The Search Is Over
By: Morne Stephanus – www.moralcom.org
The World is searching, searching for something. Some are searching for riches others for glory. Some are frantically searching for the next high, living a life dedicated to the desires of the flesh. There is no satisfaction in their endeavors and no outcome that will comfort their minds and satisfy their souls. The world is looking for the wrong things in all the “right” places. For those of us who have been adopted into the family of God by obedience to the Gospel (Galatians 3:26-27), the search is over.
In Christ, we have found everything we need. The Lord promised us the abundant life (John 10:10) and this promise is fulfilled in every facet of pure Christianity. In Christ, our physical needs are satisfied by the promises, precepts, and providence of a God who cannot lie (Psalm 37:25, Galatians 6:9-10 & Matthew 6:33).
Our spiritual needs are satisfied by the mercy of an all-compassionate God (2 Peter 1:3 & 2 Timothy 3:16-17). Furthermore, our future home in heaven is secured by and in the Captain of our Salvation (John 14:1-3 & 1 John 5:11). Truly the Christian’s life is one lived in satisfaction, rooted in peace and wholesome pleasure. Brethren our search is over, we have found in the Lord what the world is still looking for and don’t know they need. To God be the Glory! So, considering this fact how are you portraying Christianity?
Do people see you content in the Lord and rejoicing evermore (Hebrews 13:5-6 & Philippians 4:4)? Or are you still searching for something you don’t know you’ve already found? Sometimes we forget and need to be reminded that Christianity is not a good life it is the good life. It is a life filled with immense joy, peace, and hope.
In Christ, we enjoy the godly pleasures of this world (1 Timothy 6:17) and when all is said and done we will enjoy the pleasures of the next (1 Thessalonians 4:17-18). Folks are searching frantically for something to satisfy their souls. In Christ, we have found that satisfaction. Therefore, let’s show it to and share it with those who have not.
12-30-2020 – Live Stream – Matthew 5 (M. Dale)
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All right. We’re looking kind of sparse tonight, but I think that it’s about time to get started. Just a quick update on my wife. She had her colonoscopy and endoscopy today and the preliminary stage, everything looks good, but we’re waiting for the results of her biopsies to come back. And she’s now dealing with a severely sore throat. It’s not normal.
It’s like, like her throat feels like it’s bleeding. She says, so she has to go back to the doctor to find out what that’s all about. Hopefully she’s not having some kind of allergic reaction or something, but keep her in your prayers. I want to let you know that the questions on the top say Mark chapter five. But if you look at the actual questions they are from Matthew chapter five,
not Mark chapter five. And we will be going through Matthew chapter five, beginning of Christ’s sermon on the Mount. Go ahead and have a prayer before we begin our father in heaven. How Holy and awesome you are. We thank you for this opportunity that we have to come together and worship you and learn your word. We ask that we soak it up like a spun.
So we’re able to go out and teach it to those that are lost. We ask that you be with those that are traveling at this time. The weather is not fantastic for travel, but we do appreciate, and thank you for the rain. My, my Lord. And we ask that you get everybody home safely. And we ask that you be with those that are ailing and heal that put your healing hand on them.
And if it be your will bring them back to us to worship you. And thank you so much again for your son who died on the cross for our sins in his name. Amen. All right. So we’re going from Matthew chapter five beginning in verse one and seeing the multitudes. He went up into a mountain and when he was set, his disciples came onto him.
Jesus often resorted to the mountains. So as to provide an occasion for rest to instruct his disciples, many examples of this in the scriptures, Matthew 1423, Mark three 13, six 46, Luke six, 12, nine, 28, John six, 15, et cetera, et cetera. There’s a lot of examples of Jesus retreating into a mountain to,
to rest and teach. Sitting down to teach was a procedure that was long followed in the early church. Sitting to teach was an indication of authority. It has been noted that in the early church, the preacher sat and the congregation, including the emperors stood, most of the cathedrals of Europe were still without pews or other seating facilities for the congregation, the reformer Martin Luther.
I’m sure a lot of us know who he is. I alluded to this custom, when he said objecting to the Pope’s remaining seated to observe the Lord’s supper, let him stand up. When he takes the communion like any other sinner, while the mountain, while in the mountain, Matthew tells us that his disciples came unto him suggesting that they took the initiative.
It has been commented that this sermon on the Mount was spoken the ear of the church and overheard by the world verse number two. And he opened it his mouth and taught them, saying our English translate a Greek phrase here that was used of solemn grave and dignified utterance. And so this was, this is a very solemn utterance that he’s speaking. Jesus spoke with the full tone voice of power with an open mouth blessed.
The word appears at the beginning of each of the beatitudes, the English word translate the Greek Makarios and the full meaning of the word is difficult to capture in one single English word. Generally it means happy, blessed. Last vines dictionary noted that it is akin to<inaudible> from a re root Mack, meaning large lengthy denotes to pronounce happy or blessed. I’m blessed has nothing to do with happiness in the popular sense of pleasure and prosperity.
Rather it indicates an inner joy independent of outward circumstances. So let’s go to verse three. Most of the, most of the, all of them, the beatitudes begin with the word blessed. That’s why I went into the explanation of blessed verse three, blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. What does it mean to be poor in spirit?
This is to have a self emptying conviction. This is to have the knowledge that before God, we are completely void of everything, we do not want to be spiritually arrogant. That is what this means. We transform our mind as stated by Paul in Romans 12 one and two and Ephesians four 23. And this is to have a humble and contrite spirit,
Isaiah 57, 15 and other various passages. Why are we to be poor in spirit though? Jesus States say right here in the verse, it is to gain the kingdom of heaven. The poor in spirit are enriched with the fullness of Christ, which is the kingdom and substance. We have the hope of eternal life because of this. My coming to an understanding that without God,
we are nothing, we have the hope of eternal life. Verse four, blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted. But what is is this morning that he’s talking about here? This isn’t just a crying. This isn’t just, you know, standing there sobbing, this is a sincere morning or lament over your sins that he’s speaking of, we are to mourn our sins,
our sins, to the point of repentance. Paul stated this in second Corinthians, seven, nine, and 10. And I would read all of the scriptures or have y’all read all of the scriptures. But as this 48 verses, we have to get through in 45 minutes. How are we blessed by that sincere lament over our sins? Jesus tells us that we will be comforted.
If we have a sincere, sincere lament or repentance of our sins. This is a comfort that can only be found in the Lord. Jesus Christ. Matthew writes this in 1128 through 30 verse five, blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. But what is it to be meek to be meek is to have a great strength, but to have that strength under the control of God to be subject unto God,
showing consideration for all men. So we have a strength to be able to do whatever we want. Our free will. That’s our strength, but we give that freewill up to God. Whenever we become Christians, I have heard that it said that meekness is like in unto attained, must Mustang. They are powerful and strong, but they have to put that strength into subjection under their master.
How are, how are the meek blessed? Jesus says they shall inherit the earth. We will inherit all things. John States in revelation 21 seven and all things shall be ours. As Christians. First Corinthians three 20 through 23, let’s throw they, which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled verse six. What does it mean to hunger and thirst for righteousness?
Hunger will make a person yearn and seek for that, which will make him full. If you’re starving to death, you’re going to be seeking out anything you possibly can to get food and your stomach. I’m not starving to death. So I don’t have to do that. What are, what are we to hunger for though? Jesus States we’re to hunger for the word in John chapter six 47 through 51,
thirst will drive a person to not give up until their thirst is Quinn Or until they die. What are we to thirst for in John chapter four is the story of Jesus at the well, the event is truly inspiring, but the scripture that points out what we are the thirst for as John four 14, the living water, the water that flows from Christ.
The word We are to make every effort to seek what is righteous and to put it all in the center of our lives. That’s what this means to hunger as if starving and to thirst as if dying for the word and to do God’s will we are to hunger and thirst for righteousness to be filled. If we continue to desire to go to heaven and seek his will,
we will go to heaven. Matthew 10 22, Jesus SIRS assures us of this and John eight 31 and 32, that we will be free. We will never thirst or hunger again, as stated in revelation seven, 16 and 17 verse seven, blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. How are we to be merciful as Christians? How are we to be merciful to anybody Forgiveness?
That’s how we show mercy by forgiving, by forgiving, we must forgive to receive forgiveness. Matthew six, 14, and 15 Jesus States that Peter asked the Christ. How often shall we forgive? And in turn, Jesus tells him the parable of the unforgiving debtor, Matthew 1822 through 35 most know and understand where to forgive 70 times seven, basically as many times as they keep asking for forgiveness,
we give them forgiveness. Verse eight, let’s start the pure in heart for, they shall see God to be Kiran. Heart is not a facade. It is a reflection of the image of God, likened to the cornea of one’s eyes, to project God into our heart. So to take God completely into your heart, that is to be pure of heart.
To give your heart completely over your heart, your mind, sorry, over to God completely. We must be on the inside. What we proclaim to be on the outside. We say, we’re Christians. We need to live and act like Christians. We know in this life, no man can see God and live. As we can read an Exodus 33 verse 20.
When our reward, when life is over is to see God which we know is impossible. Without a pure heart, we must have a pure hard to see God as stated by Jesus here in verse eight, verse nine, blessed are the peacemakers shall be called the children of God. Peacemaker is one that is led by the spirit of God. We can read that enrollments chapter eight and verse 14 one.
It is one who loves their enemies. Luke chapter six and verse 35. We will be called. If we are peacemakers, then we will be called the children of God. We will be the children of the father in heaven. Matthew five 43 45 tells us that if we are Christians, we will be the children of the father in heaven. And we are the sons of God.
First, John three chapter one verse 10, blessed are they, which are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. If we live godly lives, we’re going to be persecuted. This is is told to us by Paul in second, Timothy chapter three in verse 12, if you, if you live a godly life, you’re going to be persecuted period.
We are blessed because of this persecution. Verse 11 says blessed. Are you when men shall revile you and persecute you. So we’re blessed because of our persecution that we have to endure. We are to be happy in our sufferings for Christ’s sake. First Peter three 14, and we have an equal inheritance with Christ, Romans eight, 16, and 17.
So we have a hope in heaven. As long as, as we stand the stand through the prosecutions, then our hope through standing through that persecution is heaven. That’s the goodness that we’re going to inherit. Verse 11, blessed are ye. When men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely. For my sake,
revile here is a reproach, a defamation. There were a violin and evil speaking by which one suffers in. We are to rejoice under these circumstances. No matter what people say about us, we rejoice because we know where we’re going when we’re gone and we still continue to push for their salvation, no matter what they say about us. Verse 12, rejoice and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven for so persecuted,
they, the prophets, which were before you, the Lord rejoice here is the same word used in Philippians chapter four and verse six, meaning to rejoice and is most frequently translated by this English word. Rejoice. The word has the meaning of leaping for joy. So we were to rejoice and be exceeding glad because of our reward in heaven, leaping for joy,
exceeding glad, like laughing. You’re so happy. Being exceeding glad from one Greek word is a, and I’m not going to see all the Greek words. It means exaltation or exuberant joy. This indicates more joy than the Greek word for rejoice that we just spoke about. And the Septuagint, this word is found chiefly in the Psalms where it denotes joy in God’s redemptive work,
our reward, Ms. Dos, primarily wages higher, and then generally reward the profits received the persecution characteristic of those who live righteous lives. It is the natural Results of light meeting darkness. When the, when this occurs, the darkness rises up in rebellion and lashes out at those who are the instruments of that light verse 13, you are the salt of the earth,
but if the salt have lost his savor wherewith, shall it be salted? It is then sports good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men, salt has been used from the Memorial as an agent. And the preservation of meets the multitudes, which heard Jesus were familiar with its use in curing fish. It’s it is stated that the pickled Vish of Galilee were known throughout the Roman world.
It is worthy of note that the salt of Palestine gathered from the marshes is not pure. So when you go to the dead sea, you’re not getting a pure salt. It’s got all those minerals and things inside of it because of the foreign substances in it. It loses its savor and becomes insipid and useless when exposed to the sun and air, or when permitted for any considerable time to come in contact with the ground.
But pure salt does not lose its savor. So anytime it con this salt comes into contact with air for a long period of time or hits the ground, then it’s tasteless. It has no taste and pure salt. It doesn’t matter what you do with it. It’s going to continue to have its its tastes. And Jesus here is telling us to be that pure salt.
The verse teaches that God’s people keep the world from putrefaction and corruption. So because we are the salt, we preserve the world from basically what it’s going through right now and what it’s been going through for the last 2000. And so on years throughout history, back and forth, there was not salts enough in the world to save it from the flood and sought him to save it from fire Northern Canaan,
to preserve its people from destruction and also teaches as does experience that a disciple may lose those qualities, which make him salt lawsuits. The verb is from Moros, which means Dole, sluggish, stupid or foolish, and means to play the fool to become foolish of salt, becomes tasteless insipid Mark nine 50. It is common and Syria and Palestine to see salt scattered in piles on the ground because it has lost its flavor.
The most worthless thing imaginable is what they say. It is this salt that has no saver. It’s the most worthless thing you can imagine. It’s it’s good for nothing. The word for good is actually a word, meaning strength to be strong, be well, be in good health. Matthew nine, 12 to have power or efficiency avail be valid. Thus,
when it has lost its twinge, its taste, et cetera, and no longer has any power. So it is with the Christian. When we cease to be distinct different unique, it is at that moment in time that we cease to be effective. If we S if we see is to lose our uniqueness as a Christian, we are no longer effective for Christ.
And for his kingdom, we have lost our power verse 14. Yes are the light of the world. A city that is set on a Hill cannot be hid as light disciples, darkness and enables a man to see his way. So the Christian by his teaching and example, removes ignorance and prejudice and discloses this the way of life, the word ye here,
each one of us individually, and collectively serve as light bearers and light reflectors to a world. Stumbling and darkness of the world. Light is to shine in the world in which he lives. The child of God is not a monk in some monastery, nor is his faith to be secret like salt. It is to influence those about us. The city set on a Hill as individuals.
We are the light to those. We come in contact with every single day, but as a body of believers, we are like a city set on a Hill. The church reflecting the light of Christ is of necessity, a conspicuous body so that neither its blemishes nor its beauty can be concealed for air. And for protected protection, cities were frequently built upon Hills,
Jerusalem and Samaria were both Hill cities. And we say our kingdom Christ kingdom is set on a Hill. We seen constantly of it. Zion ni verse 15. Let me see where I’m at. All right. There’s 15, neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick. And it give us light unto the all that are in the house.
So the word land here is the most appropriate word in, in the King James version. It says candle candles did not exist at the time of the writing of this scripture. So it’s actually a wrong word to use. Lamp is more appropriate. The lamp is being placed upon the stand, not under the bushel, being the light of the world. Wisdom should be used in placing ourselves before men.
We should buy up the opportunities in order that we might constantly present ourselves before the world, as representatives of our Lord under the bushel translate HUPO htan Moda. Modi’in the figure is taken from lowly cottage life. There was a projecting stone in the wall on which the lamp was set. The house consisted of a single room so that the, the tiny lights sufficed for all the bushel was an earthenware green measure.
There is a definite article to thus designate the Capitol, the green measure, which was common to every house. So they didn’t hide it under that green measure. They put it out for everybody to see verse 16, let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father, which is in heaven. The light of the Christian is to shine.
Not Austin<inaudible>, but naturally an unavoidably. We’re not out there. Look at me, I’m a Christian. And that’s how we let our light shine. Our light shines just by the way we live, by the way we approach people and how we talk about God as Christians. It is a shine, not only in his teaching or profession, but in such works and actions as unprejudiced men must acknowledge to be real excellence sees moreover,
it must so shine that it shall not when praise for itself, but for him who kindled it, men do not praise the street lamps, which protect them from robbery and assault, but they praise the municipal administration, which furnaces the lamps. So we are not out there being a light for God. So that way we get the praise. We are out there being a light for God.
So people can give God the praise for being the one that actually protects them and gives them their eternal home verse 17, think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill the word for destroy suggests a destruction of something, the word means to lose down or demolish the word fulfill. It means to fill,
to come to full or to come to pass. Our English word is defined by Webster, thus to carry out as a promise, to do a duty, to bring to an end, to complete the law here. And this includes the whole of the law, moral and ceremonial aspects of the law being included. The profits refers to those men who were spokesman of God and the books written by them.
All of the prophecies of Christ were fulfilled instead of coming to destroy either the law or the prophets. Jesus came to fulfill all the types of the former and eventually all the unfulfilled predictions of the latter. He fulfills them partly in his own person and partly by his administration of the affairs of his kingdom. Verse 18, for verily, I say unto you till heaven and earth pass one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled.
So the John here or yod answering to answering to our letter, I was the smallest of the Hebrew letters. That’s jot the I, the smallest of the Hebrew letters. The tittle was a little stroke of the pen, by which alone, some of the Hebrew letters were distinguished from others like them. So to put it in English, we distinguished the letter C see from the letter E by the tittle inside,
you have the C the E is that, that little line right there that makes it an E is the tittle. This passage not only teaches that the law was to remain in full force until fulfilled, but it shows the precise accuracy with which the law was given by God, God had every dot on the eye tittle and the E everything was perfect. Verse 19 whosoever,
therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men. So he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven, but whosoever shall do and teach them the same shall be all great in the kingdom of heaven. This obedience is a habit and it is not easily laid aside. Hence he, that is unfaithful as that, which is little,
will also be unfaithful in that, which is great. So also those who were disobedient and reckless under the Jewish dispensation, the old law would be inclined to act in like manner and the new or Christian dispensation. Hence the warning, not only shall God call such least, but men shall all men also shall eventually do. Likewise, those do by false system of interpretation or an undue regard for the traditions of men and nerve eight or a Knoll,
the obligations of Christ’s laws or ordinances and teach others to do the same. These shall be held in low esteem or contempt by the church or kingdom of God, as fast as it comes to a knowledge of the truth. So as soon as we know that these men are doing something wrong, we bring it to light. Immediately. Greatness in the kingdom of heaven is measured by conscientious and reference to its least commandments,
small Christians obey the great commandments, but only the large are careful about them. Verse 20 for I say, unto you that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees. You shall, in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven since the scribes and Pharisees were models of righteousness in their own sight. Anyway, and in the sight of the people that surrounded them,
Jesus here laid down a very high ideal though. One may now enter the kingdom of heaven having of himself far less righteousness than that, of the Pharisees. Yet he must attain righteousness superior to theirs, or he cannot abide in the kingdom. A large portion of the sermon from this point on is a development of the righteousness of the kingdom of heaven in contrast,
with old dispensation righteousness and Pharisaic interpretation of it, the laws of Moses regulated civil conduct and being state laws, they could only have regard to overt acts, but the laws of the kingdom of Christ are given to the individual and regulate his inner spiritual condition and the very initial motives of conduct. And it, the spirit feeling are all acts first, John,
three 15, sorry. If I sound very Reedy, I’m just, there’s a lot. So, and I, I spent a lot of time on his own verse 21. You have heard that it was said by them of old time, thou shalt not kill and whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment. And essence Jesus was saying basically,
okay, you have heard what the professional scholars have said regarding a certain aspect of the law. You have seen them follow those laws of old burdened with their human additions and interpretations. Now, let me tell you what the law really teaches this, of course he had the right to do because of who he is. He’s God incarnate. It is interesting that Jesus did not say it was written thus.
And so this is because Jesus was not refuting the mosaic law. What, what was said to them of old time was the scholarly interpretation of that law. And not necessarily what the law actually taught to them of old in this, in this, it would seem that the fairest is put some stock and how old a particular position had been held, or how widely practice,
a tradition that had become that seemed to be the authority. The argument, we have never done it that way before, or this is the way we have always done this around here is not authoritative to God. It’s not in God’s word, just because you’ve always done it that way. Doesn’t mean that’s the way that it’s supposed to be done. Thou shall not kill.
This is the intentional shedding of blood with malice provisions were made for accidental death resulting from a number of circumstances. What Jesus in the law address were intentional acts of taking one’s life. Jesus is quoting from Exodus chapter 20 and verse 13 and Deuteronomy chapter five in verse 17 thou shall not kill. And the, and the 10 commandments and danger of the judgment.
This refers to the conviction and the punishment by the authorities. The freeze shall be in danger of the judgment was the civil punishment. It was the civil punishment that those who were of old were concerned about it would appear that those who simply stress the strict application of the law, thou shalt not kill. We’re not in the least concerned about answering to God,
the scribal and Pharisaic use of the word kill referred only to the actual physical, physical act of murder for it was the act that would bring a man before the courts and judgment. The conclusion which they drew was that if you do not commit direct murder, then you are supposedly pure before God. So if you go higher or somebody to commit the murder,
you’re okay before God, if you just set it up so that they can die, then it’s not on me before God. That’s the way that they had looked at it because of their false traditions throughout history, verse 22. But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother,
Rocca shall be in danger of the council, but whosoever shall say, thou fool shall be in danger of hell fire. So, but I say unto you, Jesus thus assumes a tone of superiority over the mosaic regulations. So this is what the law said. Now I’m saying this to you is angry with his brother without a cause the brother takes on it wider application than just those who are fellow Christians here.
It applies to any of our fellow human beings, the King James version here as the clause without a cause it is not anger per se, that is wrong. It is anger that is driven by emotion rather than that, which we might call justifiable anger. One has noted that the personal element must be absent and the righteous indignation must be directed solely toward the evil itself or toward acts that dishonor God or injury to innocent persons.
We are angry as Christians at the sin, not the person committing the sin, but the sin itself, Rocca and fool. The first is probably an Aramaic word, meaning empty or empty headed and is a word used for contempt. The second word fool is the word use to express dullness or stupid rocket expresses contempt for a man’s head, basically like saying,
looking at someone and in all earnestness saying, you are a stupid fool. This is wrong for us to say to one another or to anybody in the world. Rocket was a step further than merely thinking murderous thoughts. It was expressing in words, murderous intentions. One has made this observation. Christ’s condemnation of the terms, rocket and full show us that are passing words,
States of feeling and not direct murder only are subject to the judgment of the eternal judge. Expression of unrighteous, anger, and speech without violent action is reproved an even stronger language than anger alone. Let’s skip some of this so we can get through all of it. Verse 23. Therefore if thou bring a gift to the alter and their remembrance that thy brother have ought against thee,
therefore the admonition that follows is directly related to what was proceeded. What we just read. That’s what this is talking about. Unjustified, anger and contempt toward a brother affects our worship and devotion to God. Every single time. The child of God cannot acceptably render worship to his God. If he is at odds with his brother upon approaching God at the alter,
one comes to realize that he harbors ill will toward his brother. He has to stop what he is doing and make things right with his brother before he attempts to worship God, verse 24, leave them. I gift before the altar and go thy way. First, be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer that gift lead there by gift.
And this situation reconciliation takes precedence over worship. For the simple reason that worship is rendered void. If we Harbor malice or hatred in the heart of particular emphasis is in these verses is the urgency that is implied in the instructions. First be reconciled. The verb is a second. Air is passive imperative and has the meaning get reconciled? Take the initiative. The verb denotes a mutual concession after mutual hostility and idea absent from a<inaudible>,
which is a Greek word for it. And it shows that no offering, which we can make to God is acceptable while we are conscious of an uncompensated wrong to a fellow man. And we can’t, you can’t rightfully worship God when you’re angry at your brother or anybody in the world. Okay? Agree with dine adversary quickly while thou art in the way with him less,
any time the adversary deliver the, to the judge and the judge deliver the, to the officer and thou can, that will be cast into prison. We are to make up with our enemies. The word, the officer here means an under rower. The same word is used to describe the galley slave or a common servant. It is applied to the ministers of the word as well.
And Luke chapter one in verse two, once again, the emphasis is placed on the need to agree quickly. If one will agree quickly, anger will not have time to take deeper roots in the heart. So you handle your problem with your brother, the anger that you have right away, don’t dwell on it, handle it right away with them. Barely I say unto you though,
shall be no mean thou shalt by no means come out thence till they’ll has paid the uttermost farthing. The illusion here is of course, to imprisonment for debt and such a case. The debtor was held until the debt was paid either by himself or some friend, if it were not paid at all, he remained in prison until he died in the case,
which this is made to represent the off offender would have let whatever, let pass on opportunity to make reparation. And no friend can make it for him. Therefore, the last farthing will never be paid and he must reprint remain a prisoner forever. It is intended to teach that men cannot pay their debts to God and therefore they had better obtain his forgiveness through faith.
During the days of grace, the Greek word translated farthing here is derived from the Latin quadrants, which equals the fourth part of a Roman as a simple copper or bronze coin, which had become common in Palestine. The farthing was worth about a fifth of our American scent. One fifth of our sinned verse 27. You have heard that it was said by them of old time,
thou shalt not commit adultery. It has been said in Exodus chapter 20 in verse 14 and Deuteronomy chapter five, verse 18, this is a commandment do not commit adultery. Thou shall not commit adultery verse 28. But I say unto you that whom whosoever look upon a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her in his heart here. As in reference to murder Jesus legislates against the thought,
which lie eyes back behind the act. He cuts off sin at its lowest root. The essence of all vice is intention. Those who indulge in unchaste imaginations, desires and intentions are guilty before God Jesus is cutting it off. Don’t even think about it. Get it out of your mind. If you find yourself starting to think about it, turn away,
don’t look at it anymore. Whatever, whatever is tempting. In this case, he’s talking about adultery with a woman and if they write IFN the pluck it out and cast it from the Ford is profitable for the, that one of thy members should perish. And not that they whole body should be cast into hell verse 29. These words indicate decision and determination and suggest the conduct of a surgeon who to protect the rest of the body.
