November 2024 – Page 3 – whosoeverinhim

November 8, 2024

LISTEN and love yourself

Friday 110824

Ephesians 2:8-9 ‘…For it is by God’s grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God’s GIFT, so that no one can boast about it…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

Together, you and I, let’s open the Word and study what we’ve ALL been freely given. Use me to help you open up your Bible and search what God wants for us to hear. We’re only going follow what we find written in the Word that pertains to us and hopefully from what we find, we will be able to use it in our lives, not only for ourselves but hopefully for those that we love also.

The verses we are going to study tonight:

John 1:17; Matthew 28:19; Genesis 1:1; Romans 1:20; Revelation 20:22; 2 Corinthians 13:14.

So, I am right now posting my study on ten (10) different sites on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings:

Facebook – whosoeverinhim Bible study

WordPress – lrabbe.wordpress.com

Weebly – whosoeverinhim.weebly.com

Wix – lrabbe2024.wixsite.com/my-site-2

Wix – lrabbe2024.wixsite.com/whosoeverinhim

Blogger – whosoeverinhim.blogspot.com

cw.center – whosoeverinhim.cw.center

Tumblr – www.tumblr.com/whosoeversblog

Webador – inhim.webador.com

Webador – free-4140862.webador.com

In my attempt to spread the MESSAGE of Jesus to the people in the 21^st century, instead of releasing ten (10) different papers a week, I’m going to try to release one (1) paper on ten (10) different sites.

It’s been ten years plus, since I left a church due to what I consider the wrong people being allowed to teach what they believed to be true.

I think our churches today need to teach their congregations how to read the Word. NUMBER ONE priority.

I know so many pastors today are busy writing or buying sermons online that speak of their family or friends that have had things happen to them that were either positive or negative in their lives but, why not just read the Bible and teach about the stories God has already told us, why is there the need to write new or maybe why does it have to be better?

I know this because I wrote those sermons too.

At this church I was attending, there was an individual that believed that Jesus was not God, and his mind was set that he was going to change everyone else in the church to believe the same that he believed in.

What was so unfortunate, the senior pastor in the church just sat in the back, kept quiet and watched what those around him said.

I was an associate pastor at the church and the Bible study teacher. There were some mornings when I gave the sermon, but the majority of the time the senior pastor did that. It kept getting harder and harder, just to step foot inside the church because I never knew for sure what was going to be spoken on that particular day.

One Sunday, this younger man gave the sermon to the church, it was a strange sermon. I remember there was the question over the placement of a comma in a verse; another was over how a woman was to completely and totally ‘submit’ to her husband and finally the comment that Jesus wasn’t God, and he had verses taken from out of the Bible that proved his statement.

It was on that day, when enough was enough. I couldn’t, any longer, be a part of a church that I didn’t commit to giving my entire self to. My faith in God, believe it or not, was strengthened, that day, for me.

It was because of that one hurdle, that I was unable to get over and accept, that not only kept me from ever going back into that church building, ever again, it also began allowing me to see just how much UNBELIEF there was in our 21^st century churches throughout the United States, if not, the entire world.

I could go even further; most every church today is so far away from following what the apostle Paul was trying to teach us back in the 1^st century and actually teach us what the Word is telling us and instead, these churches were telling stories what they wanted to tell. They would change the words in a story from inside the Bible, change the words to fit around their lives and that would be the sermon for that Sunday.

In the years since I’ve left that church, I’ve found it very hard to get involved in other churches because I keep seeing red flags that caution me regarding the sin of UNBELIEF.

The man from this church I used to attend, I think he used the King James Version which was printed back in 1611.

Back then, characters that were used in the English language, printing back in 1611, were not the same characters that we see being used today.

Here is an example comparing the same verse, in two (2) different versions from different time periods.

John 1:17

‘…For the Law was giuen by Moses, but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ…’ KJV1611

‘…For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

Is this what the young man was referring to … (smh) … it really doesn’t matter anymore, I’ve moved on. This church is nothing more than a memory.

But in most cases, this is the defense that most atheists settle with. Since an atheist doesn’t actually read the Bible and listen to God speak through the Words, they instead are looking at words trying to find fault with the teachings in the Word.

An atheist looks for a problem and then sets out to disprove. However, the day will come when they will be held accountable for the damage they have caused in God’s plan of salvation. On that particular day, those people will have to give an answer.

