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Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
Jeremiah 33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
Jeremiah 33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
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.What was the Good Thing Jeremiah spoke of?
.Overview of Church history
.The story of Abraham
.Luther and the Reformation
.Renaissance
.‘Alien righteousness’ [Luther]
.Soteriology
.Eschatology
.The 2nd coming
.Who are the saints that come back with Christ?
.Live with the end in mind
.Behold the Lamb
TEACHING
This Sunday I taught from the verses for the Mass and tried to show a theme-
The prophet spoke about a ‘Good thing to come'-
Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
In the next verse [pasted at the top of this post] we see that the Good Thing was indeed the promised messiah- the man whose name is the branch-
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord:
On the video I covered the history of the people of God in the Old Testament- and how the ultimate fulfillment of the promises came down to a person-
Jesus Christ himself.
He was the seed that Paul the apostle speaks about in the letter to the Galatians-
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Yes- the good thing was the promise of a new day- when there would be a new covenant- not according to the bondage of the law-
But a covenant of the Spirit that gives true liberty-
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Jesus died for the sins of man- the sins that built up as a debt under the Old Law-
And by his going to the Cross- and rising again- yes- that was the good thing that the prophet spoke about.
I ended with a psalm from the Mass-
Psalm 25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Psalm 25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
The psalmist said the Lord would reveal something to the people- he would show them his covenant- and it reminded me when Jesus sat with the 12 on that fateful night- right before he would go to the Cross-
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Matt. 26
Yes- he showed us that good thing- that new covenant- that very night.
In his dying for the sins of man- he kept the promise to his Father-
And in return-
We are the redeemed children of God.
Yes- it is a Good thing indeed.
PAST POSTS [These are links and parts of my past teachings that relate in some way to today’s post- Verses below]
https://ccoutreach87.com/galatians-links/
https://ccoutreach87.com/protestant-reformation-luther/
https://ccoutreach87.com/romans-updated-2015/
[These are the bible chapters pastor Bil spoke on at Church Unlimited- I’ll simply add my past teachings on the entire chapters below]
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EPHESIANS
3
Ephesians 3:7 Whereof I
was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.Ephesians 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace
given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Ephesians 3-
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.One star
only
.Paul the
prisoner
.What
mystery?
.Abraham and the
stars
.Did the prophets know
[fully] what they were saying?
.What does all this mean
for our day?
.Not an ethnic
gospel
.Apostles and
Prophets
.The gift of
prophecy
.Silence- the
movie
.Nagasaki
.Syncretism
.Church
history
.Franciscans and
Dominicans
.The
Logos
.Redemption
history
.Higher critics got it
wrong
.Mysteries still revealed
thru the body of Christ- Incarnation principle
.God has done
this
.The Divine romance
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Christian/Muslim
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Acts
13 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/23498909
The
Cross https://flic.kr/p/23caQYP
Galatians
6 https://youtu.be/sBr1XDStkOo
John
6 https://vimeo.com/249880215
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/111691298 Mark
10
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Yes- I gave in to the temptation and talked about the American Media- AKA FAKE NEWS. It’s a tough temptation to resist for sure. So- instead of wasting precious blog space- I figured I would tag them here- for those not interested you can skip these videos- sorry- John
http://www.climatedepot.com/2018/01/04/al-gore-bitter-cold-is-exactly-what-we-should-expect-from-the-climate-crisis/ I did mention this on one of my many ‘roll out’ videos- honestly I did not read this article before I talked about it- but just came across it now as I write [1-6-18]
NEW-
Paul speaks about the gift
of grace given to him- how God revealed the ‘mystery’ to him about both Jews and Gentiles being part of one Body [community] in Christ-
Ephesians 3:2 If ye have
heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
Ephesians 3:3 How that by
revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
Ephesians 3:4 Whereby,
when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
How how it is thru this body- the church- that God’s wisdom is being revealed- even to the angels and powers in the heavens-
Ephesians 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
The principle is the incarnation- how we as living members of the Church are continuing to walk on the earth- as redeemed humans- and because the Spirit of revelation- the Spirit of God chose to reside in us- then we are the instrument where God’s wisdom and truth are being revealed.
Even the
prophets of old see in into this church- they are indeed ‘living’ with God right now- they await the day when we will all be physically raised from the dead-
But as of now- they too
look into the wisdom of God being revealed thru the church-
Ephesians 3:5
Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; [note- on the video I explained how here Paul is talking
about New testament Apostles and Prophets- but I also spoke on how even the Old Testament prophets have now seen the unfolding of the mystery- thru the church]
The great mystery of both
Jew and Gentile being brought together in Christ might not seem as ‘big of a deal’ to us living in the 21st century-
But to the first century
mind- it was a big deal.
For us today- we see how in order for God to truly reveal himself to others- it requires a community of people joined together in Christ- who have broken down the racial and ethnic barriers that we see in the world.
The fact that
God joined groups who were opposed to one another [Jew and Gentile] and thru this reconciling of man he than revealed his wisdom to others- was an offence to the natural mind.
Remember- the mysteries
Paul is speaking about were indeed contained in the writings of the prophets.
Yet the religious mind of the 1st century simply could not see them.
The truths
contained in scripture are only revealed thru a unified community of people.
Paul himself was a trained
teacher of the law- yet it took a Divine intervention to reveal the mystery of Christ to him [Acts 9].
And as he
embarked on his great purpose- to reveal the love of God to those who felt rejected- he too began to experience the same rejection from his former community.
Yet it was the calling of
God upon him- God’s grace that was doing it thru him-
Ephesians 3:7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
He learned how
to embrace the calling- and all that went along with it.
Though an educated man- he
would come to see that the love of Christ went beyond an intellectual pursuit of truth-
Ephesians 3:19 And to know
the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
It is in the
Divine romance of Christ and the bride that enables the unfolding of the mysteries of God.
The wisdom of God is a
product of God being with man- God living and communing inside of this people- the church.
We live in a day where many well meaning teachers- who have the skills to communicate truth- often do not see the need for the truth of God to come from a Body of people who display what reconciliation actually is.
The 1st
century church consisted of people who were once divided- people who held strong religious convictions.
Their beliefs came from
the sincere study of the Old Testament scriptures-
It was from
their dedication to these Scriptures that they felt it their duty to oppress the ‘other’-
Paul’s own experience
shows us this.
But after his experience
with Jesus himself on the road to Damascus- he began to see how it was thru these Old Testament Scriptures that God had already spoken about the redemption of all people-
Paul himself began to see that what he thought was right [the persecuting of the church] was actually opposed to the pre planned purpose of God from the start.
And this indeed was a great mystery- something hidden from the beginning of time-
1 Corinthians
2:7
But we speak the wisdom of
God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
We as the people of God- who come from all different backgrounds and ethnicities, we reveal the manifold wisdom of God to others- because we show how people who were separated from one another have not come together to form a unified community.
The walls have
not only been broken down between us and God- but between us and our fellow man.
Yes- Christ has redeemed
us from the curse of the law- he took away the barrier that separated man from his brother-
Ephesians
2:14
For he is our peace, who
hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
And he brought peace on earth- good will to men-
13 And
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in
the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Yes- the powers in the
heavens- the angels themselves began seeing it at the time of the incarnation-
And it is in this Divine romance between unified men- and God himself- that the angels still desire to learn from-
New
International Version
It was revealed to them
that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even
angels long to look into these things. Peter 1:12
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EPHESIANS-
LINKS
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https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/12/13/ephesians-2/
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https://ccoutreach87.com/romans-updated-2015/
https://ccoutreach87.com/galatians-links/
https://ccoutreach87.com/acts-links/
https://ccoutreach87.com/galatians-johns-gospel/
https://ccoutreach87.com/1st-2nd-corinthians/
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gospel
[STUDY] GALATIANS/JOHNS
GOSPEL
(1327) GALATIANS; INTRO-
Okay, finally made it, been wanting to teach this letter for a while. Let me overview some church history that I feel would be helpful in understanding the book. During the 16th century
Reformation you had an explosion take place within Christianity, though the official ‘schism’ dates back to the year 1054 between the western [Catholic] and eastern [Orthodox] expressions of the
church, yet in reality it was the 16th century upheaval that really split the church. A few centuries before [14-15th century] you had rumblings within the church that had well taught
Catholic men challenging many of the institutional concepts of the church; men like John Huss, Wycliffe and others. These men were extremely influential and had an effect on the church. Then in
the 16th century you had Catholic writers who remained within the Catholic Church, but they too challenged the status quoi. Men like Erasmus of Rotterdam, these intellectuals would call for
the idea of going back to the original sources of study [Greek New Testament and also other renaissance ideas] and this too would lead to the historic Reformation. But without a doubt Martin
Luther [the Catholic monk out of Wittenberg, Germany] would be the firebrand of the movement. Martin was a well trained Augustinian monk who struggled with the guilt of sin for many years. Not
normal guilt, but extreme. A fellow Catholic leader would encourage Luther to trust in the grace of God for his forgiveness. While reading the book of Romans [whose themes relate strongly to
Galatians] he would come along the famous passage ‘the just shall live by faith’ and in Luther’s mind this was a total release from the bondage of trying to appease God thru all the religious
works that he was going thru. In essence Luther discovered the historic gospel of grace thru the reading of Romans and was set free. Now Luther had no intention of leaving the Catholic Church,
but as a very influential teacher/scholar out of the university city in Germany, he had lots of influence. The Catholic church at the time was worldwide and you had differing views of the church
in various states. Many saw the state of the church in Rome as having given in to materialism and become too worldly. Rome was at the time trying to raise money for the restoring of the religious
buildings at Rome and one of the priests going around selling indulgences was named Tetzel. The abuse of selling these ‘get out of purgatory early’ things was offensive to many Catholics, and
Luther had ‘no small stir’ when Tetzel reached his area. These things would lead to the famous nailing of the 95 questions on the door of Catholic academia and would be the beginnings of the
historic split. While it would take way too much time to go into all the theological differences between the Protestants and the Catholics, one of the main issues deals with how we as Christians
view ‘being saved’. The historic Protestant position is called ‘justification by faith alone’ [Sola Fide] the Catholics counter with ‘the only time ‘faith alone’ is mentioned is in the book of
James, where it says a man is not saved/justified by ‘faith alone’. Ouch! The main point I want to make is this letter deals with the early church’s belief that man is accepted with God based on
the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. Paul will challenge the ‘Judaisers’ [those who believed you needed to keep the law in order to be saved] and will argue that the law itself [Old Testament
books] teaches that men are justified/accepted with God based on believing in the free gift of God thru Christ. Make no mistake about it, the New Testament clearly teaches this doctrine. Catholic
and Protestant theologians BOTH agree that man is freely saved by the grace of God in Christ. But at the time of Luther’s day these glorious truths were lost in the morass of religious tradition
and works. As we read thru this letter in the next few days, I want all of our readers to see the argument Paul is making from this basic theological view point. Is man saved by works [keeping
Gods law] or grace? The bible teaches grace. Now I don’t have the time to also introduce the modern controversy between the ‘new view’ of Paul between Protestants [called new perspective]. There
is an ongoing debate over whether or not the historic Reformation view of Paul is correct [men like N.T. Wright and John Piper are hashing it out] and I do think there are some merits to this
discussion, but before we can delve into that aspect, we first need to see the historic question of works versus faith, and this letter is one of the best to deal with the
issue.
(1328) GALATIANS 1- Mark
Twain said ‘the classics are books that everyone loves to praise, but nobody wants to read’. As we begin this study I can’t emphasize enough the need for Christians to read the bible! Many of the
current problems in Christianity would be solved if we simply got back to reading the bible in context. Okay, in chapter one Paul defends his authority as being one who was sent by God, not man.
He explains how after his conversion he spent years receiving direct revelation from God; he was not taught the gospel of grace by consulting with man. Paul was in a unique situation compared to
the other apostles, Paul was the first apostle to have had a strong intellectual background in both Judaism and philosophy; he knew his stuff. This ‘allowed’ God to reveal things to Paul FROM THE
SCRIPTURES that revealed Gods grace and the reality of how men are justified by faith and not thru the law. In essence Paul wasn’t out in left field receiving Divine revelations about things that
nobody ever heard about. They were new things in the sense that they were hidden in God until the time that God chose to reveal them [Ephesians 3]. Paul rebukes them for forsaking the true gospel
and being drawn to another gospel ‘which is not another’. Okay, what’s the true gospel Paul is speaking about? It’s not only the definition given by Paul in 1st Corinthians 15 [the death,
burial and resurrection of Jesus] but it includes being justified by faith and not by the law. The Judaisers did believe in Jesus, but they were rejecting justification by faith alone. The false
gospel that Paul is refuting is the gospel that said the Gentiles must ‘keep the law in order to be saved’ [see Acts 13 and 15]. In no uncertain terms Paul condemns this message; there was no
compromising the reality of Gods free grace given to the elect. The actual faith itself that is deposited in the elect is a divine act of God [Ephesians 2] the unbeliever is dead in sins with no
ability to ‘resurrect himself’ and the new birth is Gods sovereign act of raising a person from the dead [spiritually] and giving them faith. This is the gospel of grace. Paul was adamant about
rejecting false gospels! In our day there are so many ‘gospels’ going around it’s not funny. I caught a few minutes of a TV evangelist the other day quoting verses from all over the bible in
order to entice people to vow money to him; yes he used these words in no uncertain terms. He told the people they must quickly pick up the phone and dedicate the money to him, because it was
this act of faith that would release the harvest. Now I don’t know how much longer God is going to allow stuff like this to go on, how much longer networks will continue to air this stuff, but we
as believers/preachers need to condemn these false gospels in no uncertain terms. Paul will use strong language when defending the gospel; we need to get back to defending it
too.
(1329) GALATIANS 2- Paul
recounts his meeting with the apostles at Jerusalem; some feel he is talking about his first visit [Acts 11- before AD 50] others think he is discussing his Acts 15 meeting [right at around AD
50] I’m in the latter camp. Paul is basically telling the churches of Galatia that he already went thru this whole discussion with the main apostles at Jerusalem [Peter, James and John] and that
they had already agreed that the Gentile believers did not need to get circumcised and come under the law in order to be saved. I do find it interesting that out of the 4 decrees that were made
[read Acts 15] that the only one Paul recounts here is ‘to remember the poor’. The only decree worthy enough for Paul to recount is the one on charitable giving; those of you who have followed
this blog for a while know how much I emphasize this point. If the early church was teaching tithing to the Gentile churches, surely it would have come up at the Jerusalem meeting, but it didn’t.
This chapter has some important verses that all believers should commit to memory ‘if righteousness come by the law, then Christ died in vain’ ‘the life that I now live I live by the faith of the
Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me’ etc. I really want all my Catholic/Protestant readers to pay attention to the verse’s that I just quoted; the bible clearly teaches that if men
could ‘be saved’ by keeping Gods law, then Christ died in vain. Paul will go on to teach [chapter 3] that if there had been a law given that could have given men eternal life, then ‘being saved’
would come that way; but he then goes on to say that there never was a law given that men could keep in order to be saved. Paul always gives the caveat ‘does this mean we go out and break the 10
commandments’? And his answer is always a big NO! The point of this chapter is we as believers are saved because Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sin; the proof that the penalty was
completely paid is in the fact that Jesus rose again [Romans 5]. All who believe in this reality are now the children of God, indeed ‘we are all the children of God by faith in Jesus
Christ’.
(1330) GALATIANS 3- The
main point of this chapter is God made a promise to Abraham that he would ‘bless’ all nations thru one of his kids someday [Genesis 12). This promise was given to Abraham 430 years before God
gave the 10 commandments to Moses. Therefore the promise that men would be justified/saved by faith cannot be ‘undone’ by a later act of giving the law to Moses. The point being that Paul is
arguing with the Galatians that their new view that they need to keep the law in order to ‘be saved’ [the blessing of Abraham IN CONTEXT!] is false because God already told Abraham it would be by
faith in the coming Messiah. Paul then asks ‘is the law then against Gods promise’? No, it was given to man [Israel] until the time came for the promised child to be born [1st century], but
now that the promised child is here we are no longer under the ‘schoolmaster’. The schoolmaster term can be confusing; the word in Greek means the person who walked the kids to school [truth] and
then dropped them off AND LEFT. Paul is saying the law period served its purpose; it revealed mans sinful nature to him and then ‘dropped him off at the Cross’. Paul is saying the law fulfilled
its purpose and we are now under grace. As new creatures in Christ we walk in love and fulfill the righteousness of the law by our new nature, it’s not a legalistic thing. There is some confusion
today on this chapter; some were taught that ‘the blessing of Abraham’ was speaking of the promises in Deuteronomy on financial blessings. And that the curse is speaking about the curse of
‘poverty’. Though it is true that the bible does speak about this in the Old Testament, in context Paul is not saying this here. Paul explains what he means about the ‘curse of the law’. He says
it’s the curse of never being able to do enough to appease God, the man that is under the law puts himself under this mindset of perfectionism and lives under this constant feeling of never being
able to do enough. This was Paul’s previous experience as a Pharisee. When Paul teaches that we are delivered from ‘the curse’ so the ‘blessing of Abraham might come on the gentiles, that we
might receive THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT BY FAITH’ he is not saying Jesus died to make us financially rich, he is saying Jesus delivered us from the old law mindset of legalism and we now have
forgiveness and acceptance as a free gift- ‘being now justified by faith we have peace with God thru our Lord Jesus Christ’ [Romans 5].
