Month: January 2025

Tuesday 012125

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.

Since the beginning of this study, our vision has been that we are ONLY going to follow what is found in the Holy Bible, that pertains to us, and we realize that it’s ONLY from our own effort that we put into this study, that we’re going to take anything away for our own use.

The verses we are going to study tonight:

2 Timothy 3:16-17; Colossians 3:16; Romans 15:4; Jonah 1:1-3; 1 Corinthians 10:11, 10:1.

So, tonight’s lesson should begin with a little bit of an explanation from me.

I believe the reason why we have so many different versions today of the original writings of the Bible is because we have so many different languages how people talk today.

If there was only ONE specific language or version that the Word was to be studied in, I find it hard to believe that God would not have told us that language or version of the Bible.

Just look at the different languages that existed during the writing of the Bible, before it was even a book.

Hebrew, Aramaic (a cousin of Hebrew), and Greek.

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)

So, as I was writing this lesson, I started copying and pasting verses taken from the Bible and then I started using a couple of different versions on some verses and I thought, tonight I’m going to use the same different versions for every verse.

I’ve chose the KJV (King James Version), the NASB (New American Standard Bible), the GNT (Good News Translation) and EASY (Easy English Bible).

Colossians 3:16

‘…Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord…’ KJV (King James Version)

‘…Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…Christ’s message in all its richness must live in your hearts. Teach and instruct one another with all wisdom. Sing psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing to God with thanksgiving in your hearts…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…Let Christ’s message always be in your thoughts, with all the good things that it brings. Use that message to teach and to warn each other. Be very wise as you do that. And also sing all kinds of spiritual songs to praise God. Sing psalms and Christian songs. As you sing, thank God from inside yourselves…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

Have you ever heard or asked these questions before: Why was the O.T. even written; who was it written too and was it written to warn us?

So, I’m planning on answering these questions by using the different versions to hopefully, clarify what has been said.

God inspired the Old Testament to be written down so it could warn all of us what has happened in the past.

In Romans 15:4, Paul says that the O.T. was written for God’s people today. In this verse, however, he emphasizes the Good News found in the O.T.

Romans 15:4

‘…For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope…’ KJV (King James Version)

‘…For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…Everything written in the Scriptures was written to teach us, in order that we might have hope through the patience and encouragement which the Scriptures give us…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…Everything that people wrote in the Bible in past times is there to teach us something. Those words help us to be patient and strong. As a result, we can trust God to do what he has promised…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

I am not trying to upset anyone by using my own made-up version, but I’d like to be able to teach the reader how they to, can break down the verses found in the Bible so they can understand them.

‘…the O.T. was written to educate us. By us studying Scripture, we should be able to trust God and learn what He has promised to us…’ Leon’s paraphrasing

Here is another question that pops up frequently: Life is short; why should I spend time studying the O.T. when the N.T. seems to do away with the teachings of old?

The easiest answer is that the N.T. tells us to read and study the entire Bible.

I put a good majority of the blame on some of the Bible teachers today, they teach to STUDY the entire Bible, and they leave it as that, but nowhere in the Word are we told we should FOLLOW everything that we read and what has been written in the Bible.

The passage found in the Bible that I always use to explain this is found in the O.T., in the book of Jonah.

Jonah 1:1-3

‘…Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying…’ ‘…Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me…’ ‘…But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord…’ (King James Version)

‘…The word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying…’ ‘…Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it, because their wickedness has come up before Me…’ ‘…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)

‘…One day the Lord spoke to Jonah son of Amittai…’ ‘…He said, go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it; I am aware of how wicked its people are…’ ‘…Jonah, however, set out in the opposite direction in order to get away from the Lord. He went to Joppa, where he found a ship about to go to Spain. He paid his fare and went aboard with the crew to sail to Spain, where he would be away from the Lord…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…The Lord spoke a message to Jonah, Amittai’s son…’ ‘…He said, ‘Go now to the great city of Nineveh. Tell the people in the city that I know how wicked they are. Tell them that I will punish them because of their sins…’ ‘…But Jonah did not want to obey the Lord’s command. He decided to run away to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa. There he found a ship that was ready to sail to Tarshish. After he had paid for the journey, he got into the ship. He wanted to go on the ship to Tarshish, to get far away from the Lord…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

We are not being taught to run away from God and hide on a ship going to Spain so we can get away from Him. We’re NOT told we should FOLLOW the example that we can get from Jonah.

Come on, REALLY!!!

But what we are shown is what could happen to us, like it did to Jonah, if we were to flee from God without doing as He has asked us.

The Apostle Paul tells us that the LORD’s judgments on OT Israel were recorded for our benefit, so we know what God did and we know what Israel did. In this verse, Paul recounts the LORD’s judgments that He put on Israel during the Wilderness Wandering.

1 Corinthians 10:11

‘…Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come…’ (King James Version)

‘…Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…All these things happened to them as examples for others, and they were written down as a warning for us. For we live at a time when the end is about to come…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…All these things happened to our ancestors so that we would learn from them. They are written in the Bible to teach us important lessons. We are people who live at a time when all things will become complete…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

This next verse I want to use as an example why the Bible is read using so many different versions. The story in front of you opens a little more in each different version.

1 Corinthians 10:1

‘…Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea…’ (King James Version)

‘…For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and they all passed through the sea…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…I want you to remember, my friends, what happened to our ancestors who followed Moses. They were all under the protection of the cloud, and all passed safely through the Red Sea…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…My Christian friends, remember what happened to our Israelite ancestors. Moses led them out of Egypt long ago. While they followed Moses, they all walked under the same cloud. All of them walked across the Red Sea…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

By using different versions, we should be changing some words to help clarify what is being said. In the above verses, we read the same message, but we clearly can see more into the verse by using all the different versions.

So, the reason I chose to use the KJV, NASB, GNT and EASY versions: the KJV, by many believe that it is the only Bible that should be read in the English language; I disagree with that. The NASB is the most accurate version in English language compared to the original writings. The GNT, to me, is my favorite version; it uses the words that I use when I talk; it is the most comparable to me. And then finally, the EASY version, it clarifies the words down to their very basic form. If there is a verse and I cannot understand what has been written, I go to an EASY version to help me see what has been said.

When I study, I try to always check out several different versions just so I can clarify to myself what has been written.

I love y’all. Keep your Bibles always open and study the Word so that you will always know if some preacher or teacher of the Bible, is lying to you.

Open the Bible for yourself and read the Word that God has given to us.

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>

Monday 012025

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.

Since the beginning of this study, our vision has been that we are ONLY going to follow what is found in the Holy Bible, that pertains to us, and we realize that it’s ONLY from our own effort that we put into this study, that we’re going to take anything away for our own use.

The verses we are going to study tonight:

1 Corinthians 14:12; Ephesians 2:8-9, 1:9-10; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Jonah 1:1-3; 1 Corinthians 14:33, 14:1-40.

So, after beginning this lesson, and searching through some very intriguing letters by Paul, I have concluded that the direction that I’ve been heading towards is right in line with what I have been shown.

Maybe the clearest reality for me is in my desire to teach the importance for us to read our Bibles. This morning, as I was studying and writing this lesson, I came across a word which intrigued my desire to search its meaning, the word was ‘edification.’

I found the word used in 1 Corinthians 14:12 ‘…So you too, since you are eager to possess spiritual gifts, strive to excel for the edification of the church…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

In the Biblical sense of the word, edification means to build up and strengthen one another – it means to help someone along in their walk with Christ – it means to promote spiritual growth and maturity. Simply put, edification means to help one another become more like Christ.

That is exactly what I want to do, I don’t want anyone to miss out on what God has freely given each one of us … all we must do is accept the Gift that He has already given us.

Ephesians 2

vs8 ‘…For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God…’

vs9 ‘…not a result of works, so that no one may boast…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Why is this not the number one verse known by us, that’s found in the Bible?

Why are we not reminded of this verse throughout every week?

How many times have you heard someone say that they believe in God, they prayed to Him throughout their lives, they pray to Him every day?

Do you think they could recite Ephesians 2:8-9?

No one will admit anything other than there is zero UNBELIEF in their body regarding God, but I must ask then, why don’t they know of this one passage found in the Bible?

Do you believe Jesus chose Paul to be the teacher to the Gentiles?

Do you believe that it was possible for God to change Saul’s mind from destroying the Christians on his way to Damascus and instead, become Paul and begin saving the Christian believers?

Do you believe God could possibly have the power to give us the Gift of GRACE and save us from an Everlasting death?

This all falls under the sub-title of MYSTERY.

Do you believe that can God give us a MYSTERY?

Do you believe that God can keep secrets from us?

Can we keep secrets from God?

Maybe we should begin at the very beginning … God, Himself is a MYSTERY.

