Sunday sermon
Romans
5:14
Nevertheless
death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
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.Creation
account
.Man
and the Bride
.She
came from an opened side [rib]
.Adam
a type of Jesus [The last Adam]
.Redemption
story seen in creation
.Adam
ate with ‘eyes wide open’
.Why
is this significant?
.Jesus
obedience unto death- redeemed humanity
.His
obedient life- never sinning- qualified him to die for the sins of others
.Yet
it was the obedient act of dying for our sins that saved us [and rising again]
Romans
5:19
For
as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Philippians
2:8
And
being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
.A true story from KCTA radio- the boy who lived for 12 days
.Gender
identity- God made them- male and female
.The
circumcision- mutilation experiment that went horribly bad in the end- a documented test case
.Let
the children come to me
.The
restatement of the obvious is needed again for our day
.A
brief history of Wall Street- they tore down the wall and built a street- now the famous Wall street- it was built and tore down on the backs of Black slave labour- a sign of the
times
.The
dignity of all people- both minorities- children and all of us- the fundamental right to life
1
Timothy 2:14
And Adam was
not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
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TEACHING [Past posts below]
This
Sunday I taught from the verses for the Mass for this day.
The
common theme was God creating both man and woman- from the start.
I
talked about why this simple truth- is important for our day.
Young
kids in our generation have many difficult choices to make- we live in a day where challenging the most basic things- is in style.
And
sadly- we have also taught this generation that choosing their gender- is up to them.
In
the readings from the Mass- and the quote I gave from Ephesians [all at the bottom of this post] the basic truth that God made us male and female from the start- is a truth that needs to be
re-stated in our day.
I
also taught on Jesus as the last Adam- and how the 1st Adam is a type and picture of Jesus.
The
apostle Paul teaches this in his letters to the churches of the new Testament.
In
short-
The
reading from Genesis 2 said God caused a deep sleep to come upon Adam- as he slept- God opened his side and brought forth a bride [Eve]-
Genesis
2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Jesus
died on the Cross- his side was pierced- and in his death God too brought forth a Bride- the Church.
On
the video I spoke on other ways ways Jesus and Adam are contrasted in the New Testament- I will try and add my past teachings below that relate.
I
talked about the social issues of our day- the value of life- all life- and yes- even the unborn child.
The
reading from Mark’s gospel ended with Jesus interaction with the children-
Mark
10:13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
Mark
10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Mark
10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Mark
10:16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
We
live in a day where we disrespect the dignity of life- a day where we question our own identities.
The
elders of society- in all realms- are responsible for bringing up this generation in a just way.
Not
to simply give people what they want- to affirm their base desires.
But
to guide them- to instruct them- to show them that there are indeed core values that are important.
The
simple reality of the value and dignity of life is an ethic that is naturally ingrained in all of us.
Most
societies today think it wrong to take human life.
So
the dignity of life is not a ‘right’ or ‘left’ issue- it is a basic precept that whatever side of the political aisle a person is on- should value.
I
shared an example on the video of a woman- mother- who told about the death of her 12 day old new born.
I
heard her testimony on the radio shortly before I made the video- and felt it was worth re-telling on the video.
One
of the readings from the Mass spoke about death-
Hebrews
2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every
man.
Yes-
life is a precious thing- and our Lord laid a valuable life down the day he went to the Cross-
He
tasted death for every man- that all might live thru him- he was the last Adam who gave us a new life in the Spirit-
1
Corinthians 15:22
For
as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1
Corinthians 15:45
And
so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
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On one of the videos below [Reed] I talked to a Veteran- wounded in Iraq- who just happened to be at the park in Corpus Christi where I see my friends.
He
was from New Jersey and came to Corpus Christi to have an experience with God.
Of
course- not everything he said on the video was exactly right- but much of his experience was valuable.
At
first- he did not want to show you the wounds he sustained in the war- he spoke about the regret he had in taking human life.
He
spoke about Muslims- in a way that might offend some- he spoke about them as in if they were his brothers.
Why?
Obviously
he had a lot of guilt- possibly because he took the life of his brother- not a brother in Christ so to speak- but a brother- another human- whether he was Muslim or Christian of
whatever.
And
it seems as if this act- the act of killing- came at great expense.
When
our men [or women] come back from our wars- we often diagnose them with PTSD- and it sure seems as if Reed might have had it.
Yet-
we seem to make this diagnoses as in if something is ‘wrong’- like PTSD is some type of sickness- that should not happen to people who go thru trauma- who take another life.
Actually-
it is a natural effect on those who are sent to war- told to take life- and then we expect them to come back and be ‘normal’?
So
I guess this chance encounter- and the video below- fit in well with this post-
A
post about the dignity of human life- all human life.
John
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/hebrews-updated-2015/
https://ccoutreach87.com/mark-links/
https://ccoutreach87.com/ephesians-links/
MARK
10
Mark
10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:Mark 10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant
of all.Mark 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
https://youtu.be/k8LXEaoxJ2Y Mark 10
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/5-30-17-mark-10.zip
https://ccoutreach87.com/5-30-17-mark-10/
ON
VIDEO-
.Divorce
.Original
intent
.Receive
the kids
.Good
Master
.Imputation
.What
should I do?
.Take
up your Cross
.Promise
fulfilled- not by all of us becoming rich- but thru community sharing
.What
happened to peter’s wife?
.One
request denied- the other fulfilled
.Kingdom
leadership
.Son
of David
.Rahab-
from Jericho
NEW-
[Past teaching- verses below]
I’ll
try and mention a few things from this chapter- might not be in order.
Jesus
is questioned about divorce-
Mark
10:2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
He
asks them ‘what did Moses say about it’?
And
sure enough- there was a loophole in ‘their bible’ that allowed for it-
Mark
10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
The
Pharisees saw every word of the Old Testament as scripture- just like we do today.
Yet-
Jesus appeals to the original intent of God going all the way back to creation- and shows how that supersedes their understanding of the law-
Mark
10:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
Mark
10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Jesus
did not say the Old Testament was not inspired, but he showed them that Moses permitted something that was against the character and intent of God- and they used it as an excuse to bypass God’s
word.
I
think we could apply that to us today [in various ways].
Then
we have the rich man ask Jesus-
Mark
10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
The
man was obviously blessed of God- he prospered in all that he did- because he walked in the law of God-
Mark
10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
Mark
10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
Yet-
Jesus shows him the one thing that was missing-
Mark
10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come,
take up the cross, and follow me.
It
was his unwillingness to forsake all- even the riches God blessed him with- and to take up the Cross- and follow him.
He
went away sad-
Mark
10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Yes-
even those who have sought God- saw their lives prosper in material ways.
Many
fail to move on from that mindset- and take the cross.
Then
little kids are brought to Jesus- his disciples are against it-
Mark
10:13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
Jesus
rebukes them-
Mark
10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
And
gives us a lesson-
Mark
10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
To
receive the kingdom- we must have faith like children have.
Often
times the answer is very clear- God has already shown us what he wants.
And
because its so simple- we miss it.
Then
Jesus tells his men that he will be heading to death- he will fulfill the destiny he had- to die on a cross and be raised again-
Mark
10:33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the
Gentiles:
Mark
10:34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
After
a pronouncement like that- you would think his men would be there for support.
Instead-
they get into an argument over who will be the greatest-
Mark
10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
Mark
10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
Mark
10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
He
shows them who it is prepared for by his example-
Mark
10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
Mark
10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Mark
10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
And
finally- a blind man recognizes Jesus as the promised messiah- who would come thru the line of king David.
He
openly confesses this-
Mark
10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side
begging.
Mark
10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
And
Jesus asks the man what he wants-
Mark
10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
Sure
enough he gets it-
Mark
10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
On
the video I get a little more in depth about marriage and how later in the chapter- Jesus seems to contradict what he spoke earlier-
Mark
10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
Mark
10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the
gospel’s,
Actually-
if you read the words carefully- it is no contradiction.
I
explain why on the video.
PAST
POSTS- [These are past teachings I did that relate in some way to this post- Mark 10- all verses below]
https://ccoutreach87.com/1st-2nd-corinthians/
https://ccoutreach87.com/house-of-prayer-or-den-of-thieves/
https://ccoutreach87.com/galatians-johns-gospel/
MARK-
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/28/jersey-city-ride-mark-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/02/mark-2-north-bergen/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/04/mark-3-isaiah-61/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/14/mark-4/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/27/mark-5/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/05/mark-6/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/16/mark-7/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/30/mark-8/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/05/14/mark-9/
VERSES-
[these are the verses I taught or quoted on today’s post- Mark 10]
Mark
14:7
For
ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
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22 Wives,
submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For
the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore
as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands,
love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That
he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That
he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So
ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For
no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For
we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For
this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This
is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Eph.
Luke
12:48
But
he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom
men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
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Isaiah
51:2
Look
unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
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Psalm
60:11
Give
us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
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Psalm
108:12
Give
us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
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Matthew
1:23
Behold,
a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
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Jeremiah
17:9
The
heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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Proverbs
10:22
The blessing of the Lord,
it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
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Deuteronomy
8:18
But
thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is
this day.
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Matthew
10:32
Whosoever
therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
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Luke
12:8
Also
I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
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Matthew
6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Joshua
2King James Version (KJV)
2 And
Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged
there.
2 And
it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
3 And
the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
4 And
the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
5 And
it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake
them.
6 But
she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
7 And
the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
8 And
before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
9 And
she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of
you.
10 For
we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan,
Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
11 And
as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in
earth beneath.
12 Now
therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
13 And
that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
14 And
the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with
thee.
15 Then
she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
16 And
she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
17 And
the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
18 Behold,
when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all
thy father’s household, home unto thee.
19 And
it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his
blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
20 And
if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
21 And
she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
22 And
they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
23 So
the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
24 And
they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
Hebrews
11:31
By
faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
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James
2:25
Likewise
also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
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John
3:14
And
as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
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John
12:32
And
I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
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John
12:34
The
people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
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Mark
10:1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them
again.
Mark
10:2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Mark
10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
Mark
10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Mark
10:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
Mark
10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Mark
10:7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
Mark
10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Mark
10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Mark
10:10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
Mark
10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
Mark
10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Mark
10:13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
Mark
10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Mark
10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Mark
10:16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Mark
10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Mark
10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Mark
10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
Mark
10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
Mark
10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come,
take up the cross, and follow me.
Mark
10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mark
10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark
10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of
God!
Mark
10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Mark
10:26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
Mark
10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
Mark
10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
Mark
10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the
gospel’s,
Mark
10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal
life.
Mark
10:31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
Mark
10:32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell
them what things should happen unto him,
Mark
10:33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the
Gentiles:
Mark
10:34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Mark
10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
Mark
10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
Mark
10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
Mark
10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
Mark
10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be
baptized:
Mark
10:40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
Mark
10:41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.
Mark
10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon
them.
Mark
10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
Mark
10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Mark
10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Mark
10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side
begging.
Mark
10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Mark
10:48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Mark
10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
Mark
10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
Mark
10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
Mark
10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
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Sunday
sermon 7-22-18
Kings
12
HEBREWS
1-3 The next few weeks I’ll be teaching from an old commentary I wrote a few years back [2007-8]- The notes at the bottom of the chapters- and post- are new [as well as the
videos].
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/4-12-15-hebrews-1-3.zip
NEW
NOTE- In the study of the bible- there are debates about who wrote the letters of the New Testament.
In
the field of higher criticism- it gets a bit silly at times.
I
just finished an on line course from a respected scholar out of Yale university.
He
taught from the higher criticism perspective- I enjoyed the course- though I did not agree with lots of his conclusions.
At
one point he questioned whether Paul wrote the middle chapter of one of the letters attributed to Paul.
Yet
he did believe the first- and last chapters were by Paul.
For
the most part- we believe that the letters in the bible- that say in them ‘written by Paul’ are from Paul [or Peter, James, Etc.].
But-
Hebrews leaves the authors name out- so some debate who wrote it.
Tertullian-
an early church father [2/3rd century] attributed it to Barnabus- Paul’s companion that we read about in the book of Acts-
For
about 1500 years- till the time of the Reformation- most Christian scholars attributed it to Paul.
Hebrews
is written in a high form of Greek [which is another way we determine who wrote the letters- tough this is not always accurate.
Many
say John the apostle did not write Revelation- because the form of Greek used is much lower than the other writings of John- yet- there is internal witness that John [the apostle] wrote
it.
In
John’s writings [gospel- 1st, 2nd and 3rd John] he speaks about Jesus as the Word [Logos] and this theme is seen in Revelation too].
So-
while we don’t know for sure- I personally stick with the authorship of Paul the apostle.
INTRODUCTION:
I
have been wanting to overview this book for a long time. I believe there are a lot of misconceptions from Hebrews. Often time’s modern translations take older books of the Bible and want to make
them relevant for our day. This can be both good and bad.
I
like the message Bible, but for in depth study it doesn’t really work. There are certain things that must be interpreted in context of the time and place when the book was written. Hebrews
is one of the most important New Testament books to ‘read in context’. I wont go over every verse in this short commentary, I will hit the high points of various chapters and try to show you what
I mean by ‘reading it in context’.
I
believe it is possible that this book was Paul’s ‘open letter’ to the first century Jewish community, this is quite possibly why it goes unsigned. The ‘Judaizers’ had so polluted the minds of
their fellow Jews against Paul ‘he speaks against Moses and our law’ type thing, that if Paul signed this letter, there would be little chance that the intended audience would read
it!
If
you read a book on auto mechanics, and tried to make it relevant for the human body, it wouldn’t work. For instance if you spoke on the engine of a car, and then tried to ‘translate’ that and
equate it with the human heart, you would have problems. But if you left it in context and then applied the concept of maintenance and the need for clean fuel lines, and then applied it to the
human need for clean arteries, well then that would be OK.
So
I believe when we read Hebrews, and don’t try to make it ‘fit’ Gentile believers, then it works. You still get great principles from the ‘manual’, but you understand that it is not speaking
directly to the Gentile church. God bless you guys, I hope you get something from it. John.
CHAPTER
1:
NEW
NOTES AT END OF CHAPTER-
LOGOS.
SEATED.
‘God,
who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the Prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by
whom also he made the worlds. Many years ago when I was going to a fundamental Baptist Church, they would interpret this passage in a ‘cessationist’ way. They would say because God says in the
past he spoke by prophets, but now by his Son. That this means he doesn’t speak thru Prophets any more. The Prophets here are Old Testament voices. In Ephesians it says after Jesus ascended up on
high he gave gifts unto men, some Apostles, some Prophets, etc. The fact that Jesus made Prophets after the ascension teaches us that there were to be a whole new class of New Testament Prophets
that were different from the old. I find it strange to believe that Jesus would create a whole new class of gifts, and then take them away as soon as the Bible is complete. Why would Paul give
instruction in the New Testament on how Prophets would operate [Corinthians] and then to say ‘as soon as this letter is canonized with the others, all this instruction will be useless’ it just
doesn’t seem right.
