Saturday 021525
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)
Romans 10:9 ‘…that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
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)
1 Timothy 3:16 ‘…Beyond question, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, was vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
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:
1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Peter 2:24; Matthew 15:24; Deuteronomy 7:6; Acts 9:15; Romans 11:11; John 3:16, 19:17; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 10:9.
I’ve tried penning this lesson several times now, and so far every time, I’ve ended up walking away without writing down what is filled up in my mind. After a few minutes or even a couple of hours away from what I’m trying to voice, I’m sitting back down trying once again.
This MUST mean something or else why am I constantly steered back to this?
So, I’m going to try it again. I hope you can sense this struggle that I am trying so hard to defeat.
Help me Jesus to write this lesson that You feel really needs to be shared with someone out there that needs to see these words. I love You Jesus. Amen.
Just for a moment think of all the churches that are having service tomorrow, in case you didn’t notice, it is Saturday morning as I’m writing this.
Hundreds if not thousands of different churches, thousands of different denominations … now look worldwide … now look at the individuals all going to church.
Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people, worldwide but guess what, THERE IS ONLY ONE TRIUNE GOD.
How many of these different church services are going to say different messages or read from different writings?
For a moment, just think of that Bible, the Word of God … there is ONLY ONE.
There are going to be churches out there that will read from their own congregations writings … some of these churches are only going to hear the words that come out of their pastors mouth … there are some of these churches that will even open up their Bibles, but they try and define a ‘context’ of what God is trying to say.
I’m pretty sure but the God I worship and pray to every morning and night and throughout my every day, He didn’t need one of us human beings to figure out what He is trying to tell us. I’m pretty sure in His Omniscience, He had this under control. I’m also pretty sure that if He thought He needed to emphasize it a little differently, He would have had that done ahead of time. I don’t think God had to rely on these few human beings around this world to tell the rest of us what He is trying to say.
And just think for a moment, if God needed all these different human beings out there to interpret the Word, why does just about every county in the entire world all read and interpret something differently?
I think God gave us HIS Word to tell each one of us what He wanted for us to know.
The Bible tells us that Jesus died on a cross for us to forgive us of our sins.
1 Corinthians 15:3 ‘…For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures…’ AKJV
1 Peter 2:24 ‘…who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed…’ AKJV
Jesus died on that cross for you and me.
Jesus didn’t come to this earth for you and me. Jesus wasn’t born in Bethlehem for you and me. Jesus tells us Himself why He came to this earth in Matthew.
Matthew 15:24 ‘…But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel…’ AKJV
The house of Israel is better known as the Jew.
Back in the days of Jesus there was the Jew and the non-Jew, also known as the Gentile.
That’s all that made up the world, in fact, that’s all there is today, also.
The Jew was God’s Chosen people.
Deuteronomy 7:6 ‘…For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth…’ AKJV
What I have already said, I have shown what God has allowed us to see and read for ourselves in His Word.
Now God, year after year and generation after generation faced nothing but continuous unbelief towards Him by the human Jewish people.
When Jesus came to this earth to fulfill, Old Testament promises, made by God to the early forefathers of the Jewish religion, Abraham, Issac and Jacob, He found that many Jews did not believe that He was the Son of God, their promised King.
Jesus, during three years of His earthly ministry, there were some believing Jews that did believe that Jesus was their promised Messiah, but there were many that remained infatuated in the Greek Orthodox Jewish religion.
These Orthodox Jews ended up turning Jesus over to the Romans to have Jesus crucified and put to death.
Now I have to step in here for just a moment, everything up to the point where Jesus died on the cross, mankind’s sins have not been forgiven.
We are not told our sins were forgiven because Jesus thought about dying.
We’re not told our sins were forgiven because Jesus was alive either.
It’s written in the Word; our sins were forgiven when Jesus died on the cross for us.
Even after Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, there were still those Orthodox Jews that didn’t believe in Jesus that He was the Son of God or their Messiah that was promised to them in the OT.
It wasn’t until the Sanhedrin stoned and killed Stephen that God decided to change biblical history.
Acts 7 is the entire story of Stephen in front of the Sanhedrin, pleading for his life and trying to teach them about Jesus.
It wasn’t until Acts 9:15, when Jesus, the already Ascended Jesus Christ, had returned back to this earth, once again.
This is Jesus talking to Ananias, a religious leader, a believing Jew in the city of Damascus.
Acts 9:15 ‘…But the Lord said unto him (Ananias), go thy way: for he (Saul) is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel …’ AKJV
Jesus CHOSE Saul to teach this entire earth about Him.
Jesus left the remaining apostles where they stayed in Jerusalem and He CHOSE Saul of Tarsus.
Now there are churches and religions today that believe we have been told we were to replace the Jews … we were to take their place.
This is known as Replacement Theology.
The Word of God does NOT justify this belief.
Romans 11:11 ‘…Did God’s people stumble and fall beyond recovery? Of course not! They were disobedient, so God made salvation available to the Gentiles. But he wanted his own people to become jealous and claim it for themselves…’ NLT
So many churches today, try and involve the younger kids to memorize verses found in the Bible … Yes, it is the Word of God, but it hasn’t been written for us Gentiles today in the 21st century.
John 3:16, the most known verse found in the Word, the only thing, it was written to the Jewish believer.
John 3:16 ‘…For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life…’ AKJV
Jesus was still living, walking the earth in John 3. Jesus didn’t die on the cross until John 19.
John 19:17 ‘…And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha…’ AKJV
Paul wrote us the Gospel that could save us Gentiles, if we BELIEVE.
1 Corinthians 15
vs1 ‘…Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand…’
vs2 ‘…by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain…’
vs3 ‘…For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures…’
vs4 ‘…and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures…’ AKJV
Here is my favorite verse in the entire Bible, God’s Word.
Ephesians 2:8 ‘…For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God…’ AKJV
Here is another verse I hope this world could catch on to.
Romans 10:9 ‘…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…’ AKJV
Rather than listening to your priest, your pastor, your church or its denomination or even from me, open up your Bible and allow God to tell you, Himself what He wants you to HEAR.
I pray that you would allow your ears to be opened and let Him speak to you the words He wants for you to hear.
I love ALL of y’all.
Keep your Bibles open and continue to study the Word He has for you to hear.
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
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