This post deals with the
faulty understanding expounded by many Evangelical/Protestant ministers [end times scenarios, Tim Lahaye type books] that exalt ethnic/racial elements into the gospel, and contribute to the many
present tensions between Muslims/Jews/Christians.
(1331) GALATIANS 4- Paul
says there was a time period before the promise would be fulfilled thru Christ; that time has come to an end [the law] and we are now in ‘the fullness of times’. When we were under the law we
were no different than servants, but now in grace we are mature sons, people able to inherit the promise. Paul says why do you desire to go back under the ‘restraint’ phase, the time of
discipline and legalism, we are now in a fullness stage thru the New Covenant and we don’t need the old mentality anymore. Once again Paul really ‘spiritualizes’ the Old Testament in his
teaching, he says that the law [Old Testament] taught this difference between law and grace. He uses the story of Abraham having 2 sons [Ishmael, Isaac] and he says ‘cant you hear what the law is
saying’? One son was born by promise [Isaac] the other thru the works of the flesh [law]. And just like it was back then, the one born after the flesh persecuted the one born after the Spirit, so
today [1st century] those after the flesh/law are persecuting those born after the Spirit. It’s important to see that Paul DOES NOT use this analogy to describe Jewish/Muslim [Arab]
relations; he actually refers to natural Israel as ‘Ishmael’! He says the Judaisers [Jews zealous of the law] were fulfilling the type/symbol by persecuting Gentile believers. We need to keep
these distinctions in our minds, because when we don’t rightfully discern the truth we do damage to the non ethnic testimony of the gospel. Paul says the law relates to natural Israel/Jerusalem
who is under bondage with her children, but the ‘New Jerusalem’ which is above is the mother of us all, and this Jerusalem relates to the church. The New Jerusalem is not referring to a physical
city that will ‘hover over the earth during the millennium rule’ [EEK!] But it refers to the new community people of God, the church. I have written on this before and these references in the New
Testament [Revelation, Hebrews- us being the new Zion, etc.] are speaking of the church, the people of God. Paul once again speaks of ‘natural Jerusalem’ in a negative light, in the sense that he
teaches those who are under the law are not walking in the fullness of the promises of God as come in the Messiah. The New Testament spends no time engaging in the glorying of any ethnic group
[whether it be Israel, Gentile, etc.] It’s not that the apostles were being anti Semitic, it’s just the emphasis is on the new kingdom of God and the new people of God [the church made up of both
Jew and Gentile]. Its striking to compare the writings of the first Jewish believers to the current trends amongst many evangelical preachers, the two don’t mesh well.
ROMANS
4-7
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/2-11-15-romans-4-7.zip
Video
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/700-galatians.wav?_=1 This is an old radio
show I made years ago- thought it fit well with what I’m teaching now- you’ll need to use Internet Explorer browser to hear it.
The apostle
Paul quotes a lot of Old Testament scriptures in this letter- I hope to cover some of them on the video- but as you read these chapters- it would be helpful to read Genesis 12- 13- 15-and 17-
these are the main chapters Paul uses in the life of Abraham to show Abrahams faith- and how he was justified by faith- before he was circumcised [Gen 15].
He will describe the faith
of Abraham by using the story of Abraham and Sarah having a son in their old age [Gen. 17] – and talk about how the heirs of the promise- that Abraham would be ‘heir of the world’ was made to ALL
THE SEED- meaning not just to his Jewish brothers who would believe- but also to the Gentiles- who were never granted the ‘right of the covenant’ [circumcision].
Paul explains that Abraham
was justified BEFORE he was circumcised- so- he is the father of all the kids- even the Gentile believers who were never circumcised- but had the faith of Abraham.
Now- there’s’ a lot I am
trying to cover in this Romans study- for those who watch the videos- you will see that I’m also covering the divisions within Christianity- primarily those that arose out of the 16th century
Protestant Reformation. I quote the book of James- and show how James says ‘was not Abraham our father JUSTIFIED BY WORKS when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar’. It’s important to see-
that these words JUSTIFIED BY WORKS- are indeed used in our New Testament- in the videos I’m explaining this- but the point I’m making is James uses the account of Abraham- in Genesis 22- and
shows us that the progressive work of ‘Justification’ can- and is- applied to the act of Abrahams obedience- and when God saw Abraham DO A JUST THING [a work] James says ‘he was then justified’-
the same word used in the initial act of our Justification- seen in Genesis 15- ok- this might be a bit much to take in now- but over time when we get a better grasp on this- I believe it will
help to foster unity in the Body of Christ.
James 2:21 Was
not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
James 2:22 Seest thou how
faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
James 2:23 And the
scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
James 2:24 Ye see then how
that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
NOTE- As I do this study-
I’m copying/pasting an old commentary I wrote years ago- I guess I should read the commentary first- after I penned the above- I read it- I basically covered the same thing- at least I’m
consistent!
ROMANS 4: 1-12 Now, Paul will use one of his most frequent arguments to prove that all men, both Jews and Gentiles, need to be justified by faith and not ‘by works’. The most famous singular figure that natural Israel looked to as the ‘identifier’ of them being a special people was ‘Father Abraham’. Paul does a masterful job at showing how Abraham was indeed justified by faith and not by works. The ‘work’ of circumcision came before the law. It would later become synonymous with law keeping [Ten Commandments] and Paul can certainly use it here as implying ‘the whole law’. But to be accurate this work of circumcision was a national identifying factor that Israel looked to as saying ‘we are better than you [Gentiles]’. Paul is showing Israel that God in fact ‘made Abraham righteous’ before he circumcised him! [Gen. 15] And the sign of this righteousness was circumcision. This meaning that Abrahams faith in Gods promise [a purely ‘passive’ act! This is very important to see. Later on as we deal with the famous ‘conversion texts’ we need to keep this in mind] justified him without respect to the law. God simply took Abraham outside and said ‘look at the stars, your children will be this abundant’ and Abraham simply believed this promise to be true. Much like the passive belief of Cornelius house at their conversion [Acts 10]. The simple belief in the promise of Jesus justifies the sinner! Now this fact of Abraham believing and being made righteous, before being circumcised, is proof [according to Paul] that Abraham is the father of ‘many nations’ not just natural Israel. All ethnic groups who HAVE THE SAME FAITH AS ABRAHAM are qualified to be ‘sons of Abraham/ heirs of God’. The fact that Abraham carried this justification along with him as he became circumcised, shows that all Jewish people as well can partake of this ‘righteousness by faith’ if they have the same faith as Abraham had. Jesus did say ‘Abraham rejoiced to see my day’[ John’s gospel]. In Gods promise to Abraham of a future dynasty of children, this included the promised Messiah. So indirectly Abraham’s belief in the promise of being the father of ‘many nations’ included belief in the coming Messiah. So according to Paul, all ethnic groups who have faith in Jesus are justified/made righteous. The very example Israel used to justify ‘ethnic/national pride’ [Father Abraham] was taught in a way that showed the truth of the gospel and how God is no respecter of persons.
(820)ROMANS 4:13-14 ‘Now the promise that Abraham would become the inheritor of the world was not going to be fulfilled thru the law [natural Israel] but thru faith [all who believe, both Jew and Gentile]’. I have spoken on this before [see note at bottom] and will hit on it a little now. The historic church can be defined for the most part as ‘a-millennial’, that is they interpreted the parables on the Kingdom of God and the promise of ‘inheriting the world [which includes the Promised Land]’ as being fulfilled thru the church. That Jesus established Gods kingdom and the church basically fulfills these promises by expanding Christ’s ‘rule’ thru the earth. Some historians saw the 4th century ‘marriage’ of Rome and Christianity as a fulfillment of this. During the 19th and 20th century you had the rise of Dispensationalism, a ‘new/different’ way of interpreting these land promises. Many good men showed the reality of Christ’s literal coming and pointed to a future time where Jesus literally sits on a throne in Jerusalem and rules all nations. These brothers are called ‘Pre-millennial’, they believe that Jesus comes back first [pre] and then establishes his ‘millennial rule’ on earth. The Premillennialists would see the Amillennialists as ‘replacement theologians’. They said that these brothers were taking the actual promises that God made to Israel and ‘replacing’ Israel with the church. In essence they accused the Amillennialists of spiritualizing the promises to Israel and saying the church would be the recipients of the promises. Now, both sides have truth to them, I personally believe the Amillennialists have a lot more truth! But I do see some of the good points that the Premillenialists made. I want you to simply read these verses [Romans 4:13-14, Galatians 3:18] and see for yourself how Paul does teach the reality that the promises to Abraham are to be fulfilled thru the church [spiritual Israel]. This does not mean that there is no future physical return of Jesus. But the body of scripture leans heavily on the Amillinnialists side. [see entry 703] NOTE- To be fair, some historic thinkers held to the Premillennial position. The majority were Amillennial.
(821)ROMANS 4:15-25 ‘For the law worketh wrath, for where there is no law there is no transgression’. I simply want to touch on the concept of ‘wrath’ being a very real part of judgment. One of the ways the gospel ‘saves us’ is by promising a future [and present!] deliverance from wrath. While death ‘reigned’ before the law was given, it wasn’t until the law where you had a clear picture of transgression and atonement. We will deal with this later in Romans. Now Paul once again hits on the theme of Abraham being the ‘spiritual father’ of many nations [all who believe] and how the promises of God to Abraham were to be fulfilled thru this ‘new race of people’ [the church]. Paul is careful to not demean Israel; he couches his terms in a way that says ‘God will fulfill these things thru the circumcision who believes [Jews] and the un-circumcision who believe’ [Gentiles]. I want to stress the very plain language Paul uses to show us that we should not be seeing Gods ‘covenant promises’ thru a natural lens. Christians need to be careful when they support [exalt!] natural Israel in a way that the New Testament doesn’t do. ‘To the end that the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is the faith of Abraham’. Now Paul tells us that when God made promises to Abraham that Abraham believed against hope. When all things looked really bad, he still believed. When he was 100 years old and Sarah around 90, he held to the promise [read my commentaries on Genesis 15-18 and Hebrews 11] and therefore God imputed righteousness to him. How closely are you paying attention to Paul’s free use of Abraham and Genesis? If you carefully read this chapter you see Paul ‘intermingle’ the story of Abraham being ‘made righteous upon initial belief’ [Gen. 15] and the later story of Sarah having Isaac [Gen. 17]. I think Paul was simply using the description of Abrahams faith, as seen in the Gen. 17 [and 22!] accounts of his life, to show the type of faith he initially ‘exercised’ [I don’t like using this term to be honest. God actually imputes faith to the believer at the initial act of regeneration]. The important chapters from Genesis that we all need to have a ‘working knowledge’ of are Chapters 12 [the initial promise], 15 [the oft mentioned ‘imputed righteousness’ verse], 17 [the receiving of the promised seed- Isaac], and 22 [the ultimate act of obedience that Abraham showed in offering up Isaac. This will be described in James epistle as ‘righteousness being fulfilled’. James, who is concerned about ‘works’, will say that when Abraham offered Isaac he was fulfilling the ‘imputed righteousness’ that God gave him earlier. James actually describes this as ‘being justified by works’{James 2:21} and James says ‘the scripture was fulfilled that saith Abraham believed God and it was imputed to him for righteousness’… ‘see how that by works a man is justified and not by faith only’. The classic view taken by many confuses the ‘justified’ part with the initial act of justification that Paul centers on. James uses ‘see how he was justified by works’ in a future ‘judicial decree’ sense; that is God having the ongoing ‘freedom’ to continually say ‘good job son, you did well’. The word justification is used in a fluid sense much like salvation. Christians need to be more ‘secure’ in their own assurance to be able to see these truths. When we approach all these seemingly ‘difficult passages’ in a defensive mode, then we never arrive at the actual meaning]. When we see the overall work of God in Abraham’s life we see the purpose of God in ‘declaring people just’ [initially ‘getting saved’]. The purpose is for them to eventually ‘act just’ [obey!] ‘Jesus was delivered for our offenses and raised again for our justification’ thank God that this process is dependant on the work of the Cross! [see # 758]
(822)Romans 5:1-9 ‘Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God thru our Lord Jesus Christ’. There are certain benefits ‘results’ of being ‘made righteous by faith’, peace being one of them. Paul goes on and says we glory in hope and also trials, because we realize that thru the difficulties we gain experience and patience. Things that are needed for the journey, we can’t substitute talent and motivation and ‘success principles’ for them. We need maturity and God produces it this way. Those who teach otherwise have a ‘self inflicted wound’ their teachings are very immature! That is there was a ‘strain’ of teaching in the church that said ‘we don’t learn thru difficulty and suffering, we learn only thru Gods word!’ [that is reading it]. Those who grasped onto this false idea have produced some of the most unbalanced teaching in the church, stuff that even the younger generation is saying ‘what in the heck are these guys preaching’? If you by pass the difficult road, you will be shallow. Now Paul says ‘God commended his love toward us, that when we were sinners Christ died for us’ ‘being now justified by his death, we shall be saved thru his life’ [saved from wrath thru him]. Once again this theme pops up; ‘since we are justified, made righteous by believing with the heart, we shall be saved [continual, future deliverance] from wrath thru him’. I don’t know if you ever realized what a major theme this is in Romans? The ongoing, future ‘being saved’ is a result of ‘being made righteous’. Later on in chapter 10, when we read that the righteous call for salvation, we need to understand this context. Remember, when the two are linked together in the same verse, it is not saying ‘saved’ in the sense of some sinner’s prayer. It is speaking of the ongoing, promised deliverance [from many things, not just wrath!] to the ‘justified caller’. We have access ‘by faith into this grace wherein we stand’. Wow! That’s some good stuff, Jesus ever lives so that those who come to him are ‘being saved’ to the uttermost. This grace we are in is available to us all of the time, are we availing ourselves of it?
(823)ROMANS 5:10-21 ‘For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to him by the death of his Son… much more we shall be saved by his life’. Now, some have ‘divided’ the role of Jesus death and resurrection in salvation. I heard a radio preacher teach that all the people who think they are ‘saved’ because Jesus died for them were deceived. He used this verse to say they need to believe in his ‘life’ [resurrection] to ‘be saved by his life’. Well I get the point, but he was missing the meaning of the verse. Why? Because once again we see ‘saved’ as initially ‘getting saved’ while here it is in a continual sense. Paul is saying ‘if God reconciled us [justification] while we were deadly enemies, how much more shall the actual ministry and life of Jesus at Gods right hand do for us!’ The New Testament teachers that we have actually entered into an eternal covenant with God thru his Son. Jesus ‘ever lives’ to make intercession for us [Hebrews]. Therefore he is able to ‘save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him’. The bible teaches an ongoing ‘saving’ relationship that believers have with the Messiah. This ‘relationship’ would not be possible if he were dead. Now we ‘joy in God thru Jesus Christ from whom we have received the atonement’ good stuff! Isaiah says God will meet with those who ‘rejoice and do what is right’. We have both of these ‘abilities’ because of the atonement. The rest of the chapter teaches the Pauline doctrine of original sin. That because Adam sinned, death and sin passed to all men. So likewise the ‘righteousness’ of one man [Jesus- the last Adam] has passed upon all men [those who receive of the abundance of grace and the gift of life]. This is an interesting angle that Paul uses to teach redemption. He shows the reality that there are only 2 ‘federal heads’ of mankind. You are either in the first or last Adam. The ‘righteous act’ is speaking of the Cross [Philippians says Jesus was ‘obedient unto death’. The singular act of obedience that allows this righteousness to pass to all who believe is the Cross. Some have misunderstood this chapter to teach that the obedient life of Christ, his sinless life, saves us. I feel this is a wrong reading of the chapter. The sinless life of Jesus, pre Cross, made him the true candidate to be the substitute for man. He was able to die in our place [obedience unto death] because he was the sinless Son of God. We are now ‘saved by his life’ because he ever lives to make intercession for us]. All who believe in Jesus can now trace their lineage to the ‘last Adam’ [Jesus] and be free from ‘original sin’.
