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Divine Sugar Sticks for November 1999
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 “In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.” God came down to create and then to save. That is Christ. To create, Christ had only to speak. To redeem, He had to suffer. He made man by His breath. He saved man by His blood.
God's first recorded message to man: “Thou shall surely
die,” Gen 2:17 Man's first utterance to God: “I was afraid and I hid
myself,” Gen 3:10
In Gen 3:5, man lost his life by believing the devil and regains it by believing the Son of God. We must rise at the point where we fell. Believe.
Gen 3:5, “For God doth know that in the day ye eat
thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as Elohim knowing good
and evil.”
Isa 40:6-8, Man's insufficiency V 6, Grass, flower of the field V 8, The permanence of God's Word. Found also in the New Testament. Mark 13:31, 1 Pet 1:25, Psa 119:89
Isa 53:2, “For He shall grow up before Me as a Tender Plant and as a Root out of a dry ground. He hath no form nor comliness and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.” In the sight of God, a tender plant. In the sight of men, a root out of dry ground.
Isa 62:2, “And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness
and all kings thy glory. And thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth
of the Lord shall name.”
Psa 121:4, “Behold He that keepth Israel shall neither slumbler nor sleep.” Don’t think that Satan is dead, nor even asleep. He that hateth Israel neither is dead or asleep. His antagonism is always there. Alexander the Great told his soldiers, “I wake that you may sleep.” A poor woman in the east was robbed one night and the sultan asked, “Why did you sleep?” “Because I thought you never slept” was the reply.
Psa 121:5, “The Lord is thy keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.” The Lord is thy keeper day and night, in and out for
ever.
Psa 131:1, “Lord, my mind is not haughty, nor mine eyes
lofty, Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for
me.” Psa 131:2, “Surely I have behaved and quieted myself as
a child that is weaned of his mother, my soul is even as a weaned child.” Psa 131:3, “Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth
and for ever.”
Psa 140:5, “The proud have hid a snare for me. And cords, they have spread a net, by the wayside they have set gins for me. Selah.” Christ said, “I am the Way,” not the wayside. The net and the snare are “by the wayside.” There is never any danger “in the Way.”
Psa 143:5, “I remember the days of old, I meditate on all Thy works, I muse on the works of Thy hands.” Remember, meditation and musing upon the works of God's hands cause eager desire and thirst. If we meditate on the Word of God day and night, neither turning to the left or the right, we will prosper withersoever we go. Just ask Joshua.
Psa 145:14, “The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and
raiseeth up all those that be bowed down.” Psa 145:15, “The eyes of all wait upon Thee, and Thou
givest them their meat in due season.” He lifts us up so that we can look up. “Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith.”
A Description of What the Lord is Like, Where the Lord is, What the Lord Will Do Psa 145:17-19 Where the Lord is: “Nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in Truth.” What the Lord will do: “He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him. He also will hear their cry and save them.” “Call upon Me in a time of trouble and I will deliver thee.”
Num 6:27, “And they shall put My Name upon the children of Israel and I will bless them.” All differences disappear, all tribal names pass out of
view, and the Name of the Lord is upon all.
A Benedition to End All Benedictions Num 6:24-26, “The Lord bless thee and keep thee; the Lord make His face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee and give thee peace.” Here is a benediction that can go all the world over and can give all the time without being impoverished. Every soul may utter it, it is the speech of the Lord. Every letter may conclude with it, every day may begin with it, every night may be sanctified by it. Here is Blessing, Keeping, Shining, the uplifting upon our poor life of all Heaven's glad morning. It is the Lord Himself who brings this bar of music from Heaven's infinite anthems.
Joshua 7:10, “And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up wherefore liest thou upon thy face?” Prayer out of fellowship is unavailing. We must confess our sins before we pray otherwise the Lord won’t hear us.
Why Was Christ Born? Why do we celebrate Christmas? The answer is in what Jesus Christ told Pilate. We all forget that passage. Here it is, “To this end was I born and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the Truth.” That is why we are born also. Don’t take Christ out of Christmas — Like some do:
Xmas … X is not the unknown factor. Christ is the factor. And known.
Did you know that God has emotions? The Scripture says that God laughs and God cries. When did God cry? He cried twice in Scripture. He cried over the death of Lazarus and over the fall of Jerusalem. Oh wait, that is not God, that is Christ. No, that is God. Christ said “he that hath seen Me hath seen the Father.” Christ said “the words that I speak are the Father's and the works that I do, they are the Father's.” God laughs and God cries. Christ is God who took on flesh. Would you be mad at me if i said that God is my brother?
Psa 25:11, “For Thy Name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine
iniquity for it is David prayed, “pardon my iniquity.” Pharoah prayed, “take away the frogs.” He prayed to escape the punishment. David prayed because of the cause of it.
Psa 44:1, “We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us what work Thou didst in their days in the times of old.” The songs of other nations praise the heroism of their kings. The songs of Israel celebrated the King of Kings … The doings of the Lord, not the doings of men.
Psa 45:1, “My heart is inditing a good matter; I speak of the things which I have made touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.” Here we have the cause, the nature, and the measure of God's anointing.
Psa 45:10, “Hearken O daughter and consider and incline thine ear forget also thine own people and thy father’s house.” Four calls; hearken, consider, incline thine ear, forget.
Psa 49:7-8, “None of them can by any means redeem his
brother nor give to God a ransom for him. For the redemption of the soul is
precious and it The body might be redeemed from men by money. But God Himself redeems the soul. Psa 49:15, “But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive me. Selah.” For He shall receive me ... in Christ.
Psa 52:5, “God shall likewise destroy thee for ever He
shall take thee away The wicked rooted out of the land of the living. Psa 52:8, “But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.” The righteous are rooted in the house of God.
Psa 55:19, “God shall hear and afflict them. Even he that abideth of old. Selah.” “Because they have no change.” “Therefore they fear not God.” When all goes well with a man or a nation, it is almost sure to be his and its ruin. We may need a change ... Y2K??? It took a crash the last time.
WHAT IS IT LIKE IN HEAVEN? A DEPARTED LOVED ONE WRITES … This isn’t death, its glory. This isn’t grief of having It isn’t even praying For this is the end of all How did I bear this Earth life Before I knew that rapture of meeting face to face.
How We Believers on Earth are Able to Cope When the Lord Takes a Loved One to be With Him I'll meet her in glory She is not dead, she liveth I cannot bring her back here My robes are washed as her's were You ask me, Aren't you grieving And the blessing that is the greatest, And all life takes on new meaning
How Did Simeon Celebrate Christmas?
How Did Isaiah Celebrate Christmas? Isa 7:14, “Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a
Sign, Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and shall call His Name
Immmanuel, Isa 9:6, “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulders. And His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.”
How Did the Angels Celebrate Christmas? Luke 2:10-12, “And the angel said unto them, fear not 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 Saviour which is Christ the Lord."
How Did the Wise Men Celebrate Christmas? Matt 2:1, “And when they were come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped Him and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts, gold, and frankincense and myrrh.”
How Did Jesus Christ Celebrate Christmas? Heb 10:5, “Wherefore when He cometh into the world He saith, Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not, but a body Thou hast prepared for Me.“ Now, that is baby talk!
Here are some church bulletin bloopers that I got from a good friend, Dan. I thought you would like them. They are classic. There are many of them but time allows for only a few.
