Tuesday 012825
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 7:3-5; Ephesians 2:8; Jonah 1:1-3, 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18.
In my hunger to teach the Word once again, I’ve found myself looking through the eyes of another person that’s across from me.
Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye.
Matthew 7
vs3 ‘…Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye…’
vs4 ‘…Or how can you say to your brother, let me take the speck out of your eye, and look, the log is in your own eye…’
vs5 ‘…You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
These verses in Matthew have always been significant to me, how can I look on another when I’m at fault myself at something.
The only thing I can speak to and not feel ashamed is the fact that we, each one of us, MUST open up our Bibles and read the Word for ourselves and stop relying on someone else to read the Word to us.
We need to get out of this habit that we only get into the Bible if and when we go to a church. Of course, that has its own faults because there are so many churches today that don’t open up the Bible themselves and teach the Word.
I’m not talking about when we go to church an hour earlier and we sit through the Bible study part of the service before we go into the main Sunday service.
I’m talking about as the sermon is read it is read directly from the Bible to get a starting point.
Now I know when I preached on Sunday mornings, because of convenience, I had Bible verses displayed on the screen behind me so that those awake could see the verses I was reading from but in hindsight, I wish today I would have got people in the habit of opening up their own Bibles in front of me and follow along with the words being read.
We MUST get people inside the Word and read it for themselves. We need to get everyone into that little bit of time alone with God, every day, where is that brief moment that only the two are in union together.
This has to be the most significant task that each one of us in this world can do today. We MUST get people to open their own Bibles and read the words that have been written for us; we MUST.
The reason why the actual study in the Word has ceased to exist has to be directly pointed to Satan himself as being the one that has influenced the minds of so many in this world to bypass the Word and go out on our own.
We have to realize that ALL of us human beings are at risk of falling and missing out on the opportunity of having an Everlasting Life given to us that God has already offered to us through His Grace; ALL we have to do is accept it.
Once again, here is my favorite verse in the entire Bible:
Ephesians 2:8-9 ‘…For it is by God’s grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God’s gift, so that no one can boast about it…’ GNT (Good News Translation)
If we never open the Word ourselves and read the words that God has Inspired to be written, we are assuredly going to miss out, how could we think anyway differently?
The Word has been given to each one of us and it is our own responsibility to read and follow what we have been told.
On that day of Judgement, who are we going to blame, other than ourselves, if we say we didn’t know it was in the Bible … we didn’t know it was already done for us … we’re sorry, we just didn’t know.
Who do you plan on saying that too?
God already knows what we’re going to say. He already knows the lies we plan on telling, trying to put the blame on someone else. God already knows.
The thing is, God already knows that this human life that we’ve struggled through for all these years, God knows what it’s been like. He knows our difficulties, our every day begrudging struggles that we ALL face, God already knows.
So when we make up these big elaborate stories trying to get us out of the situation that we, ourselves are the only ones that can be blamed, this one great big lie that we work to try and come up with, according to the Word, we’ve already been given the GIFT of Everlasting Eternal Life, ALL we have to do is accept His Gift.
We could turn our backs and run from the Word, we could be like Jonah and hurry and try to get away.
Jonah 1
vs1 ‘…The word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying…’
vs2 ‘…Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it, because their wickedness has come up before Me…’
vs3 ‘…But Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship that was going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded it to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
We could use the excuse that it was Jonah that made us do the terrible lesson of teaching us to run away and hide but God already knows we’re lying.
I use these 3 verses from Jonah when I teach the following.
2 Timothy 3
vs16 ‘…All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness…’
vs17 ‘…so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
All Scripture has been Inspired by God but NOT ALL Scripture has been meant for everyone to FOLLOW.
Jonah has always been my point, there is no way that God is trying to teach us to run away and hide … get on a ship and sail to Spain so we can hide from Him.
That’s not what God is doing.
But God, in His Wisdom He has had certain events that happen in our lives, noted in the Word and it’s not meant for us to follow but rather it’s there so we can learn to not make the same mistake that was made in an earlier age.
This Gift that God has tried giving to this entire world, can you just sense how many are going to turn their backs onto that gift for SALVATION and there going to go and sit down and look the other way, if they would have opened their Bible’s they would have seen what God was offering to us.
I’ve already notice how this lesson has been a lot of LEON, and I’ve only posted a couple of verses from the Bible, but in my defense, I want to get this world excited and open the Word for themselves and check it out.
This is ALL of our jobs; we are ALL to get out there in this world and spread the Word as to how people need to open up their Bibles for themselves and read His Words.
We need to tell our family members, tell our friends. Tell those we work with every day, tell the salesperson at the store when we’re checking out.
We might be that last little bit of opportunity to someone and if we keep our mouths shut, we may make someone else miss out on the opportunity to be saved. How would you ever continue to live if you found out you had the opportunity of a lifetime and you missed it?
When Jesus was being resurrected up into heaven for the last time and He told His disciples the Great Commission:
Matthew 28
vs19 ‘…Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit…’
vs20 ‘…teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
These men never moved. They remained in Jerusalem, and they only taught the Jews. God didn’t wait, instead He hired Saul of Tarsus to teach the world.
God is telling you to GO!!!
He’s telling you, make disciples of all nations. Speak to everyone. Teach them. Open your mouths and shout of the love that God has to share with each one of us.
When Jesus ends, I’m with you ‘til the end of the AGE; this end of the age is this church age that we are living in. we’re in the final days.
There is coming that day when there is going to be that ‘SHOUT’ that this entire world is going to hear at the same time.
1 Thessalonians 4
vs16 ‘…For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first…’
vs17 ‘…Then we who are alive, who remain, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord…’
vs18 ‘…Therefore, comfort one another with these words…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
If we don’t open our mouths before this day, we’re too late.
If we haven’t opened the Word and began reading of all the mysteries, we’re too late.
If we haven’t accepted and believed in the GIFT that God is trying to give us, we’re too late.
Take the opportunity today to begin your walk with Jesus by your side and live a happier life than you’ve ever known possible.
I love y’all. Remember that Jesus loves us even more.
Keep your Bibles always open so it is easier for you to get inside the Word and read of His Love and Grace for us.
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>