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Harrold and Carlton Grace Baptist Church
Великобритания
Добавлен 4 ноя 2020
We are a group of Christians who meet in Harrold, near to Olney in north Bedfordshire.
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We believe that the Bible is the complete Word of God and that God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to bear the punishment for our sins, in his death on the cross, so that everyone who calls on His Name, may be saved from judgment to come, and be granted a place in His eternal kingdom.
We exist to worship God and share the glorious gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ...we want to proclaim the message of the cross and to present Jesus Christ as the only way to know peace with God.
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Every Sunday we will be uploading replays of our Morning Sermon and Evening Gospel Sermon.
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If you wish to contact us with any questions about the sermons preached, inquiries about services, etc. then call us at (+44) 01234 721406 or email us here: www.harroldbaptistchurch.org/contact/
To find out more about what we believe and to listen to past sermons, visit harroldbaptistchurch.org
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We believe that the Bible is the complete Word of God and that God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to bear the punishment for our sins, in his death on the cross, so that everyone who calls on His Name, may be saved from judgment to come, and be granted a place in His eternal kingdom.
We exist to worship God and share the glorious gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ...we want to proclaim the message of the cross and to present Jesus Christ as the only way to know peace with God.
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Every Sunday we will be uploading replays of our Morning Sermon and Evening Gospel Sermon.
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If you wish to contact us with any questions about the sermons preached, inquiries about services, etc. then call us at (+44) 01234 721406 or email us here: www.harroldbaptistchurch.org/contact/
To find out more about what we believe and to listen to past sermons, visit harroldbaptistchurch.org
"The Certainty of our Salvation" (Sermon Only) - Sunday Evening Service - 29/12/2024
Title: The Certainty of our Salvation
Text: 2 Timothy 1:8-12
Speaker: Pastor Robert Cordle
Contact: www.harroldbaptistchurch.org/contact/
For more information, our mission, and to listen to more sermons then head over to www.harroldbaptistchurch.org
Text: 2 Timothy 1:8-12
Speaker: Pastor Robert Cordle
Contact: www.harroldbaptistchurch.org/contact/
For more information, our mission, and to listen to more sermons then head over to www.harroldbaptistchurch.org
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"The Spirit we are Given" (Sermon Only)- Sunday Morning Service - 29/12/2024
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Title: The Spirit we are Given Text: 2 Timothy 1:6-7 Speaker: Pastor Robert Cordle Contact: www.harroldbaptistchurch.org/contact/ For more information, our mission, and to listen to more sermons then head over to www.harroldbaptistchurch.org
"The Promised Saviour (Sermon Only)" - Sunday Evening Service - 22/12/2024
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Title: The Promised Saviour Text: Isaiah 9 Speaker: Pastor Robert Cordle Contact: www.harroldbaptistchurch.org/contact/ For more information, our mission, and to listen to more sermons then head over to www.harroldbaptistchurch.org
(Sermon Only) "Emmanuel: God with Us!" - Sunday Morning Service - 22/12/2024
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Title: Emmanuel: God with Us! Text: Isaiah 7:14 Speaker: Pastor Robert Cordle Contact: www.harroldbaptistchurch.org/contact/ For more information, our mission, and to listen to more sermons then head over to www.harroldbaptistchurch.org
(Sermon Only) "A New Covenant" - Sunday Evening Service - 15/12/2024
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Title: A New Covenant Text: Matthew 1:1-17 Speaker: Pastor Robert Cordle Contact: www.harroldbaptistchurch.org/contact/ For more information, our mission, and to listen to more sermons then head over to www.harroldbaptistchurch.org
(Sermon Only) "God's Covenant Grace" - Sunday Morning Service - 15/12/2024
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Title: "God's Covenant Grace" Text: Matthew 1 v 1 - 21 Speaker: Pastor Robert Cordle Contact: www.harroldbaptistchurch.org/contact/ For more information, our mission, and to listen to more sermons then head over to www.harroldbaptistchurch.org
(Sermon Only) "Amazing Grace" - Sunday Evening Service - 8/12/2024
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Title: "Amazing Grace" Text: Psalm 130 Speaker: Mr Tom Yates Contact: www.harroldbaptistchurch.org/contact/ For more information, our mission, and to listen to more sermons then head over to www.harroldbaptistchurch.org
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(Sermon Only) "Led by the Spirit Through the Storms of Life "Sunday Evening Meeting - 6/10/2024
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"A Thankful Church" - Sunday Evening Meeting, 8/10/2023
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"The Tragedy of a Godless Life"- Sunday Evening Meeting, 10/7/2022
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"Mistakes Made When Seeking The Lord" - Sunday Morning Meeting, 10/7/2022
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What a God honouring wedding. Wonderful hymns and amazing singing.❤
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Better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting. I like Shalom also but sometimes we all feel a little like Jeremiah i think “Peace-peace but there is no peace.” John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Parable Of The Two Debtors Meaning (Luke 7:36-50) The blood of Jesus is the only thing in this life which can help people or allow people to forgive themselves. To honour the blood Jesus shed for the forgiveness of sin that is what Jesus tells us to do, he says he casts our sin as far from us as the east is from the west. Matt 6:14-18 Also says But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. So we are to forgive others. This does not mean we allow them to continue to be abusive or toxic in any type of relationship however really forgiveness is for us not for them. It is like a tug of war and until we let go of our end of the rope, there is a sense in which we are prisoners of war the the feelings they made us feel. Forgiveness sets us free, but it is a life sentence. Asking God to bless the people we struggle to forgive also helps us to release them and ourselves. God can heal our emotions and garrison our hearts and minds with His peace. Would we rather have this peace or anger hatred rage malice etc robbing us of peace and Gods forgiveness and eternal salvation. Faith without works is dead, God tells us to examine ourselves as to whether we are in the faith. Its a decision which God can help us by His spirit in us to do but its not by might nor by power but by his spirit that this is possible sometimes. But God can do it. Its not for others it is for us, God tells us to do things for our Good. For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. Ephesians 2:14-16 You say that men are estranged from God and that naturally they are not at one with God. We will only be one with God once we are glorified. Gal 5:4-6 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. You go on to say there are barriers which prevent us from having fellowship from God and God from having fellowship with us. I don’t believe that anything is a barrier to God. But until we are renewed (That is if we are Gods elect) then our will naturally will be able to seek and receive God’s spirit, without the Father drawing us no one can come to God or know the things of God as they are spiritually discerned and understood. By nature, no-one can receive the things of the Spirit. Faith is of God not of ourselves it is a gift, flesh and blood doesn’t reveal it, only God can reveal His truth and give us faith. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. Col 1:13-14 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. I Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. Isaiah 59:17 You say at around 59 minutes that God demands purity and demands in his justice that our sins are punished. Mercy triumphs over judgment. New King James Version James highlights the importance of mercy in keeping the spirit of the law. James 2:11-13.
Psalm 32:2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile. Blessed is the son of man whose sin Lord Jehovah will not account to him, and there is no deceit in his heart. Blessed is the person whom the LORD no longer accuses of sin and who has no deceitful thoughts. Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? As to memory God says For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Hebrews 8:12 Colossians 1:19-20 Reconciled in Christ For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. Our Compassionate High Priest Seeing then that 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 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. Hebrews 4:14-16 Colossians 1:20-22 - And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 2 Corinthians 5:18 - And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. Ephesians 4:32 - And be ye kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Romans 5:10 - For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. Ephesians 1:3-10 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:20 Psalm 37:28 For the Lord loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off. Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him. Good and upright is the Lord; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way. The humble He guides in justice, And the humble He teaches His way. Psalm 29:8-9 At 106 minutes again you say God does not overlook sin as God is just and Justice demands satisfaction, you say in the heart of God he says yes but what about their sins, God doesn’t turn a blind eye, that is not justice. God doesn’t say well lets just forget about that, that’s not justice. You do eventually go on to explain that Jesus took this upon himself, eventually... Jesus shed His blood for the remission of sins a vicarious atonement. Romans 4:7-8 “Blessed [are those] whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; Blessed [is the] man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin.” Acts 3:19 “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. Yes in Ezzekiel it says Say to them: 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, j 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked k turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For l why should you die, O house of Israel?' Hebrews 8:7-12 A New Covenant For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah- not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins [a]and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” You say there is a grief in the heart of God at the perishing of sinners yet justice demands satisfaction. But the Bible says if any man says he has no sin he deceives himself and the truth is not in him. All have sinned. There is none righteous right so…. The wages of sin is death yes? But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus. Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live. John 11….. Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts 13:38-39 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. James 2:10 Many think Jesus vicarious atonement is exactly God overlooking sin and that to be unjust….. You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness. Psalm 130:3 nkjv Hebrews 10 For the law, having a shadow of the 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. Galatians 4:4-6 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. The only things I would say about the message is that you dwelt too long on the justice as opposed to the mercy of God I think its better if you quickly balance them rather than talking about justice judgment and death for so long before explaining Jesus paid it all, because some people may have given up hope by the time you come around to that otherwise, though what you said in the end was true from a literal interpretative point of view.
Matt 23:26-28 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also. ... “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Its important to distinguish between sanctification and salvation
Jeremiah chapter 4 is quoted. Jer 4 THE TERROR OF COMING JUDGMENT O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, That you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you? For a voice declares from Dan And proclaims affliction from Mount Ephraim: “Make mention to the nations, Yes, proclaim against Jerusalem, That watchers come from a far country And raise their voice against the cities of Judah. Like keepers of a field they are against her all around, Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the LORD. “Your ways and your doings Have procured these things for you. This is your wickedness, Because it is bitter, Because it reaches to your heart.” Judah had made a show of repentance, but only in pretence (Jeremiah 3:10). Jeremiah begged the people to wash their heart from wickedness, not only their outward actions, it wasn’t just a heart problem; it was also a problem with evil thoughts. They indulged their evil thoughts and allowed them to lodge within their mind. The New King James Version (and the King James Version) uses the word watchers to describe the invaders. Other translations give a better sense of the invading army coming against Jerusalem. Like keepers of a field: “Like men guarding their crops in their fields they settle down to occupy and lay siege to the land. Your ways and your doing have procured these things for you: Before the judgment came, God gave Judah and Jerusalem clear warning that the judgment would be their fault and not God’s. It would be bitter and reach to their heart, but it would be because of their wickedness, not God’s unfaithfulness. Jer 4:15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. Dan . . . Mount Ephraim.--The two places are chosen, not like Dan and Beer-sheba, as extreme limits, but as stages in the march of the invader: first Dan (as in Jeremiah 8:16), the northernmost point (Deuteronomy 34:1; Judges 20:1) of the whole land of Israel, then Mount Ephraim, as the northern boundary of Judaea. The verbs grow in strength with the imagined nearness, first announce, as of a rumour from a distance, then proclaim, as of a danger more imminent. Affliction.--In the Hebrew the same word (aven) as in the "thoughts of vanity." Playing on the two aspects of the word, the prophet says that aven comes as the penalty of aven--the "nothingness" of destruction as that of the "nothingness" of the idol. God tells them to break up their unploughed ground and circumcise their hearts in other words return without hardness of heart and wicked thoughts within them or else. You say Oh wash thine heart from wickedness, the Hebrew word is ra…… By sheer coincidence, the Hebrew word רָעָה raʿa “evil” is the name of the Egyptian sun-god Ra, the head of the pantheon. In this bilingual pun, made possible by this linguistic coincidence, not only does Pharaoh deny the request of the Israelites to worship their God, but he also states, as it were, “that Ra is before you.” The next three plagues, locusts, which blot out the sun in midday, darkness, most commonly understood as a sandstorm, which darkens the skies for three days; and , the death of the firstborn at midnight, the darkest part of the night, when Ra is most distant from shining (see 12:29). Playing on this motif, in 10:15, the text states that the locusts covered עֵ֣ין כָּל־הָאָרֶץ֮ ʿen kol ha-ʾareṣ “the eye of the whole land,”[3] a rare idiom in Hebrew, but one very much at home in the Egyptian language. This Hebrew phrase most likely is an adaptation of the Egyptian expression ir.t rʿ, literally, “the eye of Ra,” used to designate the sun and, by extension, Egypt too. Tradition’s Familiarity with Ra Remarkably, later Jewish tradition understood these passages within their Egyptian cultural context. First, Midrash Shir ha-Shirim, commenting on Song 1:12, reads, ראו כי רעה נגד פניכם - אמר ליה אני רואה באצטגנינות שלי כוכב אחד עולה לקראתכם ושמו רעה, והוא סימן דם והריגה. He [sc. Pharaoh] said to him, “I see through my astrology a star rising to meet you, and its name is Raʿa, and it is a sign of blood and killing.” (ed. Grünhut, p. 15a = ed. Wertheimer, p. 41).[4] This interpretation, in turn, is quoted by Rashi (Exodus 10:10): ומדרש אגדה שמעתי כוכב אחד יש ששמו רעה. אמר להם פרעה רואה אני באיצטגנינות שלי אותו כוכב עולה לקראתכם במדבר והוא סימן דם והריגה. I heard a midrash aggada: There is a star, and its name is Raʿa. Pharaoh said to them, “I see through my astrology this star rising to meet you in the wilderness, and it is a sign of blood and killing.”[5] In rather extraordinary fashion, these midrashic sources understood רָעָה raʿa not only as “evil,” but also as the name of the Egyptian sun-god (or at least a star by the name of Ra, which is close enough for our present purposes), hence we may wish to render the passage: “see, for there is evil/Ra before you.” Exodus 12:12 states that God performs judgments not only against the Egyptian people, but also וּבְכָל־אֱלֹהֵ֥י מִצְרַ֛יִם (u-be-kol ʾelohe miṣrayim) “and against all the gods of Egypt.” You suggest we put our own name in this text from Jeremiah 4, and say it’s personal for the soul that sins it shall die, you say this is most urgent the text is saying this is urgent, we are told that there is a climate emergency we need to act now or we are doomed. However to do this I’m afraid is to take it out of its correct historical context. The church needn’t apply all scripture to themselves in this way to the present. Good works flow from salvation, not the other way around. You can't be saved by doing good things (Ephesians 2:8-9) In their day, the Jews had created certain traditions which they had incorrectly elevated to the same level of authority of Scripture. Hand washing was one of them. Having grown from what the Law had originally intended, they had corrupted it and made it into something that God had never wanted it to be. To them, if you wanted God to be happy with you, it was a requirement to wash your hands in their special way.
