Month: March 2025

Monday 030325

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

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

The verses we are going to study tonight:

Zechariah 14:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Acts 17:29; Luke 4:18-19; Isaiah 61:2.

Zechariah 14:4

‘…And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘…On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west forming a very large valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and the other half toward the south…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…At that time, he will stand on the Mount of Olives, to the east of Jerusalem. Then the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west by a large valley. Half of the mountain will move northward, and half of it southward…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…On that day, the Lord’s feet will stand on the Mount of Olives. This mountain is east of Jerusalem. It will break in two from east to west and it will make a wide valley. Half of the mountain will move north, and half of the mountain will move south…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

This is ‘PROPHESY’ of the 2^nd Coming of Jesus Christ. This is after the seven (7) year Tribulation.

The book of Zechariah was written around 520 B.C.

When will Jesus’ return happens when He comes to this earth and stand on the Mount of Olives as we’re told in vs4 … it is right now the year twenty twenty-five (2025), plus seven (7) years for the Tribulation, plus five hundred-twenty (520) years when Zechariah was written, that is prophecy that was written, twenty five fifty-two (2552) years before it happened.

If God was to determine, right now Jesus’ church will be removed, that number would be correct, but that hasn’t happened yet.

You still have time to change your ways.

You still have time to get onto the right path that God wants for us to take.

We are given a glimpse in the Bible of what is going to take place in the ‘Rapture’ of Jesus’ church.

The only thing we know for sure, it is going to take place ‘BEFORE’ the Tribulation begins to take place.

At this time, I am only going to use two (2) verses in particular, of the Rapture.

1 Thessalonians 4

AKJV

vs16 ‘…For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first…’

vs17 ‘…then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so, shall we ever be with the Lord…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

NASB

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…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

GNT

vs16 ‘…There will be the shout of command, the archangel’s voice, the sound of God’s trumpet, and the Lord himself will come down from heaven. Those who have died believing in Christ will rise to life first…’

vs17 ‘…then we who are living at that time will be gathered up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so, we will always be with the Lord…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

EASY

vs16 ‘…On that day, the Lord himself will come down from heaven. He will shout with authority. People will hear the voice of the leader of God’s angels. They will hear the sound of God’s trumpet. Then those people who have died as Christians will become alive again. They will be the first people to rise up…’

vs17 ‘…After that, those of us who are still alive will join together with them. God will suddenly take us up into the clouds. In that way, we will all meet the Lord in the sky. So, we will all be with the Lord forever…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

At NO point are we told in these two (2) verses that Jesus is stepping foot onto the earth.

At NO point, in these two (2) verses, are we told it is for only those people that are on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.

This is an error in our teachings that we have been told for generations, for many, many centuries.

The new age Jewish believer nor the Jew that remained an Orthodox Jew ever realized this fact that we were told.

Our Christian churches, since the first century never taught of this event, known as the Rapture.

Yes, I know the word Rapture is not in the Bible. But the word Trinity isn’t in the Bible either and the Bible is full of the word Godhead, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

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…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

So, if you want, let’s not use the word Rapture, let’s use the words taken from the Bible … ‘Caught Up.’

In Greek, the word used is ‘harpazo.’ From the Latin Vulgate, the word harpazo has been translated to the word RAPTURO. And the English language, the word Rapturo is translated to the word Rapture.

Have you ever asked yourself why we were not taught of the Rapture of Jesus’ church?

Have you ever asked why we were never taught about when Jesus read from the scroll of Isaiah?

Luke 4

AKJV

vs18 ‘…The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised…’

vs19 ‘…to preach the acceptable year of the Lord…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

NASB

vs18 ‘…The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed…’

vs19 ‘…To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

GNT

vs18 ‘…The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed…’

vs19 ‘…and announce that the time has come when the Lord will save his people…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

EASY

vs18 ‘…The Spirit of the Lord God is on me. He has chosen me to tell good news to poor people. He has sent me to tell people who are in prison, you can go free! I must say to people that cannot see, see again. I must cause people that are like slaves to become free…’

vs19 ‘…I must tell everyone, “This is the year when God will be kind to his people…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

This reading was taken from the book of Isaiah 61.

