Friday, August 29, 2014
Temple Of God
Bible Questions Answered:
“In 1 Corinthians 3:16 ”the
temple of God” is Paul speaking about a christian or a group of
believers?...”
Tom/ Charlottesville, Virginia U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
(You-Plural)
I Corinthians 3:16,17 NLT
16 Don’t you realize that all
of you together are the temple of God and that the
Spirit of God lives in you?
17 God will destroy anyone who
destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that
temple.
II Corinthians 6:16 NLT
And what union can there be between
God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of The Living
God. As God said: “I will live in them and walk among them.
I will be their God, and they will be My people.
The grammatical context tells us that
the Apostle was speaking about the church, for the pronouns and verb
endings are in the plural.
Plural; The Church:
I Corinthians 1:10-17 NLT
(Factions in the Church of Jesus Christ. I Corinthians 3:17 KJV
God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple.)
10 I appeal to you, dear brothers
and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in
harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church.
Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.
11 For some members of Chloe’s
household have told me about your quarrels, my dear brothers
and sisters.
12 Some of you are saying, “I am a
follower of Paul.” Others are saying, “I follow Apollos,” or “I
follow Peter,” or “I follow only Christ.”
13 Has Christ been divided into
factions? Was I, Paul, crucified for you? Were any of you
baptized in the name of Paul? Of course not!
14 I thank God that I did not
baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15 for now no one can say they were
baptized in my name.
16 (Oh yes, I also baptized the
household of Stephanas, but I don’t remember baptizing anyone
else.)
17 For Christ didn’t send me to
baptize, but to preach the Good News—and not with clever speech,
for fear that the cross of Christ would lose its power.
I Corinthians 3:3,4 NLT
3 for you are still controlled by
your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with
each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful
nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?
4 When one of you says, “I am a
follower of Paul,” and another says, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t
you acting just like people of the world?
In a singular sense:
I Corinthians 3:16,17 KJV
16 Know ye not that ye are the
temple of God, and that The Spirit Of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of
God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is
holy, which temple ye are.
The Choices, words
and actions of men, can destroy the temple of God.
Matthew 12:31,32 KJV
31 Wherefore I say unto you, All
manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the
blasphemy against The Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a
word against The Son Of Man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever
speaketh against The Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him,
neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
I Corinthians
6:19,20 KJV
19 What? know ye not that your
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye
have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which
are God's.
In a real sense The
Temple Of The Holy Spirit, is both the individual and the church.
And what is true
for the one, is also true for thee other.
Question:
May The Church, the temple of God be defiled, awaiting
the judgment of God?
Answer: Yes.
Defiled by
divisions, sins, false doctrines, scorning the teachings of The
Virgin Birth, The Cross, The Atoning Blood Of Christ, The Sanctity Of
Life Of The Unborn, etc. etc. etc.
I Corinthians
16:22 KJV
If any man love not The Lord Jesus
Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
Question:
May the physical body, the purposed temple of God's Spirit, be found
awaiting the judgment of God?
Answer: Yes.
Defiled by sins of
the flesh, sexual promiscuity, perversions, drugs, alcohol, hatred,
murder, etc. etc.
Homily:
Psalm 40:2 KJV
He brought me
up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
and set my feet upon a Rock, and established my goings.
Romans 3:23 KJV
For all have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages
of sin is death; but The Gift Of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
All of humanity since and including Adam, are under the curse of sin,
“no exceptions!”
David said he was in a horrible pit.
Mankind is in a deep, terrible, mirey pit, lost in their sins.
Above the pit, where the Light is, we hear a voice, it is the voice
of Jesus, He says, here take my life line, and He throws a rope deep
down into the pit. Many thankfully say, thank you Lord, and take His
life line to safety and life. Some others refuse Jesus and His life
line, cutting it to pieces.
So here is the question, how may these ever be saved?
Answer, they may never be saved, for they by their own hands have severed the
only Life Line there is!
This is the (blasphemy against The Holy Ghost. Matthew
12:31 KJV)
Everyone in hell, and who is ever going there, has committed, or will commit the sin
of blaspheming The Holy Spirit Of God.
Christian people, how carefully we should live.