The Bible displays the ‘Godhead’ several times throughout Scripture. That is, if you want to find it. If a person doesn’t want to find it, they’ll just look in the opposite direction (in this case, they’ll look down).

Matthew 28:19 ‘…Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

This is a verse displaying the ‘Trinity.’ (the TRIUNE God).

In Genesis 1:1, the very first verse in the Bible:

‘…In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

That word used in the verse, ‘GOD’ in the original Hebrew Bible is ‘ELOHIM.’

‘…Bereshit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve’et ha’aretz…’ transliterated Hebrew

Elohim is the plural of ʾĔlōah (אֱלוֹהַּ) and means ‘Gods’ or ‘Godhead.’

In Christianity, ‘Godhead’ refers to the essence of God, which is made up of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The doctrine of the Trinity is considered to be one of the central Christian affirmations about God.

Romans 1:20 ‘…For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

Over the years, I’ve shown how different English versions do nothing other than allow the reader to understand what a word means since they use that word every day when they talk.

A year or so ago, a man needed to have proof in the words used in Scripture and it had to be the AKJV, the KJV from the 1611 English Bible.

The word that was talked about was the word ‘soon’ and there was this elderly man that wouldn’t believe it unless it was shown in the AV1611.

Turns out the word soon is not used in the AV1611, instead it uses the word ‘quickly.’

Revelation 20:22

‘…He which testifieth these things saith, Surely, I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

This ‘QUICKLY’ was nearly 2000 years ago … how ‘quick’ is QUICKLY in the AKJV?

Here is a more modern version, it may be easier to understand what is being said.

‘…Jesus is the one who says that all of this is true. Now he says, yes, I am coming soon. Amen! Come, Lord Jesus…’ ERV (Easy-to-Read Version)

Mankind’s problem, and I’m not talking Jew or Gentile, young or old, AV1611, AKJV, KJV, NKJV or ERV; if the message was not acceptable by God Himself, He’d never allow it to be left open for a believer in Him, to see.

There are those in the United States that will not believe anything unless it’s found in a KJV of the Bible.

There are Rabbi’s in this world, that won’t believe anything unless it was written in the original Bible …

The thing is that the Pharisees and the Sadducees, they were Jews that read the very original scrolls daily, and they still didn’t believe what was written in the Word.

Maybe this is why the ‘chosen people’ aren’t so special any longer because of their UNBELIEF, maybe we need some of us to start BELIEVING in the WORDS God gave us and forget about the words for next weeks sermon and just READ THE WORD.

2 Corinthians 13:14 ‘…The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

Another example, taken from the Word showing us the ‘Godhead’ the TRIUNE God, the TRINITY.

I am as unsure on our churches in this country as I am unsure our kids are learning what they need to learn in our schools, here in America.

Our GREED and evil have brought this country down to its knees. Our kids today, they have no idea what it means to live in the United States of America.

Our country is in for a rude awakening, I really think.

Years ago, every third word out of my mouth was ‘ARE YOU READY.’

This could be very appropriate for today:

ARE YOU READY

I wish I could speak into every ear and have the person listen just for a minute. This is why every one of us need to speak up to those around us.

We need to tell people in this country to:

WAKE UP

Get over the fact that you were lied to, yesterday. You were ripped off, yesterday. You had to file unemployment, yesterday. You got laid off, yesterday. You were divorced, yesterday.

GET OVER IT

Begin your sayings with:

TODAY …

I found Jesus. I know what my plan is.

Read the Bible and begin to find out the truth. Read the Bible and learn about all the lies that you’ve been told in the past. Take the time to realize all the lies that you believed, as if they were true.

Keep your Bibles open and read the Word God has given us so we can make it in this life we’re in. Read the Word that He wants you to hear, because it’s the truth. Keep your Bibles open and stop listening to the lies that are going on all around you every day. Read what God wants you to hear.

I love y’all … do yourself, a very big favor, and YOU LOVE YOURSELF, ALSO.

Jesus, I pray that those ears and eyes, either listening or seeing this message today would be opened to the very fullest and allow Your love to come inside their lives and comfort them. Teach us Jesus. Protect us. We love You. Amen InHIM. ><)))o>

November 6, 2024

Good News

Wednesday 110624

Don’t let me or my writings influence or scare you in any way, instead, allow me to be used as a vessel to open the Word, just a little bit, and hopefully, together we are going to read and study His Word, and let God teach us what He wants us to hear.