Everything that God has ever done, the creation of the entire existence found in Genesis 1, cannot be defined as anything other than a MYSTERY.

The thing is, God let us know some of His mystery early.

Google explains it this way: but one of the spiritual blessings we have received in Christ is the unveiling of that mystery. According to his good pleasure, God has chosen to share with us the result of his work in creation. He is giving us a glimpse into what the future holds.

Eph 1:9-10

‘…He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He set forth in Him…’ ‘…regarding His plan of the fullness of the times, to bring all things together in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Today, there is not an individual that can say for sure what is going to happen in the future.

They might be very lucky, and they could guess what might happen but, what are the odds they’ll be right?

Who knows, there may be a second set of MYSTERIES yet to happen, other than God, who can say for sure?

We are confronted with a predicament, we can stay in the spot where we are right now, and believe what we currently believe in or, we can move away from that UNBELIEF, that most all Christians have today and move on with what is written in the Word.

I’m not saying how we interpret what the writer tried saying, if we do that, then we obviously, don’t believe in 2 Tim 3:16-17.

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)

As these letters were written, centuries ago, the authors of these letters were inspired by God to write what has been written. We haven’t been told to dissect what we’ve been given and then plan what we want to believe in, but at the same time, we haven’t been told to add words to the Scripture either, or the example I always use is ALL Scripture has been Inspired by God but, we haven’t been told to FOLLOW all Scripture.

And my clearest example of that is 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)

On one hand, we can believe in what we have learned since birth; believe in the God that we know and pray to Him, or we can believe in what the Word tells us.

We can study for centuries what the word is telling us, or we can read what has been written, use our common sense and follow what we have been given.

1 Corinthians 14:33 ‘…When we meet together as God’s people, he wants there to be peace among us. He does not want to bring trouble. This is what happens in all the churches where God’s people meet together…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

Here are a couple of other versions of this same verse.

‘…For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints…’ KJV (King James Version)

‘…for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

The entire chapter of 1 Corinthians 14 is a treasure to read.

1 Corinthians 14

vs1 ‘…Pursue love,yet earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy…’

vs2 ‘…For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people, but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit, he speaks mysteries…’

vs3 ‘…But the one who prophesies speaks to people for edification, exhortation, and consolation…’

vs4 ‘…The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but the one who prophesies edifies the church…’

vs5 ‘…Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but rather that you would prophesy; and greater is the one who prophesies than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edification…’

vs6 ‘…But now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophecy, or of teaching…’

vs7 ‘…Yet even lifeless instruments, whether flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp…’

vs8 ‘…For if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle…’

vs9 ‘…So you too, unless you produce intelligible speech by the tongue, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will just be talking to the air…’

vs10 ‘…There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and none is incapable of meaning…’

vs11 ‘…So if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be unintelligible to the one who speaks, and the one who speaks will be unintelligible to me…’

vs12 ‘…So you too, since you are eager to possess spiritual gifts, strive to excel for the edification of the church…’

vs13 ‘…Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue is to pray that he may interpret…’

vs14 ‘…For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive…’

vs15 ‘…What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit, but I will sing with the mind also…’

vs16 ‘…For otherwise, if you bless God in the spirit only, how will the one who occupies the place of the outsider know to say the ‘Amen’ at your giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you are saying…’

vs17 ‘…For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified…’

vs18 ‘…I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all…’

vs19 ‘…nevertheless, in church I prefer to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Instruction for the Church

vs20 ‘…Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature…’

vs21 ‘…In the Law it is written: By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me, says the Lord…’

vs22 ‘…So then, tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe…’

vs23 ‘…Therefore if the whole church gathers together and all the people speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are insane…’

vs24 ‘…But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all…’

vs25 ‘…the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so, he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you…’

vs26 ‘…What is the outcome then, brothers and sisters? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All things are to be done for edification…’

vs27 ‘…If anyone speaks in a tongue, it must be by two or at the most three, and each one in turn, and one is to interpret…’

vs28 ‘…but if there is no interpreter, he is to keep silent in church; and have him speak to himself and to God…’

vs29 ‘…Have two or three prophets speak, and have the others pass judgment…’

vs30 ‘…But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, then the first one is to keep silent…’

vs31 ‘…For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn, and all may be exhorted…’

vs32 ‘…and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets…’

vs33 ‘…for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints…’

vs34 ‘…the women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says…’

vs35 ‘…If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church…’

vs36 ‘…Or was it from you that the word of God first went out? Or has it come to you only…’

vs37 ‘…If anyone thinks that he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord’s commandment…’

vs38 ‘…But if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized…’

vs39 ‘…Therefore, my brothers and sisters, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues…’

vs40 ‘…But all things must be done properly and in an orderly way…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Keep your Bibles open and keep yourself studying what He has for us to know.

Open your arms and accept this Gift that He has given us in Ephesians.

I love all of you. Always remember that Jesus loves each one of us even more than we know.

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>

Sunday 011925

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.

Since the beginning of this study, our vision has been that we are ONLY going to follow what is found in the Holy Bible, that pertains to us, and we realize that it’s ONLY from our own effort that we put into this study, that we’re going to take anything away for our own use.

The verses we are going to study tonight:

Mark 12:41-44; Luke 10:30-35; Matthew 6:2-4; 2 Corinthians 9:7; James 2:15-16; Luke 6:30; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.

This morning’s lesson in today’s economy, to some, may seem difficult. There are going to be some that will not see the value in the lesson and then there will be others that will find this a very valuable lesson.

Let me go back and tell you a little story from my past.

I remember growing up in a small town that really had only two major sources of income for a family. In my hometown there were two manufacturing companies. Jobs then, as they are today, keep families together and continuously moving forward.

If a person was lucky enough to get hired at one of these companies, their family was going to reap the benefits that could last for generations.

But for those individuals that were unable to get a job with one of these large companies, their future didn’t look as promising, and it looked like life was going to be a struggle for them.

Now, the other jobs in and around the city all catered to these individuals that were lucky enough to get one of these high paying manufacturing jobs. The employees in one of these lower jobs that catered, the turnover was great, mostly because the money wasn’t even close in comparison and there weren’t any benefits, like insurance, but everyone needed some source of income, no matter how small it was.

It wasn’t until years later, after I had grown up and moved away from that small little town, that I seen more opportunities available to me, my future and for my family’s future.

That story looks at those that had and then there were those that wanted more. But let’s not stop there, let’s compare that individual without that high paying manufacturing job now to that individual from a less fortunate country than ours.

They have no manufacturing jobs, there aren’t any of those minor jobs that cater to those higher paying jobs either; there just isn’t anything.

That person would do anything for just about anything. No job is too small when money is involved.

Mark 12

vs41 ‘…Many people were giving their gifts for the temple. There was a box for money there. People threw their coins into it. Jesus sat near the box, and he watched them. Many rich people put a lot of money into the box…’

vs42 ‘…But then a woman came there. Her husband had died, and she was very poor. She put two small coins that had only a little value into the box…’

vs43 ‘…Jesus asked his disciples to come to him. He said to them, I tell you this: This poor woman has put a better gift into the box than all the other people have put in there…’

vs44 ‘…All those rich people have plenty of money. They only put a small part of that into the box. But this woman has almost nothing. She put in all the money that she had. That was all the money that she needed to live…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

So, ask yourself, what is the lesson in this story and in these verses?

Are we saying we should teach our kids to get that good job so they can do well for their family in the future or is the lesson that we should give without worrying about what we have or don’t have?

It’s not a tricky question, but really the lesson isn’t on what type of work you want to get in the future, the lesson is supposed to be on giving.

Let’s continue and go even further, I’m not putting an emphasis on what we give, I’m not saying we can only be giving to a church either. If I’m at a store and I keep the door open for a person in front or behind me, I’m giving. If I help a little old lady across the road, I’m giving. If I see a person, young or old, fumbling through their pockets looking for money at a check out line, if I have and I can, I should give them what they need. If I have an elderly neighbor and they are unable to get out and cut their grass or shovel the snow, if I am able, I should do it for them.

If I see someone that needs help and I can give it, I SHOULD GIVE.

If I see a car on the side of the road and a tire is flat or the hood is raised up where they’ve realized they need help, If I am knowledgeable enough on how to fix it, I should help them; I in this way, am GIVING.

Our man-made churches today have put way too much of an emphasis on our tithing 10% of our income in this country and our hearts have become hardened in just helping one another out when we need it.

Giving isn’t just meant to be in a basket at church. Giving is just that, it’s giving.

