the historical Jesus. The historical Jesus is the Bible Jesus. So when they decide on the authority of the Bible Record that Jesus was a good man, they must, if intelligent and consistent, acknowledge that by the same Record He was and is God. <strong><em>“JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TODAY, AND FOR EVER.”</em></strong> Hebrews 13:8. <strong><em>“And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”</em></strong> Colossians 1:17.<br />
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<strong>HOUSEHOLD DIVIDED</strong></div>
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Note again Luke 12:51, <strong><em>“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.”</em></strong><br />
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Look all about on every side, and see not only nations, cities, and communities divided because of Jesus, but families. If we could only know what is going on in homes where some members of the household are for Christ and some are against Him. Yes, there has been, and there is, a division among the people because of Jesus.<br />
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In the eternal ages there will be a division among the people, because of Jesus. Some will spend eternity with the LORD and His redeemed in glory. Some will be in perdition suffering the sorrows of the second death. Christ declared, <strong><em>“he that is not with Me is against Me.”</em></strong> Luke 11:23.<br />
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<strong>IS CHRIST DIVIDED?</strong></div>
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<strong><em>“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our LORD Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” </em></strong>1 Corinthians 1:10. <strong><em>“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”</em></strong> 1 Corinthians 3:3. <strong><em>“For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it”</em></strong> 1 Corinthians 11:18. <strong><em>“That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.”</em></strong> 1 Corinthians 12:25.<br />
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<strong>Note God’s will; that there should be no “schism”; no “division.”</strong><br />
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What a pity! Christ’s Church so divided that the Apostles asked “is Christ divided?” Since that day divisions and subdivisions have increased, until today there are more than 300 branches of the Christian Church. The LORD said, <strong><em>“that there be no schism (division) in the Body.”</em></strong><br />
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Ephesians 4:3-7, <strong><em>“Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One LORD, one Faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given Grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ”</em></strong><br />
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Now, take a look at Romans 12:4-5, <strong><em>“For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.”</em></strong><br />
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Then note again Christ’s prayer in John 17:21 and John 17:11, <strong>“That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou host sent me.”</strong>, AND, <strong><em>“And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou host given me, that they may be one, as we are.”</em></strong><br />
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<strong>ONE NEW MAN</strong></div>
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When we believers reach heaven perfect unity will prevail, and there we shall learn that God’s purpose in this age is expressed in Ephesians 2:15, <strong><em>“Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace.”</em></strong><br />
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<strong>One in Christ. In one Body of which Christ is the Head. </strong>Again note Galatians 3:28,<strong> <em>“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”</em> </strong>Now look at 1 Corinthians 12:12-13,<strong> <em>“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been made to drink into one Spirit”</em></strong><br />
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As the unbeliever looks on and beholds the division, sectarianism, and lack of unity among Christians, he is asking, “Is Christ divided?”<br />
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<strong>THE OMNISCIENT CHRIST: I KNOW MY SHEEP</strong></div>
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<strong><em>“I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.” “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”</em></strong> John 10:14, and John 10:27.<br />
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We read these words in 1 Timothy 2:19, <strong><em>“Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The LORD knoweth them that are his. And, Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”</em></strong><br />
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The LORD knoweth them that are His. The good Shepherd knows His sheep. He said, <strong><em>“I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” “As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.” </em></strong>John 10:11, and John 10:15. <strong><em>“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”</em></strong> John 10:27-28.<br />
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The LORD Jesus knows who is saved and who is unsaved. But God wants the believer to KNOW that he is saved, <strong><em>“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”</em></strong> 1 John 5:13.<br />
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We read something more about Christ the Shepherd in Hebrews 13:20-21, <strong><em>“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our LORD Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.”</em></strong> And in 1 Peter 5:4, <strong><em>“And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.”</em></strong><br />
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So we learn that the LORD Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd, the Great Shepherd and the Chief Shepherd.<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it! </b><br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
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<i><b>"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. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men"</b></i><br />
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<b>TheJudgment Seat of Christ - Author Unknown</b><br />
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When I stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ<br />
And He shows me His plan for me;<br />
The plan of my life as it might have been<br />
Had He had His way, and I see<br />
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How I blocked Him here and checked Him there<br />
And I would not yield my will,<br />
Shall I see grief in my Savior's eyes;<br />
Grief though He loves me still?<br />
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Oh, He'd have me rich, and I stand there poor,<br />
Stripped of all but His grace,<br />
While my memory runs like a hunted thing<br />
Down the paths I can't retrace.<br />
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Then my desolate heart will well-nigh break<br />
With tears that I cannot shed.<br />
I'll cover my face with my empty hands<br />
And bow my uncrowned head.<br />
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No! Lord of the years that are left to me<br />
I yield them to Thy hand.<br />
Take me, make me, mold me<br />
To the pattern Thou hast planned.<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short.</b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it!</b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide.<br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ.<br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
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Romans 12:1, <em><strong>"I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."</strong></em><br />
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There was a profound change in God’s plan for acceptable worship. It once required all those complicated requirements for acceptable worship: a temple building, with furniture and relics and a priesthood and an altar and animal sacrifices according to the calendar, but now all that is changed. God no longer has a temple building of stone and wood, but in this new dispensation of the grace of God, the temple of God is the believer’s body! <em><strong>“Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you”</strong></em> (1 Cor. 6:19).<br />
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Today we worship God, not by going to a building (after all, we are God’s building), or making use of certain furniture, and the appropriate personnel, and observing a certain ritual; OUR worship today, for members of the Body of Christ, is to present our bodies a living sacrifice. When Paul writes, <em><strong>“which is your reasonable service,”</strong> </em>we should underline the word <strong>“your.”</strong> Israel’s acceptable worship was there at the temple, doing the prescribed ritual, but Paul writes,<em><strong> “YOUR worship, the worship God had commanded from you Gentiles, you members of the Body of Christ, YOUR worship is to present your bodies as a living sacrifice."</strong></em><br />
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Our worship today, again, is not to go to a certain building, on a certain day of the week or certain holy days of the year. It is not to practice a certain ritual. For God’s “earthly people” Israel that was appropriate, but <strong>God has set the people of His “Holy Calling” free from that kind of worship.</strong> We can worship God at any time and in any place. We can worship Him continually, not just once in a while. <strong>We don’t need a priesthood or a building or a special day. Our worship service is not just one hour on Sunday morning, but a life. 24 hours a day; 365 days a year!</strong><br />
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<em><strong>"...which is your reasonable service."</strong></em> Romans 12:1<br />
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In Ephesians 1:13 the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Paul declares that men are saved and sealed by hearing and BELIEVING the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation. Therefore, here, now, is declared unto you the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your Salvation: <b><i>"that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"</i></b> 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. BELIEVE today. <b>The time is short. </b><br />
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<b>So There You Have it! </b><br />
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Spread this message to everyone you know, far and wide. <br />
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Grace be to you and peace, from God: our Father, and The LORD Jesus Christ. <br />
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In The LORD Jesus Christ, <br />
<a href="http://www.lionandlambministry.com/">The Lion and Lamb Ministry</a><br />
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