(824)ROMANS 6- Lets talk about baptism. To start off I believe that the baptism spoken about in this chapter is primarily referring to ‘the baptism of the Spirit’, that is the work of the Holy Spirit placing a believer in the Body of Christ. The Catholic and Orthodox [and Reformed!] brothers believe that Paul is speaking about water baptism. The MAJORITY VIEW of Christians today believe this chapter is referring to water baptism. Why? First, the text itself does not indicate either way. You could take this baptism and see it either way! You are not a heretic if you believe in it referring to Spirit or water. You are not a heretic if you believe in Paedo baptism [infant baptism]. ‘What are you saying? Now you lost me.’ Infant baptism developed as a Christian rite over the course of church history. The church struggled with how to ‘dedicate’ new babies to Christ. Though the scriptures give no examples of infant baptism, some felt that the reason was because the scriptures primarily show us the conversion of the first century believers. There really aren’t a whole lot of stories of ‘generations’ of believers passing on the faith to other generations. So some felt that the idea of dedicating babies to the Lord through infant baptism was all right. The examples they used were the circumcision of babies in the Old Testament. Infants were circumcised [a rite that placed you under the terms of the Old Covenant] though they weren’t old enough to really understand what they were doing! This example was carried over into the Christian church and applied to infant baptism. Now, I do not believe in infant baptism. But I can certainly understand this line of reasoning. As Christian theology developed thru the early centuries, particularly thru the patristic period, you had very intellectual scholars grapple with many different themes and ideas. Some that we just studied in chapter 5. Some theologians came to see infant baptism as dealing with original sin. They applied the concept of infant baptism as a rite that washes away original sin. The church did not teach that this meant you did not have to later believe and follow Christ. They simply developed a way of seeing baptism as ‘sanctifying’ the new members of Christian households. This basic belief made it all the way to the Reformation. The Reformers themselves still practiced infant baptism. It was the Anabaptists [re-baptizers] who saw the truth of adult baptism and suffered for it, at the hands of the reformers! Ulrich Zwingli, the Swiss reformer, would have them drowned for their belief. Some Protestants stuck with the infant rite, while others [the Restorationists] would reject it. Today most Evangelicals do not practice infant baptism, the majority of Christians world wide do. Now, the reason I did a little history is because Evangelicals [of which I am one] have a tendency to simply look at other believers who practice this rite as ‘deceived’. Many are unaware of the history I just showed you. The reasons the historic church developed this doctrine are not heretical! They used scripture and tradition to pass it down to future generations. I do not believe or practice infant baptism, many good believers do.
(825)ROMANS 6: 1-11 ‘shall we continue to sin, so grace may abound? God forbid! How shall we, who are dead to sin, live any longer therein?’ Now begins the ‘actual part’ the result, if you will, of being ‘made righteous by faith’. One of the main accusations against Paul, by the Jewish believers, was that he taught ‘sin a lot, because you are no longer under the law’. Paul spends time defending himself against this accusation thru out the New Testament. Here Paul teaches that the believer has been joined unto Christ [baptized, immersed into him] and this ‘joining’ identifies him with Christ’s death. So how can ‘we, who are dead to sin, live any longer in sin’? Paul’s argument for righteous living comes from the fact that we have died with Christ unto sin. ‘We have died with him, and we have also been raised with him to new life’. In Ephesians chapter 2, Paul says we who were dead in sins have been made alive in Christ. Now, we live a new life, free from sin [practically speaking- not absolute sinless-ness!] because we are identified with Jesus in his new life, we are ‘alive with and in him’. ‘Since we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection’! Jesus died once, and now he lives forever unto God ‘likewise count yourselves dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God thru Jesus Christ our Lord’. Paul’s basis for the transformed life is Grace and being ‘in him’. Paul does not appeal to the law to try and effect holiness in the believer, he appeals to Christ ‘in him you have died to legalistic practices, trying to earn salvation and acceptance; and now because of this new position [placement] you too have died to the old man [lifestyle] and are alive unto God’. Paul obviously did not teach ‘sin hardily’ to the contrary he taught ‘live unto God’.
(834)Romans
6:12-23 ‘Let not sin therefore rule in your mortal body’ if we have died with Jesus, we are ‘dead with him to sin’. If we are risen with Jesus ‘we are alive unto God thru him’ for this reason
don’t sin! Paul makes sure his readers understand him, he in no way was teaching a sinful gospel. He encourages the believers to renew their minds to this truth. ‘For sin shall not have dominion
over you, for you are not under the law, but under grace’ Paul clearly saw the dangers of legalism [living under strict ‘do this, don’t do this’ guidelines] he saw that the law actually quickens
the fleshly nature and brings to the surface mans sin. Now, because we are under grace, does this mean we get to keep on sinning? ‘God forbid!’ Paul launches into the explanation of sin and
bondage. Remember, sin was in the world before the law. Men were dying ever since Adam sinned. So for Paul, this means even though we are not under the restraints of law, yet the reality of sin,
bondage and punishment still exist. Paul says ‘if you yield to sin and allow it to rule you, you will become its slave’. There will be a penalty and price to pay ‘the wages of sin is death’. But
because you are identified with Jesus ‘sin shall not have dominion over you… you have been made free from sin’. Paul teaches the victorious Christian life. He does not deny the struggle [next
chapter!] but he shows the reality of redemption. He obviously never taught the concept of ‘sin more, so grace can abound’. He understood the dangers of preaching ‘we are not under the law’ but
he also understood the reality of ‘being under grace’ he figured it was worth the risk of being misunderstood if he could truly imbed the gospel into the believing community.
(739)ACTS 2- The Apostles
are gathered together in the upper room. As they continue in unity and prayer the Spirit of God comes upon them like a rushing wind. There appear ‘cloven tongues’ like fire above each of them.
Why this image? Why not ‘ears’ or some other sanctified body part? God is going to give supernatural power to the words that they will speak. In a few chapters we will read how an angel will
supernaturally deliver Peter from prison and say ‘go, speak the words of this life’. These tongues are a precursor to the tremendous fire that will be loosed from their lips. James says the
tongue is a little member but boasteth great things, it has the ability to start fires. Jesus said he came to earth to ‘start a fire’ and how he wished it were already burning. Here he gets his
wish! Now the Apostles and early believers experience the gift of tongues. They begin speaking and prophesying in the unknown languages of all those who are gathered together to Jerusalem for the
feast of Pentecost. God ordained this event to be strategically done at this time. All the surrounding regions heard the believers speak the ‘wondrous works of God’ in their native tongue. Peter
stands up and delivers a scathing message! He basically tells Israel ‘this is that which the prophet Joel spoke about’ he goes on and says this outpouring is part of Gods predetermined plan to
pour out his Spirit on all flesh in the last days. He speaks of divine manifestations [dreams, visions] and carries the prophecy right to the end of the age. He then speaks the gospel of Christ
and tells Israel ‘this is the Jesus you killed’. Wow, these guys are bold. Peter leads them to faith in Christ, their public baptism is the immediate sign of their willingness to be identified
with Jesus and 3 thousand Jews become believers this day. Now, what is the church? This corporate group of first time followers do 4 basic things. They ‘continue in the Apostles doctrine and
breaking of bread and prayers and share their goods with all in need’[true fellowship]. This early community was a brotherhood who actually gave priority to the teachings of Jesus passed on to
them from the Apostles. Don’t miss this! Many will develop all sorts of practices and beliefs that ‘make up church’. Some will justify extra biblical beliefs under the guise of ‘the Apostles
doctrine’ as in if it were something totally contrary or not known thru the gospels or the writing of scripture. Paul will tell Timothy to stay true to the traditions he passed on to him. But I
want to focus on the fact that the Apostles doctrine was not something different then the basic instructions Jesus left us in the gospels. Paul will add to this basic body of Christian doctrine
thru his letters to the churches, as well as the whole New Testament. But we do not see a bunch of strange or unknown doctrines that come from this time period. The basics are mentioned above. I
do want to stress the fact that this early expression of church life had no ‘Pastor’ in the sense of their gatherings being a time where a singular authority figure had oversight of the entire
community. They had strong leaders to be sure, but would avoid the Protestant idea of Pastor. They had no church building or belief in a strong liturgy. The ‘breaking of bread’ was a common meal
where they all shared together in a real life setting. And of course their giving was radical, it was not ‘a tithe’ and it was done to meet the real needs of the community around them. All these
elements are basic to what the New Testament church is. A functioning society of people in whom Christ Spirit dwells and who see themselves as a real spiritual community of people. As we progress
thru out the history of the church as seen in Acts we will never lose this basic mindset. It will be carried into the epistles of the New Testament and remain the best idea of ‘local church’ as
found in the first century. There is a trend going on right now in Evangelicalism that says ‘lets return to the ancient practices of the church and see what we can find’. As an avid reader of
church history I am not totally against this movement, but I do see a danger in thinking ‘the ancient practices’ are the 2nd or 3rd century development of liturgy and Eucharist and other early
ideas, and by passing the ‘real ancient’ story in the book of Acts. To put it simply, some of the Protestant and Evangelical ‘practices and beliefs’ that have developed since the reformation are
‘ancient’. I believe we all have a long way to go, but the ‘low view’ of the Lords Table [low as opposed to ‘high church view’. Though I personally believe in the Lords table as a memorial, not
as the actual Body and Blood of Jesus. Yet I personally don’t like referring to such an important practice as low!] seems to be the true ancient practice as seen in Acts. The absence of the
Priest officiating over the altar is no where to be seen in the actual ‘church’ setting. This ancient church is really a simple brotherhood of believers having all things common and having the
resurrection of the Son of God as the central organizing principle of their lives.
(740)ACTS 3-
Peter and John go up to the temple and heal the lame man. This stirs up a commotion and gives opportunity for Peter to preach Christ. I want you to see something here. The miracles of healing
thru out this book testify of something specific. They do not simply prove the existence of God. These first century people were not ‘post moderns’ they had no pre enlightenment era that affected
their minds. For the most part they were highly religious! Paul will tell them this later in Acts ‘you are too superstitious’ [religious]. The miracles are testifying to the fact that Jesus is
alive, he really rose from the grave! Peter’s sermons are centered around the reality of Christ being the fulfillment of all that the prophets have spoken about! The church must not be ashamed of
the gospel. Recently the ‘church world’ was up in arms over the Popes recent reinstating of the Tridentine Mass [the Latin Mass]. After Vatican 2 the Mass was done solely in the language of the
hearers. Many old time Catholics were wanting the Latin too. So Pope Benedict said fine, you have the option to practice it either way. Now, this ancient Mass had a prayer that simply prayed for
the Jewish people to come to know Jesus. Well, this upset the Jewish groups and they demanded a change in the prayer. At first the Pope re wrote it but it still asked for prayer for the Jews to
come to Jesus. This still offended them. So finally the church produced some prayer less offensive. We should not be ashamed of the gospel of Christ and his resurrection! Peter was preaching the
reality of the resurrection and was in their face about it! Jesus has proven himself to be alive, we are not just witnesses of the existence of God, we are witnesses that Jesus is the way to him.
The only way! Now Peter ends this chapter in a unique way. He invokes the ‘blessing of Abraham’ and says it means ‘the blessing of Jesus in turning you away from sin’. We just finished a study in
Genesis. I emphasized how the New testament apostles viewed the Abrahamic blessing thru the lens of redemption. They did not teach it in a materialistic way. Peter also quotes Moses [as well as
David] and says ‘Moses said the Lord would raise up a prophet like myself, whoever doesn’t hear him will be destroyed’. Peter sees the fulfillment of ‘the Moses type prophet’ in Christ. Peter has
a great gift of taking the old testament prophets and proving Christ from them. There is a young hearer in this early church. He will eventually become one of the first Deacons. His name is
Stephen, boy he must be drinking everything in. He is seeing and hearing the testimony of Jesus straight from those who walked with him. He hears Peter’s teachings on Christ. He becomes familiar
with the way Peter associates the ‘Moses prophet’ with Jesus. This young man will testify in Acts 7 of the reality of Jesus being the fulfillment of the Moses prophecy. He will give the longest
recorded sermon in scripture. He will brilliantly trace the roots of Israel and show how Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophets. He will be accused of going against the law and the temple. He
has the first grasp of ‘Pauline theology’ [actually Paul got it from him!] and does such a convincing job of proving Jesus to be Messiah that they stone him to death. He becomes the first martyr
in the book of Acts. At his death he says ‘forgive them; don’t hold this sin against them’. A witness named Saul is sitting by. God answers Stephens’s prayer and Saul will become one of the
greatest fire starters known to man.
(741)ACTS 9- Paul gets
permission from the high priest to go to Damascus and arrest the believers. On his way the Lord appears to him and Paul is told to go to Damascus and wait for instructions. He is blind for 3
days. God gives a vision to Ananias and tells him to go to Paul in Judas house, because he too had a vision of a man coming to him and laying hands on him. Ananias is afraid but does it at the
Lords insistence. I want you to see the role of visions and divine guidance in this event. The purpose of the visions and supernatural events has nothing to do with the canon of scripture. Some
teach that the only reason you had supernatural guidance in the early days was because the canon was not complete. But after its completion you no longer had these types of things. First, no
where is this doctrine taught in scripture. Second, you did not have total agreement on ‘the canon’ [all the books that make up our bibles] until the 4th century! Now you did have a basic group
of letters and writings that were accepted as authoritative, but there was not total agreement. Many early believers had the epistles of Barnabas and a few other letters that were accepted. Some
did not include Revelation at all. Others questioned Hebrews and James. You also did not have a workable, readable ‘bible’ in actual book form until the 12th-13th century! That’s right, the
actual form of our modern books was not invented until that late date. Plus the availability of books on a mass scale did not appear until the Guttenberg printing press of the 16th century. Just
in time for Luther’s Reformation! The first book printed on his press was the Guttenberg bible. So the point is, the idea that somehow right after the early Apostles died off you had all
believers going to ‘their bibles for direction’ as opposed to having dreams or visions or other divine guidance, really isn’t a workable solution. In this chapter God needed to get orders to his
people, he gave them visions! Now Paul immediately preaches Christ as the Son of God and Messiah. He stirs up the waters and they sneak him out of town and send him to Jerusalem. The church at
Jerusalem are leery of him, Barnabas vouches for him and he is received. He starts preaching there and once again they want to kill him. He eventually is sent back to his area of Tarsus. Now
Peter is still on the road preaching Christ. He heals a man at Lydda and many come to the Lord. A woman named Tabitha dies at Joppa, a town close to Lydda. They call for Peter to come and he does
and raises her from the dead. What are we seeing here? An early church [community of believers] preaching the gospel and doing miracles and affecting large regions without lots of money. Without
hardly any organization. Without setting up ‘local churches’ in the sense that each area has separate ‘places’ they see as ‘local churches’ with salaried pastors running the ‘churches’. You are
seeing a radical movement of Christ followers who are sacrificially giving there lives away for the gospel. No prayer meetings on ‘how in the world are we going to reach the region for the Lord.
We need tons of cash’! They believed the simple instructions Jesus gave to them on going into all the world and preaching the gospel. Sure there will be times where support is sent to help them
make it to the next location. But the whole concept of needing tons of cash and to build huge ‘church buildings/organizations’ and to set up salaried ministers is not seen in this story. I do not
think the development of these things over the centuries means ‘all the churches are deceived’ type of a thing. All ‘the churches’ [groups of believers who are presently identifying themselves
this way] are great people of God. They are doing the works of Jesus and functioning to a degree in the paradigm that they were given [either thru their upbringing or training]. But today we are
seeing a rethinking of the ‘wineskin’ [that which contains the new wine] on a mass scale. As we read this story in Acts I want to challenge your mindset. Don’t fit the story into your present
understanding of ‘local church’. But let your understanding of ‘Local Church’ be formed thru scripture. This chapter said ‘the churches had rest and were edified and were walking in the fear of
the Lord’. The ‘churches’ are defined as all the communities of believers living in these various locations!
I talked about
Nagasaki on the video- Eph. 3- below are my past posts where the word popped up- I think some are from New York/New jersey?
THURSDAY
2-16-17
Matthew 26:56 But all this
was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
https://youtu.be/kH6QifEBXsw Scriptures
fulfilled
https://youtu.be/ypFQT-R_tcM Trump press
conference
ON
VIDEOS-
Video 1
.This happened so God’s
purpose would come to pass
Video
2-
.Ukraine
.Crimea
.NATO
.Syria
.Fake
news
.Media
frenzy
.Trump ‘took the words
right out of my mouth’
NEW- [past links- verses
below]
SCRIPTUTE
FULFILLED
When they came to take
Jesus- he asked them ‘why didn’t you get me when I was teaching daily in the temple’?
‘You come out and get me-
like a common criminal’?