Luke 1:74,75 KJV
74 That He
would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our
enemies might serve Him without fear,
75 In holiness
and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life.
II Corinthians
7:1 KJV
Having
therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in
the fear of God.
Hebrews 12:14
KJV
Follow peace
with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see The Lord:
I Peter 1:16 KJV
Because it is
written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
II Peter 3:11
KJV
Seeing then
that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons
ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
Revelations
19:6-9 KJV
6 And I heard
as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many
waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for
The Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
7 Let us be
glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of The Lamb
is come, and His wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her
was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and
white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he saith
unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage
supper of The Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings
of God.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Depression
Bible Questions Answered:
“...our neighborhood prayer group,
some 15 of us meet and discuss current events, and read from your
blog postings. Some were wondering about....actor who suffered from
depression, and if the Bible might have a thing to say concerning
that...”
Will/ Pasadena, California U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
There was a man who had in his employ a
young boy. One day in a fit of depression and anger, the man threw a
sword at the young boy, but he escaped.
Had this man inherited a pair of genes,
too tight, taking his breath away, thus making him ill-tempered
towards others?
Some would call in the doctor, the
psychiatrist, the psychologist, or psychoanalyst etc. but this was
1063 B.C., and there weren't any.
The man was King Saul, his young
servant, a giant killer by the name of David.
How had a man chosen by God to be king
fallen into such a sorry state?
I Samuel 15:1-9 NLT
1 One day Samuel said to Saul, “It
was The Lord who told me to anoint you as king of His people, Israel.
Now listen to this message from The Lord!
2 This is what The Lord Of Heaven’s
Armies has declared: I have decided to settle accounts with the
nation of Amalek for opposing Israel when they came from Egypt.
3 Now go and completely
destroy[a] the entire Amalekite nation—men, women, children,
babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.”
4 So Saul mobilized his army at
Telaim. There were 200,000 soldiers from Israel and 10,000 men from
Judah.
5 Then Saul and his army went to a
town of the Amalekites and lay in wait in the valley.
6 Saul sent this warning to the
Kenites: “Move away from where the Amalekites live, or you will die
with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when
they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites packed up and left.
7 Then Saul slaughtered the
Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.
8 He captured Agag, the Amalekite
king, but completely destroyed everyone else.
9 Saul and his men spared Agag’s
life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat
calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them.
They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.
Saul rejected by The Lord
10 Then The Lord said to Samuel,
11 “I am sorry that I ever made
Saul king, for he has not been loyal to Me and has refused to obey
My command.” Samuel was so deeply moved when he heard this that
he cried out to The Lord all night.
12 Early the next morning Samuel
went to find Saul. Someone told him, “Saul went to the town of
Carmel to set up a monument to himself; then he went on to Gilgal.”
13 When Samuel finally found him,
Saul greeted him cheerfully. “May The Lord bless you,” he said.
“I have carried out The Lord’s command!”
14 “Then what is all the bleating
of sheep and goats and the lowing of cattle I hear?” Samuel
demanded.
15 “It’s true that the army
spared the best of the sheep, goats, and cattle,” Saul admitted.
“But they are going to sacrifice them to The Lord your God. We have
destroyed everything else.”
16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop!
Listen to what The Lord told me last night!” “What did he tell
you?” Saul asked.
17 And Samuel told him, “Although
you may think little of yourself, are you not the leader of the
tribes of Israel? The Lord has anointed you king of Israel.
18 And The Lord sent you on a
mission and told you, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners,
the Amalekites, until they are all dead.’
19 Why haven’t you obeyed The
Lord? Why did you rush for the plunder and do what was evil in The
Lord’s sight?”
20 “But I did obey The Lord,”
Saul insisted. “I carried out the mission He gave me. I brought
back King Agag, but I destroyed everyone else.
21 Then my troops brought in the
best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and plunder to sacrifice to The
Lord your God in Gilgal.”
22 But Samuel replied,
“What is more pleasing to The
Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to His
voice?
Listen! Obedience is better than
sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.
23 Rebellion is as sinful as
witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because
you have rejected the command of the Lord, He has rejected you as
king.”