How Christ Spent Thanksgiving Luke 10:21, “In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the spirit
and said, "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, that Thou hast
hid these things from the wise and the prudent and has revealed them unto babes,
even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight.” That is how Christ spent Thanksgiving.
How did Christ Spend Christmas? Heb 10:5, “Wherefore when He cometh into the world He saith, Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not, but a body Thou hast prepared for Me.”
Zech 3:4-5, “And he answered and spake unto them that stood before him saying, take away the filthy garments from him and unto him he said behold I have caused thy iniquity to pass from thee and I will clothe thee with change of garment. And I said, let them set a fair mitre upon the head so they set a fair mitre upon his head and clothed him with garments, and the angel of the Lord stood by.” Cleansed ... Clothed ... Crowned.
A Seven-Fold Description of "Christ the Branch" Zech 6:12-13, “Speak unto him saying thus speaketh the
Lord of hosts, Even he shall build the temple of the Lord and He shall
bear the glory and shall sit and rule upon His throne and He shall be a priest
upon His
Gen 24: A Model Servant True, v 2, v 35
Gen 24:58, “And they called Rebekah and said unto her Will thou go with this man? And she said I will go.” "I will go." You have to decide for yourself, that’s free will.
Gen 25:33, “And Jacob said swear to me this day and he sware unto him. And he sold his birthright unto Jacob.” There was never any food, except the forbidden fruit, so dearly bought as this broth.
Gen 35:19, “And Rachel died and was buried in the way to Ephrath which is Bethlehem.” The first mention of Bethlehem in the Old Testament. In the New Testament, the first mention of Bethlehem is
in connection Matt 2:1, “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold there came wise men from the east of Jerusalem.”
How Does Satan Celebrate Christmas? Gen 3:15, “And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between thy seed and her Seed. It shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise His heel.” Oh no! He is born. “Christ shall crush Satan under your feet suddenly.”
How Did Anna, the Prophetess, Celebrate Christmas? Who? Anna? Luke 2:36-38. “And there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanilel of the tribe of Asher, she was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity. And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of Him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.”
How Did Herod Celebrate Christmas? Matt 2:13, “And when they were departed, behold the Angel of the Lord appeareth 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 thee word for Herod "will seek the young Child to destroy Him." Matt 2:16, “Then Herod when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men 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 according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.” Maybe that is why crime increases during the Christmas holidays … antagonism to Christ.
We know from Scripture that the worst sins mentioned in
the Bible are sins of the tongue, mental attitude sins, and one overt sin,
murder. Each time you sin and all the times in which you have sinned and ever will sin, you will find waiting for you the Grace of God. "Where sin abounded, Grace did much more abound." Christ died for the sins of the whole world so that sin is not the issue but Christ is the issue. What think ye of Christ?
How Did Micah Celebrate Christmas? Micah 5:2, “But thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall "He come forth unto Me that is to be Ruler in Israel whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”
Qualification for Salvation Weak and heavy laden Weak and heavy laden The object of faith. “I am meek and lowly in mind” Qualification of our Saviour.
Where did the tradition come from that puts an angel on top of the Christmas tree?
Phil 2:8, “And being found in a fashion as a man, humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross.” The steep stairs down which Christ trod His lowly way
Phil 2:12, Paul calls Christians, "beloved," to "work out" their salvation. Unless the Lord has first worked it into you, you cannot work it out.
Phil 2:14, Do all things without murmurings and disputings When a horse begins to kick, he stops pulling. It is the same way with members of the body of Christ.
Murmuring and disputing Murmuring is quarrelling with God. Disputing is quarrelling with men. Phil 2:14, “Do all things without murmuring and disputings.”
A murmur means “I could have managed this thing better than the Lord.” Phil 2:14, “Do all things without murmuring.”
Phil 3:9, “And being found in Him not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.” That garment of righteousness which was worn to shreds on
Adam's back,
Santa Claus is Religious and Legalistic He says “you have to be good to receive a gift.” Well, suppose you are not good. Then you don’t get a gift. Well supposing that there is "none good, no not one" there is no sense in carrying a bag. I like Christ and Christianity better. “It is a gift of God and not of works, lest any man should boast.” P.S. I wonder what church Santa Claus goes to. I have a good idea ... Ask me in private.
Zech 9:9, Rejoice greatly O daughter of Zion, Shout O
daughter of The coming spoken of here took place 33 years after the coming in. Micah 5:2, “But thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be
little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me
that is to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old from But both were included in His first coming. In the same
way, His second
Thought for today 1 Pet 1:8, “Whom having not seen ye love.” We have never seen the Lord Jesus Christ and yet we love Him. Why? Because He first loved us. And we also realize that the soul automatically is designed to respond to His love. The soul is feminine in gender. And not only do we know that He first loved us, but that He also gave Himself for us. So, whom having not seen we love, in whom though we see Him not, yet believing we rejoice with joy unspeakable and fully of glory.
In Psa 116 David said, “Return unto thy rest, O my soul. For the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.” David had been in a terrible mental and emotional condition. He was in a miserable state and yet in that condition he thought of this. “Return unto thy rest, O my soul.” How could his soul find rest in time of distress? “Because the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.” David recognized a truth that many do not recognize, and it is stated in the next verse. For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. We are new creatures in Christ because of believing in Christ, and since He did the most for us at salvation, when we were not even believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, He can only do much more. Deliverance from death, from tears, and failing.
Psa 94:17, “Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.” The Hebrew word for “almost” is the word “quickly.” Literally, “unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had “quickly” dwelt in silence.” The Psalmist was in a deep pit of despair. There was no cry from his soul because his soul felt helpless. This is the principle where words fail us. And the psalmist said if the Lord had not helped him, that would be the condition he would remain in.
Rom 8:31, “What then shall we say to these things, if God is for us, who can be against us.” We have to learn to depend upon the Lord because He is for us. How do we know He is for us? Rom 8:32, “He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? One of the things He gives us is that He is for us. And, therefore, who can be against us?
The Characteristics of a True Pastor Malachi 2:5-7 A. Fearing God: His state of mind This is a guideline for when you elect your next pastor.
Mal 3:3, “And He shall sit as a Refiner and Purifier of silver.” The Refiner sits watching until His own image is reflected in the metal. Job 23:10, “But He knoweth the way that I take. When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”
Zechariah's Predictions That Came True Triumphal entry: Zech 9:9
Psa 20:1, “The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble.
The Name of the God of Jacob defend thee.” Psa 20:5, “We will rejoice in Thy salvation and in the
Name of our God. We will set up our banners. The Lord fulfill all Thy petitions.” Psa 20:7, “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses,
but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God.” “There is therefore no other Name given to men under Heaven whereby we must be saved.”
Mark 4:39, Christ overcame the storm “With God, nothing is impossible.”
Mark 5:12, Demons prayed and Christ answered Mark 6:37, Give ye them to eat.” Mark 6:41, “Christ gave them to His disciples to set
before them .”
Mark 8:34, “And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them, Whosever will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.” You can’t follow after Jesus Christ until you have first come unto Him. “Come unto Me.” Mark 10:17, “And when He was gone forth into the way, there came one running and kneeled to Him, and asked Him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” Salvation sought and missed.
Exodus 30:15, “And the rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel when they give an offering unto the Lord to make an atonement for your souls.” One ransom price for all. So there is one Christ for all. He is within the reach of both rich and poor, who are on the same level in regard to redemption.