So, as we work through our study, we MUST remember the two ground rules:

1^st we’re only going to read and follow the words that we can find in the Holy Bible that are meant for us today.

2^nd we’re only going to take away from this study, what we put into it. We need to open our Bible and read it every day. We need to teach ourselves what is the truth and arm ourselves against all the lies that we are confronted with every day.

Here are the verses we will be using in tonight’s study:

Galatians 1:1-24; 2 Timothy 4:2-4; 1 Thessalonians 4:17.

So, let’s begin …

The entire chapter of Galatians 1 should be taught and followed today.

vs1 ‘…This letter is from me, Paul. I am an apostle of Jesus Christ. It is not any group of people or any one person that has given that authority to me. It is Jesus Christ himself who has chosen me to serve him. And God our Father, who raised Jesus to become alive again after his death, has also sent me…’

vs2 ‘…All the believers who are here say ‘hello’ to you. We all send this letter to you. I am writing to you, the people of the churches that are in Galatia…’ Easy English Bible (EASY)

The main reason for Paul writing the letter to the churches in Galatia was that the new members were succumbing to and listening to Judaizing false teachers trying to undermine the central New Testament doctrine of justification by faith. These false teachers were specifically teaching that Gentiles must first become Jewish proselytes and submit to all Mosaic Law before they could become Christians. Paul wrote his letter to counter the teachings by the false teachers, to defend justification by faith alone, and warn the churches in Galatia of dire consequences of abandoning that essential doctrine.

vs3 ‘…I pray that God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will continue to help you. I pray that they will give you peace in your minds…’

vs4 ‘…Jesus offered himself as a sacrifice because of all the wrong things that we have done. He did that to save us from all the bad things of this world in which we live now. This is what God, our Father, wanted him to do…’

vs5 ‘…God is great and we should praise him for ever. Amen. This is true…’

As I was reading this verse, all I heard was ‘GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME … ALL THE TIME GOD IS GOOD.’

vs6 ‘…I am very surprised that you are turning away so soon from God. He is the one who chose you to come to him. He did that because Christ is very kind to you. But now you want to accept a different message which some people call good news…’

vs7 ‘…But really, there is no other message from God which is good news. Some people are confusing you. They are trying to change the good news about Christ and make it something different…’

Once again, to me, this act of trying to change the good news about Christ is still going on today in our churches.

Almost every Sunday, pastors, priests and most other teachers speak on anything and everything except teaching the Gospel which was given to us by the apostle Paul.

vs8 ‘…Nobody should ever teach a message that is different from the good news that we taught you. Neither we ourselves, nor even an angel from heaven, should ever teach a different message. If anyone does that, I pray that God would curse him…’

vs9 ‘…We have already said this, but now I will say it again. Do not accept any message that is different from the message that we taught you. If anyone teaches a different message, I pray that God will curse him very strongly…’

vs10 ‘…When I say these things, I am not trying to please people. No, it is God that I want to please. If I only wanted to make people happy, then I would not be a servant of Christ…’

vs11 ‘…The good news that I tell people did not come from any person on earth. I want you to know that, my friends…’

vs12 ‘…Nobody on earth gave it to me. Nobody taught it to me. No, it was Jesus Christ himself who showed it to me clearly…’

vs13 ‘…You know about the things that I did before, when I obeyed the Jewish rules. I caused very much trouble against God’s church. I tried to destroy those people completely…’

vs14 ‘…I obeyed the Jewish rules better than many other Jews who were my friends. I tried very much to obey the ideas that our Jewish ancestors taught…’

vs15 ‘…But God had chosen me to serve him even before I was born. He chose me to be his servant because he is very kind…’

vs16 ‘…He decided to show his Son clearly to me, so that I could tell the Gentiles about him. When God chose me to do that, I did not talk about it with any person…’

vs17 ‘…Nor did I go to Jerusalem to see Christ’s apostles there. Those men were already his apostles before I was. But I did not go to talk to them. Instead, I went immediately to the region of Arabia. Later, I went back to the city of Damascus…’

vs18 ‘…Then, three years later, I did go to Jerusalem. I stayed there with Christ’s apostle Peter for 15 days, so that he could teach me…’

vs19 ‘…I did not see any other apostles, except James, who is the Lord’s brother…’

vs20 ‘…God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true…’

vs21 ‘…Later, I went to different places in Syria and Cilicia…’

vs22 ‘…The Christians in the churches in Judea had never met me…’

vs23 ‘…They had only heard people say this about me: This man caused bad trouble against us Christians before. He tried to destroy God’s message about Jesus. But now he himself is telling people the good news about Jesus, so that they believe…’

vs24 ‘…When the believers in Judea heard that, they praised God because of me…’ Easy English Bible (EASY)

This is Galatians 1. The letter was addressed to the churches in Galatia, and probably written around 54 – 55 A.D. from Ephesus. After Paul’s arrival there for a stay of several years on his third missionary journey (Acts 19).

