Saturday 031525
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)
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:
Galatians 1:3-5; Acts 9:15, 13:9; Galatians 1:6-7, :15-19.
Galatians 1
AKJV
vs3 ‘…grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ…’
vs4 ‘…who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father…’
vs5 ‘…to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
NASB
vs3 ‘…Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ…’
vs4 ‘…who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father…’
vs5 ‘…to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
GNT
vs3 ‘…May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace…’
vs4 ‘…In order to set us free from this present evil age, Christ gave himself for our sins, in obedience to the will of our God and Father…’
vs5 ‘…To God be the glory forever and ever! Amen…’ GNT (Good News Translation)
EASY
vs3 ‘…I pray that God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will continue to help you. I pray that they will give you peace in your minds…’
vs4 ‘…Jesus offered himself as a sacrifice because of all the wrong things that we have done. He did that to save us from all the bad things of this world in which we live now. This is what God, our Father, wanted him to do…’
vs5 ‘…God is great, and we should praise him forever. Amen. This is true…’ EASY (Easy English Translation)
The ‘present evil age’ in the (AKJV, NASB, GNT) and ‘bad things of this world (EASY) explain the events going on in our world that we live in, today in the 21st century.
The apostle Paul wrote Galatians 1 in the early to mid-50’s. Not 1850 or 1950, he wrote Galatians in 0050.
It has been noted by several people that mankind today, is not that much different than man was back two thousand (2000), three thousand (3000), four thousand (4000) years ago.
Our toys are different, our clothes are different, we wear our hair differently, but the way mankind acts is just about the same.
A major difference that I want to shout as loud as I can, there are not that many people today that read the Word taken from the Bible.
We still have people that go to church every Sunday, but the majority of the sermons are all man-made words.
So many churches today print their own sermons to be read to their congregation.
God gave us the written Word, why is that not read in every church throughout this world.
Rather than listening how some man on the pulpit feels, don’t you think it is more important for us to hear what God thinks?
One of my stronger verses I quote from Scripture is:
Acts 9:15 (this is Jesus talking to Ananias)
AKJV
‘…But the Lord said unto him, 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 (Authorized King James Version)
NIV
‘…But the Lord said to Ananias, go! This man (Saul) is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel…’ NIV (New International Version)
GNT
‘…The Lord said to him, go, because I have chosen him (Saul) to serve me, to make my name known to Gentiles and kings and to the people of Israel…’ GNT (Good News Translation)
NLT
‘…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)
CEV
‘…The Lord said to Ananias, go! I have chosen him (Saul) to tell foreigners, kings, and the people of Israel about me…’ CEV (Contemporary English Version)
Allow me to insert one (1) verse in here for you.
Acts 13:9 ‘…Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
Jesus chose Saul / Paul to teach us, the Gentile people … how can there be pastors, churches and denominations that look away from this choice by Jesus?
Do these people think they are wiser than Jesus?
Do they think they are more powerful than Him?
This is Jesus we’re talking about. The One that died on a cross for ‘our’ sins. Not sins that He committed but rather the sins that we commit, even still to this day.
Galatians 1
vs6 ‘…I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel…’
vs7 ‘…which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
NASB
vs6 ‘…I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel…’
vs7 ‘…which is not just another account; but there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
GNT
vs6 ‘…I am surprised at you! In no time at all you are deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are accepting another gospel…’
vs7 ‘…Actually, there is no ‘other gospel,’ but I say this because there are some people who are upsetting you and trying to change the gospel of Christ…’ GNT (Good News Translation)
EASY
vs6 ‘…I am very surprised that you are turning away so soon from God. He is the one who chose you to come to him. He did that because Christ is very kind to you. But now you want to accept a different message which some people call good news…’
vs7 ‘…But really, there is no other message from God which is good news. Some people are confusing you. They are trying to change the good news about Christ and make it something different…’ EASY (Easy English Translation)
The apostle Paul found that there were Jews that frequented the places where he preached, and these Jews were telling the Gentiles different messages than what Paul taught.
The major difference, these Jews told the Gentiles they had to be circumcised before they could be with God. They had to obey the Law for God to love them.
These are both untrue and false messages.
These are the same messages that got the Jewish religion on the wrong side of Jesus.
But our churches today are doing exactly the same thing. They are preaching to their congregation that they MUST tithe 10% of their income to that church.
They preach to the church members that they must go to church every Sunday.
These are nothing but man-made rules taught by the man-made churches found in this world today.
Galatians 1
vs15 ‘…But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace…’
vs16 ‘…to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood…’
vs17 ‘…neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus…’
vs18 ‘…Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days…’
vs19 ‘…But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother …’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
NASB
vs15 ‘…But when He who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace was pleased…’
vs16 ‘…to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood…’
vs17 ‘…nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus…’
vs18 ‘…Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him for fifteen days…’
vs19 ‘…But I did not see another one of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
GNT
vs15 ‘…But God in his grace chose me even before I was born and called me to serve him. And when he decided…’
vs16 ‘…to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the Gentiles, I did not go to anyone for advice…’
vs17 ‘…nor did I go to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went at once to Arabia, and then I returned to Damascus…’
vs18 ‘…It was three years later that I went to Jerusalem to obtain information from Peter, and I stayed with him for two weeks…’
vs19 ‘…I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord’s brother…’ GNT (Good News Translation)
EASY
vs15 ‘…But God had chosen me to serve him even before I was born. He chose me to be his servant because he is very kind…’
vs16 ‘…He decided to show his Son clearly to me, so that I could tell the Gentiles about him. When God chose me to do that, I did not talk about it with any person…’
vs17 ‘…Nor did I go to Jerusalem to see Christ’s apostles there. Those men were already his apostles before I was. But I did not go to talk to them. Instead, I went immediately to the region of Arabia. Later, I went back to the city of Damascus…’
vs18 ‘…Then, three years later, I did go to Jerusalem. I stayed there with Christ’s apostle Peter for 15 days, so that he could teach me…’
vs19 ‘…I did not see any other apostles, except James, who is the Lord’s brother…’ EASY (Easy English Translation)
It doesn’t really matter the version you use to read the Bible. Compare what version you read to make certain that it basically is saying the same message as in the other versions.
The original Bible was written in an entirely different language so exact words cannot matter. The only real true way of overcoming this would be to learn how to read in a different language, mostly Greek.
Keep your Bibles open and continue to study the Word that God has given us.
Be wise. If the message you hear at church on Sunday morning cannot be backed up with what is written in the Bible, leave the message and that church alone and find something different.
I love every one of y’all.
Pray and keep God near you at all times.
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 I am, InHIM. ><)))o>