The
reason Paul is saying in the past God used Prophets, but today his Son. Paul is showing that the Jewish Old testament was a real communication from God to man. But in this dispensation of Grace,
God is speaking the realities that the Prophets were looking to. Paul is saying ‘thank God for the Old Jewish books and law, they point to something, his name is Jesus’! The Prophets [Old
Testament] served a purpose; they brought us from the shadows to the present time [1st century] now lets move on into the reality. Now you must see and hear the Son in these last days. ‘Who
being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person…when he by himself purged our sins SAT DOWN on the right hand of the majesty on high’ here we are at the beginning stages of
themes that we will see later in the letter. The significance of Jesus ‘sitting down’ will be contrasted with the Old testament priests ‘standing up’. Paul [for the record I think Paul wrote this
letter, from here on I will probably just refer to the writer as Paul] will teach that the ‘standing up’ of the Levitical Priests represented an ‘incomplete priesthood’ the reason Jesus sat down
was because there would be no more sacrifice, and no more priesthood made up of many priests who would die year after year. This doesn’t mean there would be no more New Testament priests as
believers, but that there would be no more Old Testament system. Paul will find spiritual truths like this all thru out the Old Testament.
Some
theologians feel that Paul is a little too loose with these free comparisons that he seems to ‘pull out of the hat’, for the believer who holds to the canon of scripture, it is the Word of God.
‘Being made so much better than the angels…but unto the Son he saith “thy throne O God is forever and ever, a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy Kingdom”. Here Paul introduces another
theme that will be seen thru out this letter. The superiority of Jesus over angels. Why is this important? Most believers know that Jesus is greater than angels, don’t they? Here we see why
context is important to understand this letter. In Jewish tradition it is believed that the law was given to Moses by God thru the mediation of angels. Some say ‘well, we don’t use Jewish
tradition, we use scripture’. First, Paul used anything he could to win the argument. Second, if we believe Hebrews is an inspired book, then when we read later on that the law given thru angels
received a recompense if broken, then right here you have scripture [Hebrews] testifying that God did use angels to ‘transmit’ the law to some degree. Now, why is it important for gentiles to see
this? Well it really isn’t! But it is vital for a first century Jew to see it. If Paul can show that Jesus is greater than the angels, then he is beginning to make the argument that the New
Covenant is greater than the Old.
Here
is the context. Moses law is highly revered in the first century Jewish community, so here Paul says ‘how much better is the law/word given to us from Gods Son’. Since Jesus is much better than
the angels, therefore pay closer attention to the words spoken thru Gods Son, he is greater than the angels! ‘But to which of the angels said he “sit at my right hand until I make thy enemies thy
footstool” we end chapter one with the theme of Jesus being better than the angels, yet in chapter 2 something funny happens, Paul will make the argument of Jesus being “a little lower than the
angels” lets see what this means.
NEW
NOTES- 4-2015
LOGOS.
We
see God having created all things thru Christ ‘the express image of his person- by whom also he made the worlds’.
Jesus
is called the WORD of God in scripture- the Greek word- for ‘word’ is Logos.
We
read in the bible that God made all things- but also that Christ made all things-
Is
this a contradiction?
No-
For
the first 3-4 centuries of Christianity- as you study the early church councils-
The
early church struggled over how to view the relationships between God and Jesus
These
debates raged- and at times each side viewed the other as Heretics.
I
think it was a mistake to be so quick to judge those as heretics- who were having difficulty in expressing in finite words- the great mystery of God and Christ.
In
Genesis we read that God spoke all things into existence- so- here we see God’s Word- Logos [Christ] as being the instrumental cause of creation.
In
John chapter one we read that Jesus was the Word- in the beginning- who was with God- and was God.
I’ll
try and simplify it [not an easy task to say the least].
God-
who is Spirit- spoke- and this expression of God- his Word- is also referred to as Christ-
Christ/Jesus
is the Word of God made flesh- and it is thru his humanity [incarnation] that we do indeed see God in ‘the flesh’-
Yes-
by Him- all things were made.
SEATED.
We
see a theme in chapter 1- that will run thru the whole letter-
HE
SAT DOWN- In Hebrews we are seeing the superiority of the New Covenant over the old- and there will be many comparisons to show how the Old Covenant- priests- sacrifices- the law itself- was less
than what we get in the New Covenant-
And
the reality that Jesus sat down at the right hand of God- shows us that he was the last- and final High Priest- and the whole system of Priests under the law are now done.
We
will read that the Old Testament priests stood [signifying that there work was ongoing- meaning they would have to keep offering sacrifices that could never put away sin].
But
Jesus- after he offered himself- sat down.
All
thru this letter we will see these comparisons-
LOTS
OF QUOTES- We also see a lot of quotes from the Psalms in this letter- just like we saw in the Romans study.
There
is a debate over whether or not Paul wrote the letter- I think he did.
One
of the reasons is the author of Hebrews does the same thing as Paul in the other letters- lots of cross references from the Old Testament books- and it just seems to me to have the same flavor as
Paul’s other letters.
Psalms
2, 104, 45, etc.
CHAPTER
2:
NEW
NOTES AT BOTTOM
.HOW
SHOULD WE INTERPRET SCRIPTURE?
.PSLAMS,
ISAIAH ‘REVEALED’ THRU CHRIST
‘Therefore
we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at anytime we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression received
a just recompense of reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation that was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by them that heard him’. Now, we see the contrast. If
the word spoken ‘by angels’ [law] was so strict in judgment, then how much more will God hold responsible those who reject the word spoken by the Son [gospel], being he is so much better than the
angels? This is the theme taught in chapter one. That’s why chapter 2 starts with ‘therefore’ he is saying because of all this truth of the superiority of Jesus to angels, don’t reject the word
of the Son! Also now we begin to see context. The ‘not neglecting so great salvation’ is really speaking to Israel [Hebrews]. It is not telling believers not to neglect salvation or they will be
lost, it is telling first century Israel if you reject/neglect this true gospel of Jesus as Messiah, then YOU will be lost.
Many
of the verses thru out this study will begin to make a lot of sense when taken in context. We will do much more of this in the coming chapters. ‘Thou madest him a little lower than the angels,
thou crownest him with glory’ ‘thou hast put all things under his feet’ ‘we see Jesus who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor,
that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man’. Now we see the doctrine of Jesus being made lower than the angels. Does this contradict chapter one? No! He was first made ‘lower’
[became a man and humbled himself more than any other man-Philippians] and for this reason God gave him the highest position at his right hand. He was made lower so he could ‘taste death for
every man’ here Paul gets right into the central message of the gospel, that he will spend the rest of this letter explaining. He realizes that 1st century Israel must transition into the
death and resurrection of Jesus. He doesn’t take the common evangelical approach to Israel, which seems to defend and extol her on a regular basis. Paul sees her ‘lost ness’ and makes every
effort to bring her into the gospel. Jesus died for EVERY man, Israel, so you too must transition into this one new man that he desires to create.
‘For
as much than as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also likewise took part of the same, that thru death he might DESTROY him who had the power of death, that is the devil: and
deliver them who thru fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage’ did you know that Jesus already destroyed the devil? The greatest act of deliverance and redemption that will ever
take place, already took place! Evangelicals can be notorious for looking to the 2nd coming as an ‘escape hatch’. Sometimes the 2nd coming is looked to as the event that ‘destroys the
devil’ sorry, but he has already been destroyed. Now there definitely will be a future aspect to his final judgment, but its inevitability is sealed by the fact of the death and resurrection of
the Son of God!
These
verses also say that Jesus delivered us from him who had the power of death, that is the devil. Jesus taught in the gospels that God had the power to take life or spare it. Fear God. Then how can
the devil have ‘the power of death’. The devil has used death as a ‘sword of Damocles’ over the heads of people. He works thru intimidation. How many people live their whole lives in fear of
getting cancer, or some other disease? They often go to extreme lengths to do all they can to avoid death. This type of self survival can be obsessive. People will run back and forth on hopes of
escaping some sickness. The devil often accuses people ‘you have this sickness’ or ‘you might get it’. He had ‘power’ thru deception. He knew man did sin, and one of the prices for sin was death.
So the enemy constantly accuses the saints. And one of his main weapons is ‘you will die because of what you did’. Jesus dealt with this ultimate fear thru tasting death himself and coming thru
the other side. This is why Peter was so eager to go thru death after he saw Jesus do it. Peter was such a chicken before, that he would deny he even knew Jesus, to a girl, just to save his skin.
After the resurrection, it was all over! They were convinced that death had no more power over them. They would die someday, but it wasn’t the final curtain.
‘Wherefore
in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the
people, for in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to help them that are tempted’ One of the other reasons why Jesus took on flesh was so he could empathize with man. Paul
wrote the Corinthians and told them that the things that they suffered were for a purpose. The purpose was that after they went thru stuff, God would show them comfort. They then would be able to
comfort others with the same comfort that God showed them. Later in Hebrews we also read that every priest taken from men had infirmity. Therefore he could identify with man.
We
will also read that Jesus was in all points tempted like us. So here we see that Jesus incarnation allowed him to identify with man and to be faithful to have compassion and understanding with
mans weakness. Often times in Christianity you will have well meaning ministers give up on the addict. A lot of times you hear ‘well, if they were serious about God they would do right’ or ‘if
they only made a quality decision at the altar’ and things of this nature. Often times those who have not been thru addiction cannot really understand the life of a person who will steal from his
own family, go to prison, lose everything he has ever earned. And then get out after 10 years and do it all again! Jesus had compassion because he walked in our shoes. He knew the terrible draw
of sin and temptation, and he asks us to come to him for help because he knows what the struggles are like.
NEW
NOTES-
Psalms
8, 22. Isaiah 8- Notice how the author freely quotes from Psalms and Isaiah- just like we saw in the book of Romans-
Notice
how the writer applies the quotes to Jesus himself ‘I will sing praises to you in the midst of the congregation’ ‘made a little lower than the angels’ etc.
I
just finished another course- by a Yale university scholar-
He
taught from the ‘historical criticism’ view of scripture.
This
type of reading of the bible arose out of the German universities in the late19th- early 20th centuries.
It
had some good aspects to it- but in many ways it was an unfair criticism [taking apart] of the biblical authors.
I
mention that to say when we see the New Testament writers interpreting these Old Testament scriptures in this way- Those of us who believe the bible to be the inspired Word of
God.
Then
we don’t see it as a ‘miss-reading’. For instance- critics say that some of these verses are not speaking of Christ- now- that may be true in the general sense- when the Jews first read these
verses from the Old Testament.
But
we- Christians- see it as God revealing the true fulfillment of these prophecies- in Psalms and Isaiah.
So-
the critics will note that these verses applied in a general way- and not to Christ.
But
the believer sees it as God using the writers of the New Testament- under inspiration- as revealing to us how the Old Testament is now being fully revealed thru Christ.
Psalm
8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalm
8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Psalm
8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
Psalm
22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Isaiah
8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
EPHESIANS
5
Ephesians
5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Ephesians
5 https://youtu.be/R9hmfExkpwU
ON
VIDEO- Ephesians 5]
.The
glove test
.Partake
of the table too- like David
.A
type of the priest from Judah- the Lord of the Sabbath
.Walk
in love
.1
Spirit in a corporate community
.The
same Spirit of Christ
1
Corinthians 6:17
But
he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
.Not
just a symbol
.Gnostic/Docetist
heresy refuted http://www.dictionary.com/browse/docetism
.We
are vitally connected to him
.What
is the great mystery?
.The
Body of Christ
OTHER
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2-7-18
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2-6-18
News update https://youtu.be/IE6jrn0JFLI
2-6-18
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2-6-18
Island girl? https://youtu.be/26HcgG-aMJs
Times
Square- NYC https://youtu.be/Zzz8rjM4G8I
Samuel
12-13 https://vimeo.com/254234967
Sunday
sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMcX_RR1U1bfeROjo
Hebrews
4-6 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z7LmpMCMwv8d-rAWvIEPFMpLbacVz9wN/view?usp=sharing
St.
Patrick’s cathedral- NYC https://youtu.be/_awHe0MTO0c
John
11 [filmed close to Mexico] https://vimeo.com/254597044
On
the road- Hebrews 4 https://vimeo.com/254773370
Apologetics-
Philosophy- Prophets https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMcqT0iKU_ZT_0qsM
Hebrews
7-9 https://drive.google.com/file/d/19pXxmPw7J3PlBlWkxkyWgziR5nEsO6mg/view?usp=sharing
Mark
2:28
Therefore the Son of man
is Lord also of the sabbath.
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
NEW-
[Past posts- verses below]
The
apostle now gives practical living truth-
As
believers- we do not walk after the flesh- we are instead to be filled with the Spirit- and walk as new creatures in Christ-
Ephesians
5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Ephesians
5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.
Ephesians
5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Ephesians
5:4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Ephesians
5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Ephesians
5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Ephesians
5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
Ephesians
5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Once
again- a theme I have hit on the past 2 weeks- we see the death of Christ for us as an example of the love of God-
Ephesians
5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.
Then
Paul talks about the marriage union- the same instructions he gave in his other letters-
Ephesians
5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Ephesians
5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians
5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Ephesians
5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Ephesians
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Most
of us are familiar with it-
Husbands
love your wives- wives- submit- not in a negative way- but as examples of Christ and the church.
The
church is lead by Christ- the head- so the family unit- when functioning properly- is lead by the husband- if he is loving his wife properly.
Now-
the verse I wanted to emphasize the most-
Ephesians
5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
When
I read it the other day- it seemed to ‘say more’ than what we usually ‘see’.
The
church as the Body of Christ is an ‘image’ that most of us are familiar with.
But
here it seems to go further.
The
apostle says we are bone of his bone- flesh of his flesh- and he says this is a great mystery-
Ephesians
5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
We
as humans were made alive when God gave us life- spirit- identity-
Genesis
2:7
And
the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
1
Corinthians 15:45
And
so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit
Human
beings live- because we have spirits- souls- life given to us as a gift from the creator.
This
is not a symbol- this is reality.
Now-
when we as believers are born again- our spirits come back to life- we were dead in sin- and have now been made alive again.
We
also have the Holy Spirit indwelling us-
1
Corinthians 6:19-20 [Full Chapter]
What?
know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
This
is not simply a symbol- but a reality.
Jesus
actually rose- physically from the dead- and ascended bodily into heaven-
9 And
when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And
while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which
also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into
heaven.
He
lives today in a resurrected body- and is seated in a position of authority [right hand of God]
So
he too- physically has the Spirit of God in him.
We-
as people still on the earth- have that same Spirit residing in us-
Romans
8:11
But
if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
God
has done a new thing in the redemption of man- God has created a community of people- in whom the same Spirit- One Spirit- now actually resides in all of us.
When
I saw it this way- I didn’t take the verse as being only a symbol- but a reality.
Yes-
we do retain our individuality as believers- we still have our own regenerated spirits in us-
But
we also have intimacy with the resurrected Christ- and one another- because the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is now living in us too.
See?