Much like religion today that tells us we have to say something a hundred times before God will forgive us or that we need to go and see a "religious" person of one denomination or another to get forgiveness for our sins, the Bible itself - God Himself - teaches the exact opposite! 1 John 1:9 says that if we confess our sin’s He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. We don't need to ask a hundred times and we clearly don't need to go to anyone else to ask for us. God says it is those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defiled a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man. Jesus is here confronting religion so that we can know that it has nothing to do with how good we think we are or how much good we think we do. It comes down to the simple fact that Jesus knew we couldn't pay the price of our sin on our own and so He came to pay it for us. When we stop and think about our words, our attitudes, our thoughts, our intentions, it becomes very clear that there is none righteous, no not one (Romans 3:10). Thank God for His Son who came and paid for our sins so that we can be saved through faith in Him! It is important for Christians to distinguish between principal and context particularly when considering the application of scriptural truths to our lives. You said in Ireland in Port Stewart they have a scripture text which reads, Eternity, You must be born again. That is owned by the council. Democratic peace deals go out of date, and teaching changes with the times. Wash your hearts from wickedness the 2nd Hebrew word wash Kabas meaning to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative -- fuller, wash(-ing). Not all of the Bible can be read literally either. Baptizó (βαπτίζω) - Baptism of the Lord . Baptizo is related to the verb bapto: the latter means to dip, or to dye an object with a colour by dipping. Variants of the word bapto occur 4 times in the New Testament, including Lazarus being asked to dip his finger in water in Lk 16:24, and Jesus dipping a morsel and handing it to Judas at the Last Supper (Jn 13:26) The meaning of baptizo as cleansing and bathing, refers to a ceremonial use of water for purification, which was common in various pagan rites in the ancient world, both Greco-Roman (where it had the approval of Stoics and Pythagoreans), and in other Middle Eastern cultures. The Jewish law required bathing in water to remove impurities, and some of these ritual purifications involved immersion, as we see in Exodus 19:10, Leviticus 8:6 and 1 Kings 7:23, among many other examples. The community at Qumran, the location of the Dead Sea Scrolls, observed daily ritual bathing. The verb bapto occurs 19 times in the Septuagint (LXX), the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, referring to such ritual cleansing. But the emphasis of such washing was cultic purity more than moral transformation. In the LXX, baptizo is used only 3 times: 2 of the occurrences refer to bathing for apparent ritual cleansing or healing, as when the Syrian Naaman immerses himself 7 times in the Jordan (2 Kings 5:14), and when Judith bathes every night in the spring of water near the camp of Holofernes (Judith 12:7). This use of baptizo to refer to purification required by the Jewish law, carries over into the New Testament in just 5 instances - all of which contrast the external observance of washing, with the more important demand for moral cleaning, for purity of heart. In Luke 11:38, one of the Pharisees notices that Jesus had not ceremonially washed (baptizo) before dinner - which leads to Jesus criticising the Pharisees for cleaning the outside, but neglecting the “inside” of their hearts. We clean the outside of the cup but must clean the inside of it also. nearly all” of the New Testament occurrences of the word baptizo refer to the act of baptism as a physical, external ritual - but not all of them. On 2 occasions, Jesus uses the word baptizo more metaphorically. And this metaphor seems to allude to His passion and death. In Lk 12:50, Jesus says “I have a baptism to be baptised with” He didn’t mean the water or the spirit baptism but the baptism of sufferings which he endured on the cross for us. In Mt 20:22-23 (the Marcan parallel passage is Mk 10:38-39), Jesus responds to James and John, who have been asking to sit either side of Him in His kingdom. He asks the brothers whether they are able “to be baptised with the baptism with which I am baptised”. Paul writes Phil 3:10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. Other scriptures speak of a need for inward cleansing also: Matthew 23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. You say we can stop doing bad things even the unsaved can stop, however the Bible knows that no man will be infallible until glory, until we are changed in the twinkling of an eye and raised to Heaven, no one is without sin and if they say they are they are deceiving themselves and the truth is not in them. You say some turn away from sin to avoid its consequences but it doesn’t change their heart, and again re-iterate Gods words to Jerusalem wash thine wicked heart. You mention washing your hands for 20 seconds to avoid covid, but we can’t just wash our hands like pilot here we need our hearts washed. As in 1 Corinthians 15:33. The mention of gross sensual sins in connection with idolater’s points to the fact that they were practically associated in the ritual of the heathen, which, of course, intensified the danger against which the Apostle warns the Corinthians. The prevalence of such scandalous crimes in the heathen world is constantly referred to in the Epistles to Gentile churches (Romans 13:13; Galatians 5:19-20; 1Timothy 1:9-10; Titus 1:12). Idolatry is here placed between fornication and adultery because these things generally accompanied it. In the name of the Lord Jesus - Through his merits, or his sacrifice and intercession; and by the Spirit of our God - Creating you anew, and inspiring you with his Holy spirit and its fruits Galatians 5:22-23. You ought therefore, maintain gratitude of and stand at the utmost distance from sin, to honour him and walk in the light of his word, by the power of His spirit, remembering where and what you have been redeemed from and the price with which he bought you.
You say you might ask yourself am I washed, and that you cannot enter heaven without this washing. I think you are confusing sanctification with salvation in this statement. See John 3:3-15 Jesus conversation with Nicodemus as to being born again, he says that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. You say if you died today are you washed in the blood of the lamb? I’m sorry, I know hand washing saves lives and sanctification and cleansing by the Holy spirit Jesus blood and Gods word is a continuing thing for those who have accepted Christ but despite this ongoing work which God says he will complete in us, that side of it wont be complete until glorification of our bodies. The salvation and deliverance from darkness to light, from the flesh to the new man born of the spirit is finished, it is as finished as Jesus work on the cross, and we have been sealed for the day of redemption, God says none can snatch us out of his hand, so why is the being washed part so important in your teaching. You didn’t mention the baptism of the spirit just Jeremiah 4 and the washing your wicked hearts. 1 Cor 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. You then mention the Hebrew word saved means being made free. Save - Sozo (Greek Word Study) Saved (4982) (sozo) has the basic meaning of rescuing one from great peril. Additional nuances include to protect, keep alive, preserve life, deliver, heal, be made whole. The context must be considered to determine whether preservation of physical life or spiritual life is in view. Sozo is sometimes used of physical deliverance from danger of perishing (see Mt 8:25; Mt 14:30; Lk 23:35; Acts 27:20, 27:31), physical healing from sickness (Mt 9:21, 22; Mk 5:23, Acts 4:9), and deliverance from demonic possession (Lk 8:36). More often sozo refers to salvation in a spiritual sense as illustrated in the following passages: Matthew recorded the angel's conversation with Joseph declaring "She (Mary) will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save (sozo) His people from their sins." (Mt 1:21) Of the many Hebrew words used to signify salvation, yasa [[;v"y] (to save, help in distress, rescue, deliver, set free) appears most frequently in the Old Testament. Commonly, the deliverance of which the Old Testament speaks is material in nature, though there are important exceptions. In contrast, the employment of soteria in the New Testament, though it may include material preservation, usually signifies a deliverance with special spiritual significance. In addition to the notion of deliverance the Bible also uses salvation to denote health, well-being, and healing. Broadly speaking, one might say that salvation is the overriding theme of the entire Bible. But since it is a multidimensional theme with a wide range of meaning, simple definitions are impossible. The biblical writers speak of salvation as a reality with at once spiritual and physical, individual and communal, objective and subjective, eternal and historical dimensions. Since the biblical writers view salvation as a historical reality, the temporal dimensions of past, present, and future further intensify and deepen the concept. Salvation is a process with a beginning and an end. Further, salvation involves the paradox of human freedom and divine election. Despite the importance of human agency, salvation is attributed above all to God. "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" ( Rev 7:10 ). "The Lord will fight for you; and you need only be still" ( Exod 14:13 ). "In repentance and rest is your salvation; in quietness and trust is your strength" summons Isaiah ( 30:15 ). At about 27 min in your explanation of this verses meaning is that God is saying stop messing around with Gods word and Gods commandments and do it. Another explanation of this verses meaning is How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you? How long will you entertain your destructive ideas? How long will you harbour within yourselves your evil thoughts? How long will you harbour malicious vain wicked sinful thoughts within you? Or continue making evil plans and entertain the thoughts of thy iniquity within thee? Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength? You suggest that time is moving fast and ask when will people repent, and mention people busy in your town with hustle and bustle and all the fun of the fair due to it being Christmas already. How much longer will we sport with death. And you again mention being washed. You mention that God is a God of justice who will not overlook sin. When Abraham believed it was imputed to Him as righteousness. Romans 5:14-21 For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.) Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous. Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. At 30 min You say election never shut anyone out of heaven……I say that the fact that some are elect means that some are not. You then say election never shuts anyone out but shuts them in , all Gods people in but you have not made clear who Gods people are in this statement at all. You then say it is a vain thought to delay because you don’t know if you are elect or not. Well how would anyone know from this statement you have just made? You say around 33 min perhaps you worry that you cant be the Lords because you have so many evil thought, you wouldn’t be feeling that way if you were the Lords. So you say return to the Lord after considering ra - wickedness , kabas - wash, and yasa -saved. And put vain thoughts out of your mind. ruclips.net/video/ucbPZW446Cc/видео.html ruclips.net/video/j5O8m2oEqpE/видео.html It is not washing which saves us it is Gods Spirit and redeeming love.
Nice prayer at the beginning at 100 min you say what will make you the least in the kingdom is if you think your the greatest and what will make you the greatest is if you think you're the least. The Bible does not say that about least and greatest it says Matthew 5:19 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 called great in the kingdom of heaven. God does talk about being like a child in terms of trust Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word 1 Peter 2:1-3 ...however the Bible also1 Cor 14:20 Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature. Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to those who are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. You mention the fact that some people due to their own insecurities try to make others look bad. This is true but so is the Bible. Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. 2 Tim 4:2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. Proverbs 3:11-12 My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor detest His correction; For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights. 1 Tim 5:20 Do this in front of the whole church so that the others will ·have a warning. Eze 33:4-6 whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will [a]save his life. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’ Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering. Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. You go on to say the Lord chastens us and you are aware that you are not wise, the Bible says not to be wise in your own eyes. Proverbs 18:2 Fools have no interest in understanding;. they only want to air their own opinions.