I am only going to print the verse Jesus cut in half and didn’t read the 2^nd part of the verse.

Isaiah 61:2

‘…to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘…To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…He has sent me to proclaim that the time has come when the Lord will save his people and defeat their enemies. He has sent me to comfort all who mourn…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…He has sent me to say, this is the year when the Lord will be kind to his people. It is the time when our God will punish our enemies. He has sent me to comfort people who are weeping because they are sad…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

The above verses in bold letters, Jesus skipped reading about.

WHY you probably will ask.

The reason is because Jesus (GOD) knew the ‘church age’ was coming after His Death, Burial and Resurrection.

Jesus didn’t come to this earth to get the ‘church’ ready for the end.

Jesus came to this earth to fulfill OT prophesies about Him, the Messiah, the King for the Jewish nation.

We, you and me. We are only going to learn of our future when we read from the writings of Paul.

We can question all day as to why Jesus didn’t tell us that … why God hasn’t let us know …

… and actually, He HAS answered both of those questions.

All you have to do is read His Word. Read the Word He has chosen for you. And have FAITH and BELIEVE IN HIM.

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

If you still don’t understand.

Pray to Jesus and ask Him for His help.

This is where we MUST rely on Him.

This is where we MUST put our FAITH and TRUST in Him and not in the man-made churches that fill our land.

These churches are never going to save us.

These churches actually, are never even going to save themselves.

OPEN YOUR BIBLES AND READ THE WORDS GOD HAS GIVEN TO YOU.

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>

Sunday 030225

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

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

The verses we are going to study tonight:

1 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:16; Jonah 1:1-3; 2 Timothy 2:16.

This morning, maybe I should take the time and talk about this Bible that we have in front of us today.

There are the original Hebrew and Greek letters that make-up our Bibles today.

As of today, there are 66 different English versions found on Biblegateway.com.

The Bible is more than the Authorized King James Version (AKJV), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the Good News Translation (GNT) and the Easy English Bible (EASY) versions.

These different interpretations allow each one of us to understand what we are being told by the writer.

The Bible and its ‘INTERPRETATION’ is meant to be only that, the interpretation of God.

This morning, I began to watch a previously recorded Bible study on the Book of Revelation. It was led by Les Feldick, who died back in 2023.

Around four years ago, I participated in a different study on the Book of Revelation that was run by pastor Stephen Armstrong of VBVMI (Verse-By-Verse-Ministries-International). Pastor Armstrong has also died, from a covid related illness back in 2021.

Maybe ten years ago I did a different study on the Book of Revelation with a pastor friend of mine, pastor Mike Bass.

I know over the years I’ve been involved in two, maybe three other studies, all in the Book of Revelation.

Every study was different. Each teacher taught the book according to their own interpretation and I’m not sure God intended on it being that way.

Some years ago, I told people they needed to read the Bible for themselves and there was a comment made regarding all the different interpretations.

Since writing this lesson, I have to admit, every time a person reads the Bible, they probably do interpret what they read, according to what they know.

I would read a passage from the Bible, and I’d have an interpretation. You could read the same passage from the Bible, and you may get an entirely different interpretation. And then every other person reading the same passage from the Bible, they could all get different interpretation of the same passage.

There is only one correct interpretation and that is whatever God intended to be said. His is for sure, the ONLY one that is, for sure, correct.

What can we do when we get a different interpretation from someone else?

1 Corinthians 2:13

‘…Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth, comparing spiritual things with spiritual…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘…We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…So then, we do not speak in words taught by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual truths to those who have the Spirit…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…Those are the things that we speak about. We do not use clever words to speak about human ideas. Instead, we speak the message that God’s Spirit has taught us. In that way, we explain a spiritual message to people who have God’s Spirit…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

This is where a strong group assists us when we are trying to interpret what we’ve read.