Ephesians
4:4
There
is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
NOTE-
I also shared from these 2 portions of scripture on the video-
Ecclesiastes
6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Ecclesiastes
6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth
it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Luke
6:3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
Luke
6:4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
Luke
6:5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
I
read them the other night- and felt they had a special meaning for those in ministry- as well as all of us- I’ll try and add my past teaching below on Luke 6- this portion is actually a great
truth about Jesus and the New Covenant- I taught it on the video [Ephesians 5]
PAST
POSTS- [My past teachings that relate in some way to this post- Ephesians 5]
EPHESIANS-
LINKS
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/11/30/ephesians-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/12/13/ephesians-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/01/09/ephesians-3/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/01/25/ephesians-4/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2018/02/04/sunday-sermon-it-is-finished/
https://ccoutreach87.com/acts-links/
https://ccoutreach87.com/1st-2nd-corinthians/
https://ccoutreach87.com/john-complete-links-added/ %5BI mentioned
chapters 1 and 3 on today’s post- Eph. 5]
https://ccoutreach87.com/james-2015/
https://ccoutreach87.com/romans-updated-2015/ %5BSee chapter
12]
https://ccoutreach87.com/christian-recovery-from-addiction-long-version/
https://ccoutreach87.com/hebrews-updated-2015/
Samuel
21
POSTED
BY CCOUTREACH87 ⋅ OCTOBER 9, 2016 ⋅ LEAVE A COMMENT
SAMUEL
21-
As
for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy
seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. Isaiah
https://youtu.be/psCMQgX_7v4 Samuel 21
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/10-6-16-samuel-21.zip
ON
VIDEO-
[Yes-
I ‘Backslid’. I promised no more political stuff- but for the first 20 minutes of the video- I get into it. The last 10 minutes I do teach- and have some new notes below on that. I made this
video a few days ago- before the latest ‘controversies’- the Hillary WikiLeaks and the Trump video. It really makes no difference- I’m simply dealing with media bias. Trying to show how the media
decides what to focus on. Yet- the real important issues of our time are put on the back burner- and we do politics like a sport].
.Debates
.Media
bias
.Clinton
Foundation
.Why
no taxes?
.Clintons
health is a real issue
.Why
is she off the trail?
.How
did the Clintons get rich?
.What
about the server?
.Why
did CNN fire the doctor?
.Google
even manipulated the search results
.Russia
.Abortion
.The
sword came back
NEW-
David
is on the run from King Saul.
He
shows up at the house of God and asks the priest for food.
The
priest is nervous- David is alone [not a full military back up] and something just doesn’t seem right.
David
assures the priest ‘look- I’m on a special mission for the king- it’s so secret I left quickly- didn’t even have time to take food or weapons’.
Wow-
this must be some mission?
How
about some lie.
Yes-
David is good at lots of stuff- and he lied great here.
So-
the priest gives David and his few men the Holy bread- which is only for the priests.
Now-
David is not from the priestly tribe- Levi- but from Judah.
Ok-
David takes the food and asks ‘do you have any weapons’?
The
priest says ‘only the sword- I mean it’s wrapped up in the back- we treat the thing like it’s holy’.
Yes-
the sword David used to cut the giants head off.
I
think David must have felt a little remorse here.
The
whole nation had that sword as a memento of David’s great victory over Goliath.
He
used the sword only one time- the day he cut the giants head off.
After
all- it was the giant’s sword.
Now-
he’s on the run from Saul- already made up some great lies- and the priest gives him the weapon he used in the past.
When
he trusted in the living God- against all odds- and was a righteous warrior.
David
takes the sword- goes to the Philistines-
Huh?
Yes-
he flees to the enemy camp- and the king of Gath says ‘why did you bring this guy to me- isn’t he David the great warrior who killed us in the past’.
Now-
David seems to have been trying to get a job- you know- as a mercenary.
He
couldn’t fight for Saul-and that’s his greatest paying skill.
But
when the philistines recognize him-
Well-
what do you think David did?
Maybe
yelled out ‘yes- I’m the one who took the giants head off- and I still come to you in the name of the living God- and…’
Yeah-
did he do that John?
Well
actually not.
Instead-
he started drooling at the mouth- and scribbling on the doors- you know- like he was nuts.
‘John-
you shouldn’t joke about stuff like that’.
I’m
not!
Go
read it [below].
Yes-
the great man after ‘God’s own heart’ was so afraid- he pretended he was nuts- and yes- the scheme worked-
The
king says ‘this guy’s not David- that great man of honor- he’s a nut’!
Ahh-
we see what fear can do to a man- even a great man.
Yes-
David is in a tough spot-
His
own king- Saul- is out to get him.
His
only option was to go work for the enemy-
At
least that’s what he thought.
And
then he not only acted like a nut-
He
lied to the priest too.
He
ate the bread that Jesus himself said was only for the priests
25
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
Jesus.
And
he schemed his way into a corner.
Does
anything good come out of this at all?
Yes-
Jesus used this story- when defending himself and his disciples when they were accused of violating the law.
23
And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with
him?
27
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
And
Jesus- who too was from the tribe of Judah-
Superseded
the Old Covenant law-
He
never broke it- but he ushered in a better covenant.
By
so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
But
now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
Hebrews
So
David- on his bad day- actually glorified Jesus on his good day.
And
even in his failure- gave Jesus one of the greatest stories he could use to show his superiority over the Levitical priests.
Yes-
that Jesus and his men- just like David and his- did indeed have the right to do what they did.
Because
they were from a better tribe-
The
one that our Lord ‘sprang from’.
For
it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. Heb. 7:14
Amen.
PAST
POSTS [verses below]
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/the-mexican-judge-and-benghazi/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/russia-u-s-world-events/
1st-
2nd Samuel-
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/1st-2nd-samuel/ %5BOld commentary I
wrote years ago]
VIDEO/POST
LINKS-
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/every-cop-a-criminal/ %5B1-2 Samuel%5D
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/when-the-saints-go-marching-in-sam-3-john-2-4/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/just-a-box-samuel-4/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/would-you-be-isis/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/samuel-5-6/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/samuel-7-8/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/samuel-9/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/samuel-10/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/the-chapel/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/samuel-11-kings-n-priests/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/samuel-12-13/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/samuel-14/
https://youtu.be/iImxoD3cRfQ Samuel preview
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/13/john-12/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/samuel-15/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/samuel-john-hebrews-review/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/samuel-16/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/samuel-17/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/samuel-18/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/19/samuel-19/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/john-17/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/samuel-20/
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/james-then-it-rained/
SAMUEL
REVIEW
I’ve
been commenting on the book of Samuel- brief overview.
Samuel
is born at a time in Israel’s history where ‘the word of the Lord was rare- no open vision’.
God
had stopped communicating to his people- because they were lukewarm- not serious about God.
God
was looking for at least one passionate person- to cry out to him with all their heart.
He
found that person in Hannah.
She
was barren- could not get pregnant- and one day her desperate plea came to God.
‘Give
me a child- and I’ll dedicate him to you’.
This
might have ‘surprised’ God [I know- not really] because that type of desperation was missing from his people.
So-
she has a son- Samuel- and she drops him off at the church one day [the tabernacle] and leaves him for good.
He’s
raised under the leadership of Eli- and his 2 sons- who were priests.
These
sons were using ‘their religion’ for personal benefit- they were wicked and sleeping around- and Eli knew this was going on- and didn’t stop it.
Yet-
Eli has this woman [Hannah] who left her son- so he could ‘live for God’.
I’m
sure Eli must have felt guilty ‘geez- this lady is living in the past- when people really did sell out to God’
And
his own boys- were using religion as a scam.
One
day [Samuel chapter 3] the young boy hears someone calling him.
Samuel
gets up and thinks it’s Eli- he goes to Eli ‘what do you want- I heard you call my name’.
Eli
has no idea what Samuel is saying- and tells him to go to bed.
It
happens 2 more times- and Eli realizes ‘Maybe God is calling the boy’.
He
gives Samuel instructions to go lay down- and when he hears the voice again- to say ‘Speak God- I’m hear’.
Sure
enough it does happen again- and God gives Samuel a message.
He
tells Eli what God said- and the news was not good.
God
will judge the wicked priests- Eli’s 2 sons- and God will clean house.
Ok-
that’s it in brief.
I
mention on the video how God revealed himself to Samuel thru his voice- and I have been teaching about the Logos recently.
God’s
word comes first- then the ‘flesh’ the actual outworking of what he wants to do-
Hebrews
11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
John
1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John
1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
John
1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Samuel
is an important figure in the nation at this time- because he will be the one to anoint the first 2 kings that Israel has- Saul and David.
God
was willing to start speaking to his people again- but there would be a cleansing first.
The
prophet Amos said ‘woe to you who ae looking for God’s day- asking ‘why is God not speaking anymore’.
Because
there’s usually a reason his communication is cut off from his people- and that’s because his people are not hearing [hearing in the bible is not simply ‘hearing’ but it means you obey what is
said] him anymore.
Yet-
if we want to hear his prophets again- see his miracles- then that entails repentance on our part.
For
many years Eli’s wicked sons were ‘doing ministry’ and the things they were getting away with seemed a common practice.
All
the people knew it was wrong- they despised ‘the church’ because bad stuff was going on.
Yet-
that’s just the way things were.
But
then God had a vessel for his voice- a prophet- dedicated by a passionate mother- who kept her vow.
Much
like the Virgin Mary- when the angel appeared to her- she said ‘so be it’.
God
needs willing people- then he too will speak again.
Yes-
we too can hear his voice- and the word of the Lord won’t be ‘scarce’.
VERSES-
1Samuel
21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
1Samuel
21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have
commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
1Samuel
21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
1Samuel
21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
1Samuel
21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread
is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
1Samuel
21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken
away.
1Samuel
21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to
Saul.
1Samuel
21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required
haste.
1Samuel
21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it:
for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
1Samuel
21:10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
1Samuel
21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten
thousands?
1Samuel
21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
1Samuel
21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
1Samuel
21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
1Samuel
21:15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
I
have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, Is. 62:6
http://www.corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5?ref=bookmarks
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4GsqTEVWRm0HxQTLsifvg
I
talked about the Gnostics/Docetists on today’s post- Ephesians 5- here are my past teachings on it-
(739)ACTS
20- Paul travels with some brothers on the journey. This mode of visiting different regions and bringing brothers with him is exciting! They are truly seeing the Kingdom of God becoming
established in the earth. Scripture says ‘they broke bread on the first day of the week’ we read later in Paul’s letter to the Corinthians that when they met on the ‘first day of the week’ he
asked them to take up a collection before he arrived [so he could take the money and meet the needs of the poor saints at Jerusalem]. Do we see here some type of Sunday Sabbath, that is the
‘church day to pay tithes’ so you don’t get cursed? Of course not. You are seeing the simple practical outworking of a people who are becoming the people of God. It’s fine to meet on a Sunday and
to ‘break bread’. Hey, the group needs to know when to meet for the meal! But don’t develop liturgical/sacramental ideas out of this. You say ‘hooray for John [me], he is really giving it to
those Catholics’ well, don’t say hooray yet. Now he calls for the Elders at Ephesus to come to Miletus so he can give them some instructions and a farewell. This address from Paul is one of the
best in the New Testament. He covers the basics for leadership and church growth. Now, he tells them ‘all the time I was with you guys I was upright. I taught you publicly and from house to
house. I showed you repentance toward God and faith towards Jesus Christ. I worked and did not covet your money. I did this to prove I was not there to gain financially from you. To give you an
example as Elders yourselves, so you would not see the responsibility of oversight thru a covetous mindset. Beware! After I leave you there will be an attempt by the enemy to undo the work of the
Cross. Some men, even from your own group will rise up and speak twisted doctrines. They will try to become preeminent in the group, drawing away disciples after themselves. Don’t become
sidetracked and become followers of men! Guard the flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Feed them Gods good word’. Paul lays down strong guidelines here. He actually teaches
the elders that he worked when he was among them to leave this example of leaders not seeing ministry as a means to get gain. In one of his future letters [Timothy or Thessalonians?] he actually
says this ‘working’ that he did was a tradition for them to keep. He said this in context of those who refused to work. Very strong indeed. Peter also will teach the Elders to take oversight of
Gods flock ‘not for money, but out of a pure motive’. In the wars that rage over ‘simple church’ versus the modern 501c3 model, both sides have shot at each other wrongfully at times. There are
very intelligent brothers who will take this chapter and teach that the modern Pastor has fallen into the trap of ‘making disciples after themselves’. They see the development of the role of
Pastor as becoming the fulfillment of this. Now, I do see some merit to this, but I see most pastors [all the ones I know and have known personally over the years] as Elders who are striving to
help Gods People. I see a real need for all leadership to see that ministry is not a fulltime clergy type office that has developed over the centuries! Paul is simply addressing the Elders [more
mature ones- in the gospel, not necessarily old!] and showing them that their purpose is to help the people of God grow in grace and make it to a place of self sufficiency in Christ. Paul is
pretty much laying down the gauntlet that leadership is not some ticket of ‘now that I am in ministry, my income comes from the God ordained tithe’. This is never taught as a means of support for
New testament ministers. These ideas have developed out of the Old Testament idea of the tithe supporting the Levitical Priests. In the New Covenant all are Priests and we don’t practice this
type of thing. But Paul does teach that it’s good to support materially [financially] those who are feeding you spiritual food. He does teach ‘don’t muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn’ [he
called us ox’s!] seriously, he lays down the biblical guideline of supporting those who minister the word. But it is important to see he was not establishing some type of clergy system, the fact
that he was working while with these Ephesians and actually used this as an example for OTHER ELDERS as well as the believers shows you this. All in all the main point Paul is getting across is
he wants the basic truth of the gospel to prevail and he does not want top heavy leadership to come in and draw away disciples after them. That is for strong gifted leaders to become the main
focus of these Ephesian believers. So this chapter is important because we see Paul address these elders that he has been ‘ordaining’ in the churches [groups of believers]. We see the basic
character and function of these men. We see the warning that cults will arise. In Paul’s day groups did come forth from the basic Christian communities [Gnostics and Docetists] that had a basic
understanding of certain Christian things, but would deny the reality of Jesus. Paul bids them Farwell as they all embrace on the shoreline. The Elders were heartbroken over Paul’s words that he
will probably see them no more. He wanted to keep the upcoming feast at Jerusalem and eventually preach at Rome. He was on this obsession to carry this gospel to the seat of the empire, even if
it means his life.
Here’s
a link- https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/08/20/acts-20/
https://ccoutreach87.com/mark-links/
Here’s
my past teaching from Mark 12 that relates to the Matt. 23 reading-
https://youtu.be/7dfLhO2HBf8 anti- Christ
[2nd, 3rd John]
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/10-23-16-anti-christ-2nd-3rd-jn.zip
ON
VIDEO [past posts below]
.See
my Hillary drawing [sorry]
.Who
is anti-christ?
.Some
thought Hitler
.Apostles
relate to the bride
.Soteriology
.Was
John a theological liberal?
Mosul
.Iraq-
Libya
.ISIS
.Sunni-
Shia division
.Execution-
or human shields- or just murder?
.Abortion
.Docetism
refuted
[parts]
OBADIAH-
Obadiah
1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a
wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
https://youtu.be/LaG8b0etYK8 Obadiah
ON
VIDEO-
.Peace
treaty?