You speak of Ziklag and David’s family being abducted being a punishment worse than death. But their abduction was not a punishment. Israel in no way threatened Amalek. But it is not at all surprising that it would be Amalek as the first to attack Israel; for the Amalekites were the descendants of Esau. So, while Amalek was related to Israel, because of the split between the twin brothers Jacob and Esau, they were also enemies (remember how Jacob connived to get the firstborn blessing, and all the wealth and power that went with it, away from his twin brother Esau…..and that later, Jacob became called Israel and produced the 12 tribes of Israel). Deuteronomy 25:17 “Remember what Amalek did unto you by the way, when you came forth out of Egypt;”. HEBREW WORD STUDY - AN ANNOYANCE - AMALEK - עמלק. The word Amalekite comes from the root word Amalek which means an annoyance, a vexation. Dweller in a valley. A fate worse than death is then that God has promised He is going to completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. He is going fight Amalek generation after generation. Why? Why this ultimate condemnation from God upon Amalek? Amalek represents that force which opposes God’s people and God’s plan that is to be worked out through His people. This is not the last time we will hear of Amalek in the bible. Saul, first King of Israel, will be commanded by God to destroy Amalek as a punishment for their attempt to stop the advance of Israel during Moses’ days as their leader…..Saul never accomplished that. Several centuries later, the evil Haman, of Esther fame, is said to have been a descendant of Amalek. But for us Yehoveh is my banner, Gods banner over us is love. Metaphysical interpretation of Ziklag claim this scripture is meant to be interpreted as a winding or bending adaptability of divine love. Ziklag was assigned to the tribe of Simeon within Judah (Joshua 19:5) but appears not to have been conquered by the Israelites before the time of David. Ziklag was still under Philistine control when Saul reigned as king. . Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it, and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way. When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive” (1 Samuel 30:1-3). In a daring rescue, David and his men pursued and defeated the raiders, recovering all that had been taken, including David’s two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail (verses 16-31). David was living in Ziklag when he received the news of Saul’s death (2 Samuel 4:10). After that, David moved to Hebron to become the king of Judah. The exact location of Ziklag is debated. Some scholars associate it with Tell esh-Sharia; about 15 miles southeast of Gaza. Others pinpoint it at Tell el-Khuweilfeh, about 10 miles northeast of Beersheba. It was Sauls failure to deal with the Amalekites which led Samuel to put Agag to death at Gilgal saying that "as your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women." And so Samuel proceeded to cut Agag to pieces personally. The story also indicates that this is the last time Samuel and Saul ever saw each other. As a result of this incident, Samuel said to Saul that "you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you as king over Israel." You say that David was a type of Christ. In the fullest version of the theory of typology, the whole purpose of the Old Testament is viewed as merely the provision of types for Christ, the antitype or fulfillment. You go on to say David needed guidance from God, so he asked Abiathar again to bring him the ephod (1 Samuel 30:7). We know the ephod was a tool of ceremony-a special, ornate, handcrafted item with great significance. Much effort went into the making of the ephod, and it was crafted from finery. It carried much symbolic weight. King David wore a linen ephod when he famously danced before the Lord when they carried the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David. The ephod was that particular part of the high priest's dress which was necessary to be worst when he inquired of God by Urim and Thummim. Cleromancy is a form of sortition or casting of lots, in which an outcome is sometimes considered as the revealed will of God. At Passover the Jews play knuckles to remind them of how that worked out for Haman in the book of Esther. It was obvious divination of Haman left the requirement of a better mediator between God and man than the spirit of Divination. For there is no sorcery against Jacob, Nor any divination against Israel. We don’t need an ephod to talk to God today, just as we no longer need to sacrifice lambs on the altar to atone for our sins. God sent His Son, Jesus, to be our Savior and “the way and the truth and the life” (John 14:6). Jesus removed the barrier between us and God. We don’t have to fear God’s wrath when we approach Him or think He cannot hear us. Hebrews 4:16 tells us we can “approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” And as we’re told in 1 John 5:14, “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” Jesus is our high priest forever and all we need. A'Aru (The Field of Reeds) was the viewed by the Egyptians as the afterlife, an idealized vision of one's life on earth (also known as Sekhet-A'Aru and translated as The Field of Rushes). Death was not the end of life but a transition to another part of one's eternal journey. Everything thought to have been lost at death was returned and there was no pain and, obviously, no threat of death as one lived on in the presence of the gods, doing as one had done on earth, with everyone the soul had ever loved. The soul was granted eternal paradise in A'Aru based on how virtuous the person had been in life and, after passing through judgment in the Hall of Truth, found peace everlasting in paradise. During the time of the Middle Kingdom, the cult of the god Osiris was firmly established and a more elaborate vision of the realm after death emerged which included a vast underworld known as Duat, judgment of the soul in the Hall of Truth Osiris which included the weighing of the heart on the Scales of Justice, and eternal life in the Field of Reeds. The text known as The Book of the Heavenly Cow, parts of which date to the First Intermediate Period (2181-2040 BCE), references Ra (Atum) creating the Field of Reeds after deciding he will not destroy his human creations.
You say that David finding the Egyptian in the field which was a lonely desperate place was a picture of salvation which you hope might be a comfort to us. A metaphysical interpretation of 1 Samuel 30 is that the Amalekites represent animal forces, appetites, and passions which people must rid themselves of at all costs, and originate in the subconsciousness, and must be brought to the surface of consciousness and dissipated by the power of love turned upon what is good, true and constructive. They view David as a representation of divine love individualized in human consciousness. You say Egypt is representative of or is a picture of the world and what Gods people must come out of in order to get to the promised land i.e. Heaven. You say the Egyptian in the field was of the world but that one day every knee or Every Egyptian will bow the knee to Jesus. In the New Testament, Egypt served as a refuge for Joseph, Mary, and the baby Jesus when Herod the Great attempted to murder all the infant boys in and around Bethlehem (Matthew 2:13-23). God redeemed His people from slavery in Egypt by the blood of the lamb on the first Passover (Exodus 12), and He redeems us from sin by the blood of the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29; 1 Peter 1:18-19). Just as God called His people, the Israelites, out of bondage in Egypt, He calls us, His children, to “come out and be separate” and live holy lives in His kingdom (2 Corinthians 6:17). You say every mans work deserves wages and the wages of sin is death and that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, then you go onto say I am a young man of Egypt. But you don’t finish the verse but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. I would not say that David finding the Egyptian in the field was a picture of election or Gods electing love at all. The Egyptian was still an Egyptian! And he said, ‘Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this band.’ His master was still his master. You say just like David found the Egyptian in the field so we bring people to Christ. But it was the Egyptian who took David to his master in a sense in this story wasn’t it. You mention Jesus calling Simon Cephas (Peter) A name that Jesus gave to Simon: "Thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter)." "That is, Rock or Stone," (margin, John l:42). Matt 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew 26:69-75 Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps Bitterly. Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, “You also were with Jesus of Galilee.” But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you are saying.” And when he had gone out to the gateway, another girl saw him and said to those who were there, “This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth.” But again he denied with an oath, “I do not know the Man!” And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, “Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.” Then he began to curse and swear, saying, “I do not know the Man!” Immediately a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus who had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” So he went out and wept bitterly. The precise meaning of the Aramaic word is disputed, some saying that its usual meaning is "rock" or "crag", others saying that it means rather "stone" 1 Corinthians 3:11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Metaphysical interpretation consider Peters story as representative of unwavering belief in God, when his faith is established firmly in individual consciousness it becomes a rock upon which one can build spiritually. You say the Egyptian in the field who deserved death got life. What you are saying here is not true He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. Yes David did not kill the Egyptian but that is not the same as saying he had life or was given life is it. You say David giving him water means he gave this young Egyptian life. Saving someone’s life and giving them life are two different things entirely though aren’t they? Man may not live by bread alone but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4 You then quote Romans 6:23 in its entirety. The Authority of the Son 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. 24 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, 27 and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29 and come forth--those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. You say David asked the Egyptian to whom belongest thou. David asked him, "To whom do you belong, and where do you come from?" He said, "I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me. John emphasizes that those who live in consistent, habitual sin have no fellowship with Christ. In fact, John clearly states that all sin is from the Devil; it can never be from a relationship with Christ. All sin, in all forms, is from Satan. This verse is frequently interpreted as a warning to unbelievers, whose lives are marked with habitual, unrepentant sin. The specific context, however, is to Christians. As Paul does in Romans and Galatians, John seems to be refuting the claim that the gospel gives Christians a license to sin. Christians are not supposed to submit to our sin natures. John points out that Jesus appeared to destroy the Devil's works. This teaching closely reflects Hebrews 2:14: "Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil." Believers are to resist the devil (James 4:7), who will eventually receive his proper judgment (Revelation 20:10). Resist the devil and he will flee from you the Bible says. John emphasizes that those who live in consistent, habitual sin have no fellowship with Christ. In fact, John clearly states that all sin is from the Devil; it can never be from a relationship with Christ. All sin, in all forms, is from Satan. This verse is frequently interpreted as a warning to unbelievers, whose lives are marked with habitual, unrepentant sin. The specific context, however, is to Christians. As Paul does in Romans and Galatians, John seems to be refuting the claim that the gospel gives Christians a license to sin.
Christians are not supposed to submit to our sin natures. John points out that Jesus appeared to destroy the Devil's works. This teaching closely reflects Hebrews 2:14: "Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil." Believers are to resist the devil (James 4:7), who will eventually receive his proper judgment (Revelation 20:10). You say it is the Holy Spirits work that we feel no life within us. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10 John 6:63. It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. You liken the Egyptian admitting that he persecuted Gods people to the Apostle Paul admitting the same. These are two very different accounts because God appeared to Paul and he received his sight, but there was no such occurrence for the Egyptian. Metaphysical interpretations of the story of Paul seeing a great light on the Damascus road has to do with luminiferous ether and consciousness….. Normative Christians do not accept such interpretations of Scripture. 2 Tim 1:13 Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. The Apostle Paul did not confess his sins before God revealed himself. And God did not appear to the Egyptian or reveal himself to him in such a way. Isaiah saw this messianic king as David’s son, yet more than David’s son. “There shall come forth a rod from the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots” (Isaiah 11:1). Isaiah reveals that he is a physical descendant of David. The spirit of the Lord will rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord (Isaiah 11:2). Isaiah reveals that he will have a supernatural anointing, as yet unknown to any man at that time. So God first gave a basic kingdom government to David. Then through Isaiah, God prophesied additional, spiritual dimensions for that kingdom and its king; David’s greater son. You speak of David’s greater son and then say at around 23 minutes David recovered all and that the focus is on David in these verses 1 Samuel 30:18-20. You then say our focus is on Christ and it is not to do with our choice otherwise we would always choose death, but it is to do with David and His mercy. This doesn’t make sense to me. Our choices and will are dependant on our nature which in a non regenerate state would never choose God yes. But I am not sure why you say it is all to do with David and His mercy, perhaps you are referring to the scripture at hand. You then say that the Egyptian changed and is now a new man, and all things are new but this is not the case. You say it was no some kind of deal if you do this then I will do this, not at all this man was saved. But that’s exactly what is was and the Egyptian was not saved in a spiritual sense at all. So he said, “Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of mymaster, and I will take you down to this troop.”. You mention Zinzendorf… At the end of the 1740s, the Moravians, a young and rapidly expanding radical-Pietist movement, experienced a crisis soon labeled the Sifting Time. As Moravian leaders attempted to lead the church away from the abuses of the crisis, they also tried to erase the memory of this controversial and embarrassing period. Archival records were systematically destroyed, and official histories of the church only dealt with this period in general terms. It is not surprising that the Sifting Time became both a taboo and an enigma in Moravian historiography. In A Time of Sifting, Paul Peucker provides the first book-length, in-depth look at the Sifting Time and argues that it did not consist of an extreme form of blood-and-wounds devotion, as is often assumed. Rather, the Sifting Time occurred when Moravians began to believe that the union with Christ could be experienced not only during marital intercourse but during extramarital sex as well. You go on to say we are set free to serve him, the Egyptian was set free he was found fed and freed to serve. You say we are called to serve Him in the very circle of life where God has put us. The idea that life is circular has been around for a long time. Another ancient symbol of the circle of life is the ouroboros, an image of a serpent eating its own tail (there’s no game show for this one...yet). Originally seen in a funerary text inside King Tut’s tomb, it is believed to have represented Ra, the sun god and lord of creation, and Osiris, the god of the underworld and personal escort for the souls of the recently deceased. Even though the ouroboros inextricably ties death to life, it’s clear from its use in funeral rites that it’s viewed as a symbol of renewal and not as a negative reminder that all life comes to an end. It’s clear through its use over hundreds of years and in dozens of cultures that the circle of life is overwhelming seen as positive (after all, it is called the circle of life). This symbol represents the comforting idea that life is always replenished, however the Bible is clear that those who do not have the son do not have life. Rev 20 says; Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. Paul speaks of death being the last enemy. 1 Cor 15:26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Circles and the point within them are significant as is where all life comes from, the flower of life, and where all life goes to. The circle of life is an esoteric teaching and is to do with the continuation of the consciousness of our soul is assured as we progress through each lifetime and death. Some churches even sing hymns which put words to the old Yorkshire song On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at would you believe? I think I would struggle to sing that one with a straight face. So you go on to say we serve Him where we are now. You again incorrectly claim that the Egyptian is a picture of salvation before asking that God will write this word on each of our hearts.
