Wednesday 121824
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:
2 Timothy 3:16-17; Acts 9:15; John 3:18; Luke 21:20-24; Romans 11:25.
The Bible has been given to us by God.
2 Timothy 3
vs16 ‘…All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness…’
vs17 ‘…That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works…’ KJV (King James Version)
In a newer version:
vs16 ‘…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…’
vs17 ‘…As a result, people who want to serve God can know how to live properly. They will be people who are ready to do all kinds of good things…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)
Posters should be made and displayed everywhere so that these verses are repeated all the time.
People that want to serve God can know how to live properly, simply by reading the Word.
The Word doesn’t say anything about doing only what our pastors, our churches or our denominations preach to us on how we are to live properly.
Scripture, the Word tells us how we are to live; ALL we have to do is read it.
The definition for serving God is to love Him with ALL that we are and to obey Him.
When God chose the apostle Paul to be the apostle for the Gentiles, I think we should follow what God had planned rather than us turning our backs on Him and changing His words.
Acts 9:15 ‘…But the Lord said to Ananias, Go now to Saul! I have chosen him to work for me. He will go to those who are not Jews and to their rulers. He will tell them about me. He will also tell the people of Israel about me…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)
It is amazing to me how strong and powerful this UNBELIEF is throughout this world today.
The UNBELIEF we see in the 21st century is the same as it was at Kadesh Barnea or in Jerusalem with the Sadducees and the Pharisees when Jesus walked this earth.
Today, we need to read the Bible every day so we can learn what it is that we can look forward too.
John 3:18 ‘…Those who believe in the Son are not judged; but those who do not believe have already been judged, because they have not believed in God’s only Son…’ GNT (Good News
Translation)
So where is it in the Bible where we are told we can change the words to fit our own lifestyle?
Where we’re told, we don’t need to follow the Word of God?
I’m serious …
Where in the Bible does it tell us any of these things?
This is the number one problem with our churches today, this is ‘MANKIND’s CHURCH.’
Most churches today believe in what the church itself desires to believe in. They make it known that they have a god, but they don’t even follow what God has told us to follow and they instead, write their own bi-laws and their own rules and regulations and they expect their congregation to follow their example. They re-mold God to fit into their lifestyles and into their congregation lifestyle.
Luke 21
vs20 ‘…One day you will see Jerusalem with armies all around it. Then you will know that enemies will soon destroy that city…’
vs21 ‘…People in Judea must then run away to the hills to hide. People that are inside the city must leave it. People that are outside in the fields must not go back into the city…’
vs22 ‘…This is when God will punish Israel’s people. Then all the things will happen that his servants wrote about in the Bible…’
vs23 ‘…That will be a very bad time for women who are soon to have a baby! It will also be a bad time for those women who have little babies! Yes, very bad things will happen to all the people of this country. God will be very angry with the people who live here…’
vs24 ‘…At that time, enemies will fight God’s people and kill many of them in war. They will take some of them away as prisoners to live in all the other countries. They will not be free to return home. People that are not Jews will destroy Jerusalem. They will rule here until it is time for them to stop…’ EASY (Easy English Bible)
Jesus speaks of future events, including the destruction of Jerusalem and His return. He says that ‘Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the Gentiles are fulfilled’ (ESV).
Romans 11:25 ‘…Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in…’ ESV (English Standard Version)
Romans 11:25 tells us that a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
As of right now, as I am writing this, there is still time, but no one knows when that exact day will come when the church is raptured.
This hardening has happened previously throughout the Bible.
Exodus 8:15 ‘…But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said…’ KJV (King James Version)
Exodus 9:12 ‘…And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses…’ KJV (King James Version)
Deuteronomy 2:30 ‘…But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day…’ KJV (King James Version)
1 Samuel 6:6 ‘…Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed…’ KJV (King James Version)
2 Kings 17:14 ‘…Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God…’ KJV (King James Version)
Isaiah 63:17 ‘…O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance…’ KJV (King James Version)
Matthew 13:15 ‘…For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them…’ KJV (King James Version)
Romans 11:25 ‘…For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in…’ KJV (King James Version)
Hardening is an act that God uses when He needs to show His strength in controlling mankind. It is His strength that hardens the human heart when it is deemed necessary.
Continue to read and study the Word. God gave us this Word so we will be able to know what God desires from us.
God didn’t write the Word so some church could sway its congregation into believing what that church wants them to believe in.
Read the Word and find out for yourself what is actually written down in those words. Read for yourself so that you’ll know what is actually inside those covers.
Don’t fall into the trap and repeat verses that, when those certain words were written, they actually had a meaning for the people those words were written to.
Read the Word so you know what has actually been written and who it was written to.
Make certain, as you’re reading His Word, that you return your voices and pray back to Him and ask Him that your eyes and ears would be opened so that you will be able to see where God desires you to be.
I love y’all. Remember that God loves each one of us even more than what we can comprehend what love even is. Look back at ALL the things we have been given in our lives, even though we don’t deserve any of what we’ve been given.
Open your mouth and let others know what you’ve been told. Share it with others and let them know how you really feel.
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>