.Leaked
emails
.How
to skew the polls
.Do
I like to lynch Black people?
.The
1 dollar cheese story
.Homeless
stuff
.Iran-
Yemen- Libya- Syria
.The
shores of Tripoli
.ISIS
.Turkey
.Britannia
ruled the seas- and lost [overblog- see here- https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/11/15/tuesday-5/ ]
.Mosul
GW
BRIDGE- https://youtu.be/70CVdZxFIMg GW bridge
ON
VIDEO-
.Foundation
stones
.Why
Bishops?
.Gnostics
and Docetism
.Dads
boat
.GOV
Christie and hot dogs
.Restore
the paths
.Isaiah
and John
.Memories
of a kid- train tunnel
.Robert
Moses to blame?
.Mayor
LaGuardia
.The
argument for Rome
.Church
fathers
.Mystics
.Suicide
signs
.Apostolic
succession
.What
church is the ‘true church’?
.Most
amazing intellectual discourse ever? Only if you don’t hear [have to watch to get it- sorry]
.Bedrock
.I
am homeless- can you spare a 5?
NOTE-
I made the video- and typed the notes sitting in my car at Hudson County Park [in the rain]
Ill
upload tomorrow at Dunkin Donuts [or somewhere else].
What
big financial budget was needed for this?
None.
One
of the things I want my minister friends to see- is it’s not about money.
Sure-
it would be easier to be at my home office- or even a home.
But
you don’t need it- you can use the things that you have.
This
has been one of my ‘pet peeves’ for many years.
I
want you to see how simple all of this is- the friends you see [both in Texas and here] are just friends I made along the way.
The
kingdom is about relationships- and sharing with one another- even Marie quoted Jesus- and as far as I know she’s not a Christian.
So-
maybe this whole unplanned experience was God’s will.
To
be honest- I never know- at least at the start.
Be
spontaneous- I left Texas on Sunday- because I heard the song ‘Head East’ [or group?]
So
yes- we all have limited time on the planet.
Don’t
live ‘too safe’ or you won’t live- at all.
FRIDAY
NIGHT- PARKING LOT-
https://youtu.be/UYOvIw6jhiI Friday night- parking
lot
Just
finished the GW bridge walk a few hours ago- and being it might be the last night sleeping in the car, I figured I’d do a video for a few minutes.
This
will probably be the last time you’ll be able to see- real time- me living in the car like this.
But-
like they say ‘you never know’.
[parts]
In
both the gospel and his 3 little letters [1st, 2nd and 3rd John] he uses this term to describe Jesus.
‘In
the beginning was THE WORD and the word was with God…’
That’s
the Greek word- Logos.
It
should be noted that the early Greek philosophers had a concept much like this.
All
the way back to the time of Plato- Socrates and Aristotle [around 500 years before Christ] the Greeks were speaking about a universal principle- some type of ‘unifying theory’ that would be the
basis of all knowledge.
They
spoke about this principle as THE LOGOS.
So-
some of the critics of Christianity did use this as a criticism of the church- they say ‘see- the disciples were just making stuff up- borrowing themes that were already
there’.
Do
they have a point?
A
point- maybe- but that’s all.
In
the letters of John we also read him refuting a cult of the day- called Gnosticism [Gnosis is the Greek word for knowledge. They believed that they had secret knowledge that the others did not
have. A modern twist on this is sometimes referred to as Revelation Knowledge- it’s a form of this ‘special knowledge’ idea that existed in the early days of the church.]
An
off shoot of this group were called the Docetists.
These
guys were pseudo Christians- they held to some form of Christian belief- but denied the true faith of the church.
They
taught that Jesus was ‘a phantom spirit’ that is- they denied what we refer to as the incarnation.
That
God became man in the person of Christ.
John
was one of the youngest disciples- and he also outlived the others.
His
writings are probably the oldest in the N.T. [Revelation]
So-
he was around long enough to refute the growing philosophical challenges to the church.
So-
putting all this together- when John said Jesus was the Divine Logos- he was not ‘stealing’ that idea from the earlier Greek philosophers who were indeed looking for a Logos
principle.
No-
he was saying ‘look- we- the followers of Christ- have found the thing you were looking for all the time- he is the Wisdom- the Logos of God’.
See?
Okay-
I haven’t read John in a long time- nor have I ever studied Greek.
But-
I do have a Greek lexicon [a book that gives you the Greek word before it was translated into English].
And
back ‘in the day’ when we were young believers- seeking to learn the faith- these were the basic tools of the trade.
But
today- well- the tools are motivation- success stuff.
Learning
how to invest- make a buck [or 2] – how to ‘create your world’.
Yeah-
we really don’t have time for all that silly stuff like the Logos.
After
all- it’s all Greek to me.
Yeah-
I know.
http://www.corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com
Note-
Do me a favor, those who read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read them on. Thanks- John. Don’t forget to scroll down on the timeline [Facebook] – I have
posted lots.
Mark
2 [North Bergen]
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WEDNESDAY
3-1-17
Revelation
5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and
tongue, and people, and nation;
Revelation
5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
https://youtu.be/_SRevM8Tcs4 MARK 2
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/3-1-17-mark-2-north-bergen.zip
https://youtu.be/4S5YHb2hea8 BURGER KING [Glenn]
https://youtu.be/mij6WkuCllE MONKEY WITH 3
TAILS [Rick]
ON
VIDEO [Mark 2]-
.91st.
st. to park [Fairview- North Bergen]
.Who
can forgive sins but God?
.Man
healed
.Why
was Jesus with sinners?
.Culture
shock
.New
Wine [and skins]
.Don’t
pick the corn
.Don’t
you remember what David did?
.The
Sabbath was made for man- not the other way around
.David
and his men a type of Jesus and his men
NEW-
I taught on the first video [Mark 2] and spent a few hours with some of my friends. Glenn is homeless- and we have had some good talks. I share a little of his story on the short videos. On the
teaching video I’ll try and add my past teaching on this chapter. I haven’t done a commentary on Mark’s gospel- and when I get back to Texas I might pick up on where I left off and make a
complete study out of it. When I left the guys I thought of possibly doing a NYC video at midnight type of a thing- I’ve done those before- and you can see how the streets are always crowded in
the ‘city that never sleeps’. But I’ll put that off for now.
On
today’s post/video I walked past the spot where I made some of my first teaching videos- in 2014- below are those videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSwvNQlFyuY %5BNorth Bergen- 2014]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SxYy2p1OX4 %5BNorth Bergen- 2014]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4VF0gOYw_k %5BNorth Bergen- 2015]
PAST
TEACHING- [verses below]
Jesus
talks about the story of king David found in Samuel- I taught that chapter before- 1st Samuel 21- here’s the link to my study [below I’ll paste the text to my commentary on the
chapter]
https://ccoutreach87.com/1st-2nd-samuel/
I
mentioned these bible books on today’s video [Mark 2]- here are my studies on them-
https://ccoutreach87.com/john-complete-links-added/
https://ccoutreach87.com/james-2015/
(905)SAMUEL
21- David is fleeing from Saul and he goes to the priest at Nob. The priest wonders what’s up. David tells him he is on a special assignment from the king and he and his men need food. The priest
tells him the only food available is the consecrated bread that is only for God and the priesthood. David convinces the priest to let them eat and David asks ‘do you have any weapons here’. The
priest says ‘I have the sword you used to kill the giant’ David says ‘great, that will work just fine’. Jesus used this story to describe himself and the disciples [Mark 2]. One day Jesus and the
disciples were going thru the grain fields and the disciples picked the grain and ate it on the Sabbath. The Pharisees said ‘your disciples are breaking Gods law by picking it on the Sabbath’.
Now, to be honest they were breaking the over extended ideas that the religious Pharisees came up with thru their legalism. But Jesus still used this example as a defense. He says ‘have you not
read what David and his men did? They ate the ceremonial showbread that was not lawful, only the priests could eat it’. David and his men are a symbol of Jesus and his men. While it is true that
the bread was only lawful for the priests, David is a king/priest who gets away with doing ‘priestly things’ because of his picture of Christ. Scripture says he put on an ephod [priestly garment]
which only priests could do. David functioned before the open Ark in Jerusalem. He did things that other kings were punished for [Saul, Uzziah]. Jesus in essence was saying to the Pharisees ‘I am
the new priest/king from which all future law and worship will be measured by. Me and my followers are not under the law, the law serves us’! In Christ we are free from the guilt of the law, we
live above legalism and follow the master. David and his men were acting like priests and kings contrary to the economy of their day. David was a type of Jesus whose future priestly ministry
would ‘out trump’ the law.
[parts]
https://youtu.be/psCMQgX_7v4 Samuel 21
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/10-6-16-samuel-21.zip
ON
VIDEO-
[Yes-
I ‘Backslid’. I promised no more political stuff- but for the first 20 minutes of the video- I get into it. The last 10 minutes I do teach- and have some new notes below on that. I made this
video a few days ago- before the latest ‘controversies’- the Hillary WikiLeaks and the Trump video. It really makes no difference- I’m simply dealing with media bias. Trying to show how the media
decides what to focus on. Yet- the real important issues of our time are put on the back burner- and we do politics like a sport].
.Debates
.Media
bias
.Clinton
Foundation
.Why
no taxes?
.Clintons
health is a real issue
.Why
is she off the trail?
.How
did the Clintons get rich?
.What
about the server?
.Why
did CNN fire the doctor?
.Google
even manipulated the search results
.Russia
.Abortion
.The
sword came back
NEW-
David
is on the run from King Saul.
He
shows up at the house of God and asks the priest for food.
The
priest is nervous- David is alone [not a full military back up] and something just doesn’t seem right.
David
assures the priest ‘look- I’m on a special mission for the king- it’s so secret I left quickly- didn’t even have time to take food or weapons’.
Wow-
this must be some mission?
How
about some lie.
Yes-
David is good at lots of stuff- and he lied great here.
So-
the priest gives David and his few men the Holy bread- which is only for the priests.
Now-
David is not from the priestly tribe- Levi- but from Judah.
Ok-
David takes the food and asks ‘do you have any weapons’?
The
priest says ‘only the sword- I mean it’s wrapped up in the back- we treat the thing like it’s holy’.
Yes-
the sword David used to cut the giants head off.
I
think David must have felt a little remorse here.
The
whole nation had that sword as a memento of David’s great victory over Goliath.
He
used the sword only one time- the day he cut the giants head off.
After
all- it was the giant’s sword.
Now-
he’s on the run from Saul- already made up some great lies- and the priest gives him the weapon he used in the past.
When
he trusted in the living God- against all odds- and was a righteous warrior.
David
takes the sword- goes to the Philistines-
Huh?
Yes-
he flees to the enemy camp- and the king of Gath says ‘why did you bring this guy to me- isn’t he David the great warrior who killed us in the past’.
Now-
David seems to have been trying to get a job- you know- as a mercenary.
He
couldn’t fight for Saul-and that’s his greatest paying skill.
But
when the philistines recognize him-
Well-
what do you think David did?
Maybe
yelled out ‘yes- I’m the one who took the giants head off- and I still come to you in the name of the living God- and…’
Yeah-
did he do that John?
Well
actually not.
Instead-
he started drooling at the mouth- and scribbling on the doors- you know- like he was nuts.
‘John-
you shouldn’t joke about stuff like that’.
I’m
not!
Go
read it [below].
Yes-
the great man after ‘God’s own heart’ was so afraid- he pretended he was nuts- and yes- the scheme worked-
The
king says ‘this guy’s not David- that great man of honor- he’s a nut’!
Ahh-
we see what fear can do to a man- even a great man.
Yes-
David is in a tough spot-
His
own king- Saul- is out to get him.
His
only option was to go work for the enemy-
At
least that’s what he thought.
And
then he not only acted like a nut-
He
lied to the priest too.
He
ate the bread that Jesus himself said was only for the priests
25
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
Jesus.
And
he schemed his way into a corner.
Does
anything good come out of this at all?
Yes-
Jesus used this story- when defending himself and his disciples when they were accused of violating the law.
23
And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24
And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with
him?
27
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
And
Jesus- who too was from the tribe of Judah-
Superseded
the Old Covenant law-
He
never broke it- but he ushered in a better covenant.
By
so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
But
now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
Hebrews
So
David- on his bad day- actually glorified Jesus on his good day.
And
even in his failure- gave Jesus one of the greatest stories he could use to show his superiority over the Levitical priests.
Yes-
that Jesus and his men- just like David and his- did indeed have the right to do what they did.
Because
they were from a better tribe-
The
one that our Lord ‘sprang from’.
For
it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. Heb. 7:14
Amen.
[this
is a chapter from one of my little books- talked about wineskins]
CHAPTER
8
ARE
CHURCH BUILDINGS EVIL? [OR THE GUY WHO WANTED TO CAST DEMONS OUT OF ME!]
Many
years ago before I really understood the truths of ecclesia and the communal aspect of the church, I was introduced to the belief that the ‘church building’ itself was wrong. I don’t personally
adhere to this belief, but let me share the story. While ministering as a new believer in Christ and learning ‘the ropes’ of ministry, I remember driving past a brother who was a street minister
from Mexico. It was unusual in the way he was conducting his street meetings. He would get permission to use an empty lot and then set up actual church pews in the lot without walls or any type
of cover over it [even if it rained!]. Well one day on my daily rounds of visiting people and witnessing for Jesus [because this is what ministers are supposed to do, right?] I stopped by this
brother’s lot and figured I would bless him with some lunch and listen to him preach [I felt sorry for the brother because no one else was attending his meetings]. After he spoke I had a chance
to fellowship with him. After hearing his thoughts I realized it was on purpose for him to have no walls or cover over the pews [these were actual church pews that were out there in the
open!].
He
shared with me the verse in Hebrews [13:10] where it says that those who worship at the sanctuary have no right to partake of the altar of Christ [the cross]. He saw this as meaning that all
Christians who meet in buildings [the sanctuary] were lost! Well, even as a young believer in the lord I was smart enough to know that this verse had nothing to do with ‘church buildings’. I
showed the brother that in context the verse simply meant that those Jews [remember who the book of Hebrews was written to] who were not willing to leave the old covenant system [the sanctuary]
could not move on with the new covenant truth of Christ and his cross. The sanctuary represented the whole concept of law and Judaism. This verse had nothing to do about the inherent nature of
church buildings! Buildings themselves are neutral ground; it’s the style of one person functioning [the pastor] at the expense of the rest of the body that I see as less than
ideal.
Well
after seeing the obvious error of the way this brother was reading this verse, I began to ‘expound unto him the way of God more perfectly’. When he finally understood what I was saying [you could
tell by the look in his eyes that he saw the truth] instead of repenting of his distorted view, he became irate and began to cast demons out of me [hey, I didn’t think there were any in me!]. The
reason I share this example is because there are those in the house church movement, while not as extreme, seem to view the church building itself as an evil thing.
My
personal view is the church building can become a hindrance when we view it as part of a system that makes up ‘church’. We seem to see the whole concept of the church building and the pastor as
the weekly speaker and all the other things associated around this structure [like tithing to the storehouse] as ‘the system’ that God instituted to carry out his work in the earth. Remember Gods
inherent authority resides in no human system or mode of religious worship. His authority resides in the church, the actual people of God in any given community on earth. So if there are
believers carrying out Gods purpose, whether they have the whole system that we deem ‘local church’ or not, is irrelevant. Remember what we said about Jesus and the 1st century religious mind?