Straight of the bat you say that everyone In the world has faith they believe in something. Straight off the bat I disagree. Christianity is, by definition, an exclusive religion. Anyone can become a Christian but doing so means accepting an exclusive doctrine. Christians are a covenant people. Many people are atheist or secular and could not be less interested in the concept of covenant at all. Who are these people who are in God’s covenant? We have to ask are these people, people? The answer is yes of course. The next question is when God made his covenant in Creation was it with a view for everyone in the world, or just two isolated individuals who lived in a pretty garden? No the covenant that God made with Adam and Eve was a covenant with all of the human race. Now people can deny that and repudiate that, but what they can’t do is get rid of it or annul it. Since the fall we have all failed to keep the original covenant of creation. Christ is sent into a world that is already guilty of breaking the terms of existence and life, or covenant of works. God could have destroyed them and the whole human race, but instead he condescended to cover them and promise them redemption through one who would act as the last Adam and their saviour. God institutes the covenant of Grace which is given to Abraham Moses and throughout the Old Testament God promised to redeem his people through another way. Abraham was justified through grace not works, the difference was promise and fulfilment. The people of the Old Testament looked to the promised redeemer and put their trust in Him, and they were justified by faith. We look back to Jesus finished work on the cross and salvation is basically the same now as it was then, what is different is our deeper understanding of the detail and that it has now been accomplished and our battle is won in Him. Anyone who does fail to keep the covenant of works is restored through God’s mercy not through his justice, through His grace not by our works. People do still struggle to accept that we are not able to pay our debts, they forget that the covenant of works demands perfection. So justification through faith alone in the final analysis, the only way any person is justified in the sight of God is by works, the covenant of Grace is to ensure that the covenant of works is finally kept, so the grounds of our justification is the perfect works of Jesus Christ. We are saved by works but they are not our own. That is why we say we are saved by faith and grace. Because the works that save us aren’t our works but Jesus who submitted himself at every point to fulfil the law, as he was the only one who could. So to be saved is to come to spiritual life. 1 John 5:10-12 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. How if everyone in the world has faith as you say, can their faith in other Gods be evidence of things unseen? Romans 10:9 If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
You go on to say that apart from doubt that Adam and Eve were tempted to believe something different. Gen 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die. I don’t agree that you claim that when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit they were no longer blind. They weren’t blind in the first place. Their eyes were simply opened to their own sin and rebellion against God which made them aware that they were exposed if you like. God says 2 Cor 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Cor 11:14 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. He is called Lucifer, light bearer morning star, torch bearer etc. 1 John 1:5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. James says this about doubt James 1:8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. You go on to say that faith therefore is belief that is foundational to our existence. But as I have just shown you, your definition of faith and everyone alive having it, is different to the way God defines exclusive faith which is not of ourselves but a gift of God! Not all are Predestined not all are elect. You say when it is really tested in hard times, that then really demonstrates what faith is really there. You ask what is really in the core of your being as to what you believe when put to the test. Well remember Peter, and how he wept because he had denied Jesus by the time the cock crowed three times, but Jesus said to him go and feed my sheep, Jesus knew His heart. We are not to judge, God is the judge. What you believe in your heart is what you are, we are not saved by a profession of faith but by a possession of it. And there may be some who when given three days to change their minds as to belief on pain of death who will profess otherwise, and I believe God may well forgive them for that, there were secret believers. Not all will have the grace strength or courage to endure torture. But only God see’s the heart and is aware of our feeble frame. He is not unsympathetic to our weaknesses. But he also says he will not test us beyond what we can endure and will make a way of escape for us. You say that it is not true that true faith only belongs to some elite which we can never aspire to. Romans 8 says true faith belongs to those whom God predestined. I am not a universalist as I think that is just bad doctrine. 1 Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-and have all been made to drink into one. You say everyone has faith which I didn’t agree with and then later say that this is what binds us together brings us to church and also to the company of heaven. What do you believe, that’s what brings people together does not make sense. Matt 10:34 Christ Brings Division - “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. This is the sword of the spirit which is the word of God, the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds. The word of God does divide people, the truth offends people, the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, to one we are the fragrance of life and to another the fragrance of death. You go on to speak of the evidence of faith and mention sufferings and works. Yes faith without works is dead. 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?-unless indeed you are disqualified. Lamentations 3:40 Search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the Lord. John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” You say after talking about the evidence of faith that many in the Bible trusted in Gods way. In previous sermons you spoke of that in terms of sacrifice quite a bit. You go on to say we put our faith in what God has set, and that faith opens the spiritual eyesight to see that there is a world within a world, a kingdom beyond this kingdom, there is the unseen in the midst of that which is seen. You say it is all about putting your faith in what God has revealed. You say again have faith in the will of God. Faith is inherent in the will of God. At 22 min you say there is an eye of faith that see’s the natural and an eye of faith that see’s the spiritual. 1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. You mention at 25 min that one day we will be taken from this scene of life. This is ever so slightly subtly suggestive of the concept of platonic realism. The metaphysical import of Jacobs ladder the two camps or dance of mahanaim, also 2 Kings and the raising of the shumnamites son which speaks of Gehazi, whose name means “sight”, is very different and at odds with a run of the mill Christian like myself interpretation of the scripture. Elijah and Elisha were credited with raising a dead person back to life. Elijah did so for a widow's son (1 Kings 17:17-24) and Elisha for a Shunammite woman's child (2 Kings 4:18-37). To the normative Christian this represents victory over death as opposed to conscious awakening or being made spiritual alive in some way as we know that the regenerative work of the Holy Spirit is by HIS SPIRIT and NOT another! The term resurrection means rising to life again. In the Bible it is specifically applied to Jesus Christ's coming to life after his crucifixion; and from there, to the hope of all Christians that after death, they will be raised to a new life in heaven. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. He is the resurrection and the life. 1 Thess 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. The reference to those refusing to escape from persecution so as to ‘obtain a better resurrection' alludes to followers of God who, despite being persecuted for their faith, persevere with the firm assurance that they will eventually be raised after death to a better life in heaven, i.e. receive ‘a better resurrection'. Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Symbolic resurrection, or rebirth of the spirit, occurred in the Hellenistic mystery religions, such as the religion of the goddess Isis. Jesus outright declared that His resurrection body was physical and touchable: "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have" (Luke 24:39; see also Acts 13:33-37). Since Christ's resurrection is the pattern of our resurrection, we will therefore be raised in a physical body as well. As to inexpedient weigh weighing us down, we have the weighty glory of God to help us. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you. Isaiah 60:2 To console those who mourn in Zion, ... To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness Isaiah 61:3 nkjv At 40 minutes you mention a cloud of witnesses that we in some way need to perfect our faith, you say we need to captivate that spirit of faith founded on and surrounded by this cloud of witnesses. You say they are cheering you on and say we don’t need faith anymore because it’s become sight…… (Obvs don’t like the wording here but) Hebrews 12:1-2 Race of Faith Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.
Straight of the bat you say that everyone In the world has faith they believe in something. Straight off the bat I disagree. Christianity is, by definition, an exclusive religion. Anyone can become a Christian but doing so means accepting an exclusive doctrine. Christians are a covenant people. Many people are atheist or secular and could not be less interested in the concept of covenant at all. Who are these people who are in God’s covenant? We have to ask are these people, people? The answer is yes of course. The next question is when God made his covenant in Creation was it with a view for everyone in the world, or just two isolated individuals who lived in a pretty garden? No the covenant that God made with Adam and Eve was a covenant with all of the human race. Now people can deny that and repudiate that, but what they can’t do is get rid of it or annul it. Since the fall we have all failed to keep the original covenant of creation. Christ is sent into a world that is already guilty of breaking the terms of existence and life, or covenant of works. God could have destroyed them and the whole human race, but instead he condescended to cover them and promise them redemption through one who would act as the last Adam and their saviour. God institutes the covenant of Grace which is given to Abraham Moses and throughout the Old Testament God promised to redeem his people through another way. Abraham was justified through grace not works, the difference was promise and fulfilment. The people of the Old Testament looked to the promised redeemer and put their trust in Him, and they were justified by faith. We look back to Jesus finished work on the cross and salvation is basically the same now as it was then, what is different is our deeper understanding of the detail and that it has now been accomplished and our battle is won in Him. Anyone who does fail to keep the covenant of works is restored through God’s mercy not through his justice, through His grace not by our works. People do still struggle to accept that we are not able to pay our debts, they forget that the covenant of works demands perfection. So justification through faith alone in the final analysis, the only way any person is justified in the sight of God is by works, the covenant of Grace is to ensure that the covenant of works is finally kept, so the grounds of our justification is the perfect works of Jesus Christ. We are saved by works but they are not our own. That is why we say we are saved by faith and grace. Because the works that save us aren’t our works but Jesus who submitted himself at every point to fulfil the law, as he was the only one who could. So to be saved is to come to spiritual life. 1 John 5:10-12 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. How if everyone in the world has faith as you say, can their faith in other Gods be evidence of things unseen? Romans 10:9 If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. You go on to say that apart from doubt that Adam and Eve were tempted to believe something different. Gen 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die. I don’t agree that you claim that when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit they were no longer blind. They weren’t blind in the first place. Their eyes were simply opened to their own sin and rebellion against God which made them aware that they were exposed if you like. God says 2 Cor 4:4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 2 Cor 11:14 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. He is called Lucifer, light bearer morning star, torch bearer etc. 1 John 1:5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. James says this about doubt James 1:8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. You go on to say that faith therefore is belief that is foundational to our existence. But as I have just shown you, your definition of faith and everyone alive having it, is different to the way God defines exclusive faith which is not of ourselves but a gift of God! Not all are Predestined not all are elect. You say when it is really tested in hard times, that then really demonstrates what faith is really there. You ask what is really in the core of your being as to what you believe when put to the test. Well remember Peter, and how he wept because he had denied Jesus by the time the cock crowed three times, but Jesus said to him go and feed my sheep, Jesus knew His heart. We are not to judge, God is the judge. What you believe in your heart is what you are, we are not saved by a profession of faith but by a possession of it. And there may be some who when given three days to change their minds as to belief on pain of death who will profess otherwise, and I believe God may well forgive them for that, there were secret believers. Not all will have the grace strength or courage to endure torture. But only God see’s the heart and is aware of our feeble frame. He is not unsympathetic to our weaknesses. But he also says he will not test us beyond what we can endure and will make a way of escape for us. You say that it is not true that true faith only belongs to some elite which we can never aspire to. Romans 8 says true faith belongs to those whom God predestined. I am not a universalist as I think that is just bad doctrine. 1 Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-and have all been made to drink into one. You say everyone has faith which I didn’t agree with and then later say that this is what binds us together brings us to church and also to the company of heaven. What do you believe, that’s what brings people together does not make sense. Matt 10:34 Christ Brings Division - “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. This is the sword of the spirit which is the word of God, the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds. The word of God does divide people, the truth offends people, the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, to one we are the fragrance of life and to another the fragrance of death.
You go on to speak of the evidence of faith and mention sufferings and works. Yes faith without works is dead. 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?-unless indeed you are disqualified. Lamentations 3:40 Search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the Lord. John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” You say after talking about the evidence of faith that many in the Bible trusted in Gods way. In previous sermons you spoke of that in terms of sacrifice quite a bit. You go on to say we put our faith in what God has set, and that faith opens the spiritual eyesight to see that there is a world within a world, a kingdom beyond this kingdom, there is the unseen in the midst of that which is seen. You say it is all about putting your faith in what God has revealed. You say again have faith in the will of God. Faith is inherent in the will of God. At 22 min you say there is an eye of faith that see’s the natural and an eye of faith that see’s the spiritual. 1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. You mention at 25 min that one day we will be taken from this scene of life. This is ever so slightly subtly suggestive of the concept of platonic realism. The metaphysical import of Jacobs ladder the two camps or dance of mahanaim, also 2 Kings and the raising of the shumnamites son which speaks of Gehazi, whose name means “sight”, is very different and at odds with a run of the mill Christian like myself interpretation of the scripture. Elijah and Elisha were credited with raising a dead person back to life. Elijah did so for a widow's son (1 Kings 17:17-24) and Elisha for a Shunammite woman's child (2 Kings 4:18-37). To the normative Christian this represents victory over death as opposed to conscious awakening or being made spiritual alive in some way as we know that the regenerative work of the Holy Spirit is by HIS SPIRIT and NOT another! The term resurrection means rising to life again. In the Bible it is specifically applied to Jesus Christ's coming to life after his crucifixion; and from there, to the hope of all Christians that after death, they will be raised to a new life in heaven. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. He is the resurrection and the life. 1 Thess 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. The reference to those refusing to escape from persecution so as to ‘obtain a better resurrection' alludes to followers of God who, despite being persecuted for their faith, persevere with the firm assurance that they will eventually be raised after death to a better life in heaven, i.e. receive ‘a better resurrection'. Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Symbolic resurrection, or rebirth of the spirit, occurred in the Hellenistic mystery religions, such as the religion of the goddess Isis. Jesus outright declared that His resurrection body was physical and touchable: "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have" (Luke 24:39; see also Acts 13:33-37). Since Christ's resurrection is the pattern of our resurrection, we will therefore be raised in a physical body as well. As to inexpedient weigh weighing us down, we have the weighty glory of God to help us. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you. Isaiah 60:2 To console those who mourn in Zion, ... To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness Isaiah 61:3 nkjv At 40 minutes you mention a cloud of witnesses that we in some way need to perfect our faith, you say we need to captivate that spirit of faith founded on and surrounded by this cloud of witnesses. You say they are cheering you on and say we don’t need faith anymore because it’s become sight…… (Obvs don’t like the wording here but) Hebrews 12:1-2 Race of Faith Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.