I Samuel 16:1 NLT
1 Now The Lord said to Samuel, “You
have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of
Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a
man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons
to be My king.”
13 So as David stood there among his
brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and
anointed David with the oil. And The Spirit Of The Lord came
powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to
Ramah.
I Samuel 18:6-11 NLT
6 When the victorious Israelite army
was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from
all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and
danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals.
7 This was their song:
“Saul has killed his thousands,
and David his ten thousands!”
8 This made Saul very angry. “What’s
this?” he said. “They credit David with ten thousands and me with
only thousands. Next they’ll be making him their king!”
9 So from that time on Saul kept a
jealous eye on David.
10 The very next day a tormenting
spirit from God overwhelmed Saul, and he began to rave in
his house like a madman. David was playing the harp, as he did
each day. But Saul had a spear in his hand,
11 and he suddenly hurled it at
David, intending to pin him to the wall. But David escaped him twice.
I Samuel 16:14-23 NLT
14 Now The Spirit Of The Lord had
left Saul, and The Lord sent a tormenting spirit that
filled him with depression and fear.
15 Some of Saul’s servants said to
him, “A tormenting spirit from God is troubling you.
16 Let us find a good musician to
play the harp whenever the tormenting spirit troubles you. He
will play soothing music, and you will soon be well again.”
17 “All right,” Saul said. “Find
me someone who plays well, and bring him here.”
18 One of the servants said to Saul,
“One of Jesse’s sons from Bethlehem is a talented harp player.
Not only that—he is a brave warrior, a man of war, and has good
judgment. He is also a fine-looking young man, and The Lord is with
him.”
19 So Saul sent messengers to Jesse
to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd.”
20 Jesse responded by sending David
to Saul, along with a young goat, a donkey loaded with bread, and a
wineskin full of wine.
21 So David went to Saul and began
serving him. Saul loved David very much, and David became his armor
bearer.
22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse
asking, “Please let David remain in my service, for I am very
pleased with him.”
23 And whenever the tormenting
spirit from God troubled Saul, David would play the harp. Then
Saul would feel better, and the tormenting spirit would go
away.
How had a King come
to such a place as this?
By not obeying the
commands of The Lord (disobedience to His Word.)
By anger and
Jealousy, he opened a door to evil forces in his life.
Davids worship
music (Psalms) help to keep the evil at bay.
If you are not
“right,” with The Lord, get right, which means repentance for
sin, faith, and obedience to His Word!
Fill your life
with the things of God, His Word, His service, His people, His
music, His everything etc. etc. into your life!
II Chronicles
7:14 KJV
If My people, which are called by My
name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn
from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
If you are a
faithful Christian, believe The Word!
Deuteronomy 31:8
NLT
Do not be afraid or discouraged, for
The Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; He
will neither fail you nor abandon you.”
Joshua 1:9 KJV
This is My command—be strong and
courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For The Lord your God is
with you wherever you go.”
II Samuel 22:2
KJV
"... The Lord is my Rock, and
my Fortress, and my Deliverer;
Psalm 16:8 KJV
I have set The
Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be
moved.
Psalm 28:6-8 KJV
6 Blessed be
The Lord, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7 The Lord is
my Strength and my Shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped:
therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise
Him.
8 The Lord is
their Strength, and He is the saving Strength of His anointed.
Psalm 34:18 NLT
The Lord is close to the broken
hearted; He rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
Psalm 145:18 KJV
The Lord is nigh unto all them that
call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in Truth.
Isaiah 41:10 NLT
Don’t be afraid, for I am with
you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you
and help you. I will hold you up with My victorious right hand.
Isaiah 46:4 NLT
I will be your
God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age. I
made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save
you.
Jeremiah
29:11-12 NLT
11 For I know the plans I have for
you,” says The Lord. “They are plans for good and not for
disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
12 In those days when you pray, I
will listen.
John 14:15-18
KJV
15 If ye love Me, keep My
commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and
He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for
ever;
17 Even The Spirit Of truth; whom
the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth
Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless:
I will come to you.
Matthew 28:20
NLT
Teach these new disciples to obey
all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you
always, even to the end of the age.”