Unflinching unflinchingly, severs, the gangrene member. So to protect the whole body back in like the civil war times, if the leg got shot, to make sure that the whole body didn’t get infected, they would just cut the ball. That part of the leg fell off completely gone. And that’s what Jesus is talking about. That I ride I the Hebrews,
like others were accustomed to represent the affections of the mind by the members or parts of the body. Thus the bowels denoted, compassion, the heart affection, or feeling the rains, understanding secret purpose and evil. I do notes sometimes envy Matthew, 20 verse 15, and sometimes an evil passion or just sin in general, the right eye and hand are mentioned because they are of most used to us and denote that however strong the passion may be or difficult to part with you.
Not that we should do it, no matter how hard it is, just let it go. Verse 30. And if I right-hand offend the, cut it off and cast it from the four, it is profitable for thee that one of my members should perish and not the thigh. Whole bodies should be cast into hell. Let’s see. We only have a few minutes left.
So yeah, No. When you were talking about, especially that younger age, you don’t really think like that all the time. I mean all that much about it. I would just say that nine times out of 10 in any of those circumstances that have happened, neither party set out with all the intention to do that. They were at the wrong place at the wrong time.
They were spending time together when they shouldn’t have been, you know, it’s like it led up And as Christians, we’re just not supposed to put ourselves in those situations. Yeah. Any situation that can get you in that situation, you just stay away from it. And that as Christians, that’s exactly what we’re supposed to do exactly as Christians. That’s exactly what we’re supposed to do.
Just stay away from it. Just if you think that there could be a problem with it just don’t do it, period. Don’t go there. Don’t be in that situation. Because most situations we are in, we put ourselves in, it’s not sometimes situations fall on your lap and you just have to take it as it comes. But for the most part,
it’s situations that you’re in you, you are putting yourself in that situation and you have a way to get out of it. God tells you in his word that you have a way to get out of any situation you’re in. No temptation is too strong for us to, to go against. I mean, an alcoholic has no reason to go and sit at a bar and order a glass just don’t you know,
Exactly. And a man who has a problem with looking at other women should not go to a public pool and just stare at all the women or a woman who has a problem with, you know, sexual annotations toward a man. Shouldn’t go watch a bunch of men work out at the gym. They’re going to create a problem for themselves. So you have to know yourself and you have to remember in any situation that you’re a Christian and not put yourself in that situation,
cutting it off at the root. So you’re not even making yourself think about that. You know, I can do this. I’m going to be okay. Like you said, the drunk at the bar, Oh, I’m just going to drink water. Next thing you know, he’s getting a cab home because he he’s drunk. And next thing you know,
the adulterer is committing adultery. All right, let’s just read through the rest of the verses. Since we only have a few minutes left verse 31, it has been said, whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement verse 32. But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication caused the third to commit adultery.
And your so ever shall marry her. That is divorced if the adult tree, and that is not something I want to get into tonight. Again, you have heard that it has been said by them of old time now, shall not for swear thyself, but shall perform unto the Lord dine owes. But I say unto you swear, not at all.
Neither by heaven for it is God’s throne nor by the earth for it is his footstool. Neither by Jerusalem for it is the city of the great King. Neither shall thou swear by thy head because Dow can not make one hair white or black molecular communication be ye Naynay for whatsoever is more than this. These cometh of evil. You have heard that it has been said an eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth.
But I say unto you that you resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite the on my right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will Sue thee at the law and take away thy coat, let him have the cloak off. So the, this second case is of the judicial judicial and injustice and teaches at the most normal annoying exactions are to be injured without revenge,
no matter what somebody does to us, we do not go get our revenge for it. And whosoever shall compel them to go a mile, go with Twain. There’s a lot of information I’m skipping. And I apologize. Verse 42, give to him that, ask it the, and from him that would borrow of thee turn, not thou away. You have heard that.
It has been said, thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate nine enemy. But I say unto, you love your enemies. Bless them. That curse. You do good to them. That hate you and pray for them, which despitefully use you and persecute you, that she may be the children of your father, which is in heaven for he make it this son to rise on the evil and on the good and send it rain on the,
just, and on the unjust. It doesn’t matter if you’re evil or good. God still gives you the sun. And he still gives you the rain for if you love them, which love you, what reward have ye do, not even the publicans the same. And the people he’s seen this too, did not like the publicans because they were the ones that were taking the taxes from them.
And so he’s saying, just going around and saying, I love you. It’s the same thing as the publicans do. Hey, I love you. Give me your money. Okay. We’re no better than them just seeing it. We have to show it. And if he salute your brother and only what do you, what do you more than others do?
Not even the publicans. So be ye therefore perfect. Even as your father, which is in heaven is perfect. God is our model. Everything short of that is short of what we ought to be. God can not be satisfied with that, which is imperfect. The requirement keeps us in mind of our infirmities and keeps us at work like Paul. We must be ever striving Philemon three or Philippians three 12.
Our standard is not the perfection of, of great and heroic men, but of the infinite creator himself. All right. So let’s go through the questions quickly. The sermon on the mountain, beatitudes. Number one. Where was Jesus when he spoke to the beatitudes? Matthew five one on mountain. Yep. What should be the results of letting your light shine?
Okay. Yes. The main thing we’re going for is the glorification of the father in heaven. Jesus came to abolish or be fulfill the law of Moses fulfill. Yes. What did Jesus say? The law of Moses said about adultery not to commit it exactly. What did Jesus himself say? Concerning adultery Don’t yet don’t even put yourself in the situation. Like I was saying the whole,
the whole verse 28 is the answer to that question. What did Jesus say? The law of Moses said about divorce. Yeah. Give him a writing of divorcement verse. Oh, what did Jesus himself say? Concerning divorce? Verse 32 is the answer to everything. Basically put her away for another. If you put her away for another reason, you’re causing her to commit adultery.
If you get remarried after you put her away, you’re committing adultery. It basically you’re just causing adultery. If you put your, your spouse away for any other reason than adultery, what did Jesus say a person should do if his right eye or right-hand makes him stumble. Yep. Cut off the hand. Pluck out the eye to whom did Jesus say that the father sent the sunshine and the rain?
Exactly. Everyone basically. All right. We’ll stop there and continue on<inaudible><inaudible> Thank you. It’s time to go ahead and begin our devotional period of time. We do want to mention those that are continuing to have help, right? Bye. Joan. I was talking to Marie and Joan is doing about the same or continue to remember her and our prayers.
And also continue to remember that Wilson’s North and Rodale might be checking up on them. And as well as some other widows, we need to be checking on them pretty often. Make sure everything is going all right with them. As Michael said, Jessica had her procedures done today and she’s going to be waiting for the results of those tests. So as soon as we have those,
we’ll share those with you. Hope she continues to improve. And also remember Keith Cozort that’s Aaron’s dad had had having had the two stints put in, keep praying for him. Also remember Aaron and aid and the boys will be coming home. I think they’re planning to come back tomorrow. I believe so. Keep them in your prayers. Right? They’ll have a safe trip back home.
Now, Jen, his dad miss. Remember him. He’s at home now and their hospice care. And Terry just told me that Jan took a fall while they were down there. And I didn’t know that. And so hope. I hope that she’ll recover from that, but, but keep her in your prayers then Natalie temple that’s Diana O’Neil’s nephew’s wife found that or her cancer was back.
So keep them in your prayers. And then also her aunt Jane Sconiers is back in the hospital with pneumonia and congestive heart failure. I believe that’s all the announcements that I had. We certainly hope everyone has a good first. We will be back Sunday and we’ll, I guess we’ll see if everyone survive the new year’s weekend, but we need to pray for those that are out traveling.
And those that perhaps are sick that we just don’t know about. So we do add a lot of people out tonight. It’s the weather is pretty bad. And so we need to just think, maybe give them a call and let them know we’re missing them. It’s good to see Ava back. We missed her Sunday. Good to see you back. Ava.
I think that’s out at any other announcements that you might have that I need to mention. If not a Marie is going to lead us in our song service, Michael will offer the invitation and then Eric we’ll have our closing prayer.<inaudible><inaudible> You went to open your Bibles and we’ll read John chapter one verses one through 14. John chapter one verses one through 14 word was with God.
And the word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him and without him was not anything made that was made and him was life. And the life was the light of men and the lights shine within darkness and the darkness comprehended. It not. There was a man sent from God whose name was John. The same came for a witness to bear witness of the light that all men through him might believe he was not that light,
but was sent to bear witness of that light. That was the true light, which lighted every man that cometh into the world, he was in the world and the world was made by him and the world knew him not. He came unto his own and his own received him not, but as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God.
Even to them that believe on his name, which were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us. And we beheld his glory. The glory is of the only begotten of the father full of grace and truth word here in this text is logos,
a Greek word, which is expressed, which is an expressed idea. It is the first stage Things he has made, manifesting his divine power. And the fact that he is God Romans one 22nd. He shows himself in mighty deeds, just joined by flood the world he has created when he saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth. Genesis six,
five. Also with his mighty hand, delivering a nation, he has chosen as his own from slavery in Egypt, Deuteronomy seven in verse eight. Then however, he gathered his people at Mount Sinai and reveals his love as well for them and his plan for their future and words, Exodus 20 in verse one, he ordains a succession of prophets of whom he says,
I will raise up from them prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth and he shall speak to them. All that I command him Deuteronomy 18, 18. We know God through his word, which he has now revealed to his Holy apostles and prophets by the spirit Ephesians three, five. However we know him supremely through the word,
his unique son who has glory, grace and truth. As stated in verse 14 of first of John chapter one tonight, I charge you to go up to a single person this week, just one person and try to reveal the glory of God, of God’s son and his word. Just try without the word of revelation. No one can be saved. So teach it Matthew 28,
19 and 20, they miss here. Romans 10, 17, believe John eight 24, repent acts 1730 confess Matthew 10 32 and be baptized acts 2216. And then they need to understand that they need to follow the word and walk in the light as he is in the light to have fellowship with him and with us first, John one, six and seven in revelation two 10.
So they can enjoy their crown of righteousness and heaven with, with him and with us. So if you have any needs for prayers of the church, please come forward. As we stand and sing. Thank you.<inaudible><inaudible> God, our father in heaven. We come to it this time, thanking you for another opportunity to assemble here this evening, to study your word in our Bible study,
and then have the opportunity to sing some songs, appraised your name and study another portion of your word through Michael’s invitation that was given Lord. We know there are many amongst us that are, have various illnesses and ailments. And we ask that you wrap your loving arms, your comforting arms around them individuals to give them comfort. Those that are in pain.
And if it be your will help the caregivers and the providers to nurse them back to health, that these individuals so desire so that they may one day assemble here again and worship your great name. We also know that there are many amongst us that are out traveling or possibly we’ll be traveling. And if we are, and for those that are traveling, please give them safe guidance to their destination.
And Lord, we know that we each have our opportunities and our faults. And when we bring these opportunities and false to you, we ask that you give us guidance on how to overcome them and forgive us if we do sin and provide us with that inspiration to go on and do things better and be better servants of yours out here in this world that we live in.
Now, as we prepare to part here, we ask that you guide guide, guard and direct in each and every one of us until we meet again, we pray all these things through your son, Jesus name. Amen.
12-27-2020 Sneaky Apostles (M. Dale)
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Well, everybody knows Aaron’s not here. We’re going to be doing a, a review of the first year of Jesus’s life, trying to make it through as many of these questions as possible Way. We’ll get this good review going. Let’s begin this morning with the prayer, our Lord in heaven. We thank you for this opportunity. We have to come here and study your word.
And we ask that we glean as much information as possible and soak it up like sponges and be able to use it to further your work and your, and your kingdom. We ask that you be with all of those that are gone now, traveling for the holidays up them to have a safe trip and journey home. And we ask that you be with all of those on our prayer list that are sick and ailing,
and you’d be with them and bring them back to their full health. If it be your will. And thank you again for your son who died on the cross and your son’s name. Amen. All right. So he told me, read the scripture, then read the question and let you guys answer. So that’s how we’re going to do it. Matthew chapter one,
verse two, Abraham, Isaac, and Isaac begat, Jacob and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers, Which was the son of Methuselah, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of<inaudible>, which was the son of Canaan, which was the son of<inaudible>, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam,
which was the son of God. So who was the, what was the first man? And Luke three 37 through 38 mentioned in Jesus’s genealogy. I think, I think that he’s looking for Adam. Yeah, because Adam is the first man mentioned and the genealogy here. So I don’t know why we read 37, 38. It starts from the, from the beginning or from the end and goes all the way to the beginning and Luke.
So, alright, Matthew, one 16 is where I’m going to next. Matthew, one 16 and Jacob, we got Joseph, the husband of Mary of whom was born. Jesus, who is called Christ, named the father and mother of Jesus. Mary and Joseph. Yes. And then Luke three 23. Yeah. Jesus himself began to be about 30 years of age being,
as we’re supposed the son of Joseph, which was the son of heli. How old was Jesus when he began his earthly ministry? 30. Yes. Correct. All right, Matthew, one six is where I’m going next. Matthew one six And Jesse begat David, the King and David, the King begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah was named the second King of Israel who was in the genealogy of Jesus.<inaudible> David.
David was the second King of Israel. First one was Saul. So I think it’s kind of a tricky question, but it’s David, David was the second King who was in the genealogy of Christ. David or David was Saul was not in the genealogy of Christ, but he was the first King. I don’t know. It’s confusing. It’s either David or Solomon the answer.
All right, it’s a Matthew. One, two is next. Oh, we read this one already. Abraham, Isaac and Isaac. We got Jacob and Jacob, you got Judah and his brethren. And then Luke three 34, Luke three 34, which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham,
which was the son of Thora, which was the son of nature. So name the man of great faith through whom God built the Jewish nation. Abraham. Yes. Why are some of John 20, 30 through 31, John chapter, 20, 30 and 31 and many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book.
But these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that believing you might have life through his name. So why are, why are some of the events of Jesus’s early earthly life written? And we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that believing we might have life through his name.
You turn a life, basically. We’re just quoting verse 31 for the answer. What was the profession of Matthew and Luke? What was, does anybody know profession of Matthew tax collector and Luke physician? And what nationality was each man? Yeah. Matthew was a Galilean and Luke was a Grecian. He was from, he was from Greek or he was Greek from Greece.
All right, Luke, one five. There was in the days of Herod the King of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias of the chorus of a Baya. And his wife was the daughters of Aaron and her name was Elizabeth. So who was King of Judea? Yeah. Who was King of Judea? When John the Baptist and Jesus were conceived. Yes,
Luke one, five. And Luke, we just read Luke one five. So I’m not going to read it again. And then Luke one 27 to a Virgin and spouse to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David and the Virgin Virgin’s name was Mary. So name the father and mother of John. The Baptist. Yes. Zacharias and Elizabeth.
Elizabeth and Zacharias were let’s turn to Luke one seven. I have 17 pages of these questions to go through. So I’m going to try to go a little bit fast. And they had no child because that Elizabeth was barren and they both were now well stricken in years. So it was Zachariah and Elizabeth were young middle-aged or old when their only child John was born old.
Yes. Old, see Luke one nine, according to the customer of the priest office, his lot was to burn incense. When he went into the temple of the Lord, where was that? Kariah when the angel Gabriel told him he would have a son was in the temple of the Lord. And then Luke one 26. And in the six month,
the angel Gabriel Was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth. So where was, where was Mary at this time? Nazareth. Yes. And Luke one 17. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias to turn the hearts of the fathers, to the children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the, just to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
According to the angel, speaking to Zechariah, what would be John’s work to prepare a way for the Lord. Yes, correct. And Jesus Luke one 33, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom. There shall be no end. So what was the purpose of Jesus? According to the angels, speaking to Zechariah, what would be John’s work of Jesus anyway,
Jesus, he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom. There shall be no in it. It’s, it’s basically just quoting the, the scripture there. All right. Luke, one 20 and behold thou shall be done and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed because I’ll believe it’s not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
So why was decoration made mute? Yeah, because he, because he did not believe that the angel Gabriel’s words, that’s why, how many months pregnant was Elizabeth when Mary conceived the son of God, Luke one 35 and 36, six months. Yes. Correct. All right, Luke one 41. And it came to pass that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary,
the babe leaped in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy ghost. So what happened when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary? Yep. And she was filled with the Holy ghost and described Mary’s reply, Luke four, one 46 through 55. And Mary said, my soul does magnify the Lord. And my spirit has rejoiced in God. My savior for he hath regarded the lowest state of his handmaiden for behold,
from henceforth. All generations shall call me blessed for he, that is mighty has done to me. Great things. And Holy is his name. And his mercy is on them. That fear him from generation to generation, excuse me. He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has put down the mighty from their seats and exalted them of low degree.
He has filled the hungry with good things and the rich, he has sent empty away. He has hoping his servant Israel and remembrance of his mercy. And as he speak to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever. So how would you describe Mary’s response? Yeah. Yeah. She was a humble servant of God. Praising his awesomeness basically is what I put.
All right, Luke, one 56 and Mary abode with her about three months and returned to her house. So how long did Mary stay with Elizabeth? Three months. I feel like I’m just answering the question and then asking you to repeat it to me. On what day was Elizabeth and Zechariah to name their son, Luke one 59 on the eighth day?
Correct. And it came to pass that on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and called them Zacharias. All right, Luke one 63 and 64. And he asked for a writing table and wrote, seeing his name is John. And they marveled all and his mouth was open immediately and his tongue loose and he speak and praise God. So Zachariah prophesied that his son would give people knowledge.
Oh, sorry. Wrong question. When could Zachariah speak? Yeah. When his son was named John, as soon as he got the name, he was able to speak again. All right, Luke, one 77 To give knowledge of salvation on do as people buy the remission of their sins, Zechariah prophesied that his son would give the people knowledge of what salvation.
Correct. All right, Luke one 80 and the child grew and waxed strong in spirit and was in the deserts until the day of his showing unto Israel. So as he grew older, where did John live until the time for him to appear publicly, Excuse me. In the desert and the desert wilderness who wrote each of the four gospels. That’s an easy question.
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. I went over all these questions last night and barely had to look any of them up as I’m. Now the answer is all right, Matthew, one 20. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream saying Joseph thou, son of David. If you’re not to take unto thee,
Mary thy wife for that, which is conceived in her is of the Holy ghost. Why did Joseph take Mary for his wife? Even though she was already pregnant? Yeah, he was reassured by the angel that it was okay. That she was still a meeting. She was still untouched Matthew one 21. And she shall bring forth a son and shall call his name.
Jesus for, he shall save his people from their sins. So what, and why did the angel instruct Joseph to name the son to be born to Mary? Is the answer Jesus, but why? That’s correct. All right. Matthew one 22 and 23. Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying behold,
a Virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son and they shall call his name. Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God with us. The old Testament, prophets, prophet, Isaiah at Virgin said a Virgin would have a child whose name would be Emmanuel. Yes. Which means God with us. Yes. All right. Luke, two, four,
and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem because he was of the house and lineage of David. So why did Joseph and Mary have to leave their home to go to Bethlehem in Judea when Jesus was born?<inaudible> Yeah. Yeah, but also because he was of the house and lineage of David.
Yeah. All right, Luke two seven. And she brought forth her first born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the end. So where did Jesus Mary lay Jesus after he was born in Bethlehem, in a manger, Tim through 12 Luke, two, 10 through 12. And the angel said unto them fear,
not for behold. I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people for unto you is born this day in the city of David, a savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. What news did the angel give the shepherds outside Bethlehem<inaudible> That the savior was born and how to find him all right,
Luke, two 17 through and 20. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the scene, which was told them concerning this child and the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen as it was told unto them, after hearing the news and seeing the baby Jesus, what did the shepherds do?<inaudible> And when they had seen it,
they made known abroad to seeing which was told them concerning this child. So they went out, letting everybody know about what they had heard about Jesus, and they also glorify it and praise God in verse 20 and the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen. Okay. So I’m going to just read now the, all the verses that go with it from each book,
and then we’ll just go through and answer the questions. Instead of me reading each verse for each question, I’m going to be reading Luke chapter two 21 through 38, Luke two 21 through 38. And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
And when the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, as it is written in the law of the Lord, every male that opened it, the womb shall be called Holy to the Lord and to offer a sacrifice. According to that, which has said in the law of the Lord,
a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons and behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simon or Simeon, sorry. And the same man was just end of out waiting for the constellation of Israel. And the Holy ghost was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy ghost that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord,
the Lord’s Christ. And he came by the spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the child, Jesus to do for him after the custom of the law, then took he him up in his arms and blessed God and said, Lord, now let us now thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word through 38, okay. For mine eyes,
I’ve seen nice salvation, which thou has prepared before the face of all people, a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people, Israel and Joseph, and his mother marveled at all at those things, which were spoken of him and Simeon blessed them and said unto Mary, his mother, behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel and for a sign which shall be spoken against yay.
A sword shall Pierce through that and own soul. Also that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of funnel, and of the TRIBE of Asur. She was of a great age and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity. And she was a widow of about four score in four years,
which departed, not from the temple, but served God with fasting and prayers night and day. And she came and she coming in that instant gave them things likewise unto the Lord and speak of him to all of them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. And then we’ll read Matthew chapter two verses one through 12 Matthew chapter two verses one through 12. Now Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea.
In the days of Herod the King behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem saying, where is he? That is born King of the Jews for, we have seen his star in the East and are come to worship him. When Herod the King had heard these things. He was troubled and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together,
he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him in Bethlehem of Judea for thus, it is written by the prophet and thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah are not the least among the princes of Judah for out of these shall come. A governor that shall rule my people. Israel then inherit when he had privily called the wise men,
inquired of them diligently, what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, go and search. Deluging diligently for the young child. And when you have found him, bring me word again, that I might come and worship him. Also, when they had heard the King, they departed and lo the star, which they saw in the East went before them,
till it came and stood over where the young child was when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and fell down and worshiped him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts, gold, and frankincense and myrrh,
and being warned of God in a dream. They, that should not return to Herod. They departed into their own country another way. All right. So how old was Jesus when he was named Eight days old? Same as John. Yup. After Mary’s time of purification, where did Joseph and Mary take Jesus to present him to the Lord and temple in Jerusalem?
Yes. Describe Simeon’s spiritual condition. The Holy spirit had promised Simeon that what events would occur before his death. Yeah. He would see the savior of the Lord, the Christ of the Lord. It was adjust and development. And the goalie, the Holy ghost was upon him. That’s the description of his spiritual condition. What did the aged Ana do at the temple?
Yeah, she fasted and prayed day and night. All right. What news of the Wiseman troubled Herod? Yeah, the King of the Jews was born. And how did the Wiseman know where to find Jesus star in the East? What three gifts did the Wiseman bring? Jesus? Well, the frankincense and myrrh. And just because there were three gifts doesn’t mean there were only three wisemen.
There could have been multiple Wiseman. All right. Let’s do Matthew chapter two verses 13 through 23, Matthew two 13 through 23. I asked him if I could have all of y’all read stuff too. And he said they can’t hear that online. So I have to read everything. I’m sorry, 13 through 23, Matthew chapter two. And when they were departed behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou there until I bring the word for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose. He took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt and was there until the death of Herod that it might be fulfilled,
which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying out of Egypt, have I called my son inherited when he saw that he was mocked of the Wiseman was exceeding wroth and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all the coasts thereof from two years old and under one, a monster man, according to that, the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men then was fulfilled that,
which was spoken by Jeremiah, the prophet saying, and ramen was there a voice heard lamination and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they are not. But when Herod was dead behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt saying arise and take the young child and his mother and go into the land of Israel for they are dead,
which sought the young child’s life. And he arose and took the young child in his mother and came into the land of Israel. But when he had heard that arch Elias did reign in Judea and the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go further. Notwithstanding being warned of God in a dream. He turned aside to the parts of Galilee and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth that it might be fulfilled,
which was spoken by the prophets. He shall be called a Nazarene. And then Luke two 39 through 52, Luke chapter two 39 through 52. Cool. And when they had performed all things, according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee to their own city Nazareth. And the child grew and wax strong in the spirit, filled with wisdom.
And the grace of God was upon him. Now, his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. And when he was 12 years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days as they returned the child, Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem and Joseph and his mother knew not of it,
but they supposing him to have been in the company, wins a day’s journey. And they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance and acquaintances. And when they had found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem seeking him. And it came to pass that after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions and all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
And when they saw him, they were amazed and his mother said unto him, son, why has thou thus dealt with us? Behold, thy father. And I have sought the sorrowing. And he said unto them, how is it that she sought me whiskey? Not that I must be about my father’s business. And they understood not the same, which he speak unto them.
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject unto them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man. So after the Wiseman left, where did Joseph take? Mary and Jesus down to Egypt? Correct. Why? Because King Herod was seeking to destroy him.
The angel told them that what age children did Herod have killed in Bethlehem area? In the area of Bethlehem two and under, yeah. Why was Jesus called a Nazarene? Yeah, he lived in Nazareth and it was also prophesied that he would be called a Nazareen. How old was Jesus when he went with his parents to Jerusalem? For the feast of the Passover 12.
Yep. When lost on the Jerusalem trip, where did Jesus’s parents? 10 in the temple. Okay. Since Jesus was the son of God, when he was growing up, he a gave the orders in the family, B gave the orders in the family, but he was obedient to his parents or see, was busy with God’s business away from his family circle B.
Yeah. He gave the orders and listened to me, mom and dad. How did Jesus grow in wisdom and stature and favor with God and with man name, the writer of each of the new of each new Testament letter, the letters of the new Testament. Matthew didn’t write any letters, not. He wrote the gospel. So Paul wrote letters. James wrote letters.
Peter wrote letters, James, the son, or the brother of Jesus, not, not the other genes. John wrote letters. And then Jude, the brother of Jesus wrote a letter. Those are the ones that wrote the letters. They tricked us. They went from gospels, the letters on the next one. All right, let’s read Matthew three,
one through 17. And those days came John, the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea and seeing rip pinchy for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for this is he, that was spoken of by the prophet. Asiah saying the voice of one crying in the wilderness prepare you the way of the Lord make his path straight. And the same. John had his Raymond of camel’s hair and a leathern girdle about his loins and his meat was locusts and wild.