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Not much to say on this one: Some people think of the verse about the rising and setting of the sun in geological terms i imagine freemasons like this biblical verse. Psalm 139 as mentioned shows us how God makes and forms all His children in their mothers womb, which some refer to as a matrix. To esoterics to consecrate is to hallow. The soul magnifies Jehovah and divinity within is magnified and glorified in mans God consciousness! I do not believe this nor do I believe in transubstantiation. Metaphysical interpretations of psalm 139 say that darkness and light being as alike to God simply refers to mans own level of understanding. Which is clearly not what the Bible is saying in this psalm. You pray that God would knit our hearts together that we might be of one heart however the heart of man is desperately wicked who can know it? At 15 min you pray saying you know our voice adds to the voice of creation itself and that we echo its groaning due to persecution. Romans 8.22 states that the whole of creation groans and labours with birth pangs together until now. Moses was seen by his parents as a proper beautiful fine Goodley child. You say he could have been eaten by crocodiles or drowned in the Nile River and that at this time in history God chose to bring the saviour or deliverer into the world. Something was unfolding, when Herod learnt of it he sought to kill all the infants, but that’s the time when God chose to bring the saviour the deliverer. And you say there is a parallel in history as to that which God is unfolding and fulfilling. You can look at this world and fear all the conspiracy theories or what have you or look up to heaven and see God has a saving purpose but are you entering into that. You say God appoints governments and they carry authority to punish evil deeds and that they have a worldly influence. You mention Babel confusion and the dragon and beast of earthly government. A real threat looming. But that God is tending to our souls, you are united with Christ and the cosmos would fall apart without him and we are united with him. You say that faith in hard times to confidently not be afraid so Moses parents weren’t afraid of the Kings commandment they just put their son in the river and trusted Gods hand in it. You say we will see that too if we have the faith in hard times. 1 Kings 3:16-28
If the son sets you free you are free indeed... every translation reads this way no reanslation say whom the son of man sets free. I dont like that you say at 47 minutes that our God takes the captive and he sets them free... this is a mishandling of the word which says To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed. Luke 4:18-20.. To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound Isaiah 61:1. You also say faith calls us to go forward but Ephesians 6:11 calls us to STAND and that isnt just artistic license. Galatians 3:15-17 The Law and the Promise Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”meaning one person, who is Christ. What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. Rev 2 The Loveless Church But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” Although it’s not out of the ordinary for God to hate practices of pagan groups, such as the child sacrifice of the Canaanites (Leviticus 20:2-5), Nicolaitans seem to stand out from other sects that have arisen in Scripture. John has a number of remarks against this church located in a city that had a famous temple to Diana (the Roman version of the Greek god Artemis). Ephesus, compared to a number of other churches that received letters in Revelation, had quite a few good marks from God. Aside from growing a bit stagnant in their fervour for God, they had resisted wicked practices, endured persecution, and weeded out false apostles from destroying their church. The Nicolaitans appear to come from a sect group at the time that followed a man by the name of Nicolas. His name can derive from a Greek root meaning “conqueror” or “destroyer.” Some think Nicolas is the same man who appears to convert to Christianity in Acts 6:5, but lost his way to a teaching known as Gnosticism, a heretical teaching that swept away many members of the church in the second century. But nothing, other than the roots of his name, seem to link him to the sect that seemed to plague the church of Ephesus. Several of the early Church Fathers mentioned this group, including Irenaeus, Hippolytus, Epiphanius, and Theodoret. Theodoret who is also mentioned in Anxious for nothing by Max Lucado’s book also recommended to me, well Theodoret shared in the petition of John I of Antioch to Nestorius to approve of the term theotokos ("mother of God"), and upon the request of John wrote against Cyril's anathemas. In the old testament anathema was a creature set apart for sacrificial offering. Galatians 3:15-29 New King James Version The Changeless Promise 15 Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. 16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Max Lucado is also linked to Jesus Calling which spoke of Divine Alchemy, transcendental meditation, emptying your mind, letting the companion the book speaks about control your mind, channelling etc. At 53 min you say is anything ever really lost if God is with you. This sounds remarkably like a quote bu Walt Whitman a German Spiritualist! who said Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost, no birth, identity, form - no object in the world, nor life, nor any visible thing; appearance must not foil, nor shifted sphere confuse thy brain. Ample are time and space - ample the fields of Nature. Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) When Lazarus died Jesus wept. Greif is natural but we know that those who are the Lords will not face the second death. He tells us Matthew 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. With God, nothing is lost; but without him, everything is lost.” - Pope Francis quotes We ought not despise prophecy. Prophesy isn't just about foresight we Prophesy in part we don’t always know why God wants us to tell people things. Noone has the office of a prophet but the bible says to desire this more than any of the other spiritual gifts. Sometimes it's a warning or rebuke sometimes it builds up stirs up and cheers up, sometimes its an explanation of what the word of God actually means as God has revealed it, as God reveals his secrets to his prophets. Let 2 or 3 speak. How will that happen when scepticism is preached in regard to the gift of prophecy from the pulpit. You are not bound by it, you are to judge for yourselves whether it is in line with the revealed accepted word of God by the church. It's not dictatorship Paul was not bound when he received prophecies from people. ruclips.net/video/-yiAukSfVAc/видео.html
You mention Ezekiel picturing a clockwork complicated mechanism with cogs being like the earth.... I interpret this as the Throne verse. Ezekiel’s vision of the four wheels dramatically illustrates the omnipresence and omniscience of God. These wheels were associated with the “four living creatures” (Ezekiel 1:4), who were later described (Ezekiel 10:5, 20) as cherubim, angelic beings appointed as guardians of the holiness of God. Each wheel was actually two in one, with one apparently set inside the other at right angles which enabled the “living creatures” to move in any direction instantly without having to turn, like a flash of lightning. These wheels had the appearance of chrysolite, which may have been a topaz or other semiprecious stone. The outer rim of the wheels was described as high and awesome with the outer edge of the rims inset with “eyes” (Ezekiel 1:14-18). The Spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels (Ezekiel 1:20-21). As a result, the creatures were able to move any direction the wheels moved. Most biblical scholars hold to the idea that the Spirit of God gave direction to the wheels through direct knowledge of and access to the will of God. The mobility of the wheels suggests the omnipresence of God; the eyes, His omniscience; and the elevated position, His omnipotence. This vision appeared to Ezekiel as a powerful imagery of movement and action demonstrating the characteristics of God’s divine nature. It presented God as being on a chariot-like throne, His glory both supreme and immanent, existing in and extending into all the created universe. As such, the whole revelation by God in this vision to Ezekiel, i.e., the cherubim, the chariot, the Spirit, and the wheels, emphasized their unity and coordination. As terrifying as this vision was, it vividly displayed the majesty and glory of God (Ezekiel 1:28), who came to Ezekiel and the children of Israel in the midst of their Babylonian exile. It reminded them of His holiness and power as the Lord of all creation. The message was clear: though His people were in exile and their nation was about to be destroyed, God was still on the throne and able to handle every situation. The lesson for us today is that, through His marvelous providence, God moves in the affairs of all nations to work out His own unseen plan, always at work, intricately designed, never wrong, and never late (Romans 8:28). A metaphysical interpretation however of Ezekiel 1 would suggest that this verse was about the earth look: What are the “heavens” that were opened to Ezekiel? The realm of pure ideas. This realm opens to us, when we put the strength of our thought on spiritual things. Why were his visions obscure and involved instead of open and clear? Because Ezekiel's understanding of Truth was limited. (He was a captive in Chaldea, which represents the psychic realm in man.) What is represented by the river Chebar, near which Ezekiel prophesied? A river represents a current of divine life strengthening the religious thoughts (the Jews), even though these are still in bondage to confusion (Babylon). I do not interpret the Bible that way.
You say that Miracles are called and are signs, such as the miracle of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, and that is meant to be a picture for us of how God raises us to spiritual life. Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. I don’t interpret Matthew 10:8 or Lazarus being raised from the dead to be to do with spiritual awakening. Joshua 3:13 where the foot of the priest carrying the ark touched the water which then stood up… this verse says the Lord of all the Earth; this shows that not the ark, but the Lord is called the Lord of all the Earth. Also we are not to suppose that the rite of baptism was formally administered by Moses. They were batised by the cloud and sea, by the situations they had come through to a place of devotion to Moses as their leader, and they came under His law. There was murmuring but it was usually Moses who thought to pray like when they were at Elim. Its not true that we only see God work when we obey him at all. Look at Jonah he ended up seeing God working through a fish. And Hagar realised God is the God who see’s when she never even knew God. God says I will call a people who were not me people, My people. Even when we are faithless he remains faithful he cannot deny himself. He heard the voice of the lad Ishmael which means God hears and scales fell from Hagars eyes to see the water in the desert which had been there all the while. Isaiah 65:1 “I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ To a nation that was not called by My name. Isaiah 57:15 "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite." Isaiah also states that God is tired of hypocritical sacrifices but summons us to have a relationship with Him. The act of summoning especially : a call by authority to appear at a place named or to attend to a duty. It’s a warning and is also a Citation, in law. The meaning of watchword is a word or phrase used as a sign of recognition among members of the same society, class or group. The Pharisee's heart was proud. He filled his prayer with boasting about his religious works (Luke 18:11-12), whereas the tax collector was too humble and contrite even to lift his eyes toward heaven. He simply beat his breast and said, "God be merciful to me, a sinner" (Luke 11:13). Jesus stated that the tax collector went home justified, rather than the haughty Pharisee. He concluded: "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted" (Luke 11:14). There is also a difference between consuming fire and refiners fire. It is the wicked who shall be consumed. But God refines his own, covering their sin, imputing His righteousness to them that they might boldly approach the Throne of Grace, he cleanses pardons and delivers us from all evil. When we wait on HIM we renew our strength. So to refine is to cleanse impurities which Jesus does by His blood, his spirit which is clean in us, and the washing of the word, he removes our sin from us as far as the east is form the west.. Jesus said you are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. But Jesus said not all are clean as he knew who it was who would betray him. You pray that one day our faith will be sight, may the eyes of our hearts be opened, Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17).
At 5 min 48 you say God fathoms the depths of human CONSCIOUSNESS and hidden things. At 9 min 21 you say he knows us so well because he became us ! You also said this in another video but it is not what the majority of Christians believe. I’m not sure if you believe the heresy of kenosis in regard to your saying Jesus became us. Kenosis suggests that he emptied himself of his divine attributes which he did not and his spirit is eternal but yea Jesus did not become us at all this is very unbiblical. Philippians 2:6-8 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Only God forgives sins Jesus did it for people. Titus 2:13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Omnipresence or ubiquity is the property of being present anywhere and everywhere. The term omnipresence is most often used in a religious context as an attribute of a deity or supreme being, while the term ubiquity is generally used to describe something "existing or being everywhere at the same time, constantly encountered, widespread, common". Ubiquitous can also be used as a synonym for words like worldwide, universal, global, pervasive, all over the place. The omnipresence of a supreme being is conceived differently by different religious systems. In monotheistic beliefs like Christianity, Judaism, and Islam the divine and the universe are separate, but the divine is present everywhere. In pantheistic beliefs the divine and the universe are identical. In panentheistic beliefs the divine interpenetrates the universe, but extends beyond it in time and space. Are you panthiestic? You said God is outside of space at around 24 min. If God is outside of space how can he be omnipresent and why did he tell Moses to take his shoes off? Several Old Testament passages declare that God indeed is omnipresent. He is everywhere in space and beyond. Perhaps the best-known passages are: Jeremiah 23:24: “Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and Earth?” How can God be outside something and yet fill it? Sorry i know this is a deep question. 1 Kings 8:27: “The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you.” Psalm 139:8-12: “If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.” Even though God is omnipresent, existing everywhere in space and time, he is “beyond our reach” (Job 37:23) and it is impossible for any human to see him (1 Timothy 6:16). God not only fills the entirety of space, he transcends space and time. He is the author of space and time. He existed and functioned before space and time (2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 1:2, Hebrews 11:3). As the Bible declares and the space-time theorems prove, he created the cosmic space-time dimensions. Referring to God the Father, John 4:24 states that “God is Spirit.” Since God is spirit, he cannot be constrained by space and time. In another video you say that the Holy Spirit is the embodiment of God, which i thought might be a bit gnostic as it implies a body. The breath of God gives a man understanding. - The Spirit of God (Ruach Elohim) "The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life." (Job 33:4) Many religions teach that God is transcendent; that is, outside of the cosmic space-time dimensions. Other religions teach that God is immanent; that is, manifested everywhere in the material world. Christianity and Judaism stand alone among the world’s religions in teaching that God is simultaneously and always both. As to what you say about Isaiah 61 : He comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them' (Hebrew, to their hearts); see also 2 Chronicles 32:6. To Jerusalem - The direction is not merely to speak to the people in Babylon, but also to comfort Jerusalem itself lying in ruins. The people were to return from their bondage, Jerusalem was to be rebuilt, and the worship of God restored. And cry unto her - In the manner of a crier; or one making public and loud proclamation (compare Isaiah 40:3, Isaiah 40:9). Jerusalem is here personified. She is addressed as in ruins, and as about to be rebuilt, and as capable of consolation from this promise. That her warfare is accomplished - Septuagint, 'That her humiliation (ταπείνωσις tapeinōsis) is accomplished.' The Hebrew word (צבא tsâbâ', 'warfare') properly means an army or host (compare the note at Isaiah 1:9), and is usually applied to an army going forth to war, or marshalled for battle 2 Samuel 8:16; 2 Samuel 10:7. It is then used to denote an appointed time of service; the discharge of a duty similar to an enlistment, and is applied to the services of the Levites in the tabernacle Numbers 4:28 : 'All that enter in to perform the service (Hebrew, to war the warfare), to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.'