Our ability to voice with someone can be so beneficial to our study of the Word.

2 Timothy 3:16

‘…All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘…All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…Everything that is written in the Bible comes from God’s Spirit. It helps us in many ways. The Bible teaches us what is true. It warns us when we are doing wrong things. It shows us what is right. It teaches us how to live good lives…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

This is a very profitable verse that more people should pay attention to. ALL Scripture has been Inspired by God but NOT all of that Scripture has been given to us for ‘ALL’ of us to FOLLOW every part of ALL
Scripture.

The example I use is Jonah 1:1-3. It is written that Jonah was told by God to go to the city of Nineveh and let the people know that God knew they were doing evil things. Jonah fled so he didn’t have to hear God’s demands anymore and he bought a boat ticket to Spain so he could escape.

We are NOT shown this passage for us to FOLLOW Jonah and flee from God’s presence. We’ve been shown this passage to keep us from repeating what Jonah did wrong.

Jonah 1

vs1 ‘…Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying…’

vs2 ‘…Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me…’

vs3 ‘…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…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

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)

vs1 ‘…One day the Lord spoke to Jonah son of Amittai…’

vs2 ‘…He said, Go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it; I am aware of how wicked its people are…’

vs3 ‘…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)

vs1 ‘…The Lord spoke a message to Jonah, Amittai’s son…’

vs2 ‘…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…’

vs3 ‘…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)

It is easy to sit back and rely on what someone tells you is in the Word … but what if the person told you a lie and that message isn’t in the Word?

Who’d be more at fault …

Him for lying to you or you for not double checking what was actually written.

Here is some very wise wisdom given to us in the Word.

2 Timothy 2:16

‘…But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘…But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…Keep away from profane and foolish discussions, which only drive people farther away from God…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…But stay away from people who talk about silly things that are not important to God. A message like that causes people to live more and more in a way that does not please God…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

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

There are going to be those times in this life when we will find hardships in just about anything and everything that we try to do.

Just always remember God has given us His helper to be there for us when we need His help.

All you have to do is ask and He will already be there in front of you waiting to help out.

Interpretations can be both too easy and yet too hard.

God didn’t give us something that we will not be able to handle on our own.

If you need His help, use your head and just ask Him for His assistance.

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>

Saturday 030125

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

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

The verses we are going to study tonight:

Ephesians 4:1a, :1, :17, :18, :19, 5:26.

In this morning’s lesson, the 1^st thing we MUST remember is that God is always going to be the One that is right. He is going to be the FINAL answer no matter what anyone else might think.

I think Paul had that same mindset. Paul had to have some degree of humility to have been able to be the apostle that Jesus chose. Paul had to have been able to put his wants and desires aside for him to be the follower of God and teach us ‘Gentiles’ about the Word.

Ephesians 4:1a (I am using the EASY version because, to me, it is easier to read in English)

‘…Because I serve the Lord, I am here in prison…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

Paul has given up his life, he has put it all on the back burner, just so he could serve God … and in this verse, he’s in jail because of who he is serving.

Be honest and ask yourself, what have you ever given up?

Ephesians 4:1

‘…I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘…Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…I urge you, then—I who am a prisoner because I serve the Lord: live a life that measures up to the standard God set when he called you…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…Because I serve the Lord, I am here in prison. I really want you to live as God’s own people should live. God has called you to come to him. He has chosen you to be his own people…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

Paul is writing that he is in prison because he serves Jesus Christ so that he can teach us ‘Gentiles’ about God.

How many ‘mega’ church pastors today would do the same thing?

How many of these pastors would give their money so hungry people could eat dinner tonight?

Me, not having any money, I have to ask, how much money is enough for these wealthy pastors?