They were finding fault with Jesus and his disciples because they were not following the religious protocol of the day. When we embrace certain mindsets that see ‘local church’ as the limited
system of Sunday worship and all the other usual things associated with it, what we’re unconsciously doing is vesting authority in a style, or form of religious worship while by-passing the true
legitimacy of Gods people. Its not to say that Gods people who function in the whole system of Sunday church are illegitimate [that would be making the same mistake as the brother who wanted to
cast the demons out of me!] but this shows us how we unconsciously make the same mistake as the 1st century Pharisee by seeing as illegitimate those who don’t follow certain
protocols.
It
was a common thing during the 90’s to speak about the ‘changing of the wineskin’ in order to receive the new wine [the new move of God]. Many of theses thoughts were helpful in causing us to
re-think the way we ‘do’ church. I also remember a common theme being ‘God wants to pour out his Spirit, but the wineskins are not ready’ in some of these examples the ministers actually meant
that we don’t have big enough buildings to put all these new converts so God is ‘withholding the new wine until the new buildings go up’. At this point you should begin seeing how once again this
is confusing the reality of Christian community with ‘the church building’. I find it interesting that the pouring out of the Spirit at Pentecost was not delayed because of the lack of facilities
to put all the new converts in.
Also
the great missionary journeys of Paul were not delayed ‘until the new wineskins were in place’. This shows us how we’ve come to view the people of God as being dependent on the present system.
Could it be that God withholds His Spirit because the ‘new wineskin’ could refer more to believers seeing themselves as the actual church that God wants to fill? If we are not rightly discerning
Christ’s community as a self-sustaining society of people then the church really isn’t able to contain the new wine. If we are so limited in our thinking to view the new wineskin as larger
facilities, as opposed to a rethinking of what it means to truly be Christ’s body, then maybe the holdup has more to do with a change in the way we view ‘church’ then it has to do with bigger
church buildings!
CHAPTER
9
WHAT
IN THE WORLD IS ‘THE LOCAL CHURCH’?
Growing
up as a catholic boy [though not a good one] I remember when I came to know the lord I started reading through the bible and found how the bible contradicted many of the religious beliefs I held
to as a boy [this is not to say Catholics are not Christian]. Later while attending a good Baptist church I naively believed that good Baptists must have it right because they do read the
bible![parts]
Here’s
the whole book- https://ccoutreach87.com/further-talks-on-church-and-ministry/
[parts]
There
were Jews at the time of the first century who tried to ‘get along’ with Rome- and with the person in charge of their region [one of the sons of Herod the Great at the time of
Christ].
These
are referred to as Herodian’s in the bible.
Some
wanted a revolution to rid Rome from Jerusalem- these were the Zealots [one of Jesus disciples was in this group].
Some
thought if they returned to a legalistic obeisance of the law- that this would bring in a deliverer- like the stories we read about in the Old testament- these were the
Pharisees.
And
some took more of a political compromise- these were the Sadducees.
Eventually
a war with Rome would be fought [By the way- Josephus- the famous 1st century historian- fought on the side of the Jews in the war- and after Jerusalem was sacked in A.D. 70- he went to Rome and
wrote his great works- thinking he would make a case for the Jewish people with the Romans. This is why we have his works today- which are very valuable to scholars].
NOTE-
In time I’ll try and cover how we ‘got our bibles’ [called the Canon- meaning Rule/ Measurement].
Frankly-
there is a lot of confusion in the general public about conspiracies [like the Catholic Church had some type of plot to keep certain books out].
Or
stories about how the Church taught Mary Magdalene was a prostitute so they could discredit her.
Actually-
we read in the gospels that Jesus cast out ‘spirits’ from a woman who was probably living this type of life-
And
Jesus had a ministry to the down and out- it is indeed possible that Mary was one of these women-
And
if true- it would not demean her in any way-
That’s
how this tradition more than likely developed- But- we don’t know for sure.
So
a few years back the Church officially said ‘we don’t know’.
Ok-
Plot?
[parts]
Ok-
the ruling empire at the time of Christ was Rome- just prior to the appearance of Jesus- the Roman Emperor- Caesar Augustus- consolidated the Roman Empire under his rule-
Rome
was ruled by a senate- some famous names from history were in it- Cicero being one.
Caesar
Augustus was the nephew of Julius Caesar- his real name was Octavian [Octavius].
After
the death of Julius Caesar- there were some power struggles that took place- between some other famous people.
Marc
Antony being one of them [Cleopatra too- he was in love with the girl for sure].
Now-
we read about Augustus in the New Testament- and we read in the book of Revelation about the Mark of the Beast- and that those who don’t worship- give homage to the Beast- they will be
killed.
So-
Many Christians would be killed because they would refuse to give homage to Caesar Augustus [meaning son of the Divine].
‘Wow-
how did he get a name like that’ [there was more than one Caesar by the way- as well as more than one Herod- who did play a part in these power struggles- it can get confusing- even to
me].
When
Octavian defeated Marc Antony at Actium [32 BC].
Herod
[The Great] had a problem- he had previously sided with Antony and found himself on the losing side.
Yet
he was smart- did some ‘brown nosing’ as we say-and patched things up.
Herod
had 3 sons- who would eventually take positions of authority in the Roman government at the time of Christ.
Herod
Antipas was over the region that we read about in the New Testament where Jesus did most of his ministry- Galilee.
Ok-
Octavian claimed deity because of a heavenly sign associated with his rise to power- and this is how he became called ‘Caesar Augustus’.
He
sort of saw himself as a ‘re-incarnate’- of his great uncle Julius Caesar.
‘John-
what in the heck does this have to do with the Dead Sea Scrolls’.
Ok-
good question.
The
Jews had various responses to the empires that ruled over them during various times.
Alexander
the Great instituted Hellenization- a sort of cultural compromise over the people he conquered.
They
could keep their religious/cultural roots- but would be subservient to Alexander and Greek rule.
Some
Jewish people rejected any compromise- we call them the Essenes- they moved out of town- so to speak, and lived in what we refer to as the Qumran community.
This
was a few centuries before the time of Christ- and this was where the Dead Seas Scrolls were found in the 20th century.
A
Bedouin boy was looking for his goats- threw a rock in a cave right off the Dead Sea- and that’s how we found the scrolls.
The
scrolls might have been hidden there by the Essenes-
Now-
when my friends asked me about them- I told them that it’s been a while since I read up on any of this- but to the best of my memory the thing that made them significant was the fact that they
were very old manuscripts- from the bible- and they backed up what we had had all along.
I
did read up this week- and basically had it right.
The
earliest Hebrew manuscripts of the Old Testament we had previously dated back to around 900- 1000 A.D.
These
manuscripts went back about 1000 years earlier- and they contained portions from almost every book of the Old testament- and some complete books.
The
only book missing was Esther.
So-
this was indeed a very significant find for scholars.
But
the Scrolls also contain some of the writings from the Essenes themselves- things we never had before- so this too was significant.
There
were Jews at the time of the first century who tried to ‘get along’ with Rome- and with the person in charge of their region [one of the sons of Herod the Great at the time of
Christ].
These
are referred to as Herodian’s in the bible.
Some
wanted a revolution to rid Rome from Jerusalem- these were the Zealots [one of Jesus disciples was in this group].
Some
thought if they returned to a legalistic obeisance of the law- that this would bring in a deliverer- like the stories we read about in the Old testament- these were the
Pharisees.
And
some took more of a political compromise- these were the Sadducees.
Eventually
a war with Rome would be fought [By the way- Josephus- the famous 1st century historian- fought on the side of the Jews in the war- and after Jerusalem was sacked in A.D. 70- he went to Rome and
wrote his great works- thinking he would make a case for the Jewish people with the Romans. This is why we have his works today- which are very valuable to scholars].
NOTE-
In time I’ll try and cover how we ‘got our bibles’ [called the Canon- meaning Rule/ Measurement].
Frankly-
there is a lot of confusion in the general public about conspiracies [like the Catholic Church had some type of plot to keep certain books out].
Or
stories about how the Church taught Mary Magdalene was a prostitute so they could discredit her.
Actually-
we read in the gospels that Jesus cast out ‘spirits’ from a woman who was probably living this type of life-
And
Jesus had a ministry to the down and out- it is indeed possible that Mary was one of these women-
And
if true- it would not demean her in any way-
That’s
how this tradition more than likely developed- But- we don’t know for sure.
So
a few years back the Church officially said ‘we don’t know’.
Ok-
Plot?
No-
just being careful.
So
there are other misguided beliefs like this- that sincere people have- and over time I hope to get to them.
I’ll
do one more in keeping with this post.
I
mentioned above that Caesar Augustus did indeed take the title of ‘son of God’.
And
some critics of the Church say ‘see- there were all types of religions that had Sons of God’.
I
watched one show a few years back- and it stated that these religions had ’12 disciples- a leader named Lord and Savior- and he healed and claimed to be God’s Son- and rose from the
dead’.
Ok-
that show was ‘fibbing’ to put it lightly- they went too far [historically speaking] in trying to diminish the Christians claim of Christ by doing this.
Now-
is there some truth to this at all?
Yes-
like I just mentioned above- Octavian did indeed claim deity- a ‘son of god’.
So-
how do we explain this?
In
the book of Galatians the bible says ‘in the FULLNESS of times God sent forth his Son’.
Jesus
came at a set time in history- in fulfilment of the Jewish Prophets- to be who he was- and to do what he did.
Now-
this is not special pleading here- but I find it a masterpiece that God’s Son came at a time when the Roman Empire had one sitting on the throne- who too claimed deity.
Yet
Jesus was in a region of the lower class- his men were not highly educated- and his followers were people under oppression.
Augustus
lived in the wealthy and influential capital of ‘the world’- he had all you could ever ask for- he was worshiped as a god.
Yet
in 3 short centuries- one of the heirs of the empire- Constantine- would have an experience – not with a former Caesar- but with a vison of a Cross-
He
would convert to Christianity- and declare Christianity to be the religion of the realm.
VERSES-
Mark
2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
Mark
2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
Mark
2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
Mark
2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy
lay.
Mark
2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Mark
2:6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Mark
2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Mark
2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Mark
2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Mark
2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
Mark
2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
Mark
2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
Mark
2:13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
Mark
2:14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
Mark
2:15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed
him.
Mark
2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
Mark
2:17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.
Mark
2:18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast
not?
Mark
2:19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Mark
2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Mark
2:21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
Mark
2:22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new
bottles.
Mark
2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
Mark
2:24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Mark
2:25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Mark
2:26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with
him?
Mark
2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Mark
2:28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
NOTE-
Why all these ‘past posts’? On today’s post- Ephesians 5- I quoted a verse from this bible chapter [Hebrews 4] so I added my past teaching on this whole chapter- that’s why you see these sections
on the posts- I also add the verses at the bottom of the entire post- the ones I either quoted or taught on the videos for each post. To some- this might be too much for one post- that’s why I
add the recent teaching in the NEW section at the top-
HEBREWS
4-6 [Just made the video- so today you get ‘real time’- P.S.- to my kids- the carnival looks good- maybe we will go today? Text me- dad.]
CHAPTER
4:
NEW
NOTES BELOW-
.SABBATH
REST
‘Let
us therefore fear [Jews in the first century, not Christians in the 21st century! At least in this context] lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest [now defined as the New
Covenant rest. Paul is telling Israel God has left you a promise of rest in Messiah, where you will cease from your own works [law], beware Israel, our forefathers missed out on the promise
because of unbelief, don’t do the same!] any of you should come short of it, for unto us was the gospel preached [1st century Israel] as well as unto them [Israel at the edge of entering the
promised land had the gospel [good news] preached to them by Joshua and Caleb, they gave the ‘good report’ that the land was great and it was there for the taking, of course they didn’t believe
and therefore couldn’t take it] but the word did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
For
WE WHICH HAVE BELEIVED [the remnant of Jews who were believing in the first century were entering into the rest of the New Covenant of grace, they left off trying to be made righteous by the law,
they ceased from their own works] do enter into rest…for he spake in a certain place of the 7th day on this wise, and God did rest the 7th day from all his works, and again, if they
shall enter into my rest. Seeing therefore it still remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: again he limits a certain day
in David [Psalms] today if you will HEAR HIS VOICE [as opposed to the voice of the law/Moses] harden not your hearts. For if Joshua [my king James says ‘Jesus’ this is because the translation is
the same] had given them rest then he would not have spoken of another day, there remaineth therefore a rest TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD! [Jewish people ‘of God’ not gentile converts!]. Well, we covered
a lot here. Paul takes the creation account, the verses that will later speak of a future rest for Gods people, and then a verse from Psalms where David prophesies that there still remains a
future rest. He puts them all together to show Israel that God has ordained a future ‘7th day’ for his people to enter into. He uses the 7th day as a symbol of Gods ‘day of Grace and
rest’.
He
then shows Israel that it really wasn’t speaking of the rest of the Promised Land after all, because eventually Israel did inherit it, but yet David still spoke of it in the future tense. So Paul
concludes that the future rest of the 7th day that ‘Gods people’ [Jews] still must enter is the offer of grace to the 1st century Jew. Wow! This is why some theologians feel Paul was a
little too loose with the scriptures. I think this stuff is great! Paul basically was using all of his understanding as a first century theologian [Pharisee] and was absolutely proving Christ to
Israel in a way that none of the other Apostles could do. He was the only Pharisee out of all the Apostles, one born out of due time. This is obviously why Jesus chose him. It is so important to
see the connections that Paul is making here. If Israel were following the timeline that Paul is giving, they will see that their own Old Testament scriptures testify that there was a future
‘place of rest’ that would be offered to them as a nation.
And
Paul also shows that in history, Israel had a pattern of not entering into ‘this rest’ because of unbelief. And then he says ‘but the rest that Joshua finally did give them [the promised land]
wasn’t really the true rest after all, because David still spoke of it in a future tense’ then he says ‘see, there remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God’. Seeing this in context clears
up many wrong interpretations of these passages. You can still read Hebrews as a Christian and get wonderful principles, but you must see it in context to truly understand what its saying. ‘For
he that hath entered into rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his’ amazing, Paul says just like God ceased from creative activity on the ‘7th day’ so likewise when
we enter into the covenant of grace, we too will cease from the works of the law. This is so significant to the Jewish community whom Paul is addressing. He is showing them, in their language
[Old Testament] the same things he writes to the gentiles in Galatians and Romans.
He
is using the story of Genesis to show the truth of grace. Out of all the Apostles, Paul is unique in his ability to see Jesus in all of these Old Testament stories. No one could have made a
better apologetic for the Christian faith than Paul. ‘Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall into the same example of unbelief’ Now, I have heard it taught that this is
telling Christians to ‘work for your rest’. This would be a complete contradiction to this entire letter. But if you see this in context, that the recipients of this letter are 1st century
Jews who are already under the bondage of the law, then you read this as ‘those of you Jews who are always working to try and make yourselves righteous, you need to stop working for this, but
instead let all your labors and struggles end up at the Cross’ in essence ‘labor [struggle] to see these things I am showing you, and if you do you will find rest’ in the New Covenant of grace!