II Corinthians
1:10 KJV
And He did rescue us from mortal
danger, and He will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in
Him, and He will continue to rescue us.
Hebrews 13:5-6
KJV
5
"...for He hath
said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 "... The
Lord is my helper..."
James 4:8 KJV
Draw nigh to
God, and He will draw nigh to you..."
Monday, August 25, 2014
Bible Lesson: Parables -Our Lord's: Faithfulness Of Servants.
Bible Lesson: Parables -Our Lord's:
Faithfulness Of Servants.
Occasion: Time Of Testing.
Lesson: Faithfulness Leads To
Reward.
Bible Texts:
Matthew 24:45-51 KJV
45 Who then is a faithful and wise
servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give
them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his
Lord when He cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That He
shall make him ruler over all His goods.
48 But and if that evil servant
shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his
fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The Lord of that servant shall
come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and in an hour that he is
not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and
appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 12:42-46 KJV
42 And The Lord said, Who then is
that faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler over
His household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom His
Lord when He cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a Truth I say unto you, that
He will make him ruler over all that He hath.
45 But and if that servant say in
his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming; and shall begin to beat the
menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The Lord of that servant will
come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and at an hour when he is
not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his
portion with the unbelievers.
The Master is away,
but He has placed His trustee, His guardian in charge over all His
land, goods and servants.
Reward, depends
upon the guardians faithfulness.
Matthew 24:46,47
KJV
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his
Lord when He cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That He
shall make him ruler over all His goods.
Luke 12:42-44
KJV
42 And The Lord said, Who then is
that faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler over
His household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom His
Lord when He cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a Truth I say unto you, that
He will make him ruler over all that He hath.
In the perfect
world all would be fine, but our world is far, far from that. In our
world, stewards, decide just how faithful they wish to be.
Jesus, here
mentions the unfaithful steward.
Matthew 24:48-51
KJV
48 But and if that evil servant
shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his
fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The Lord of that servant shall
come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and in an hour that he is
not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and
appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 12:45,46
KJV
45 But and if that servant say in
his heart, My Lord delayeth His coming; and shall begin to beat the
menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The Lord of that servant will
come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and at an hour when he is
not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his
portion with the unbelievers.
What were the
downward steps of the unfaithful steward?
Faulty Reasoning:
Matthew 24:48
KJV
But and if that
evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth
His coming;
Luke 12:45 KJV
But and if that servant say in his
heart, My Lord delayeth His coming;
The Master did not
arrive, when the steward, thought He should, and as a consequence,
begins to think that His coming would be delayed.
His faulty
reasoning, led to faulty actions, actions that did not reflect The
Masters care and concern for His goods or servants.
Matthew 24:49
KJV
And shall begin to smite his fellow
servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
The steward was
once a mere servant as the others, but now he has become drunken with
wine and power.
John Emerich Edward
Dalberg (English Historian, 1834-1902) Once stated....
“Power corrupts,
and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Luke 12:45 KJV
“...and shall begin to beat the
menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
What would be the
Judgment of The Master, when He returns?
Matthew 24:50,51
KJV
50 The Lord of that servant shall
come in a day when he looketh not for Him, and in an hour that he is
not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and
appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 12:46 KJV
The Lord of that servant will come
in a day when he looketh not for Him, and at an hour when he is not
aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion
with the unbelievers.
Not, a demotion,
but a degradation to the place of “weeping and gnashing of teeth,”
a description Jesus gave to a place called, hell.
Matthew 8:12 KJV
But the children of the kingdom
shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 22:13
KJV
Then said The King to the servants,
Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer
darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25:30
KJV
And cast ye the unprofitable servant
into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
Luke 13:28 KJV
There shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and
Jacob, and all the prophets, in The Kingdom Of God, and you
yourselves thrust out.
So, we must ask
ourselves, at this juncture, what was the import of our Lord's
teaching to His disciples?
The glaring
truths are:
We are His disciples.
We are His entrusted stewards,
called to care for and to feed all His servants.
We are to be living expecting His
imminent return.
We are to be faithful unto death.
Not to be faithful,
means eternal loss of life, and eternal loss of reward.
Everyday “we”
choose, just what kind of servant we are.