The bible says they took
Jesus so the scriptures might be fulfilled.
Specifically the scripture
that said all his men would forsake him.
Jesus was arrested in a
remote place- so his men would fear- and run away.
In the broader context-
things happen in our lives- so the ‘scriptures might be fulfilled’.
The bible says God had
plans for us- before we were even born.
Yet- in time- thru various
processes- God brings us to a place- where ‘the scriptures- promises- purposes of God for your life- might be fulfilled’.
So- I talked a bit about
this principle on the video ‘scriptures fulfilled’ and got some video from my hometown.
Hope you
enjoy.
TRUMP [News
conference]
I commented on the press
conference. The present state of the media- and the poison they have created in the political environment.
One note- the last few
days I thought ‘I bet Putin is looking at the fake media story of Trump and his team having illegal contacts with Russia- and he [Putin] might be thinking there is no way we will ever be able to
have any cooperation with the U.S. now’.
Then I heard Trump say the
exact same thing.
So- I talked a bit about
it on the 2nd video-
And why it is actually
dangerous.
I hate to add this link
[below]- or at least I did not get any of my info. From this site.
But I googled ‘Obama
immigration’ and this link has video of Obama and Clinton saying things that Trump says.
So- you can hear it for
yourself.
The purpose here is NOT to
defend Trump- but to show how many people are outraged about things that Obama and Clinton [Bill] also said. It simply is video of them speaking about immigrants- how they are ‘stealing our jobs’
Obama even says his executive order- against immigrants- should never be challenged. I mean the words they use- are the same words Trump has used- which have caused outrage among many Democrats.
It shows us how we are so divided. I personally am ‘pro-immigrant’- and do not want to deport kids who came over when they were younger- have lived in the country- went to school- etc. I am not
for deporting mothers who have lived here for years. I am against the words Obama spoke on the video- Clinton spoke- and also not for Trumps hard stand against Mexican immigrants. But I don’t
‘pick and choose’- I’m against- or for- a policy- not because they happen to be Democrat or Republican. But because of policy- that’s how it should me- at least in my mind.
http://www.infowars.com/watch-barack-obama-and-bill-clinton-call-for-muslim-ban/
PAST LINKS [my past
teaching- more below]
https://ccoutreach87.com/russia-u-s-world-events/
I did not form my views
from these news links below- I actually read them after I made the post. But I thought they fit- so I linked them.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/demonization_of_putin_as_personally_behind_clinton_hack_20161216/
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/whats_going_on_in_aleppo_isnt_as_black_white_political_masters_20161214/
On
today’s video I talked about ‘power’ authority- kingdoms- mindsets.
I mentioned our current
situation in the U.S.- not to take sides [politically] but to see how the things we allow for ourselves [the West] we disallow for others.
The situation over Russian
hacking in the U.S. election- what’s it about?
Hackers- more than likely
from Russia- hacked into the DNC [political democratic arm] and released true information [emails- texts- etc.] that made Hillary Clinton look bad.
There is some evidence
that they also had hacked into the Republican side- yet did not release that.
This would show that the
Russians involved themselves in our election.
Ok- is this
bad?
A few points- the U.S.
also does the same- president Obama actively campaigned against Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel- because he felt it was in the best interest of the U.S. to do so.
The U.S. also engages in
hacking- cyber warfare- and all of the things we are accusing Russia of doing.
The U.S. has actively
backed up armed overthrows of other leaders [Gadhafi of Libya being one].
We do these things for our
own interests- even if that interest goes against the will of other nations.
We accuse Russia of
illegally taking Crimea- the people of Crimea overwhelmingly voted to join Russia.
The vote was more than
90%- yet because it was not in the U.S. best interest- we still accuse them of illegally annexing Crimea [they broke away from Ukraine].
The will of the people was
to do that- yet the U.S. did not want the will of the people- so we accuse Russia today of an illegal act.
In Syria- rebels- and
terrorists- have been fighting Assad.
Trying to overthrow
him.
Assad- with Russian help-
has been fighting back.
The rebels- and some who
are indeed terrorists- have been armed by the U.S. – and we use our resources to back them.
Yet- when Assad fights to
take back a city- Aleppo- we accuse him and Russia of war crimes.
Why?
Because sadly innocents
have been killed- by both Syrian forces- and U.S. backed rebels.
Russia has not targeted
women and children- yet I heard a U.S. representative say they were purposely executing kids and women.
Russia and Syria gave
notice to the civilian population in Aleppo- and also have done various cease fires- for civilians to leave.
In reality- all civilians
never leave their home town- even when warned.
Yet- we have said the
civilians who have died- were executed- on purpose by Russia.
When the U.S. dropped
pamphlets over Hiroshima and Nagasaki- warning the women and children to leave- many stayed.
But- because we warned
them- we do not deem it the execution of women and kids.
Yet- we killed [numbers
vary] around 150 thousand people initially- and possibly up to a million over the years by radiation sickness.
Did we execute
them?
We knew they were
there.
Many historians believe
the bombing of the Japanese cities did not have to happen.
At that point in the war
[WW2] the Russians under Stalin agreed to turn their massive army against Japan.
The Japanese were ready to
surrender- but Harry Truman was in negotiations with Russia and other allies on how to divide up the area after the war.
Truman felt if the bombs
were dropped [even though the war was almost over- without the bombs] that would give us more leverage against Russia- once they actually saw the potential that we had.
So- for political reasons
that we in the West don’t always see- we killed many innocent women and kids- and never refer to it as the purposeful execution of innocents.
Yet I heard 2 U.S.
representatives accuse Russia of doing this- which is a lie.
We involve ourselves in
other nations- not just elections- but in the actual armed overthrow of their leaders- yet we deem this interference ok.
But the West is outraged
that Russia too has a political motive.
And what might that
be?
Putin and others- believe
the U.S. has gone down a road that is leading to war.
Our buildup of NATO troops
on Russia’s border is a provocative act- which we said would never do.
Yet- we are doing
it.
In the 2011 Russian
election- we called Putin’s election illegitimate.
Maybe it was- or maybe it
wasn’t.
Yet when protesters
marched- we made statements that maybe it was time for a Revolution.
That’s sends a message to
any in the country or region- even ISIS- that wow- the U.S. might back up another armed overthrow of a nation.
These messages have
disastrous results.
Libya- Iraq [our war with
them] our involvement in nations that lead to the instability of the entire region.
Yet- we do not see why a
Putin might want a leader who sends signals he might work with him.
Yes- Putin obviously would
want to work with a president that he feels is not a threat.
This is not necessarily
wrong- we do the exact same thing around the world.
Yet we are using language-
referring to other world leaders as executioners of women and kids- because they have done the same exact things as us- and on a much smaller scale.
I am not defending Putin-
or Assad.
I am trying to show you
how we in the West do the things- that when others do them- we are outraged.
I want peace in Syria- and
Russia- all over the world.
And when more than 90
percent of the people in Crimea vote to go back to Russia- we should not be referring to it as an illegal act- it’s not- that’s Democracy.
And if the innocent
civilians in Aleppo did not leave- after Assad and Putin gave them notice- and we call it the purposeful execution of women and kids.
Then just what would you
call the 500 thousand to a million dead Japanese?
NOTE- as I just watched
the world news-[ 12-18-16- ABC news]- ‘MILITANTS BURNED 5 BUSES TO PREVENT THE EVACUATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM ALEPPO’- These ‘militants’ are the U.S. supported rebels.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/cowardly-attack-in-syria-targets-buses-sent-to-evacuate-government-held-villages/2016/12/18/ba7671bc-c525-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html?utm_term=.59340fbcf1e7
NOTE-
PBS news- 12-19-16 ‘militants going door to door in Aleppo- executing women and civilians’- These ‘militants’ are the ‘rebels’ we armed. They are also referred too as ‘Syrian militants’- these
are not Syrian troops. If the Russians and Syrian troops were doing this- it would be headlines in the U.S. media- but because these atrocities are being carried out by U.S. backed rebels- they
refuse to identify them as such. This is media bias.
The situation over Russian
hacking in the U.S. election- what’s it about?
Hackers- more than likely
from Russia- hacked into the DNC [political democratic arm] and released true information [emails- texts- etc.] that made Hillary Clinton look bad.
There is some evidence
that they also had hacked into the Republican side- yet did not release that.
This would show that the
Russians involved themselves in our election.
Ok- is this
bad?
A few points- the U.S.
also does the same- president Obama actively campaigned against Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel- because he felt it was in the best interest of the U.S. to do so.
The U.S. also engages in
hacking- cyber warfare- and all of the things we are accusing Russia of doing.
The U.S. has actively
backed up armed overthrows of other leaders [Gadhafi of Libya being one].
We do these things for our
own interests- even if that interest goes against the will of other nations.
We accuse Russia of
illegally taking Crimea- the people of Crimea overwhelmingly voted to join Russia.
The vote was more than
90%- yet because it was not in the U.S. best interest- we still accuse them of illegally annexing Crimea [they broke away from Ukraine].
The will of the people was
to do that- yet the U.S. did not want the will of the people- so we accuse Russia today of an illegal act.
In Syria- rebels- and
terrorists- have been fighting Assad.
Trying to overthrow
him.
Assad- with Russian help-
has been fighting back.
The rebels- and some who
are indeed terrorists- have been armed by the U.S. – and we use our resources to back them.
Yet- when Assad fights to
take back a city- Aleppo- we accuse him and Russia of war crimes.
Why?
Because sadly innocents
have been killed- by both Syrian forces- and U.S. backed rebels.
Russia has not targeted
women and children- yet I heard a U.S. representative say they were purposely executing kids and women.
Russia and Syria gave
notice to the civilian population in Aleppo- and also have done various cease fires- for civilians to leave.
In reality- all civilians
never leave their home town- even when warned.
Yet- we have said the
civilians who have died- were executed- on purpose by Russia.
When the U.S. dropped
pamphlets over Hiroshima and Nagasaki- warning the women and children to leave- many stayed.
But- because we warned
them- we do not deem it the execution of women and kids.
Yet- we killed [numbers
vary] around 150 thousand people initially- and possibly up to a million over the years by radiation sickness.
Did we execute
them?
We knew they were
there.
Many historians believe
the bombing of the Japanese cities did not have to happen.
At that point in the war
[WW2] the Russians under Stalin agreed to turn their massive army against Japan.
The Japanese were ready to
surrender- but Harry Truman was in negotiations with Russia and other allies on how to divide up the area after the war.
Truman felt if the bombs
were dropped [even though the war was almost over- without the bombs] that would give us more leverage against Russia- once they actually saw the potential that we had.
So- for political reasons
that we in the West don’t always see- we killed many innocent women and kids- and never refer to it as the purposeful execution of innocents.
Yet I heard 2 U.S.
representatives accuse Russia of doing this- which is a lie.
We involve ourselves in
other nations- not just elections- but in the actual armed overthrow of their leaders- yet we deem this interference ok.
But the West is outraged
that Russia too has a political motive.
And what might that
be?
Putin and others- believe
the U.S. has gone down a road that is leading to war.
Our buildup of NATO troops
on Russia’s border is a provocative act- which we said would never do.
Yet- we are doing
it.
In the 2011 Russian
election- we called Putin’s election illegitimate.
Maybe it was- or maybe it
wasn’t.
Yet when protesters
marched- we made statements that maybe it was time for a Revolution.
That’s sends a message to
any in the country or region- even ISIS- that wow- the U.S. might back up another armed overthrow of a nation.
These messages have
disastrous results.
Libya- Iraq [our war with
them] our involvement in nations that lead to the instability of the entire region.
Yet- we do not see why a
Putin might want a leader who sends signals he might work with him.
Yes- Putin obviously would
want to work with a president that he feels is not a threat.
This is not necessarily
wrong- we do the exact same thing around the world.
Yet we are using language-
referring to other world leaders as executioners of women and kids- because they have done the same exact things as us- and on a much smaller scale.
I am not defending Putin-
or Assad.
I am trying to show you
how we in the West do the things- that when others do them- we are outraged.
I want peace in Syria- and
Russia- all over the world.
And when more than 90
percent of the people in Crimea vote to go back to Russia- we should not be referring to it as an illegal act- it’s not- that’s Democracy.
And if the innocent
civilians in Aleppo did not leave- after Assad and Putin gave them notice- and we call it the purposeful execution of women and kids.
Then just what would you
call the 500 thousand to a million dead Japanese?
NOTE- as I just watched
the world news-[ 12-18-16- ABC news]- ‘MILITANTS BURNED 5 BUSES TO PREVENT THE EVACUATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM ALEPPO’- These ‘militants’ are the U.S. supported rebels.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/cowardly-attack-in-syria-targets-buses-sent-to-evacuate-government-held-villages/2016/12/18/ba7671bc-c525-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html?utm_term=.59340fbcf1e7
NOTE-
PBS news- 12-19-16 ‘militants going door to door in Aleppo- executing women and civilians’- These ‘militants’ are the ‘rebels’ we armed. They are also referred too as ‘Syrian militants’- these
are not Syrian troops. If the Russians and Syrian troops were doing this- it would be headlines in the U.S. media- but because these atrocities are being carried out by U.S. backed rebels- they
refuse to identify them as such. This is media bias.
Corpus
Christi- https://youtu.be/LvhRHhbV1cE Corpus
Figured
I would end- like I started 2 weeks ago.
Bad weather and lots of
wrecks- right at the end.
These are the links [for
download] on the videos I made in N.J./NYC that I thought had teaching value- enjoy.
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-23-15-st-patricks.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-24-15-christmas-eve-incarnation.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-24-15-danny-me-teaching.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-24-15-work-of-art.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-25-15-christmas-morning.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-25-15-gary.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-25-15-gw-bridge.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-27-15-fatima-9-am.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-27-15-the-rocks-the-keys-from-smith-ave.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-29-15-kennedy-blvd-north-bergen-high-hudson-county-pk.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-29-15-lifes-a-journey.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-30-15-91st-nyc-skyline-davids-son.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/12-31-15-last-one.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/1-2-16-dallas.zip
I WILL GIVE
YOU THE PAINTINGS OF- THE ATHEIST?
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/1-5-16-i-will-give-you-the-paintings-of-the-atheist.zip
https://youtu.be/sEsBnAIUxZs I will give you the
paintings of the atheist
ON
VIDEO-
https://youtu.be/5jwMW85eUl8 [Work of art] This
is the video where Danny gave me the paintings.
.Saved $800 a
month
.Show-
bread?
.Remember
him
.Frances
Xavier
.unity
.Flying scroll- a
UFO?
One memory-
only
.God’s
box
.God’s mobile
community
[past posts- verses- new
stuff, below]
Psalm 108:10
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? [I wrote North Bergen/NYC a few years back- for the word Edom. I found it interesting because this was the first chapter I read
when I arrived in New Jersey].
Psalm 110:7 He shall drink
of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. [I read this Psalm on the morning I left- I took it as ‘seek me- even stop [rest stop overnight] and do your normal reading of
scripture- and watch a video from the previous week’. The Psalms always seem to have meaning- direction- in a different way than when I read the ‘regular’ bible chapters at
night.
I did teach on Manna
[bread/word from God] on this trip- and yes- I felt I ‘heard’ God thru the Psalms on a daily basis.
Psalm 111:6 He hath shewed
his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. [Ok- I read this when I got back to Texas.
I hope to talk about it on
the video and show you the paintings Danny gave me.
Danny- who is an atheist-
gives me stuff.
The verse above can be
translated ‘he gives you the property- of the heathen’ [unbeliever].
I didn’t get a chance to
even see what the paintings were.
As I hung them up- yes-
they were significant.
They were done by an 86
year old man- Danny bought them because he too is an artist- and has taught artists ‘how to paint’.
He told me these were from
a man who never had training- yet he said this man had a special gift.
Danny was going to sell
them for a few hundred dollars- but actually wanted me to have them.
So- the 2 paintings
are-
A man- with a backpack-
walking up a mountain.
This is one of the actual
‘images’ I scribble/write- when I feel like I should take the annual trip to the NYC area.
So- it was a sort of confirmation.
The second painting was a bird- flying by the coast.
This is the other image I use- when ‘heading out’- I even spoke about it on some videos before I left [my eagle ring- I talked about it with Crow and Andy].
So- the significance was these paintings were given to me by an ‘unbeliever’ and that’s the first Psalm I read when I got back [you get the property of the heathen].
And both of these paintings came from an 86 year old man- from North Bergen- at the end of his journey in life.
Getting ready to ‘fly away’.
I also found it interesting that right before I left Texas- I started quoting ‘I will give thee the heathen for your inheritance- and the ends of the earth for your possession’- but I never connected it with the Psalm above.
NEW STUFF- On
the video I taught some about Francis Xavier [1506-1552] – one of the founding members of the Jesuit order [Society of Jesus] along with Ignatius Loyola.