Lev 1:4, “He shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering …” This implies confession, substitution, atonement, satisfaction, forgiveness.
Lev 4:4, “And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord, and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head and kill the bullock before the Lord.“ The acceptableness of the offering transferred to the offerer. The sin of the offerer is transferred to the offering.
Lev 1:9, “But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water and the priest shall burn all on the altar to be a burnt sacrifice an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the Lord.” The careful cleansing of the sacrifice before it was placed on the altar teaches of the Lord's holiness and the righteous requirements of the law. What God accepts, must be clean. “The Lord is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity.” “He made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”
We have used the expression, “love conquerors all!” And yet it is a Biblical principle, the foundation of all God's promises and works is His eternal love. Jer 9:24, I am the Lord which exercises loving kindness Divine love liberates: Rev 1:5, Unto Him that loved us and loosed us from our sins. “We love because He first loves us...”
One of the characteristics of Deity is Righteousness, and Jesus Christ has that essence. Jer 23:6, “In his days, Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely and this is His Name whereby He shall be called "the Lord our Righteousness." 1 John 2:29, “If you know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him.”
Jesus Christ also has the essence of Justice, which proves that He is Deity. John 5:22, “For the Father judgeth no man but hath
committed all judgment unto the Son.”
Christ is also Sovereign. 1 Tim 6:15, “Which in His time He shall show who is the
blessed and only potentate, the King of Kings and the Lord of lords.”
Christ is also eternal life, which qualifies Him as being Deity. Heb 7:25, “Wherefore He is able to save them completely
that come unto God by Him seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.” Christ is the Creator.
Christ as God has the qualification of Immutability, which means unchangeable. Heb 1:12, “And as a vesture shall Thou fold them up,
and they shall be changed, but Thou art the same and Thy years shall not fail.” Equal with God, equal with man, the God-man.
Jesus Christ is God because He is all powerful, Omnipotent. 1 Cor 1:14, “But unto them which are called, both Jews
and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”
Jesus Christ has the same quality of Love as God the Father. John 15:9, “As the Father hath loved Me, so have I
loved thee, continue ye in My love.”
Christians are saved to be justified by faith in Christ As Christians, we are live by faith, and not by sight. In the Old Testament, we have written in Habakkuk that
“the just shall live by faith.” There the principle is stated. The just are saved by faith and the just shall live by
faith. 2 Cor 5:7. Just in case you overslept and missed church this morning, here is what you missed: When Christ arose from the grave, the first words out of His mouth were ... “Joy and peace,” common words of greetings. But when Christ greets you with “joy and peace,” this is not just an ordinary way of greeting one another. When He speaks, it is done. So, when He says “joy and peace,” He is giving you joy and peace. His words are gifts. Romans says we receive “joy and peace” by believing. By the way, when you read in the King James version where Christ said, "Hail," it wasn’t hail, it was the word "CHAIRO," which means joy. “My joy, My peace, I give unto you, not as the world gives unto you. My peace shall remain in you.” Peace on Earth because the Prince of Peace was on Earth. Now you can say you went to church.
There were four soldiers sitting at the foot of the Cross for three hours and what did they see? Matt 27:36, “And sitting down, they watched Him there.” Like most people who look at the Cross, they saw nothing.
How Christ answered Job's cry Job 9:33, “Neither it there any Daysman betwixt us, that might lay hands upon us both.” Yes there is! 1 Tim 2:5, “For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.”
Christ answers Job's question Job 14:14, “If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.” Answer:
Job 16:19, “And now behold my witness is in Heaven, and my record is on High.” And he was right … Heb 9:24, “For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are a figure of the true, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.”
On resurrection morning the first thing that Jesus Christ said was to the women, “Joy,” not as the authorized version has it as "Hail." And to the disciples He said, “Peace.” He gave peace and joy to them. “My peace and My joy I give unto you.” There is omnipotent efficacy in Christ's greetings. His wishes are His gifts. All His words are acts. He speaks and it is done. When He desires for us joy, it is a gift. And in the gift there is invested in it the joy and peace He desires for us. Joy and peace come by believing. And receiving.
How do we know from Scripture that Jesus Christ is God? One of the many ways in which we can tell is by Divine actions and characteristics attributed to Him. For example: Veracity. Eph 4:21, “If so be that you have heard Him and have
been taught by Him, as the Truth is in Jesus.“ One of the characteristics of Deity is veracity.
Another characteristic which proves that Jesus Christ is God is: Omniscience. John 6:64, “But there are some of you that believe not for Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not and who should betray Him.” John 2:24, “But Jesus did not commit Himself unto them because He knew all men.” John 10:15, “As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father and I lay down My life for the sheep.”
One of the qualifications for Jesus Christ to be God is: Omnipresence. John 14:2, “Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me and he will keep My Words, and My Father will love and We will come unto him and make our abode with him.” John 3:13, “And no man hath ascended up to Heaven, but He that came down from Heaven, even the Son of man which is in Heaven.“ Matt 18:20, “For where there are two or three gathered in My Name, there am I in the midst of them.” Deity cannot be confined to one place, like the Cross. So Christ, as man, went to the Cross. That is the God-Man.
From the Divine Viewpoint the principle is: Believing is receiving! John 1:12, “To as many as believed him,” “To them
that believe.” The world says seeing is believing. A Christian experience, Psa 116 V 3, Conviction: “I found trouble and sorrow .”
Psa 117:2, “The Truth of the Lord endureth for ever.” John 14:6, “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no
one cometh unto the Father but by Me.”
Psa 119:19, Believer's prayer “Hide not Thy commandments from me.” Promise: Fulfillment:
Psa 119:59-60, “I thought on my ways and turned my feet
unto Thy The prodigal son’s epitaph: Thinking for himself
Psa 119:94, “I am Thine, save me for I have sought Thy precepts.” Profession: I am thine. Thine, by purchase, surrender. Save me from sin, error, enemies, carelessness, self, and temptation.
We have all heard the old expression … It, she, or he, “is the greatest thing since sliced
bread.” Scripture can be applied to your personal life and you can benefit from it. Point of view: Christ always broke bread. He never sliced bread. There is something special about breaking bread with someone not slicing bread with someone. Point of view: Just get a loaf of bread unsliced and take
it home and break bread with someone and you will see how special it is and how
much The disciples went from door to door breaking bread.
The Father Gives the Bride Away. John 17:9, “I pray for them, I pray not for the world but for them whom Thou hast given Me, for they are Thine.” The Father gives the bride away! We are called the bride of Christ, and the Father gives the bride away to the Bridegroom. Now, the next time you go to a wedding or attend your own, don’t object to the ceremony when the mother gets up and says “I give the bride away,” or “My husband and I give the bride away.” God does not have a mother.
Judges 7:16, “And he divided the 300 men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand with empty pitchers and lamps within the pitchers.” Empty pitchers with lights shining in them. Trumpets to proclaim. Such should Christians be. The trumpet and the torch should tell the same story.
Ruth 1:6, “Then she arose with her daughters in law that she might return from the country of Moab for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited His people in giving them bread.” The true child of God never dies in a far country but returns to his Father’s house.
Ruth 1:14, “And they lifted up their voice and wept again and Orpah kissed her mother in law but Ruth clave unto her.” Orpah means “profession.” Ruth means “possession.” I went out ... the Lord hath brought me home.