Revelation 22:11
KJV
He that is unjust, let him be unjust
still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that
is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let
him be holy still.
Matthew 16:24
KJV
Then said Jesus unto His disciples,
If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his
cross, and follow Me.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Cain And Abel
Bible Questions Answered:
“About cain and abel, why did god
like abel and hate cain. Did he like shepherds better?...”
Debby/ Columbus, Georgia U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Genesis 4:1-7 NLT
1 Now Adam had sexual relations with
his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain,
she said, “With The Lord’s help, I have produced a man!”
2 Later she gave birth to his
brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a
shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.
3 When it was time for the harvest,
Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to The Lord.
4 Abel also brought a gift—the
best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord
accepted Abel and his gift,
5 but He did not accept Cain and his
gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.
6 “Why are you so angry?” The
Lord asked Cain. “Why do you look so dejected?
7 You will be accepted if you do
what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out!
Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must
subdue it and be its master.”
Many in fleshly
thinking trying desperately to solve this situation have said the
following.
“Well what's
involved here is simply that it doesn't say that Cain offered God the
best of his crop, if he had he would have been accepted!”
Hogwash, this kind
of treacherous thinking is veiled humanism!
Humanism:
The
belief in human-based morality: a system of thought that is based on
the values, characteristics, and behavior that are believed to be
best in human beings, rather than on any supernatural authority
"The
best man does, the better he is received by God"
This is the
false religious belief that man is saved by religious works, and not
by faith in the grace of God!
Isaiah
64:6 KJV
But we are all as an
unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we
all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken
us away.
John
1:12-13 KJV
12 But as many as
received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on His name:
13 Which were born, not
of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but
of God.
Romans
3:24 KJV
Being justified freely
by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians
2:8,9 KJV
8 For by grace are ye
saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is The Gift Of
God:
9 Not of works, lest
any man should boast.
Titus
3:5,6 KJV
5 Not by works of
righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved
us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of The Holy Ghost;
6 Which He shed on us
abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior;
“OK,
Pastor if acceptance wasn't based on how good their gifts were, what
was acceptance based upon?”
That
is the question, and few have sought the answer from The Lord.
To
find the answer, we must see how Adam and Eve were restored by The
Lord. Yes restored, for they did confess to The Lord, and they were
sorry for their sin! Now let us not, be deceived, restored, “does
not mean the cancellation of their reaping what they had sown!”
Adam and Eve were asked to leave the garden of Eden, as part of
their judgment of disobedience.
Proverbs
5:22 KJV
His own iniquities
shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords
of his sins.
Galatians
6:7 KJV
Be not deceived; God is
not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Genesis
3:7-10; 21-24 KJV (Please read the whole story in Genesis chapter
3.)
7 And the eyes of them
both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed
fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the
voice of The Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:
and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of The Lord
God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And The Lord God
called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard
thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I
hid myself.
21 Unto Adam also and
to his wife did The Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And The Lord God
said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:
and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of The Tree Of
Life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore The Lord
God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from
whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the
man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a
flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of The Tree Of
Life.
Hebrews
11:4 KJV
By faith Abel offered
unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained
witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it
he being dead yet speaketh.
Thee
answer is ….
Genesis
3:21 KJV
Unto Adam also and to
his wife did The Lord God make coats of skins*, and clothed
them.
*Skins-Hebrew:
Owr (Ore): Skin, hide, leather.
(Abingdon's
Strong's Concordance of the Bible.
The
Lord, sacrificed the life of a Lamb, so that Adam and Eve could be
clothed, and their sin covered.
This
sacrifice, Adam and his wife, saw, and understood. A Lamb was
sacrificed, for the covering of sin.
This
(is believed that) they sacrificed themselves, and instructed their
children to do so as well!
Under
the Old Covenant, sins were “covered, by the blood of a Lamb.
(prefiguring Christ The sinless Lamb Of God)”
Old
Covenant:
Psalm
32:1 KJV
Blessed is he whose
transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalm
85:2 KJV
Thou hast forgiven the
iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
Since
the beginning, a spotless Lamb, was the sacrifice for offerings.