He met Ignatius at the
University of Paris- while pursuing an intellectual career.
Over time Ignatius example
[and prodding] convinced him to abandon his own plans to live a comfortable life and serve as a scholar- and become a very effective missionary to the Far East.
Much like the story of
John Calvin- who too was persuaded to abandon his own plans to simply be a scholar- and to serve in forming the community in Geneva.
Xavier arrived in Goa
[India] and eventually went to Japan.
The king of Portugal- John
the 3rd- requested missionaries for the areas Portugal was colonizing in India.
This century [16th] was
one of exploration and colonization.
In Japan Xavier had great
success- the city of Nagasaki was started to simply provide a place for all the Japanese converts!
There were reported
miracles of healing under the ministry of Xavier- and he became one of the most successful missionaries from the Jesuit order.
Xavier came into some
controversy- initially in his missionary efforts he was ‘more conservative’ in that he tried to get new converts to abandon all former cultural ties- in order to embrace the
faith.
Over time- he sort of
‘mixed’ [called syncretism] the eastern religious practices with the faith.
When the Dominicans and
Franciscans saw what was happening- they reported it to the church.
This became such a
controversy among the Japanese- eventually the priests were martyred along the road to Nagasaki.
A sad event
indeed.
The Protestants neglected
the Far East in their missionary efforts- they were primarily trying to reform the church in Europe.
Yet Ignatius and his
society were spreading the gospel- in areas that never heard either the Catholic or Protestant message.
All in all- Xavier did a
very effective job- and is well respected by both Catholics and Protestants for the work he did.
VERSES-
VERSES-
Ephesians 3:1 For this
cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Ephesians 3:2 If ye have
heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
Ephesians 3:3 How that by
revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
Ephesians 3:4 Whereby,
when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
Ephesians 3:5 Which in
other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
Ephesians 3:6 That the
Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Ephesians 3:7 Whereof I
was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Ephesians 3:8 Unto me, who
am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Ephesians 3:9 And to make
all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Ephesians 3:10 To the
intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Ephesians 3:11 According
to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Ephesians 3:12 In whom we
have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
Ephesians 3:13 Wherefore I
desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Ephesians 3:14 For this
cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Ephesians 3:15 Of whom the
whole family in heaven and earth is named,
Ephesians 3:16 That he
would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Ephesians 3:17 That Christ
may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:18 May be able
to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Ephesians 3:19 And to know
the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Ephesians 3:20 Now unto
him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Ephesians 3:21 Unto him be
glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Genesis 12:1
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Genesis 12:2 And I will
make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 12:3 And I will
bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 15:1 After these
things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Genesis 15:2 And Abram
said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Genesis 15:3 And Abram
said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Genesis 15:4 And, behold,
the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Genesis 15:5 And he
brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Genesis 15:6 And he
believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
John
8:58
Jesus said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
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1 Corinthians
13:12
For now we see through
a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
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Romans
2:28
For he is not a Jew,
which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
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Revelation
4:4
And round about the throne
were four and twentyseats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of
gold.
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Revelation
4:10
The four and twenty elders
fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
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Revelation
5:8
And when he had taken the
book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of
saints.
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Revelation
5:14
And
the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
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Revelation
11:16
And
the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
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Revelation
19:4
And
the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
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2 Timothy
2:9
Wherein I suffer trouble,
as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
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Revelation
21:10
And
he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven
from God,
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Philippians
2:13
For it is God which
worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
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2 Timothy
2:19
Nevertheless the
foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
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4 Whither the tribes
go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
5 For there are set
thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
Ps. 122
1 Peter
4:10
As every man hath received
the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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Revelation
21:7
He that overcometh
shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
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2ND CORINTHIANS 8- Paul talks about giving in these next 2 chapters. It’s important to see the context in which he is speaking. Many fine men [pastors] and believers will use a verse or two out of these chapters and apply them in a wrong, or out of context way. We find verses like ‘he that sows [plants] sparingly will reap sparingly’ or ‘God shall supply all your needs according to his riches and glory’. These verses [as well as a few others] are to be seen in the context of giving in a charitable way, doing it by ‘choice’ and not by force, and giving freely to help the poor saints that were living at Jerusalem. But too often these verses are used to tell believers if they do not tithe 10 percent of their income into a Sunday morning offering, they will be cursed. Or appeals are made by the TV preachers that say ‘sow into this ministry and reap a harvest’ in many of these scenarios there is tremendous force and manipulation used to get the saints to give money for all types of projects, or to fund the rich lifestyles of charismatic figures. These things ‘ought not to be done’. In this chapter Paul says he that gathered little had ‘no lack’ how often have we taught believers to ‘get a full harvest’ and said it in a way that says unless you ‘gather much’ you will be in lack? Here Paul says those who gathered ‘just enough’ those who were satisfied with the basics ‘had no lack’. Or ‘give according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have’ how many appeals are made all the time telling believers ‘if you don’t have it, make a vow anyway’? We tell people to give according to what they don’t have all the time. And the churches of Macedonia did give ‘out of their poverty and great affliction’ you do not measure the success or spirituality of believers by the amount of financial wealth they have, these giving churches had ‘poverty’. All in all we need to rethink much of what the contemporary church/ministry does when it comes to money. In these chapters Paul teaches voluntary giving along the lines of helping the poor, we often use all these verses and simply apply them to our ‘churches’ ministries or personal callings. We err. In the next chapter Paul will quote Psalms ‘he hath dispersed abroad, HE HATH GIVEN TO THE POOR, his righteousness remains forever’ again, the whole context is giving to the poor. I know we mean well as believers, but we need to get back to really reading what the text is saying and applying it in that way. To give to churches, or ministries is fine. To give 10 % of your income is fine. To meet the needs of laboring elders/pastors is fine, but we should not use these types of scriptures in a condemning way when exhorting the saints to give, doing that is ‘not fine’.
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JOHN
10
John 10:7 Then said Jesus
unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
John 10:34 Jesus answered
them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
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10
ON
VIDEO-
.Eastwood n
Dylan
. Lake
Hopatcong
.Homeless
.Donald
D
.Greenwich
Village
.I was hacked! [Maybe
not]
.Alice oil bust- I got
that one!
. ‘God helps those who
help themselves’ in the bible?
. ‘Stop listening to him-
he’s nuts’!
.What is the prescribed
method for being a Pastor?
.Sovereignty and
election
.Some ‘cannot’
believe
.The sign of Jonah- you
gotta believe this one
.City run bike
rentals?
.Remember Ocean drive
debacle?
NEW
STUFF-
Jesus shows us how his
followers act- well- like sheep!
Yes- I know the critics
like this- you know ‘you are sheople’ type thing.
Meaning mindless followers
of a bunch of fairy tales.
Now- I could do volumes on
how this is simply not true [all my stuff on apologetics- proofs of God from science- etc.]
But the atheist will never
be convinced by these arguments.
Why?
Well- they are
‘sheople’.
Huh?
They hold to their
unbelief- yes- even in the face of real proof- because they ‘mindlessly’ follow their desires.
Ok- Sheep follow the voice
of the shepherd- they know how he speaks.
Jesus says his people know
his voice- they can discern when God is speaking.
How many times in our
lives have we heard someone say something- and maybe they had no idea why they said it.
Yet- you
knew.
Because they might have
been speaking ‘off the cuff’- and yet they gave you an answer to a question- that you might have been praying about.
So- you know it was God’s
voice- him giving you guidance- though it came from another man [or woman].
Now- Jesus says he is the
door of the sheep.
Back in the bible days-
the sheep were put in a pen.
Sort of like fenced in
[stones mostly] area- with one way in- and out.
Jesus says he is the door
of the sheep- but he’s the Shephard too.
But even though there were
walls- there was no door.
‘If there was not an
actual door John- then how did the sheep stay in the pen’?
Good
question.
At the end of the day-
when the sheep bedded down.
The shepherd would
actually lie in the opening.
No sheep could get out-
without his knowing it.
And no predator [wolf]
could get in either.
See?
Jesus is the door of the
sheep.
He guards his own- and
protects them.
He said all that came
before him- they climbed up- they did not go the prescribed route [thru the door].
John- in the book of
Revelation- says he ‘saw a door- opened- in heaven’.
He saw
Jesus.
The book of Hebrews says
Jesus was the veil that was torn apart at the Cross.
He is the way- the
gateway- to the Father.
Those who do not
experience the Cross [the door- the prescribed method] but come in some other way- they are thieves and robbers.
They might be in the fold-
and maybe they even mean well- but until you experience the Cross- your intentions will always be self- centered.
But if you go the way of
the Cross- thru the door- then you will be leading by example.
You will have a servant’s
heart. Hebrews 3:5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;[I talk about this on the next video ‘Samuel
12-13’].
And the sheep, they won’t
actually be hearing you [as a Pastor- or leader in Gods church].
But no- they will hear God
thru you.
See?
The sheep only hear the
voice of the Shephard- and God only speaks thru those who have come thru ‘the door’.
PAST POSTS-
LINKS [verses below]
I quote Galatians 2 on the
video- here’s my commentary-
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/galatians-johns-gospel/
Here’s my John
teaching-
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/14/amos-5/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/15/jesus-christ/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/17/father-abraham/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/the-flood/ John
3
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/the-well-john-4/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/john-5/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/john-6/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/09/john-7/
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/8-10-15-john-14.zip
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/john-8/
https://youtu.be/f8VpxlYM_kU John 8- ‘who the Son
sets free’
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/john-9/
I mention Corinthians 15
on the video- here’s my study- https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/1st-2nd-corinthians/
I talk about recovery too-
here’s my teaching- https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/christian-recovery-from-addiction-long-version/
And I talk about church
leadership- here are my 2 books on the subject-
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/further-talks-on-church-and-ministry/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/the-great-building-of-god/
VERSES-
John 10:1 Verily, verily,
I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
John 10:2 But he that
entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:3 To him the
porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
John 10:4 And when he
putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
John 10:5 And a stranger
will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
John 10:6 This parable
spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
John 10:7 Then said Jesus
unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
John 10:8 All that ever
came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
John 10:9 I am the door:
by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John 10:10 The thief
cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:11 I am the good
shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 10:12 But he that is
an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
John 10:13 The hireling
fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
John 10:14 I am the good
shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
John 10:15 As the Father
knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:16 And other sheep
I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
John 10:17 Therefore doth
my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
John 10:18 No man taketh
it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
John 10:19 There was a
division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
John 10:20 And many of
them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
John 10:21 Others said,
These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
John 10:22 And it was at
Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
John 10:23 And Jesus
walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
John 10:24 Then came the
Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
John 10:25 Jesus answered
them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.
John 10:26 But ye believe
not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
John 10:27 My sheep hear
my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
John 10:28 And I give unto
them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 10:29 My Father,
which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
John 10:30 I and my Father
are one.
John 10:31 Then the Jews
took up stones again to stone him.
John 10:32 Jesus answered
them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
John 10:33 The Jews
answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
John 10:34 Jesus answered
them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John 10:35 If he called
them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
John 10:36 Say ye of him,
whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
John 10:37 If I do not the
works of my Father, believe me not.
John 10:38 But if I do,
though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
John 10:39 Therefore they
sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
John 10:40 And went away
again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
John 10:41 And many
resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
John 10:42 And many
believed on him there.
38 Then certain of the
scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
39 But he answered and
said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
40 For as Jonas was three
days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matt.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace
are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Ephesians 2:9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are
his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Galatians 2:16 Knowing
that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the
works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians 2:17 But if,
while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
Galatians 2:18 For if I
build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
Galatians 2:19 For I
through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
Galatians 2:20 I am
crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for
me.
Galatians 2:21 I do not
frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/30/wall-street-for-hillary-clinton-has-48-5m-in-hedge-fund-backing-compared-to-trumps-19m.html
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/30/us/indianapolis-police-shot-by-police/index.html Why post
this?
Of course it’s sad when
anyone [even a cop] has domestic problems.
But if you read the
article- the cops have a ‘special division’ that deals with other officers involved in a crime.
The problem with all of
these cases- is often times crimes [like in this case- a woman calling cops because of domestic violence]. Are not treated the same way- of an officer is involved.
This is a systemic problem
across the USA.
There have been many cases
of cops [on- or off duty] involved in DWI”s- and the victims either dying- or injured.
Then- when the ops get to
the scene- sometimes they do not investigate the crime- or cover it up [giving the officer time for his alcohol blood level to go down]
The public is simply
unaware of how systemic the problem is- and when they see a case- where it is exposed- they think ‘oh- hats was one bad apple’.
NO!
It is systemic- civilian
policing- across the nation- is no longer a viable way for our country to handle public security.
It’s that
simple.
‘What’s’ the answer
then’.
I’ve talked about some in
the past- but the point is- this is a real problem.
Even in the case above-
when you had others like them- where the responding officers covered up a murder- by another cop.
If it is later revealed-
the department deals with it.
But later on- they
continue to do the same thing.
No department should have
a ‘special’ in house crew- that responds to crimes committed by other cops.
No- you should send the
responding cops- just like you would respond to any crime.
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ACTS
2-
Acts 2:16 But this is that
which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
Acts 2:17 And it shall
come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men
shall dream dreams:
Acts 2:18 And on my
servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Note- on an upcoming
video- I have a question for CCPD and chief Markle ‘Why did you draw your guns at the park the other day- after I posted the video about CCPD?’
ON
VIDEO-
https://youtu.be/BMQZmqmiYM8 Acts
2
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/1-19-17-acts-2.zip
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/1-19-17-acts-2.zip
.The cats and dogs all
have one name?
.The freedom of
information requests have gone out- the affidavits taken- the hour has come!
.Corpus
Christi
.Rushing
Wind
.Tongues of
fire
.Passover
then-
.Pentecost
.God
rules in the affairs of men
.What about
tongues?
.Marx
.Thomas
Moore
.Utopia
.Do they really fall down?
[slain in the Spirit]
.Shared some
experiences
PAST TEACHING- {links and
past teaching I did that relates to today’s post]
https://ccoutreach87.com/acts/
https://ccoutreach87.com/1st-2nd-corinthians/ [focus on1st Cor.
12-14]
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/18/acts-1/
(739) ACTS 2-
The Apostles are gathered together in the upper room. As they continue in unity and prayer the Spirit of God comes upon them like a rushing wind. There appear ‘cloven tongues’ like fire above
each of them. Why this image? Why not ‘ears’ or some other sanctified body part? God is going to give supernatural power to the words that they will speak. In a few chapters we will read how an
angel will supernaturally deliver Peter from prison and say ‘go, speak the words of this life’. These tongues are a precursor to the tremendous fire that will be loosed from their lips. James
says the tongue is a little member but boasteth great things, it has the ability to start fires. Jesus said he came to earth to ‘start a fire’ and how he wished it were already burning. Here he
gets his wish! Now the Apostles and early believers experience the gift of tongues. They begin speaking and prophesying in the unknown languages of all those who are gathered together to
Jerusalem for the feast of Pentecost. God ordained this event to be strategically done at this time. All the surrounding regions heard the believers speak the ‘wondrous works of God’ in their
native tongue. Peter stands up and delivers a scathing message! He basically tells Israel ‘this is that which the prophet Joel spoke about’ he goes on and says this outpouring is part of Gods
predetermined plan to pour out his Spirit on all flesh in the last days. He speaks of divine manifestations [dreams, visions] and carries the prophecy right to the end of the age. He then speaks
the gospel of Christ and tells Israel ‘this is the Jesus you killed’. Wow, these guys are bold. Peter leads them to faith in Christ, their public baptism is the immediate sign of their
willingness to be identified with Jesus and 3 thousand Jews become believers this day. Now, what is the church? This corporate group of first time followers do 4 basic things. They ‘continue in
the Apostles doctrine and breaking of bread and prayers and share their goods with all in need’[true fellowship]. This early community was a brotherhood who actually gave priority to the
teachings of Jesus passed on to them from the Apostles. Don’t miss this! Many will develop all sorts of practices and beliefs that ‘make up church’. Some will justify extra biblical beliefs under
the guise of ‘the Apostles doctrine’ as in if it were something totally contrary or not known thru the gospels or the writing of scripture. Paul will tell Timothy to stay true to the traditions
he passed on to him. But I want to focus on the fact that the Apostles doctrine was not something different then the basic instructions Jesus left us in the gospels. Paul will add to this basic
body of Christian doctrine thru his letters to the churches, as well as the whole New Testament. But we do not see a bunch of strange or unknown doctrines that come from this time period. The
basics are mentioned above. I do want to stress the fact that this early expression of church life had no ‘Pastor’ in the sense of their gatherings being a time where a singular authority figure
had oversight of the entire community. They had strong leaders to be sure, but would avoid the Protestant idea of Pastor. They had no church building or belief in a strong liturgy. The ‘breaking
of bread’ was a common meal where they all shared together in a real life setting. And of course their giving was radical, it was not ‘a tithe’ and it was done to meet the real needs of the
community around them. All these elements are basic to what the New Testament church is. A functioning society of people in whom Christ Spirit dwells and who see themselves as a real spiritual
community of people. As we progress thru out the history of the church as seen in Acts we will never lose this basic mindset. It will be carried into the epistles of the New Testament and remain
the best idea of ‘local church’ as found in the first century. There is a trend going on right now in Evangelicalism that says ‘lets return to the ancient practices of the church and see what we
can find’. As an avid reader of church history I am not totally against this movement, but I do see a danger in thinking ‘the ancient practices’ are the 2nd or 3rd century development of liturgy
and Eucharist and other early ideas, and by passing the ‘real ancient’ story in the book of Acts. To put it simply, some of the Protestant and Evangelical ‘practices and beliefs’ that have
developed since the reformation are ‘ancient’. I believe we all have a long way to go, but the ‘low view’ of the Lords Table [low as opposed to ‘high church view’. Though I personally believe in
the Lords table as a memorial, not as the actual Body and Blood of Jesus. Yet I personally don’t like referring to such an important practice as low!] seems to be the true ancient practice as
seen in Acts. The absence of the Priest officiating over the altar is no where to be seen in the actual ‘church’ setting. This ancient church is really a simple brotherhood of believers having
all things common and having the resurrection of the Son of God as the central organizing principle of their lives.