This could be estimated to be about twenty years after the crucifixion of Jesus. Can you believe that things had changed that much? There were those that tried reconfiguring the word to align with their own religious beliefs …

… just as the word is being reconfigured today to align with certain religious churches and their denominations. Trying to regulate the word to fit their lifestyles rather than our lifestyles being changed to fit into what the Word tells us how we are to follow it.

2 Timothy 4

vs2 ‘…Tell God’s message to people. Always be ready to speak God’s message clearly to people, whether they want to listen to you or not. Warn people when they are doing something wrong. Tell them to stop doing wrong things, and explain to them what they ought to do. But be very patient while you teach them what is true…’

vs3 ‘…Do this, because a time will come when people will not listen to God’s true message. Instead, they will want to hear all kinds of new messages that will make them happy. So they will find many teachers for themselves who will tell them what they want to hear…’

vs4 ‘…People will refuse to listen to God’s true message. Instead, they will want to listen to silly stories that are false…’ Easy English Bible (EASY)

I feel, this is every Sunday when individuals speak on the pastor, or the priest at church; how good his / her message was, how great the music was or how nice the interior of the church was.

These are minute things, but these are the ‘TICKLING OF EARS’ spoken about by Paul.

2 Timothy 4

vs3 ‘…For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires…’

vs4 ‘…and they will turn their ears away from the truth and will turn aside to myths…’ NASB

vs3 found in other versions …

‘…itching ears…’ ESV (English Standard Version)

‘…an itch to hear what they want to hear…’ CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

‘…an itch to hear something new…’ HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

‘…an insatiable curiosity to hear new things…’ NET Bible (New English Translation)

‘…For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears…’ KJV (King James Version)

‘…For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers…’ NKJV (New King James Version)

This is just one more reason I tell people, PICK THE BIBLE UP FOR YOURSELF AND READ FOR YOURSELF WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN!!!

Why take a chance with your promise of Everlasting Life and rely on what another man tells you?

Read the Word for yourself so you know what we have been told.

Read the Word for yourself so you can notice if there are any lies told to you when you hear an incorrect message.

Read the Word for yourself so that you will be ready for that day when Jesus calls us up into the clouds to meet with Him and to remain in His presence forever.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

‘…After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever…’ NIV (New International Version)

‘…Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever…’ NLT (New Living Translation)

‘…Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord…’ ESV (English Standard Version)

‘…Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord…’ KJV (King James Version)

‘…Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord…’ NKJV (New King James Version)

Read the Bible. Read a version that you are comfortable with. As I do in my papers, I use several different versions so I can compare and make sure I am not being told a lie.

Do you want to get crazy (one of these weeks I’m going to do a paper using it), use the original Hebrew version or the original Greek version. Translate the words yourself and just compare the words with what has already been written in an English translation.

A comment was made by my mom this past week about if we each read the Bible ourselves, we’ll each get a different version of what has been written.

I think that is the point. The Bible has been written for each one of us. There isn’t a specific version that has been called out by God as being the ONLY correct version. Man has done that, but God has never said anything like it before. I’m going to trust God instead of what some ‘man’ thinks is right … I can look back on history and I can see what the pharisees did to God’s Word. A pharisee was just a man. I’ll stick with listening to what God wants me to do.

I love you all. Continue reading about Jesus’ love for each one of us.

November 4, 2024

have you not read …

Monday 110424

Ephesians 2:8 ‘…For by GRACE you have been SAVED through FAITH; and this is not of yourselves, it is a GIFT of God…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Let’s together, open the Word of God this morning, and study what we have been given. Allow me to help you in your study and search the Bible what God has intended for us to hear.

The verses we are going to study tonight:

Matthew 12:3, :5, 19:4, 21:42; Acts 9:15; Matthew 15:24; Isaiah 40:8; Ephesians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 15:14; Exodus 16:35.