Abraham
and Isaac:
Genesis
22:6-8 KJV
6 And Abraham took the
wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he
took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them
together.
7 And Isaac spake unto
Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my
son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is The
Lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My
son, God will provide Himself a Lamb for a burnt offering: so
they went both of them together.
Please
take the time to read Exodus chapter 12, about the spotless, Passover
Lamb (a type of Christ).
Throughout
The Word Of God, from Genesis to Revelation, Jesus is The Lamb Of
God.
John
1:29 KJV
The next day John seeth
Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold The Lamb Of God, which
taketh away the sin of the world.
John
1:36 KJV
And looking upon Jesus
as He walked, he saith (John the Baptist), Behold The Lamb Of God!
Knowing this, Cain
knew what sacrifice was required! God Himself had required it!
Genesis 4:3,4
KJV
3 And in process of time it came to
pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto
The Lord.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the
first lings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And The Lord had
respect unto Abel and to his offering:
It would not be
“vegetables,” that would bleed and die at Calvary, taking away
the sins of the world, but the very Lamb Of God.
THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST:
THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST GIVES CLEANSING:
I
John 1:7 KJV
But
if we walk in The Light, as He is in The Light, we have fellowship
one with another, and
The
Blood Of Jesus Christ His
Son cleanseth
us
from all sin.
Revelation
1:5 KJV
And
from Jesus Christ, who is The Faithful Witness, and The First
Begotten Of The Dead, and
The
Prince Of The Kings Of The Earth. Unto Him that loved us, and washed
us from our sins in His own blood,
Revelation
7:14 KJV
And
I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they
which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their
robes, and made them white in
the
blood of The Lamb.
THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST GIVES JUSTIFICATION:
Romans
3:30 AMP
Since
it is one and the same God Who will justify the circumcised by
faith [which germinated from Abraham] and the uncircumcised through
their [newly acquired] faith. [For it is the same trusting faith in
both cases, a firmly relying faith in Jesus Christ].
Romans
5:8,9 KJV
8
But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us.
9
Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we
shall be saved from wrath through Him.
Galatians
3:8 AMP
And
the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify (declare
righteous, put in right standing with Himself) the Gentiles in
consequence of faith, proclaimed the Gospel [foretelling the glad
tidings of a Savior long beforehand] to Abraham in the promise,
saying, In you (Christ) shall all the nations [of the earth]
be blessed.
THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST ALONE GIVES REDEMPTION:
Colossians
1:19,20 NLT
19
For God in all His fullness was pleased to live in Christ,
20
and through Him God reconciled everything to Himself. He made
peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s
blood on the cross.
Ephesians
1:7 KJV
In
whom we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;
Colossians
1:14 KJV
In
whom we have redemption through His blood, even the
forgiveness of sins:
I Peter 1:18-21 KJV
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were
not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your
vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with The Precious Blood Of
Christ, as of A Lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained
before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last
times for you,
21 Who by Him do believe in God,
that raised Him up from the dead, and gave Him glory; that your faith
and hope might be in God.
Hebrews
9:11-14 KJV
11
But Christ being come an High Priest of good things to come,
by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that
is to say, not of this building;
12
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He
entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal
redemption for us.
13
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14
How much more shall The Blood Of Christ, who through
the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your
conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews
9:12 KJV
Neither
by the blood of goats and calves, but by
His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having
obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews
10:4-14 NLT
4
For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away
sins.
5
That is why, when Christ came into the world, He said to God,
“You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you have
given Me a body to offer.
6
You were not pleased with burnt offerings or other offerings for sin.
7
Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do your will, O God— as is
written about Me in the Scriptures.’”
8
First, Christ said, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin
offerings or burnt offerings or other offerings for sin, nor were you
pleased with them” (though they are required by the law of Moses).
9
Then He said, “Look, I have come to do your will.” He cancels the
first covenant in order to put the second into effect.
10
For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of
the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.
11
Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the
altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again,
which can never take away sins.
12
But our High Priest offered Himself to God as a single sacrifice
for sins, good for all time. Then He sat down in the place of
honor at God’s right hand.
13
There He waits until His enemies are humbled and made a footstool
under His feet.
