Move FORWARD and FOLLOW Jesus
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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
Ephesians 2:8 ‘…For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God…’ AKJV
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
Jesus, this morning I want to teach us how to follow and forget about us wanting to lead. Stay with us this morning Jesus and teach us how we should FOLLOW Your CHOICE. I love You Jesus. Amen.
The Bible verses we’re going to use this morning are:
Exodus 19:1-6; Matthew 15:24, 10:5-6; Acts 10:19; Matthew 28:19; Acts 8:1, 9:15; Matthew 26:28.
After God chose the Jewish nation (in favor of all mankind on the face of the earth), the Jewish nation felt better than any other people on the earth, they felt more important than any other.
Here is a tiny excerpt taken from the book of Exodus which gives us a brief glimpse of God choosing the children of Israel fleeing Egypt, crossing of the Red Sea and God defeating the Egyptian army, where God met with Moses and the Jewish nation and how God chose them as being special.
Maybe as important is at the end of vs5, God voices His SOVERNITY towards the entire earth: ‘…for all the earth is mine…’
Later in Exodus, God gave the Israelites, the ten commandments and the law they were to obey.
Exodus 19
vs1 ‘…In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai…’
vs2 ‘…For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount…’
vs3 ‘…And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel…’
vs4 ‘…Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself…’
vs5 ‘…Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine…’
vs6 ‘…and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel…’ AKJV
It should be noted (I believe), this is what has caused this entire world, throughout history, to be against and jealous of the Jewish people.
God protected them, through battle. God favored His people and blessed them. Others were and became jealous of God’s Chosen people.
The Jews did a lot of damage on their own also.
They flaunted themselves in front of other nations showing they were better off than others, this only grew the hatred even more.
Jesus came to this earth to fulfill OT prophesy of promises made to the Jewish forefathers, Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
Jesus told us Himself He had only come for the Jewish people (house of Israel).
Matthew 15:24 ‘…But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel…’ AKJV
Throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry, He continued to remind His disciples not to go to the Gentiles but rather ONLY go to the house of Israel (the Jews).
Matthew 10
vs5 ‘…These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not…’
vs6 ‘…but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel…’ AKJV
God wanted the Jews to stay away from the Gentile world because God didn’t want His Chosen to pick up the bad habits of idol worship like the Gentiles.
There is nowhere in the Word of God, where any man or any nation, has been told to take the place of the children of Israel, to simply replace them.
This is nothing but a man-made lie spread throughout this world by false preachers.
This is also maybe the number one reason why the Word of God MUST be read, for and by ourselves, so we can see and HEAR the words that God wants for each one of us to have.
God wants us to HEAR the truth, HIS TRUTH and not listen to all of the man-made lies that are everywhere today in all of the fake and false religions found in and throughout this world.
As we are reading the Word of God, after the crucifixion and the ascension of Jesus, the Jewish individual still ONLY spread the message of God, to no one other than, the Jews (the circumcised).
Acts 10:19 ‘…Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only…’ AKJV
Even before this verse found in Acts 10, after Jesus Himself told His apostles to go out into this world and spread His Message onto the entire world, His apostles never left Jerusalem.
In Matthew 28 v19 we can read of what is called today as the Great Commission.
Matthew 28:19 ‘…Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost…’ AKJV
Unfortunately, Jesus’ apostles relied more heavily on the words God orated throughout history of not going to the Gentiles and how they were to remain and stay with the house of Israel.
It seems after the crucifixion, whenever we hear about the apostles, the remaining eleven, they never left Jerusalem.
Acts 8:1 ‘…And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles…’ AKJV
Jesus was never able to get His disciples to go out and teach His Message to the Gentiles.
Maybe this is why Jesus CHOSE an entirely different apostle to spread His Message to the entire world.
We can read in Acts 9 vs15 of Jesus’ CHOSEN vessel to teach the ENTIRE world about His Message.
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
This one verse found in the Word, is probably the MOST pivotable verse in our entire Bible.
Acts 9:15 is a verse of Jesus, the Resurrected and Ascended Jesus Christ, speaking to Ananias in a vision, as Ananias slept.
Ananias, a Jewish disciple living in Damascus spoke to Jesus about all of the terrible stories he had heard of this man named Saul.
But Jesus told Ananias to GO, for Saul was Jesus’ Chosen Vessel.
The prejudice found in this world over Jesus’ choice is going to lead millions down the trail to the wide gate.
We shouldn’t be putting our future in the hands of a hail Mary, last quarter play that will determine where we are going to spend eternity.
There are millions upon millions that are going to spend their eternity in the pits of torment and destruction.
Rather than listening to Jesus’ CHOICE and hearing the words that He has given us through the Word of God, many choose to follow their own choice and listen to a pastor, priest, church or denomination that will never be able to save them.
Grab a hold of your Bibles today and open to the words that God wants you to HEAR.
After Jesus was crucified, died and buried and resurrected back to life, He moved forward. He moved forward to show us the way, the only way.
All we have to do is FOLLOW Jesus.
Follow in His footsteps as He moves forward.
Why would we return back to Jesus’ earthly ministry?
It was Jesus’ DEATH that forgave us of ALL of our sins, it was Jesus’ BLOOD.
Matthew 26:28 ‘…for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins…’ AKJV
Jesus told us this at the last supper, before He had died.
The Bible is important for us to HEAR.
The Bible is how we are shown how we can live.
Open your Bibles and READ the words that God has given us in His Word, the Word of God.
I love all of y’all.
Keep your Bibles opened and continue to study the Word of God.
I am InHIM.><)))o>
Jesus, this morning we hopefully were able to show people other writings found in Your Word that has been meant for us ALL to see and HEAR. Help those Father that are going to have a difficult time seeing these messages that these churches have kept from their congregations ears. There are so many out there who are hungry for Your Word. Help me spread Your Message. I love You Jesus. Amen.
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