What do you think Paul would say today to those that feel his thirteen (13) epistles should be removed from the Bible?

Myself personally, I don’t think the apostle Paul would give those people the chance to keep him from spreading the Word of God.

I don’t think the apostle Paul would have given them the satisfaction to even think they had accomplished anything that affected his ability to spread the Word of God.

The header for this next verse in the GNT titles this passage as ‘The New Life in Christ.’

Ephesians 4:17

‘…This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘…So, I say this, and affirm in the Lord, that you are to no longer walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…In the Lord’s name, then, I warn you: do not continue to live like the heathen, whose thoughts are worthless…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…So, I say this to you. I am sure that I have the Lord’s authority to say it. You must not live any longer like the Gentile people who do not know God. They do whatever their silly ideas teach them to do…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

We are no longer like we were yesterday. We’re to stand proud and let others know that we are BELIEVERS and FOLLOWERS of God.

We’re not to be ashamed and hide our heads because we READ the Word to guide us in the life we are living in.

So many people go to man-made churches today and follow their rules and guidelines and they have no problem with that.

They’ll wear clothing advertising their church that they attend. They buy stickers and put them on their vehicles they drive so others can see where they put their FAITH.

But some of these same people won’t do the same thing for God. They won’t let others know they love Jesus, they’re easily embarrassed.

Ephesians 4:18

‘…having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘…being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…and whose minds are in the dark. They have no part in the life that God gives, for they are completely ignorant and stubborn…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…They cannot understand God’s true message because their minds are in the dark. They have not accepted the life that God gives. They have decided that they do not want to know about God. They do not even try to understand…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

Is this not the definition of a member at a ‘man’s-church.’

They couldn’t tell you anything about the Bible other than there is an OT and the NT and maybe 50 percent could repeat John 3:16 by memory.

They know who their pastor is and who his helpers are. They know where the church is located, and they know what times the different services are held.

They might know what translation the Bible is read to them on Sunday mornings, and they may even know what color the Bibles are underneath their seats.

They might know who the choir members are, and they might even know the band members’ names.

And that’s it.

Verse 19 is like the icing on the top of the cake.

Ephesians 4:19

‘… who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘…and they, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecent behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…They have lost all feeling of shame; they give themselves over to vice and do all sorts of indecent things without restraint…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…They do not feel ashamed when they do all kinds of disgusting things. They do more and more bad things just to please themselves…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

We get into chapter 5, and I hear the evil shouting in the background because someone shouts from the back of the room, the Bible says to, SUBMIT.

Read the entire verse don’t just look and hope because of one (1) word.

Ephesians 5:26

‘…that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)

‘…so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)

‘…He did this to dedicate the church to God by his word, after making it clean by washing it in water…’ GNT (Good News Translation)

‘…He did that to make us completely clean, as the people of God. It was like he washed us with water, as he brought God’s message to us…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)

We can become ‘clean’ by reading the Word as if we were to clean ourselves with soap and water.

The ‘junk’ that we’ve been storing up for years, thinking that we really knew something, we can wash all that out and clean ourselves when we read the truth found in the Word.

God gave us the Bible to free us from the harm that this world can cause to us.

Beliefs and habits that we’ve become accustomed to can easily be erased from our memory.

The truth is all that we need.

And more importantly, we don’t need an interpreter to read the Word to us, we can do that ourselves, just open up your Bible.

If we never take the time to learn what the Word really says, you can guarantee that you’ll fall for the first line that someone tells you how a verse has been written.

Don’t take the chance that someone might lie to you. Prepare yourself in advance. Use the Bible as it has been intended by God when He gave us His Armor to protect ourselves in this world.

Use the Bible, the SWORD offensively and speak the truth to others and also use the Bible, the SWORD defensively and keep people from lying to you telling you ‘what the Bible says.’

Keep your Bibles open and always study the Word of God. Keep yourselves informed.

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>