Luke 10

vs30 ‘…Jesus answered him with a story: A man was going down the road from Jerusalem to Jericho town. On the way, some men attacked him. They took away all his clothes and they hit him with sticks. He was almost dead when they left him…’

vs31 ‘…But it happened that a priest from the temple was going down that road. He saw the man, who was lying there. But he walked past him on the other side of the road…’

vs32 ‘…A Levite was also going down the road. He came to the place where the man was lying. He saw him. But he also walked past on the other side of the road…’

vs33 ‘…But then a man from Samaria was also travelling along the road. And he came to the place where the man was lying. When he saw him, he felt very sorry for him…’

vs34 ‘…He went across to him. He poured oil and wine on the places where he was bleeding. Then he tied those places with clean cloths. After that, he put the man on his own donkey to carry him. They arrived at a small hotel. He took the man in there and he was kind to him…’

vs35 ‘…The next day, the man from Samaria took out two silver coins from his purse. He gave the money to the man that was taking care of the hotel. Be kind to this man for me, he said. This money may not be enough. When I return, I will pay you for anymore that you have spent on him…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

This is a good lesson by Jesus Himself. There was a priest (a holy man), a Levite (a Jew) and a Samaritan (a Gentile). Three different people and the man that stopped was the Gentile from Samaria. As I said earlier, there has been too much of an emphasis on what we tithe at church, and we have been hardened to turn our backs onto those that really need our help.

Matthew 6

vs2 ‘…When you give something to a poor person, do not tell anyone about it. The hypocrites do this in their meeting places. They also do it in the busy streets of the town. They do this so that other people will praise them. I tell you this. They have already received their gift. God will not give them anything more…’

vs3 ‘…So when you give something to a poor person, keep it a secret from other people. Do not tell anyone. Your left hand will not even know what your right hand does…’

vs4 ‘…Nobody else will know about the good thing that you have done. But God sees the things that you do secretly. In return, he will give you good things…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

When we do good to someone else, the last thing we need is for the photographer to be there taking pictures, a news reporter being there so the facts can be noted so it can all be printed in the newspapers for all to see. The only one that matters is that God has seen us do good to someone other than ourselves. We helped someone else out, we weren’t selfish, we gave.

2 Corinthians 9:7 ‘…Each of you should think carefully and then decide how much you can give. Then you will not be sad to give that money. Nobody has made you give it. God loves someone who is happy to give help to other people…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

James 2

vs15 ‘…For example, maybe a believer does not have enough clothes to wear or enough food to eat…’

vs16 ‘…Then one of you may say to them, Go with God’s peace! I pray that you will be warm. I pray that you will eat well. But if you do not give to them what they need, that does not help them at all…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

The Bible is full of stories telling us about the good in giving. Our churches want to cloud the stories and insert their names in places to make others think we should be giving only to them.

Luke 6:30 ‘…When anyone asks you for something, give it to him. Someone may take something that belongs to you. If he does, let him keep it. Do not ask to have it back again…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

1 Corinthians 13

vs1 ‘…I may be able to speak many different languages that people or angels speak. But that is worth nothing if I do not love other people. I would only be making a loud noise, like someone who hits a piece of metal…’

vs2 ‘…I may be able to speak messages from God. I may understand all God’s secret things and know all the facts. I may have great faith so that I trust God enough to move mountains. But I am nothing if I do not love others…’

vs3 ‘…I may give all my things to help poor people. I may let other people take my body to burn it. But that would not help me if I do not love others…’

vs4 ‘…If I love people, I will be patient. I will be kind. I will not be jealous of other people. I will not be proud and say that I am great…’

vs5 ‘…If I love people, I will be polite. I will not just want to please myself. I will not quickly become angry. If someone does a wrong thing against me, I will not keep it in my thoughts…’

vs6 ‘…If I love people, I will not be happy when bad things happen. Instead, I will be happy when things happen that are right and true…’

vs7 ‘…If I love people, I will always accept their problems. I will always believe them. I will always hope for what is best. I will always be patient in troubles…’

vs8 ‘…Love will always continue. The gift to speak messages from God will not always be necessary. The gift of speaking in different languages will stop one day. The gift of knowing special things will not always be necessary…’

vs9 ‘…At this time, we know only a part of everything. We can only speak a part of God’s whole message…’

vs10 ‘…But a time will come when everything becomes complete. When God does that, we will not need the small parts that we have now…’

vs11 ‘…When I was a child, I talked like a child. My thoughts were a child’s thoughts. I understood things in a way that a child understands. But now that I have become a man, I have stopped being like a child…’

vs12 ‘…At this time, we see things as if we were looking at them in a mirror. What we see now is not clear. But the time will come when we do not need a mirror. We will see everything clearly. Now we know only a part of what is true. But then we will know everything completely. We will understand completely, just as God understands us completely…’

vs13 ‘…At this time there are three things that continue. We continue to trust God. We continue to hope for his good things. We continue to love other people. But the most important of these things is love…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

I love y’all. Just remember that Jesus loves each one of us even more than we each can even comprehend what love really means.

Keep your Bibles open and keep studying the Words He has given to us. Download electronic Bibles on every device you own so you have access to Jesus each and every day.

When you give, don’t give because it’s expected. Give because you want to help.

Let someone eat a meal, let someone be warm, let someone else have.

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>

Saturday 011825

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.

Since the beginning of this study, our vision has been that we are ONLY going to follow what is found in the Holy Bible, that pertains to us, and we realize that it’s ONLY from our own effort that we put into this study, that we’re going to take anything away for our own use.

The verses we are going to study tonight:

Matthew 28:1, 7, 16, 19-20; Luke 24:1, 9, 12, 14, 33, 47, 50-52; Mark 16:1; John 20:1; Acts 9:15.

Just as Jesus told the remaining eleven to baptize, I don’t want to be accused of sitting back in Jerusalem, as they did, and wait for Jesus to return at His 2^nd coming.

Since writing the above lines, I’ve done a short study showing the un-similarities between Matthew and Luke’s account of that first Easter morning through that day into the evening.

Matthew 28

vs1 ‘…After the Sabbath, as Sunday morning was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

vs7 ‘…Go quickly now, and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from death, and now he is going to Galilee ahead of you; there you will see him!’ Remember what I have told you…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

vs16 ‘…The eleven disciples went to the hill in Galilee where Jesus had told them to go…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

vs19 ‘…Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit…’

vs20 ‘…and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

Luke 24

vs1 ‘…Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

vs9 ‘…returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven disciples and all the rest…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

vs12 ‘…But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; he bent down and saw the grave cloths but nothing else. Then he went back home amazed at what had happened…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

Then the story in Luke changes to two men on the road to Emmaus.

vs14 ‘…and they were talking to each other about all the things that had happened…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

vs33 ‘…They got up at once and went back to Jerusalem, where they found the eleven disciples gathered together with the others…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

vs36 ‘…While the two were telling them this, suddenly the Lord himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

vs47 ‘…and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

vs50 ‘…Then he led them out of the city as far as Bethany, where he raised his hands and blessed them…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

vs51 ‘…As he was blessing them, he departed from them and was taken up into heaven…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

vs52 ‘…They worshiped him and went back into Jerusalem, filled with great joy…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

The only similarities are found in vs1. The remainder of that 1^st Easter is like listening to two (2) entirely different events.

And in each book, Matthew and Luke, these are the last chapters.

This shows how each of us are today, we all think differently, we all notice different things, and we all speak differently … this is the reason I give why there are so many different versions available in English and that is because of our differences.

Mark 16:1 ‘…After the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint the body of Jesus…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

John 20:1 ‘…Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the entrance…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

All four (4) gospels basically agree with their 1^st verse.

This may very well be the one example that will prove my point that I’ve been trying to make; I believe in God, I believe in Jesus, I believe in the Words Jesus spoke to us regarding FAITH but it is right about there, when I have to step back and make the point that the remainder has all been forwarded by mankind and ALL of our evil ways.

Too many churches today, all they are interested in is getting the money from the congregation so they can stay in business for another week.

If mankind’s churches really cared about mankind, why would there be the lies over money and 10%? How many churches just lost all their credibility?

How many churches forget to FOLLOW what the Bible tells us and instead they preach their own messages. They might include a verse, taken from the entire Bible, but in their minds, they’re following the Word. How many churches just lost their credibility?

How many churches do we have left?

There is only ONE church and that is Jesus’ church. His church teaching us FAITH and how we must BELIEVE in the Words He taught us and not rely on what man is telling us.

Several times before I’ve made these same comments, so, let me at least once again voice some of them.

Where is it in the Bible where we’re told we can pick and choose what we want to believe in, we can study using whatever book we want to open, we can make up our own rules and laws regarding the church and we all will get maps on where we are to find the one and only narrow gate that we can get through so we can make our way to the land of
Everlasting Life?

If Jesus taught us about FAITH, where is it written that it’s okay for us to make physical copies and spread them anywhere throughout our homes or churches?

If Jesus chose Paul, who am I or anyone else that can wander off to where they want to go?