Honey then went out with him, Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region around about Jordan and were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, Oh, generation of Vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come bringing forth, therefore fruits meet for repentance.
And think not to say with yourselves within yourselves, we have Abraham to our father for IC and to you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the ax is lean on unto the roots of the trees. Therefor, every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance,
but he, that cometh after me is mightier than I whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He shall baptize you with the Holy ghost and with fire, whose fan is in his hand. And he will thoroughly purchase floor and gather his wheat into the garner. But he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Then come with Jesus from Galilee to Jordan,
under John to be baptized of him. But John, for bad him saying, I have needed to be baptized of thee and comments down to me. And Jesus answering said unto him, suffer it to be. So now for thus, it become us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him and Jesus. When he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water and lo the heavens were opened unto him.
And he saw the spirit of God, descending like a dove and lighting upon him and lo a voice from heaven saying this is my beloved son in whom I am well-pleased. So what old Testament prophet told about the coming of John? The Baptist Isaiah? Yes. Assayas it says in the King James version, it’s the same person described John, the Baptist clothing and food.
Camel’s hair was his clothes with a leather girdle. And what did he eat? Locusts and wild honey. Yes. John the Baptist said his baptism was for what?<inaudible> Repentance. Yes. How lonely did John describe himself as compared to the coming Jesus? Yep. And he wasn’t even worthy to basically tie his shoes or on tie his shoes. What plays did John the Baptist baptized Jesus in Jordan?
Yes. How did the spirit appear at the baptism of Jesus? Like a dove. And what did the father say? Yeah. As a group, the new Testament books, Romans through Jude are called what? I like those trick questions. They just throw in. They want you to, Oh, by the way, this has nothing to do with the life of Christ.
But what are these group of books called? They’re the letters from Romans through Jude. Those are the letters of the new Testament, the epistles. All right. Matthew four, one through 11<inaudible> Excuse me. Then was Jesus led up of the spirit, into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights,
he was afterward and hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, if that will be the son of God command that these stones be made of bread, but he answered and said, it is written, man shall not live by bread alone. But by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God, then the devil tickets him up into a Holy city instead of him in a pin,
on a pinnacle of the temple and Steph unto him, if that will be the son of God, cast myself down for it is written. He shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in their hands. They shall bear thee up lest any at any time that dash thy foot against the stone, Jesus said unto him. It is written again. Thou shall not tempt the Lord,
thy God. Again, the devil take it them up into an exceeding high mountain and show with him, all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them and Seth unto him, all these things, will I give thee, if that will fall down and worship me then said, Jesus, unto him. Get the hint. Satan for it is written.
Now shall worship the Lord, thy God and him only shout they’ll serve. Then the devil leaveth him and behold angels came and ministered unto him. And then John chapter one 29 through 51, John one 29 through 51. The next day, John sees Jesus coming onto him and Seth behold, the lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world.
This is he of whom I said after me come at the man, which is preferred before me for he was before me and I knew him not, but that he should be made manifest to Israel. Therefore, am I coming baptizing with water and John bear record saying, I saw the spirit descending from heaven, like a dove and in a boat upon him.
And I knew him not, but th but he, that sent me to baptize with water, the same Seth unto upon whom thou shout, see the spirit, descending and remaining on him. The same as he, which baptizes with the Holy ghost. And I saw in bear record that this is the son of God. Again, the next day after John stood and two of his disciples and looking upon Jesus as he walked with,
he said, behold, the lamb of God, and two disciples heard him speak it, speak, and they follow Jesus. Then Jesus turned and saw them following and said unto them, what Sikhi. They said unto him rabbi, which is to say being interpreted master where dwellest thou. He said unto them come and see. They came and saw where he dwells in a bode with him that day for it was about the 10th hour.
One of the two, which heard John speaking and followed him was Andrew Simon Peter’s brother. He first find it his own brother, Simon and Seth unto him. We have found the Messiah, which is being interpreted the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus be held him, he said that weren’t Simon, the son of Jonah thou shall be called CFUs,
which is by interpretation a stone. The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee and find a Phillip and Seth unto him. Follow me. Now, Philip was of Bethsaida the city of Andrew and Peter, fill it, find it Nathaniel and said unto him. We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did right? Jesus of Nazareth,
the son of Joseph and Nathaniel said unto him, can there any good thing come out of Nazareth. Phillip said, unto him, come and see Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him and Seth of him, behold in Israel, EIT, indeed. And whom is no guile. Nathaniel said unto him, wince knowest thou me Jesus answered and said unto him. Before that Philip called the,
when that was under the fig tree, I saw the Nathaniel answered and said unto him, rabbi thou art, the son of God. Now aren’t the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said unto him, because I said unto thee, I saw the under the fig tree. Believe us though. Now shout see greater things than these. And he said unto him,
verily, verily. I say unto you hereafter, you shall see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the son of man. All right. How long did Jesus fast? 40 days and 40 nights. How are you so quiet when you answer name? The three places the devil tempted Jesus First was in the wilderness. Yes. Second was Temptation.
You took him up to the highest pinnacle in Jerusalem on the temple. And then the third place was the highest known. You have very high mountain. All right. Describe each of the three temptations. The devil tried on Jesus. First. He asked him to lust of the, then He asked him to do what<inaudible> To jump down and the angels would save him the pride of life.
And then the last one was yes. Yes. The lust of the eyes bow down and worship me. And you can have all of this. All right. Jesus reacted to the devil’s temptations by eight, ignoring him, be doing what the devil asked or see quoting scriptures, quoting scriptures. Of course. What did Jesus tell the devil to do after the devil had tempted him?
Yeah. Yeah. Behind me get the hint Satan and a lot of other things. According to John, the Baptist, what takes away the sins of the world? Jesus, the lamb of God takes it will come to take it. The, the sins of the world. Name one, man who heard John the Baptist speak and then follow Jesus. I read that in John chapter one,
Andrew, Andrew was the follower of John the Baptist and he heard Jesus and decided to follow, follow Jesus. And then, excuse me, this man brought his brother to Jesus. Who was the brother? Simon. Peter? Yes. Who he called CFUs the stone to which disciple does Jesus say? Follow me John, one 43. It was Philip.
And he told Philip to follow him. And then which disciple does Jesus describe events of his sitting under a fig tree? Nathaniel? Yes. All right. Let’s see. How long has John chapter two? We only have a few minutes left. So I’m going to just go through these questions and see if you can answer them. And if not, I will give you the answer because we don’t have time to read everything.
Now we’re at the wire who went with Jesus to the wedding in Cana of Galilee, where he performed his first miracle. Yeah, his mother and his, his disciples that he had at the time described Jesus’s first miracle and the quality of the wine<inaudible> Change the water into wine. And what kind of wine was it? It was like fresh squeezed, grape juice,
fresh squeezed grape juice. What was the effect on Jesus’s disciples? Seeing him change the water to wine. Yeah. They believed on him. They believed that he was Jesus. When Jesus was to observe the Passover at the temple. Where did he find men selling animals and changing money and the temple? Yes. How did Jesus drive out those selling animals and changing money in the temple?
Yep. He made a whip out of some chords. He turned over the tables. He dumped out their money from their bowls. It was great. What did Jesus mean when he said destroy this temple? And in three days I will raise it up. Yeah. Kill my body in three days. I’ll be resurrected. It was prophesying. When did Jesus’ disciples recall this statement?
Perfect. Yeah, after he had risen, how many books are there and the new Testament? 27 books. 27 books. All right. Of what group of the Jews was Nicodemus? Do we remember? Yes. He was a Pharisee. Good. You guys are getting like on the spot questions that you can answer for? Bible Nicodemus came to talk with Jesus at the morning.
The noon time or night at night? Yes. How did Jesus tell Nicodemus to be born again? John three 33 through six. Yeah. He had to be born of water and the spirit he had to be born of the spirit is what he said. What did Jesus tell Nicodemus that a person must believe to have eternal life? Yeah. He had to believe that he was the only begotten son of God.
All right. What did John the Baptist say about his growing importance in relation to Jesus? No, I must decrease so he can increase basically. Why did John the Baptist Baptists criticized Herod? Yeah. That’s a different time. Actually. The first time it was just for all the evil he had done. He was just criticizing for all the evil he had done.
And how did Herod punished on the baptized Baptist for his criticism now? That’s later he threw him in prison. Yes. Correct. All right. So I’m guessing that everybody has all of these. He told me not to print them off cause everybody should have them already. I only missed a couple of lessons, so we’ll just see if he wants to continue on with that when he gets back,
because he already told me what I’m supposed to be doing on Wednesday. So We’ll take a break Just to see us today and we’re glad to have them here. And they do know Richard Bell. For those of you that remember Richard is they used to live here in worship with us and we, we really loved them and appreciated them, but we’re glad to have them with us.
And we have a few of our own number here, but we do, we are here worshiping God. And that’s what counts. We do want to remember those that are not able to be with us. Those are at home watching the live stream. We’re thinking about y’all and praying for you. And we hope that everyone is doing well. It’s been a trying time,
but we’re still doing what God wants us to do. And we’re trying to, trying to glorify him and trying to lead others to his word, to become children of his. So just keep that in mind and everything will be fine. Just keep eyes on the Lord and try to do his will. And, and we’ll be good. We do won’t to,
if he failed to pick up your communion, it’s in the back of the auditorium on those tables and now would be a good time to get that. If you did not pick it up on the way in, we would ask that our visitors, if you don’t mind, please fill out an attendance card so that we might have a record of you being here.
We certainly appreciate that. And we hope if you’re back this way, we want to invite you to come back and stop by and see us again. We do want to remember those that are ill or the congregation, Joan Springer is at home. I didn’t get a chance to speak to Marie, but she’s still having difficulties some good days, some bad days.
So keep her in your prayers, Robin woods. We won’t also remember her. And then Jessica Dale is still having problems with her stomach, stomach problems. And we hope and pray that she they’ll be able to determine exactly what’s going on with her and help relieve her of, of that. She’s been dealing with that for quite some time. Remember Dorothy and Rodale Wilson.
They’re still at home and Rodale has lost a, of his family members. And we want to remember them in our prayers and both of them were in a very bad health. So keep them in mind. Jane and Marlin is doing well after her knee replacement surgery. And we’re thankful for that. And Cheryl’s dad has a fractured spine and I guess he’s doing as well as possible.
He’s in a brace. And I wanna remember them. I know Cheryl has a difficult time from time to time and we want to pray that she does. Okay. And taking care of her mom and dad, Keith Cozort that’s Aaron’s dad had two stents put in and he’s doing fine. He’s at home. And I think progressing along well. So in that same note,
we want to remember Aaron and Eddie and the boys they’re up there visiting with family and not be able to be with us. And we want to pray that everything goes well for them. They will be coming back later on this week, I believe around Thursday. They’re supposed to be back in back home here. So keep them in your prayers. Amy Cox is dad.
Alvin Griffin is in rehab after having a stroke, Amy and Chad used to worship here and it’s her dad. And we certainly hope that everything will go well for him. They’re just, they’re waiting to see how that’s going to work out. Natalie temple, Diane O’Neill’s nephew’s wife found out her cancer has returned. So we want to remember Diana’s nephew’s wife and pray that she,
they can actually get hurt the treatment that she needs at this time to help her do better. And then Jane’s, Sconiers that’s Diana’s aunt is back in the hospital with pneumonia and congestive heart failure. And we’re certainly, we’re sorry to hear about that on to pray for all of these individuals, that they can regain their health and come back to some reasonable amount of life.
As far as health goes, our daily Bible reading plan, and this is listed in each bullet and every Sunday and beginning of the first of the year, it will be. And in chronological order. So if you might notice it’s different perhaps from the one we used to use, where we were just reading the scriptures from Genesis to revelation, this is going to be in chronological order.
So we encourage everybody to be sure and pick up a bullet and then try to keep up with our daily Bible readings. I believe that saw the announcements that I have. I’ll be directing the song service this morning, and I hope you bear with me. We had someone else plan for this and could not make it. And you know, my throat goes out on me pretty much and I,
I might have to get Murray. His does the same thing. So maybe between the both of us, if mine just plays completely out, I might have to call on Marie to come up and take care of the rest of it. So, but we’ll, we’ll do the best we can. Eric Halverson has our opening prayer. Michael Dale has our sermon today.
Tommy O’Neil will be taken care of the Lord’s supper. And then at the closing we have Terry Sanderson will be leading us in our closing prayer. So if you would now most of the songs except for the invitation and the closing him will be on their overhead. The rest of those two, we’ll have to use our books. We’ll begin this morning with have that own way.
Number 552 should be on the overhead. After this song, we will have our opening prayer.<inaudible> I am the clay<inaudible> Mo man<inaudible> man<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> Searchie man, TRIBE me master today, a wider then snow wash me<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> and then on way, Lord, have I known what? Hey, hold on my being absolutes<inaudible> damn with ice fam and<inaudible> Christ on the,
ah, when living in me, God, our father in heaven, we come to you at this time, thanking you for another glorious day here on earth, thanking you for the ability for us to be able to assemble here, to sing songs of praise, your great name and worship you here in this assembly. Lord, we know there are many amongst us that are unable to be here for various reasons.
And we ask that you reach your loving arms out to them and provide the comfort that they need, that they seek from you on a daily basis. And if it be your will help those that are administering to them to find the right solutions to make their health better so that they can return to their desired measure health. And most importantly returned to assemble here with us to worship you,
God, we also know that there are those amongst us that have lost loved ones. Recently, we asked that you comfort those in only the way that you can. And we also know that there are many amongst us traveling because of the holiday season. And we asked him if it’d be your will provide them safe journey to their destination and return to where they plan on going after the holidays are over.
Now God, as we prepare to hear another portion of your word, that Michael is about to bring to us, we ask that you help each and every one of us focus on the message that he brings from your word so that we may understand it fully and use it in our lives to help serve you better. Because we know that is what we are truly here for is to serve you.
And Lord, we ask that you give each and every one of us to strengthen the courage we need so that when we come across those that have either fallen away from your word, or unfortunately have not opened their heart to your word yet that we reach out to them and bring your message and your word to them so that they may have the same opportunity that we do.
And that is to live with you for eternity and heaven. One day, we want to thank you for your son, Jesus, because it was him that made all this possible. We pray all this through his name. Amen Before comedian, but he numbers 383, 383. He’s an escape man here. The cross<inaudible> stream flow is from<inaudible> and<inaudible><inaudible> damn I right?
Sure. So Shopify rest be a<inaudible> NAFTA, CRA trembling. So love and<inaudible> that’s Bri and Morningstar<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> my ride sharing. So Shopify rest me.<inaudible> Nat CRA. So I’ve got<inaudible> army up man from day to day with<inaudible><inaudible> and across<inaudible> damn my ride sharing. So Shafai rest being a<inaudible> H Lawrence Day. We have the privileged eight with this bread and drink of this cup to remember the death of our Lord and savior and the sacrifice that he made each one for each one of us,
would you probably with me, our heavenly father. We truly thank you for Christ. Our savior. We thank you for this bread to us represents his body. That was hung on a cross. We pray that if we partake of it, that each one of us would dwell on the horrible death across God for each one of us, these things we ask in his name,
amen, our heavenly father. We continue our thanks for this fruit of the vine, which to us represents the blood of her savior she had for our sins, as we partake of it, help each one of us to do so with humble and thankful to heart. These things we ask in Christ’s name, amen.<inaudible> with me, Our heavenly father.
We thank you for all of the blessings. If we unjoin this lie, we thank you for all of the material blessings that we enjoy in this country. We know that all we have to do is to look at the news to realize truly how blessed we are. We pray that as we prepared to return under the, a part of that, that we’ve been blessed with,
we would do so with a cheerful and thankful heart. These things we ask in Christ’s name, amen. You would be marking your books for number 903. That would be our song of encouragement. Number nine Oh three will be our song of encouragement.<inaudible> I will be singing number 609, six Oh nine. Okay.<inaudible> I am not a<inaudible><inaudible> this word<inaudible> for mass is strong.<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> my worth.
And this name<inaudible><inaudible> up or it’s for me.<inaudible> And, and now Michael Morning, everybody. Okay. This morning, I’m going to be preaching on being aware of Satan sneaky apostles. Our main tax is going to be taken from second Corinthians chapter 11, verses 13 through 15, second Corinthians chapter 11, verses 13 through 15 for such are false apostles.
Deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ and no Marvel for Satan himself has transformed into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing. If his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works, the children of the Lord must be aware of false teachers appearing to preach the gospel of Christ.
I’m sure most of us in here at one point in time in our lives have heard the story of little red riding hood and a sweet little girl skipping through the woods with her basket of goodies on her way to her grandma’s house. While the ever stocking Wolf lingers in the shadows, watching her, waiting for her to get to a point where he can devour her.
I remember it well because at one point in time, the Wolf ran ahead of her, went to her grandmother’s house, ate up the grandmother and then put her clothes on and laid in bed, waiting for red riding hood. When she came, he ate her up too, but false apostles, like the Wolf in the story are good at disguising themselves to make what they are seeing sound really appealing to us.
Every time we see a fossil parcel, we notice something, a false apostles are always dressed. Really nice, like the Wolf and grandma’s clothes, false apostles, say all the things you want to hear, the better to see you with my dear. The better to hear you with my dear says the Wolf false apostles never actually speak the whole truth. The better to eat you with.
And he gobbled her up false apostles are lovers of money. And that is really all they care about lining their pockets while they sit back and watch you fall into sin all the while thinking that you are safe. You’re okay. Do you remember how the story of little red riding hood ended? It ended with a hero. The lumberjack comes rushing in. He kills the Wolf,
cuts them open and pools, red riding hood and his grandma and her grandmother out of, out of his stomach to safety here. As we read in second Corinthians chapter 11, 13 through 15 Paul who predates the Wolf story by quite a while, comes through inspiration of God, our true savior to warn and save the Corinthian church from the false apostles workers of the real Wolf.
Satan, The moral of the story is the children of the Lord must be aware of false teachers appearing to be preachers of the gospel to help us understand who these false apostles are. Paul through inspiration gives us a description. We have a description of the false apostles themselves. We have a description of the false apostles master, and then we have a description of the false apostles end.
Let us first consider the description. Paul gives us of the false apostles themselves. You will know the false apostles by their work. They are deceitful workers. He says in verse 13 of second, Corinthians 11 for such are false apostles, deceitful workers. They will pervert the gospel turn with me to Galatians chapter one, verses six and seven Galatians chapter one verses six and seven.
The very next book, Marvel that’s ER, so soon removed from him. That called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel, which is not another, but there’ll be some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ. These spots, apostles pervert the gospel of Christ. They will unsettle your soul acts chapter 15 and verse 24 acts 1524<inaudible> For as much as we have heard that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words,
subverting your souls, saying you must be circumcised and keep the law to whom we gave no such commandment. There’s the birding, our souls. They speak perverse things acts 20 and verse 30 acts chapter 20 and verse 30. Also have your own selves. Shall men arise? Speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them, they speak these perverse things. These false apostles do to draw you away from Christ and his true word.
They will speak a different gospel, a gospel let’s turn back to Galatians chapter one, Galatians chapter one, and we’ll read verses eight and nine Paul through the inspiration writes. But though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you than that, which we have preached unto you. Let him be a cursed, as we said before. So say I now again,
if any man preach any other gospel unto you, then that you have received. Let him be a curse. Paul is warning us up front already back 2000 years ago, almost that there’s going to be false apostles coming into us and trying to teach us another gospel, something that’s not right. And there ought to be a cursed false apostles. Also transform themselves.
They will disguise themselves. Let’s go back to our original text. Second Corinthians chapter 11, and we’ll read verse 13 again. Second Corinthians 11 and verse 13.<inaudible> For such are false apostles. Deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. They, they make themselves look like they’re from Christ. They will disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Read verse 15,
just a couple of verses down. Therefore it is no great thing. If his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, they’re going to try to make themselves seem like they’re good. So you will follow them. Why most of the time, so they can line their pockets. They’re sneaky. These false apostles are sneaky. Turn with me to Galatians chapter two,
one book over chapter two and verse four relations to four. And that because of false brethren, unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our Liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage and to bondage under Satan. They’re sneaky. They come in sneakily and they want to draw you away from Christ because they are Savage wolves among sheep acts chapter 20 in verse 29.
Let’s read this description, acts chapter 20 and verse 29. Excuse me. I’m having some allergy problems for, I know this that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you not just wolves, grievous wolves, these wolves are hungering for you not sparing the flock. They’re not going to spare anyone. They will disguise themselves. Even as sheep. These wolves will be masters of disguise.
Matthew chapter seven, turn with me to Matthew chapter seven and verse 15. Jesus tells us beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing. But inwardly, they are ravening wolves. They may look like one of us, but inwardly, they are hungering to pull you way to, to Satan, to pull you away to sin. But how can we tell who these false apostles are?
You will know them by their fruit. Jesus says Matthew chapter seven, verses 16 through 20 let’s continue reading here in Matthew chapter seven, Jesus said says, you shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles even so every good tree brings forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bring it forth. Evil fruit, a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit.
Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits. You shall know them. They are going to, they will never practice righteousness. These false apostles don’t practice righteousness at all. Turn with me to John chapter three, verses seven through ten first John chapter three verses seven through 10 John through inspiration writes little children.
Let no man deceive you. He that do with righteousness is righteous. Even as he is righteous. He, that committed sin is of the devil for the devil Senate. From the beginning for this purpose, the son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin for his seed remain within him.
And he cannot sin because he is born of God. And this the children of God are manifest. And the children of the devil whosoever does not. Righteousness is not of God, neither. He that loveth not his brother. To me. That’s one of the main things. If you can see someone is pulling away, they’re not really loving towards you and the,
and the worship service. That’s someone you need to look out for. There is no good. And these false apostles turn with me. Second, Peter chapter two, that’s one book up second, Peter chapter two verses 10 through 19, but chief Lee, them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise government presumptuous are they self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignities,
whereas angels, which are greater in power and might bring not accusations against them before the Lord. But these as natural brute beasts, he says, made to be taken and destroyed, speak of, speak evil of the things that they understand, not and shall utter utterly perish in their own corruption and shall receive the reward of unrighteousness. As they, that count it pleasure to riot in the daytime spots they are and blemishes supporting sporting themselves with their own receivings while they feast with you having eyes full of adultery.
And that cannot cease from sin. Beguiling unstable souls and heart. They have exercised with covetous practices, cursed children, what ha, which have forsaken the right way and are gone astray. Following the way of bailing. The son of Bowser who loved the wages of unrighteousness, but was rebuked for his iniquity. The dumb donkey speaking with man’s voice for bad,
the madness of the prophet. These are Wells without water, these false prophets Wells, without water clouds that are carried with a Tempest, they go wherever the wind blows them to whom the midst of darkness is reserved forever for when they speak great swelling, words of vanity. They allure through the lust of the flesh through much wantonness. Those that were clean,
escaped from them who live in error while they promise them Liberty. They themselves are the servants of corruption for whom a man is overcome of the scene. As he brought in bondage, they stand up here and they preach to you. A sermon of Liberty. Faith only once saved, always saved. And all the while you think you are saved, when really you are looking to destruction,
let us consider what an apostle is here and apostle in the Greek is Apostolos which according to theorists, Greek lexicon is one who is sent forth with orders to be an apostle, even a false apostle. They must have one who has sent them thus through Paul’s writing and the, to the church in Corinth. We have a description of the false apostles master the false apostles master clearly as Satan,
he has shown to be their master by Paul and second Corinthians chapter 11. Let’s go back to our original texts. Second Corinthians chapter 11 and verses 13 and 14, second Corinthians 11, 13 and 14 for such are false apostles. Deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ and no Marvel for Satan himself has transformed into an angel of light Satan himself.
Jesus said that Satan is these false apostles father turn with me to John chapter eight, the gospel of John chapter eight verses 44 through 46, Seven John eight 44, three 47. Jesus States Of these false teachers year of your father, the devil that and the loss of your father, you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode,
not in truth because there is not truth in him. When we, when he speak, if a lie, he speaks of his own for he is a liar and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, you believe me, not, which of you convinced me of sin. And I say the truth. Why do you not believe me?
He, that is of God. Heareth God’s words either. Ye therefore hear them not because he are not of God. These false apostles not only teach falsely because of Satan, their father, the father of lies. They, they completely shun righteousness. Then the right word, they practice sin. Thus they are of their father. The devil turned back with me to first John chapter three in verse eight first John chapter three and verse eight.
He, that committed sin is of the devil for the devil. Sinneth from the beginning for this purpose, the son of God was manifest that he might destroy the works of the devil. Satan is also crafty and disguise. This is where his apostles false apostles learn. He decides disguises himself as an angel of light, second Corinthians 13 or 11 and verse 14.
And no Marvel for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. He wants you to come to him. So he’s not going to appear as he is. He’s going to appear as a messenger of God as a, as a angel of light. He, as we all know, he also disguised himself as a serpent once upon a time. And Paul get reiterated this to the church at Corinth and verse three of chapter 11,
just a few verses up. If you look at verse three, but I fear less by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety. So your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ, Seton employees, deceit to lead the saved astray. He is a liar, John eight 44, the gospel of John chapter eight. Let’s read it again.
And verse 44, ye are of your father, the devil and the less of your father. You will do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode, not in truth because there is no truth in him. When he speak at the Y, he speaks with of his own for, he is a liar and the father of it, the father of lies.