In Scripture it is repeated that when Jesus Christ was being bruised and afflicted and beaten, "He opened up not His mouth." And He did the same thing with the Jewish rulers, Pilate, and Herod. "He opened up not His mouth." But He finally did open up His mouth. Why? When “He became sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him."
Crucifixion was Roman style of capital punishment. Many people were killed through crucifixion and it was mainly through exhaustion. But the Cross didn’t kill Christ. He laid down His life. He dismissed His Spirit. He commended His Spirit to leave His body and it did. He died for you and me because He would and He would because He loved. Merry Christmas!
Song of Solomon 2:15, “Take us the foxes the little foxes, that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.” Little foxes that spoil the vines.
Song of Solomon 8:5, “Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree, there thy mother brought thee forth, there she brought thee forth that bare thee.” Leaning upon her beloved, not leading.
Why Grace? To be saved by.
Simple Ones, Scorners, Fools Prov 1:22, "How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge." Prov 1:25, "And wound none of My reproof." Prov 1:30, "They would none of My counsel, they despised all My reproof." Psa 81:11, “But My people would not hearken to My voice and Israel would none of Me.”
Prov 1:32, “For the turning away of the simple shall slay them and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.” Prosperity discovers vice, but adversity discovers virtue.
Proverbs 3 has seven positives and 12 negatives. Now there is a message for a pastor.
Matt 26:56, “But all that was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.” Christ's circle gradually narrowed down. First the multitudes left Him, and many so-called disciples and finally “the twelve.”
Matt 27:35, “And they crucified Him and parted His garments casting lots that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, ‘They parted My garments among them and upon My vesture did they cast lots.’” The soldiers took from Christ His garments.
Mark 2:5, “When Jesus saw their faith He said unto the sick of the palsy, Son thy sins be forgiven thee.” Christ saw not their perseverance or their ingenuity, but their faith.
Mark 6:29, “For Herod feared John knowing that he was a just man and an holy and observed him and when he heard him he did many things and heard him gladly.” Herod feared John and did many things.
Herod was not far from the kingdom of God, but the sin of adultery kept him back. It was the price of his soul. “He that committeth adultery with a woman destroyeth his own soul,” Prov 6:32.
God the Father, full of compassion, Psa 114:8, Psa 138:38 God the Son moved with compassion, Luke 7:13, Mark 1:41
Mark 9:8, “And suddenly when they had looked round about they saw no man any more save Jesus only with themselves.” Jesus Christ alone on the Mount of Transfiguration. “There is no other name under Heaven given to men whereby we must be saved.”
Mark 9:2: The Christian life on the mountain top. Mark 9:9: The Christian life in the plain.
Mark 9:20, “And they brought him unto Him and when He saw him straightway, the spirit tare him and he fell on the ground and wallowed foaming.” Like a bad tenant, the demon tried to do as much harm as he could when he got notice to quit, being evicted.
Y2K A Powerful Prayer! A prayer not for the removal of the calamities of Y2K, but a triumphant prayer nevertheless Jer 14:1-9: Key principles for deliverance But, start off with verse 7, “though our iniquities testify against us, do it for Thy Name’s sake,; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against Thee.” Confession first and then hit the Throne of Grace. Happy Y2K!!!!
If you want to have an interesting conversation, just ask a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ what she or he does when he or she sins. The answers: What is a believer supposed to do when he or she sins? 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” What do you do when you sin? Oh, you don’t sin? Let me ask your wife or your husband.
Matt 15:24, “But He answered and said, I am not sent
but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” The Lord was charmed with the diamond of this woman's faith. And He tried it in different lights in order that each facet might flash out. “A gift is as a precious stone to him that hath it, everywhere it turneth, it prospereth.”
The Church was chosen before the foundation of the world. Eph 1:14, Titus 1:2 The Jew, from the foundation of the world. Matt 25:34, “Come ye blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
Even Demons Go to Church Mark 1:23, “And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit and he cried out.” Not only in church, but praying. I wonder how many demons we have in a church service???
Even Satan believes in God, but he also is not saved.
When you are younger you “think” you can make it in your own strength, because you are young and strong. But, you can’t make it in your own strength. When you get older you can’t make it in your own strength – you don’t have any. So, it is much easier and there is less of a challenge to depend on the Lord's strength. True or false: We need the Lord's strength, young or old. “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength and mount up with wings of eagles.”
Matt 16:16, “And Simon Peter answered and said, thou
are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Matt 16:22, “Then Peter took Him, began to rebuke Him,
saying, Lord, this shall not be unto Thee.” Satan is a great counter attacker. After a great victory you are vulnerable for a great fall.
Matt 22:2, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son.” The feast was spread not for the feeding of the guests, but for the honoring of the king's son.
Matt 23:27, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.” Whitewashed, not washed white. Some very good-looking men are deformed on the inside. Men look on the outside, God looks on the inside.
Matt 24:18, “Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.” This is speaking of the Tribulation. In the ruins of Pompeii, there was found the petrified body of a woman in the act of snatching her jewels.
Matt 24:42, “Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.” The Lord's exhortation is never based on the fear of death, but on the hope of His return and its unexpectedness.
Matt 24:47, “Verily I say unto you, that He shall make him ruler over all goods.” The promotion that comes from the Lord is not like earthly possessions where the eminence of one excludes that of another. But rather like the diffusion of love, in which the more one has, the more there is for all.
Matt 24:49, “And shall begin to smite his fellowservants and to eat and drink with the drunken.” Unkindness toward the Lord's people and fellowship with the ungodly are two great marks of hypocrisy.
Matt 25:15, “And unto one He gave five talents and to another one, to every man according to his several ability and straightway took his journey.” Many thousands of watch springs can be made out of a pound of iron. We have to improve faithfully the talent that God has given us.
Micah 5:7, “And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man now waiteth for the sons of men.” O.T.: Influence of the believers in the world.
Micah 2:7, “O thou that art named the house of Jacob is
the spirit of the Lord straitened?” There is nothing wrong with the Lord. What is wrong? Quenching and grieving the Holy Spirit.
Confession of sin is necessary for the believer.
Sometimes when something goes wrong in our lives as Christians, either to us personally or to our family, or even our nation – we think sometimes that the Lord has forgotten all about us. But that is not the problem. We have forgotten Him. Israel had that same problem, so we are not alone. And they expressed it in a very unusual manner that you may not detect in a quick reading of this passage. Jer 14:8, “O the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble. Why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land? And as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for the night. Why shouldest Thou be as a man astonised as a mighty man that cannot save. Yet Thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us and we are called by Thy Name. Leave us not.” They thought that He was a stranger, foreigner, alien.
Or, a warfaring man turning in for one night and leaving in the morning, just
passing through. Well, it wasn’t His fault. It was their fault, they
were strangers and hust passing through and spending the night and leaving in
the morning. This is the “Nod-to-God” type that shows up on Sunday.
Y2K Many are concerned and should be as to the outcome of Y2K and the year 2000 A.D. But whatever you do, do not pray for the removal of whatever calamity may occur because of Y2K. I have done a study recently in Jeremiah 14:1-9, which gives us a picture of a calamity. And it is noticeable there that the prayer was not for the removal of the calamity, If you need further information, I will send you the complete study for the same price … no charge, tape or literature. It states that He, the Lord, is in their midst
Isa 59:1-2, “Behold the Lord's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither His ear heavy that it cannot hear. But your sins have separated between you and your God and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear.” If our water supply runs short, we don’t conclude that the river or the lake has run dry. But that our pipes are clogged up. Why prayer is not answered. Not all prayers are answered.