Jesus told the twelve to ‘FOLLOW ME’ and they chose to say: ‘okay let’s go’ …

… but JESUS chose PAUL to teach us after the twelve, remained in Jerusalem, waiting for Jesus to return and the Kingdom to come to this earth.

Acts 9:15 ‘…The Lord said to him, Go, because I have chosen him to serve me, to make my name known to Gentiles and kings and to the people of Israel…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

Maybe it’s the version … it confuses what is trying to be said. Allow me to use more …

‘…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…’ KJV (King James Version)

‘…Then 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…’ GNV (1599 Geneva Bible)

‘…But Moshiach Adoneinu said to him, Go, for this one is a keli nivchar (chosen vessel) of mine to carry Shmi before both Goyim (non-Jewish) and melachim (kings) and the Bnei Yisroel (children of Israel)…’ OJB (Orthodox Jewish Bible)

‘…However, the Lord said to him, Go, for this is the man I have chosen as a vessel to bring my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel…’ NCB (New Catholic Bible)

‘…But the Lord said to Ananias, Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel…’ NIV (New International Version)

‘…But the Lord said, Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel…’ NLT (New Living Translation)

‘…But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel…’ ESV (English Standard Version)

‘…Go! said the Lord. This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel…’ BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

‘…But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…But the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is a [deliberately] chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel…’ AMP (Amplified Bible)

‘…But the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites…’ CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

‘…But the Lord said to him, Go! For this man is My chosen instrument to take My name to Gentiles, kings, and the Israelites…’ HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

‘…And THE LORD JEHOVAH said to him, Arise, go, because he is a chosen vessel to me to take my name to the Gentiles and Kings and among the children of Israel…’ Aramaic Bible in Plain English

‘…The Lord said to Ananias, Go! I have chosen him to tell foreigners, kings, and the people of Israel about me…’ CEV (Contemporary English Version)

‘…And the Lord said to him: Go thy way; for this man is to me a vessel of election, to carry my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel…’ Douay-Rheims Bible

‘…But the Lord said to him, Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel…’ NET (New English Translation)

‘…But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before Gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel…’ NRSV (New Revised Standard Version)

‘…Go, replied the Lord; he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel…’ WNT (Weymouth New Testament)

‘…But the Lord said to him, go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel…’ WEB (World English Bible)

‘…And the Lord said unto him, be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings — the sons also of Israel…’ Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)

Twenty-one (21) different translations and they ALL say the same thing.

Ask yourself this ONE question: if Jesus made a CHOICE and He CHOSE somebody, who are we that we should choose someone else to teach us what Jesus wants us to hear?

Later on, this year in our study, we will dig into the phrase ‘REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY.’

Only those people searching for that narrow gate will sense just how much our churches and mankind lied to the people that so much desired to follow God.

Don’t point your finger at anyone and put the blame.

You take that finger, and you point it directly into your chest.

The blame belongs to anyone who left their Bible sitting on the table and they put their trust and confidence in another human being instead of God and His Word.

Our Bibles don’t tell us to settle for any word that is spoken aloud to us.

Our Bibles warn of the temptations that Satan is going to spread all around us.

Our Bibles tell us but all we have to do is open the covers of the book and read what pertains to us and have FAITH and BELIEVE what He is telling us.

The blame belongs only to us.

We are the ones that left God, God NEVER left us.

But we are once again, given another opportunity that we can stand back up on our feet and we can have FAITH and TRUST in Jesus.

We have been given the opportunity again that we can BELIEVE in Him.

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

Stop relying on what another human being is telling you, open the Word and look it up for yourself.

Read the Word that God wants you to HEAR.

I love all of y’all.

Be blessed.

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>

Friday 011725

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.

Since the beginning of this study, our vision has been that we are ONLY going to follow what is found in the Holy Bible, that pertains to us, and we realize that it’s ONLY from our own effort that we put into this study, that we’re going to take anything away for our own use.

The verses we are going to study tonight:

Matthew 28:1, 5a, 7, 16-20, 19:27-28; Acts 1:15-16, 21-26; Acts 8:1; 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

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This morning lesson can be difficult … especially if you allow your humanness to get into your head instead of you just listening to what the Word is telling you.

Questions arise all the time in this world that we live in, so this morning, let’s begin our lesson and ask the question, what if?

What if the stories, events and the Word was never repeated after Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection?

Well, it should be obvious to us that Jesus’ words never became silent and idle, since we still in the 21^st century, hear about Jesus today, it’s been almost two-thousand years since those events happened.

So, let’s turn to Matthew, just to begin a timeline and begin tonight’s lesson.

At this point in our readings, Jesus has already been crucified.

Matthew 28

vs1 ‘…Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb…’ NET (New English Translation)

In the NLT it is written that the ladies ‘…went out to visit the tomb…’ NLT (New Living Translation)

vs5a ‘…And the angel answered and said unto the women…’ KJV (King James Version)

The angel told the women to go quickly and let the eleven remaining disciples know that Jesus would meet them in Galilee.

vs7 ‘…Then go quickly and tell his disciples, He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there. Listen, I have told you…’ NET (New English Translation)

vs16 ‘…After this, the 11 disciples went to Galilee. They went to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go…’

vs17 ‘…When they arrived at the place, they saw Jesus. Then they went down on their knees, and they worshipped him. But some of the disciples were not sure that it really was Jesus…’

vs18 ‘…Jesus went near to them, and he said to them, ‘God has given me authority over everyone and everything. I have all authority in heaven and in this world…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

vs19 ‘…Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit…’

vs20 ‘…teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

This, vs19 is known as ‘the Great Commission.’ It happened after Jesus was crucified, buried and had risen from the dead.

What if, when Jesus told the eleven to go out and make disciples in all the nations, what if they wouldn’t have moved from their spots, what do you think might have happened?

What would have happened if Jesus’ Word would have just became still and never moved forward again?

After Jesus’ Ascension into heaven the apostles stayed primarily in Jerusalem, waiting for Jesus’ return to take them into the Kingdom that He talked about all the time while He was with the disciples.

Throughout the gospels of Matthew, chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 24, 25; in Mark, chapters 1, 4, 9, 10; in Luke, chapters 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and finally in John, chapters 3 and 18 Jesus speaks of the Kingdom and again, in Acts, chapters 1,8 and 28 all make a reference to the kingdom.

The apostles all knew, the Kingdom that Jesus had promised them, was coming.

In Matthew 19

vs27 ‘…Then Peter spoke up. Look, he said, we have left everything and followed you. What will we have…’

vs28 ‘…Jesus said to them, you can be sure that when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the New Age, then you twelve followers of mine will also sit on thrones, to rule the twelve tribes of Israel…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

Peter knew there was the need for the twelfth disciple to sit on the twelfth throne after Judas’ death.

So, from the Book of Acts, we can hear Peter telling the other disciples they needed to fill that twelfth seat vacated by Judas when he hung himself.

Acts 1

vs15 ‘…At this time Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a group of about 120 people was there together), and said…’

vs16 ‘…Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Peter was concerned with this vacancy, the twelve were now only eleven.

vs21-22 ‘…So then, someone must join us as a witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. He must be one of the men who were in our group during the whole time that the Lord Jesus traveled about with us, beginning from the time John preached his message of baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us to heaven…’

vs23 ‘…So they proposed two men: Joseph, who was called Barsabbas (also known as Justus), and Matthias…’

vs24 ‘…Then they prayed, Lord, you know the thoughts of everyone, so show us which of these two you have chosen…’

vs25 ‘…to serve as an apostle in the place of Judas, who left to go to the place where he belongs…’

vs26 ‘…Then they drew lots to choose between the two men, and the one chosen was Matthias, who was added to the group of eleven apostles…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

So, to continue and ask the question, once again …

What if, when Jesus told the eleven to go out and make disciples in all the nations, what if they wouldn’t have moved from their spots, what do you think might have happened?

What would have happened if Jesus’ Word would have just became still and never moved forward again?

Acts 8:1 ‘…Now Saul approved of putting Stephen to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Just for those that only read the KJV, this verse is for you …

Acts 8:1 ‘…And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles…’ KJV (King James Version)

Maybe there is a different version …

Acts 8

vs1 ‘…And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria…’ NIV (New International Version)

vs1 ‘…Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria…’ NLT (New Living Translation)

vs1 ‘…And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles…’ ESV (English Standard Version)

vs1 ‘…And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria…’ BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

vs1 ‘…Saul wholeheartedly approved of Stephen’s death. And on that day a great and relentless persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem; and the believers were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles…’ AMP (Amplified Bible)

vs1 ‘…Saul agreed with putting him to death. On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria…’ HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

I reckon it is true that all the different versions of the English Bible, don’t distract from the truth found in the Word.