He lied from the very beginning of time. Let’s go to Genesis chapter three, all the way back to the beginning, Genesis chapter three, and read verses one through five Genesis Chapter three, one through five. Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the field, which the Lord God had made. And he said, the woman, yea, hath God said,
ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden. It starts off subtly. You shall not eat of every tree of the garden. Of course he knew God told them they could eat every tree of the garden. And the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, but of the fruit of the tree,
which is in the midst of the garden. God has said, you shall not eat of it. Neither shall ye touch it. Lest he die. And the serpent said unto the woman, he changes one word and it turns the whole thing into a lie. You shall not surely die. He says for God death, not, no, God doesn’t know that in the day you eat thereof and he appeals to their vanity,
then your eyes shall be open. And he shall be as gods. He says, knowing good and evil. Satan is a tricky beast. He has deceived the whole world from the beginning. And to the end, let’s go all the way to revelation revelation, chapter 12 and verse nine, revelation 12 and verse nine. And the great dragon was cast out that old serpent called the devil and Satan,
which deceive it the whole world. He was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him. He deceives the whole world all the way from Genesis, all the way down to revelation. He never stops trying to deceive the world. He was sent. He has sent his workers throughout the entire world to, to, so his madness first,
John chapter four in verse one first John chapter four and verse one, John writes beloved believe not every time the spirit, but try the spirits. Whether they are of God, because as many false prophets are gone out into the world. Many, not one, not a hundred, not a thousand, but many are out there trying to bring us away from God because Satan is relentless.
He roams the earth looking to do evil. We read of this when he’s look into torture job and job chapter one in verse seven, job chapter one and verse seven. And the Lord said unto Satan come SL as if God didn’t know, right then Satan answered the Lord and said, from going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down,
it he’s out there. He’s going to and fro on the earth. He’s walking up and down at everywhere. He possibly can to seek your soul because Satan is waiting to devour you. First, Peter chapter five in verse eight, we’re told through inspiration of the Holy spirit. Peter writes in first Peter chapter five and verse eight, be sober. We are to be sober,
be vigilant. We are to be village in because your adversary, the devil as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking. He may devour. He’s not just waiting for you to come. He’s out there seeking you, waiting to devour you. There’s a reason we are given these descriptions of the false apostles and their master Satan. This is so we can resist them.
First, Peter chapter five, verse nine, whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished and your brethren that are in the world, we must resist him. Now let us consider that. Paul gives us hope by giving us a description of the false apostles end, their end will be according to their words. Paul writes of this to the church at Corinth,
back in our original texts. Second Corinthians chapter 11 and verse 15, second Corinthians 11, 15. Therefore it is no great thing. If his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works, they will meet Swift destruction. Second, Peter chapter two in verse one second, Peter chapter two and verse one,
but there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privileged shall bring in damnable, heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves Swift destruction. Their destruction is going to be Swift as liars. They will be thrown into the Lake of fire revelation, chapter 21 and verse eight, revelation 21 and verse eight,
But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and I Dodgers and all liars, all false apostles are liars shall have their part in the Lake, which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. Their end is utter destruction. We can read of this and Philippians chapter three and verse 19, Philippians chapter three and verse 19,
whose end is destruction whose God is their belly and whose glory is their shame who mind earthly things. These false apostles will need and utter destruction. And that’s why we need to watch out for them. So we don’t end up with the same destruction. God is going to judge the false apostles, just like he judges everyone. Jesus will tell them to depart in the end,
turn with me to Matthew chapter seven, again, Matthew chapter seven, and we’ll read verses 21 through 23. Yeah, Matthew seven 21 through 23. Not everyone that Seth unto me, Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. But he, that do it. The will of my father, which is in heaven, many will say to me in that day,
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in their name? And in the name of cast out devils and in my name have done many wonderful works. I think of the, the people out there who lay their hands on people and try to give them the Holy spirit to them and things like that. They’ve done all of these mighty magnificent works in his name.
And then will I profess unto them? I never know. I knew you depart from me, ye that work iniquity, what a terrible feeling to be before Jesus and telling him all of these awesome works that you’ve done. And for him to say, I never knew you depart from me. They will be judged according to their deeds. Turn with me to Romans chapter two,
Romans chapter two, let’s all turn there. Romans chapter two. And we’ll read, this is a little bit of a lengthy reading, but I want to read it Matthew or Romans chapter two verses one through 16, therefore, or thou art inexcusable. Oh man. Whosoever thou art that judges for wearing now judges to another they’ll condemn us thyself for thou that judges does the same things,
but we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them, which commit such things and think is now this, Oh man, that judges them, which do such things and dust the same and now shall escape the judgment of God or despise the Sal, the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long suffering. Not knowing that the goodness of God lead a theory to repentance,
but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurer stuff onto the ice self wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteousness, judgment of God, righteous judgment of God, who will render to every man, according to his deeds, to them who by patient countenance and well-doing seek the glory and honor of immortality eternal life, but unto them that are contentious and do not obey the truth,
but obey on righteousness, dig nation and wrath, tribulation, and angry wish upon every soul of man that do with evil of the Jew first and also of the Gentile, but glory honor and peace to every man that works with good to the Jew first and also the Gentile for there is no respecter of persons with God, for as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law.
And as many as I’ve sin in the law shall be judged by the law for not the heroes of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified for when the Gentiles, which have not the law do by nature. The things contained in the law. These having not the law are a law unto themselves, which show the work of the law written in their hearts.
Their conscience also bearing witness and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another. And the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus, according to my gospel, let us also consider second Peter chapter two in verses four through nine second, Peter chapter two verses four through nine, God spared, not the angels that sin, God didn’t even spare the angels that sinned.
He chased them down, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgment and spared, not the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemn them with an overthrow,
making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly. These are our examples. We are supposed to pay attention to our examples from God and deliver just lot vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked for that righteous man dwelling among them and seeing, and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day, what their unlawful deeds, the Lord Noah, how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.
The children of the Lord must be aware of false teachers appearing to be preachers of the gospel. Last we be led astray. We have our helps from Paul right here in second Corinthians, chapter 11. It’s like a wanted poster. We have the dis there description so we can see who they are. We know who their master is, thus, what they practice lying and deceit.
We know what their end will be and must work to stop them as children of God, let us be careful of the Wolf seeking to devour and expose them for who they truly are. Ephesians five 11. Always remember if God, before us, who can be against us, Romans eight 31 as followers of Christ, we are all messages of his word commissioned to teach every nation,
Matthew 28, 18 or 19 and 20, and every creature about this truth, Mark 16, 15, we must first get them to hear the gospel for through hearing comes faith. John Mark, excuse me, Mark. Hm, Romans 10 17. We must teach them to a point of belief in Jesus as the Christ, because we do not want them to be lost in their sin.
John eight 24, we must teach them to a point of repentance because God commands every man everywhere to repent acts 1730. And we must teach that if they want to be confessed by Christ before the father in heaven, they must confess Jesus as the Christ before men, Matthew 10 32, and that confession leads to salvation. Romans 10, nine, and 10.
We must teach the laws that they must be baptized acts 2216, and we must teach and understand ourselves that salvation does not come just because we followed the steps through baptism. We must live faithfully until death to receive our crown of righteousness and heaven. First, John one, six and seven in revelation, two 10. Unlike what you will hear from the false false apostles.
Every step is necessary for salvation. Believing is not enough. You cannot faith into heaven and you are not baptized and always saved. You must follow every step. And if you have yet to heat each step to gain salvation, the waters of baptism already for you. And if you find yourself wavering on the path of righteousness and need the prayers of the scenes for encouragement,
we are here for you because the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much James, five 16, whatever your need, please come forward. As we stand and sing, You be free from the bird and there’s fire in the blond word. You are already a victory when there’s one<inaudible>, there is<inaudible> wonder working and<inaudible><inaudible> would you do serve it’s shirking,
there’s fire in the blah.<inaudible> word. You live day is praises to saying there’s one there and the blah<inaudible> wonder working then<inaudible><inaudible> there is<inaudible> working in<inaudible>. I want to say to Michael, that was a good job he did today for those that this is your first time to be here. Michael is a student at the school of preaching and he has grown tremendously.
He’ll be graduating this year, this coming year, and he’s, he’s been improving all the time. And we’re thankful that he was able to be here today and preach in Erin’s absence. We haven’t preached for several times each month. So good to have our visitors here. I did fail to mention one thing. Jenny’s dad who suffered a stroke. He is at home under hospice care and just doing the best he can.
He has good days and bad days. I think keep him in your prayers as well. I just overlooked announcements for our visitors. We help if you’re continuing your travels, which I know some of you are understand, headed up to Ohio. We wish you well and have a safe trip. And if you’re through this area on the way back home, drop back in and see us again.
We’d love to have you. Our closing ham will be number 878. If I can get through it was saying the first and last versus 878, and we’ll be landing the closing prayer. And Terry will lead us in that prayer. There’s a line that is<inaudible>. And by Fang, when he can see in a fog for the father waits over the way to<inaudible>,
then I swing by and by. We shot me on that<inaudible> then the swing by and by. We shall be on that<inaudible> to our, about Jeff, a father, we went off<inaudible> for the<inaudible> job is<inaudible> then the swing by and by me shot me on that.<inaudible> then the swing by and by. We show me on that<inaudible> show.
So Let’s pray, father Lord in heaven. Again, we find you for this beautiful first day of the week and the opportunity we’ve had to come together as your children to sing songs of praise and to the, into worship day and studied that word. We pray that the things that we have learned here today will help us to strengthen our Christian life and to reach out to others more.
We pray that you’d be with those that are traveling, especially with Aaron and his family who are based in with his, with their family, bring them back safely. We pray that you would be with those that have been mentioned today that are sick and unable to be with us. We pray that you would comfort them and comfort to the families that are tending to them.
We pray that you would go with his Nan and keep us safe during this pandemic and keep us healthy so we can be here together. Christ’s name. We pray. Amen.<inaudible>.
Bulletin – 52 Vol 7 Dec, 27, 2020
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52 Vol 7 Dec, 27, 2020
12-27-2020 – JESUS: Review of Jesus’ First Year of Ministry (Class) & Sneaky False Apostles (M Dale)
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Well, everybody knows Aaron’s not here. We’re going to be doing a, a review of the first year of Jesus’s life, trying to make it through as many of these questions as possible Way. We’ll get this good review going. Let’s begin this morning with the prayer, our Lord in heaven. We thank you for this opportunity. We have to come here and study your word.
And we ask that we glean as much information as possible and soak it up like sponges and be able to use it to further your work and your, and your kingdom. We ask that you be with all of those that are gone now, traveling for the holidays up them to have a safe trip and journey home. And we ask that you be with all of those on our prayer list that are sick and ailing,
and you’d be with them and bring them back to their full health. If it be your will. And thank you again for your son who died on the cross and your son’s name. Amen. All right. So he told me, read the scripture, then read the question and let you guys answer. So that’s how we’re going to do it. Matthew chapter one,
verse two, Abraham, Isaac, and Isaac begat, Jacob and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers, Which was the son of Methuselah, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of<inaudible>, which was the son of Canaan, which was the son of<inaudible>, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam,
which was the son of God. So who was the, what was the first man? And Luke three 37 through 38 mentioned in Jesus’s genealogy. I think, I think that he’s looking for Adam. Yeah, because Adam is the first man mentioned and the genealogy here. So I don’t know why we read 37, 38. It starts from the, from the beginning or from the end and goes all the way to the beginning and Luke.
So, alright, Matthew, one 16 is where I’m going to next. Matthew, one 16 and Jacob, we got Joseph, the husband of Mary of whom was born. Jesus, who is called Christ, named the father and mother of Jesus. Mary and Joseph. Yes. And then Luke three 23. Yeah. Jesus himself began to be about 30 years of age being,
as we’re supposed the son of Joseph, which was the son of heli. How old was Jesus when he began his earthly ministry? 30. Yes. Correct. All right, Matthew, one six is where I’m going next. Matthew one six And Jesse begat David, the King and David, the King begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah was named the second King of Israel who was in the genealogy of Jesus.<inaudible> David.
David was the second King of Israel. First one was Saul. So I think it’s kind of a tricky question, but it’s David, David was the second King who was in the genealogy of Christ. David or David was Saul was not in the genealogy of Christ, but he was the first King. I don’t know. It’s confusing. It’s either David or Solomon the answer.
All right, it’s a Matthew. One, two is next. Oh, we read this one already. Abraham, Isaac and Isaac. We got Jacob and Jacob, you got Judah and his brethren. And then Luke three 34, Luke three 34, which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham,
which was the son of Thora, which was the son of nature. So name the man of great faith through whom God built the Jewish nation. Abraham. Yes. Why are some of John 20, 30 through 31, John chapter, 20, 30 and 31 and many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book.
But these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that believing you might have life through his name. So why are, why are some of the events of Jesus’s early earthly life written? And we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that believing we might have life through his name.
You turn a life, basically. We’re just quoting verse 31 for the answer. What was the profession of Matthew and Luke? What was, does anybody know profession of Matthew tax collector and Luke physician? And what nationality was each man? Yeah. Matthew was a Galilean and Luke was a Grecian. He was from, he was from Greek or he was Greek from Greece.
All right, Luke, one five. There was in the days of Herod the King of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias of the chorus of a Baya. And his wife was the daughters of Aaron and her name was Elizabeth. So who was King of Judea? Yeah. Who was King of Judea? When John the Baptist and Jesus were conceived. Yes,
Luke one, five. And Luke, we just read Luke one five. So I’m not going to read it again. And then Luke one 27 to a Virgin and spouse to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David and the Virgin Virgin’s name was Mary. So name the father and mother of John. The Baptist. Yes. Zacharias and Elizabeth.
Elizabeth and Zacharias were let’s turn to Luke one seven. I have 17 pages of these questions to go through. So I’m going to try to go a little bit fast. And they had no child because that Elizabeth was barren and they both were now well stricken in years. So it was Zachariah and Elizabeth were young middle-aged or old when their only child John was born old.
Yes. Old, see Luke one nine, according to the customer of the priest office, his lot was to burn incense. When he went into the temple of the Lord, where was that? Kariah when the angel Gabriel told him he would have a son was in the temple of the Lord. And then Luke one 26. And in the six month,
the angel Gabriel Was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth. So where was, where was Mary at this time? Nazareth. Yes. And Luke one 17. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias to turn the hearts of the fathers, to the children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the, just to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
According to the angel, speaking to Zechariah, what would be John’s work to prepare a way for the Lord. Yes, correct. And Jesus Luke one 33, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom. There shall be no end. So what was the purpose of Jesus? According to the angels, speaking to Zechariah, what would be John’s work of Jesus anyway,
Jesus, he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom. There shall be no in it. It’s, it’s basically just quoting the, the scripture there. All right. Luke, one 20 and behold thou shall be done and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed because I’ll believe it’s not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
So why was decoration made mute? Yeah, because he, because he did not believe that the angel Gabriel’s words, that’s why, how many months pregnant was Elizabeth when Mary conceived the son of God, Luke one 35 and 36, six months. Yes. Correct. All right, Luke one 41. And it came to pass that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary,
the babe leaped in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy ghost. So what happened when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary? Yep. And she was filled with the Holy ghost and described Mary’s reply, Luke four, one 46 through 55. And Mary said, my soul does magnify the Lord. And my spirit has rejoiced in God. My savior for he hath regarded the lowest state of his handmaiden for behold,
from henceforth. All generations shall call me blessed for he, that is mighty has done to me. Great things. And Holy is his name. And his mercy is on them. That fear him from generation to generation, excuse me. He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has put down the mighty from their seats and exalted them of low degree.
He has filled the hungry with good things and the rich, he has sent empty away. He has hoping his servant Israel and remembrance of his mercy. And as he speak to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever. So how would you describe Mary’s response? Yeah. Yeah. She was a humble servant of God. Praising his awesomeness basically is what I put.
All right, Luke, one 56 and Mary abode with her about three months and returned to her house. So how long did Mary stay with Elizabeth? Three months. I feel like I’m just answering the question and then asking you to repeat it to me. On what day was Elizabeth and Zechariah to name their son, Luke one 59 on the eighth day?
Correct. And it came to pass that on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and called them Zacharias. All right, Luke one 63 and 64. And he asked for a writing table and wrote, seeing his name is John. And they marveled all and his mouth was open immediately and his tongue loose and he speak and praise God. So Zachariah prophesied that his son would give people knowledge.
Oh, sorry. Wrong question. When could Zachariah speak? Yeah. When his son was named John, as soon as he got the name, he was able to speak again. All right, Luke, one 77 To give knowledge of salvation on do as people buy the remission of their sins, Zechariah prophesied that his son would give the people knowledge of what salvation.
Correct. All right, Luke one 80 and the child grew and waxed strong in spirit and was in the deserts until the day of his showing unto Israel. So as he grew older, where did John live until the time for him to appear publicly, Excuse me. In the desert and the desert wilderness who wrote each of the four gospels. That’s an easy question.
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. I went over all these questions last night and barely had to look any of them up as I’m. Now the answer is all right, Matthew, one 20. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream saying Joseph thou, son of David. If you’re not to take unto thee,
Mary thy wife for that, which is conceived in her is of the Holy ghost. Why did Joseph take Mary for his wife? Even though she was already pregnant? Yeah, he was reassured by the angel that it was okay. That she was still a meeting. She was still untouched Matthew one 21. And she shall bring forth a son and shall call his name.
Jesus for, he shall save his people from their sins. So what, and why did the angel instruct Joseph to name the son to be born to Mary? Is the answer Jesus, but why? That’s correct. All right. Matthew one 22 and 23. Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying behold,
a Virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son and they shall call his name. Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God with us. The old Testament, prophets, prophet, Isaiah at Virgin said a Virgin would have a child whose name would be Emmanuel. Yes. Which means God with us. Yes. All right. Luke, two, four,
and Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem because he was of the house and lineage of David. So why did Joseph and Mary have to leave their home to go to Bethlehem in Judea when Jesus was born?<inaudible> Yeah. Yeah, but also because he was of the house and lineage of David.
Yeah. All right, Luke two seven. And she brought forth her first born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the end. So where did Jesus Mary lay Jesus after he was born in Bethlehem, in a manger, Tim through 12 Luke, two, 10 through 12. And the angel said unto them fear,
not for behold. I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people for unto you is born this day in the city of David, a savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. What news did the angel give the shepherds outside Bethlehem<inaudible> That the savior was born and how to find him all right,
Luke, two 17 through and 20. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the scene, which was told them concerning this child and the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen as it was told unto them, after hearing the news and seeing the baby Jesus, what did the shepherds do?<inaudible> And when they had seen it,
they made known abroad to seeing which was told them concerning this child. So they went out, letting everybody know about what they had heard about Jesus, and they also glorify it and praise God in verse 20 and the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen. Okay. So I’m going to just read now the, all the verses that go with it from each book,
and then we’ll just go through and answer the questions. Instead of me reading each verse for each question, I’m going to be reading Luke chapter two 21 through 38, Luke two 21 through 38. And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
And when the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, as it is written in the law of the Lord, every male that opened it, the womb shall be called Holy to the Lord and to offer a sacrifice. According to that, which has said in the law of the Lord,
a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons and behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simon or Simeon, sorry. And the same man was just end of out waiting for the constellation of Israel. And the Holy ghost was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy ghost that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord,
the Lord’s Christ. And he came by the spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the child, Jesus to do for him after the custom of the law, then took he him up in his arms and blessed God and said, Lord, now let us now thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word through 38, okay. For mine eyes,
I’ve seen nice salvation, which thou has prepared before the face of all people, a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people, Israel and Joseph, and his mother marveled at all at those things, which were spoken of him and Simeon blessed them and said unto Mary, his mother, behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel and for a sign which shall be spoken against yay.
A sword shall Pierce through that and own soul. Also that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of funnel, and of the TRIBE of Asur. She was of a great age and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity. And she was a widow of about four score in four years,
which departed, not from the temple, but served God with fasting and prayers night and day. And she came and she coming in that instant gave them things likewise unto the Lord and speak of him to all of them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. And then we’ll read Matthew chapter two verses one through 12 Matthew chapter two verses one through 12. Now Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea.
In the days of Herod the King behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem saying, where is he? That is born King of the Jews for, we have seen his star in the East and are come to worship him. When Herod the King had heard these things. He was troubled and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together,
he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him in Bethlehem of Judea for thus, it is written by the prophet and thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah are not the least among the princes of Judah for out of these shall come. A governor that shall rule my people. Israel then inherit when he had privily called the wise men,
inquired of them diligently, what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, go and search. Deluging diligently for the young child. And when you have found him, bring me word again, that I might come and worship him. Also, when they had heard the King, they departed and lo the star, which they saw in the East went before them,
till it came and stood over where the young child was when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and fell down and worshiped him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts, gold, and frankincense and myrrh,
and being warned of God in a dream. They, that should not return to Herod. They departed into their own country another way. All right. So how old was Jesus when he was named Eight days old? Same as John. Yup. After Mary’s time of purification, where did Joseph and Mary take Jesus to present him to the Lord and temple in Jerusalem?
Yes. Describe Simeon’s spiritual condition. The Holy spirit had promised Simeon that what events would occur before his death. Yeah. He would see the savior of the Lord, the Christ of the Lord. It was adjust and development. And the goalie, the Holy ghost was upon him. That’s the description of his spiritual condition. What did the aged Ana do at the temple?
Yeah, she fasted and prayed day and night. All right. What news of the Wiseman troubled Herod? Yeah, the King of the Jews was born. And how did the Wiseman know where to find Jesus star in the East? What three gifts did the Wiseman bring? Jesus? Well, the frankincense and myrrh. And just because there were three gifts doesn’t mean there were only three wisemen.
There could have been multiple Wiseman. All right. Let’s do Matthew chapter two verses 13 through 23, Matthew two 13 through 23. I asked him if I could have all of y’all read stuff too. And he said they can’t hear that online. So I have to read everything. I’m sorry, 13 through 23, Matthew chapter two. And when they were departed behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou there until I bring the word for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose. He took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt and was there until the death of Herod that it might be fulfilled,
which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying out of Egypt, have I called my son inherited when he saw that he was mocked of the Wiseman was exceeding wroth and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all the coasts thereof from two years old and under one, a monster man, according to that, the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men then was fulfilled that,
which was spoken by Jeremiah, the prophet saying, and ramen was there a voice heard lamination and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they are not. But when Herod was dead behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt saying arise and take the young child and his mother and go into the land of Israel for they are dead,
which sought the young child’s life. And he arose and took the young child in his mother and came into the land of Israel. But when he had heard that arch Elias did reign in Judea and the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go further. Notwithstanding being warned of God in a dream. He turned aside to the parts of Galilee and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth that it might be fulfilled,
which was spoken by the prophets. He shall be called a Nazarene. And then Luke two 39 through 52, Luke chapter two 39 through 52. Cool. And when they had performed all things, according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee to their own city Nazareth. And the child grew and wax strong in the spirit, filled with wisdom.
And the grace of God was upon him. Now, his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. And when he was 12 years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days as they returned the child, Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem and Joseph and his mother knew not of it,
but they supposing him to have been in the company, wins a day’s journey. And they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance and acquaintances. And when they had found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem seeking him. And it came to pass that after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions and all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
And when they saw him, they were amazed and his mother said unto him, son, why has thou thus dealt with us? Behold, thy father. And I have sought the sorrowing. And he said unto them, how is it that she sought me whiskey? Not that I must be about my father’s business. And they understood not the same, which he speak unto them.
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject unto them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man. So after the Wiseman left, where did Joseph take? Mary and Jesus down to Egypt? Correct. Why? Because King Herod was seeking to destroy him.
The angel told them that what age children did Herod have killed in Bethlehem area? In the area of Bethlehem two and under, yeah. Why was Jesus called a Nazarene? Yeah, he lived in Nazareth and it was also prophesied that he would be called a Nazareen. How old was Jesus when he went with his parents to Jerusalem? For the feast of the Passover 12.
Yep. When lost on the Jerusalem trip, where did Jesus’s parents? 10 in the temple. Okay. Since Jesus was the son of God, when he was growing up, he a gave the orders in the family, B gave the orders in the family, but he was obedient to his parents or see, was busy with God’s business away from his family circle B.
Yeah. He gave the orders and listened to me, mom and dad. How did Jesus grow in wisdom and stature and favor with God and with man name, the writer of each of the new of each new Testament letter, the letters of the new Testament. Matthew didn’t write any letters, not. He wrote the gospel. So Paul wrote letters. James wrote letters.
Peter wrote letters, James, the son, or the brother of Jesus, not, not the other genes. John wrote letters. And then Jude, the brother of Jesus wrote a letter. Those are the ones that wrote the letters. They tricked us. They went from gospels, the letters on the next one. All right, let’s read Matthew three,
one through 17. And those days came John, the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea and seeing rip pinchy for the kingdom of heaven is at hand for this is he, that was spoken of by the prophet. Asiah saying the voice of one crying in the wilderness prepare you the way of the Lord make his path straight. And the same. John had his Raymond of camel’s hair and a leathern girdle about his loins and his meat was locusts and wild.
Honey then went out with him, Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region around about Jordan and were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, Oh, generation of Vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come bringing forth, therefore fruits meet for repentance.
And think not to say with yourselves within yourselves, we have Abraham to our father for IC and to you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the ax is lean on unto the roots of the trees. Therefor, every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance,
but he, that cometh after me is mightier than I whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He shall baptize you with the Holy ghost and with fire, whose fan is in his hand. And he will thoroughly purchase floor and gather his wheat into the garner. But he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Then come with Jesus from Galilee to Jordan,
under John to be baptized of him. But John, for bad him saying, I have needed to be baptized of thee and comments down to me. And Jesus answering said unto him, suffer it to be. So now for thus, it become us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him and Jesus. When he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water and lo the heavens were opened unto him.