14
For by that one offering He forever made perfect those who are
being made holy.
THE
BLOOD GIVES ENTRANCE INTO THE HOLY PLACE:
Hebrews
10:15-20 KJV
15
And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. For He says,
16
“This is the new covenant I will make with My people on that day,
says the Lord: I will put My laws in their hearts, and I will write
them on their minds.”
17
Then He says, “I will never again remember their sins and lawless
deeds.”
18
And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer
any more sacrifices.
19
And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s
Most Holy Place
because
of The Blood Of Jesus.
20
By His death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the
curtain into
the
Most Holy Place.
THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST HAS FOREVER DEFEATED THE ENEMY:
Revelation
12:11 KJV
And
they overcame him by The Blood Of The Lamb, and by the
word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the
death.
THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST FOREVER BRINGS REJOICING IN HEAVEN:
Revelation
5:1-14 NLT
1
Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One who was sitting on
the throne. There was writing on the inside and the outside of the
scroll, and it was sealed with seven seals.
2
And I saw a strong angel, who shouted with a loud voice: “Who is
worthy to break the seals on this scroll and open it?”
3
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open
the scroll and read it.
4
Then I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open
the scroll and read it.
5
But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look,
The Lion Of The Tribe Of Judah, the heir to David’s throne,
has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven
seals.”
6
Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but
it was now standing between the throne and the four living beings and
among the twenty-four elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes,
which represent the Sevenfold Spirit of God that is sent out into
every part of the earth.
7
He stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the One
sitting on the throne.
8
And when He took the scroll, the four living beings and the
twenty-four elders fell down before
The
Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with
incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
9
And they sang a new song with these words: “You are worthy to take
the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were
slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10
And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God.
And they will reign on the earth.”
11
Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions
of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders.
12
And they sang in a mighty chorus: “Worthy is The Lamb who was
slaughtered— to receive power and riches and wisdom and
strength and honor and glory and blessing.”
13
And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the
earth and in the sea. They sang: “Blessing and honor and glory and
power belong to the One sitting on the throne and to
The
Lamb forever and ever.”
14
And the four living beings said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four
elders fell down and worshiped
The
Lamb.
"Question: Should we offer out very best to The Lord?"
Absolutely, but never forget our good anything, whatever you can name, was not nailed to the cross of Calvary to take away yours sins and mine. Only one did that, and that was God's Eternal Son The Lord Jesus Christ!Do you know this precious Lamb Of The Father?
Receive Him, now into your heart and life, for forgiveness of sins and the promise of eternal blessings by His side.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Inequities-Lifes'
Bible Questions Answered:
“If holy people do good and evil do
evil then why the evil ones blessed...”
Tahseen/ Riyadh, (Riyadh Province)
Saudi Arabia
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Solomon asked this
question, centuries ago.
Ecclesiastes 3:16 NLT
I also noticed
that under the sun there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the
courts of law are corrupt!
There seemed to be no justice.
But Solomon went on to say...
Ecclesiastes
3:17 NLT
I said to
myself, “In due season God will Judge everyone, both good and bad,
for all their deeds.”
The Psalmist once had such feelings of wonder over the inequities of
life!
Psalm 73;1-28 KJV (Asaph)
1 Truly God is
good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for
me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was
envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are
no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
5 They are not
in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore
pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a
garment.
7 Their eyes
stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are
corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak
loftily.
9 They set
their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the
earth.
10 Therefore
his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to
them.
11 And they
say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold,
these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in
riches.
13 Verily I
have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the
day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I
will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of
thy children.
16 When I
thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until
I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their
end.
The Lord meets with His people at His altar:
Job 28:28 KJV
And unto man He
said, Behold, the fear of The Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart
from evil is understanding.
Psalm 111:10 KJV
The fear of The
Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they
that do His commandments..."
Proverbs 1:7 KJV
The fear of The
Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and
instruction.
Proverbs 2:5 KJV
Then shalt thou
understand the fear of The Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 9:10
KJV
The fear of The
Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is
understanding.
Proverbs 14:27
KJV
The fear of The
Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 15:33
KJV
The fear of the
Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.
(Psalm 73)
18 Surely thou
didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into
destruction.