The point I’ve tried making in this lesson, what if, when Jesus told the eleven to go out and make disciples in all the nations, what if they wouldn’t have moved from their spots, what do you think might have happened?

Obviously, nothing happened because the original remaining eleven, were replaced by the apostle Paul.

There are those from the old school way of thinking that always make a point of stating, ‘you’re all doomed since you haven’t believed in the words taken from the torah’ (which we could also state that it was those same forefathers, from that old school way of thinking, that didn’t listen either to their own torah’s since, it was them originally that had Jesus turned over to the Romans so they would kill and get rid of Him).

There are those that only trust and believe in ONE version of the English Bible, but the first problem with that is, where is it written (ANYWHERE) telling us that there is only one version that we should read, use, and listen to; this sounds like a personal preference more than a real thing to me. Secondly, is it maybe because its old … because, just to let you know, there are older English versions than the AKJV. And then Thirdly, it honestly sounds like the words used in this ONE version have been taken from a Shakespearean play, I mean really, who talks like that today?

Wherefore art thou Romeo.

There are the churches that we have in our society today that believe and follow that ALL Scripture written in the Bible, is the Inspired words of God and we should follow every one of them.

I agree, ALL Scripture has been Inspired by God, but I disagree that ALL Scripture has been meant for each one of us to follow.

Just let me list one passage taken from Jonah (Jonah 1:1-3), God told him to do something but rather than listening and following God’s commands, Jonah fled, bought a ticket to travel by ship and left his countryside for Spain … this is the example you want to teach your kids … this is the example you want to set as precedence for what is written in the Bible? I mean, REALLY!!!

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)

And that kind of leads me into where I’m at today, why listen to the Torah, why only read one version of the Bible, and why would I FOLLOW all Scripture.

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)

So, I am told ALL Scripture has been Inspired by God, but nowhere does it tell me I should FOLLOW all Scripture.

And maybe a lot of you people need to get your heads out of the sand and start reading ALL the Scripture and stop living in the past.

Stop and focus on the Scripture that was written for us Gentiles … and start following Jesus’ CHOICE.

Keep reading your Bibles. Continue to study His Word … leave mankind’s words behind you, leave his thoughts and his examples and FOLLOW what God has given to us.

I love y’all and remember Jesus loves each one of us even more than we can comprehend the word LOVE.

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>

Thursday 011625

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.

Since the beginning of this study, our vision has been that we are ONLY going to follow what is found in the Holy Bible, that pertains to us, and we realize that it’s ONLY from our own effort that we put into this study, that we’re going to take anything away for our own use.

The verses we are going to study this morning:

1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-7; Ephesians 3:1-13; Revelation 3:14-22; Matthew 24:29-31; 2 Peter 3:10-13; 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 2:7, 11-12; Proverbs 30:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.

The Rapture is an end-time event that’s described in the Bible as happening in the blink of an eye.

1 Corinthians 15

vs51 ‘…Behold, I am telling you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed…’

vs52 ‘…in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Christians believe that living and deceased believers will be taken up into heaven to meet Jesus Christ. It will involve a trumpet call, believers being caught up in the clouds, meeting the Lord in the air, and receiving new bodies.

There are different interpretations on the Day of the Lord found in the Bible. Both Matthew and Peter define the Day of the Lord as the beginning of what is known as the Tribulation.

The Tribulation is the final result of the Jews failure to obey God’s demand in allowing the land to have a year of rest every seventh year, this is known as seventy weeks written about in the book of Daniel.

The apostle Paul has written about the Day of the Lord a little differently.

1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 informs believers about the Day of the Lord. This phrase refers to both the moment of the Rapture as well as the beginning of the seven-year tribulation period, that will begin immediately after the church has been removed from this earth. The passage assures us that believers will not experience the tribulation.

1 Thessalonians 5

vs1 ‘…Now as to the periods and times, brothers and sisters, you have no need of anything to be written to you…’

vs2 ‘…For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord is coming just like a thief in the night…’

vs3 ‘…While they are saying, Peace and safety! then sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape…’

vs4 ‘…But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, so that the day would overtake you like a thief…’

vs5 ‘…for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness…’

vs6 ‘…so then, let’s not sleep as others do, but let’s be alert and sober…’

vs7 ‘…For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night…’

vs8 ‘…But since we are of the day, let’s be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation…’

vs9 ‘…For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ…’

vs10 ‘…who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him…’

vs11 ‘…Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

From different writings in the Bible, Matthew and Peter include the Day in the Lord as being the beginning of the Tribulation, and they make no hint of the word Rapture or the idea of what the Rapture is.

The entire idea behind being Raptured, was given to the apostle Paul and not given to the other apostles, that’s why they never wrote about it.

Let’s continue this lesson by looking at what the scriptures DOES teach us.

Ephesians 3

vs1 ‘…For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles…’

vs2 ‘…if indeed you have heard of the administration of God’s grace which was given to me for you…’

vs3 ‘…that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before briefly…’

vs4 ‘…By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ…’

vs5 ‘…which in other generations was not made known to mankind, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit…’

vs6 ‘…to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel…’

vs7 ‘…of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me according to the working of His power…’

vs8 ‘…To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ…’

vs9 ‘…and to enlighten all people as to what the plan of the mystery is which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things…’

vs10 ‘…so that the multifaceted wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places…’

vs11 ‘…This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord…’

vs12 ‘…in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him…’

vs13 ‘…Therefore I ask you not to become discouraged about my tribulations in your behalf, since they are your glory…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

In verse 3 there is that word ‘MYSTERY’ used once again. It’s called a mystery because earlier generations were not given the opportunity to know about it, it was kept hidden for ages by God.

Paul’s insight to the mystery was kept hidden until salvation has come through Jesus Christ and now is opened to both Jews and Gentiles, alike.  Both people share together in this salvation to form one body, and that body is the church.

It was kept hidden because God wanted it to be kept hidden … He is God and He can do whatever He wants to do.

A fact that many forget about, our God, He is SOVERIGN.

One day, this age will come to an end.

So, you may ask the question: Is the concept of the church age taught anywhere within the Bible? And the simple answer, even though it may surprise you, is that there is not a single text in Scripture which mentions that a church age will come to an end during the time of the second coming of Christ.

Revelation 3

vs14 ‘…To the angel of the church in Laodicea write The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Origin of the creation of God, says this…’

vs15 ‘…I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot…’

vs16 ‘…So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth…’

vs17 ‘…Because you say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have no need of anything,” and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked…’

vs18 ‘…I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to apply to your eyes so that you may see…’

vs19 ‘…Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore, be zealous and repent…’

vs20 ‘…Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me…’

vs21 ‘…The one who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne…’

vs22 ‘…The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

We had a lesson a couple of weeks ago where we determined that today in the 21^st century, we are that church, the church of Laodicea.

At the very moment, the twinkling of an eye, the entire church age will be gone, vacated from this earth and immediately following will be the start of the seven-year Tribulation, the judgement of the earth and its inhabitants, those that have not believed.

Matthew and Peter, even though they traveled with Jesus for several years, they were not allowed to know the truth of the upcoming ‘mysteries’ that were going to be brought out into the open.

Matthew 24

vs29 ‘…But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken…’

vs30 ‘…And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory…’

vs31 ‘…And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet blast, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

2 Peter 3

vs10 ‘…But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up…’

vs11 ‘…Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness…’

vs12 ‘…looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat…’

vs13 ‘…Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

2 Peter defines how the original twelve disciples were never given the same Gospel that the apostle Paul was given to preach to the Gentiles.

Peter still believed and followed those Jewish rituals that he had lived with his entire life.

In short, the day of the Lord defines a period at the end of this age where God will bring His judgement upon the earth.

That ‘age’ talked about is the church age that we are living in today.

So, then we should ask ourselves, how is the gospel a mystery in the ages and generations past?

2 Samuel 7:14 ‘…I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me; when he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and with strokes of sons of mankind…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Psalm 2:7 ‘…I will announce the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, You are My Son, Today I have fathered You…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Psalm 2

vs11 ‘…Serve the Lord with reverence and rejoice with trembling…’

vs 12 ‘…Kiss the Son, that He not be angry and you perish on the way, For His wrath may be kindled quickly. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Proverbs 30:4 ‘…Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His Son’s name? Surely you know…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

So, Peter says that the Day of the Lord will come. It is not going to be a day too late and it’s not going to be a day too early. It will be in God’s absolute perfect timing.

Just to keep you all from wondering, here is the writings of the Rapture found in the Bible. If you cannot accept the word ‘rapture,’ just use the words found in the Bible, ‘caught up.’

1 Thessalonians 4

vs13 ‘…But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as indeed the rest of mankind do, who have no hope…’

vs14 ‘…For if we believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead, so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus…’

vs15 ‘…For we say this to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep…’

vs16 ‘…For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first…’

vs17 ‘…Then we who are alive, who remain, 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…’

vs18 ‘…Therefore, comfort one another with these words…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

NOTICE: Jesus’ feet will not be stepping foot on the earth like we are promised at His 2^nd Coming.