Psa 66:18, “If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me.” If you want your prayers to be answered, be sure that first you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and secondly that you are in fellowship with Him. This can be accomplished at any time simply by using 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
There are times when the Grace of God operates in our lives when it comes to prayer. Even without our praying. Isa 65:24, “And it shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking I will hear.” God sometimes answers before you ask.
Jer 8:7, “Yea the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times.” The Persians formed their almanacs by the movements of the storks. 1. Birds mingle music with work And you thought that storks brought babies!
Ezek 11:16, “Therefore say, thus saith the Lord God, although I have cast them far off among the heathen and although I scattered them among the countries ... Yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.” Though Israel is dispersed, they can find the Lord even among the heathen. And that is Grace.
Ezek 23:35, “Therefore saith the Lord God, because thou hast forgotten Me, and cast Me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.” “Cast Me behind thy back” compared with If you turn you back on the Lord, He is still there but you can’t see His face.
Here is a message for your pastor, an outline … Ezek 34, The I will's of the Lord on behalf of His sheep. V 11, I will search them and seek them out. “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”
Nothing derogatory is recorded of Enoch, Samuel and Daniel. Yet they were not sinless but they confessed their sins. Dan 1:4, “Children in whom was no blemish.”
Dan 1:6-8, Boy heroes and by reason of their purpose this is what the Lord gave them. 1. Favor and tender love with the prince. Do not eat the king's food. Do not "go with the tide" if it is wrong.
Dan 1:12, “Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days and let them give us pulse to eat and water to drink.” Do not be afraid to test your faith.
Dan 1:15, “And at the end of ten days, their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh then all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.” Purity pays. He who abstains from drinking and drugs, etc. always has the more comely features, because of sound doctrine. Literally, “healthy doctrine.”
Dan 5:27, “Weighed and found wanting.” The moralist: morality
In our day facing the year 2000, with the apostasy that has been predicted and has come true, it is said, “In the latter days they will not endure sound Doctrine." We are confronted on every stage with miracle workers and so-called healers. I wonder how John the baptist would stack up today as a miracle worker? Matt 11:1, “Verily I say unto you among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the baptist.” How great was he? But notice this same John was so great that … V 42, “And many believed on Him there.”
Psa 141:7-8, “Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the Earth. But mine eyes are unto Thee, O God the Lord, in Thee is my trust, leave not my soul destitute.” These texts are inscribed on the cross which marks the site of the well into which the dead bodies were dropped every night during the siege of Cawnpore, in which about one thousand Europeans were murdered. We are not allowed to put crosses on our graves anymore
in this country. It seems a shame that men and women who have died for this
country are not allowed to display their faith.
Psa 119:31, “I have stuck unto Thy testimonies O Lord. Put me not in shame.” The best law for Bible Study is sticking to it.
Psa 119:71, “It is good for me that I have been afflicted that I may learn Thy statutes.” It is a good wave that washes the mariner on to the rock.
Psa 102:25, “Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the Earth and the Heavens are the work of Thy hands.” Creation was the work of God's hands. Eph 1:7, “In Whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His Grace.”
Joshua 23, “Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left.” Joshua had tried God for 40 years in the brick kiln, 40 years in the desert, and 30 years in the Promised Land. And this was his dying testimony.
Judges 3:5-8, Steps in Israel's Decline
Boaz as a Type of Christ
“In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.” Well there is God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, which one of Them did the creating? Christians recite a creed which says, “I believe in God the Father Almighty, the Creator of Heaven and Earth.” But, they start off their worship service with a wrong premise. Col 1:16, “For by Him were all things created, that are in Heaven and that are in Earth, visible and invisible; whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers, all things were created by Him and for Him.” Col 1:17, “And He is before all things and by Him all things consist.” Our Saviour Jesus Christ is our Creator. John 1:3, “All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.” Heb 1:3, “Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His Person, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”
“In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.” The word “create” is the Hebrew word "BARA," which means to create out of nothing. By what power did Christ create the world? Heb 1:3, “Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His Person, and upholding all things by the Word of His power …” Answer: By the Word of His power 2 Pet 3:5, “For this they willingly are ignorant of
that by the Word of God the Heavens were of old and the Earth standing from the
beginning of the creation.”
Christ created the Heavens and the Earth out of nothing. How did He create man? He made man. The Hebrew word for “made” is
"ASAH," which means He made man out of existing material. Hebrew verbs of the original language are important.
Did you know that Adam was told to dress the ground? So,
he was a gardener.
In Genesis it is stated that the last thing that Christ created was man. Did you ever realize that brussel sprouts were here before us?
When God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, did Adam just
lay around and I wonder what kind of a dresser he was? He didn’t have
good taste when
Who was the first transgressor in the Garden?
Adam tried to hide from the Lord. I guess he never read, Psa 139:7, “Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? Or whether shall I flee from Thy presence?” Psa 139:12, “Yes the darkness hideth not from Thee but the night shineth as the day, the darkness and the night are both alike to Thee.”
How did Adam know the ground also was cursed? By the weeds that it brought forth, and the labor
required to till it.
Was there a special mercy granted to Eve? Yes, that she would be the ancestress of Christ. Gen 3:15, “the Seed of the woman.”
Heb 11:4, “By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.”
2 Sam 3:3, “And his third son, Absalom, the son of
Maacah, the daughter of David married a princess who was not of Israel in order to strengthen his kingdom, and Absalom was his son.
1 Kings 8:56, “Blessed be the Lord that hath given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. There hath not failed one Word of all His good promise which He promised by the hand of Moses, His servant.” Unclaimed promises are like uncashed checks. They will keep you from bankruptcy, but not from want.
1 Kings 17:16, “And the barrel of meal wasted not neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the Word of the Lord, which He spake by Elijah.” In Christianity, the more you export, the more you have at home.
2 Kings 6:16, “And he answered, Fear not; for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.” There are only two classes of people: “with” or “against.” Christ said, “He who is not for Me is against Me.” There is no neutrality when it comes to Christ: You are either for or against Him.
If you could pick out one verse that would explain all the difficulties Christians are having in marriage what would it be? Here is a clue: It never says in the Bible that the wife
is supposed to love her husband. Here is another clue: Titus 2:4, “That they, aged women, may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children.” Do you have the answer yet? Well, if you don’t get it
soon, I will send it to you.
Another Question on Marriage Where do a man and woman first recognize that they are meant for each other? Here is a clue: A believer is trichotomos, which means he is made up of three parts: Spirit, soul, and body. Where is the recognition found?
There are four words for love in the Koine Greek of the New Testament. So, that when someone says “I love you” you know whether to run, walk, or stay. AGAPE, PHILOS, STORGE, ERGOS. ERGOS is not found in the New Testament. AGAPE is mental love. PHILOS is total soul rapport. STORGE is like family and friends love.
Psa 145:17, What the Lord is: Righteous in all His ways and holy in all His works. Psa 145:18, Where the Lord is: Nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in Truth.” Psa 145:19, What the Lord will do: He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him. He also shall hear their cry and will save them.
Psa 119:94 Profession: I am Thine. Thine, by purchase, surrender. Save me, from sin, error, enemies, carelessness, temptation, and self.