And he saw the spirit of God, descending like a dove and lighting upon him and lo a voice from heaven saying this is my beloved son in whom I am well-pleased. So what old Testament prophet told about the coming of John? The Baptist Isaiah? Yes. Assayas it says in the King James version, it’s the same person described John, the Baptist clothing and food.
Camel’s hair was his clothes with a leather girdle. And what did he eat? Locusts and wild honey. Yes. John the Baptist said his baptism was for what?<inaudible> Repentance. Yes. How lonely did John describe himself as compared to the coming Jesus? Yep. And he wasn’t even worthy to basically tie his shoes or on tie his shoes. What plays did John the Baptist baptized Jesus in Jordan?
Yes. How did the spirit appear at the baptism of Jesus? Like a dove. And what did the father say? Yeah. As a group, the new Testament books, Romans through Jude are called what? I like those trick questions. They just throw in. They want you to, Oh, by the way, this has nothing to do with the life of Christ.
But what are these group of books called? They’re the letters from Romans through Jude. Those are the letters of the new Testament, the epistles. All right. Matthew four, one through 11<inaudible> Excuse me. Then was Jesus led up of the spirit, into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights,
he was afterward and hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, if that will be the son of God command that these stones be made of bread, but he answered and said, it is written, man shall not live by bread alone. But by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God, then the devil tickets him up into a Holy city instead of him in a pin,
on a pinnacle of the temple and Steph unto him, if that will be the son of God, cast myself down for it is written. He shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in their hands. They shall bear thee up lest any at any time that dash thy foot against the stone, Jesus said unto him. It is written again. Thou shall not tempt the Lord,
thy God. Again, the devil take it them up into an exceeding high mountain and show with him, all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them and Seth unto him, all these things, will I give thee, if that will fall down and worship me then said, Jesus, unto him. Get the hint. Satan for it is written.
Now shall worship the Lord, thy God and him only shout they’ll serve. Then the devil leaveth him and behold angels came and ministered unto him. And then John chapter one 29 through 51, John one 29 through 51. The next day, John sees Jesus coming onto him and Seth behold, the lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world.
This is he of whom I said after me come at the man, which is preferred before me for he was before me and I knew him not, but that he should be made manifest to Israel. Therefore, am I coming baptizing with water and John bear record saying, I saw the spirit descending from heaven, like a dove and in a boat upon him.
And I knew him not, but th but he, that sent me to baptize with water, the same Seth unto upon whom thou shout, see the spirit, descending and remaining on him. The same as he, which baptizes with the Holy ghost. And I saw in bear record that this is the son of God. Again, the next day after John stood and two of his disciples and looking upon Jesus as he walked with,
he said, behold, the lamb of God, and two disciples heard him speak it, speak, and they follow Jesus. Then Jesus turned and saw them following and said unto them, what Sikhi. They said unto him rabbi, which is to say being interpreted master where dwellest thou. He said unto them come and see. They came and saw where he dwells in a bode with him that day for it was about the 10th hour.
One of the two, which heard John speaking and followed him was Andrew Simon Peter’s brother. He first find it his own brother, Simon and Seth unto him. We have found the Messiah, which is being interpreted the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus be held him, he said that weren’t Simon, the son of Jonah thou shall be called CFUs,
which is by interpretation a stone. The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee and find a Phillip and Seth unto him. Follow me. Now, Philip was of Bethsaida the city of Andrew and Peter, fill it, find it Nathaniel and said unto him. We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did right? Jesus of Nazareth,
the son of Joseph and Nathaniel said unto him, can there any good thing come out of Nazareth. Phillip said, unto him, come and see Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him and Seth of him, behold in Israel, EIT, indeed. And whom is no guile. Nathaniel said unto him, wince knowest thou me Jesus answered and said unto him. Before that Philip called the,
when that was under the fig tree, I saw the Nathaniel answered and said unto him, rabbi thou art, the son of God. Now aren’t the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said unto him, because I said unto thee, I saw the under the fig tree. Believe us though. Now shout see greater things than these. And he said unto him,
verily, verily. I say unto you hereafter, you shall see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the son of man. All right. How long did Jesus fast? 40 days and 40 nights. How are you so quiet when you answer name? The three places the devil tempted Jesus First was in the wilderness. Yes. Second was Temptation.
You took him up to the highest pinnacle in Jerusalem on the temple. And then the third place was the highest known. You have very high mountain. All right. Describe each of the three temptations. The devil tried on Jesus. First. He asked him to lust of the, then He asked him to do what<inaudible> To jump down and the angels would save him the pride of life.
And then the last one was yes. Yes. The lust of the eyes bow down and worship me. And you can have all of this. All right. Jesus reacted to the devil’s temptations by eight, ignoring him, be doing what the devil asked or see quoting scriptures, quoting scriptures. Of course. What did Jesus tell the devil to do after the devil had tempted him?
Yeah. Yeah. Behind me get the hint Satan and a lot of other things. According to John, the Baptist, what takes away the sins of the world? Jesus, the lamb of God takes it will come to take it. The, the sins of the world. Name one, man who heard John the Baptist speak and then follow Jesus. I read that in John chapter one,
Andrew, Andrew was the follower of John the Baptist and he heard Jesus and decided to follow, follow Jesus. And then, excuse me, this man brought his brother to Jesus. Who was the brother? Simon. Peter? Yes. Who he called CFUs the stone to which disciple does Jesus say? Follow me John, one 43. It was Philip.
And he told Philip to follow him. And then which disciple does Jesus describe events of his sitting under a fig tree? Nathaniel? Yes. All right. Let’s see. How long has John chapter two? We only have a few minutes left. So I’m going to just go through these questions and see if you can answer them. And if not, I will give you the answer because we don’t have time to read everything.
Now we’re at the wire who went with Jesus to the wedding in Cana of Galilee, where he performed his first miracle. Yeah, his mother and his, his disciples that he had at the time described Jesus’s first miracle and the quality of the wine<inaudible> Change the water into wine. And what kind of wine was it? It was like fresh squeezed, grape juice,
fresh squeezed grape juice. What was the effect on Jesus’s disciples? Seeing him change the water to wine. Yeah. They believed on him. They believed that he was Jesus. When Jesus was to observe the Passover at the temple. Where did he find men selling animals and changing money and the temple? Yes. How did Jesus drive out those selling animals and changing money in the temple?
Yep. He made a whip out of some chords. He turned over the tables. He dumped out their money from their bowls. It was great. What did Jesus mean when he said destroy this temple? And in three days I will raise it up. Yeah. Kill my body in three days. I’ll be resurrected. It was prophesying. When did Jesus’ disciples recall this statement?
Perfect. Yeah, after he had risen, how many books are there and the new Testament? 27 books. 27 books. All right. Of what group of the Jews was Nicodemus? Do we remember? Yes. He was a Pharisee. Good. You guys are getting like on the spot questions that you can answer for? Bible Nicodemus came to talk with Jesus at the morning.
The noon time or night at night? Yes. How did Jesus tell Nicodemus to be born again? John three 33 through six. Yeah. He had to be born of water and the spirit he had to be born of the spirit is what he said. What did Jesus tell Nicodemus that a person must believe to have eternal life? Yeah. He had to believe that he was the only begotten son of God.
All right. What did John the Baptist say about his growing importance in relation to Jesus? No, I must decrease so he can increase basically. Why did John the Baptist Baptists criticized Herod? Yeah. That’s a different time. Actually. The first time it was just for all the evil he had done. He was just criticizing for all the evil he had done.
And how did Herod punished on the baptized Baptist for his criticism now? That’s later he threw him in prison. Yes. Correct. All right. So I’m guessing that everybody has all of these. He told me not to print them off cause everybody should have them already. I only missed a couple of lessons, so we’ll just see if he wants to continue on with that when he gets back,
because he already told me what I’m supposed to be doing on Wednesday. So We’ll take a break Just to see us today and we’re glad to have them here. And they do know Richard Bell. For those of you that remember Richard is they used to live here in worship with us and we, we really loved them and appreciated them, but we’re glad to have them with us.
And we have a few of our own number here, but we do, we are here worshiping God. And that’s what counts. We do want to remember those that are not able to be with us. Those are at home watching the live stream. We’re thinking about y’all and praying for you. And we hope that everyone is doing well. It’s been a trying time,
but we’re still doing what God wants us to do. And we’re trying to, trying to glorify him and trying to lead others to his word, to become children of his. So just keep that in mind and everything will be fine. Just keep eyes on the Lord and try to do his will. And, and we’ll be good. We do won’t to,
if he failed to pick up your communion, it’s in the back of the auditorium on those tables and now would be a good time to get that. If you did not pick it up on the way in, we would ask that our visitors, if you don’t mind, please fill out an attendance card so that we might have a record of you being here.
We certainly appreciate that. And we hope if you’re back this way, we want to invite you to come back and stop by and see us again. We do want to remember those that are ill or the congregation, Joan Springer is at home. I didn’t get a chance to speak to Marie, but she’s still having difficulties some good days, some bad days.
So keep her in your prayers, Robin woods. We won’t also remember her. And then Jessica Dale is still having problems with her stomach, stomach problems. And we hope and pray that she they’ll be able to determine exactly what’s going on with her and help relieve her of, of that. She’s been dealing with that for quite some time. Remember Dorothy and Rodale Wilson.
They’re still at home and Rodale has lost a, of his family members. And we want to remember them in our prayers and both of them were in a very bad health. So keep them in mind. Jane and Marlin is doing well after her knee replacement surgery. And we’re thankful for that. And Cheryl’s dad has a fractured spine and I guess he’s doing as well as possible.
He’s in a brace. And I wanna remember them. I know Cheryl has a difficult time from time to time and we want to pray that she does. Okay. And taking care of her mom and dad, Keith Cozort that’s Aaron’s dad had two stents put in and he’s doing fine. He’s at home. And I think progressing along well. So in that same note,
we want to remember Aaron and Eddie and the boys they’re up there visiting with family and not be able to be with us. And we want to pray that everything goes well for them. They will be coming back later on this week, I believe around Thursday. They’re supposed to be back in back home here. So keep them in your prayers. Amy Cox is dad.
Alvin Griffin is in rehab after having a stroke, Amy and Chad used to worship here and it’s her dad. And we certainly hope that everything will go well for him. They’re just, they’re waiting to see how that’s going to work out. Natalie temple, Diane O’Neill’s nephew’s wife found out her cancer has returned. So we want to remember Diana’s nephew’s wife and pray that she,
they can actually get hurt the treatment that she needs at this time to help her do better. And then Jane’s, Sconiers that’s Diana’s aunt is back in the hospital with pneumonia and congestive heart failure. And we’re certainly, we’re sorry to hear about that on to pray for all of these individuals, that they can regain their health and come back to some reasonable amount of life.
As far as health goes, our daily Bible reading plan, and this is listed in each bullet and every Sunday and beginning of the first of the year, it will be. And in chronological order. So if you might notice it’s different perhaps from the one we used to use, where we were just reading the scriptures from Genesis to revelation, this is going to be in chronological order.
So we encourage everybody to be sure and pick up a bullet and then try to keep up with our daily Bible readings. I believe that saw the announcements that I have. I’ll be directing the song service this morning, and I hope you bear with me. We had someone else plan for this and could not make it. And you know, my throat goes out on me pretty much and I,
I might have to get Murray. His does the same thing. So maybe between the both of us, if mine just plays completely out, I might have to call on Marie to come up and take care of the rest of it. So, but we’ll, we’ll do the best we can. Eric Halverson has our opening prayer. Michael Dale has our sermon today.
Tommy O’Neil will be taken care of the Lord’s supper. And then at the closing we have Terry Sanderson will be leading us in our closing prayer. So if you would now most of the songs except for the invitation and the closing him will be on their overhead. The rest of those two, we’ll have to use our books. We’ll begin this morning with have that own way.
Number 552 should be on the overhead. After this song, we will have our opening prayer.<inaudible> I am the clay<inaudible> Mo man<inaudible> man<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> Searchie man, TRIBE me master today, a wider then snow wash me<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> and then on way, Lord, have I known what? Hey, hold on my being absolutes<inaudible> damn with ice fam and<inaudible> Christ on the,
ah, when living in me, God, our father in heaven, we come to you at this time, thanking you for another glorious day here on earth, thanking you for the ability for us to be able to assemble here, to sing songs of praise, your great name and worship you here in this assembly. Lord, we know there are many amongst us that are unable to be here for various reasons.
And we ask that you reach your loving arms out to them and provide the comfort that they need, that they seek from you on a daily basis. And if it be your will help those that are administering to them to find the right solutions to make their health better so that they can return to their desired measure health. And most importantly returned to assemble here with us to worship you,
God, we also know that there are those amongst us that have lost loved ones. Recently, we asked that you comfort those in only the way that you can. And we also know that there are many amongst us traveling because of the holiday season. And we asked him if it’d be your will provide them safe journey to their destination and return to where they plan on going after the holidays are over.
Now God, as we prepare to hear another portion of your word, that Michael is about to bring to us, we ask that you help each and every one of us focus on the message that he brings from your word so that we may understand it fully and use it in our lives to help serve you better. Because we know that is what we are truly here for is to serve you.
And Lord, we ask that you give each and every one of us to strengthen the courage we need so that when we come across those that have either fallen away from your word, or unfortunately have not opened their heart to your word yet that we reach out to them and bring your message and your word to them so that they may have the same opportunity that we do.
And that is to live with you for eternity and heaven. One day, we want to thank you for your son, Jesus, because it was him that made all this possible. We pray all this through his name. Amen Before comedian, but he numbers 383, 383. He’s an escape man here. The cross<inaudible> stream flow is from<inaudible> and<inaudible><inaudible> damn I right?
Sure. So Shopify rest be a<inaudible> NAFTA, CRA trembling. So love and<inaudible> that’s Bri and Morningstar<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> my ride sharing. So Shopify rest me.<inaudible> Nat CRA. So I’ve got<inaudible> army up man from day to day with<inaudible><inaudible> and across<inaudible> damn my ride sharing. So Shafai rest being a<inaudible> H Lawrence Day. We have the privileged eight with this bread and drink of this cup to remember the death of our Lord and savior and the sacrifice that he made each one for each one of us,
would you probably with me, our heavenly father. We truly thank you for Christ. Our savior. We thank you for this bread to us represents his body. That was hung on a cross. We pray that if we partake of it, that each one of us would dwell on the horrible death across God for each one of us, these things we ask in his name,
amen, our heavenly father. We continue our thanks for this fruit of the vine, which to us represents the blood of her savior she had for our sins, as we partake of it, help each one of us to do so with humble and thankful to heart. These things we ask in Christ’s name, amen.<inaudible> with me, Our heavenly father.
We thank you for all of the blessings. If we unjoin this lie, we thank you for all of the material blessings that we enjoy in this country. We know that all we have to do is to look at the news to realize truly how blessed we are. We pray that as we prepared to return under the, a part of that, that we’ve been blessed with,
we would do so with a cheerful and thankful heart. These things we ask in Christ’s name, amen. You would be marking your books for number 903. That would be our song of encouragement. Number nine Oh three will be our song of encouragement.<inaudible> I will be singing number 609, six Oh nine. Okay.<inaudible> I am not a<inaudible><inaudible> this word<inaudible> for mass is strong.<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> my worth.
And this name<inaudible><inaudible> up or it’s for me.<inaudible> And, and now Michael Morning, everybody. Okay. This morning, I’m going to be preaching on being aware of Satan sneaky apostles. Our main tax is going to be taken from second Corinthians chapter 11, verses 13 through 15, second Corinthians chapter 11, verses 13 through 15 for such are false apostles.
Deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ and no Marvel for Satan himself has transformed into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing. If his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works, the children of the Lord must be aware of false teachers appearing to preach the gospel of Christ.
I’m sure most of us in here at one point in time in our lives have heard the story of little red riding hood and a sweet little girl skipping through the woods with her basket of goodies on her way to her grandma’s house. While the ever stocking Wolf lingers in the shadows, watching her, waiting for her to get to a point where he can devour her.
I remember it well because at one point in time, the Wolf ran ahead of her, went to her grandmother’s house, ate up the grandmother and then put her clothes on and laid in bed, waiting for red riding hood. When she came, he ate her up too, but false apostles, like the Wolf in the story are good at disguising themselves to make what they are seeing sound really appealing to us.
Every time we see a fossil parcel, we notice something, a false apostles are always dressed. Really nice, like the Wolf and grandma’s clothes, false apostles, say all the things you want to hear, the better to see you with my dear. The better to hear you with my dear says the Wolf false apostles never actually speak the whole truth. The better to eat you with.
And he gobbled her up false apostles are lovers of money. And that is really all they care about lining their pockets while they sit back and watch you fall into sin all the while thinking that you are safe. You’re okay. Do you remember how the story of little red riding hood ended? It ended with a hero. The lumberjack comes rushing in. He kills the Wolf,
cuts them open and pools, red riding hood and his grandma and her grandmother out of, out of his stomach to safety here. As we read in second Corinthians chapter 11, 13 through 15 Paul who predates the Wolf story by quite a while, comes through inspiration of God, our true savior to warn and save the Corinthian church from the false apostles workers of the real Wolf.
Satan, The moral of the story is the children of the Lord must be aware of false teachers appearing to be preachers of the gospel to help us understand who these false apostles are. Paul through inspiration gives us a description. We have a description of the false apostles themselves. We have a description of the false apostles master, and then we have a description of the false apostles end.
Let us first consider the description. Paul gives us of the false apostles themselves. You will know the false apostles by their work. They are deceitful workers. He says in verse 13 of second, Corinthians 11 for such are false apostles, deceitful workers. They will pervert the gospel turn with me to Galatians chapter one, verses six and seven Galatians chapter one verses six and seven.
The very next book, Marvel that’s ER, so soon removed from him. That called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel, which is not another, but there’ll be some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ. These spots, apostles pervert the gospel of Christ. They will unsettle your soul acts chapter 15 and verse 24 acts 1524<inaudible> For as much as we have heard that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words,
subverting your souls, saying you must be circumcised and keep the law to whom we gave no such commandment. There’s the birding, our souls. They speak perverse things acts 20 and verse 30 acts chapter 20 and verse 30. Also have your own selves. Shall men arise? Speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them, they speak these perverse things. These false apostles do to draw you away from Christ and his true word.
They will speak a different gospel, a gospel let’s turn back to Galatians chapter one, Galatians chapter one, and we’ll read verses eight and nine Paul through the inspiration writes. But though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you than that, which we have preached unto you. Let him be a cursed, as we said before. So say I now again,
if any man preach any other gospel unto you, then that you have received. Let him be a curse. Paul is warning us up front already back 2000 years ago, almost that there’s going to be false apostles coming into us and trying to teach us another gospel, something that’s not right. And there ought to be a cursed false apostles. Also transform themselves.
They will disguise themselves. Let’s go back to our original text. Second Corinthians chapter 11, and we’ll read verse 13 again. Second Corinthians 11 and verse 13.<inaudible> For such are false apostles. Deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. They, they make themselves look like they’re from Christ. They will disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Read verse 15,
just a couple of verses down. Therefore it is no great thing. If his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, they’re going to try to make themselves seem like they’re good. So you will follow them. Why most of the time, so they can line their pockets. They’re sneaky. These false apostles are sneaky. Turn with me to Galatians chapter two,
one book over chapter two and verse four relations to four. And that because of false brethren, unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our Liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage and to bondage under Satan. They’re sneaky. They come in sneakily and they want to draw you away from Christ because they are Savage wolves among sheep acts chapter 20 in verse 29.
Let’s read this description, acts chapter 20 and verse 29. Excuse me. I’m having some allergy problems for, I know this that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you not just wolves, grievous wolves, these wolves are hungering for you not sparing the flock. They’re not going to spare anyone. They will disguise themselves. Even as sheep. These wolves will be masters of disguise.
Matthew chapter seven, turn with me to Matthew chapter seven and verse 15. Jesus tells us beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing. But inwardly, they are ravening wolves. They may look like one of us, but inwardly, they are hungering to pull you way to, to Satan, to pull you away to sin. But how can we tell who these false apostles are?
You will know them by their fruit. Jesus says Matthew chapter seven, verses 16 through 20 let’s continue reading here in Matthew chapter seven, Jesus said says, you shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles even so every good tree brings forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bring it forth. Evil fruit, a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit.
Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits. You shall know them. They are going to, they will never practice righteousness. These false apostles don’t practice righteousness at all. Turn with me to John chapter three, verses seven through ten first John chapter three verses seven through 10 John through inspiration writes little children.
Let no man deceive you. He that do with righteousness is righteous. Even as he is righteous. He, that committed sin is of the devil for the devil Senate. From the beginning for this purpose, the son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin for his seed remain within him.
And he cannot sin because he is born of God. And this the children of God are manifest. And the children of the devil whosoever does not. Righteousness is not of God, neither. He that loveth not his brother. To me. That’s one of the main things. If you can see someone is pulling away, they’re not really loving towards you and the,
and the worship service. That’s someone you need to look out for. There is no good. And these false apostles turn with me. Second, Peter chapter two, that’s one book up second, Peter chapter two verses 10 through 19, but chief Lee, them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise government presumptuous are they self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignities,
whereas angels, which are greater in power and might bring not accusations against them before the Lord. But these as natural brute beasts, he says, made to be taken and destroyed, speak of, speak evil of the things that they understand, not and shall utter utterly perish in their own corruption and shall receive the reward of unrighteousness. As they, that count it pleasure to riot in the daytime spots they are and blemishes supporting sporting themselves with their own receivings while they feast with you having eyes full of adultery.
And that cannot cease from sin. Beguiling unstable souls and heart. They have exercised with covetous practices, cursed children, what ha, which have forsaken the right way and are gone astray. Following the way of bailing. The son of Bowser who loved the wages of unrighteousness, but was rebuked for his iniquity. The dumb donkey speaking with man’s voice for bad,
the madness of the prophet. These are Wells without water, these false prophets Wells, without water clouds that are carried with a Tempest, they go wherever the wind blows them to whom the midst of darkness is reserved forever for when they speak great swelling, words of vanity. They allure through the lust of the flesh through much wantonness. Those that were clean,
escaped from them who live in error while they promise them Liberty. They themselves are the servants of corruption for whom a man is overcome of the scene. As he brought in bondage, they stand up here and they preach to you. A sermon of Liberty. Faith only once saved, always saved. And all the while you think you are saved, when really you are looking to destruction,
let us consider what an apostle is here and apostle in the Greek is Apostolos which according to theorists, Greek lexicon is one who is sent forth with orders to be an apostle, even a false apostle. They must have one who has sent them thus through Paul’s writing and the, to the church in Corinth. We have a description of the false apostles master the false apostles master clearly as Satan,
he has shown to be their master by Paul and second Corinthians chapter 11. Let’s go back to our original texts. Second Corinthians chapter 11 and verses 13 and 14, second Corinthians 11, 13 and 14 for such are false apostles. Deceitful workers transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ and no Marvel for Satan himself has transformed into an angel of light Satan himself.
Jesus said that Satan is these false apostles father turn with me to John chapter eight, the gospel of John chapter eight verses 44 through 46, Seven John eight 44, three 47. Jesus States Of these false teachers year of your father, the devil that and the loss of your father, you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode,
not in truth because there is not truth in him. When we, when he speak, if a lie, he speaks of his own for he is a liar and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, you believe me, not, which of you convinced me of sin. And I say the truth. Why do you not believe me?
He, that is of God. Heareth God’s words either. Ye therefore hear them not because he are not of God. These false apostles not only teach falsely because of Satan, their father, the father of lies. They, they completely shun righteousness. Then the right word, they practice sin. Thus they are of their father. The devil turned back with me to first John chapter three in verse eight first John chapter three and verse eight.
He, that committed sin is of the devil for the devil. Sinneth from the beginning for this purpose, the son of God was manifest that he might destroy the works of the devil. Satan is also crafty and disguise. This is where his apostles false apostles learn. He decides disguises himself as an angel of light, second Corinthians 13 or 11 and verse 14.
And no Marvel for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. He wants you to come to him. So he’s not going to appear as he is. He’s going to appear as a messenger of God as a, as a angel of light. He, as we all know, he also disguised himself as a serpent once upon a time. And Paul get reiterated this to the church at Corinth and verse three of chapter 11,
just a few verses up. If you look at verse three, but I fear less by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety. So your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ, Seton employees, deceit to lead the saved astray. He is a liar, John eight 44, the gospel of John chapter eight. Let’s read it again.
And verse 44, ye are of your father, the devil and the less of your father. You will do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode, not in truth because there is no truth in him. When he speak at the Y, he speaks with of his own for, he is a liar and the father of it, the father of lies.
He lied from the very beginning of time. Let’s go to Genesis chapter three, all the way back to the beginning, Genesis chapter three, and read verses one through five Genesis Chapter three, one through five. Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the field, which the Lord God had made. And he said, the woman, yea, hath God said,
ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden. It starts off subtly. You shall not eat of every tree of the garden. Of course he knew God told them they could eat every tree of the garden. And the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, but of the fruit of the tree,
which is in the midst of the garden. God has said, you shall not eat of it. Neither shall ye touch it. Lest he die. And the serpent said unto the woman, he changes one word and it turns the whole thing into a lie. You shall not surely die. He says for God death, not, no, God doesn’t know that in the day you eat thereof and he appeals to their vanity,
then your eyes shall be open. And he shall be as gods. He says, knowing good and evil. Satan is a tricky beast. He has deceived the whole world from the beginning. And to the end, let’s go all the way to revelation revelation, chapter 12 and verse nine, revelation 12 and verse nine. And the great dragon was cast out that old serpent called the devil and Satan,
which deceive it the whole world. He was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him. He deceives the whole world all the way from Genesis, all the way down to revelation. He never stops trying to deceive the world. He was sent. He has sent his workers throughout the entire world to, to, so his madness first,
John chapter four in verse one first John chapter four and verse one, John writes beloved believe not every time the spirit, but try the spirits. Whether they are of God, because as many false prophets are gone out into the world. Many, not one, not a hundred, not a thousand, but many are out there trying to bring us away from God because Satan is relentless.