This is Jesus coming to take HIS church home to heaven.

We are going to meet Him.

Continue reading your Bible, there is so much waiting for us to learn.

Study the words that we have been given.

I love ALL of y’all.

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>

Thursday 011625

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.

Since the beginning of this study, our vision has been that we are ONLY going to follow what is found in the Holy Bible, that pertains to us, and we realize that it’s ONLY from our own effort that we put into this study, that we’re going to take anything away for our own use.

The verses we are going to study this morning:

1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-7; Ephesians 3:1-13; Revelation 3:14-22; Matthew 24:29-31; 2 Peter 3:10-13; 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 2:7, 11-12; Proverbs 30:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.

The Rapture is an end-time event that’s described in the Bible as happening in the blink of an eye.

1 Corinthians 15

vs51 ‘…Behold, I am telling you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed…’

vs52 ‘…in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Christians believe that living and deceased believers will be taken up into heaven to meet Jesus Christ. It will involve a trumpet call, believers being caught up in the clouds, meeting the Lord in the air, and receiving new bodies.

There are different interpretations on the Day of the Lord found in the Bible. Both Matthew and Peter define the Day of the Lord as the beginning of what is known as the Tribulation.

The Tribulation is the final result of the Jews failure to obey God’s demand in allowing the land to have a year of rest every seventh year, this is known as seventy weeks written about in the book of Daniel.

The apostle Paul has written about the Day of the Lord a little differently.

1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 informs believers about the Day of the Lord. This phrase refers to both the moment of the Rapture as well as the beginning of the seven-year tribulation period, that will begin immediately after the church has been removed from this earth. The passage assures us that believers will not experience the tribulation.

1 Thessalonians 5

vs1 ‘…Now as to the periods and times, brothers and sisters, you have no need of anything to be written to you…’

vs2 ‘…For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord is coming just like a thief in the night…’

vs3 ‘…While they are saying, Peace and safety! then sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape…’

vs4 ‘…But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, so that the day would overtake you like a thief…’

vs5 ‘…for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness…’

vs6 ‘…so then, let’s not sleep as others do, but let’s be alert and sober…’

vs7 ‘…For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night…’

vs8 ‘…But since we are of the day, let’s be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation…’

vs9 ‘…For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ…’

vs10 ‘…who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him…’

vs11 ‘…Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you also are doing…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

From different writings in the Bible, Matthew and Peter include the Day in the Lord as being the beginning of the Tribulation, and they make no hint of the word Rapture or the idea of what the Rapture is.

The entire idea behind being Raptured, was given to the apostle Paul and not given to the other apostles, that’s why they never wrote about it.

Let’s continue this lesson by looking at what the scriptures DOES teach us.

Ephesians 3

vs1 ‘…For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles…’

vs2 ‘…if indeed you have heard of the administration of God’s grace which was given to me for you…’

vs3 ‘…that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before briefly…’

vs4 ‘…By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ…’

vs5 ‘…which in other generations was not made known to mankind, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit…’

vs6 ‘…to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel…’

vs7 ‘…of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me according to the working of His power…’

vs8 ‘…To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ…’

vs9 ‘…and to enlighten all people as to what the plan of the mystery is which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things…’

vs10 ‘…so that the multifaceted wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places…’

vs11 ‘…This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord…’

vs12 ‘…in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him…’

vs13 ‘…Therefore I ask you not to become discouraged about my tribulations in your behalf, since they are your glory…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

In verse 3 there is that word ‘MYSTERY’ used once again. It’s called a mystery because earlier generations were not given the opportunity to know about it, it was kept hidden for ages by God.

Paul’s insight to the mystery was kept hidden until salvation has come through Jesus Christ and now is opened to both Jews and Gentiles, alike.  Both people share together in this salvation to form one body, and that body is the church.

It was kept hidden because God wanted it to be kept hidden … He is God and He can do whatever He wants to do.

A fact that many forget about, our God, He is SOVERIGN.

One day, this age will come to an end.

So, you may ask the question: Is the concept of the church age taught anywhere within the Bible? And the simple answer, even though it may surprise you, is that there is not a single text in Scripture which mentions that a church age will come to an end during the time of the second coming of Christ.

Revelation 3

vs14 ‘…To the angel of the church in Laodicea write The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Origin of the creation of God, says this…’

vs15 ‘…I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot…’

vs16 ‘…So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth…’

vs17 ‘…Because you say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have no need of anything,” and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked…’

vs18 ‘…I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to apply to your eyes so that you may see…’

vs19 ‘…Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore, be zealous and repent…’

vs20 ‘…Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me…’

vs21 ‘…The one who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne…’

vs22 ‘…The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

We had a lesson a couple of weeks ago where we determined that today in the 21^st century, we are that church, the church of Laodicea.

At the very moment, the twinkling of an eye, the entire church age will be gone, vacated from this earth and immediately following will be the start of the seven-year Tribulation, the judgement of the earth and its inhabitants, those that have not believed.

Matthew and Peter, even though they traveled with Jesus for several years, they were not allowed to know the truth of the upcoming ‘mysteries’ that were going to be brought out into the open.

Matthew 24

vs29 ‘…But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken…’

vs30 ‘…And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory…’

vs31 ‘…And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet blast, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

2 Peter 3

vs10 ‘…But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up…’

vs11 ‘…Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness…’

vs12 ‘…looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat…’

vs13 ‘…Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

2 Peter defines how the original twelve disciples were never given the same Gospel that the apostle Paul was given to preach to the Gentiles.

Peter still believed and followed those Jewish rituals that he had lived with his entire life.

In short, the day of the Lord defines a period at the end of this age where God will bring His judgement upon the earth.

That ‘age’ talked about is the church age that we are living in today.

So, then we should ask ourselves, how is the gospel a mystery in the ages and generations past?

2 Samuel 7:14 ‘…I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me; when he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and with strokes of sons of mankind…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Psalm 2:7 ‘…I will announce the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, You are My Son, Today I have fathered You…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Psalm 2

vs11 ‘…Serve the Lord with reverence and rejoice with trembling…’

vs 12 ‘…Kiss the Son, that He not be angry and you perish on the way, For His wrath may be kindled quickly. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Proverbs 30:4 ‘…Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His Son’s name? Surely you know…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

So, Peter says that the Day of the Lord will come. It is not going to be a day too late and it’s not going to be a day too early. It will be in God’s absolute perfect timing.

Just to keep you all from wondering, here is the writings of the Rapture found in the Bible. If you cannot accept the word ‘rapture,’ just use the words found in the Bible, ‘caught up.’

1 Thessalonians 4

vs13 ‘…But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as indeed the rest of mankind do, who have no hope…’

vs14 ‘…For if we believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead, so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus…’

vs15 ‘…For we say this to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep…’

vs16 ‘…For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first…’

vs17 ‘…Then we who are alive, who remain, 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…’

vs18 ‘…Therefore, comfort one another with these words…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

NOTICE: Jesus’ feet will not be stepping foot on the earth like we are promised at His 2^nd Coming.

This is Jesus coming to take HIS church home to heaven.

We are going to meet Him.

Continue reading your Bible, there is so much waiting for us to learn.

Study the words that we have been given.

I love ALL of y’all.

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>

Wednesday 011525

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.

Since the beginning of this study, our vision has been that we are ONLY going to follow what is found in the Holy Bible, that pertains to us, and we realize that it’s ONLY from our own effort that we put into this study, that we’re going to take anything away for our own use.

The verses we are going to study tonight:

Genesis 22:14; 1 Samuel 2:3; Job 12:13; Galatians 6:7-10; Matthew 7:15-16; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Jonah 1:1-3; Galatians 5:22-26, 6:6-10.

Maybe the first realization here MUST be made is that there never has been, nor will there ever be any surprises that were unknown to God. God knew what used to be, what is now and what is going to happen in the future; past, present and future tense.

The word omniscient comes from the Latin words ‘omnis,’ meaning ALL, and ‘scientia,’ meaning KNOWLEDGE. The Christian faith teaches that God’s all-knowing power is beyond human imagination.

This phrase, ‘The God Who Sees Me,’ is translated as El Roi in Hebrew. El Roi is the God who numbers the hairs on our heads and counts our every tear. He knows every detail of our circumstances. When we pray to El Roi, we are praying to the God who knows everything about us.