[parts]
1916 WHO IS JOHN
GALT?
Over the weekend- my habit is now to watch a couple of documentaries from Netflix.
I always got into them- but with the Rocu thing- I can start a few at a time- and then pick up right where I left off.
I’m watching the Cosmos- Carl Sagan [excellent by the way].
Just started Greek Civilization- narrated by one of my favorite actors- Liam Nessen.
And I caught a short one on Ayn Rand- the now famous author of Atlas Shrugged.
I have never read any of Rand’s stuff- she is a novelist- and I don’t read them.
But- she is also a philosopher- the founder of the system called Objectivism.
And her works and thought are more known right now because a movie was made about the book- Atlas Shrugged.
Rand taught a system that said mans main purpose in life is the pursuit of his/her own happiness.
Now- she was not a strict Hedonist- she also taught that man should be productive- should be a contributing member of society- and should be free to excel- to ‘make it’ without the state making the rich guy feel bad about it.
Yes- back to the 99 versus the 1.
As you can see- that’s why her work has made it back into the collective consciousness at this point in time.
The other day we went to see my friend John at the hospital- I took Henry [John Henry], John from Arlington- Andy- and of course myself.
The day before we went to the bookstore- and I met father John- a nice Catholic Priest.
The guys were calling John [from Arlington] Joe.
I told Henry ‘no- his name is John’.
Henry quipped ‘too many John’s’
In Rand’s work- she tells the fictional story of John Galt [who is John Galt? This sign pops up every so often]
Galt is the leader of the ‘productive’ class in society- the thinkers- producers- etc.
These noble ones rebel against what they see as an all encroaching Entitlement society- a ‘world’ that keeps blaming them for the ills of man.
Eventually these productive people have had enough- and they withdraw from the world and start their own world- based on the principles of Objectivism.
‘Every man for himself’ type of thing.
There is one line in the book- where you have this image of Atlas [the man who has the world on his shoulders].
He is bowing and bending and struggling under this Entitlement world.
The ‘have nots’ keep seeing the ‘haves’ as the cause for their problems.
The more pressure put on Atlas- does not seem to appease the Entitlement class.
So- he shrugs- and walks away.
A couple of years ago when we did a short history of Philosophy- I never covered Rand.
Why?
She never came up in any of the stuff I was reading at the time.
Rand was a Russian American who came to the states in the early 20th century.
She saw the rise of Communism in her homeland- and she believed that the U.S. was in danger of going down the same road.
She lived to see the presidency of FDR- and his creating of what we call the Entitlement society.
But Rand- like other thinkers of her day- also rejected Faith and Religion [Marx].
She believed that Reason was enough to establish morality- and build an adequate Ethical society.
To be honest- Ayn was wrong about this.
But- because she angered the Left with her capitalist thought- and the Right with her anti God ideas- well she would alienate not just the 47% [Romney’s gaff] but both ‘47’s’.
Thus- Rand never came up on the radar when I was studying philosophy.
I have not read the book- but from what I picked up on line- I can see how Christians would indeed have a hard time with Objectivism.
In scripture- we don’t see ‘statism’ per se- but we do see a sort of collective ideal.
In the books of Acts we see the early believers selling their goods and giving to those in need.
We read many-many portions of the bible that speak about helping the less fortunate.
Yet- the argument is ‘should the state force man to do this’.
The state- govt. – according to scripture- has the right to tax.
Rand’s argument [and others] is ‘fine- but don’t demean me because I am one of the producers- don’t demonize those in society who are holding the system up’.
Rand did not teach that you should never help another- but she rejected the govt. forcing you to do it.
In Ayn’s Utopia- the John Galt’s of the world withdraw- they take their toys and go home.
From a biblical perspective- we are indeed our brother’s keeper.
That does not mean we encourage people to be non productive- to live off the wealth of others.
But we see the goal of our lives as more than seeking happiness- more than pursuing the Dream.
No- we often give things up- material things- in order to pursue a more just society.
In our World-
Atlas doesn’t shrug.
[parts]
[parts]
[1587] OVERVIEW- Lets over
view a little today- in the last post I mentioned how we will be getting into Marx, Freud and Nietzsche in the coming months- yet I have so many things going on at this time that just in case I
never get to them I want to lay out some stuff. First, most challenges to the Christian faith/God- have come from the point of view that said ‘yes- we believe that there is some being out there-
God- but we challenge the purveyors of religion and how man has used religion to control- manipulate the masses’. It was not until the rise of these men that the popular approach of ‘no God’
would take a foothold in the minds of many unsuspecting ‘masses’. Before we delve into the ideas and contradictions of these men- let me explain why most thinkers of the Enlightenment did not
take the atheistic approach- and instead opted for some form of Deism/Theism. The original debate of ‘where did everything come from’ did not start during the Enlightenment- it dates back as far
as 4-5 centuries before Christ- the question is obviously older- but you can read the debate taking place in the great minds of the Greek philosophers; Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Though the
idea of God in the minds of these Greek thinkers was not the same definition that Christianity would hold to- yet they did believe in some type of being who for the most part was what we would
think of as God- they referred to him as The Prime Mover- a term that the great Catholic thinker Thomas Aquinas would use in the 13th century as he too argued for the existence of God. Okay- the
Greeks taught that the universe/cosmos always existed- and there was an initiator who started the ball rolling [motion]. Their ideas about how the solar system worked were primitive- the famous
idea espoused by Ptolemy had a sort of crystalline sphere
[parts]
https://youtu.be/NiQdGyM6mjk History of
everything- 2
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/6-17-16-2-history-of-everything.zip
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Generation?
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Locke
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Jerome
Luther
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fathers
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8th
.Marx
.Freud
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On today’s video I fill in
some blanks-
As time progressed- and
man advanced in knowledge- he also thought we would arrive at a time where advanced civilization would ‘through off’ the harmful effects of the church.
Yet- they struggled with
the idea of how a society could regulate itself [moral aw] without ‘God’s law’.
So- some thinkers like
Kant- Locke talked about ‘natural law’ which actually is one of the ‘proofs’ of God.
Because where did man- on
his own- have this innate understanding of morality?
It’s not simply what they
came up with- but it’s imbedded in his conscience [which is another proof of God- why do humans have this conscience? – or self-awareness- where did that come from? Why can’t we really create a
computer with this characteristic? A.I.]
This is the period of the
Enlightenment- and the Philosophers on the rise.
Men Like Freud [later]
would do a grand experiment- saying ‘actually the cause for man’s problems- is this very thing- him trying to deal with the guilt of sin’ [which he denied] and said man should act out on his
desires- which we refer to as the philosophy of Hedonism.
He taught the idea of
sexual revolution- and died as a victim of his own thinking.
Eventually man came to the
end of his new journey- without God in his thoughts- and wound up back at the beginning.
God indeed was the
creator- and his laws are the only possible way for society to regulate itself.
Jesus Christ came to
redeem man- from the very thing he could not do for himself.
Through the death and
resurrection of ‘the Logos’ we are now brought back into right relationship with God- and all the pieces of the puzzle come together.
Not that hard- is
it?
RUSSIA-
2 days ago- Russia bombed-
killed many of the troops we raised up in Syria. Our planes were flying overhead- to guarantee their protection.
Russia has not been
bluffing- they flew 2 planes- right next to ours- and bombed them.
Defense secretary Carter
was livid- because Russia [like I said recently] is ready to have a real- HOT WAR- with the U.S.
Both on their border with
the NTAO states- as well as over Syria.
I’ll add the news link on
this or the next post.
It didn’t get a lot of
play in the media- because it is what Russia said all along- they are not ONLY going to kill ISIS fighters- but all the rebel/terrorists on the ground.
A great majority of those
groups are backed by the U.S.
Carter- in an interview
makes it sound like ‘what are they up to- they are deceiving the world because they said they would only bomb ISIS’.
THAT’S A LIE- Lavrov [the
defense guy from Russia] said from day one- we will bomb them all- even the terrorists the U.S. is backing [news link at bottom
[parts]
Okay- I am skipping a
bunch of stuff to jump into the thinkers who represent the most popular forms of atheism- Marx, Nietzsche and Freud. But first we need to take a look at Ludwig Feuerbach. L.F. [Ludwig Feuerbach]
laid the groundwork for these other more famous rejecters of God and Christianity. During the enlightenment period it was rare for the critics of religion to hold an outright atheistic view- men
like Hume and Voltaire- though true critics of the church- did not come out openly and deny the existence of God. It was also difficult [impossible?] to hold professorships in the universities if
you were a doubter of God. Both Hume and Voltaire did not hold positions. F.S. was Hegelian in a way [he followed Hegel’s idea that ‘God’ comes to self consciousness thru the development of
humanity] but F.S. was a Materialist- Hegel was an Idealist. Remember- idealism is the philosophical system that sees reality existing in forms/ideas first- then later comes the material thing.
The great ancient philosophers- Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were all Idealists. F.S. espoused the idea that reality starts with the material existence of man first- and thru religion man
‘projects’ the idea of God/spirit into society- and as man and
[parts]
NEW STUFF- Sartre is one
of the most famous 20th century philosophers- also described as the father of existentialism.
I say ‘also’ because when
we covered Kierkegaard- I said the same of him.
How can this
be?
Well- Kierkegaard was a
Christian- Sartre an atheist.
So you can divide
existentialism between ‘Christian existentialists- and atheistic’.
Ok- it would be a lot to
try and cover all of his ideas- but what I want to do is sort of contrast the thinkers who trended away from God with those who continued to believe in a creator- while at the same time engage in
the intellectual world [many I could name- Descartes- Kant- etc.].
Though Sartre- like Camus-
was indeed an intelligent man- when they tried to develop philosophies- ways to explain man- his purpose- what ‘it’s’ all about.
They have difficulty
giving any real purpose or meaning to man.
Why?
Because if you believe
[and teach] that man is really some sort of a cosmic accident- with no creator who made him- then how do you teach ‘that man’ that he has a purpose?
This would apply to all
the great thinkers- who rejected God.
In the end- if you were
born without a preceding purpose [which Christians teach is to glorify God] and when you die- there is no after life- then it’s common sense to see your life ‘without purpose’.
Sartre’s most famous work
‘being and nothingness’ says it all in the title.
Some of his most famous
ideas are ‘no essence before existence’.
Now- Christians usually
criticize him for this [which I just did in a way].
But he sort of tried to
apply this idea- and say ‘because we are not predetermined- then we are indeed responsible for our actions- we are ‘left alone- without excuse’.
When you study Philosophy-
along with Theology [the study of God]. A big thing that is debated is predestination.
Many misunderstand the
historic reformation doctrine of Predestination –and they see it as a form of fatalism- meaning ‘whatever will be- was meant to be’.
You can do a whole debate
on this subject- in studying theology alone.
Yet it also ‘bleeds’ into
philosophy- because many thinkers were trying to figure out the problems of man- and some thought the doctrine of original sin taught a form of fatalism.
Actually- it does
not.
But that’s why you see
these ideas pop up – that we can act without our past having power over us.
So- in a sense- though
Sartre was an atheist- this was an attempt [I think] to try and give man the ‘freedom’ to act on his own will.
But without belief in God-
there really is no grounding authority to values- ethics.
Where would they come
from? [that’s a long debate- but if in effect ethics- right and wrong- were simply some sort of value system that was majority rule- then when the majority gets it wrong- slavery- abortion- etc.-
then these values do not really ‘mean’ anything].
From the Christian view
[they do debate between predestination by the way] Values- worth- purpose- do indeed ‘precede’ existence.
God had a purpose for us
before we were born- and values are the revealed ‘rules’ that God gave to man.
The Nihilistic thinkers
[those who admit that there really is no purpose] in the end have a hard time teaching their ideas- and at the same time instilling self-worth in people.
Camus summed it up when he
said-“There is only one really serious philosophical question, and that is suicide” (MS, 3).Oct 27, 2011
Sartre [like Kierkegaard]
wrote plays- poetry- etc.
One of Sartre’s dramas was
called ‘NO EXIT’
He depicted Hell as a
place where people are forever ‘observing’ one another- with no way out [obviously he did not really believe in Hell].
But why would he see it
this way?
Sartre had a unique
insight [though an atheist- he was indeed smart].
One of the things that
Sartre believed- was subjectivity- he taught that if man were to be truly Free- he could not be an Object [lots has been said in the last few years on objectifying people- seeing them as objects
degrades them].
So in Sartre’s mind-
belief in God objectifies people.
How?
If there is an ‘all
seeing’ creator who is always looking/seeing into people’s lives [and intents- hearts] then they are not truly free.
All the thinkers who
rejected God- did not do so for the same reasons.
Freud- and those who
taught Hedonism- said it was the moral constraints on man [from God and the church] that was the problem.
So in Freud’s mind- we
should deny God- and man should live out all of his most base desires.
It was a failed idea for
sure- but that was the Hedonists view.
Sartre did not espouse
unrestrained passion- actually even though he was an atheist- he believed that men should live with some type of ethic.
So his rejection of God
was based on the idea that God is always ‘watching you’ and a man cannot truly be free- if someone is always watching him. It was an interesting idea [and yes- God is always watching- but from
the Christian view he is not watching as some type of cosmic voyeur- but as a Father watches over his children.
Or- as the bible says ‘as
a mother hen watches over her chicks’. So Sartre was right about God always seeing us- but he disagreed with the Christian view of omniscience [all knowing God] and said this ‘constant watching’
makes us an object- and to Sartre- the basic attribute of human character is subjectivity- if he is not a subject- with no previous ‘essence’ [remember- his other famous idea was ‘existence
precedes essence’] he is not truly free.
So to Sartre- man and
reality are simply things- and we develop life from this materialistic view.
He rejected universals-
there is not a universal category of ‘mankind’ but simply individual people.
Another famous atheist
thinker was Camus [‘there is only one really serious question left- suicide’].
Even though some of the
atheistic thinkers ‘meant well’ yet- in the end- as Kant said- if there is no God- then society cannot function without the basic understanding that we are all accountable- and will someday give
an account.
In Kant’s view- he
rejected the classical idea that you could ‘prove God’ from reason and nature.
But some said he ‘let God
in the back door’.
Because for Kant- if you
reject God outright- then society cannot function.
For instance- if there is
some type of injustice- maybe framed for murder and you sit in jail your whole life- never being vindicated.
For Kant- the person can
survive- because he knows- in the end- the truth will come out [if there is a God].
And not only will it come
out- but those who wronged the man will give an account.
So Kant saw the need for
there not only to be an ‘all seeing God/judge’.
But that Judge had to also
have all power- so he could carry out justice in the end.
But for Sartre- and Camus-
and the other atheists- they grappled with the problem of where moral laws come from [or if there is even such a thing].
How can we really define
ethics if there is no real meaning to our existence?
If ‘nothing matters’ [no
essence before existence] then in the end- WE don’t matter.
And you come to the same
conclusion as Camus.
The question of suicide
has been pondered for centuries- it has made it into the plays of Shakespeare [below]
Many are familiar with
this famous line- but read it carefully- it’s Hamlet’s struggle- whether it’s nobler to ‘go thru stuff’ or- end it.
That’s why I think the
Camus’ and Sartres of the world don’t help- in the end.