‘Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession, 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. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to
help in time of need.’ This of course applies to all of us. Paul and other New Testament writers saw redemption in a way that naturally included everybody. It was only those who rejected it thru
unbelief that were missing out. This is why you will see statements made like ‘Jesus is the savior of all men, specially of those that believe’ there was a real sense in the early church that
Jesus really redeemed everybody.
They
were not preaching universal salvation in the sense that everybody will be saved. But the gospel was presented in a way that simply included everybody. So here Paul says ‘we have a high priest’
he is including Israel in the ‘we’. I also like to apply these verses to all of us. How many times do we feel intimidated to come before Gods throne? We feel unworthy and God seems
unapproachable. Sort of like Saint John of the Cross who experienced the ‘dark night of the soul’ as well as Mother Theresa. There are times where believers feel separated from God’s real
presence. It is during these times when God says ‘come boldly, I too have experienced weakness and separation thru the incarnation. I know what it is like. Come to me, I can see what you feel
like, I can feel your feelings of weakness and inadequacy, come to me for help my child’. In the next chapter we will read this in depth. Jesus and all the high priests of the law were able to
identify with man because they were at one time in mans shoes. This is one of the great realities of the incarnation.
NEW
NOTES-
.SABBATH
REST
Remember
context- in this chapter the writer is appealing to his Jewish brothers.
And
he reminds them of their own history- he says ‘just like our forefathers died in the wilderness- because they did not BELIEVE’-
So
beware- if you now reject this new offer of REST- it will be because of UNBELIEF.
The
writer is making an argument for Justification by Faith here.
He
spiritualizes the promise of the Promised Land- and the story of Creation and Sabbath Day.
He
says ‘ok- God RESTED himself on the 7th Day of Creation’.
This
REST [a type of rest found in Christ and the New Covenant- based on Faith/Grace- NOT WORKS -The law].
Was
not the Rest promised to Israel when they entered the Promised Land.
Why?
Because
King David says many years later- in Psalms 95- that a Rest is still in the future.
What
Rest?
The
1st century offer of Grace- thru Faith- not works.
See
how important context is?
So-
when he says ‘there still remains a REST TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD’- He is not talking to Christians- as this verse is often seen.
No-
in the letter of Hebrews- the People of God are the Jewish nation- who now must ‘labor- work- strive’ to believe the Promise of Messiah- and enter into rest.
These
verses only make sense in this context.
Preachers
often teach the verse ‘strive to enter into rest- people of God’.
And
apply that to Christians- who are already ‘in rest’.
No-
that’s the wrong setting for these verses.
But-
to the 1st century Jew- under the law- then it makes sense.
They
were at a transition stage- they were still under the law [works] and they had to beware- because this present promise of grace- just like the Old Testament Promise of entering into the Promised
Land- is based on faith.
So-
when the writer says ‘if you strive- and hear this Gospel of Grace- you can enter into the Sabbath Day Rest’ [a symbol of the covenant of Grace].
And
have Rest.
See?
NOTE-
It’s not an ‘accident’ that the writer quotes from Psalms 95- written by Kind David.
Jesus
is identified as ‘The Son of David’ so it’s thru the Davidic line that the promise of Rest would ultimately be fulfilled.
In
a sense the writer is saying ‘The Joshua that lead our Fathers into the Promised Land was not the Real One- but the Joshua of the New Testament [Jesus and Joshua are the same word in the
Hebrew/Greek English translation] has now come thru the Line of David- and he will lead us into the True Rest- if you Believe’
Psalm
95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Psalm
95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
Psalm
95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Psalm
95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Psalm
95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Psalm
95:11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Genesis
2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Genesis
2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Genesis
2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Hebrews
4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Hebrews
4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Hebrews
4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the
world.
Hebrews
4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
Hebrews
4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
Hebrews
4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
Hebrews
4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Hebrews
4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
Hebrews
4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Hebrews
4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Hebrews
4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
.
VERSES-
Ephesians
5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Ephesians
5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Ephesians
5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Ephesians
5:4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Ephesians
5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Ephesians
5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Ephesians
5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
Ephesians
5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Ephesians
5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Ephesians
5:10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
Ephesians
5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Ephesians
5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Ephesians
5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Ephesians
5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Ephesians
5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Ephesians
5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Ephesians
5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians
5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Ephesians
5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Ephesians
5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Ephesians
5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Ephesians
5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians
5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Ephesians
5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Ephesians
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians
5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Ephesians
5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Ephesians
5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Ephesians
5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Ephesians
5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Ephesians
5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Ephesians
5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Ephesians
5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
New
International Version
The
Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.” Matt.
11:19
Luke
7:36-49 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Simon
the Pharisee
36 A
Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him. So Jesus went to the Pharisee’s home and got ready to eat.[a]
37 When
a sinful woman in that town found out that Jesus was there, she bought an expensive bottle of perfume. 38 Then she came and stood behind Jesus. She cried and started washing his feet
with her tears and drying them with her hair. The woman kissed his feet and poured the perfume on them.
39 The
Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and said to himself, “If this man really were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him! He would know that she is a
sinner.”
40 Jesus
said to the Pharisee, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”
“Teacher,
what is it?” Simon replied.
41 Jesus
told him, “Two people were in debt to a moneylender. One of them owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other owed him fifty. 42 Since neither of them could pay him back, the
moneylender said that they didn’t have to pay him anything. Which one of them will like him more?”
43 Simon
answered, “I suppose it would be the one who had owed more and didn’t have to pay it back.”
“You
are right,” Jesus said.
44 He
turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Have you noticed this woman? When I came into your home, you didn’t give me any water so I could wash my feet. But she has washed my feet with her
tears and dried them with her hair. 45 You didn’t greet me with a kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You didn’t even pour olive oil on
my head,[b] but she has poured expensive perfume on my feet. 47 So I tell you that all her sins are forgiven, and that is why she has shown great love. But anyone who has been
forgiven for only a little will show only a little love.”
48 Then
Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 Some
other guests started saying to one another, “Who is this who dares to forgive sins?”
Psalm
23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psalm
23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Psalm
23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Psalm
23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psalm
23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Psalm
23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Hebrews
4:12
For
the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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James
2:26
For
as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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Romans
12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans
12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
1Corinthians
15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
1Corinthians
15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
1Corinthians
15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1Corinthians
15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Isaiah
32:20
Blessed
are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
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(1010)CORINTHIANS
15:1-19 Paul will deal with the greatest threat yet to the Corinthian church, their doubt over the physical resurrection of the body. Various ‘Christian’ groups over the years have doubted the
physical resurrection. Now, some have done this out of a sincere attempt at trying to defend the faith! [their view of it] In the 1900’s you had one of the most popular theologians by the name of
Rudolf Bultman [most of his career was spent at the University of Marburg, Germany. Much of the higher criticism of the day originated from Germany] He wrote a book called ‘Kerygma and Myth’.
What he tried to say was that any modern man living in the 20th century, with all the breakthroughs in science and knowledge, could not ‘literally’ believe the miraculous stories in
scripture. Or even the way scripture spoke of heaven and hell and used limited terms to describe spiritual truths. He used the bibles terminology on Cosmology as an example. How could man believe
in a Cosmos where ‘heaven is up there, with the stars and all’ and he felt that enlightened man needed to ‘re-tool’ the bible and cleanse it from all these mythical images, but yet keep the
spiritual aspects of it. The moral teachings of Christ and stuff like that. So you have had sincere men doubt the truth claims of scripture. The problem with this attempt [higher criticism] is it
throws out the baby with the bathwater. The resurrection of Jesus is presented by the apostles as a real event. The fact of this resurrection can also be attested to by examining the historical
events of the day. Simply put, there is a ton of proof for the real resurrection of Christ. Bultman and others meant well, but some of the ‘facts’ that they were using were later proven to
be false. Bultman used a model of cosmology that would later be rejected by science. Yet the testimony from scripture would remain sure. Paul told the Corinthian’s that they needed to reject any
attempts at spiritualizing the resurrection of Christ. Sometimes believers grasp hold of limited proof’s for certain doctrines. For instance, the New Testament does speak of a spiritual
resurrection. In Ephesians Paul says we are presently raised with Christ. In Romans chapter 6 we have all ready been raised with Jesus. This reality does not mean there will be no future
resurrection of the saints. In Johns gospel Jesus speaks of the resurrection as being a future real event, as well as a present reality. Those in the graves will hear his voice and be raised from
the dead. And those who were presently ‘dead in sins’ would ‘come alive’ [spiritually] when they heard and believed the testimony of Jesus. It is important for the believer to be familiar with
the various theories and ideas that theologians and believers have grasped over the years. It is a mistake to simply see all higher learning as ‘liberalism’. There are some very important things
that we have learned thru the great intellectuals of the church. But we also need to stick with the ancient traditions as seen in the creeds, as well as the plain testimony of scripture. If
Christ ‘be not raised from the dead, then we are of all men most miserable’.
(1011)CORINTHIANS
15:20-28 here we see the guarantee of mans resurrection based on Christ’s resurrection. ‘As in Adam all die, so in Christ shall ALL be made alive’. Is Paul teaching a form of universalism [all
being saved]? He is showing us that all men will someday be raised from the dead. Now, does Paul leave room here for a type of Pre-millennial resurrection? A ‘raising’ of the dead prior to a
thousand year literal reign of Jesus. Then another resurrection at the end? Yes he does. If you read Revelation you will see this type of scenario play out. Also Jesus speaks of the resurrection
of the just and the unjust. Historically the church has held 3 basic views on this. Pre-millennialism says Jesus returns first [pre] before the literal thousand year rule occurs. ‘Post’ says the
thousand year rule is literal, and after that Jesus comes back. Those who held to this view were excited at the turn of the first millennium [1000 ad] they thought it possible for Jesus to have
returned after the first thousand years since his death and resurrection. And then you have A-millennial, they spiritualize the thousand year reign spoken of in the book of Revelation as being a
symbol of Christ’s present rule and kingdom. Now, today’s most popular form of Pre-millennialism is not historic, it dates back to the 19th century. Today’s form is called
‘Pre-tribulational, Pre-millennial’ this teaching [dispensationalism] says Jesus comes back 2 more times. One is called ‘the rapture’ the other is the second coming [revealing]. The proponents of
this form find little [or no] early Christians who believed this. There is one early writing by a Syrian brother who speaks very clearly about a rapture type event. Some think he speaks a little
too clearly! The writing is believed to have been a fake. Either way we do have Paul teaching stages involved with the coming of the Lord and the kingdom. It is possible to have 2 future
resurrections, this would not mean you need two future ‘second comings’. The first resurrection takes place at Christ’s return. He rules a literal thousand years and ‘the dead are raised again’
at the end of the literal rule on earth [ a literal reading of Revelation]. Also Paul does use the language of Jesus submitting to the Father at the end so ‘God will be all in all’. I feel
believers have been confused and at times contradictory while trying to explain the nature of God and the Trinity. I recently read a teaching on the Trinity that tried to compare the Trinity to
the nature of the organic church. It seemed confusing to me, they tried to say that just like in the Trinity you have no one ‘being’ having authority over the other, but instead you see all three
persons equally submitting to one another [Father, Son and Spirit] so in the church you have equality. Now, I do believe that there is equality in the church, but I felt the example was way off.
The New Testament clearly teaches the willful ‘submission’ of the Son to the Father. God [the father] is clearly the one ‘in charge’. Now, I admit it’s difficult and brothers have spent years
trying to explain all the ins and outs of this. Here Paul shows us that the Son has willingly submitted to the Father so the father can put all things under him. Then once again at the
culmination of the kingdom the Son submits to the father and God receives the glory. We will praise and worship Jesus thru out all eternity, it is his willful submission to the father’s plan that
makes this happen. NOTE- Some believers spiritualize the first resurrection spoken of in Revelation, they relate it to those who have been ‘born again’ spiritually. Modern ‘Preterism’ holds to
this view.
(1013)CORINTHIANS
15:29-49 the resurrection body is a real ‘spiritual’ body. Paul describes the natural body [us now] as fleshly and like Adams body. He then describes the promised resurrection body as being like
Jesus in his raised state. These verses can be a little confusing. When Paul says the resurrection body is ‘spiritual’ as compared to earthy, is he saying it is not real? No. But you can see how
some early sects could use these verses and teach a ‘phantom’ type resurrection [Gnostic, Docetist type groups]. I was once asked by a Catholic believer if the church taught the physical
resurrection. I assured the person that both Catholic and Protestant [and Orthodox] expressions of Christianity embrace the real future resurrection of the body. Now, is it the same body? Well,
the way Paul describes it is by comparing the planting of seeds. When you plant a seed you don’t simply get a bigger seed! But you get various types of growth, whether it’s a tree or plant or
whatever. So Paul says our future bodies will be new and glorious in this way, but if it weren’t really you, then it wouldn’t be a resurrection! So you will come back, but it will be a ‘new you’.
Over the years I have studied various theologians [Christian ones] and I have seen the penchant for various groups to focus in on a certain doctrine and to stray somewhat from the faith. Now,
they aren’t always cults, some of them are highly knowledgeable Christians who seem to be testing the boundaries of orthodoxy. I like N.T. Wright, the famous Bishop of Durham [Church of England]
but you need to be grounded in what you believe before you can really read him. I feel at times he is helpful in bringing new perspectives to things, I have seen some of the things he teaches
myself. But there is also a danger of ‘re-thinking’ stuff a little too much. By the way Wright has written on the resurrection and has done a great job at defending the historic churches
position. He’s in somewhat of a theological controversy at the moment, some of the strong reformed brothers have come out and challenged his view on Justification. Wright teaches that the
historic reformers kind of missed what Paul was saying. Wright ‘extends’ the doctrine to mean ‘a sign/badge of those who are already in Gods covenant community’. The historic reformers taught a
more forensic meaning of the doctrine. That justification is primarily saying that God imputes the righteousness of Jesus to the believer. That Jesus took our sins, and we get his righteousness.
Now, I feel there is some truth to Wrights view. But I would be careful to throw out the reformed view all together. There certainly is much truth to the reformed view. John Piper [a reformed
Baptist] just released a book on the reformed view, Wright has one coming out pretty soon [Wrights is already published overseas, but the states wont get it for a few months]. So, the point is I
believe the historic church and the ancient creeds ‘got it right’ on the resurrection. It is real, it will happen to all people some day. Those who have ‘done good’ [wow- these are Jesus actual
words when describing the final judgment!] will be ‘raised to life’. Those who have done evil will be raised to face judgment. We can all escape the coming judgment, Jesus died for us. If we
believe and accept his death, burial and resurrection, then we will be raised to a new life some day. 378- (I stuck this entry in here because it deals with the ‘baptism for the dead’, I didn’t
want you to think that I just skipped over the verse) Let me give a little example of the ‘overriding act of redemption’ trumping any little verse or experience. Paul actually tells the
Corinthians ‘if the dead are not raised, then why are you baptizing people in ‘proxy’ for the dead?’ This is tough stuff. Let me give you one way to see this. The ‘baptism for the dead’ seems to
have been a real cultural thing that took place in a specific time and setting [like the slavery verses I mentioned earlier]. There seems to have been a concern specifically to the
1st century church that said ‘this new doctrine of Jesus is great, but being its only been around a few years, and you are telling us [Paul] that you must embrace it to be saved. Then we
have a problem. A lot of our loved ones never got a chance to hear. How do you expect us to quell these concerns?’ And it’s possible that the ‘baptism’ by proxy [like a father or son getting
baptized in the place of the loved one who died] was a 1stcentury cultural thing that grew out of this. The fact that they were doing this does not mean that Paul the Apostle was condoning it.