19 How are they
brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed
with terrors.
20 As a dream
when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise
their image.
21 Thus my
heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish
was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless
I am continually with thee: thou hast held me by my right hand.
24 Thou
shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have
I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire
beside thee.
26 My flesh and
my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion
for ever.
27 For, lo,
they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all
them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is
good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God,
that I may declare all thy works.
James 4:8 KJV
Draw nigh to
God, and He will draw nigh to you..."
Psalm 37:1-40
KJV
1 Fret not
thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the
workers of iniquity.
2 For they
shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in The
Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou
shalt be fed.
4 Delight
thyself also in The Lord: and He shall give thee the desires of thine
heart.
5 Commit thy
way unto The Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.
6 And He shall
bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the
noonday.
7 Rest in The
Lord, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of him who
prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices
to pass.
8 Cease from
anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers
shall be cut off: but those that wait upon The Lord, they shall
inherit the earth.
10 For yet a
little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently
consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the meek
shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the
abundance of peace.
12 The wicked
plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13 The Lord
shall laugh at him: for He seeth that his day is coming.
14 The wicked
have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the
poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15 Their sword
shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16 A little
that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms
of the wicked shall be broken: but The Lord upholdeth the righteous.
18 The Lord
knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for
ever.
19 They shall
not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall
be satisfied.
20 But the
wicked shall perish, and the enemies of The Lord shall be as the fat
of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
21 The wicked
borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and
giveth.
22 For such as
be blessed of Him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of
Him shall be cut off.
23 The steps of
a good man are ordered by The Lord: and He delighteth in his way.
24 Though he
fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for The Lord upholdeth him
with His hand.
25 I have been
young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor his seed begging bread.
26 He is ever
merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
27 Depart from
evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
28 For The Lord
loveth judgment, and forsaketh not His saints; they are preserved for
ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The
righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
30 The mouth of
the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
31 The law of
his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
32 The wicked
watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
33 The Lord
will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 Wait on The
Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land:
when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
35 I have seen
the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay
tree.
36 Yet he
passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not
be found.
37 Mark the
perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is
peace.
38 But the
transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked
shall be cut off.
39 But the
salvation of the righteous is of The Lord: He is their Strength in
the time of trouble.
40 And The Lord
shall help them, and deliver them: He shall deliver them from the
wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him.
Psalm 49:1-20
NLT
1 Listen to
this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world!
2 High and low,
rich and poor—listen!
3 For my words
are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight.
4 I listen
carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a
harp.
5 Why should I
fear when trouble comes, when enemies surround me?
6 They trust in
their wealth and boast of great riches.
7 Yet they
cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.
8 Redemption
does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough
9 to live
forever and never see the grave.
10 Those who
are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless,
leaving all their wealth behind.
11 The grave is
their eternal home, where they will stay forever. They may name their
estates after themselves,
12 but their
fame will not last. They will die, just like animals.
13 This is the
fate of fools, though they are remembered as being wise. (Interlude)
14 Like sheep,
they are led to the grave, where death will be their shepherd. In the
morning the godly will rule over them. Their bodies will rot in the
grave, far from their grand estates.
15 But as for
me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of the
grave. (Interlude)
16 So don’t
be dismayed when the wicked grow rich and their homes become ever
more splendid.
17 For when
they die, they take nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow
them into the grave.
18 In this life
they consider themselves fortunate and are applauded for their
success.
19 But they
will die like all before them and never again see the light of day.
20 People who
boast of their wealth don’t understand; they will die, just like
animals.
What is the end of the matter?
Ecclesiastes
11:11-13 KJV
11 Because
sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the
heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
12 Though a
sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet
surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which
fear before Him:
13 But it shall
not be well with the wicked, neither shall He prolong his days, which
are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
II Corinthians
4:17,18 KJV
17 For our
light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far
more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18 While we
look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are
not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things
which are not seen are eternal.
II Corinthians
5:10 KJV
For we must all
appear before The Judgment Seat Of Christ; that every one may receive
the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether
it be good or bad.
Romans 8:28 KJV
And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to His purpose.
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