This morning, I have to discuss something that has been troubling me regarding a message I heard about a week ago.

I was on fb and a video popped up that asked the question: do you know what Jesus preached the most of in His ministry?

Matthew 12:3 ‘…But He said to them, have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Matthew 12:5 ‘…Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and yet are innocent…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Matthew 19:4 ‘…And He answered and said, have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Matthew 21:42 ‘…Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, A stone which the builders rejected, This has become the chief cornerstone; This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

These are all questions Jesus asked to the Jews.

Have you ever read the Scripture?

What Scripture?

The only Scripture when Jesus walked on this earth was in the synagogues. Gaurded by the Pharisees and read aloud throughout each and every day …

… and this man, his voice recorded on the video on fb, he apparently understood the Scripture, just as well as those Pharisees did, back 2000 years ago.

The Pharisees missed the part in Scripture, the prophesy about Jesus Christ coming to this earth.

The Pharisees didn’t know about Jesus from the Scripture just as this voice on fb, apparently never read the book of Acts 9:15.

Acts 9:15 where the Ascended Jesus Christ, tells Ananias of His handpicked ‘Chosen Vessel,’ Saul.

Saul to be the apostle to the Gentiles, the kings and the children of Israel.

Acts 9:15 ‘…But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

Where is this verse that people are using here lately, that says we can pick and choose what parts we want to believe out of the Bible?

Where is this verse that tells us we can preach any word we feel like preaching to ‘GOD’s’ people whether it’s true or not?

Who do these pastors, denominations and churches, who do they think they are?

Are they claiming they are wiser than God?

Are they claiming they are better than God?

Are they claiming they know more than God?

People, this is why we MUST open our own Bible and read the words that have been printed on the pages.

To that person out there listening to these pastors and these false prophets spewing lies after lies out onto this world …

… OPEN YOUR OWN BIBLE AND READ WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN.

STOP ALLOWING THESE PEOPLE TO LIE TO YOU.

SATAN IS AT THE BASE OF ALL OF THESE LIES.

Here is some truth that is found in the Bible.

Jesus came to this earth to fulfill OT promises that God made to man (the Jews).

Jesus came to this earth for the Jewish person.

Matthew 15:24 ‘…But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘The lost sheep of the house of Israel’ is talking about nothing other than a Jew.

Studying for this paper I have found where certain denominations are claiming that mankind, who have repented, been baptized and come to Christ can be called the house of Israel.

Where in the Word is this verse that tells us we can change what the Word says and make it fit into our lifestyle and what we want to believe in?

People, we have got to stop fitting the Word of God around our lifestyle and start changing our lifestyles to fit into the Word.

The Word is always going to remain the same. It’s not going to go out of style like our fashions here in this world.

It’s not going to be on a revolving screen, changing for a particular day in the week or for a certain monthly event.

The Word of God is forever.

Isaiah 40:8

‘…The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘…The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…Yes, grass withers and flowers fade, but the word of our God endures forever…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…Grass quickly dies, and flowers fall to the ground. But God’s promise will be true for ever…’ EASY (Easy English Translation)

Just this past week, I wrote the lesson where the apostle Paul wrote the prophecy that described everything that is going on in this world right now, today.

Paul’s prophecy shows the end time, and we can see it just by looking all around us today.

We don’t have the luxury of sitting back and waiting much longer.

We have got to get on our feet and begin doing what God has told us that He wants for us to do.

Ephesians 2:8 ‘…For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

There are some people in this world that just are unable to read the Bible. For whatever reason.

Ephesians 2:8 is written that you have been saved through FAITH.

I am sure when Paul wrote his letter, FAITH wasn’t meant to be about their donkey, and that he would walk twenty miles.

I’m sure Paul didn’t write about how our automobiles in the 21^st century could run on water either, instead of gasoline.

FAITH is written to emphasize what do you believe in.

If a person’s FAITH is in knowing that Jesus Died on a cross for every sin that mankind has committed. He (Jesus) was Buried in a tomb and then three (3) days later He was Resurrected from that tomb by God and He Ascended to heaven where He remains to this day. I think an argument could be made that this person’s FAITH is going to save them.

Paul’s Gospel that He taught us is found in 1 Corinthians 15.

1 Corinthians 15

vs1 ‘…Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, in which you also stand…’

vs2 ‘…by which you also are saved, if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain…’

vs3 ‘…For I handed down to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures…’

vs4 ‘…and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

This is our promise of life in heaven for eternity.