To be, or not
to be, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the
mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a
sea of troubles
And by opposing end them.
To die—to sleep,
No more; and by a sleep to
say we end
The heart-ache and the
thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to:
’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To
die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to
dream—ay, there’s the rub:
For in that sleep of death
what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off
this mortal coil,
Must give us pause—there’s
the respect
That makes calamity of so
long life.
For who would bear the
whips and scorns of time,
Th’oppressor’s wrong, the
proud man’s contumely,
The pangs of dispriz’d
love, the law’s delay,
The insolence of office,
and the spurns
That patient merit of
th’unworthy takes,
When he himself might his
quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who
would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a
weary life,
But that the dread of
something after death,
The undiscovere’d country,
from whose bourn
No traveller returns,
puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear
those ills we have
Than fly to others that we
know not of?
Thus conscience does make
cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of
resolution
Is sicklied o’er with the
pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great
pitch and moment
With this regard their
currents turn awry
And lose the name of
action.
Hamlet
PAST POSTS I WROTE THAT
RELATE-
.
TELOS [What’s your
purpose?]
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/7-3-15-telos-or-jack-nichols-n-the-3-dollar-tip.zip
A telos (from the Greek
τέλος for “end”, “purpose”, or “goal”) is an end or purpose, in a fairly constrained sense used by philosophers such as Aristotle. It is the root of the term “teleology,” roughly the study of
purposiveness, or the study of objects with a view to their aims, purposes, or intentions. Teleology figures centrally in Aristotle’s biology and in his theory of causes. It is central to nearly
all philosophical theories of history, such as those of Hegel and Marx. One running debate in contemporary philosophy of biology is to what extent teleological language (as in the “purposes” of
various organs or life-processes) is unavoidable, or is simply a shorthand for ideas that can ultimately be spelled out nonteleologically. Philosophy of action also makes essential use of
teleological vocabulary: on Davidson’s account, an action is just something an agent does with an intention–that is, looking forward to some end to be achieved by the action.
In contrast to telos,
techne is the rational method involved in producing an object or accomplishing a goal or objective; however, the two methods are not mutually exclusive in principle.
Q. 1. What is the chief
end of man?
A. Man’s chief end is to
glorify God,[1] and to enjoy him forever.[2]
1Peter 2:1 Wherefore
laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,
1Peter 2:2 As newborn
babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may
[parts]
VERSES-
Acts 2:1 And when the day
of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Acts 2:2 And suddenly
there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Acts 2:3 And there
appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Acts 2:4 And they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 2:5 And there were
dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
Acts 2:6 Now when this was
noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Acts 2:7 And they were all
amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Acts 2:8 And how hear we
every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
Acts 2:9 Parthians, and
Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
Acts 2:10 Phrygia, and
Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Acts 2:11 Cretes and
Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Acts 2:12 And they were
all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Acts 2:13 Others mocking
said, These men are full of new wine.
Acts 2:14 But Peter,
standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
Acts 2:15 For these are
not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
Acts 2:16 But this is that
which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
Acts 2:17 And it shall
come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men
shall dream dreams:
Acts 2:18 And on my
servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Acts 2:19 And I will shew
wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Acts 2:20 The sun shall be
turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
Acts 2:21 And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Acts 2:22 Ye men of
Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also
know:
Acts 2:23 Him, being
delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Acts 2:24 Whom God hath
raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Acts 2:25 For David
speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Acts 2:26 Therefore did my
heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Acts 2:27 Because thou
wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:28 Thou hast made
known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Acts 2:29 Men and
brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Acts 2:30 Therefore being
a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
Acts 2:31 He seeing this
before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Acts 2:32 This Jesus hath
God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Acts 2:33 Therefore being
by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Acts 2:34 For David is not
ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Acts 2:35 Until I make thy
foes thy footstool.
Acts 2:36 Therefore let
all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Acts 2:37 Now when they
heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said
unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:39 For the promise
is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
Acts 2:40 And with many
other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Acts 2:41 Then they that
gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:42 And they
continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts 2:43 And fear came
upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
Acts 2:44 And all that
believed were together, and had all things common;
Acts 2:45 And sold their
possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Acts 2:46 And they,
continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Acts 2:47 Praising God,
and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Joel 2:1 Blow ye the
trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Joel 2:2 A day of darkness
and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after
it, even to the years of many generations.
Joel 2:3 A fire devoureth
before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Joel 2:4 The appearance of
them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Joel 2:5 Like the noise of
chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Joel 2:6 Before their face
the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
Joel 2:7 They shall run
like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
Joel 2:8 Neither shall one
thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
Joel 2:9 They shall run to
and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Joel 2:10 The earth shall
quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Joel 2:11 And the LORD
shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide
it?
Joel 2:12 Therefore also
now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
Joel 2:13 And rend your
heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Joel 2:14 Who knoweth if
he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
Joel 2:15 Blow the trumpet
in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Joel 2:16 Gather the
people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her
closet.
Joel 2:17 Let the priests,
the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them:
wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Joel 2:18 Then will the
LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
Joel 2:19 Yea, the LORD
will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the
heathen:
Joel 2:20 But I will
remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall
come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
Joel 2:21 Fear not, O
land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
Joel 2:22 Be not afraid,
ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye
children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the
first month.
Joel 2:24 And the floors
shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
Joel 2:25 And I will
restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Joel 2:26 And ye shall eat
in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Joel 2:27 And ye shall
know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Joel 2:28 And it shall
come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see
visions:
Joel 2:29 And also upon
the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Joel 2:30 And I will shew
wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be
turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
Joel 2:32 And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the
LORD shall call.
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1Corinthians
12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
1Corinthians 12:2 Ye know
that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
1Corinthians 12:3
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
1Corinthians 12:4 Now
there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1Corinthians 12:5 And
there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
1Corinthians 12:6 And
there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
1Corinthians 12:7 But the
manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
1Corinthians 12:8 For to
one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
1Corinthians 12:9 To
another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
1Corinthians 12:10 To
another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
1Corinthians 12:11 But all
these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
1Corinthians 12:12 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.
1Corinthians 12:13 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 all made to drink into one Spirit.
1Corinthians 12:14 For the
body is not one member, but many.
1Corinthians 12:15 If the
foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
1Corinthians 12:16 And if
the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
1Corinthians 12:17 If the
whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
1Corinthians 12:18 But now
hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
1Corinthians 12:19 And if
they were all one member, where were the body?
1Corinthians 12:20 But now
are they many members, yet but one body.
1Corinthians 12:21 And the
eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
1Corinthians 12:22 Nay,
much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
1Corinthians 12:23 And
those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
1Corinthians 12:24 For our
comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked.
1Corinthians 12:25 That
there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
1Corinthians 12:26 And
whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1Corinthians 12:27 Now ye
are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
1Corinthians 12:28 And God
hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
1Corinthians 12:29 Are all
apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
1Corinthians 12:30 Have
all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
1Corinthians 12:31 But
covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
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1Corinthians 13:1 Though I
speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1Corinthians 13:2 And
though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am
nothing.
1Corinthians 13:3 And
though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1Corinthians 13:4 Charity
suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1Corinthians 13:5 Doth not
behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1Corinthians 13:6
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
1Corinthians 13:7 Beareth
all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1Corinthians 13:8 Charity
never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1Corinthians 13:9 For we
know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1Corinthians 13:10 But
when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1Corinthians 13:11 When I
was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1Corinthians 13:12 For now
we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1Corinthians 13:13 And now
abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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1Corinthians 14:1 Follow
after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
1Corinthians 14:2 For he
that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
1Corinthians 14:3 But he
that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
1Corinthians 14:4 He that
speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
1Corinthians 14:5 I would
that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive
edifying.
1Corinthians 14:6 Now,
brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by
doctrine?
1Corinthians 14:7 And even
things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
1Corinthians 14:8 For if
the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
1Corinthians 14:9 So
likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
1Corinthians 14:10 There
are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
1Corinthians 14:11
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
1Corinthians 14:12 Even so
ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
1Corinthians 14:13
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
1Corinthians 14:14 For if
I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
1Corinthians 14:15 What is
it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
1Corinthians 14:16 Else
when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
1Corinthians 14:17 For
thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
1Corinthians 14:18 I thank
my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
1Corinthians 14:19 Yet in
the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
1Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
1Corinthians 14:21 In the
law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
1Corinthians 14:22
Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
1Corinthians 14:23 If
therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are
mad?
1Corinthians 14:24 But if
all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
1Corinthians 14:25 And
thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
1Corinthians 14:26 How is
it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto
edifying.
1Corinthians 14:27 If any
man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
1Corinthians 14:28 But if
there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
1Corinthians 14:29 Let the
prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
1Corinthians 14:30 If any
thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
1Corinthians 14:31 For ye
may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
1Corinthians 14:32 And the
spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
1Corinthians 14:33 For God
is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
1Corinthians 14:34 Let
your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.
1Corinthians 14:35 And if
they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
1Corinthians 14:36 What?
came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
1Corinthians 14:37 If any
man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
1Corinthians 14:38 But if
any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
1Corinthians 14:39
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
1Corinthians 14:40 Let all
things be done decently and in order.
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Galatians 3
POSTED BY CCOUTREACH87 ⋅ JANUARY 10, 2017 ⋅ LEAVE A COMMENT
GALATIANS
3
17 For the law was given
by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 1
https://youtu.be/hhA-O_mb3Y8 Galatians
3
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/1-3-17-galatians-3.zip
ON
VIDEO
.Abrahamic
covenant
.Fulfilled thru
Christ
.Law [covenant] came
later
.1st promise
stands
.Law revealed
sin
.Faith in Christ
justifies
.Began in Spirit [faith]
don’t go back to law [works]
.Christ took the curse of
the law on the Cross [tree]
.Law was tutor- to bring
us to truth
.Jesus is the
Truth
.No more need for the
tutor
.Father of many
nations
.Legal and actual
justification
.Luther- Trent [16th
century]
.Legal
fiction?
.Mercy
seat
NOTE [new stuff
below].
Today [1-9-17] I found out
that a good friend of mine died.
His name was Huey
Martin.
I saw Huey about 10 days
ago- the first time in about 7 months.
As he pulled up to Timons
[mission] he beeped the horn- and waved for me to come over. I didn’t recognize him- the car window was tinted. So- I sat there and ignored him.
I noticed he kept waving
for me to come over- like he thought ‘maybe John is mad- in one of his moods’.
Yes- the guys know me- and
this has happened before.
As I walked away- I heard
someone yell ‘John- John’.
I walked over to the car
window- and realized it was Huey.
I could tell he felt bad-
like I was ignoring him.
But I told him I didn’t
realize it was him- and I talked with him for around 15 minutes.
I could see he was not
doing well- I put my hand on his shoulder- like a brother- and told him I would pray for him.
I see his older brother-
David Martin- every week.
I just visit with David-
fellowship- and pray with him.
All 3 brothers are like
family to me- Andy- David and Huey.
I have had people ask me
why I ‘hang out’ with some of the guys- because of their lifestyles.
Over the years I had good
talks with Huey- we laughed- he spent 3 days at the house once when he broke a rib.
And yes- we talked about
God and life.
I will indeed miss
Huey-
He was my
friend.
Here’s a video I did about
2 years ago- Huey is in it https://youtu.be/R0ZNzDkvphc
NEW-
Paul makes the argument
that God promised Abraham that he would bless [save- justify] the whole world thru one of his sons.
Genesis 12:3 And I will
bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Ultimately that Son was
Jesus- who came down the line- from the offspring of Abraham-
Galatians
3:16
Now to Abraham and his
seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Then Paul says
–
The law [10 commandments
and entire Old Covenant system] came 430 years after God gave Abraham this promise-
Galatians 3:17 And this I
say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none
effect.
Paul says ‘the scripture
foresaw that God would justify the heathen thru faith- preaching the gospel beforehand’-
Galatians 3:8 And the
scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Meaning- if the Galatians
were going to revert to the law [get circumcised and put themselves under the Old Covenant] thinking that would make them pleasing to God.
Then the first promise [to
Abraham] wasn’t true-
Galatians 3:17 And this I
say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none
effect.
It’s a simple argument-
saying God already promised that he would save the world someday- thru Jesus.
And if the law- which was
given later- could also justify man- then basically God would have lied.
God is not a man that he
should lie-
Numbers
23:19
God is not a man, that he
should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Then the
question is ‘why did God then give the law’?
Good question- and I
taught it when we covered the book of Romans- and in this chapter Paul teaches it again.
The law was given till the
seed [Son] would come to whom the promise was made-
Galatians 3:19 Wherefore
then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
But after that Son [seed]
has come- there is no longer any need for the law [covenant- which includes circumcision]-
Paul teaches that the law
was our tutor- to bring us to the time of Christ- but after the true teacher has come- there is no more need for a tutor-
Galatians 3:24 Wherefore
the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
The law simply revealed to
man his sin until the time of Christ-
Galatians 3:19 Wherefore
then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
The law is holy- just and
good-
But men are
sinful.
Therefore the law could
never justify us.
Its purpose has been
fulfilled- to reveal to man that he is a sinner- unable to keep it-
Romans
3:20
Therefore by the deeds of
the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Then- when
this purpose is fulfilled- we see the need for Christ- and the true purpose of the law is now accomplished-
Romans
3:31
Do we then make void the
law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Simple.
The law cannot save us-
was never intended to save us-
Galatians 3:21 Is the law
then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
And now that Jesus has
come-
The only one who ever
fulfilled all the law-
Hebrews
4:15
For we have not an high
priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
He himself
saves us because he took all the transgressions that were held against man- and nailed them to his Cross-
Jesus took away the
‘handwriting of ordinances’ that was against us- and nailed them to his Cross-
Colossians
2:14
Blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Paul concludes
that we are justified by faith- that Jesus ‘hung on a tree’ [the Cross] and became a curse for us-
Galatians 3:13 Christ hath
redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
He quotes Habakkuk showing
that the just shall live by faith-
Habakkuk
2:4
Behold, his soul which is
lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Galatians
3:11
But that no man is
justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
And the law is
not faith- but the ‘man that does them- lives under them’-
Galatians 3:12 And the law
is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
The quotes Paul uses in
this chapter are from Deuteronomy- the ‘law’ and they show us the gospel itself-
Deuteronomy
21:22
And if a man have
committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
Deuteronomy 27:26 Cursed
be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
He warns the gentile
believers- if you go back to that system- you are ‘falling from grace’-
Galatians
5:4
Christ is become of no
effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
We are all the
children of God by faith in Jesus Christ-
Galatians 3:26 For ye are
all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:27 For as many
of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Galatians 3:28 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.
Galatians 3:29 And if ye
be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Amen.
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https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/02/galatians-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/hebrews-updated-2015/
https://ccoutreach87.com/justification-by-faith/
https://ccoutreach87.com/romans-updated-2015/
https://ccoutreach87.com/protestant-reformation-luther/
VERSES
Galatians 3:1 O foolish
Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Galatians 3:2 This only
would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Galatians 3:3 Are ye so
foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Galatians 3:4 Have ye
suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
Galatians 3:5 He therefore
that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Galatians 3:6 Even as
Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:7 Know ye
therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:8 And the
scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Galatians 3:9 So then they
which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
Galatians 3:10 For as many
as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do
them.
Galatians 3:11 But that no
man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Galatians 3:12 And the law
is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
Galatians 3:13 Christ hath
redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Galatians 3:14 That the
blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:15 Brethren, I
speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
Galatians 3:16 Now to
Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Galatians 3:17 And this I
say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none
effect.
Galatians 3:18 For if the
inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Galatians 3:19 Wherefore
then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Galatians 3:20 Now a
mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Galatians 3:21 Is the law
then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Galatians 3:22 But the
scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Galatians 3:23 But before
faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Galatians 3:24 Wherefore
the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Galatians 3:25 But after
that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Galatians 3:26 For ye are
all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:27 For as many
of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Galatians 3:28 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.
Galatians 3:29 And if ye
be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 8:2 For the law of
the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:3 For what the
law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Romans 8:4 That the
righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD
had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Genesis 12:2 And I will
make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 12:3 And I will
bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Romans
3:25
Whom God hath set forth to
be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
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1 John
2:2
And he is the propitiation
for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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1 John
4:10
Herein is love, not that
we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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14 And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of
him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have
all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given
by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 1
Hebrews
9:14
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?
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GALATIANS
4
But Jerusalem which is
above is free, which is the mother of us all. Gal. 4:26
https://youtu.be/9HyckXRkq0I Galatians
4
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/1-10-17-galatians-4.zip
ON
VIDEO-
.Huey and the
shrimp
.The set time has
come
.Probation
over
.Sons- not
servants
.Abba-
Father
.Abraham’s 2
sons
.Cast out the bond
woman
.This is an
allegory
.Is Paul talking about the
ceremonial law only?