idolatry is having or inventing something in which one trusts in place of or alongside of the only true God, who has revealed himself in the Word
Vicarious atonement the Bible says Jesus fulfilled once for all. Jesus was not roasted upon the cross despite being our Passover lamb. He descended into hell yes but he was not roasted our GOD Is a Consuming fire. Also in another video u add to a verse who the son sets free is free indeed.... in every translation it is read as who the son sets free…. but u added who the ‘son of man’ sets free is free indeed. I wonder why u did this. 22 min in You say Jesus Christ rose again as a 'picture' I Corinthians 15:10-14 NKJV At other times you have spoken of artistic licence I wonder why you say as a picture. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty. "But you have come to...Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel". Hebrews 12:22...24. In Exodus 24:6...8 "Moses took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar"..."And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said...". NKJV Here Moses sprinkled blood in a particular way. How, and by whom, is the blood of the new covenant sprinkled? Jesus is our high priest who entered into the holy of holies in heaven his holy spirit sprinkled the blood which cleanses the conscience of believers. It is more than a token it is a line which the devil not false gods such a Dagon cannot cross. U said don't think that God was a god who serupticiously stole from the Egyptians no... they got what was owed them.... The Hermitica is attributed by some to be the lost wisdom of the Pharoahs. Now we know that what the Egyptians got was plagues and the death of their first born child so I am not sure why you say the Egyptians got what they were owed.
The Masonic Cipher, also known as the Pigpen Cipher, is seldom used today but remains a part of Freemasonry's history. SOS is a Morse code distress signal. established for maritime use. In formal notation SOS is written with an overscore line, to indicate that the Morse code equivalents for the individual letters of "SOS" are transmitted as an unbroken sequence of three dots / three dashes / three dots, in popular usage it is associated with phrases such as "Save Our Souls" and "Save Our Ship". Some say that one of the most famous examples of a cipher in regular use is Morse Code (which is not a code, but rather a cipher). Others say Morse code is not a cipher either. A cipher takes at least two arguments: a key and a message. In the case of Morse there is no (secret) key involved. At 25 min you say They spoiled the Egyptians God doesn’t send his people out empty God is not a mean God. …He doesn’t say he will make you wealthy the world attributes value to things that God does not. So long as you have food to eat and clothes to wear be thankful for that. But God will lead you and guide you and help you and prosper you, and I mean so he was with the Egyptians. They were being rewarded if you like and paid for their years of unpaid slavery. You don’t take work from someone and not pay them the laborour is worthy of his hire so don’t think God is a god who surreptitiously stole from the Egyptians no he was just … they just got what was owed them ! So don’t think that God is some-how devious. JUMBLING! A sign is a visible indication of something whilst a token is an expression of something. A token is merely symbolic ! of the blood of the lamb Masons speak to each other using tokens such as the pentagram and points of initiation. We are not saved by a penny in the palm or by corruptible things like silver and gold, Jesus turned the tables in the temple over which had been turned into a den of thieves, he alonbe is our ransom, when simon the sorcerer asked if he might buy the gift of God he was told may your money perish with you. "'Redemption' is a word taken from the slave market; the basic idea is that of obtaining release by payment of a ransom. 1 Cor 7:23 we have been bought and paid for Tetelestai , this is why Jesus got his whip out and got to whipping. A new contract (agreement or covenant) "redeems" us from our previous master, the Law and sin. A testament by means of death, Christ is consequently the administrator of an entirely new agreement, having the power, by virtue of his death, to redeem transgressions committed under the first agreement... For, as in the case of a will, the agreement is only valid after death. What mystery are we participating in, what truth is being revealed in the Communion elements? We have access to the divine nature and communion with the holy spirit. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame. God’s Infallible Purpose in Christ For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute. Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, [g]confirmed it by an oath, that by two [h]immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we [might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. In another video you say Jesus is like the veil. Heb 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.
2 Corinthians 3:12-18 Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech- unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. Matthew 27:51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split. You were talking about the veil in the temple then in another video said Jesus was like the veil. In the Bible we have the example of Joseph who was given the ring of Pharaoh. We also have an example in the Book of Esther of Mordecai who was given the ring of the Persian king. They were thus given authority to issue decrees by sealing them with the ring. Anyone who received such a document must first check it to ensure that it was sealed with the ring. Seals were therefore a mark of genuineness or authenticity. You could tell if a document was genuine or counterfeit just by looking for the seal. Hence they were like the security features that you can find on your dollar notes, e.g. the watermark. b. Security Seals were also a mark of security. Only those who are authorized to break the seal could open the sealed item. In ancient times, seals were used to keep tombs, libraries and treasuries from any unauthorised entry. For example, after the body of Christ had been laid in the garden tomb, the Jews came to Pilate and requested that the tomb be properly secured, lest the disciples should come and steal the body from it. According to Matthew 27:66 the Roman soldiers placed a seal on the stone which covered the entrance of the tomb, so that nobody could move that stone without breaking the seal. Besides authenticity and security, seals were also used as a sign of ownership. In whom we have redemption through His blood…” To be redeemed is to be purchased. Since God has redeemed us, He owns us. We are now His possession because He has bought us with the precious blood of Christ. This truth is also mentioned in 1 Corinthians 6:20 - “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” Romans 8:16,17 - “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God [i.e. God owns us]: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ...” the Spirit’s presence in us is also a guarantee that God now owns us. Let us look at 1 Corinthians 6:19 - “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” God has staked His claim on our lives by placing His Spirit in us. My beloved is mine and I am His.” (Song of Solomon 2:16). The two camps spoken of in Song of songs is like a dance in which God leads, and we follow.
The rising and setting of the sun can be interpreted geometrically or as to do with the cardinal points. Hikkadel some think is like nerve fluid and the promised land just consciousness, some believe the only difference between joshua and Jesus is a realisation of the I am and god consciousness. They think of the tree of life as in kaballah, or kundalini rising opening doorways or secret passageways or pathways to conscious awareness attained to via various means. I dont interpret scripture in this way at all. A symbol some use for the circle of life or influence is the ouroboros representing Ra and Osiris, i dont sign up for that either. The metaphysical import of psalm 113 is black mass. Some people might even think of that as Gods unspeakable gift! Metaphysical concepts of Jesus have implications. To some Jericho represents human consciousness in its relation to life. The "water" (verse 19) symbolizes the issues of life. The "land" signifies the body. When man is firmly established in his spiritual dominion, all his thoughts (men of the city) turn to the I AM (Elisha) for purification and healing. This is the explanation of Elisha's healing the waters (verses 1922). Some think lucifer the real source of light and knowledge and psalm 139 saying darkness and light are alike to God is likened to mans own comprehension or level of understanding. I dont buy into any of this! Many secular references to spiritual awakening are in the context of mysticism and New Age thinking and should be approached with extreme caution. What the world calls a “spiritual awakening” could be nothing more than an open door to contact demonic spirits. Biblically, a spiritual awakening is not a waking from spiritual sleep but a resurrection from spiritual death. All people are born in sin and are spiritually dead. Ephesians 2:1 states that, before we knew Christ, we were dead in transgressions and sins. Because of the sin of Adam, which we inherited, we are all separated from God, who is Life (Romans 5:12). We cannot experience, understand, or relate to a holy and perfect God in our unregenerate state, nor can we enter His kingdom. Our need for spiritual awakening is profound: “The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:4). We must roused; we must be “awakened” spiritually, or, as Jesus put it, we must be “born again” or “born of the Spirit” (John 3:3-8). The true spiritual awakening-the new birth that Jesus spoke of-occurs not by some physical, mental, or emotional process but by the power of the Holy Spirit. One who is awakened by the Holy Spirit is recreated into a completely new person (2 Corinthians 5:17; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:3). That new creation is characterized by a new heart that wants to please and obey God and live for Him (2 Corinthians 5:9). He has been awakened to a new reality, one that centers on the Savior who redeemed him, the Spirit who awakened him, and the kingdom of God to which he now belongs. This is the true spiritual awakening. Ephesians 5:14, NIV: "This is why it is said: 'Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.'"
2 Peter 1:19, where prophecy, looking forward to Christ, is compared to “a light shining in a dark place,” “till the day dawn, and the Day-star arise in your hearts”-He, that is, who is “the bright and morning star” (Revelation 22:16). Christ is already risen as are we risen to life with him, flesh and blood cannot reveal this to us but our father in heaven. We are made spiritually alive and a new creation in him, and are seated with him in heavenly places, now already! So our 'self' is not what we die to, i'm tired of hearing people saying dont think dont feel, no walk circumspectly be wary test all things, hold fast to what is good to the head who is Christ. Where the head goes the body follows. Study that you might be able to rightly divide the word of truth. We ought not separate our emotions and intellect from theology love God with all you heart mind and strength the Bible says. God gave us brains to use them, and tells us to turn our gaze upon Him to walk circumspectly be wary. We put off the old man and the deeds of the flesh, we are buried in baptism to Jesus, his spirit baptises our soul its not just a physical manifestation or sign but a spiritual inward work which God does at the moment of our salvation whilst we were yet dead in sins, he made us alive, so although Paul said we die daily we do not die to all that makes us who we are the new man whom God has made us. God does not let his children beg bread he is the bread of life. Some see the almond branch as awakening. Root of Jesse is a metaphor found in Isaiah 11:10: “In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.” The term root of Jesse figuratively stands for the Messiah. The “root” of a family is its progenitor. Jesse was King David’s father. We know from the genealogical records (Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38) that Jesus was descended from the line of Jesse and his son David. 34 min you mention Rahab receiving the spies with peace... The Nose Touch - In essence, the nose touch gesture is a sophisticated, disguised version of the mouth guard gesture. It may consist of several light rubs below the nose or it may be one quick, almost imperceptible touch. Like the mouth guard gesture, it can be used both by the speaker to disguise his own deceit and by the listener who doubts the speaker's words..... You speak of judgement and condemnation and the need to repent but forget to mention that we are not under the law but under grace and that there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus for at least five minutes. Im not sure if you are armenian or calvanist in your theology. I appreciate reformed theology and the fact that there is a fixed void between the living and the dead which no man may cross. Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. You speak of the eye of our understanding being opened in prayer. I know people like to use this term of phrase or minds eye, but the Bible to my knowledge does not. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. Gen 3:7 Adam and Eve reached for forbidden experimental knowledge and more authority than they had been alloted. The serpent lied saying that they would be like God but they were not, all they gained was spiritual death and they lost the authority they did have. Its an age old lie the serpent still tries to propogate. In another video you say when they ate of the fruit they were no longer blind! (But they were not blind before, although the bible says their eyes were opened and they saw their nakedness ... that does not amount to them no longer being blind or spirtitually blind, they still saw God in the garden and spoke to God and knew God.... and we know that it is the devil who blinds the minds of those who do not believe, so why you say they were no longer blind in another video is very strange. Some people talk about the third eye and kundalini rising and a kind of a God consciousness, which is not something i believe in or subscribe to because I just remember that old snake in ther garden and his age old lie, the snake of course ultimately gets stepped on. From Rahab came Boaz... remember David bought the alter of the threshing floor that the plague might be withdrawn from the people. Remember this Luke 22:31-32 Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial. And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”
Psalm 1 The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish. You go on to speak about Jesus will go to the cross for her, he will take all her offences and will die. Im not sure why you choose the tense which you use in this sermon to expound upon Christs atonement which is past as though it is something God will (as yet) do again. 55 min in you say rahab seized her opportunity for not giving away the spies and encourage us to seize our opportunity for redemption. Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (Romans 4) For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. 1 Cor 14:33. You say the longest distance in the world is between the head and the heart suggesting the turning of knowledge into a demonstrable act eliciting change. You say you cant forgive, only God can forgive. Well you can forgive others but only Jesus blood atones which he shed on calvary meaning the place of the skull or Golgotha. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matt 5:19 For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield. NKJV Psalm 5:12 People can be duped and deceived by doctrines, preachers, and all manner of establishments really. As for the church itself competition is taken out of the equation where each persons heart is right with God and seeking to please God, who is the head of the church. Christ is the head. Not us, not the preacher, not the majority of the congregation, not someone who claims to have spiritual gifts of some sort, but Christ is the head. God also tells us not to despise prophecy! To allow 2 or 3 gifted with prophect to speak and people judge, no one is bound by prophecy and must judge if it is in line with Gods infallible word. But if people are told to stop trying to be prophets and sceptisism is preached in regard to all prophecy from the pulpit how will everyone be humble and open to correction ... God reveals his secrets and reveals huimself to His own... He tells us to rebuke in public that others might be warned.