Genesis 22:14 ‘…And Abraam called the name of that place, The Lord hath seen; that they might say to-day, In the mount the Lord it was seen…’ Brenton Septuagint Translation

1 Samuel 2:3 ‘…Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed…’ KJV (King James Version)

Job 12:13 ‘…With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding…’ KJV (King James Version)

God, the Omniscient God, the ALL-KNOWING God, is where I place my FAITH and my TRUST in Him. I Believe that my God would never allow for me or any one of us human beings in the 21^st century to be lied to by an earlier generation.

Especially if it was a falsehood from way back in the Old Testament.

God would not allow His Word to be copied and made null and void without us, His people first knowing that we have been lied to and what is before us today is false, inaccurate and unable to be finished by us.

This God from Genesis 1:1 is the same God we find today in the 21^st century … mankind is different, today, we’re probably smarter than we were back in 5000 B.C., but the same exact God that existed back in 5000 B.C. remains ALL KNOWING today in the 21^st century as He was back then.

This God would have known, every single time there was a deceitful, devious, deception done, on mankind and against ours and His wants and desires.

This Holy and ALL-KNOWING God would never have been able to sit back and allow for us, His people in the 21^st century, to have been lied to and today living our lives on a lie from centuries earlier.

Now today, we have technology available to us at our fingertips. With a sweep of the mouse, we can pull information available to us and this can only have been made possible by God Himself.

Many believe this is part of the reason why the end is coming so quickly because of how much more advanced technology has become in just the last fifty years.

Times have changed since that day of Creation, in fact, time has changed in just the last twenty years. God’s Word has remained the same, but the same thing to our manmade churches.

Churches today are changing their own innermost core values, making it possible for new members to join their church as old rules and regulations are being made new.

The apostle Paul wrote warnings to the churches of his day. He forewarned those churches not to be deceived by false teachers and false doctrines.

Galatians 6

vs7 ‘…Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap…’

vs8 ‘…For the one who sows to his own flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit…’

vs9 ‘…Let’s not become discouraged in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not become weary…’

vs10 ‘…So then, while we have opportunity, let’s do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Vs7a from the in the NLT ‘…Don’t be misled…’ (New Living Translation)

Do you remember the television show, ‘Lost in Space’ and the robot (B9) …

‘WARNING! WARNING! DANGER! DANGER!’

Do you truly think God, our Father in heaven, would allow His children, through generation after generation, to be taught something false before He would have stepped in and corrected His message?

There is the warning we were given by Matthew.

Matthew 7

vs15 ‘…Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves…’

vs16 ‘…You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

We have been given warnings about future teachers that may be spreading Contradicting Scripture: They may add to the Word, remove parts from that same Word, or reinterpret Scripture, or deny it altogether.

We are taught in 2 Timothy that ALL Scripture has been inspired by God.

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 is Inspired by God, but NOT all Scripture has been meant for us to follow.

My easiest example of this is taken from Jonah 1. Jonah was told by God, to go to Nineveh and tell them their wickedness was known by Him, but instead of Jonah doing what God wanted him to do, he fled and boarded a boat on its way to Spain where he sailed, trying to flee from God’s presence.

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)

There is no way this Scripture in Jonah has been meant for us to follow. The Old Testament is full of Scripture warning us what mankind did against God. There was Scripture written for us to see as a warning, it was never meant for us to FOLLOW.

Galatian 5

vs22 ‘…But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness…’

vs23 ‘…gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law…’

vs24 ‘…Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires…’

vs25 ‘…If we live by the Spirit, let’s follow the Spirit as well…’

vs26 ‘…Let’s not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. There is no law against the fruit of the Spirit. Those who live and walk in the Spirit are heaven bound.

We as an individual, we must weigh what is being taught from Scripture and what isn’t taught from Scripture. Individually we are to be aware of what is going on around us. We have never been told to bury our heads in the sand and only listen to someone else read the Word to you. Open you Bibles yourselves and search the Word and see if you’re being taught what God wants you to learn.

I was reading an article, and it began: Paul forewarned the church not to be deceived by false teachers and false doctrines.

People, we are that CHURCH that the apostle Paul was writing too. He wasn’t writing to a building with four walls, a floor, roof with a steeple and a bell. He was writing to you and me ALERTING us to be on our guard.

Galatians 6

vs6 ‘…The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him…’

vs7 ‘…Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap…’

vs8 ‘…For the one who sows to his own flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit…’

vs9 ‘…Let’s not become discouraged in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not become weary…’

vs10 ‘…So then, while we have opportunity, let’s do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Finally, let us, the churches of Christ in the 21st century, take heed to the apostle Paul’s warnings and stand guard against false brethren and false doctrines. Let’s step away from these man-made churches we find today that are more interested in their wallet size rather than that day when we hear the shout to come and join Jesus in the clouds so we can remain with Him forever.

Our churches have changed. The message most churches teach have changed also. God’s Word that He has given to us has remained the same. His Word is where we will find the truth. We must open His Word and read what He wants for us to do.

Keep your Bibles always open and study His Word.

Don’t be afraid if you happen to disagree with what you hear spoken on a Sunday morning if you’re unable to find that message in your own Bible.

Rather than us preaching from our hearts and portraying messages that might make a person feel good, let’s only teach from God’s written Word.

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>

Tuesday 011425

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.

From that day when I felt the need to help others open their own Bibles and get into God’s Word, my vision for this study has always been that we are only going to study a message that is found in the Holy Bible, and it pertains to us as a people in the 21^st century.

We openly acknowledge that we are only going to gain from that message, by our own, personal effort that we put into this study.

The verses we are going to study tonight:

Matthew 12:38-40, 40; Luke 23:39-43; Luke 16:19-26; 1 Thessalonians 4:17c, 14-16; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:4-6; Acts 17:29; 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 13-18.

So, tonight’s lesson has been led in a direction that the Spirit has been doing the leading, there must be a reason for someone out there that needs to see this message. So, this message is for that individual.

Matthew 12

vs38 ‘…Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, Teacher, we want to see a sign from You…’

vs39 ‘…But He answered and said to them, an evil and adulterous generation craves a sign; and so, no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet…’

vs40 ‘…for just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea monster for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

We’ve just read three simple verses that are full of information that we must recognize.

First, for Jesus to use the story of Jonah being in the belly for three days and three nights, there is recognition placed on the story of Jonah as being true and then the next realization, Jesus said He would need to go into the heart of the earth for three days and three nights, this then must also be true.

Matthew 12:40 ‘…For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so, shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth…’ KJV (King James Version)

In the KJV version, Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of a whale.

Luke 23

vs39 ‘…One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us…’

vs40 ‘…But the other responded, and rebuking him, said, do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation…’

vs41 ‘…And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our crimes; but this man has done nothing wrong…’

vs42 ‘…And he was saying, Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom…’

vs43 ‘…And He said to him, Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Luke 16

vs19 ‘…Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, enjoying himself in splendor every day…’

vs20 ‘…And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores…’

vs21 ‘…and longing to be fed from the scraps which fell from the rich man’s table; not only that, the dogs also were coming and licking his sores…’

vs22 ‘…Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s arms; and the rich man also died and was buried…’

vs23 ‘…And in Hades he raised his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his arms…’

vs24 ‘…And he cried out and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame…’

vs25 ‘…But Abraham said, Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony…’

vs26 ‘…And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set, so that those who want to go over from here to you will not be able, nor will any people cross over from there to us…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

This is a picture of the earth on the left, and a drawing on the right showing the center of the earth. Paradise on one side and Torment on the other side with a great chasm between them.

This is what we’ve just read in the above verses.

This is just a visual picture for you to compare with Scripture.

First Jesus confirmed in Matthew 12:40 that He would be in the ‘heart of the earth.’

Then Jesus told the thief in Luke 23:43, ‘today you will be with me in Paradise.’

Finally, Abraham described the Torment side of Hades in Luke 16:23, where the rich man seen Lazarus in the arms of Abraham, and he was told about the Great Chasm that separated the two places in Hades in vs26.

This is a portrayal of what occurred before Jesus’ Resurrection and His now, ability to save mankind.

Jesus went into the depths of this inner earth to recover those believers in Him from the Old Testament.

It has been from this promise of Jesus’ Death, Burial and Resurrection that the Believers in the New Testament have been promised a life with the Lord forever.

1 Thessalonians 4:17c ‘…And so we will be with the Lord forever…’ NIV (New International Version)

This next part is strictly conjecture on my part, since I am unable to locate any exact verses found in Scripture.

But this same ‘Paradise’ in Hades, the souls of those that Believe in Jesus, will be kept until the day when Jesus will return above the earth, in the clouds to gather those Believers that have already died.

1 Thessalonians 4

vs14 ‘…For if we believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead, so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus…’

vs15 ‘…For we say this to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep…’

vs16 ‘…For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

These six verses found in 1 Thessalonians 4, hold the entirety regarding the Rapture of Jesus’ church that so many today on this earth will not believe today … once again it will be the downfall of mankind’s UNBELIEF in the promise of God.

