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 2nd 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 1st 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 1st 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>