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Deut 29 You say God was saying follow me but if you turn away this is what is going to happen. (as soon as Moses came down from the mountain the tablets fell and broke, the law was broken and cursed was anyone who did not keep the whole law, the law cannot annul the covenant first confirmed by God in Christ. We are divorced from the law which Jesus alone fulfilled and married to Christ, under his grace not the law, the law came through Moses but grace and truth through our God and saviour Jesus Christ. You close the sermon in prayer saying that we may obey or do all the words of this law Amen. Well this was never possible it was a foreshadowing a tutor to bring us to Christ. You pray about troubles of life, that we come to a God who knows, all seeing all knowing you thank God for providing and giving us a companion the holy spirit the ‘spiritual embodiment’ of Jesus Christ who is now in thy presence. The embodiment of something gives concrete form to an abstract idea. A flag is the embodiment of a country. When you talk about embodiment, you're talking about giving a form to ideas that are usually not physical: like love, hate, fear, justice, etc. A gavel is the embodiment of justice; a wedding ring can be the embodiment of love. The word body in embodiment is a clue to its meaning: this is a word for giving a body to things that usually don't have one. “ some might say that a circle was the embodiment of their concept of life” giving concrete form to an abstract concept. The term pneumatology comes from two Greek words, namely, pneuma meaning “wind,” “breath,” or “spirit” (used of the Holy Spirit) and logos meaning “word,” “matter,” or “thing.” As it is used in Christian systematic theology, “pneumatology” refers to the study of the biblical doctrine of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not the “god” within us which we possess via our own natures, nor is he some amorphous feeling or “active force.” the Holy Ghost is also “a personage,” but “of Spirit,” and his not having a tangible body of flesh and bones like the Father and the Son enables him to dwell “in us.” The French Confession (1559) declares it is through “the incomprehensible power of the Spirit he feeds and strengthens us with the substance of his blood.”Rather than drawing the body of Christ down into the elements, the Holy Spirit transports the believer up to Christ in heaven. “lift up your hearts” (sursum corda) is not simply the occasion for an imaginative devotional exercise, but points to an objective operation of the Holy Spirit in communicating the body and blood of Christ, we lift them to the Lord. This pneumatological understanding of Christ’s presence is not a diminution of its efficacy and reality, as the French Confession clarifies, spiritually does not mean “we put imagination and fancy in the place of fact and truth, but because the greatness of this mystery exceeds the measure of our senses and the laws of nature.” The Spirit unites us to the Body of Christ. 1 Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-and have all been made to drink into one.
Eph 4:4-6 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling. The spirit is the “first installment, deposit, down payment, [or] pledge, that pays a part of the purchase price in advance, and so secures a legal claim to the article in question, or makes a contract valid.” A guarantee, a seal. Christ comes to us both as something experienced personally, as well as something exceeding and transcending our experience sacramentally. Christian experience is a fruit of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit “brings us into all truth by his own working” there has been a marked tendency to interpret the work of the Spirit primarily in terms of human consciousness and a restricted sense of interiority, without a convincing appreciation of the Spirit’s relationship to all of created reality, in particular the corporeal dimensions of human existence. “Because there is one bread we who are many are one body, for we all partake of one bread” (I Cor. 10:17). We take physical nourishment and communion in remembrance of Jesus and the spiritual nourishment He alone as the bread of life and fount of living water provides for our souls. It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63. You then pray asking God to help us navigate our path. The Holy Spirit is the helper who leads us in all truth. At 35 min you pray that we might see that which is ‘true and real’ concerning our own souls and to see Jesus and that which is revealed and real concerning our salvation. This sounds like the book loving God with all your mind which spoke about presentism telling us to believe everything we are told by people, not just God but any person. You prays protection for those who are persecuted and blasphemed and spoken evil against. Doesn’t blasphemy have to do with showing irreverence toward God not people? “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:13). Thus, the New Testament established the basis for the doctrine of the Trinity. Jesus and his followers never intended to contradict the Shema in the Hebrew Scriptures: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord” (Deuteronomy 6:4). Shema is a particularly beautiful Jewish prayer I think (ruclips.net/video/5yExwoDPZvY/видео.html)
Then you go into the sermon after a hymn 38 min. OK Deuteronomy 29:29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” I suppose the second coming is a secret as no man knows the day or the hour when every eye will see Christs return. I was given a book called the secret it was pantheon, hermetic, masonic and occult in nature. You said in another video that Jesus became us! You also said God is outside of space. Maybe you might clarify your doctrine on those points in future sermons. You say on this video the fact that we have to accept the secrets of God over arch’s our very existence, and that when we do that it will have a tremendous impact on how we go through this world. You stress how essential this is and say that as a premise or principal of our conscious being, that we must accept the secrets of God. You also say that this will be called into question and we might ask is it ok to pry. You said the revealed things belong to us and our children, and go onto expound upon the explanation and application using an analogy of secret passage ways in regard to awareness and acceptance. You say knowledge is not always good for us, for instance the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because their ignorance becomes sight, and their blindness goes away! And all of a sudden you said they feel vulnerable, people start to realise others are vulnerable and you can start to take advantage of them, and (49 min in) they realise that they are not just vulnerable but that they are naked, and all manner of other sins can come as a result of that realisation. You make the devils horn sign whilst speaking about this im not sure if you were aware of that fact. Who can say? He says if someone comes along and asks you for your bank account info (i.e. how much money you have in your bank) are you going to tell them? And says its ok for you to have secrets, God has them, it is ok to have things that are none of anyone else’s business.
56 min You speak of election saying it is Gods business. But apologetics helps people to be ready to give an answer for the hope and belief that they have. How can they when they are unsure as to the goodness and character of God. So explanation is key to this for instance if a judge has a load of convicted criminals infront of him in his courts (which we all are if God should mark all our sins no man could stand) ; say that judge pardoned some and showed them mercy but not the others, what would the others have received? (Justice right) see mercy is never owed to anyone, God doesn’t owe us anything, who we are in relation to God is knowledge which we need, in order to really know God, and come to terms which his justice mercy and nature, his character and attributes are need to know! So it is Gods business yes, but that is why it is Gods business! We are all accountable to God. That wasn’t a big theological explanation was it? But I think it is needed desperately and faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God, enquire of the Bible as to who God is and he will reveal himself to you. You says it is better to accept that God has secrets, but this does not mean we are not allowed to question the goodness of God who himself tells us to test all things. Testing of faith requires questioning and reasoning and thinking. God allows us to question Him, as Job did, God gives an account as to His Divine right. It is ok to hold your hands up and say I don’t know but God’s word does help, so do the creeds and teachers, and the interpreter and helper the Holy Spirit. You say God imparts to us security for our eternal soul. Im not sure why you call our soul eternal. I know the Bible says God puts eternity in our hearts. And we are not saved by corruptible things like silver and gold, also we cannot buy the gift of God, when a magician tried to do so he was told your money perish with you. You say that revelation for us and our children is why we disseminate the word of God. Definition of disseminate is to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse. The soil is not consciousness! It is the soil of your heart only God can come along and take away people’s heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, faith is the gift of God and is not of ourselves. Flesh and blood cannot reveal it.
You said what does God require of us, quite frankly to put it bluntly it is mean certainly rude for any individual to look at God and start questioning things that he has chosen because he is merciful, not to reveal. So God says there are secret things I don’t want you meddling with them because they are mine. You say it is like the tabernacle and the veil of the old testament and God says you are not coming in and that is why the new testament teaching is so important when the veil was torn… you says JESUS IS LIKE THE VEIL. Its about God saying right you can see now/ WHY do you say Jesus is like the veil? 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 says the veil is taken away in Christ. So why does he say Jesus is like the veil at 103 min roughly in? You then goes onto discuss the application, saying we must reverence God and that when there is a secret rumour mongering occurs, and there are different ways of interpreting actions, people can do things by accident so how do you know what is going on in that person? You can’t assume that people are good or bad, but people when they don’t know things like to make things up. That is why preachers make stuff up, and so they become prophets or apostles and claim to be revealing something that God otherwise hasn’t made known. You claim it is better to bow down and say I respect and reverence God and I guess you mean not question his character in the light of his word. Humility is not thinking less of yourself it is thinking of yourself less. The meaning of apologia is a defence especially of one's opinions, position, or actions. You say we should not pontificate meaning speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way. Dogmas are the essential teachings of the Church. A dogma therefore implies a twofold relation: to Divine revelation and to the authoritative teaching of the Church. UPON WHO’S AUTHORITY DO YOU SPEAK? 2 Cor 10:14-16 A dogma therefore implies a twofold relation: to Divine revelation and to the authoritative teaching of the Church. Daniel 2.22 He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him.
Compare Numbers 8:24-25. Hence, it is applied to human life contemplated as a warfare, or enlistment, involving hard service and calamity; an enlistment from which there is to be a discharge by death. Is there not a set time (Hebrew, a warfare) to man upon earth? Are not his days as the days of an hireling? Double for all her sins-This can only, in a very restricted sense, hold good of Judah's restoration after the first captivity. For how can it be said her "warfare was accomplished," when as yet the galling yoke of Antiochus and also of Rome was before them? The "double for her sins" must refer to the twofold captivity, the Assyrian and the Roman. This can only, in a very restricted sense, hold good of Judah's restoration after the first captivity. For how can it be said her "warfare was accomplished," when as yet the galling yoke of Antiochus and also of Rome was before them? The "double for her sins" must refer to the twofold captivity, the Assyrian and the Roman. That her iniquity is pardoned; which is God's act, flows from his free grace, and is obtained by the blood of Christ, which is full and complete atonement, yields great relief and comfort to guilty minds, and cleanses the conscience. Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs. Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs. Instead of the shame and confusion of face which were the portion of Israel during the Captivity (see Isaiah 51:7, 23; Isaiah 54:4; Daniel 9:7, 8, etc.), they should after their restoration to Palestine "have double" their former glory and double their former territory. An increase of territory had been already prophesied (Isaiah 49:18-21) - an increase which, however, was not so much an extension of the bounds of Palestine as a spread of the Church over the whole earth (comp. Zechariah 9:12). For confusion; rather, as for disgrace. So far from feeling disgraced, they will rejoice, or exult, in their portion; i.e. in the territory assigned them. It will be ample; and their life in it will be one of everlasting joy. The speaker passes on in his thought to the time of the "new heavens and the new earth," which he regards as continuous with that of Israel's return. Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea. For some Zion is seen as Love's abode in the phase of the subjective consciousness where high, holy thoughts and ideals abide, and the Holy City, or New Jerusalem, for some Zion symbolizes spiritual consciousness. I don’t believe that the ether and spiritual consciousness is all there is, or that God is everything and everything is God, because it is nonsensical. Psalm 24:3-5 Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the LORD, And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 37 min You say rejoice in the quietness of your own spirit whatever happens because my warfare is accomplished…. The Bible says rejoice in the Lord always and that we are blessed when we are persecuted for righteousness sake.