So many claim today that the word ‘RAPTURE’ is not found in the Bible and so therefore, it cannot be true.

With that being said, the word ‘TRINITY’ is not found in the Bible either, but the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are well documented, also referred to as the ‘Godhead.’

In the Greek πατήρ υιός και άγιο πνεύμα

Matthew 28:19 ‘…Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

2 Corinthians 13:14 ‘…The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Ephesians 4

vs4 ‘…There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling…’

vs5 ‘…one Lord, one faith, one baptism…’

vs6 ‘…one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Acts 17:29 ‘…Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device…’ KJV (King James Version)

So, for those unable to believe in the Rapture of Jesus’ church because the word ‘RAPTURE’ is not used in the Holy Bible, let’s just use the words that are used in the Bible.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 ‘…Then we who are alive, who remain, 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…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

As I stated earlier, it is through these six verses that our promise in Jesus Christ is completed.

As I have tried emphasizing repeatedly, it is mankind’s UNBELIEF that is going to keep him from ALL the glory that we have been promised, in the Word.

1 Thessalonians 4

vs13 ‘…But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as indeed the rest of mankind do, who have no hope…’

vs14 ‘…For if we believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead, so also God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus…’

vs15 ‘…For we say this to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep…’

vs16 ‘…For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first…’

vs17 ‘…Then we who are alive, who remain, 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…’

vs18 ‘…Therefore, comfort one another with these words…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

Be proud of the promise you have been given. Stand tall and share with others your beliefs and feelings and voice to them how they MUST read the Word for themselves.

I love y’all. The days are getting so close, raise your voice and let others know what you found in the Word.

  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>

Monday 011325 (b)

I am posting a 2^nd lesson this morning, there is someone out there that needs to hear this Message today, right now.

Don’t believe or not believe what I have written … open your Bible for yourself and let God show you what He has been trying to tell you.

Jesus, I pray to You this morning, that I could be used as Your vessel of Grace to portray to those that read this study and whose FAITH remains weak, that they could be encouraged through Your Word and find reassurance in the promises that you have given to us.

Allow Your Word to open up for us this morning Jesus, and allow our eyes and ears to welcome Your presence to fill our minds with Your love and kindness.

We truly love You Jesus. Amen.

The verses we will use this morning in our study is:

Revelation 22:21; Galatians 3:16; Matthew 10:5-7, 15:24, 28:19; Acts 1:1-4, 8:1, 7:59-60, 9:15; Romans 11:11; Acts 13:9; Matthew 25:1-13.

Today we are going to do a quick timeline of Biblical History.

The dates I am going to use are going to be very basic, mostly because I don’t intend on focusing on the dates that certain events happened.

I want to portray an overview of what has taken place throughout the history of what we  know of God of this earth and our history.

God’s creation has been in effect for around six thousand (6000) years.

We’re going to split those six thousand (6000) years up into three (3) groups of two thousand (2000) years.

A)-Zero (0) through two thousand (2000).

B)-Two thousand and one (2001) through four thousand (4000).

C)-Four thousand and one (4001) through six thousand (6000).

There are three (3) specific periods of time, A, B, and C.

A = Adam and Eve in the Garden (GEN 1:1) up through history just before the birth of Abram (GEN 11:25).

B = is the first mention of Abram (GEN 11:26) up through history just to the New Testament (NT).

C = in our Bibles the NT is portrayed showing the family line of Jesus Christ (MAT 1:1) up through today.

The last thing in the Bible is the 2^nd Coming of Jesus Christ, the Bible ends with:

Revelation 22:21 ‘…The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen…’ AKJV  (Authorized King James Version)

A = is the time period involving ALL mankind. In this time period of history, there was God, mankind and Satan. There was no difference in mankind, the entire world of the human race was Gentile (non-Jew).

B = is the time period when God chose the Israelites as His ‘CHOSEN’ people. Mankind was split between the Jews and those non-Jews (Gentiles).

Our focus in this lesson today, is going to be right here in this section, part C.

Part C begins with Jesus’ ministry here on this earth. Jesus was sent to this earth to fulfil prophecy that God made to the Jewish forefathers, Abraham (Abram), Isaac and Jacob. (ISA 11:1-15; GAL 3:16; ROM 4:13).

Galatians 3:16 ‘…Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

Throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry, when Jesus sent His twelve (12) disciples out to preach, He instructed them NOT to go to the Gentiles, ONLY to the Jews.

Matthew 10

vs5 ‘…These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not…’

vs6 ‘…but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel…’

vs7 ‘…And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand…’ AKJV  (Authorized King James Version)

Jesus even told us Himself; He was not sent for anyone other than the house of Israel, the Jewish people.

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)

After Jesus was crucified and died, buried in a tomb and was resurrected back to life, He instructed the remaining eleven (11) apostles to go out to the entire world and preach to everyone about God.

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)

But those remaining apostles never left Jerusalem. In the apostles defense, Jesus a little later, told them not to leave Jerusalem until after Pentecost.

Acts 1

vs1 ‘…The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach…’

vs2 ‘…until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen…’

vs3 ‘…to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God…’

vs4 ‘…and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

But even after Pentecost, the remaining did not leave Jerusalem.

Acts 8:1 ‘…And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

The apostles still hadn’t left, they were waiting for Jesus to return and set up His earthly Kingdom as Jesus promised throughout His earthly ministry.

But even though the remaining had failed to fulfill Jesus’ request, it wasn’t until the stoning death of Stephen by the Sanhedrin that caused God to make a change.

Acts 7

vs59 ‘…And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit…’

vs60 ‘…And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

It was this last act by the Jewish people, that God determined to put His CHOSEN on a back burner.

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)

This was God making the MOST pivotable change in Biblical history, and we are not taught these words today in the 21^st century.

Leon didn’t choose, Jesus made a choice, and He CHOSE Saul to teach the entire world about God and His Word.

Now God did not throw away and completely abandon His chosen people as so many want you to believe today.

God’s Word tells us a little differently than most pastors, churches and denominations today.

Romans 11:11 ‘…I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

God is simply trying to make His CHOSEN jealous.

There was no abandoning, no replacement of a people.

But look up in google.com on REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY and mankind by himself, apparently he thought he would rewrite the entire doctrine for God.

Replacement theology, also known as supersessionism or fulfillment theology, is a Christian doctrine that states that the Christian Church has replaced the Jewish people. ^[7]

What kind of a fool would step in front of God and mislead generations after generations of His people?

Satan.

God’s only creation stupid enough to think he could fill in for God.

In the 5^th century, man thought it should be taught that the Gentiles replaced the Jews … the Gentile believers, Christians, would take the place of the Jews, and they would be saved instead of them.

This is Satan filling mankind with rubbish.

The only thing is that God’s Word doesn’t say that this was going to happen in this way.

God’s Word the ONLY thing that is a for sure thing.

The Holy Bible, the Bible we can hold in our hands today, wasn’t mass printed until the mid-1450’s.

Almost every house in this world has at least one (1) copy of the Bible under its roof today.

Almost every hotel and motel room in America has a copy of the Gideon Bible in the top center drawer.

All a person would have to do is open a Bible for themselves and they would find out there hasn’t been any replacement told to us by God.

We have to ask ourselves, how many ‘FOOLS’ are there on the planet earth today in the 21^st century?

Jesus chose Saul to teach this entire world about God. Allow me to show you this verse also.

Acts 13:9 ‘…Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

The ONLY One that knows when time will end as we know it, is God Himself.

The original, remaining apostles back in the first (1^st) century didn’t know the earth was going to survive until the year 2025.

I can’t tell you it won’t end before the year 2100, but things in this world are being defined every day according to what we’ve been shown in the Word, God’s Word.

God had it written that we were to be ready. We were to keep our lamps full of fuel, as in the story of the Ten Virgins.

Matthew 25

vs1 ‘…Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom…’

vs2 ‘…And five of them were wise, and five were foolish…’

vs3 ‘…They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them…’

vs4 ‘…but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps…’

vs5 ‘…While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept…’

vs6 ‘…And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him…’

vs7 ‘…Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps…’

vs8 ‘…And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out…’

vs9 ‘…But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves…’

vs10 ‘…And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut…’

vs11 ‘…Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us…’

vs12 ‘…But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not…’

vs13 ‘…Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

Why take a chance a play the ‘lottery’ with your promise in Eternity?

God’s Word warns the reader throughout the pages.

We are told almost on every page to TRUST GOD, not what man tells us God says but rather WHAT HAS GOD TOLD US.

Read His Word. Read it for yourself and BELIEVE.

Keep your Bibles open and continue to study His Word.

I love ALL of y’all.

I am InHIM. 

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>

^{[7] https://www.google.com/search?q=replacement+theology}