He roams the earth looking to do evil. We read of this when he’s look into torture job and job chapter one in verse seven, job chapter one and verse seven. And the Lord said unto Satan come SL as if God didn’t know, right then Satan answered the Lord and said, from going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down,
it he’s out there. He’s going to and fro on the earth. He’s walking up and down at everywhere. He possibly can to seek your soul because Satan is waiting to devour you. First, Peter chapter five in verse eight, we’re told through inspiration of the Holy spirit. Peter writes in first Peter chapter five and verse eight, be sober. We are to be sober,
be vigilant. We are to be village in because your adversary, the devil as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking. He may devour. He’s not just waiting for you to come. He’s out there seeking you, waiting to devour you. There’s a reason we are given these descriptions of the false apostles and their master Satan. This is so we can resist them.
First, Peter chapter five, verse nine, whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished and your brethren that are in the world, we must resist him. Now let us consider that. Paul gives us hope by giving us a description of the false apostles end, their end will be according to their words. Paul writes of this to the church at Corinth,
back in our original texts. Second Corinthians chapter 11 and verse 15, second Corinthians 11, 15. Therefore it is no great thing. If his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works, they will meet Swift destruction. Second, Peter chapter two in verse one second, Peter chapter two and verse one,
but there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privileged shall bring in damnable, heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves Swift destruction. Their destruction is going to be Swift as liars. They will be thrown into the Lake of fire revelation, chapter 21 and verse eight, revelation 21 and verse eight,
But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and I Dodgers and all liars, all false apostles are liars shall have their part in the Lake, which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. Their end is utter destruction. We can read of this and Philippians chapter three and verse 19, Philippians chapter three and verse 19,
whose end is destruction whose God is their belly and whose glory is their shame who mind earthly things. These false apostles will need and utter destruction. And that’s why we need to watch out for them. So we don’t end up with the same destruction. God is going to judge the false apostles, just like he judges everyone. Jesus will tell them to depart in the end,
turn with me to Matthew chapter seven, again, Matthew chapter seven, and we’ll read verses 21 through 23. Yeah, Matthew seven 21 through 23. Not everyone that Seth unto me, Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. But he, that do it. The will of my father, which is in heaven, many will say to me in that day,
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in their name? And in the name of cast out devils and in my name have done many wonderful works. I think of the, the people out there who lay their hands on people and try to give them the Holy spirit to them and things like that. They’ve done all of these mighty magnificent works in his name.
And then will I profess unto them? I never know. I knew you depart from me, ye that work iniquity, what a terrible feeling to be before Jesus and telling him all of these awesome works that you’ve done. And for him to say, I never knew you depart from me. They will be judged according to their deeds. Turn with me to Romans chapter two,
Romans chapter two, let’s all turn there. Romans chapter two. And we’ll read, this is a little bit of a lengthy reading, but I want to read it Matthew or Romans chapter two verses one through 16, therefore, or thou art inexcusable. Oh man. Whosoever thou art that judges for wearing now judges to another they’ll condemn us thyself for thou that judges does the same things,
but we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them, which commit such things and think is now this, Oh man, that judges them, which do such things and dust the same and now shall escape the judgment of God or despise the Sal, the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long suffering. Not knowing that the goodness of God lead a theory to repentance,
but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurer stuff onto the ice self wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteousness, judgment of God, righteous judgment of God, who will render to every man, according to his deeds, to them who by patient countenance and well-doing seek the glory and honor of immortality eternal life, but unto them that are contentious and do not obey the truth,
but obey on righteousness, dig nation and wrath, tribulation, and angry wish upon every soul of man that do with evil of the Jew first and also of the Gentile, but glory honor and peace to every man that works with good to the Jew first and also the Gentile for there is no respecter of persons with God, for as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law.
And as many as I’ve sin in the law shall be judged by the law for not the heroes of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified for when the Gentiles, which have not the law do by nature. The things contained in the law. These having not the law are a law unto themselves, which show the work of the law written in their hearts.
Their conscience also bearing witness and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another. And the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus, according to my gospel, let us also consider second Peter chapter two in verses four through nine second, Peter chapter two verses four through nine, God spared, not the angels that sin, God didn’t even spare the angels that sinned.
He chased them down, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgment and spared, not the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemn them with an overthrow,
making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly. These are our examples. We are supposed to pay attention to our examples from God and deliver just lot vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked for that righteous man dwelling among them and seeing, and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day, what their unlawful deeds, the Lord Noah, how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.
The children of the Lord must be aware of false teachers appearing to be preachers of the gospel. Last we be led astray. We have our helps from Paul right here in second Corinthians, chapter 11. It’s like a wanted poster. We have the dis there description so we can see who they are. We know who their master is, thus, what they practice lying and deceit.
We know what their end will be and must work to stop them as children of God, let us be careful of the Wolf seeking to devour and expose them for who they truly are. Ephesians five 11. Always remember if God, before us, who can be against us, Romans eight 31 as followers of Christ, we are all messages of his word commissioned to teach every nation,
Matthew 28, 18 or 19 and 20, and every creature about this truth, Mark 16, 15, we must first get them to hear the gospel for through hearing comes faith. John Mark, excuse me, Mark. Hm, Romans 10 17. We must teach them to a point of belief in Jesus as the Christ, because we do not want them to be lost in their sin.
John eight 24, we must teach them to a point of repentance because God commands every man everywhere to repent acts 1730. And we must teach that if they want to be confessed by Christ before the father in heaven, they must confess Jesus as the Christ before men, Matthew 10 32, and that confession leads to salvation. Romans 10, nine, and 10.
We must teach the laws that they must be baptized acts 2216, and we must teach and understand ourselves that salvation does not come just because we followed the steps through baptism. We must live faithfully until death to receive our crown of righteousness and heaven. First, John one, six and seven in revelation, two 10. Unlike what you will hear from the false false apostles.
Every step is necessary for salvation. Believing is not enough. You cannot faith into heaven and you are not baptized and always saved. You must follow every step. And if you have yet to heat each step to gain salvation, the waters of baptism already for you. And if you find yourself wavering on the path of righteousness and need the prayers of the scenes for encouragement,
we are here for you because the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much James, five 16, whatever your need, please come forward. As we stand and sing, You be free from the bird and there’s fire in the blond word. You are already a victory when there’s one<inaudible>, there is<inaudible> wonder working and<inaudible><inaudible> would you do serve it’s shirking,
there’s fire in the blah.<inaudible> word. You live day is praises to saying there’s one there and the blah<inaudible> wonder working then<inaudible><inaudible> there is<inaudible> working in<inaudible>. I want to say to Michael, that was a good job he did today for those that this is your first time to be here. Michael is a student at the school of preaching and he has grown tremendously.
He’ll be graduating this year, this coming year, and he’s, he’s been improving all the time. And we’re thankful that he was able to be here today and preach in Erin’s absence. We haven’t preached for several times each month. So good to have our visitors here. I did fail to mention one thing. Jenny’s dad who suffered a stroke. He is at home under hospice care and just doing the best he can.
He has good days and bad days. I think keep him in your prayers as well. I just overlooked announcements for our visitors. We help if you’re continuing your travels, which I know some of you are understand, headed up to Ohio. We wish you well and have a safe trip. And if you’re through this area on the way back home, drop back in and see us again.
We’d love to have you. Our closing ham will be number 878. If I can get through it was saying the first and last versus 878, and we’ll be landing the closing prayer. And Terry will lead us in that prayer. There’s a line that is<inaudible>. And by Fang, when he can see in a fog for the father waits over the way to<inaudible>,
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So Let’s pray, father Lord in heaven. Again, we find you for this beautiful first day of the week and the opportunity we’ve had to come together as your children to sing songs of praise and to the, into worship day and studied that word. We pray that the things that we have learned here today will help us to strengthen our Christian life and to reach out to others more.
We pray that you’d be with those that are traveling, especially with Aaron and his family who are based in with his, with their family, bring them back safely. We pray that you would be with those that have been mentioned today that are sick and unable to be with us. We pray that you would comfort them and comfort to the families that are tending to them.
We pray that you would go with his Nan and keep us safe during this pandemic and keep us healthy so we can be here together. Christ’s name. We pray. Amen.<inaudible>.
A Fair Test – Daniel 1
The king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar gives an order. He appoints a daily portion of his wine and delicacies to be given to certain young men who were in training for positions in his government as wise men and leaders. Yet, four of the young men cannot accept.
Daniel, Hananiah, Michael, and Azariah are from Jerusalem. These four are among the best young men in Judah. When the Babylonian king besieges Judah, He will carry them and many others like them back to Babylon to train for his courts.
Daniel and his friends know that the appointed food would be delicious to eat. They also know what God spoke through Moses to their ancestors. They cannot taste these delicacies nor drink this intoxicating wine. Doing so would make them unclean before God and cause them to sin against His commands.
They request an alternative for themselves. Daniel petitions the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. The petition is met with hesitancy by the head of the eunuchs. Why should he endanger his life that Daniel might do this?
Daniel seeks a third alternative. Daniel 1:12-13 reads, “Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance be examined before you, and the appearance of the young men who eat the portion of the king’s delicacies; and as you see fit, so deal with your servants.”
The test is approved. “And at the end of ten days their features appeared better and fatter in flesh than all the young men who ate the portion of the king’s delicacies.” (Daniel 1:15). God blesses Daniel, Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael for their faithfulness. Upon examination by the King, they surpass all his magicians and astrologers in wisdom and understanding.
There are a few lessons here for us today. When we are faced with a choice to do good or evil, we ought always to choose the good. After we decide to do good, we must not back down from that choice when unbelievers stand in our way. Finally, when we choose the right action and persevere, we should prepare ourselves for God’s blessings and give thanks to the One who cares for us.
12-23-2020 – Hebrews 11-13 (Live)
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We’ll begin with a brief prayer as we normally do. And then we’ll have some concluding thoughts and just informational things at the end, let’s begin with a word of prayer, our gracious father in heaven, we bow before you grateful for the day you’ve given to us the life that we have, the honor that we have to serve you. We pray that you will be with us as we go through this period of this holiday season during this time where some of us are separated from one another,
but we might be close to those many others whom we love. We pray for those who were separated from their loved ones in their family because of health reasons. And we pray that they might have the strength to be courageous and, and comforted at this time, pray that you watch over them as they go throughout their daily lives. We pray for those who are struggling and with illnesses,
especially those who are dealing with COVID at this time or mindful of congregations that are mourning the loss of loved ones because of this disease. And we pray that they will have comfort in hard times as well. We pray for continued health among all those of our congregation. And we pray for all those whom they love all this. We pray in Jesus name,
amen. As Hebrews chapter 10 concludes Hebrews chapter 10 ends with these words. But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul, the Hebrews writer wants these Christians to know that he knows who they are. He knows what they’ve been through. He knows what they believe and what they were taught.
And he has confidence in them. The way God had confidence in the righteous people in Judah in the days of Habakkuk, when God told Habakkuk the just shall live by faith. Now that didn’t mean that the just didn’t undergo difficulty. Imagine you were Daniel, Hannah and I as riot Michelle. And you found yourself carted off as a young man to Babylon.
Now, did you experience difficulty? Yes. But did God provide for you? Yes. And so God tells Habakkuk the just shall live by faith. The Hebrew writer tells these Christians, the just shall live by faith. And if anyone draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. And the Hebrew writer says, but we know you. We know you and you’re not going to draw back.
You’re going to remain faithful. That brings us to chapter 11, verse one. Now the Hebrew writer says faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence as the new King, James puts it of things not seen beginning. At this point in the, in the passage, the Hebrew writer is going to begin from here and the entire chapter, all of chapter 11 and into chapter 12 is a discussion of people who by faith obeyed not having seen the promise.
Now go to the end of chapter 11 and let’s set this discussion. He says beginning in verse 36 of chapter 11, still others had trial of mockings and scourgings yes, and have chains and imprisonment. They were stoned. They were sawn into, they were tempted slain with the sword they wandered about in sheepskins. And goatskins being destitute afflicted, tormented of whom the world was not worthy.
They wandered in deserts and mountains and dens and caves of the earth and all these having obtained a good testimony through faith did not receive the promise. The entire chapter is about those who were faithful because of God’s word, their faith. Having heard, having believed what God said, having been promised some thing they were faithful and didn’t give up, even though he says all these never obtained the promise,
what he doesn’t mean is he doesn’t mean God promised them something and didn’t deliver yet. They were faithful in a way that no, no, no. That’s not what he’s talking about. He’s saying the promise, the promise that they were looking for all ultimately was a spiritual promise and any terminal promise in contrast to a physical promise, they received the physical things though.
They may not have received them in their day. The future generations might have, but they did all of it and obeyed by faith, looking for a promise that they never obtained in their lifetime on the earth, God, verse 40, having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. So he’s talked about the blood of Christ,
which flowed backwards for their forgiveness, flowed forwards for our forgiveness. And he said they didn’t receive those better things apart separate from us. But instead we were an integral part of their promise. So we begin in chapter 11, okay. With a discussion of faithful people in the old Testament, he says, verse two for by it, the elders obtained a good testimony.
He’s talking about faith. He’s talking about confidence in things that are not seen. Verse six. We’re just going to mention it here. We’ll cover it when we get there. But he says, without faith, it is impossible to please God, please him for he, that cometh to him or he who comes to God must believe that he is. And that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him two basic premises that he lays forward here for an obedient.
Faith is number one, the belief that God is the belief in his existence and that he is what he said he Is. And number two, That he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. Every single one of the people listed all the way throughout this chapter had faith that God would reward them for obedience. In other words, that when God promised something,
the reward he promised he would deliver, okay, this is not a pie in the sky. God’s going to do wonderful things in my life because I’m obedient to him. This isn’t every day’s going to be good because I’m faithful to God. This isn’t anything like that. This is God will reward those. According to his promises who are faithful, according to his promises,
okay? That’s the point of chapter 11. So he begins with Abel Verse four, Actually, let’s, let’s go back to verse two for a minute for, by at the elder. So he’s talking about those who came before the elders obtained a good testimony by faith. We understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. So that the things which are seen were not made of things which are Visible.
He says, you look at the world around you and the things you see, don’t Clearly demonstrate where they originated because They originated by the word of God. And yet he says, we understand that the things which aren’t seen have an impact on the things which are seen. And so the faith is the substance. The Undergirding of own Understanding of things hoped for that is things confidently assured of the use of hope in the Hebrew writers.
Writing is again, not a leap in the dark, not faith without evidence. It is instead the confident assurance of testimony that is the confident assurance of God’s word. So he says that faith is the substance, the undergirding of the things that have been confidently promised by God and in which we have assurance the evidence of things we have not seen. And then he goes to creation to say,
Here you go, you see This, but you know, it didn’t originate itself. There are some people today who Still believe it originated itself. How foolish, where did the first thing come from? They have no, cause They have no origination point. They have no substance whereby they can get the very first thing, because back of the first thing,
there had to be something in that case that is first physical thing. The back of all that is God and his word. So by faith, we understand verse three, that the worlds were framed by the word of God. So that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. And then he’s going to begin with Abel talking about faith,
obedience, and confidence in what is not seen by faith. Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain through which he obtained witness, that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts. And through it, he being dead still speaks. The Hebrew writer says, Abel’s talking to you, he’s talking to you because by his actions, he obeyed having confidence that what he was told to do mattered,
that what he was told to do was exactly what he should do. You go back to Genesis and you read about Cain and Abel. And the, the obvious difference is one of them obeyed what they were told to do. And one of them did what they wanted to do. And the one who obeyed was the one who was, was righteous, verse five by faith,
Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death and was not found because God had taken him for four. He was taken, he had this testimony that he pleased God, not just God looked at emic and said, you know what? I like him I’ll hold so much better than everybody else. No, no, no, no. That he was obedient and pleasing to God.
But then also verse six, commenting on<inaudible>. But without faith, it is impossible to please him. Okay. So we’ve got clarity on what this, this action was that caused<inaudible> to be pleasing to God. It was his faithful obedience without faith. It is impossible to please him for he that comes to God must believe that he is. And that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him by faith,
Noah being divinely warned of things. Not yet seen, watch that all the way through this. Not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an art for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness, which is according to faith, by faith, Abraham obeyed, when he was called to go out to a place,
which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out not knowing where he was going. Where did he someplace he had not seen yet? He did it in faith confidence that what God promised he would deliver by faith verse nine. He dwelled in the land of promise as in a foreign country dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
And yet did Isaac or Jacob received the promise? Did they receive the land promise? The land that had been promised to Abraham? No, they didn’t receive it either. They as well dwelled in a land with a promise. They never had fulfilled in their lifetime For he waited. Now this goes back to Abraham for he waited for the city, which has foundations,
whose builder And maker is God Abraham. Ultimately I wasn’t looking for God to build him a physical city to dwell in. He wasn’t looking for a home or habitation on this earth. He was looking For any terminal abode Builder or, or a city built with foundations and not made with hands verse 11 by faith, Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed.
And she bore a child when she was past the age because she judged him faithful who had promised talk about something, not yet saying here’s Abraham and Sarah, having confidence that God will give them a seed when they’ve never seen someone born out of season, that is out of the age where it’s past the point of, of childbearing. And yet they’ve never seen that.
And yet they have confidence that God is able to do what he says might make note not perfect confidence. They it’s not as though they always understood everything and always had complete confidence after all, both of them at different times laughed when God said he was going to do what he said he was Going to do. Perfection Is not the same as faith, faithful obedience over overcomes Perfect knowledge.
Okay? Because it relies on the testimony of God. Instead of Our own knowledge. When we Out of our own senses, our own observation, think we have discovered everything and we no longer need God. That’s when we will lose Our faith. When we stop believing The word of God and substitute our own understanding, therefore from one man, verse 12 and him as good as dead.
In other words, past the point of a bearing children were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, in numerable as the sand, which is by the seashore. These died in faith. They’re all in the point of still being faithful to God’s still trusting that God would fulfill the promise. And yet had not seen the promise fulfilled. God said that your seed would be,
is innumerable as the stars of heaven, the sand of the seashore yet. Did Abraham see all of those people be born? No, he didn’t. Yet. He saw Isaac who was born. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off we’re assured of them embrace them and confess that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
For those who say such things, declare plainly that they seek a Homeland. And, and truly If they had called to mine, the country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity rich to return. But now they desire a better. That is an enduring country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God for. He has prepared a city for them.
Abraham, it is described, looked for a city whose builder and maker was God. And now we read and God’s going to deliver exactly what he said. God’s going to deliver exactly what he was looking for. These patriarchs died in faith, and God will be faithful To his promise by faith. Abraham. He’s not done yet By faith. Abraham, when he was tested,
offered up Isaac and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Here’s Abraham as another example, all right. Things not yet seen. Did Abraham ever witnessed God raise someone from the dead? No, but Abraham’s going to have confidence that God promised him Isaac, and that if he fulfills this requirement of offering Isaac, then he will receive Isaac back from the dead.
This of whom it was said in Isaac, your seed shall be called concluding that God was able to raise him up. Even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense by faith. Isaac blessed Jacob. And he saw concerning things to come. Isaac told Esau and Jacob, this is what God’s going to do for you. And yet it would not happen for years to come after Isaac was dead.
Yet he had faith and confidence that what God said he would do, he would do by faith. Jacob, when he was dying blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped leaning on this top of his staff by faith, Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel and gave instruction concerning his bones. How much more confidence do you need than what Joseph had?
How much more confidence could you possibly have them, what he had and that he not only said, Hey, I want you to be sure to leave Egypt and to Israel where God promised you were supposed to go to the promised land. But he said, and take my bones with you. He made preparations for hundreds of years later for them to carry his bones out of Egypt.
And he was dead and gone, but he had such confidence that God would do what he said, that he made preparations for his bones Verse 23 By faith. Moses, when he was born was hidden three months by his parents because they saw he was a beautiful child and they were not afraid of the King’s command by faith. Moses, when he had become of age,
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, steaming, Sorry, just, I was afraid there for a minute that it wasn’t recording a steaming. Let me start back. Verse 24 by faith. Moses, when he became of age refused to be called the sons of Pharaoh’s daughter,
choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. Esteeming the reproach of Christ, greater riches than the treasures in Egypt for he looked to the reward by faith. He versus Egypt not fearing the wrath of the King for he endured as seeing him who is invisible by faith. He kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood last.
He who destroyed the first born should touch them by faith. They well let’s, let’s talk about Moses here for a minute. Before we get into Israel, he’s uses all of these illustrations, actually beginning with Amram and Jochebed bed. The parents of Moses, he says they had faith that God would protect their son. So they disobeyed the command of the King.
You know, there’s a time and a place to disobeyed the commands of the King. The King said, you kill every male child of Israel and they didn’t do it. They protected their son and they trusted God could deliver him. And Moses then in turn, grew of age and refused to be called. The son of Pharaoh’s daughter refused to be identified it as an,
as an Egyptian refuse to take part in the riches of Pharaoh’s house. Instead being willing to suffer reproach, suffer affliction, to suffer for the eternal goal, the term reward, and the Hebrew writer describes it as esteeming the reproach of Christ, greater riches than treasures in Egypt. How is it that Moses saw Christ? He saw Christ by seeing What God had promised you remember Deuteronomy chapter 18.
Moses said, there’s coming a day where God’s going to raise up another prophet, like under me. And who’s he talking about? He’s talking about the Messiah. He is talking about Christ. So then He did all of these things, including things not seen. God said, you put blood on the doorpost, you observed the Passover, you observed the sprinkling of blood or your firstborn.
I have every family that doesn’t do that. It’s going to be Die. Now they ever seen that happen before? No. Did they trust it was going to happen? Yeah. How do we know they did they put blood on the doorposts? They by faith obeyed concerning things. Not yet seen. So then verse 29 by faith, they passed through the red sea as by dry land.
Whereas the Egyptians attempting to do so were drowned. Had they ever seen the waters parted? Had they ever seen dry ground created at the bottom of the sea so that they could walk? No. But did they walk across anyway? Yes. And did that dry ground then get overflowed by the waters once again and destroy their enemies? Yes. By bye.
Faith, verse 30, the walls of Jericho fell down after they were in re encircled for seven days. Had they ever seen that happen? You ever decided that the best plan of action for defeating the city was to walk around it for seven days in a row? No. By faith, the harlot Rayhab did not perish with those who did not believe when she received the spies with peace.
And what more shall I say for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Bay rack of Samson. And Jephthah also of David and Samuel and the prophets who through faith, subdued, kingdoms worked, righteousness obtained promises stopped the mouths of lions quenched. The violence of fire escaped. The edge of the sword out of the weakness were made strong, became value,
and embattled turned to flight. The armies of the aliens women received their dead raised to life. Again, others were tortured, not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trials mockings and scourgings yes. And of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned. They were sawn in two, they were tempted. They were slaying with a sword.
They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins being destitute afflicted Had these Christians given up their home, had these Christians walked about destitute, had these Christians who were Considering going back to Moses, who were abandoning their faith and their obedience of God, because they hadn’t yet received. The promise. Were these Christians, those who had walked about destitute, afflicted and tormented,
he says those who did those, who did that? The world wasn’t worthy of them. They Wandered in deserts and mountains and dens and caves of the earth and all these having obtained a good testimony through faith did not receive the promise. Now he says His point, Are you so much better than they are? Or do you need to be living up to their example?
Notice he says, God, having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. Therefore, we also, since we are surrounded by so great, a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and which so easily ensnares us and let us run with endurance. The race that is set before us looking unto Jesus,
the author, the originator and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. He says, you look at all those people who came before you, you look at all those people who in the old Testament who did these things, and then you look at Jesus and you look at what he did for you and what he did so that those in the past could have part in the promise with you.
Not apart from you. And you’re considering going back. Yeah. Consider him. He says, verse three, who endured such hostility from sinners. This is talking about Jesus against himself. Lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. You, he says, have not yet resisted the blood shed, striving against sin. He said, nobody’s killing you.
Nobody’s torturing. You may mean you killing you, removing your head yet. Now there would Be a time that would come for the Christians, but he says, you’re not there yet. Now you look At your master. You look at your savior. What did he do for you? Did he go to the cross? So why are you giving up Now?
You Haven’t even gone to this point. All right, let’s go through the questions from chapter 11 real quick. And then we’ll move through chapter 12. I’m not sure how far we’re going to get into 13, but we’ll, we’ll see what happens. Chapter 11, questions. Number one, hopefully you’ve been able to download these from the website. They are going to available on the website.
If not, we’ll get a copy to you. They’ll also be at the church building printed off Hebrews chapter 11, verse one, question one. What is faith? Chapter 11 verse one says faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things. Not, not seen question two verse three of chapter, 11 of what did God create? The worlds verse Three says by faith,
we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. Okay? So what the God created the worlds, his word. Yes or no. I guess the other, the other possible answer is they were made of things. Not seen the End there. Verse three, Question three. Yes or no. Can gut can an individual, please. God,
without faith. This is from verse six. Answer of course is no, yes or no. Again from verse six, does God reward those who seek him? Yes. The Question for this coming through all of chapter 11, the faith of Abel Enoch, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, his parents and Ram and Jacobin Moses Ray Hab Gideon.
Bayrock Samson, Jeff, the David Samuel, and the prophets was seen by there. So the faith of all these people was seen by their Blank. Obviously that’s obedience, their actions, These people of faith listed in Hebrews 11 were seeking a, an earthly country or be a heavenly country verses 13 through 16, says it. They were seeking a heavenly country.
Now these two pertain to previous lessons, not from chapter 11, name the Bible book, which says there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism. I’ll leave you to find that I know what the answer is. And I’m sure you do too. Name the Bible book, which States I can do everything through True Christ. Okay. So that’s chapter 11 questions.
