Monday 120224
Don’t let me or my writings influence or scare you in any way, instead, allow me to be used as a vessel to open the Word, just a little bit, and hopefully, together we are going to read and study His Word, and let God teach us what He wants us to hear.
So, our study consists of two ground rules:
1st we ONLY read and follow what is found in the Holy Bible.
2nd we ONLY learn from a study by what effort we put into that study.
The verses we are going to study tonight:
Exodus 20:1-17; Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:27; Romans 6:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Romans 10:9-11.
So, let’s begin …
One of my neighbors came over to my house the other morning and began telling me, how her kids were home reading the Bible and they were learning the 10 Commandments for themselves.
I didn’t say anything positive or negative about her comment but, it is truly a shame that parents are not following what has been written in the Bible so they can teach their young, the truth.
It is a shame; our parents didn’t learn what was written in the Bible. It’s a shame they allowed another person to tell them what the Bible said, instead of them finding out for themselves what was written.
It’s a shame our grandparents didn’t teach what was written in the Bible to their kids. How many generations will it take before God’s Word is read aloud and followed by His believers … maybe today, there just aren’t that many believers left to read His Words.
The 10 Commandments were given to Moses to then give to the Israelites and it was meant for them to follow God’s Law.
Exodus 20
vs1 ‘…And God spake all these words, saying…’
vs2 ‘…I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage…’
vs3 ‘…Thou shalt have no other gods before me…’
vs4 ‘…Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth…’
vs5 ‘…Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me…’
vs6 ‘…And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments…’
vs7 ‘…Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain…’
vs8 ‘…Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy…’
vs9 ‘…Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work…’
vs10 ‘…But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates…’
vs11 ‘…For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it…’
vs12 ‘…Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee…’
vs13 ‘…Thou shalt not kill…’
vs14 ‘…Thou shalt not commit adultery…’
vs15 ‘…Thou shalt not steal…’
vs16 ‘…Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour…’
vs17 ‘…Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor man’s problem, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s…’ KJV (King James Version)
Man’s problem, since the time of Moses, has mostly been himself, his inability to hear the Words that God gave him.
This problem has apparently lasted through to this day.
In Jesus’ time when He walked this earth, the religious men of the day, they knew the Word but instead of them listening, following and teaching what God was telling them, they were more interested in overseeing that 613 rules were followed by the Jewish people. They were jealous of the power that the Romans projected and the pharisees wanted to be seen as powerful as them, so they mirrored the Romans in a way.
They read from the scrolls daily to the Jews but, they didn’t take the time to teach what was being told to them, instead they enforced the 613 rules.
When Jesus was able to quote the passages from the scrolls, before He ever even opened them, the astonished religious leaders, rather than acknowledging Jesus, they instead called Him a hoax.
What was it that really made the pharisees mad and upset with Jesus and His followers?
Jesus and His followers ignored the trivial 613 rules that the pharisees considered to be the most important thing in any ones lives.
In Matthew 12
vs1 ‘…At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat…’
vs2 ‘…But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day…’
vs3 ‘…But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him…’
vs4 ‘…How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests…’
vs5 ‘…Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless…’
vs6 ‘…But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple…’
vs7 ‘…But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless…’
vs8 ‘…For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day…’ KJV (King James Version)
The pharisees were irrate because Jesus and His followers were not keeping the Sabbath.
Mark 2:27 (this was Jesus speaking) ‘…And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath…’ KJV (King James Version)
Throughout history, man has failed to follow what God has wanted from us. Instead of us changing our lives to fit around the Word of God, man has continuously changed the words they wanted to use that God gave us and they fit those words around their lives.
Am I 100% right all the time, maybe not; but I do know that we should be changing our lives to fit the Word of God that He has given us and stop trying to fit the word around our lives.
We should be talking about how wonderful the Word is or how wonderful our God is instead of talking about a pastor, his message or the building he preaches from.
Romans 6:14 ‘…For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace…’ KJV (King James Version)
Here is a newer version …
Romans 6:14 ‘…Sin will no longer have authority over you. You do not have a new life because you obey the Law which God gave to Moses. You have a new life because God is very kind to you…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)
Eventually, one day, mankind will wake up and smell the roses … I fear that day will be on that day the trumpet calls, and Jesus gathers His church, up into the sky, to remain in the presence of Him, forever.
1 Thessalonians 4:17 ‘…Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord…’ KJV (King James Version)
Again, in a newer version …
1 Thessalonians 4:17 ‘…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 for ever…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)
God in His love, kindness and mercy towards us has allowed us to have His GRACE. This is a gift that God gave all of mankind at the time of Jesus’ death on the cross. Jesus died for the sins of this world. Not just my sins … not just our sins (mine and yours), but for ALL the sins ever committed by mankind, ALL mankind.
All you must do is believe and you are saved.
Romans 10
vs9 ‘…That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved…’
vs10 ‘…For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation…’
vs11 ’…For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed…’ KJV (King James Version)
Once again, here is the same passage in a newer version of the Holy Bible.
Romans 10
vs9 ‘…The message is this: You must say clearly that Jesus is the Lord. Also, you must believe deep inside yourself that God raised him to life again after his death. Then God will save you…’
vs10 ‘…God accepts people as right with him when they believe like that, deep inside themselves. And when people say clearly that Jesus is Lord, God saves them…’
vs11 ‘…It says in the Bible: Everyone who believes in him will not be disappointed…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)
I pray every day that I hope I can be used as a mouthpiece to allow mankind to think for just a moment that they would open their Bibles and look at the Word for themselves.
There is no 1 correct version of the Bible that must only be used. If there were, God would have told us.
Eventually, there must be a little ‘common sense’ used by us individuals. We cannot remain forever with our heads buried in the sand and making comments that we don’t understand.
We need to realize His Words before He returns because after then, it will be too late.
I love you ALL. God loves ALL of you, even more. Take the time and read His Word before it is too late.
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>