Verse 2a is our promise:

‘…by which you also are saved …’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

There are many people in this world that make the claim: how can a loving God make people suffer.

According to google.com, the common comment people make about God allowing suffering is ‘If God is all-loving and all-powerful, why does he allow so much pain and suffering in the world?’

Or they’ll say, ‘how can a loving God send us into an Everlasting life of torment?’

Essentially questioning how a benevolent God could create or permit such hardship in the lives of His people.

Exodus 16:35 ‘…The Israelites ate the manna for 40 years, until they had finished their journey in the desert. After those 40 years, they arrived at the edge of Canaan…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Back during the exodus from Egypt, God supplied the Israelites with manna so they could travel and eat and not have to spend their time searching for food.

But the Israelites rebelled against God; they didn’t like the food.

So, fast forward three thousand (3000) years and here is mankind today in the 21^st century and man is crying how can a loving God allow His people suffer.

Man has whined, cried and turned their backs on what God has been telling them.

He’s not turning His back on those men; those men, they turned their backs on Him, and they never respected Him or His rules.

Keep your Bibles open and continue to study the Words He has given us.

Read what God has intended for us to know and prepare for.

Get yourself READY.

I love every one of y’all.

November 1, 2024

Confess – it should be common sense

Friday 110124

The verses we are going to study tonight:

2 Timothy 3:16-17; Jonah 1:1-3; Romans 10:8-10, 13-14; Ephesians 2:8; 2 Corinthians 5:7; John 20:24-29; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Romans 3:21-31; Ephesians 6:16; Romans 12:3.

So, I am right now posting my study on ten (10) different sites on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings:

Facebook – whosoeverinhim Bible study

WordPress – lrabbe.wordpress.com

Weebly – whosoeverinhim.weebly.com

Wix – lrabbe2024.wixsite.com/my-site-2

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There are many verses in the Bible that can keep our minds busy with just thinking about the Words that have been written.

There are many books that God has given us to read so we can hear the Words that pertains to our daily lives.

But then there are books that we’ve been given that are there to make us think for ourselves about what has been written. One of those books is:

2 Timothy 3

vs16 ‘…All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness…’

vs17 ‘…so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

All Scripture has been Inspired by God, this is true, we know this because it has been written for us to see … but NOT all Scripture has been meant for us to F-O-L-L-O-W, because those letters aren’t found written anywhere.

The example I use to strengthen and back-up my previous statement is found in the book of Jonah, way back in the Old Testament.

Jonah 1

vs1 ‘…The word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying…’

vs2 ‘…Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it, because their wickedness has come up before Me…’

vs3 ‘…But Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship that was going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded it to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

God isn’t trying to teach us all that at the moment we hear God calling our names, we should run and get on a boat to Spain and run away so we can flea from the presence of God.

That’s simply foolishness.

In fact, we’ve been given the book of Jonah so that we could see what mistakes were made and we would be smart enough NOT to follow down the same road as Jonah did … in fact the entire OT has been written to us to be used as a roadmap, so we don’t make the same mistakes twice.

One of these books filled with usable information for us today in the 21^st century, is found in Romans.

Romans 10

vs8 ‘…But what does it say? The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart – that is, the word of faith which we are preaching…’

vs9 ‘…that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved…’

vs10 ‘…for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

As I do after every lesson, I again will end this lesson by telling ALL of y’all to keep your Bibles near you at all times. Download Bible apps onto your smartphones, tablets and your laptops. Keep the Word of God near you at all times so you are able to pick it up and hear God speaking to you.

But just downloading an app and sitting next to a Bible is not going to save you, my intention has always been, if the Bible is so close to a person, the odds of them opening it up and reading the Word is so much greater than for that person that’s only using the Bible, as a coaster in the evening on their nightstand near their bed.

Here are some more verses from Romans 10:

Romans 10

vs13 ‘…for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved…’

vs14 ‘…How then are they to call on Him in whom they have not believed? How are they to believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

We have been given the Word, let your own Bible be your preacher. Let your Bible teach you the Word as it has been written. Don’t put your trust, your future and your LIFE in the hands of another man, read the Word of God for yourself and LIVE.

We now are right near the middle of tonight’s lesson and once again, to me, the GREATEST verse in the Bible.