Now Let’s head into chapters 12 and 13. Chapter 12 is going to focus on a couple of primary points. Number one, God, correcting or chastening his children as sons. That’s going to be verses five through 11. Then verse 12 through verse 17 is the Hebrew writers admonitions. It’s his exhortations, his commandments to strengthen their presence, their, their faith and their resolve.
And then verses 18 through 29. A reminder that they’ve received a better covenant and a better kingdom than those in the days of Israel. Okay? Some of this we’re just going to read through for the sake of time. So we can say a few things about chapter 13, chapter 12, verse three begins with the discussion of Christ for consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself.
Lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. You have not yet resisted the bloodshed, striving against sin. And you have forgotten the exhortation, which speaks to you as to sons. He says, my son do not despise the chastening of the Lord nor be discouraged. When you are rebuked by him, for whom the Lord loves he chastens and scourges.
Every son whom he receives. This comes from Proverbs, chapter three, verses 11 and 12. God says as the Solomon points out to his son, that when you receive chastening from the Lord, you don’t think that’s because he doesn’t love you. You remember that’s because he does love you, everyone, whom the Lord loves he chastens. He corrects, he instructs.
He sets on a right path. The obstacles, the trials, the difficulties in life, the things set before us and set before these people in the old Testament weren’t set before them because God hated them. They were set before them because God loved them. And he was teaching them. Verse seven, you endure chastening. God deals with you as with sons,
for what son is there, who may father does not chasing. If you have a good father, your father corrects you. He has from your youth corrected you. So you don’t do things that are harmful to you. But if you are without chastening of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. He describes them as those.
He says, if you want a life without chastening, then you want the life of a child whose illegitimate, whose father will have nothing to do with him. He doesn’t correct him. He doesn’t instruct him. He doesn’t set him on the right path because he is an illegitimate child and not cared for by his father. Furthermore, verse nine, we have had human fathers who corrected us and we paid them respect.
Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the father, spirits and live. There’s just a little side note here. If you have children who completely disrespect their parents, it’s not always the case, but it is often the case that that’s because their parents never corrected them. Even a child who doesn’t like the correction of eventually sees the value in it.
If they’re not a fool, they may not have liked it. And matter of fact, he brought, he was going to say, when we didn’t like it, and yet we respected them because they corrected us. Verse 10 for they indeed for a few days, chastened us as seen best to them that his parents on this earth, physical parents, but he God,
the father for our profit, he knows exactly what we need. That we may be partakers of his holiness. Now, no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful, no point when we were corrected by our earthly fathers, were we happy about being corrected? Did we find joy in being corrected, but it was useful afterward. It yields peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
As opposed to those who said, because of this hardship, I’m departing those foods Who wouldn’t be taught, who wouldn’t Here. God, therefore, verse 12. Now he’s going to move into his admonitions. His Eggert exhortations. He’s saying you need to learn this. Therefore strengthen the hands, which hang down and the feeble knees and make straight paths for your feet.
So that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed, pursue peace with all people and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord looking carefully. Lest anyone falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up, but cause trouble. And by this many become defiled, lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau,
who for one morsel of food sold his birthright for, you know, that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected for. He found no place for repentance though. He sought it diligently with tears. Okay? As he describes this, he says, here’s what you need to do. You need to strengthen. What’s weak. You need to set straight paths before your fee.
You need to pursue not just peace, but peace and holiness. And you need to look carefully. And the idea of looking carefully here is an inspection for you need to examine yourselves less there be sin in your life, and then use as Esau. As the example, Esau gave up his birthright, something he had not yet seen. He gave up his birthright.
He could see the soup. What he saw was an immediate value to him. He For suc what had greater value. So the exact opposite of the examples before here’s one who disrespected, disregarded the promise Of his birthright and sold it for a meal. Now, then we have verses 18 Through 29 through the end of the chapter, discussing their better covenant and their better kingdom.
There’s a lot that could be said here. We don’t have time to really say it. Now we’ll say this kind of summarize What’s here. This Goes back to Exodus 19. This goes back to God’s presence at Mount Sinai, where initially God said to all Israel, if you touch the mountain, while my presence is here, you’ll die. If an animal touches the mountain he’ll die.
If you climb on the mountain, you’ll die. As a matter of fact, they even had commandment to stone or to shoot with arrows. Those who did it, God, didn’t say I’m immediately gonna strike you dead. God said, you all are going to protect my mountain. As I speak to you. And he describes Moses as fear, he describes the fear of the people and all of this.
He says, they came to this earthly mountain that was burning with fire and they heard the voice of God. And they were so afraid And they couldn’t approach him. There’s the key in this text, the key is they had a kingdom and they had a covenant sealed With blood sealed with promises, but they could not Approach God. And yet you have a Better covenant because you can approach God.
That’s verses 18 through 24, verse 25, 1329. He then says, see that you do not refuse him. Who speaks for if they did not raise, did not escape. Who refused him, who spoke on the earth? How much more shall we not escape? If we turn away from him who speaks from heaven, they didn’t escape. When they turned against Moses,
how do you think we’re going to end up? If we turn away from God whose voice then shook the earth. But now he has promised saying yet, once more, I shall shake, not only the earth, but also heaven. Now this once more indicates the removal of those things, which had been, which are being shaken, the rest of Judaism,
as of things that are made and the things which cannot be shaken, that the things which cannot be shaken may return. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom, which cannot be shaken, let us have grace that by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear for our God is a consuming fire. And that comes from Exodus chapter 24.
When, as they’re instituting the covenant between Israel and God, that statement is made. And there’s much that could be talked about there in Exodus 24, verses 12 through 18. Again, don’t have time. One of these days, we’re going to come back here and talk about all this stuff we’ve said. We don’t have time to discuss chapter 13 in very Quick summary form.
He says, as he begins with a number of additional exhortations, kind of drawing these ideas to a conclusion, he says, let brotherly love continue. Just like Peter would say to those Christians in second, Peter chapter one, brotherly love or brotherly kindness as talked about in by Peter has a lot to do with our continuing faith, our thoughtfulness and care for one another.
He says, do not forget to entertain strangers for by doing so. Some of us are unwittingly entertained angels. It’s not talking about having a fancy party at your house. I was talking about hospitality, serving others. Remember the prisoners is if chained with them, those who are mistreated since you yourselves are in the body. Also, don’t just think about your own situation.
Think about those who are suffering as Christians. He says, marriage is honorable among all and the bed undefiled, but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. He had just spoken about Esau as being a fornicator. And that was part of his problem. His willingness to serve his fleshly desires instead of God. And here he says, marriage is to be kept he to let your conduct be without covetousness,
be content with such things as you have for he himself has said, I will never neither leave you nor forsake you so that we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me? Remember those who rule over. You have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.
Jesus Christ is the same. Yesterday, today and forever. He says, you be, you be content with what you have. If what you have is Relationship with an unchanging. God, If you have that, then you have everything. If you don’t have that, then you have nothing and you can have all the possessions in the world. But if you don’t have that relationship with God,
the one who doesn’t change, you have no hope. So he says, you watch those who have the rule over you. This, I believe firmly resides in a discussion of elders. He says, you watch the elders And you live like them. If they Are what they should be. If they’re elders who are worthy of being elders, he says,
you watch their faith and you do what they do very much the same as what Paul said to the church at Corinth. When he said, you follow after me As I follow after Christ verse nine. And he says, do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited.
Those who have occupied, who have been occupied by them. We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat for the bodies of those animals. Whose blood is brought is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin are burned outside the camp. Therefore God or Jesus also verse well, therefore Jesus also that he might sanctify the people with his own blood Suffered outside the gate for here.
We have no continuing city. Sorry. I missed a verse. Let’s go back to verse 12. Therefore Jesus also, He might sanctify the people with his own blood Suffered outside the gate led Or therefore let us go forth to him Outside the camp, bearing his reproach For here. We have no continuing city, but we seek the One to come. Therefore By him,
let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God. That is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name, but do not forget to do good and to share for, with such sacrifices. God is well pleased and I’ll go all the way back chapter 11. And what did he say? God was pleased With faithful obedience. He says now do good to others and show your faith as James would put it by your work Works and not your faith without your works,
obey those who ha who rule over you again, looking at elders And be submissive for they watch out for your souls as those who must give account, let them do so with joy and not with grief for that would be unprofitable for You. Pray for us. For, we are confident that we have a conscience in all things declare desire. Yes, desiring to live honorably.
But I especially urge you to do this. That I may be restored to you. You the sooner now God of peace, who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the everlasting covenant make you complete in every good work to do his will working in you. What is pleasing Well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ,
To whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. The writer says, I want God to work In you. Is There any indication he thinks that’s going to happen without the Hebrew brethren working, Working on themselves, that would kind of fight Single. Let us, let us, let us, let us, let us statement all throughout the book. He doesn’t expect them to receive from God a change in their lives until they enact a change in their lives Drives by faith and obedience.
He says, I appeal to you brethren bear with the word of exhortation Four, I have written to you in few words, much more could have been said much longer could have been the letter, but know that our brother Timothy has been set free with whom I shall see you. If he comes shortly, greed, all those who rule over you And all the saints,
those from Italy, greet you, grace, be with you all. Amen. The Hebrew writer says a great deal to these brethren. And he says, ultimately, it’s up to them. It’s up to them to choose you. And I, it’s also up to us, it’s up to us to choose whether or not we’ll be faithful, whether or not we’ll hold fast,
our confidence, whether or not We will hold on to grace, whether or not we will by faith. Oh, bang. Whether or not we will do all of them. These things is up to us. And I can’t yeah. An answer for you. And you can answer for me, but we As Christians and as a congregation must decide independently and together that we will be faithful to him.
If you’re outside the body of Christ, you’re not faithful to him. You’re not even a child of his. If you Need to become a member of the body of Christ, you can do that. You can do that. Even during this holiday season, you can be immersed In water, permission of your sins. You Can hear the word of God and believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God.
Jesus said, except you believe I am. He, you will Die in your sins. You can confess his name, having repented of your sins, committing to changing your life, to match his word. And you can be immersed in water, dying to sin, dying to your old self and rising up to walk in newness of life. Part of that new and living way he writes about in Hebrews chapter 10,
you can do that. You too can live as seeing the promises that are yet unseen, knowing that God is faithful. And knowing also that our God is a consuming fire and you don’t want to be judged by him. If you’re a member of the body of Christ and you’ve turned your back on God, understand this, our God is a consuming fire and you don’t want to be judged by him.
But also we need to remember for those struggling, that there is opportunity to remain faithful, strengthen what’s weak, make straight paths before your feet to obey. God, make a plan to obey God and then fulfill that plan by removing sin and following obedience to God. I hope you have enjoyed the class. I hope it has been beneficial. I know there’s much more that could be said about Hebrews,
but I appreciate your time and your attention this evening hope everything is well with you. It is with our family and we pray that everything will go well with you throughout this week. And next week, as we’re apart from you, let’s conclude with a prayer, our gracious father in heaven, we bow before you grateful for this day for its blessings or all that you do for us every day,
we ask that you forgive us when we sin, give us your grace and your mercy each and every day. And may we do what is right in your sight. All this we pray in Jesus name. Amen.
12-20-2020 – Sunday AM Sermon
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We are The book of Hebrews and we were going to get through chapter 10 and 11 this morning, but You know, I’m not sure we were ever going to get through chapter 10 and 11 this morning, but we were going to try, let’s begin with a word of prayer and then we’ll cover chapter 10 and then go through and cover the questions for nine and 10 as we Get started.
Dear heavenly father, we thank you for this day and its blessings. We thank you for all that you do for us on a daily basis. We thank you for your love and your care for your thing. The things that you do for us when we are struggling, the things you do for us, when we are blessed, we know we are always blessed by you.
We know that every good and perfect gift comes from above and we pray that we will continue to be thankful for all of those many wonderful things that you do. We pray that you be with families and loved ones and congregations that are dealing with losses as a result of COVID. And we pray that you will give them strength and comfort. During times of sorrow,
we pray that you will forgive us when we sin and fall short of your glory. All this, we pray in Jesus name. Amen, Amen. Hebrews chapter nine closes with, and as it is appointed men or for men to die once. So, or excuse me, I’m going to, I’m going to start over. It’s just not, that’s not working this morning.
And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this, the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly wait for him, he will appear a second time apart from sin, for salvation, for the law, having a shadow of good things to come and not the very image of the things can never with these same sacrifices,
which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. There is in, in addition to what we said on Wednesday concerning the sacrifices current concerning what was offered under the old law, there was this constant looking for that better thing that better sacrifice because even those under old law, granted forgiveness, granted salvation, granted the things that God would give them through the law and through their obedience and through their re repentance and reconciliation to God,
they still gig NYSED that offering was insufficient. How many times do you read about situations where there’s multiplied offerings, multiplied co goats and calves that were offered by an individual for as if one wasn’t enough because they understood the depth of sin and the inability of an animal to pay for that sin. And so we read here that these things we’re offered year by year,
time, after time, over and over, because the sacrifice was in sufficient. And yet he says Christ died once two, four, then would they not have ceased to be offered? He says, if these sacrifices were perfect, if they took care of everything that the, the sacrifice of Christ did, then you wouldn’t have continued offer them time. After time,
after time, instead, they would have been offered once, like the sacrifice of Christ he said for then they would not, would they not then have ceased to be offered for the worshipers? Once purified would have had no more consciousness of sins, but in those sacrifices, there is a reminder of sins every year for it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
Therefore, when he came into the world, he said, sacrifice and offering, you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me in burn offerings and sacrifices for sin. You had no pleasure. Then I said, behold, I have come in the volume of the book. It is written of me to do your will. Oh God.
Previously saying sacrifice and offering burn offerings and offerings for seeing you did not desire nor had pleasure in them, which are offered according to the law. Then he said, behold, I come to do your Willow God. He takes away the first that he may establish the second. Okay. This whole soul section right here is here as one continual thought, going back to the old Testament,
prophecy, bringing it forward, then explaining what it means. He says this statement was made to indicate that Christ was going to remove the first covenant. Not that he was extending it, not that he was tacking onto it and becoming a part of it, but that he was going to remove it and then replace it. He said, these things were written that the,
that he might take away the first that he might establish the second. All right. The significance of that to these Jewish Christians was if they were in the situation of being unable to, or being unwilling, to stay with Christ, then they were going back to a law that didn’t have any power anymore to a covenant. There was no longer in existence to a covenant that was no longer binding and had no ability to save them because it had been taken away.
They couldn’t go, you know what? It was good enough for us then. So it’s good enough for us now. Now they couldn’t do that because Christ came to fulfill the law, but also to abolish that law, that law being the law of Moses. So verse 10 by that, will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all,
okay. The Hebrew writer, instead of leaving them in a position of saying, well, you know, you’re, you’re in a, you’re in a rough spot. You’re you’re, you’re going to, you’re going to live without any sacrifice. You’re not going to have anything because the blood of bulls and goats won’t do it. And those sacrifices are taken away and back covenants taken away and that law is taken away.
Now you’ve got nothing. He says, no, no, no, no, no. The exact opposite. Now you have a sacrifice. That’s better. Now you have an offering that’s better under a covenant. That’s better under a law. That’s better add a demonstrates that your sanctification, your becoming Holy, your being set apart by God was done, was accomplished by the blood of Christ through the will of God.
So he says, then in verse 11, every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices. This is under the law. Moses every day the priest comes and he stands at the temple and he waits and he offers sacrifices. He does it over and over and over again, which can never take away sins. But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for forever sat down at the right hand of God,
for those who would claim that Jesus Christ is not currently raining, that his kingdom does not currently exist. They have a real problem here because this says that he offered the sin, offered his blood for the sins. He offered the sacrifice for sins and having a complish that he sat down on his throne. He sat down at the right hand of God,
the father, and is raining right now. And that rain, that position, that power is part of the confidence we have in that salvation verse 13, from that time waiting til his enemies are made his footstool for, by one offering. He has perfected forever. Those who are being sanctified, but the Holy spirit also witnesses to us for after he had said before,
this is the covenant that I will make with them. After those days says the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts and into their minds. I will write them. Then he adds their sins and lawless deeds. I will remember no more. This again is going back to Jeremiah now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin,
therefore brethren having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he consecrated for us through the veil that is his flesh and having a high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water drawing,
all the things that he said in chapter eight, chapter nine, chapter 10, drawing all of them forward to a conclusion he says, because that one sacrifice has been made one time forever. Now you and I, we sin. We fall short. We continually have to seek God’s forgiveness and repent for what we do wrong, but we don’t have to go find a new sacrifice.
We don’t go looking for a new atonement. We don’t go looking for a new sufficient sacrifice to cover our sin. We go back to the sacrifice over in first, John John describes it this way. He says that when we sin, the blood of Christ continues to cleanse us from the sin. The sin may happen again, but the blood doesn’t need the change.
We don’t need new blood. The blood was sufficient. It was us that needed the correction. And so the Hebrew writer is describing the power of the sacrifice. He says, now that we have this sacrifice before, when we have blood of bulls and goats, we had to go through our intermediary. We had to go through the high priests and even the high priest had to offer sacrifices for himself before he could enter the holiest.
Okay. Remember, we were talking about the tabernacle on Wednesday and we described the two portions of the tabernacle, the holiest of Holies, where the Ark of the covenant was. And then the Holy place, the main area where the priest went in every day. He said, before you, as, as a, as an Israel, I couldn’t even enter the Holy place.
Only the priest could, but the whole, the priest couldn’t enter the holiest of Holies till they offered a sacrifice for themselves. And then they could only do it once per year. He says now under the new covenant, under the new sacrifice, with a new mediator, he says, we have boldness to enter the holiest. The holiest here, the way he’s using that term is the Holy of Holies.
Okay. The holiest place. So he says, we now have the ability to enter into the presence of God because of the sacrifice of Christ. And we can do that. Not as the high priest entered the Holy place under the old law, the high priest actually add a garment that he wore on the day of atonement. And that garment had bells on the bottom of it.
Part of the reason for the bells was it’s described there. The idea you didn’t enter in to the holiest of Holies without being announced. Think about it. This, from this perspective, you have a King King sits on a throne. He’s sitting in his throne room and someone wants to come in to see the King. What do you generally have? Who waits at the door of the throne room?
You have the person who not only says whether or not you’re allowed to go in, but he also announces you first. You don’t enter into the presence of a King unless you’re announced first and yet. Now the Hebrew writer says we don’t only have the ability to enter the presence of God as those Israelites did through a high priest. Once per year, he says,
we now have boldness as Ziv, we’re a family member of the King to walk into his presence at any time, not once a year at any time to come into his presence as if we were his son, you see the laws and the rules for being announced were Pete, for people who weren’t part of the King’s family, it was often a, a different set of rules for a King’s children for a King’s family member for a King’s son.
And so here we have a different arrangement. We’ve got a different relationship that exists because of the blood of Christ, but he says this boldness, this access comes by a new and living way, which he consecrated, which he set apart, which he made Holy for us through the veil. That is his flesh. Under the old Testament, there was a veil in between the holiest of Holies in the tabernacle and the Holy place.
They could go in and out of the Holy place all throughout the year, but that veil separated them. And now the Hebrew writer says that veil was a type. It was a looking forward to the flesh of Christ. Interestingly, you remember when Christ died, when Christ said it is finished, gave up the ghost, a number of things occurred. The sun was darkened.
The earth shook graves were opened, but what else happened? The veil in the temple was rent. It was torn into from the bottom of the top or from the top to the bottom top to bottom. There’s a type apology here. And there’s a picture that God brought into physical form saying separation of me from my people is gone. They now have access because he died.
They now have boldness because he died and we have access to the throne of God continually. This goes back to chapter four. This isn’t the first time he said this. He’s just drawing in more of these types of Anna types. More of the picture. He says, verse 14, seeing then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens Jesus,
the son of God, let us hold fast. Our confession for we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points, tempted like as we are yet without sin, let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. So he said this before this isn’t new,
he’s not just introducing the idea. He’s giving you a more clear picture of the atonement that is found in Christ. Okay? So then he says, verse 21 and having a high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
He, again, he’s pulling together these pictures from the old Testament when Moses and Aaron sanctified the people of God, when they instituted the first tabernacle, when they offered the first sacrifices on that first day of consecration, they took the blood of a sacrifice and sprinkled it on the altar and on the sacrifices and on the people, they consecrated them ceremonially with this sprinkling of blood.
Now he’s using the figure and saying your heart, your conscience, your inward person, where the blood of the old Testament could come, could cleanse and consecrate the outward person. This sacrifice the blood of Christ cleanses the inward person. He said, your hearts have been sprinkled from an evil conscience and your bodies washed with pure water. Again, going back to the old Testament picture of the tabernacle worship.
When those high priests were to offer those sacrifices, when they were to enter into the Holy place, they first had to wash in that brazen Laver, okay. Before they could enter into the Holy place they had to wash you couldn’t go into the Holy place unless you washed. Well, now he says we have been given a washing and yet isn’t it interesting.
He describes the washing to be physical and the cleansing to be spiritual turn over to first Peter chapter three<inaudible> First Peter chapter three, verse 21. There is also an anti-tech, which now saves us baptism, not the removal of the field of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The same idea is carried forward.
In first, Peter chapter three, that baptism is the washing in which our inward person is washed. Even though the act is an outward act. In other words, it’s something our physical bodies do, but it is not as Peter’s describing, it’s not about washing off dirt. It’s not about washing away, filth on your body. It is about your heart.
And so here you have one of those passages where baptism in its anti type form is described as being directly connected to the blood of Christ. Verse 23, let us hold fast. The confession, that is the proclamation of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
not getting the assembling of ourselves together as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another and so much. The more as you see the day approaching as the Hebrew writer reminds them of these things. He’s not telling them for the very first time that they’re supposed to assemble together. And he’s not telling them for the very first time that they’re supposed to be immersed in water for the remission of sins.
They’ve already done that. He’s reminding them of what it was they did. And he’s reminding them of what is so important about their association and fellowship with one another. He says, as you go through these struggles, as you go through these difficulties, the one thing that you don’t stop doing is assembling with one another because it is there that you provoke one another to love and good works.
Now it’s important to note that the first staking here is not the absence of a single time. It is the turning away from it. This is not a passage that describes, you know what, someone’s sick and they didn’t show up at church today. They’re forsaking the assembling. No, that’s not it. This is the turning no way from in turning away from Christ.
He says, when you are struggling, that is not the time to turn away from the assembly. That is not the time to turn your back on the, the assembly. That is the time to turn to the assembly and be there so many times when times are hard. When difficulties come, when hardships come into our lives, we go, you know what?
I just don’t have. I just don’t have the energy, the stamina that to get up, get dressed and get to worship. That is exactly the time where you need to get up, get dressed and go, go to worship because that’s when you need it. The most that’s when God says, listen, this time is especially for you right at that moment where you can be assembling with one another where you can be provoked to love and good works,
where you can have others. Look, look at you and care for you. It’s the moment when you say All right, I need this. And I know that when I come home, I’m going to be better than when I left, but it also Involves this other aspect. And that is us looking past ourselves. The one who comes to the assembly,
looking to better themselves, looking to be looked upon by others, looking to be encouraged by others, looking to be exhorted by others and never gives any Lot to anyone else is failing in their duties. In the assembly. Part of the, The Frank reality is it is by us assembling together and losing our focus on ourselves and putting our focus on someone else that we,
We find we get helped by helping others. So we need to be thoughtful in our approach Assemblies, not only to look for those who are struggling and encourage those who are struggling, but also to set aside our worries, our struggles, our difficulties Look to help others. Okay? Now in Verse 26, he’s not changing Topics. Here He is. He has gone through a discussion of the sacrifice.
He has gone through the discussion of the priesthood. He has gone through the discussion of the law. He has gone through the discussion of the T of the covenant. He has gone through all of these things. And now he’s about to give them a very Stark warning. All the passages in the book of Hebrews that are the most direct in warning these people about what they’re about to do verse 13 or verse 26 of chapter 10,
Is that passage He says for, if we sin Willfully, now this is not Connect Textually. This is not talking about, I know it’s wrong to lie. And I just told a lie That’s that is not the context here. Okay? The context is, I know I should not foresee Christ and his assembly, but I am going to choose to turn my back on him.
I am going to Context is I am going to return to the law of Moses and to Moses and to Judaism and for say Christ. That is the context, the departure from Christianity and obedience To Christ. That’s the willful sin being described here for if we sin willfully, after we have received the knowledge of the truth. So notice it’s a departure from the truth.
There no longer remains a sacrifice for sins. This is you walk away from Christ and what are you walking to? You’re not going to walk back to the blood of bulls and goats. They’re no longer a sacrifice for sins. You can’t go back to that. We’ve shown you. He took it away. So you walk away from the only sacrifice and you walk to no sacrifice for sins,
but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which will devour the adversaries notice. He just said, you walk away from Christ. You become an adversary of God because that’s, that’s who that judgements for. He said, you just walked into a judgment meant for adversaries, which meant you just became an adversary. Remember back in revelation, as we were going through those chapters,
two and three, where he writes to the church and one of the churches, he says, you repent or I’ll make war with you. God considers those who forsake him, who turned their back on him, who go back to the world. After they know the truth, to be his enemies. Notice he says anyone who has rejected Moses’s law does or dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
By the way, he’s pointing out this isn’t unusual. We shouldn’t think this is strange. If you violate the law under the law of Moses and two people testify against you in a court of law, you’re going to be put to death. But then he says of how much worse punishment do you suppose, will he be thought worthy? Who has trampled?
The son of God under foot counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing and insulted the spirit of grace. So you need to get right in your mind about what it is to me, what it means to depart from Christianity. Once you’ve become a Christian, he said, you have trodden under foot. The son of God,
you have said that sacrifice on that cross is completely value lists to me. What did Jesus describes? Salt? W w what did he say would happen to salt that had lost its value, lost its flavor. It was good for nothing good to be cast out and trodden under foot of men. He says the Christian who departs from Christianity. That’s what they’ve done to the son of God.