Wherewith shall we praise, whatever is most helpful. Psa 150:3-5, “Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet. Praise Him with the psaltery and harp. Praise Him with the timbrel and dance. Praise Him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise Him upon the loud cymbals. Praise Him upon the loud sounding cymbals.” It sounds like big band to me.
Whom Shall Praise Psa 150:6, “Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.” The Psalms begin with “blessed is the man” and the Psalms end with “Praise ye the Lord.”
Whom shall we praise? Psa 150:1-2, Praise ye the Lord, Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in the firmament of His power. Praise Him for His mighty acts. Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.”
Psa 103: The mercy of God V 4, Its quality: Tender
Never let us think that the devil is dead or asleep.
Psa 125:1-2, “They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion which cannot be removed but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about His people from henceforth even for ever.” As the Lord encircles His people like a mountain rampart, He must be removed before they can be removed. Therefore the command: Phil 4:1, “Stand fast in the Lord.”
Psa 138:6, “Though the Lord be high, yet hath He respect unto the lowly, but the proud He knoweth afar off.” Pride never prepares a man for Paradise. Pride prepares a man for perdition.
Psa 140:5, “The proud hid a snare for me, and cords they spread a net by “the wayside” they have set gins for me. Selah.” The net is by the wayside. There is no danger in the Way. “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father but by Me.”
Psa 89: The Mercy of God V 1, “I will sing of the mercies of God for ever” Don’t give me what I deserve, Lord. Give me mercy.
Psa 119:166, Trust and Obedience Lord, I have “hoped” for Thy salvation and “done” Thy commandments.
Psa 19:7-8, Actions of God's Word Converting, making wise, rejoicing, and enlightening. Do you want to be saved? Do you want to be wise? Meditate in the Word day and night neither turning to the left or the right and thou shalt prosper withersoever thou goest."
Psa 19:7-8, Actions of God's Word Converting, making wise, rejoicing, and enlightening. Do you want to be saved? Do you want to be wise? “Meditate in the Word day and night neither turning to the left or the right and thou shalt prosper withersoever thou goest.”
Psa 22:31, “They shall come and shall declare His righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that He hath done this.” Literal translation, that “it is finished,” for He hath done this.
Psa 22:26, “The meek shall eat and be satisfied.” Psa 22:29, “And they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship.” Satisfied ones must go on eating if they are to worship.
Taste and see that the Lord is gracious.
Psa 22:1 begins with the atonement cry of Christ, “My
God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”
Sometimes the Lord is silent because of His love to us.
Literally, of rest in His love. Zeph 3:17.
Psa 30:5, “For His anger endureth but a moment. In His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Literally, His favor is for a lifetime. Not life. This is a lifetime contrasted with the moment of anger. Isa 54:7-8, “For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee but with great mercies will I gather thee.”
Psa 40:7, “Then said I, lo, I come in the volume of the
Book it is written of Me.” Whenever the scroll is unrolled we find Christ. Religion carries the scroll all covered over in a purple covering. But they never unroll it.
Psa 42:11, “Why art thou cast down O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God for I shall yet praise Him who is the health of my countenance and my God.” Hope is like the sun, which, as we travel toward it casts the shadows behind us.
Psa 44:1, “We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days in the times of old.” While the songs of other nations praise the heroism of their kings, the songs of Israel celebrate the work of God.
I sought the Lord and afterward I knew Thou didst reach forth Thy hand and mine unfold, I find, I walk, I love, but O the whole
John 20:27-28, Then said He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger and behold My hands, and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into My side.” Be not faithless, but believing. We walk by faith and not by sight We may not touch His hands and side
A Christmas Proverb Luke 2:7, “And she brought forth her Firstborn Son and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room in the inn.” 1 John 1:7, “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” No room in the inn, cleanseth from all sin.
VETERAN'S DAY 1999 O Lord almighty, Thou whose hands Thou wilt not turn Thy face away Remember, Lord, the years of faith Remember how, since time began Thou wilt not turn Thy face away
Veterans Day 99 Lord while for all mankind we pray O guard our shores from every foe Unite us in the sacred love Lord of the nations, thus to Thee
Why was the Cross from their grave removed They never lived to be honored in a parade The country they fought for removed the Cross To remove the Cross is a great crime and shame What was so offensive for the U.S. to remove the Cross, They prayed before they climbed up over the hill Why remove the Cross from a soldier's grave
Exodus 9:27, "And Pharoah sent and called for Moses
and Aaron and said Pharoah confessed his sin but he still wasn't saved.
Christians believe some very unusual doctrines. We believe that a Son was born to a woman and the Son was
older than the woman.
Exodus 12:6, "And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening." Not a live lamb. Not the life of Christ, but His death and sacrifice.
Exodus 12:29, "And it came to pass that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharoah that sat on the throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the cattle." The two most strongly guarded houses: Neither the palace nor the prison, neither guard nor stone walls could keep the Lord out.
Exodus 12:30, "And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead." Principle: either the firstborn or the Lamb.
Exodus 14:20, "And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and it was a cloud and darkness to them but it gave light by night to these, so that the one camp came not near the other all night." It must amaze the devil, that he has not gotten to us before this. when everything seems to be in his favor and we seem to be selling ourselves to him. There is an invisible and impenetrable wall between us and he has not gotten us yet!
Exodus 16:21, "And they gathered it every morning every man according to his eating, and when the sun waxed hot it melted." The daybreak blessing is a day-long gain. Seek the heavenly manna in the morning of your life.
Exodus 16:32, "And Moses said this is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt." The way to enrich life is to keep a retentive memory in your mind.
Only Christians can believe that Someone who had no beginning was born of a virgin.
Matt 15:28, "Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman great is thy faith. Be it unto thee even as thou wilt." Christ capitulates to a conquering faith. He surrenders
at discretion to a soul that vanquishes by believing.
Matt 16:26, "For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Pleasure, profit, preferment, are a man's trinity. And his carnal self is these in unity.
Matt 17:5, "This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him." God the Father here quotes three Old Testament texts: "This is My beloved Son," Psa 2:7
Matt 4:4, "Man cannot live by bread alone but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Jesus Christ here quoted Deut 8:3.
Matt 24:42, "Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." The Lord's exhortations to watchfulness are never based on the fear of death, but in the hope of His return and unexpectation.
Matt 24:42, Watch We know the duty but not the day.
Nick, did you know that you speak Hebrew? Well, you do. Every time you say, "Amen," that is a Hebrew word. "Look Mom, I am speaking Hebrew."
It is said that Jesus Christ was a Son of a carpenter. But Jesus Christ said, "I am about My Father's business." And that was not wood work. It was the work of God in salvation, so that we wouldn't work.
Jonah 1:4, "But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken." Disobedience to God's Word always leads us into troubled waters.
Jonah 1:11, "Then said they unto him what shall we do unto thee that the sSea may be calm unto us, for the sea wrought and was tempestuous." The old sin nature in the soul is like Jonah in the ship – it turns the smoothest water into a tempestuous sea.
The tree of curiosity Curiosity led Eve to destruction
To be or not to be! Be not deceived: Luke 21:8
Luke 23:12, "And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together for before they were at enmity between themselves." There are many sects and classes among the heathen nut they all unite against Christianity.
Remember Me! Luke 23:42, "And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom." The thief wanted to be remembered in Heaven.
