Saturday 011125
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:
Psalm 145:13; Isaiah 9:6-7; Zechariah 14:9; Malachi 3:1; Matthew 15:24, 1:1, 3:2, 4:23, 5:18-20, 6:33, 9:35, 10:7, 24:14; Mark 1:14-15, 16:15; Luke 4:43, 8:1, 9:2, 16:16, 24:47; John 3:3, 18:36-37; Acts 1:3, 1:6-7, 3:19-21, 8:12, 20:21, 20:25, 20:27, 28:31; 1 Peter 4:17, Revelation 5:10.
So, these next lessons are going to be on the Gospel of the Kingdom (Kingdom of God) and the Gospel of GRACE (Kingdom of Christ). Unsure how many papers it’s going to take but we’re going to work through this.
Psalms 145:13 ‘…Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in His words,
And holy in all His works…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Starting in the O.T., the Word speaks of a Kingdom.
Isaiah 9
vs6 ‘…For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace…’
vs7 ‘…There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of armies will accomplish this…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Zechariah 14:9 ‘…And the Lord will be King over all the earth; on that day the Lord will be the only one, and His name the only one…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Malachi 3:1 ‘…Behold, I am sending My messenger, and he will clear a way before Me. And the Lord, whom you are seeking, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming, says the Lord of armies…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Our God is an amazing God. We are lucky that we have the chance to have Him in our lives.
Now, as we start in the N.T., we should slow down and read parts taken from the Bible that might clear some things up for us.
Our 1st Scripture from the N.T. is when Jesus walked this earth.
Matthew 15:24 ‘…But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel…’ KJV (King James Version)
Jesus, when He walked in His earthly ministry, He came for the Jewish individual walking this earth.
We have been given 4 gospels in the Bible that are mostly, written to the Jewish individual.
Matthew wrote his account of Jesus’s ministry to show that Jesus was and is indeed King, Israel’s long- awaited Messiah. He reflected this concern in his opening line, ‘…The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham…’ (Matthew 1:1).
The gospel of Mark was written by John Mark. He was an interpreter for Peter in Rome. Mark interpreted Aramaic words and Jewish traditions to the Gentiles.
Luke intended his Gospel to be read primarily by a Gentile audience, and he presented Jesus Christ as the Savior of both Jews and Gentiles. Luke specifically addressed His gospel to ‘Theophilus,’ which in Greek means friend of God or beloved of God.
And finally, John’s gospel is for anyone who wants to be a believer that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and anyone who wants eternal life through His name. The Gospel of John was written for Greek-speaking diaspora Jews. The sheep ‘not of this fold’ in the Parable of the Good Shepherd in John 10 were the diaspora Jews.
What is evident though in the four gospels, the word ‘GRACE’ is never used. These four authors did not know or believe in God’s Gift of GRACE. This was only told to the apostle Paul.
Matthew 3:2 ‘…Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Matthew 4:23 ‘…Jesus was going about in all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogue and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Matthew 5
vs18 ‘…For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter shall pass from the Law, until all is accomplished…’
vs19 ‘…Therefore, whoever nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven…’
vs20 ‘…For I say to you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Matthew 6:33 ‘…But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Matthew 9:35 ‘…Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Matthew 10:7 ‘…And as you go, preach, saying, the kingdom of heaven has come near…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Matthew 24:14 ‘…This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Mark 1
vs14 ‘…Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God…’
vs15 ‘…and saying, the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Mark 16:15 ‘…And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Luke 4:43 ‘…But He said to them, I must also preach the kingdom of God to the other cities, because I was sent for this purpose…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Luke 8:1 ‘…Soon afterward, Jesus began going around from one city and village to another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Luke 9:2 ‘…And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to perform healing…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Luke 16:16 ‘…The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John came; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Luke 24:47 ‘…and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
John 3:3 ‘…Jesus responded and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
John 18
vs36 ‘…Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, my servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, my kingdom is not of this realm…’
vs37 ‘…Therefore Pilate said to Him, So You are a king? Jesus answered, you say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose, I have been born, and for this I have come into the world: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Acts 1:3 ‘…To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of things regarding the kingdom of God…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Acts 1
vs6 ‘…So, when they had come together, they began asking Him, saying, Lord, is it at this time that You are restoring the kingdom to Israel…’
vs7 ‘…But He said to them, it is not for you to know periods of time or appointed times which the Father has set by His own authority…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Acts 3
vs19 ‘…Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord…’
vs20 ‘…and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you…’
vs21 ‘…whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things, about which God spoke by the mouths of His holy prophets from ancient times…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Acts 8:12 ‘…But when they believed Philip as he was preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were being baptized…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Acts 20:21 ‘…solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
20:25 ‘…And now behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
28:31 ‘…preaching the kingdom of God and teaching things about the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
1 Peter 4:17 ‘…For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Revelation 5:10 ‘…You have made them into a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign upon the earth…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
These verses above ONLY speak of the Kingdom of God. What we MUST do to find our way into the Kingdom.
But what is different is there is no language using the promise of God in His Gift of GRACE.
That is where we will pick up on the next lesson tomorrow morning.
I love y’all. Keep your Bibles always open and READ of the beautiful mysteries in which He has given us.
Until next week.
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>