That’s how they view the son of God, or at least that’s how God views it. But he also says you’ve counted the blood of the covenant as on Holy use it that now that wasn’t any, anything special, this idea is profane or common. The various two, two of the very first priests, two of the sons of Aaron, when they were brought,
bringing the fire to the, to the altar were struck down by God. And the accusation God made is they didn’t put a difference between was common and what was Holy. And so here, he says, you’ve taken the blood of Christ, which is Holy. And you’ve treated it as if it’s common, just like anybody else’s blood, but also says,
and you have despised the spirit or insulted the spirit of grace for we know him who said, vengeance is mine. I will repay says the Lord. And again, the Lord will judge his people. He says, we were told this in the old Testament, God said, he’s going to judge. And God said, he judged under that law. And he’s certainly going to judge her under this law verse 31.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living. God. Then he says, verse 32. We’ll read down through verse 39, but recall, okay. Okay. Said this, he’s put forth the warning. He said, listen, you don’t want to fall into the hands of your God. And then he immediately reverses not goes back on what he says,
but reverses his tone and say, says, but remember, we’ve been through this before. He says, remember, recall the former days in which after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings. She’s remember when you were first converted, when you first became a Christian, when you first saw the light, there’s the illuminated idea. He said,
how you suffered and you did so willingly. You went through a great fight flight of afflictions. These is partly whilst you were made a spectacle, both by reproaches and tribulations. And partly while you became companions of those who were so treated for you had compassion on me and my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven,
he says, do you remember back when you were first converted and you did all of these things you’re being asked to do now, now, and you did enjoy fully, you did it willingly. You did it without a second thought because of the salvation. When you had available and heaven, he says, therefore, do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward,
or you have need of endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. Now he goes back to the old Testament. He says for yet a little while, and he who is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith. But if anyone draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
He goes back to Habakkuk where Habakkuk is questioning how God’s going to use the Babylonian armies to defeat Israel, to defeat Judah and punish this people who are better than the Babylonians were. And God said the just will live by faith. The just will endure. I will protect the, just, but the wicked I’m going to punish. He says, verse 39.
As he closes this, what we have is this chapter. He says, but we are not notice again, as he’s done before with the led us. And he includes himself, he says, but we, you and me, all Christians, he says, but we are not of those who draw back to perdition. But of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
Now he’s going to make this statement about belief, about faith, to lead them into a whole long discussion of faith. So he said this, and we’ll leave it here. We’re going to kind of summarize chapter 11 as we start class on Wednesday, which will be done virtually, but he says, we do not draw back. We don’t go backwards.
We don’t go back to the old law. We keep our faith and obey God. And that is all of chapter 11, looking forward to chapter 12. Okay, let’s go over these questions for chapters nine and 10. What kind of sacrifices were offered under the law? Moses, lot of bulls and goats, gifts and sacrifices. Either one of those would be fine.
How often was it necessary to offer sacrifices continually year by year? Why was it necessary to offer sacrifices often? All right. Because they could never make one. Perfect. Is, is there is the, the text answer can never make one. Perfect. What kind of sacrifice was offered under Jesus’ law? His own blood. How often is it necessary to offer sacrifices?
Once, when does a covenant come into force? Yep. We went when the person whose covenant is dies, how was the first covenant put into force?<inaudible> Yeah. Sprinkling of blood or the blood of bulls and goats. What about the second? Okay. Blood of blood of Jesus. The law of Moses is spoken of as a blank of the good things to come Shadow.
Jesus’ flesh is the blank. The veil. Does God remember forgiven sins? No. That’s a discussion. We’ll have to get into some time. Yes or no. Does God require Christ followers to assemble? Yes. What is God’s punishment for those who neglect Christ and his blood Say what Fearful judgment fire, vengeance, all, all of those are, are applicable in good answers.
So, all right. We will have, I think I am correct in announcing this. Okay. I’m correct. In announcing this because I will be gone. A number of actually a number of people will be out. What we will be doing is we will have our services on our Bible study on Wednesday online, the zoom will be available. The live stream will be available,
but there won’t be anybody here. Okay. So make note of that for Wednesday, we’ll make sure everybody has what they need to get connected to that, but we’ll go over the end of Hebrews then. And then Sunday, since I will be out of town, Michael will be filling in and we’ll start a review of Jesus going into lessons on the second year of Jesus’ ministry,
starting the next Wednesday. So thank you for your attention. And you are dismissed<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> Her. Name’s good to see everyone here today where happy to see you. And I know the re those that are watching online. I think we’ve got a lot of folks out today for the holidays. So it’s kinda unusual to see as few as we have here today,
but we’re glad that we’re able to come and be together and worship God together today and have Bible study. Aaron did a wonderful job this morning, and we miss all of you that are, haven’t been able to be with us for a while. And some others aren’t feeling well. So we want to continue to pray for these. We have a few announcements we want to make,
hopefully everyone remembered to get the Lord’s supper at the back. We just wanted to remind you of that or continue to pray for Joan Springer. Maria said she’s doing some better has good days and bad days though. And still not able to gain much weight at all, if any, and sometimes loses a few pounds. So keep, keep her in your prayers.
I also, Robin woods, we want to continue to pray for Robin and Jessica. Dale is still having problems. It’s talking to Michael and we want to continue to pray for Jessica, that they can determine what’s actually taking place with her and hopefully find out what it is and relieve her of all of that discomfort she’s experiencing Janie Marlin is, is doing well with her surgery on her knee.
She’s still having some nausea from some of the medications that she’s having to take. So keep her in your prayers. Also remember Dorothy Wilson still waiting at home, her stress test results. And I’m not sure why it’s taken them so long to find that out, but we want to keep her in your prayers. Also Rodale, they’ve been experiencing a lot of sorrow in their family and the loss of Rodale’s brother and his wife,
Leah van Cleve that’s and also Jessica hobby, hob D both of these are nieces of Becky Posner. Both of them have COVID and we certainly want to remember them and hope that they will be able to be treated for that. And everything will go alright with them. Jan, his dad is back at home and under hospice care. So they are back,
but they’re staying at home just in case they were around anyone that might’ve been affected with the virus. So keep them in your prayers. And then Cheryl’s dad who, who fell and has a fracture in his spine. He, he had his having to wear a back brace, but he is at home. And still, I know that he has good days and bad days.
So keep, keep him in your prayers. And also Aaron’s dad, Keith Cozort had surgery Friday for heart blockage. He had two stents put in and he is at home now. So we want to continue to pray for him that everything will be go hard with him. Elaina sharp, that Shelly Stax mother has double pneumonia, and she has a real bad infection on the,
on the back of her head. And we certainly were want to remember her and our prayers, that they were able to be able to help get her over that pneumonia and get that healed up. So probably in real serious condition though, and she’s in a Methodist hospital, our sympathy to the Wilson family and the loss of Rodale’s well already announced that his brother and his wife Demple.
So we weren’t at one other announcement. We will not meet at the building for service Wednesday for class, but it will be virtual. So don’t forget to tune in and be studying Hebrews chapter 11. So keep that in, in your Mark that down on your calendar, be sure and tune in for that. I believe that saw the announcements I had,
hopefully I didn’t overlook any. I do have one other thing I want to mention to you, Aaron and Eddie and the boys will be leaving tomorrow to go to Missouri and they’ll be gone for about a week. And so we want to remember them in our prayers that everything would go well for them. And we don’t want to, we do want to wish everyone,
a Merry Christmas and hope we will all have a safe holiday since we probably won’t see each other personally clean now. And next Lord’s day, this morning, Michael Dale will be leading our song service. Eric Halverson we’ll have our opening prayer. Mari Phillips will be taking care of the Lord’s table. Aaron Cozort would be bringing us the lesson. And then Jay Shafir we’ll have our closing prayer First song.
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There were numerous individuals listed on our sick list this morning. And we ask if it’d be your, will you wrap your loving arms around each and every one of them and provide them with the comfort that they need while they battle the individual needs to retain regain their health. And if it be your will provide them the means and the opportunity to regain their health so that they may come again to worship you.
But most importantly, to serve you, God, we also know that there are many amongst our number that are suffering from various ailments and illnesses that have not been mentioned. And we asked the same for them that you wrap your loving arms around them and around the caretakers and the providers, caregivers, and providers for these individuals that they may seek your knowledge and your wisdom and your patients and their times as they struggled to deal with providing help to them.
God, we also know that because of the holiday season, there are many amongst us. That’d be traveling. We asked that you provide safe journey for those that will travel to their destinations and return to their homes. And God, we also want to thank you for having sent your son Jesus here on earth years ago to teach us, but most importantly,
to die for our sins and to save us, give us that opportunity to one day, live with you forever in heaven in eternity, Lord, we also know that each and every one of us have our faults and have our shortcomings. And when we bring those shortcomings to you, we ask that you help us to deal with these shortcomings and prevent from doing them again.
But most importantly, forgive us, although shortcomings that we may serve you better as we live here on earth and wait for that day that we join you eternally in heaven. And now as brother Aaron prepares to bring us another portion of your word, we ask that you help each and every one of us listen intently and analyze it and see how we can use the word that he’s going to bring us your word to enlighten our lives,
to serve you better. But most importantly, to reach out to those that have either fallen away from your love, or have not had the opportunity to hear your word and understand your love so that they may one day have the same opportunity we do. And that is to live with you forever. In eternity. We pray all these things through your son,
Jesus name, amen. Long to prepare our minds for the Lord’s supper will be number 366 by Christ redeemed by Christ three<inaudible>. We keep the us<inaudible> and show the<inaudible> and to he<inaudible> his body given<inaudible><inaudible>. And as we drink, we see blah, and<inaudible> he? Oh, and that me Trey<inaudible> ah, with advent, we NA my wan bride chain me it,
and he<inaudible> At this time, we need to focus on the cross and the sacrifice that Jesus made for our sins. Let’s pray. Heavenly father, we’re thankful for this bread represent Jesus’ body was nailed to the cross for the sins of mankind. Pray heavenly father, you please forgive us of our sins. Amen. Like manner, heavenly father. We’re thankful for this fruit of the vine.
It represents Jesus blood that was shed on this cross for our sins. Let’s pray. Heavenly father that you please forgive us of our sins. Also, this we ask in Jesus name, amen. Separate from the Lord’s table. We’d have an opportunity to give his we as prosper. Let’s pray. Heavenly father. We’re thankful for the financial gains we have received from you through the years,
and we pray heavenly father you’ll accept proportion back to you in order to keep the church you’re at Collierville and doing the job that we’re doing here and help us having father be prosperous. This we ask in Jesus name. Amen. As long before the lesson this morning will be number 555. Siki first. If you’re able to stand for this song, Please,
number 555, okay. Siki first, the kingdom of God and<inaudible> and all these things shall be added unto you seeing, ah,<inaudible> scanned. It shall be given unto you C and G shall ah, knock, and the door be opened unto you singing. Ah,<inaudible> man shall not live by bread alone, but<inaudible> pro seeds from God seeing,
ah,<inaudible> you may be seated. Good morning. Sometimes I’m asked a question. I imagine you are too. When it comes around the time of the holidays or birthdays, someone will come up to you and ask, what do you want? Can you make a list? What do you want for Christmas? What do you want for your birthday? What sweetheart?
What do you want for your anniversary? That one probably shouldn’t be asked, but the others, what do you want? There’s nothing wrong with that question. It’s simply an expression of one person trying to do for another person and give to another person what it is that they actually want. But as we examine our lesson this morning, I want to notice what we should want and how to get it.
Not in view of Christmas or birthdays or any other holiday or gift exchanging time of the year. But in view of our lives, collagen’s chapter three, Paul writes to the church at Colossi, as he writes to these brethren in Colossians chapter three and verse one, we read if then you were raised with Christ, seek those things, which are above where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God,
set your mind On things above, not on things, Things on the earth. Sometimes it’s In view of the previous discussion in the previous question of what do you want the answer is, I don’t know. And usually that’s because we haven’t been thinking about it. If we stopped for a while and thought about it, we could come up with one or two things that we want,
whether we could afford them or not, that would be a completely different discussion, but some things that we Want, sometimes It may be basic. Sometimes it may be symbol. Sometimes it may just be, you know what? I want that meal. I just really enjoy that meal, whatever that is. But notice that when the Paul writes to the church at glossies is first of all,
seek those things that are above. But then he also says set your mind on the things above, be thinking about it. When we consider what it is as Christians that we really want, are we giving in our lives? Any thoughts To eternity As we go through our daily lives, as we examine what it is that we do on a daily basis,
what part of our day, what part of our life, what part of our decision making process depends entirely upon the time we spend Thinking about eternity, okay. Thinking about spiritual things. So he says, first of all, seek those things, which are above. Second of all, he says, set your mind on things that are above. But thirdly,
he says for you died. I don’t know if you know that if you’re a Christian, you do know that, but Paul just comes right out and says for you died And your life is hidden with Christ in God. The moment a person comes forward In their heart and in their mind and makes the decision I’m going to change. They’ve heard the word of God.
They’ve heard the gospel and they know it’s true. They know that Jesus Christ came to this earth. They know that he bled. They know that he died. They know that he went to that cross and they know why they know he died for their iniquity, for their sin, for their unrighteousness. And they know That he didn’t stay dead. Instead on third day,
he arose from that grave. He walked out of that tomb and ultimately he ascended back into the back to the father and that he is there right now. Now, as this passage describes sitting at the right hand of God and they know those things, They have heard and believe those things. And as a result of that, they have looked at what he told them to do.
They have Looked at their lives and they have looked at the word of God and they have looked at scripture and they’ve examined their lives against the mirror We’re of the soul. And they have found they don’t match. And so they have looked at those things and said, I have to change that. They know what he said, they’ve heard it. They believe it.
They know they have to change. And they Also know that above everything else. They want to serve him, go to Matthew chapter six, Matthew chapter six, as Jesus is giving the sermon on the Mount. He references possessions. And he says, beginning in verse 19, do not lay up for yourselves, treasures on earth, where Moth and rust destroy,
where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves, treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys where thieves do not break in and steal for where your treasure is there. Your heart will be also notice Jesus begins first with possessions. He begins first with what it is that you find Valuable. It really comes back to this question of what do you want?
And if when asked that question, the only thing you can find as an answer is this possession, that possession, this thing, that thing, this goal, that goal, this attainment, that attainment this job, that job, that If that’s all you want, Jesus said, you’ve set your treasure on things that are below you Set your treasure on things that are part of this earth.
You’ve set your treasure on things which will not last. And ultimately some ELLs we’ll take from you. You say, well, I’m going to, I’m going to protect what I have and I’m going to own a lot of firearms and I’m going to make sure and ensure everything. And I’m going to make sure to take precautions. I’m going to make sure no one gets my Stuff except solid And pointed out in Ecclesiastes.
These that one of these days you’re going to Die and Everything you’ve accumulated. I had accumulated a lot was going to be left to somebody else. All ultimately, no matter how much stuff it is, you’re leaving this life without it. They are now trying and have been For a number of years to figure out how to migrate someone’s consciousness from their body into a computer system.
So that that person can continue to live. Why? Because people are dead set on never leaving this temporary, The place. But Jesus said Where your treasure is there. Your heart will be also, but he doesn’t end there. He says, the lamp of the body is the Eye. If Therefore your eye is good, your whole body Will be full of light.
There, there are times where The way this is described and the way this is stated, it doesn’t really translate. But all the light, you experience All The light that you see, You don’t see, See it through your hand. You don’t see it through your foot. You see it through one little Part of your body and that’s your eye. And anyone who has ever had eye trouble can tell you That when your eyes start giving you problems,
it affects you In significant ways. When your eye stops sensing light, properly or stops, communicating that light properly to, to your, the rest of your body. You have difficulties in your entire body. Jesus said The light of the body, the Eye, If then your eye is good. Your whole body is full of light. But, But if your eye is bad,
your whole body will be full, Full of darkness. If your eyes stop seeing light, Not another appendage, you can rely on to solve the problem. There’s not another part of the body you can go to and say, can you just take over the duty of the eyes? They’re not working anymore? And while it is certainly true for those who,
who experienced blindness that over time, their other senses enhance themselves to make up for it. The reality is they don’t replace the eyes. He says, If your eye is bad, your whole body is full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness. How great is That darkness? Now imagine your eyes work Just fine. And hopefully they do.
But imagine the only thing day in and day out that you put your eyes to doing that you set before them are things you want. Possessions. Yeah. You want stated that during this time of year, beginning about three weeks ago, Jordy have employees at their jobs get very little accomplished As it Were. They checkout for about six weeks, starting in the beginning of December and going all the way till about the beginning of the first of the year.
Maybe a few weeks after they just don’t really get anything done for some employees. It’s because they’re spending more time shopping on their computer than working on their computer. Okay? But imagine if that’s your whole year, imagine if that’s your whole life, everything every day is about the next thing Want Jesus said your eye has turned to only allowing in darkness because all you’re focused on are possessions.
He says, you cannot verse 24, serve two masters for either. He will hate the one and love the other, Or LT will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God, God, and mammon or possessions money. Therefore I say to you do not worry about your life. What you do, You will eat or what you will drink nor about your body.
What you will put on is not life more than food and the body more than clothing. Look at the birds of the air for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they, Jesus focuses on this problem. He focuses on the problem where is looking at what it is they want and failing to trust God to provide They’re looking at what it is they need.
They’re looking at what it is to go on through this life day in and day out. And instead of looking to God to give what, give them what they want. They’re looking to themselves To provide it. Someone has suggested that if you’re going to ask God for a garden, you should do it with a hole in your hand. And that’s true.
You should not expect God to miraculously appear before you everything you need, nor is that what Jesus is Teaching here. But Instead his discussion is about where your heart is. Is your heart set every day on the next days, possessions, the next days things, the next day is food. The next day is Raymond. And the things you need to subsist in this life,
or is your heart set Bet on God. But notice his addressing of this is not, God has the ability to do this. He does not say God is able. He says, God cares more for you than for the birds of the air that he already does it for. He doesn’t go to a discussion of God’s abilities as a pure abstract. He goes to God’s relationship To his children.
He goes on to say, which of you By worrying can add one cubit to his stature? How many times? Times I can’t, I can’t count them. How many times that I, As, as any pretty much that I know of any male growing up that is shorter than most of the other people. They know. How many times do they go to the,
the, the tape measure? Alright, am I taller? Am I taller? They scooch up on Their toes just a little bit. Especially if you had brothers That were all taller than you and they, And you’re like, you know, I, one of these days, I am going to be six feet tall. One of these days, I just know it.
I’ve got an uncle who’s over six feet tall. My dad’s six feet tall. I’m going to be six. I am not Six feet tall. And Do you know how much I can change that? Not at all. I mean, I wear cowboy boots all day long and I measure up to six feet doll, but I can not chain My stature.
Jesus said, How many of you by worrying, By Giving thought care, concern and focus of mind can change your stature, Not one inch. But then he goes on to say, so why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin. And yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed.
One of these. Now, If God, so clothes, the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven. Will he not much more clothe you? Oh, ye of little faith. Jesus says, as we look at our lives and yeah, If we turn our hearts, minds, focus and Tension to possessions and naughty eternity,
too Worrying and having anxiety About possessions and not eternity, he said, we have lost our grip on reality. We have lost Our grip on what truly matters. We have lost our faith in God, therefore verse 31, do not worry saying, what shall we eat Or what shall we drink? Or what shall we wear now? Did he say, do not Work?
No Jesus in, in no way, shape or form in this passage is accusing these Jews or his disciples of being those who should stop working. He said, they should stop worrying. They should stop their anxiety. They should stop their care and concern and focus as this being the highest priority For after all these things, the Gentiles seek for your Heavenly father knows that you Need these things.
As he did Dresses their care and concerns as he addresses their heart, as he addresses their eyes, as he addresses their minds and their focus, he reminds That they belong to a father who knew What they needed before They ever stepped foot on his earth. And he knows how to provide, but seek first, but seek First, the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you.
Therefore he says, do not worry About tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about its own things sufficient for the day is its own trouble. So what do you want and how do you get it? First of all, we need to be certain about The things that should not be on the List. Rich Should not be on the list. You can go read in first Timothy chapter six,
beginning in verse five, going down through verse nine about all the things that come with riches is that to say that a person who’s rich has somehow done wrong is living in a state of sin. No, that’s not it to say. That would be to accuse those like Abraham and David and many others in the old Testament who were rich, but whose focus was never on rich Is the Hebrew writer and Hebrews chapter 13,
as he writes to these, Christians says, Let your conduct be without Covetousness, be, Be content with such things as you have For he Himself has said, I will never leave you Nor forsake you. The person whose focus and dependency and heart and mind is set on riches. Is there because of insecurity, do we realize that the person, Person who’s striving every day,
day in and day out for more Stuff only does. So because of in security, Because they do not value What they already have. They only value what They do not yet have. And yet when they get it, it is of no value. And yet they will not stop and realize what they’re doing to themselves. So the Hebrew writer says, be content with what you have and why,
how can we Do it? How can we have that mindset? He says, because your father said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. There’s times that I don’t feel as though that’s true. There’s times even this almost writer express there’s times where it seems as though you’re far from me. It seems as though you will, you will not do what I asked you.
It seems as though you’re not dealing with the situation and yet TRIBErs writer continues. And he says, so we may boldly say, Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me, remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.
He says, pay attention to those who taught you, pay attention to those who you’ve learned from pay attention to their actions when they endure difficulty and follow them. And here’s why you can verse eight. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. When Jesus is a Rose from the dead and came back into the presence of the apostles, they were locked in a room assembling by themselves.
They were afraid of the government. They were afraid of the people. They were afraid of them. Those who not too long ago had, had laid Palm leaves down on the road and cried out Hosanna Hosanna. And yet short time later had cried, crucify him, crucify him And Jesus came into their midst and said, Oh, ye of little faith.
They had been told what he was going to do. They had been told what was going to happen, but in the midst of their Care and concern for The things of this life, they had missed the importance of the things pertaining to that life. We need to be those who, first of all, do not set our hearts and minds on riches,
but certainly do not set our hearts and on Sinful pleasures. But instead on eternity, we need to understand that there are things have more value than riches. Proverbs chapter eight, verse 11 describes wisdom to be of more value than rubies. We are to be those who understand that knowledge and understanding are things that we are to want things we are to strive for things we are to study,
to attain and give diligence to attain because knowledge and understanding are those things that can correct our lives. Turn to second Peter chapter one, as we examine and answer what it is that we want and how to get it. Peter writes to these Christians and he says beginning in verse one, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us, by the righteousness of our God and savior Jesus Christ,
grace, and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus, our Lord, he said, first and foremost, may you have grace and peace. You need those. And they’re found in one place, the knowledge of God and Jesus Christ, but he then goes on and says, as his divine power has given to us, all things that pertain to life and godliness,
he said, in the knowledge of him, he has given you everything you need that pertains to life right now. And obedience to him through the knowledge of him who called you to glory and or by glory and virtue by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises. Not only has gone told you what he’s done for you. Not only has God told you what you need to do.
Not only has God given you everything you need to do what he said do, he’s also promised you what will happen when you do it, that through these, you may be partakers of the divine nature. Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. So what do you want? And does it originate with your knowledge of God and your Lord,
Jesus Christ, but how do you get it? Peter goes on to say for this reason, give all diligence to add to your faith virtue and to your virtue knowledge and to knowledge, self control, and to sell control Perseverance and to perseverance godliness and to godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly, kindness, love for if these things are yours, if those are the things you want,
and those are the things you work for, and those are the things you attain. He said for, if these things are yours and a bound, you will neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord, Jesus Christ for he who lacks these things is short-sighted even to blindness and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. Therefore,
brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election. Sure. For if you do these things you will never stumble for. So an entrance will be supplying to you, abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. What do you want? If what you want is entrance into the kingdom of God and an internal abode with him.
Then Peter has just told you how to get it, have your sins washed away through the gospel and obedience to it, and then add to your faith. Virtue, knowledge, perseverance, godliness, brotherly, kindness, and love, and rinse and repeat. And when you do, you will have everything you’ve ever wanted, not a pie in the sky.
Promise if what you want is what Jesus said. And that is to seek first, the kingdom of heaven and his righteousness. If you have need of the invitation, the invitation is open for you now together as we stand and as we sing, Geez, what can make me whole again? Nothing but the bla jeez, us. Oh,<inaudible> that makes<inaudible> no,<inaudible> no nothing but blah,
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Oh, precious is fuck. Nah, it makes me<inaudible>. No, the fam time. No, nothing but blah G sees us the song before the closing prayer will be number 626 Christ for the world. We seen Christ for the wo. We see the world to CRA nice. We Bree<inaudible><inaudible> that boy, the thing<inaudible> Christ<inaudible> Christ<inaudible> we see the woe to CRA nice.
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We pray that our worship to you has been in spirit and truth and a sweet saver. As we prepare to depart, we’re mindful of those that are unable to be with us today. We pray your healing hands be placed upon them. And that they, once again, may return to their much wanted place. Be with those that are in harm’s way,
serving our country, grant them peace and reassurance at this special time of year, when families tend to get together, let them know that there are cared for, and that they have that hope of coming home. Soon as we go to prepare them for this special season, grant us an idea of oneness of helping one another, see the light and to be comforted by the fact that we’re just pilgrims here,
that our true homes need to be pointed toward heaven. Also, father, we fall short of our goals. Many times as we sin, we pray, you will forgive those sins, a repent and turn from them. Go with us. Now, as we depart, bless each of us with The blessings of knowing that we’re held in the hollow of your hand,
it’s in Jesus name, we pray.