From the side of Jesus Christ one man may go to Heaven and the other to Hell. Just ask the two thieves!
Luke 24:3, "And they entered in and found not the body of the Lord Jesus." As the grave of Jesus Christ is empty, so shall all graves one day be.
Luke 24:15, "And it came to pass that while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near and went with them." We do not sufficiently realize that if any two of us make the Lord Jesus Christ the subject of our conversation, He Himself will be in our company. And He will write it down, too, in a book of remembrance. Mal 3:16.
In creation God gave the product of the Earth for our
bodies.
John Chapter Four
Water rises to its own level. As the water of life comes from the throne of God, it will carry you into the presence of God.
John 4:14, "But whosoever drinketh of this water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." God does not want a dam — but a canal to carry the Gospel. Dam up a spring and you get a frog pond. Croak, croak.
John 4:37, "And herein is that saying true, one soweth and another reapeth." Any farm laborer is called to reap. But it takes a skillful man to sow.
John 5:24, "Verily, verily I say unto you, He that heareth My Word and believeth on Him that sent Me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life." The voice of autumn is from life unto death.
Matt 12:30, "He that is not with Me is against Me, and he that gathereth not with Me scattereth abroad." Some people have said well before I was a believer I was
not against Christ, I just wasn't interested.
Mal 3:16, "They that feared the Lord spake often one to another and the Lord hearkened and heard it and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the Lord and that thought upon His Name." Believers who are accustomed to converse with each other, so that the Lord Himself listens to them that talk. He likes it so much that He takes notes of it, and makes a book which He lodges in His record office.
Christ's first look is of love: Mark 10:21
Jesus Christ gave Himself a ransom for many: Mark 10:45 "I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me. And the life which I now life in the flesh I live by the faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Luke 1:53, "He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich He hath sent empty away." Christ sends none empty away, but those who are full of themselves.
Luke 2:14, "Glory to God in the highest and on Earth peace with men of good will." Heaven's choir came down to sing
Luke 2:49, "And He said unto them, how is it that ye
sought Me? Wist ye not that I must be about My Father's business?" Christ's last message before His death:
Human IQ is not a factor in life at all. Some people think that having a high IQ is outstanding. But the person with the lowest IQ can be smarter than all of them. Psa 119:99, I have more understanding than all my teachers for Thy testimonies are my meditation." Psa 119:100, "I understand more than the ancients because I keep thy precepts." Get smart! Wise up!
Mark 3:3, Stand forth: As a confession of need
Notice the testimony of demons to the Lord Jesus Christ Mark 5:6, "And when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped Him." "Saw Christ afar off" "Ran and worshipped Him." Mark 5:7, "And cried with a loud voice and said what have I to do with Thee, Jesus Thou Son of the Most High God, I adjure Thee by God that Thou torment me not." Confessed His Deity, dreaded His indignation. Which is more than most Christians confess!
Mark 5:23, "And besought Him greatly saying my daughter lieth at the point of death, I pray Thee come and lay Thy hands on her that she may be healed and she shall live." It was his daughter's trouble that drove the ruler to Christ. A short prayer, but to the point.
Mark 6:31, "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest for a while." There is progress in the Christian way of life when you may not seem to be going ahead, like a boat at a dock which must take time to rise to a higher level before it can advance up stream.
Full of Compassion God the Father Psa 78:38, "But He being full of compassion forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not, yea, many a time turned He His anger away, and did not stir up all His wrath." God the Son Luke 7:13, "And when the Lord saw her He had compassion on her and said unto her, Weep not."
The government is in an all out effort to register guns to stop crime and killing Cain killed Abel with a sacrificial knife. But murder is sin, sin is suicide. Rom 6:23, "The wages of sin is death." And the government can't do anything about that. But we can. 1 John 1:9, "If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." There is no sense in any believer going out under the "sin unto death." God can register the old sin nature.
Who was the man that lived longer than any man, and yet his son died before him?
We have to be reminded to remember the Lord. And the Lord's Table is one of the means of remembering Him. "Do this in remembrance of Me." But He always remembers us. His mind is always on us and He has proved that to us simply by this statement. So that He is always aware of us all He has to do is look at His hands. Isa 49:16, I have graven thee upon My hands." He can't forget us, but we forget Him. "I will keep Him in perfect peace whose mind is
stayed on Me." He is mindful of you. Are we mindful of Him?
Jer 11:5, "That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, so be it, O Lord." Our amen to His promise. His amen to our faith Matt 8:13, "And Jesus sad unto the centurion go thy way and as thou hast believed. So be it done unto thee."
The Potter and the Clay Men are different than clay. They can resist the potter. They would be better off if they were clay and not made from clay that can resist. And that they were more pliable in His hands.
Gifts found in the Gospel of John. See if you can find them. The true bread There are some stocking stuffers for you.
God's necessity: Even so must the Son of man be lifted
up.
The Trinity suggested in John chapter one: In the bosom of the Father Two in one and
The Son in the bosom of the Father The sinner in the bosom of the Son:
John 1:29, "Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world." On the first day John led no one to Christ, but on the second day, he led two to the Lord. John 1:35, "Again the next day after John stood and
two of his disciples."
Saturday, November 6, 1999 Matt 19:23, "Then said Jesus unto the disciples, Verily I say unto you that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of Heaven." Christians often become rich, but rich men seldom become Christians.
Matt 19:22, "But when the young man heard that saying he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions." Wealth is no harm but the inability to give it up is deadly.
Matt 15:25, "Then came she and worshipped Him
saying, Lord help me!
Matt 15:22, "And behold a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto Him saying have mercy on me, O Lord, Thou Son of David. My daughter is grievously vexed with a demon." Christ heard the woman when she dropped the title, "Son of David." She was a Gentile.
God the Father said, "This is My beloved Son. Hear ye Him." Mary said, "Whatsoever He saith to you, do it." I don't think Mary was a Catholic.
Matt 25:21, "Well done thou good and faithful servant." It is not, "Well done thou good and successful servant." He only uses "faithful." If you are faithful you are successful.
Matt 25:35, "For I was an hungred and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in." Many love at their tongue's end. But the gracious love at their fingers end.
The Lord's Supper is: "Do this in remembrance of Me, till I come again."
1 Cor 15:51-52, "Behold I show you a mystery, we shall not all sleep but we all shall be changed, in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed." 1 Thess 4:15-18, "For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout and with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words." They say we have to die and pay taxes. Well it looks like we will never get away from taxes but we may escape death. It could happen today.
Friday, November 5, 1999 In Exodus 7 times God says, "Let My people go." God's purpose for His people.
The Passover represents the passion of the Cross.
Deut 21:2, "And if a man have committed a sin worthy
of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree."
Deut 28:25, "The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies. Thou shalt go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the Earth." Over the entrance in a cemetery in New Orleans are these words in Hebrew, "the dispersed of Judah."
Deut 28:32, "Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all the day long and there shall be no might in thine hand." In the horrible persecution of the Jews by the Romans in Spain, four centuries ago, their children were stripped from them to be reared in the Popish faith.
Deut 28:33, "The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway." This was fulfilled under the Assyrians and Romans for centuries and fulfilled under the Turks, who by their misrule do eat up the lands they govern.
The Cities of Refuge are a type of Christ, our Refuge Kadesh, means holy, separated, set apart unto God. "God is my Refuge and my Fortress and my High Tower and my Salvation."