Paul was simply saying ‘if you guys really don’t believe in life after death, then why are you bothering with this rite?’ Its like Paul was using their own cultural thing to show them the
inconsistency of their thinking. He wasn’t really teaching the baptism for the dead. [This is my view, Mormons believe different. They do practice this today and they use this verse as
justification].
(1014)CORINTHIANS
15:50-58 Okay, let’s wrap up this chapter. ‘Flesh and blood will not inherit the kingdom’ Paul speaks a little on the nature of the resurrected body. It is real, but not mortal [flesh and blood]
without getting lost in the technical aspects of the actual body, Paul does make a distinction between the natural life of man [blood gives life to the mortal man] and the supernatural life of
the resurrected body [spiritual life]. Then Paul shows us a mystery [something that was hidden up until the time God reveals it- here thru Paul!] that ‘we shall not all experience death, but we
shall all get new bodies’. Paul teaches that some believers will not face natural death, they will be the generation that is alive at Christ’s coming. Paul says this happens at the ‘last
trumpet’. For those of you not familiar with some of the silly stuff that passes under the heading of ‘theology’, let me explain some stuff. In the world of ‘dispensationalism’ there is an entire
body of teaching that deals with the trumpets in scripture. Basically if Paul is teaching that this event, getting raised from the dead and being transformed, if this takes place at ‘the last
trump’ then it is pretty clear that this event is not some type of rapture that takes place 7 years prior to Gods ‘last trump’ [last day, when God wraps things up]. But if you read the portions
of scripture that speak about Christ’s return and the resurrection [Thessalonians 4, John 14, Matthew 25] you will see that all these scriptures teach that the resurrection takes place at the
end, when Christ returns. So anyway a whole lotta time is spent by the rapture guys to explain that when you are in school, you might say ‘hey, that’s the last bell [trump] before class starts’
and that ‘last bell’ doesn’t mean ‘last bell’, but it means the ‘last bell for now’. It’s kind of silly stuff that preachers do in order to back up their theories. If scriptures ‘last trump’
isn’t really the ‘last trump’ then you can fit the rapture in as a separate event from the second coming. I think doing doctrine like this is silly and hairsplitting. The first century believers
who were reading these letters [not all at once, but as they were slowly being penned and sent] simply saw all of the references on the second coming as one event. It’s silly to try and make two
separate lists of the New testament verses on Christ’s coming and then place some verses under a rapture heading, and others under a ‘second coming’ heading, especially when the rapture brothers
themselves cant agree on which ones belong to which list! Well any way we have a glorious promise of a future resurrection body, the last enemy that Jesus destroys is death. Revelation says
‘death and hell are cast into the lake of fire’ Jesus has power over death, hell and the grave. He will totally eradicate all death some day, Jesus tasted death for every man [Hebrews] so that
man does not have to be in bondage under its fear any more.
· 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?
·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’.
·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.
·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.
Romans
6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Romans
6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Romans
6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans
6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of
life.
Romans
6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Romans
6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Romans
6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Romans
6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Romans
6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Romans
6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Romans
6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans
6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Romans
6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of
righteousness unto God.
Romans
6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Romans
6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Romans
6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Romans
6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Romans
6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Romans
6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your
members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Romans
6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Romans
6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
Romans
6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Romans
6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
VERSES [These are the verses I either quoted or taught from on today’s post]
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Twenty-seventh
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary:
140
Reading
1GN 2:18-24
The
LORD God said: “It is not good for the man to be alone.
I
will make a suitable partner for him.”
So
the LORD God formed out of the ground
various
wild animals and various birds of the air,
and
he brought them to the man to see what he would call them;
whatever
the man called each of them would be its name.
The
man gave names to all the cattle,
all
the birds of the air, and all wild animals;
but
none proved to be the suitable partner for the man.
So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man,
and
while he was asleep,
he
took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
The
LORD God then built up into a woman the rib
that
he had taken from the man.
When
he brought her to the man, the man said:
“This
one, at last, is bone of my bones
and
flesh of my flesh;
this
one shall be called ‘woman, ‘
for
out of ‘her man’ this one has been taken.”
That
is why a man leaves his father and mother
and
clings to his wife,
and
the two of them become one flesh.
Responsorial
PsalmPS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6
R.
(cf. 5) May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.
Blessed
are you who fear the LORD,
who
walk in his ways!
For
you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork;
blessed
shall you be, and favored.
R. May
the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.
Your
wife shall be like a fruitful vine
in
the recesses of your home;
your
children like olive plants
around
your table.
R. May
the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.
Behold,
thus is the man blessed
who
fears the LORD.
The
LORD bless you from Zion:
may
you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all
the days of your life.
R. May
the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.
May
you see your children’s children.
Peace
be upon Israel!
R. May
the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.
Reading
2HEB 2:9-11
Brothers
and sisters:
He
“for a little while” was made “lower than the angels, ”
that
by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
For it was fitting that he,
for
whom and through whom all things exist,
in
bringing many children to glory,
should
make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering.
He
who consecrates and those who are being consecrated
all
have one origin.
Therefore,
he is not ashamed to call them “brothers.”
Alleluia1
JN 4:12
R. Alleluia,
alleluia.
If
we love one another, God remains in us
and
his love is brought to perfection in us.
R. Alleluia,
alleluia.
GospelMK
10:2-16
The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked,
“Is
it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?”
They
were testing him.
He
said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?”
They
replied,
“Moses
permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce
and
dismiss her.”
But
Jesus told them,
“Because
of the hardness of your hearts
he
wrote you this commandment.
But
from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
For
this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and
be joined to his wife,
and
the two shall become one flesh.
So
they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore
what God has joined together,
no
human being must separate.”
In
the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about this.
He
said to them,
“Whoever
divorces his wife and marries another
commits
adultery against her;
and
if she divorces her husband and marries another,
she
commits adultery.”
And people were bringing children to him that he might touch them,
but
the disciples rebuked them.
When
Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them,
“Let
the children come to me;
do
not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to
such
as these.
Amen,
I say to you,
whoever
does not accept the kingdom of God like a child
will
not enter it.”
Then
he embraced them and blessed them,
placing
his hands on them.
Or MK
10:2-12
The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked,
“Is
it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?”
They
were testing him.
He
said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?”
They
replied,
“Moses
permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce
and
dismiss her.”
But
Jesus told them,
“Because
of the hardness of your hearts
he
wrote you this commandment.
But
from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
For
this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and
be joined to his wife,
and
the two shall become one flesh.
So
they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore
what God has joined together,
no
human being must separate.”
In
the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about this.
He
said to them,
“Whoever
divorces his wife and marries another
commits
adultery against her;
and
if she divorces her husband and marries another,
she
commits adultery.”
Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis
2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every
living creature, that was the name thereof.
Genesis
2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Genesis
2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Genesis
2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Genesis
2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Genesis
2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis
2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
11 These
things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Then
said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit
Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then
said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
Jn.
11
John
1:17
For
the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
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.
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Isaiah
53:5
But
he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Isaiah
53:10
Yet
it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the
pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
OTHER VIDEOS [These are the videos I post nightly to my various sites- Links to all sites below]
Teaching https://youtu.be/7pIl22CU0bg
9-3-17 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/xac233r5bq5722e/9-3-17%20Sunday%20sermon.mp4?dl=0
Kings 3 https://business.facebook.com/ccoutreach1/videos/272908884246152/
2-3-19 Sunday sermon https://dai.ly/x7usw2w
In the image of God https://youtu.be/If5GrqzO3O4
Homeless friends https://www.dropbox.com/s/x5htxbwc5srwrdw/4-27-18%20Furman-%20I%20teach%20too.mp4?dl=0
Mark 5 https://youtu.be/X-YGVitz194
9-17-21 Teaching https://youtu.be/7AqA-JuwSDs
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMkSJx5rhdKjZjLTNV
ReCap https://youtu.be/qbEjkHqydhs
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMkSPybaTEKQaQXGaA
https://parler.com/#/user/Ccoutreach87
https://gloryfier.com/ccoutreach87
12-3-17 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/penks9kq7i7oqd4/12-3-17%20Sunday%20Sermon.mp4?dl=0
True Vine https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPnaaK1FOFs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
James https://ok.ru/video/2337831455287
Samuel 23-24 https://www.dropbox.com/s/fv14hycqmntkb7i/10-30-16%201st%20Samuel%2023-24.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/7IglDSszjrI
7-1-18 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/4vr6g8r8gz20cms/7-1-18%20Sunday%20Sermon-%20Real%20Time.mp4?dl=0
Acts 5 https://youtu.be/e3_HgRrIVis
7-15-18 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/v22omgu57ggktgb/7-15-18%20Sunday%20sermon.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://fb.watch/82cCctODfw/
1-20-19 Sunday sermon https://dai.ly/x7uq11a
10-29-17 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/grkeb1bdsbyq940/10-29-17%20Sunday%20Sermon.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/KTQPJL9Fu48
Kings 9 https://www.dropbox.com/s/q7ifqhrk1ungpka/7-11-17%20Kings%209.mp4?dl=0
Scripture https://youtu.be/1o8HPvN3GTQ
11-5-17 Sunday sermon https://dai.ly/x7rfwq0
8-13-17 Sunday sermon https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPh8wVQlfBu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
5-27-18 Sunday sermon- 2 https://ok.ru/video/2332967307831
10-28-18 Sunday sermon https://youtu.be/AkXKKU13uBs
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/oDVbinJkkG8
Trust God- 2 https://www.dropbox.com/s/swv7ttia0nbg4wr/7-11-15%20Trust%20God%20%282%29.mp4?dl=0
Kings 1 https://youtu.be/rECxT4WgL-w
Kings 22 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ip4k3o56qroxy3m/3-22-18%20Kings%2022.mp4?dl=0
Scepter of the kingdom https://fb.watch/7-zQwlctQ0/
1-6-19 Sunday sermon https://dai.ly/x7uq11g
Jonah https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxgf1hypxipoll2/10-28-16%20JohnJonah.mp4?dl=0
Pops https://youtu.be/mdA3XFsoTxo
Teaching https://www.dropbox.com/s/m1i3xmm3lodrmev/7-10-16%20The%20word%20is%20right%20there.mp4?dl=0
The Blood of Jesus https://youtu.be/qj1eNvX_MPg
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMkSG_d5Yo2LDpL5XP
Mark 2- N.J. https://youtu.be/_SRevM8Tcs4
Kings 21 https://www.dropbox.com/s/5bf9etqfsxwmz10/3-8-18%20Kings%2021.mp4?dl=0
Review https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPaQPsiFDii/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
5-27-18 Sunday sermon [1] https://ok.ru/video/2328163125815
Sartre https://www.dropbox.com/s/saxl3ieo5wntrje/10-28-15%20Jean%20Paul%20Sartre.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/cAavZJ2m2mw
Samuel 7-8 https://www.dropbox.com/s/tebxmco7ywuwus6/7-10-16%20Samuel%207-8%20%5B2nd%20Tim.%204%5D.mp4?dl=0
Mark 4 https://youtu.be/CjaHcrS4nak
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/my-other-sites-new-blogger.html?m=0
Kings 20 https://www.dropbox.com/s/feq1brdvfl1x0nh/2-22-18%20Kings%2020.mp4?dl=0
7 eyes https://fb.watch/7XCMruRiDB/
12-30-18 Sunday sermon https://dai.ly/x7vd8kr
Obadiah https://www.dropbox.com/s/25vgfbcesq9hyua/10-25-16%20Obadiah.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/c0Krp7qOwLI
King David https://www.dropbox.com/s/g7nwus6mr7orl97/6-9-16%20King%20David.mp4?dl=0
New Jersey https://youtu.be/cwI088OD9MU
https://saviorconnect.com/profile-4941
Kings 19 https://www.dropbox.com/s/yz6mfxwptwilpcy/2-8-18%20Kings%2018.mp4?dl=0
8-12-18 Sunday sermon https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPU9KBtFOFe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Teaching https://ok.ru/video/2321416325687
Acts 26 https://www.dropbox.com/s/zulzxbly4ksbeif/10-24-17%20Acts%2026.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/l9WEwx5eEq8
Kings 7 https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqw5vqaa8wsicd8/6-6-17%20Kings%207.mp4?dl=0
New Jersey https://youtu.be/73w9Vod-0Jk
https://www.faithsocial.com/john-chiarello1142074
https://www.mypraize.com/ccoutreach87
Kings 18 https://www.dropbox.com/s/o69uyea4a0yndfd/1-27-18%20Kings%2018.mp4?dl=0
4-29-18 Sunday sermon https://fb.watch/7U_6AvT6xX/
12-30-18 S sermon 2 https://dai.ly/x7vd8kq
10-23-16 Sunday sermon https://youtu.be/7dfLhO2HBf8
Friends https://www.dropbox.com/s/3fyec9sts4pemco/4-14-16%20David%2C%20Jude%20n%20Pops.mp4?dl=0
New Jersey https://youtu.be/rRxbMfHi7Vo
Kings 17 https://www.dropbox.com/s/om2jj774i634cp2/1-11-18%20kings%2017.mp4?dl=0
John 10 https://www.instagram.com/tv/CNkBQ4BloH9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Apologetics https://ok.ru/video/2316813601335