.He says ‘Sinai’- where
the law was given
.Children of the
promise
.It’s not about Jew versus
Muslim
.It’s about law versus
grace
.Who is ‘our mother’
?
.We are
community
.A product of intimacy
between a bridegroom and his bride [Christ and the church- the ‘mother of us all’- see?]
NOTE- At the end of the
video I mentioned a few things- but didn’t have time to ‘tell it all’- on an upcoming video titled ‘Huey’s bow’- I tell it ‘all’.
NEW-
I just want to hit on a
new theme Paul introduces in this chapter.
He uses the story of
Abraham’s 2 sons- from 2 women- and says ‘this is an allegory’-
Galatians 4:22 For it is
written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman
Galatians 4:23 But he who
was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Galatians 4:24 Which
things are an allegory:
Of
what?
Paul
sees the message of grace versus law- contained in the 2 kids- and their mothers.
As I have been teaching in
this series- God promised a son to Abraham- and over time Abraham and Sarah agreed that he would have a child with the ‘slave’ woman- Hagar.
Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai
Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:2 And Sarai
said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of
Sarai.
Sarah and Abraham were
getting old- the promise seemed to be taking too much time- so- Abraham had Ishmael with Hagar.
Genesis 16:15 And Hagar
bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
But- about 12 years later-
God told Abraham that Sarah would have a son- the promised one-
Genesis 17:15 And God said
unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
Genesis 17:16 And I will
bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
Genesis 17:17 Then Abraham
fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
She indeed gets pregnant-
and has Isaac.
Ok- in Genesis 21 we read
how Ishmael made fun of Isaac- and Isaac’s mom told Abraham to ‘cast out the bondwoman and her child’-
Genesis 21:8 And the child
grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
Genesis 21:9 And Sarah saw
the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Genesis 21:10 Wherefore
she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
So Abraham
sends Ishmael away with his mother Hagar.
Now Paul says this is a
symbol of the sons born after the promise- Spirit-
And the sons who are ‘sons
of the law’.
Galatians 4:24 Which
things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Galatians 4:25 For this
Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Galatians 4:26 But
Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Those under the law- the
circumcision- they will always persecute the sons of the promise-
Galatians 4:28 Now we,
brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Galatians 4:29 But as then
he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
That was what was indeed
happening with the Galatians-
The Judiazers [those who
kept the circumcision] – and ‘tried’ to keep the law- they were persecuting the Gentile believers- who were born of God.
Justified by
faith.
And they were like Ishmael
was- mocking the simple message of grace.
Paul says these 2 sons-
and their moms- represent the 2 covenants- one from Sinai [law] and the covenant of grace- the ‘New Jerusalem’.
The community of God [the
church].
I always found this
example interesting- because Paul sees so much in this simple story.
Yet- these were things God
showed him.
Paul urges the Galatians
to separate from the influence of the Judiazers-
He says we are ‘sons of
the free woman’ and they are children of the ‘bondwoman’-
Galatians 4:30
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
If they go back under the
law-
That will indeed lead to
bondage- and we are not children of the ‘bondwoman’ but of ‘the free’-
Galatians 4:31 So then,
brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
PAST POSTS
[past teaching I did that relates to today’s video ‘Gal. 4’]
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https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/26/galatians-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/30/2nd-samuel-3-homeless-friends/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/02/galatians-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/10/galatians-3/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/12/the-seed/
I quoted from these bible
books on the video- here are my complete studies-
https://ccoutreach87.com/romans-updated-2015/ [Quoted from chapter
10]
https://ccoutreach87.com/1st-2nd-corinthians/ [Quoted from 1st
Cor. 5]
(1331) GALATIANS 4- Paul
says there was a time period before the promise would be fulfilled thru Christ; that time has come to an end [the law] and we are now in ‘the fullness of times’. When we were under the law we
were no different than servants, but now in grace we are mature sons, people able to inherit the promise. Paul says why do you desire to go back under the ‘restraint’ phase, the time of
discipline and legalism, we are now in a fullness stage thru the New Covenant and we don’t need the old mentality anymore. Once again Paul really ‘spiritualizes’ the Old Testament in his
teaching, he says that the law [Old Testament] taught this difference between law and grace. He uses the story of Abraham having 2 sons [Ishmael, Isaac] and he says ‘cant you hear what the law is
saying’? One son was born by promise [Isaac] the other thru the works of the flesh [law]. And just like it was back then, the one born after the flesh persecuted the one born after the Spirit, so
today [1st century] those after the flesh/law are persecuting those born after the Spirit. It’s important to see that Paul DOES NOT use this analogy to describe Jewish/Muslim [Arab] relations; he
actually refers to natural Israel as ‘Ishmael’! He says the Judaisers [Jews zealous of the law] were fulfilling the type/symbol by persecuting Gentile believers. We need to keep these
distinctions in our minds, because when we don’t rightfully discern the truth we do damage to the non ethnic testimony of the gospel. Paul says the law relates to natural Israel/Jerusalem who is
under bondage with her children, but the ‘New Jerusalem’ which is above is the mother of us all, and this Jerusalem relates to the church. The New Jerusalem is not referring to a physical city
that will ‘hover over the earth during the millennium rule’ [EEK!] But it refers to the new community people of God, the church. I have written on this before and these references in the New
Testament [Revelation, Hebrews- us being the new Zion, etc.] are speaking of the church, the people of God. Paul once again speaks of ‘natural Jerusalem’ in a negative light, in the sense that he
teaches those who are under the law are not walking in the fullness of the promises of God as come in the Messiah. The New Testament spends no time engaging in the glorying of any ethnic group
[whether it be Israel, Gentile, etc.] It’s not that the apostles were being anti Semitic, it’s just the emphasis is on the new kingdom of God and the new people of God [the church made up of both
Jew and Gentile]. Its striking to compare the writings of the first Jewish believers to the current trends amongst many evangelical preachers, the two don’t mesh well.
VERSES
Galatians 4:1 Now I say,
That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
Galatians 4:2 But is under
tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Galatians 4:3 Even so we,
when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Galatians 4:4 But when the
fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Galatians 4:5 To redeem
them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Galatians 4:6 And because
ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Galatians 4:7 Wherefore
thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Galatians 4:8 Howbeit
then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Galatians 4:9 But now,
after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Galatians 4:10 Ye observe
days, and months, and times, and years.
Galatians 4:11 I am afraid
of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Galatians 4:12 Brethren, I
beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
Galatians 4:13 Ye know how
through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
Galatians 4:14 And my
temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:15 Where is
then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Galatians 4:16 Am I
therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Galatians 4:17 They
zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
Galatians 4:18 But it is
good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Galatians 4:19 My little
children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Galatians 4:20 I desire to
be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
Galatians 4:21 Tell me, ye
that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
Galatians 4:22 For it is
written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
Galatians 4:23 But he who
was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Galatians 4:24 Which
things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Galatians 4:25 For this
Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Galatians 4:26 But
Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Galatians 4:27 For it is
written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
Galatians 4:28 Now we,
brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Galatians 4:29 But as then
he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Galatians 4:30
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
Galatians 4:31 So then,
brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
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1 Peter
1:23
Being born again, not of
corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
James
1:18
Of his own will begat he
us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Genesis 21:1
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
Genesis 21:2 For Sarah
conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 21:3 And Abraham
called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
Genesis 21:4 And Abraham
circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 21:5 And Abraham
was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Genesis 21:6 And Sarah
said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
Genesis 21:7 And she said,
Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
Genesis 21:8 And the child
grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
Genesis 21:9 And Sarah saw
the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Genesis 21:10 Wherefore
she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
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.
10 For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
11 Wherefore remember,
that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 That at that time ye
were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus
ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace,
who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 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;
16 And that he might
reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Eph. 2
Isaiah
54:1
Sing, O barren, thou that
didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the
LORD.
1 Corinthians
5:6-8 [Full Chapter]
Your glorying is not good.
Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Revelation
3:12
Him that overcometh will I
make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out
of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
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Revelation
21:2
And I John saw the holy
city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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Matthew 4:19
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And he saith unto them,
Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
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First Sunday of AdventLectionary: 3
Reading 1JER 33:14-16
The days are coming, says the LORD,
when I will fulfill the promise
I made to
the house of Israel and Judah.
In those days, in that
time,
I will raise up for David a just shoot
;
he shall do what is right and just in the
land.
In those days Judah shall be safe
and Jerusalem shall dwell secure;
this is what they shall call her:
“The LORD our justice.”
Responsorial PsalmPS 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14
R. (1b) To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth
and teach me,
for you are God my savior,
and for you I wait all the day.
R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
Good and upright is the LORD;
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
and teaches the humble his way.
R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
All the paths of the LORD are kindness and constancy
toward those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
The friendship of the LORD is with those who fear him,
and his covenant, for their instruction.
R. To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
Reading 21 THES 3:12—4:2
Brothers and sisters:
May the Lord make you increase and abound in love
for one another and for all,
just as we have
for you,
so as to strengthen your hearts,
to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father
at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. Amen.
Finally, brothers and
sisters,
we earnestly ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus
that,
as you received from us
how you should conduct yourselves to please God
and as you are conducting yourselves
you do so even more.
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
AlleluiaPS 85:8
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Show us, Lord, your love;
and grant us your
salvation.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
GospelLK 21:25-28, 34-36
Jesus said to his disciples:
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars,
and on earth nations will be in dismay,
perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves.
People will die of fright
in anticipation of
what is coming upon the world,
for the powers of the heavens will be
shaken.
And then they will see the Son of
Man
coming in a cloud with power and great
glory.
But when these signs begin to
happen,
stand erect and raise your heads
because your redemption is at hand.
“Beware that your hearts do not
become drowsy
from carousing and
drunkenness
and the anxieties of daily
life,
and that day catch you by surprise like a
trap.
For that day will assault everyone
who lives on the face of the earth.
Be vigilant at all times
and pray that you have the strength
to escape the tribulations that are imminent
and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Below are the verses I quoted on the video Sunday sermon 12-2-18-
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.
In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
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And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Other Videos [These are the videos I post nightly to my sites- Links to all my sites below]
The mother of us all https://youtu.be/2x3wEdrCv4U
John- Jonah https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhAiQq0_rg-5StieZ
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/oLBeDD00Y9M
A pardon believed https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMjHEa7_xZ3smw4_nL
4-1-18 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/23jmppnibwfyozt/4-1-18%20Easter.mp4?dl=0
Acts 3 https://ok.ru/video/1594897205815
2nd Samuel 16 https://www.dropbox.com/s/4f7a2godpxbbm3j/2-8-17%202nd%20Sam.%2016%20%5Bhomeless%20friends%5D.mp4?dl=0
Jesus Christ https://www.bitchute.com/video/2a7tCG1dHrqs/
Kings 3 https://youtu.be/OsFFErCmcuY
Sartre https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhAcObSUR3Cr9mgis
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/wzTgw7ITt3c
2-5-17 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/144c9nxxzet62xk/2-5-17%20Christianity-%20Philosophy.mp4?dl=0
Ephesians 6 https://flic.kr/p/2iFZWNq
Homeless friend [Has since died] https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMilaHr2WpvYvPV9wB
1-15-17 S sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/kejm8vhbd92vx74/1-15-17%20Christian-%20Muslim%20dialogue.mp4?dl=0
1st love https://dai.ly/x7majv5
The sceptre https://youtu.be/9mWfbwDW-F4
Obadiah https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhAUKjDPajrEEVCuC
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/2bQ3Ebwa8Zw
Revolution https://www.dropbox.com/s/pac6368gxntb1w3/2-4-16%20Revolution.mp4?dl=0
The Divine conspiracy https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMjHC5c1saBqq3Xav9
Apologetics https://www.dropbox.com/s/97ze9tfz65brah3/1-8-17%20Apologetics-%20Philosophy-%20Prophets.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friend https://ok.ru/video/1592245881399
Amos 5 https://www.bitchute.com/video/rmxfi4XGYImN/
7 eyes https://youtu.be/NLI7cAmYvXQ
Acts 26 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhANHyf1eoDE942_f
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/VlWORy0SkEg
Romans 1-3 https://www.dropbox.com/s/nubk60eh5h1n1fi/2-3-15%20Romans%201-3.mp4?dl=0
John 15 https://dai.ly/x7majv6
2nd Samuel 19 [NYC] https://flic.kr/p/2iFoVVP
Teaching https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMjG38vudQlnroeG-g
9-4-16 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/0s917ziir37jz6u/9-4-16%20Talking%20Church%20%5BReal%20Life%20outline%5D.mp4?dl=0
1 day at a time https://youtu.be/gac9xzcX2V0
Fear and trembling https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhAA6lExnCZupW6NG
1-1-17 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/akkowwr43zfeig3/1-1-17%202nd%20Samuel%206-7%20%5BC.U.%5D.mp4?dl=0
GW bridge [NYC] https://youtu.be/70CVdZxFIMg
This generation https://ok.ru/video/1592245422647
11-24-19 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMjFRR9F1ncTZrDe7-
2nd Samuel 24- new Jersey https://www.dropbox.com/s/rh3fynei6y2p0x8/2-28-17%20Hackensack%20%5B2nd%20Sam.%2024%5D.mp4?dl=0
Apologetics https://www.bitchute.com/video/REMPuOP4G3KY/
https://ccoutreach87.com/colossians-links/
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https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=kZ1sXP7ZardKGRUxFByiFYi667jeup7MD1Sy
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12-8-18 A talk between the Father and the Son [parable] https://youtu.be/Kn9MTgC1QOg
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10205097588277558/
12-6-18 War with China? https://youtu.be/zbEOzvqdNts
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10205089686640022/
12-5-18 update https://youtu.be/K8IIMWxhrF0
Is Obama the anti- christ? https://youtu.be/-2Ry7u13ODw
Mark 3 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ml9cechvsvcpk2/3-3-17%20Mark%203.mp4?dl=0
Sweet Pea n Jimmy D https://youtu.be/D0XakSC5Djs
Friends- Bill Hagan https://mega.nz/#!OGhWGCAL!TxheuOQyJdKaTBJj1m_1ZXPg_W7OscQCJLSKPTYiWLM
John- Steven- Allen https://www.bitchute.com/video/ClV0VjEIqyLD/
Real Life- Church Unlimited https://ln.sync.com/dl/dfe39fef0/6mvknjsb-bkmwfx5f-2ed3rami-5agfjj83
12-4-18 Update- google- Youtube- news https://youtu.be/-47a6a44XPQ
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10205080840258868/
12-2-18 Sunday sermon https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/12/02/sunday-sermon-12-2-18-3/
The Cross- 2 https://youtu.be/uWcGl9nPYsE
Rockefeller center- NYC https://bit.tube/play?hash=QmV44AQSZ2fBbLxtCmD2se7r5q59V7YNCtcem2i3Thika2&channel=160276
https://trello.com/c/a5Sci1gn/312-rockefeller-center-nyc
7-29-18 Sunday sermon https://dai.ly/x6y3xiz
Isaiah 60 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9mia5filnpxir2u/3-2-17%20Isaiah%2060.mp4?dl=0
The video that Google and Youtube never want you to see [this video is not on Youtube]
https://mega.nz/#!vLYzkSgR!RQ9QcsP7lL_uhcFbCLD4wHJ0ttI6uIjOUGyWWStmRzk
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMg0AzFfROlN3cz21L
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10205073462834437/
The Cross https://youtu.be/v85WoYe1Fkk
Jeremiah 18-19 https://dai.ly/x6xzr8a
Mark 2- North Bergen https://www.dropbox.com/s/nvmhlq32slfrvyd/3-1-17%20Mark%202%20%5BNorth%20Bergen%5D.mp4?dl=0
https://trello.com/c/KQtHuaNB/310-mark-2
Alien life- North Bergen- NYC https://bit.tube/play?hash=QmZSgzgMpZjsgiYNUBumtTzk5dHKcVH2TUmaxgMrTwQh1a&channel=160276
The father of lies https://youtu.be/lQPOCWOBXEk
The tragic 911 call https://dai.ly/x6yc9po
Teaching real time https://mega.nz/#!zKwA3KoL!SJtLPqIzA-HWggu1MicNnUvA9Bx8ZwV_mzxT79is1p0
Mark 12 https://ln.sync.com/dl/962af3d60/dxtguady-5nyhatv6-p83fjbxp-5bhi2qpv
2nd Samuel 13-15 https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/12/04/2nd-samuel-13-15/
2nd Samuel 16 https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/12/06/2nd-samuel-15/
2nd Samuel 19 https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/12/07/2nd-samuel-19/
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