Thursday, November 4, 1999 Matt 27:63, "We remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again." Christ's enemies remembered what His disciples forgot. "In three days I will rise again."
Mark 2:5, "When Jesus saw their faith, He said unto the sick of palsy, "Son, thy sins be forgiven thee." Without the palsy, this man might never have seen the Lord Jesus Christ.
Mark 2:8, "And immediately when Jesus perceived in His Spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, He said unto them why reason ye these things in your minds." To know the minds of men was with the Jews a test of the true Messiah's Claims. Isa 11:3, "And shall make Him of quick understanding
in the fear of the Lord and He shall not judge after the sight of His eyes
neither reprove after the hearing of His ears."
Christ's Enemies Christ's Friends Christ's Messengers Enemies, friends, message
Psa 110:74, "They that fear Thee will be glad when they see me, for I have hoped in Thy Word." Are you glad to see me?
Psa 119:111, "Thy testimonies have I taken as an
heritage for ever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart." The Word of God will make you happy.
"Good hands people" "You're in good
hands …" But here are some "good hands people" I would like to recommend. John 10:28, "I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." John 10:29, "My father, which gave them Me, is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father's hand." Good hands! Now that is the kind of insurance to buy! "In sure" "In sure insurance"
Here is prophecy on the destruction of the present Earth that we now live on. "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat; The Earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and the elements shall melt with fervent heat "nevertheless we according to the promise look for new heavens and a new Earth wherein dwelleth righteousness." When we this occur? Not before the year 3007 A. D.
A promise for the destruction of the universe Psa 102:25-28, "Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the Earth and the Heavens are the work of Thy hands." "They shall perish but Thou shalt endure, yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment. As a vesture shall Thou change them. And they shall be changed." "But Thou are the same, and Thy years shall have no end." "The children of Thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before Thee." Better stop worrying about cleaning up the environment. What we need is cleansing of the soul! "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
If you are truly in love with the Lord, and only you know that, here is what He has in store for you, as lovers. Psa 91:14, "Because He hath set His love upon me,
therefore, His Name is sovereignty, righteousness, justice, love, eternal life, omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, immutability and veracity.
Psa 62:2, "He only is my rock and my
salvation." Psa 62:8, "Trust in Him at all times ye people, pour out your heart before Him, God is a refuge for us, Selah." "Upon this Rock I will build my Church." That is not Peter. He was rocky. That Rock is Christ. Well, this just knocked out a whole abomination.
"Jehovah Nissi" means the Lord is my banner. Psa 60:4, "Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee that it may be displayed because of the Truth." Don't forget to hang your flag out, display it. "His banner over me is love."
Do you think our country has gone to the dogs? Psa 59:5, "Thou, therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen; be not merciful to any wicked transgressor." Psa 59:6-7, "They return at evening, they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Behold they belch out with their mouth, swords are in their lips, for who say they doth hear?" Psa 59:14, "And at evening let them return, and let them make a noise like a dog and go round about the city. Let them wander up and down for meat and grudge if they be not satisfied." "But I will sing aloud of Thy power." "I
will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning."
Wednesday, November 3, 1999 Prov 16:18, “Pride goeth before a fall.” You better be humble or you will stumble.
Prov 17:17, “A friend loveth at all times and a brother is born for adversity.” A true friend is like ivy – the greater the ruin, the closer he clings.
Prov 22:6, Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Happy are they who learn their first lessons at their
mother's knee. Children that are old enough to sin are old enough to change
their minds.
Psa 119:103, “How sweet are Thy Words unto my taste. Yea, sweeter than honey in my mouth.” The Words must be sweet to our taste when we think of them or they will not be sweet when we talk about them. Jeremiah proved that to us: Jer 15:16, “Thy words were found and I did eat them, and thy Word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart for I am called by Thy Name O Lord God of hosts.” Taste and see that the Lord is gracious. One taste and you can’t stop tasting. Take a taste!
Prov 6:32, “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty and he that ruleth his own spirit than he that taketh a city.” Be angry and sin not.
Happy hour! Prov 14:13, “Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful and the end of that mirth is heaviness.” So much for happy hour. “The joy of the Lord is my strength.”
Psa 103:10, “He hath not dealt with us after our sins Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.” Please, Lord, don’t give me what I deserve.
What kind of benefits does the company your work for provide for you? The company that I work for provides the following: Psa 68:19, “Blessed by the Lord who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.” Selah is the pause that refreshes. Better than a 401K!
Psa 66:16, “Come and hear all that fear God and I will
declare what He hath done for my soul.”
United Nations, League of Nations. Listen … Psa 67:4, “O let the nations be glad and sing for joy for Thou shalt judge the people righteously and govern the nations upon Earth. Selah.”
John 16:16, “A little while and ye shall see Me.” John 16:26, “A little while and I will see you.” Seeing Him satisfies us, knowing He is seeing us. Looking unto Jesus.
Tuesday, November 2, 1999 Psa 105:37, “He brought them forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.” They were wealthy and healthy, that is how the Lord delivers.
Psa 106:12, “Then believed they His Words, they sang His praises.” They believed His Words and they sang. Psa 106:24, “Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not His Word.” They believed not and murmured. Psa 106:25, “But they murmured in their tents and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.” Your attitude about the Word of God results in singing or murmuring — take your pick.
Psa 107:18, “Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat and they draw nigh unto the gates of death.” Psa 107:19, “Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble and He saveth them out of their distresses.” They draw nigh unto death. He saved them out of their distresses.
Psa 116:3, “I found trouble and sorrow.” Confession, prayer, gratitude, assurance, freedom.
Psa 117:2, “And the Truth of the Lord endureth for
ever.”
Psa 32:8, “I will instruct thee and teach thee.” Fulfillment:
There are many remedies for heartburn. But what we really need is a good heartburn. Luke 24, “And they said one to another did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us by the way and while He opened to us the Scriptures.” Maybe we are eating the wrong kind of food and that is why we have a bad heartburn. But what about the manna that comes down from Heaven? That is the heartburn that we need.
Monday, November 1, 1999 Heb 9:24: Three appearances of Jesus Christ. Present: now to appear in the presence of God for us
Heb 10:19, “Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus.” Under the law it was death to anyone who entered within the vail. Under Grace it is death not to enter in.
Heb 10:31, “But call to remembrance the former days in which after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of affliction.” Illuminated, first inward light. Great fight of affliction. Secondly, an outward fight,
after first having been illuminated.
Heb 10:37, “For yet a little while and He that shall come will come and will not tarry.” The coming One will come, and not be late. Even so come!
Heb 11: By faith Abel, By faith Enoch, By faith Noah, By faith Abraham. Abel's faith witnessed to the atoning blood, verse 4 “Without faith it is impossible to please Him.” “For by Grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.”
It is getting close to Christmas! “For unto you is born this day in the city of David ... A Saviour which is Christ the Lord.” So that there is no mistake who the Saviour really is, the following are phrases attached to the word “Saviour” so that there is no mistaking Him in the New Testament. He is called in Scripture: Saviour, Saviour Jesus, Saviour Christ, Prince and Saviour, Saviour Jesus Christ, the love of God our Saviour, Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ, a Saviour who is Christ the Lord, the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour, the Christ, the Saviour of the world, the great God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Acts 4:12, “Neither is there salvation in any other for
there is none other Name under Heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
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