10-22-17 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/nmfj5rte16qi47h/10-22-17%20Sunday%20Sermon.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/QqHcCj8GJMw
6-5-16 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/v59atzlbevp0l9z/6-5-16%20Church%20unlimited%20outline.mp4?dl=0
Jersey City https://youtu.be/ZqN2KEmxBRk
Kings 16 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9pigihskee4hmcy/12-23-17%20Kings%2016.mp4?dl=0
1 day at a time https://fb.watch/7SlmJE7rOy/
12-23-18 Sunday sermon https://dai.ly/x7v6uk8
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/4Tk7faf516E
6-3-18 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/rgqi61idjxsz8zu/6-3-18%20Sunday%20sermon.mp4?dl=0
NYC https://youtu.be/OOJCdV0gYMg
Kings 15 https://www.dropbox.com/s/v3rg894117cuzsf/11-30-17%20Kings%2015.mp4?dl=0
Teaching https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPIdAd1lAwE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Acts 13 https://ok.ru/video/2312444381751
10-2-16 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/3aevgyh0vlwvthc/10-2-16%20Church%20Unlimited-%20Mass.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/aD8qpQ11RFM
The Exorcist https://www.dropbox.com/s/t97l19yh8xm6tyo/6-30-16%20The%20Exorcist.mp4?dl=0
New Jersey https://youtu.be/fgPa8nCXo7s
Kings 14 https://www.dropbox.com/s/97g1165f95g33cx/11-3-17%20Kings%2014.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://fb.watch/7Oob3WZyZ2/
12-16-18 Sunday sermon https://dai.ly/x72o1jj
Acts 16 https://www.dropbox.com/s/6h7szlctpd4epkj/6-29-17%20Acts%2016.mp4?dl=0
Friends https://youtu.be/dCK6R-_icek
10-21-18 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/6vblfo15tkwii4b/10-21-18%20Sunday%20sermon%20%5BTree%20of%20Life%5D.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/nbgSB2uxDCo
Acts 22 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhz6lDRVITz4C6B2J
NYC cruise https://youtu.be/oAgJn5yD7xQ
Remember the crumbs https://www.dropbox.com/s/o9cg1nxxsrzuc08/12-29-16%20Remember%20the%20crumbs%20%5BMatt.%2016-%20Rev.%2021-%202nd%20Sam.%205%5D.mp4?dl=0
Samuel 29-30 https://flic.kr/p/2inm63a
5-20-18 Sunday sermon https://www.bitchute.com/video/ebc5dAqBJ41i/
Colossians 1 https://youtu.be/7-ABHPhtkIM
3-17-19 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMinODulbcBCKdgnsJ
NY skylineTeaching https://www.dropbox.com/s/e70pwfonxocf4ws/12-30-15%2091st%20-%20NYC%20skyline%20%5BDavid%27s%20son%5D.mp4?dl=0
Secret place https://www.dropbox.com/s/qmqn18pu2lexc8c/9-12-15%20Secret%20Place.mp4?dl=0
New Jersey friends https://youtu.be/21jNZ806_0U
Galatians 2 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhGBeGlLV_fJjxjdV
2-3-19 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMilD5yDhBnTUB_-Sb
1-28-18 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/ok99cciktacbccq/1-28-18%20Sunday%20sermon-%20it%20is%20finished.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://www.instagram.com/tv/B0TI2XXHMFX/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Isaiah 42 https://www.bitchute.com/video/i9LWjCnLMWgR/
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/wjQevu_7UJg
Samuel 18 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhzt2sNHBwZ0EtZ3S
Artist- NYC https://youtu.be/fOPObNrxDjQ
Teaching with homeless friends https://www.dropbox.com/s/e389iktanwpbxy5/12-26-16%202nd%20Samuel%203-4%20%5Bsome%20homeless%20friends%5D.mp4?dl=0
Acts 20 https://dai.ly/x7lgi7d
The creed https://flic.kr/p/2imzhuZ
1-27-19 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMik_SfI-6_X58FLl_
1-7-18 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/8mkjx5xam35d1qk/1-7-18%20Sunday%20Sermon.mp4?dl=0
Kings 1 https://youtu.be/rECxT4WgL-w
9-10-17 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhz30ATF40mHS1xBv
New York City https://youtu.be/SHIFXEbtGlE
GW bridge https://www.dropbox.com/s/ndpftd0j53066e0/12-25-15%20GW%20bridge.mp4?dl=0
Colossians 1 https://vk.com/video533663718_456239358
2-10-19 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMilM8RN-NWYOeUqeR
10-1-17 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhmkemext29p5qf/10-1-17%20Sunday%20sermon.mp4?dl=0
Teaching https://www.bitchute.com/video/2HH4mZtpmhhf/
3-12-17 Sunday sermon https://youtu.be/1o8HPvN3GTQ
Mark 15 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhznNDrGQIz_mlUt1
The testimony of God https://youtu.be/vt9yvzys1iU
Teaching in San Antonio https://flic.kr/p/2ikHFxs
2-17-19 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMil4a9tApT-GYM2ar
Homeless friends https://www.instagram.com/tv/Bz0JXl7nL_5/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
The true vine https://dai.ly/x7lcght
2nd Samuel 1-2 https://www.dropbox.com/s/jhuh3um1rdrh5xz/12-24-16%202nd%20Samuel%20%5B1-2%5D%20Revelation-%20Kingdoms.mp4?dl=0
Romans 11-13 https://youtu.be/gZVN_AIvVpg
Kings 16 https://vk.com/video533663718_456239029
Homeless friend https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMih37TGMUEb1rBHQ5
Don’t seek glory from men https://youtu.be/TPMjIj71CHc
Christmas eve- NYC https://www.dropbox.com/s/4hr5ql3et1ceav1/12-24-15%20Christmas%20eve-%20Incarnation.mp4?dl=0
When you see the cloud https://www.bitchute.com/video/j2CfYCmSP2Ja/
1-20-19 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMikYc30VvFVnVlHnn
10-15-17 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/waqoz1i3z5octsw/10-15-%2017%20Sunday%20Sermon.mp4?dl=0
https://johnchiarello.tumblr.com/post/611421684358053888/test-5
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/john-chiarello-b27340ab_god-bible-jesus-activity-6639991304329715713-bt-g
10-12-18
Reed- injured Vet from new Jersey [here in Corpus Christi]
https://youtu.be/pv47iCp_d2Q
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10204901371092251/
10-11-18
Teaching with homeless friends-
https://youtu.be/iWQnkKPnIpo
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10204896838898949/
10-11-18
Facebook- social media questions? https://youtu.be/v2ZBCGx-Ltc
10-10-18
CCPD makes armed arrest at Flour Bluff drive and SPID
https://youtu.be/ZEs2zslCf0c
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10204892811798274/
10-9-18
Pirate Joe [MSNBC] a media critique https://youtu.be/z8yMia3QA7A
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10204889134706349/
10-8-18
Elena Kagan- questions- Limo crash owner was FBI informant
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10204886016308391/
https://youtu.be/M_Qne_parJg
Kagan-
not about softball- or gay bashing https://youtu.be/–eUoidGxxM
10-7-18
News update- abortion- media- court https://youtu.be/vaY8Yp_GYH8
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10204882850709253/
10-6-18
CCPD and Caller Times article on rape allegation- true or false?
https://youtu.be/NfQhky2LQhA
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10204876302945563/
Plane
lands in New Jersey https://youtu.be/WnfCw1t41DI
Romans
8-10 https://trello.com/c/UoT4POwf/210-2-24-15-romans-8-10mp4
Kings
22 https://youtu.be/2CjhmZGllL8
Mark
7 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMggqhnxRBbBBHO8Om
Acts
6 https://youtu.be/j61P6tWV3cI
Colossians
3 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMggtKHeTI_AiqFHZP
Brief
history of NYC [filmed by New York City in the back] https://youtu.be/SHIFXEbtGlE
Palm
Sunday C.C. cathedral https://youtu.be/HCimQgT7OHY
Acts
9 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMggy_7kgfAhfJNo3Q
Statue
of Liberty https://youtu.be/SABWyRIYovE
We
are the light too https://youtu.be/93bBgnMizcY
Thought
you were 1 of us! https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgg3mc8flOl1etP_H
Artist-
NYC https://youtu.be/fOPObNrxDjQ
Waters
cover the sea https://trello.com/c/gNMDQAxl/216-2-13-16-waters-cover-seamp4
Mark
6 https://youtu.be/RpdVNmMv_fE
4-15-18
Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgg6OxgnO7mfO4KZ7
Hudson
County Park- North Bergen https://youtu.be/Kefsyta7PSQ
Christian-
Muslim dialogue https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZuJKn7ZT2QL5KLCynYildjfvu1p3hTozdMk
Colossians
2 https://youtu.be/BCSgbjOXtZ4
Easter https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgg9FekfL2oSVxS8a
Galatians
4 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMc7CJMXKGvTAhb_Y
Galatians
5 https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZD86n7ZYmQHRKoKhJYDGcCdKrw3MRGlvsRy
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Gloryfier https://gloryfier.com/ccoutreach87
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[Most viewed] https://www.bitchute.com/channel/jsS961GkXUSn/
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https://vk.com/videos533663718 [Russia]
https://www.instagram.com/john.chiarello/channel/
[Most viewed- OK] https://ok.ru/video/c2081847?st.cmd=video&st.m=ALBUM&st.aid=c2081847&st.ft=album [Ukraine]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4GsqTEVWRm0HxQTLsifvg?view_as=subscriber
Youtube note- http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/youtube-problems
My Facebook videos-
Profile videos-
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos?lst=1779330793%3A1779330793%3A1546906912
Page videos- https://www.facebook.com/ccoutreach1/videos/?view_public_for=288613861341347
https://bittube.video/accounts/ccoutreach87
https://open.tube/video-channels/corpus_outreach/videos
Note- https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/bit-open-tube-review-8-2020
Ugetube https://ugetube.com/@ccoutreach87
All Videos- https://1drv.ms/f/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMg0MwmUCJ1XM3q9ui
Cloud links- https://ccoutreach87.com/cloud-links-12-2018/
Archive- Text posts only- https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/archiv.html
Some of my studies-
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/reformation_12.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/overview-ofphilosophy-thales-andthe-pre.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/romans-links-1-2019.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/colossians-links-2019.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/corinthians-links-4-2019.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/ephesians-links.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/acts-links.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/galatians-links.html
NOTE- Every so often some of my sites think I am Spam- or a Bot- I am not. My name is John Chiarello, I am a retired firefighter living in Texas, Born in Hoboken New Jersey- raised in North Bergen. I post original content [all videos and text are by me]. I post 7 videos a night to many of my sites, and text posts 3 times a week. I NEVER take money- or ask for money- ever. Everything is free- I sell nothing- to some sites this makes a difference- so I wanted to say that here. There are no buildings- staff- salary- anything. Just me teaching- doing outreach- and reaching out thru my sites. All my teachings- videos- studies are free to download from all my sites. Make as many copies as you want- they are there for you to use. Thank You- John.
ALL MY SITES [Please Like, Share, Connect, Follow and Subscribe to the sites below- Thanks]
Web sites-
www.corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com [Main site]
https://medium.com/@johnchiarello
https://johnchiarello.webs.com/
https://ccoutreach87.jimdo.com/
http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/__blog.html?r=20171009095200
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/
http://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/
http://ccoutreach87.strikingly.com/
https://ccoutreach87.webs.com/
Social Media sites-
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5?ref=bookmarks
https://www.facebook.com/ccoutreach1
https://vk.com/id533663718 [Russia- Our largest group outside the U.S.]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-chiarello-b27340ab/
[Our largest group]
https://twitter.com/ccoutreach87
https://www.instagram.com/john.chiarello/channel/
https://ok.ru/profile/589985645111 [Ukraine- Our 2nd largest in Europe]
http://johnchiarello.tumblr.com/
https://mewe.com/i/johnchiarello
https://mastodon.social/@ccoutreach87
https://www.minds.com/ccoutreach87
https://parler.com/#/user/Ccoutreach87
https://www.publish0x.com/@ccoutreach87
https://www.wattpad.com/user/JohnChiarello/conversations
https://www.thinkspot.com/authors/profile
https://chat.whatsapp.com/G6K5dWjUK5vEiXuZ3B3IqX
https://ruqqus.com/@ccoutreach87
https://www.quora.com/profile/John-Chiarello-1
https://pocketnet.app/ccoutreach87
https://spacehey.com/profile?id=110939
https://ccoutreachministries.wordpress.com/
https://fightingbackuncensored.com/miembros/johnchiarello/
https://wegatta.com/index.php/Ccoutreach87
https://www.mumblit.com/ccoutreach87
https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/
https://likabout.com/ccoutreach87 [Portugal]
https://www.chaino.com/ccoutreach87
https://xephula.com/ccoutreach87
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https://solikick.com/-ccoutreach87
https://gettr.com/user/ccoutreach87
https://ugetube.com/@ccoutreach87
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https://orbys.net/ccoutreach87
https://www.codias.com/@ZW5jcnlwdF8tXzM3NDIw
https://www.mypraize.com/ccoutreach87
https://www.faithsocial.com/john-chiarello1142074
https://saviorconnect.com/profile-4941
https://gloryfier.com/ccoutreach87
Link sharing sites-
https://www.pinterest.com/ccoutreach87/
https://mix.com/jchiarello/christian-bible-god
https://trello.com/b/swhF9Vr8/ccoutreach87com
https://www.reddit.com/user/ccoutreach
https://flipboard.com/@johnchiarel4hvs/ccoutreach87-q213nqldy
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/one-link_18.html [Link to past teaching]
Video sites- [Can view and download my videos free of charge]
Streaming sites-
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ4GsqTEVWRm0HxQTLsifvg?view_as=subscriber
Youtube Playlist- https://ccoutreach87.com/youtube-playlist/
Youtube note- http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/youtube-problems
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ccoutreach87/ [Most viewed]
https://www.dailymotion.com/ccoutreach87/videos [India]
https://www.bitchute.com/channel/jsS961GkXUSn/ [Most viewed]
https://vk.com/videos533663718 [Russia]
[My Facebook videos]
https://www.facebook.com/ccoutreach1/videos/?view_public_for=288613861341347
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos?lst=1779330793%3A1779330793%3A1546906912
https://www.instagram.com/john.chiarello/channel/ [IGTV]
[Ukraine-Most viewed]
https://ok.ru/video/c2081847?st.cmd=video&st.m=ALBUM&st.aid=c2081847&st.ft=album
https://www.brighteon.com/channel/ccoutreach87
https://vimeo.com/user85764413
https://bittube.video/accounts/ccoutreach87
https://open.tube/video-channels/corpus_outreach/videos
Note- https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/bit-open-tube-review-8-2020
https://ccoutreach87.com/youtube-catalog-2020/ [Youtube catalog- 2020]
Youtube note- http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/youtube-problems
Ugetube https://ugetube.com/@ccoutreach87
All Videos- https://1drv.ms/f/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMg0MwmUCJ1XM3q9ui
Cloud sites-
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMg0MwmUCJ1XM3q9ui
https://mega.nz/#F!7WQCSIJR!-4v9-zUQRq4MIQbBfI2n4A
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/d43nhtrgysqg493/AAAlCszxZXJoRtk8UudtuR9ma?dl=0
Inactive- work in progress-
http://johnchiarello.doodlekit.com/
http://corpus-christijohnchiarello.simplesite.com/
https://spark.adobe.com/page/6INKwX1tFT7WA/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWXKfaFDZrfNUzloSqg8Kg?view_as=subscriber
Youtube note- http://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/youtube-problems
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Note- Please do me a favor, those who read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read them on- Copy text- download video links- make complete copies of my books/studies and posts- everything is copyrighted by me- I give permission for all to copy and share as much as you like- I just ask that nothing be sold. We live in an online world- yet- there is only one internet- meaning if it ever goes down- the only access to the teachings are what others have copied or downloaded- so feel free to copy and download as much as you want- it’s all free-
Note- I have many web sites- at times some question whether I’m a ‘bot’ because I do post a lot.
I am not a ‘bot’- I’m John- so please- if you are on the verge of deleting something- my contact email is ccoutreach87@gmail.com - contact me first- thank you- John
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