3 mind in u speak about consciousness or the mind spirit and body. You say the great problem with the human condition is we can't view things through God's eyes....due to the fall right but you say the fall impacts our consciousness... the Bible puts it like this we are DEAD in our sin. Can a dead man take medicine offered to him? Can a dead man move to pick up a drink at God's table to receive Christ no. He quickens us by his holy spirit renewing us and giving us a heart of flesh changing our will and cleansing our consciences that they might be tender ... we become partakers of the divine nature of God and are made alive to God by faith which is the gift of God and not of ourselves or works lest any should boast..... its about being spiritually dead not about consciousness! Meta interpretations of Paul's conversion also see it as lumiferous ether causing heightened consciousness but its not. Those who do not have the spirit of God cannot know the things of God. Flesh and blood does not reveal this to us but our father in heaven. You say Jesus came to rescue us from that condition of our consciousness being off kilter due to the fall..... no what about predestination and election... what about the old testament! Were the prophets conscious of God who wrote God's word as they were moved by the Holy spirit? You mention Adam and eve's awareness after eating the forbidden fruit of the experimental knowledge of good and evil... the fact that they hid whereas they did not feel that way before at approx 22 min. Earlier u spoke of dreams and a man saying we don't dream because we are awake.... anyway u go on to say Jesus transforms us into Kings and preists and that there needs to be a transformation of our spirits like Paul had on the rd to Damascus. You mention dual citizenship and rights. You mention travel and people claiming to be citizens of the earth experiencing difficulties at border checkpoints. Freemasons get passports did u know ? You say we are citizens of heaven which I agree with... and the government is on who's shoulders? Yes lay up treasures in heaven but God puts his treasure on earthly vessels doesn't he! The knowledge of God .... Who will deliver me from this body of death thanks be to God through our Lord Jesus christ. We follow his pattern and word which tells us to offer our bodies as living sacrifices wholly acceptable to God who enables us through Jesus blood shed once for all to boldly approach the throne of grace. 30 min you say our bodies need to change before we enter . The Bible says this corruption must put on incorruptible and that we are not saved by corruptible things. You say the Bible says aches and pains will all go (I'm assuming u are talking about heaven not higher consciousness here) but then u say that the Bible means spiritually. Bible says we will receive new spiritual body when glorified. You say the Bible speaks of the consumption of all things ... where 1 John 4 consummation of love of the day of judgment christ and the bride the church ? I'm not sure where all things come from and I'm not universalist. Not sure which verse u are quoting there. Lastly u say he will change our bodies and make them like unto his glorious body... I know the Bible says we will be changed from glory into glory but it also says we will be like the angels and that we shall in fact judge the angels. And yes God will give us new bodies in heaven -- bodies that will be similar to Christ's body after His resurrection. The Bible says that Christ, "by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body" (Philippians 3:21)
Psalm 92....... Interestingly Hiram bought cedars of Lebanon didn't he for the building of solomons temple, we don't call him Hiram abiff though or consider God's kingdom within us to be anything like solomons porch. You mention at 39 min that he kept the passover and the sprinkling of the blood that he who killed the first born might not touch them and you say this applied to all Gods children..... cover as Christians we do not keep the passover as the Jewish people do who still leave an empty chair for the messiah as we believe that Jesus is our passover lamb. Not a metaphysical Jesus but the Jesus who shed his blood once for all. how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. At 41 min u said as through one man's disobedience death passed over all.... and you say death is a calling to appear... just as death or the threat of it was looming over the Hebrews now you say death is a calling to appear. This is important what you are saying Romans says this to: Romans 5:12-21 Death in Adam, Life in Christ 12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned- 13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. 15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. 17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. 18 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. U give an analogy of a ship... One of the most famous examples of a cipher in regular use is Morse Code (which is not a code, but rather a cipher). Morse Code has the benefit that it can be transmitted in several ways, such as written, by sound or by light. Each letter is replaced by a series of dots and dashes... some people may use a pig pen cipher... Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26 I appreciate everyone will die but felt precursor was the wrong word to attribute to the angel of death. Its also important to remember that words have the power of life and death. Acts 17:31 31 because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.” You say geology proves there was a flood and refer to it as a natural judgement and the only thing that can explain that which we now find. You also speak I terms of universal consequences.... 56 min I don't like equating Jesus tasting the wrath of God to roasting with fire as the lambs which were sacrificed. Our God is a CONSUMING FIRE. You say at 100 minutes Jesus rose again as a picture in the morning sermon you also spoke of artistic license. It sounds like u say the debt of christ is enough for u and all your sins rather than the death of christ. At 104 min u say they spoiled the Egyptians God doesn't send his people out empty . You go on to say God doesn't say he will make you wealthy the world attributes value to things in this world which God does not . You go on to say be grateful for what you have God will lead you and guide you and prosper you so he was with the Egyptians I mean they were being paid if you like and rewarded for their years of unpaid slavery. So with God thats just just you don't take work from someone and not pay them that's unjust to God a laborors worthy of his hire so you know don't think that God is a god who serupticiously stole from the Egyptians no... he was just ... they got what was owed them......THIS IS A TWISTING OF THE TRUTH OF GODS WORD. Then you switch up this jumbled message! And hark back to the Hebrews being ready to go after roasting a lamb! 106 min u say Jesus blood is the token God is going to see. But its not just a token you know it's a line which false God's like Dagon cannot cross . The blood the Bible said will be to God a sign..... a sign is to write one's signature on (a document), thus showing authorship while token is to betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote. Masonic grips pentagrams and words are tokens but the blood of Jesus is seen as a sign only by God. First, Christ is explicitly stated in Hebrews to represent in His own Person three aspects related to the atonement ceremony: Jesus is the High Priest (Heb 2:17, 3:1, 4:14-15, 5:5, 9:11 [more specifically in context to 9:12], et. al.; though of a different order than the Levitical ones, Heb 5:6, 10). Jesus is the Sacrifice (Heb 7:27, 8:3 [implied], 9:26-28 [very explicit], 10:12, et. al.) Jesus is the Veil that separated the holy place from the most holy place (Heb 9:3, 10:20) Second, the book of Hebrews is also clear as to what the "holy place" He entered into was, for while the OT priest entered into two "holy places" (since access to the most holy place where the mercy seat resided was only by passing through the holy place where the table, lampstand, etc. were, i.e. the "first part" of the tabernacle Heb 9:6), but Christ entered "into heaven itself" (Heb 9:24). Heaven is paralleled only to the one holy place that could only be entered once a year, which was "the most holy place," or the "second part" of the tabernacle (Heb 9:7), where the mercy seat was, and which place believers are now boldly to enter into (Heb 10:19) because the veil to that place was Christ (Heb 10:20). So heaven is the most holy place entered by blood that Heb 9:12 refers to, which blood is from Himself as sacrifice done by Himself as high priest... he is our high preist forever... Hebrews 6:20 20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, ahaving become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek Isaiah also states that God is tired of hypocritical sacrifices but summons us to have a relationship with Him. the act of summoning especially : a call by authority to appear at a place named or to attend to a duty. It’s a warning and is also a Citation, in law. The Pharisee's heart was proud. He filled his prayer with boasting about his religious works (Luke 18:11-12), whereas the tax collector was too humble and contrite even to lift his eyes toward heaven. He simply beat his breast and said, "God be merciful to me, a sinner" (Luke 11:13). Jesus stated that the tax collector went home justified, rather than the haughty Pharisee. He concluded: "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted" (Luke 11:14). We are not autonomous Jesus ought to make the decisions for a church and initiate its actions. In natural human birth the head usually emerges first and the body follows. We we all are most focused on pleasing God competition is taken out of the way in the church. The Bible says Jesus is the head the first born from the dead. So where the head goes the body follows. the Bible says let no one defraud you of your reward Colossians 2:18-19 speaks of holding fast to the head.... we all need a direct personal relationship and connection to the head of the body and church, the head of Christ is God.
U mentioned artistic license of someone who pictured the Egyptians armour floating in the river and that exhaust the Hebrews picked it out and became soldiers....u said in another video that Jesus rose again as a picture. You go on to say here.. by faith God calls us to go forward. Your spoke of people being baptised into Moses... 1 Corinthians 10:2, NIV: "They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.... this speaks of people being baptised by these experiences and I to their proclaimed faith..... Ephesians 6.11 calls us to stand. Galatians 3:17-19 17 And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Purpose of the Law 19 What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. Now 29 min u say don't be grumblers like the children of Israel were or you will be punished for it. Job was not punished for grumbling yes God wants us to do good without grumbling but saying we will be punished is presumptious who has known the mind of the Lord that they might instruct him? Punishment on earth is rehabilitative not retributionary for those who are the Lords as he has already become sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God through him. He then clothes us in his righteousness and says we are seated with him (now) in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. You mention Abrahams seed and God willing they be free... Galatians 3:16 states that Christ is the seed ... Lots of people despaired in the Bible. Hagar, Elijah... lamentations contains a lot of spirit breathed lamenting. 23 min roughly in u say the name God revealed to Moses Jehova... does he I thought it was I am..... and the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob wasn't sure if God told Moses Jehova not that I am disputing that as God's name but I thought it was the above names which were revealed to Moses will re check my bible. God’s answer is translated as “I AM WHO I AM … tell them I AM has sent me to you” (Exodus 3:14). This name is known as the Tetragrammaton. Exodus 14 which you mention had to do with the 72 names of God in kabbalah. You say I am means God is outside of time and that Ezekiel pictured it like a clockwork with cogs... I'm not sure how helpful or accurate that is another explanation of the throne verse .. "Ezekiel's Wheel - Bible Story" www.biblestudytools.com/bible-stories/ezekiels-wheel-bible-story.html?amp Why would you liken the parting of the red sea to the valley of the shadow of death? At 30 min. A loom some would say is symbolic of divine weaving or creating of our destiny.. Jewish law speaks of not mixing fabric for cloth or seeds sown. YOU WILL ONLY SEE GOD WORK WHEN YOU LEARN TO OBEY HIS COMMANDS IS NOT TRUE. God works in mysterious ways Hagar didn't know or obey God but she saw God is the God who see's and Ishmael means God hears and God heard the voice of the lad and opened Hagars eyes to the water 💧 scales fell from her eyes. God heard the lad. God works regardless we see that with Jonah. To some people The priests symbolize our faith in the power of Spirit, through they think understanding of mind action is established. And they think The "ark of the covenant" is the conscious realization that the spiritual nature in man is the real self. The promised land to some whose minds are blinded by the Prince of the power of the air... is merely a higher plane of consciousness! I DONT believe that so I won't be going forward with that view in mind. Some also believe that the ark of the covenant is symbolic of the spark of divinity within us all..... Joshua 3:13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord Which they were bid to take up and carry, ( Joshua 3:6 ) ; the Lord of all the earth; this shows that not the ark, but the Lord, is called "the Lord of all the earth", (See Gill on Joshua 3:11):
Besore means good news or incarnation.
Enoch, the biblical prophet and scribe, is believed by some to be the human incarnation of Metatron. Once ascended, Metatron was given the all-important task of keeping a scribe of all choices made in heaven and on earth in a universal archive referred to as the Book of Life or the Akashic record. I don't personally believe this though I believe and interpret the Bible in its plainly read meaning and form. I do not believe the nephritis were conceived by fallen angels either I take the sethite view.
You believe death is coming that there's a natural judgement and consequence of sin a universal consequences for sin particularly manifested by the flood. Where is God in this explanation? Is God everything and everything God in some peoples mind or heart of hearts? That's not what the Bible says about it. We know as well that Christ became a curse for us as cursed is he that hung on a tree.... but where people have a metaphysical interpretation of Jesus manifested in the natural or the flesh we come into theological difficulties as to the eucharist or communion and transubstanciation and propitiation and such.
50 min in you said 'God became us!' Ideas have consequences. The ideas of the New Age, of our age, have their roots in ancient Gnosticism. That particular philosophy embraced a form of pantheism or monism: God is ‘the One’-the sum of everything. All is God, and God is all. Of course if everything is God, then nothing is God. The very word ‘God’ can point to nothing individuated from everything. It becomes a meaningless, unintelligible word
21 min Organic natural love of the god of space time and matter :-/ (organic is linked to farming and suggests relating to or derived from living matter) you say to tabernacle with us or pitch a tent in the midst of us. U mention quintessential love... Quintessence means the essential principle of anything in its most concentrated form. Quint, as we know, means 5, and so quintessence means the 5th essence of something. This only makes sense when we go back to the history of philosophy, and to the time when men said the 4 elements of all reality are earth, air, fire, and water. These were the 4 essences-the 4 essentials. These represent everything under the sun. But for those who recognize a higher reality, such as the celestial or heavenly, there was a 5th essence. The quintessence of anything is what it is from the heavenly or ultimate perspective. That is precisely where Solomon finally comes to in his search for the meaning of life. He could not find it anywhere under the sun, but he did find it when he looked beyond the sun to the God who made the sun and all creation. He gives us the meaning of life in a nutshell in the last two verses of this book. “Here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is whole duty of man, for God will bring every deed into judgement, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil. We love God because He first loved us agape love and phileo are referred to in the verses where Jesus asked Peter 3 times do you love me.
Lovely to meet Phillip and Margaret today who told me about your service at the garden centre, so encouraging!