Ephesians 2:8 ‘…For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

As powerful as the word CONFESS is in tonight’s lesson … we always MUST remember that it is because of our FAITH that allows us to confess.

It is our FAITH that keeps us believing in God and in all of the promises that He made to us.

2 Corinthians 5:7 ‘…for we walk by faith, not by sight…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

To me, the most identifiable story that can be found in the Bible regarding to see and NOT to see is the following.

After Jesus was crucified, He appeared in front of the eleven remaining disciples (Thomas was present), and he purposely showed Thomas the holes in his hands, in his feet, and in his side and Thomas replied, ‘my Lord and my God.’

John 20

vs24 ‘…But Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came…’

vs25 ‘…So the other disciples were saying to him, we have seen the Lord! But he said to them, Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe…’

vs26 ‘…Eight days later His disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, Peace be to you…’

vs27 ‘…Then He said to Thomas, place your finger here, and see My hands; and take your hand and put it into My side; and do not continue in disbelief, but be a believer…’

vs28 ‘…Thomas answered and said to Him, My Lord and my God…’

vs29 ‘…Jesus said to him, because you have seen Me, have you now believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Jesus is displaying what it means for us to have FAITH.

We believe, not because we can see, but we believe because of the FAITH that we have in Jesus Christ.

The GOOD NEWS that we have been shown in this story is:

We must believe in the things we do not see. This is the test of true faith, and we will be rewarded in heaven.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ‘…Every test that you have experienced is the kind that normally comes to people. But God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

God, in His wisdom, gave us the Armor to protect us from the evil things, this world is going to use to attack us with. Things that may not be common to us.

But we should remember, the devil is not to be common to us either. We are to keep away from his evil ways.

Are we going to sometimes fail and fall short in the glory of God … of course we are, there are going to be those times when we fail. But all we have to do is remember that God already knows we’re not going to be able to do it on our own. All we have to do is ask for His help and He will be there.

Romans 3

vs21 ‘…But now we know how to become right with God. God has shown us the way that he will accept people as right with himself. This way is not part of the Law that he gave to Moses. But God’s Law and the messages of his prophets have told us about it…’

vs22 ‘…God accepts people as right with himself because Jesus Christ did what God wanted. God accepts every person who believes in Christ. It is the same way for everyone, whether they are Jews or Gentiles…’

vs23 ‘…All people have done wrong things. Nobody can be good and great, as God wanted them to be…’

vs24 ‘…But because God is very kind, he accepts us as right with himself. That is God’s gift to us. Jesus Christ has paid for our sins so that we have become free…’

vs25 ‘…God showed everyone that Jesus Christ died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins. God forgives us if we trust in Jesus and the blood of his sacrifice. God did this to show clearly that he is always right and fair. In past times, God was patient. He did not punish people who did wrong things…’

vs26 ‘…He did this to show us today that he is completely right and fair. He accepts people as right with himself if they believe in Jesus…’

vs27 ‘…So then, nobody should be proud that they are good enough. Nobody becomes right with God because they have done good things. No! God accepts a person only if that person believes in Jesus Christ…’

vs28 ‘…So this is what we are saying. A person becomes right with God if they trust in Christ. It is not because they do the good things which God’s Law teaches…’

vs29 ‘…God is not God only for Jewish people. He is also God for the Gentiles. Yes! He is the God for all people…’

vs30 ‘…There is only one God. He will accept Jews as right with himself if they believe in Christ. He will also accept other people as right with himself if they believe in Christ…’

vs31 ‘…What does this show us about God’s Law which he gave to Moses? When we say that all people need to believe in Jesus, does that mean that God’s Law has no purpose? No! When we believe in Jesus, we are showing the true purpose of God’s Law…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

Arm yourself in the comfort, knowing that God has already given us His Armor to wear for our protection.

Read about all of God’s Armor in Ephesians 6.

Ephesians 6:16 ‘…Let your faith be like a shield, and you will be able to stop all the flaming arrows of the evil one…’ CEV (Contemporary English Version)

When we read and study the Word of God, we are putting some of that armor on ourselves.

Romans 12:3 ‘…For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

ALL of you, keep your Bibles open and continue to study the Word He has given us. Download Bible apps onto your smartphones, tablets and computers so you can take your Bibles with you everywhere.

I love every one of you. The day is coming when Jesus, Himself will teach us exactly what is all included in that one small simple four-letter word, spelled L-O-V-E.

InHIM. ><)))o>