To Whom Was The Great Commission Given?

  Matthew 28:19 and Mark 16:15 applied only to the apostles and that we are no longer under obligation to take the gospel to the whole world. I would like to make a rather detailed study of this matter.

As we study the Great Commission in Matthew and Mark, the context shows that these commands were indeed directed to the apostles.

"Afterward He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. And He said to them, 'Go into all the world ...'" (Mark 16:14-15).

"Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. And when they saw Him, they worshipped Him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore ...'" (Matthew 28:16-19).

He also told them: "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8).

It was the purpose of Jesus to have twelve witnesses whom He called apostles. So we read: "Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection. ... And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles" (Acts 1:21,22,26).

A witness can testify to what he has seen, heard or touched. This was the basis of John's teaching: "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life - the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us - that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full" (1 John 1:1-4).

The twelve apostles were the witnesses of the resurrection. Although Paul saw Jesus on the way to Damascus, he acknowledges that the twelve were the witnesses. In his sermon at Antioch of Pisidia he says: "But God raised Him from the dead. He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people" (Acts 13:30,31). Peter explains further: "Him God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly, not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead. And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead" (Acts 10:40-42).

At first some of the apostles doubted (Matthew 28:17; Mark 16:14). Thomas was among them. He was not present one evening for the meeting when Jesus came to them (John 20:19,20,24). The other disciples told him of Jesus' appearance. "But he said to them, 'Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe" (John 20:25). He was asking for the evidence of sight and touch.

The apostles were assembled again a week later. This time Thomas was there. Jesus, knowing in His divine wisdom what Thomas had said, told him: "'Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.' And Thomas answered and said to Him, 'My Lord and my God!'" (John 20:27,28).

Jesus said men must believe the gospel in order to be saved (Mark 16:16). Paul said that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to the believer (Romans 1:16). Paul said that the gospel is the death, burial and resurrection of Christ attested by faithful witnesses (1 Corinthians 15:1-8). Jesus said that we are to become believers by the words of these chosen men: "I do not pray for these alone [the apostles], but also for those who will believe in Me through their word: that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one is Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me" (John 17:20,21). We are saved by faith in that gospel which was made known by the apostles.

We can have a blessing the apostles could never have. Thomas, after seeing the risen Lord, said: "My Lord and My God!" (John 20:28). How precious to each of us are the following words of Jesus: "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed" (John 20:29).  

Those of us who are saints have read what these Apostles said and did, then with the spirit and power of the Father through Jesus were taught the truth.

When we accept the evidence of the chosen witnesses we are blessed according to the promise of Christ. We are to be believers in the written word. "And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name" (John 20:30,31).

We have learned what the gospel is. Men are to be saved by that gospel. The gospel was to be preached by the apostles. Their witness of the resurrection is to be believed. A great blessing is ours when we accept the written word.

This gospel was never to be changed. We read: "I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed" (Galatians 1:6-9).

I want to emphasize one thing in the gospel. Jesus said after He arose from the dead: "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth" (Matthew 28:18). By the power of the Holy Spirit Paul said that Christ was "declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead" (Romans 1:4). Jesus saves those who obey (Hebrews 5:9). We are not to go beyond the things that are written (1 Corinthians 4:6; 2 John 9).

Finally we want to go back to the Great Commission. We have learned that the gospel was given to the apostles. The message they proclaimed is never to be altered. It is only by their word that men become disciples of Christ being baptized into the name of the Son. These baptized believers are to receive further instruction: "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you" (Matthew 28:20). What had Jesus commanded the apostles? Among other things He commanded them to preach the gospel to the whole creation! So this command of Jesus to the apostles is ongoing today through the words in scripture; remember John 17; "I do not pray for these alone [the apostles], but also for those who will believe in Me through their word:”

The Holy Spirit of the FATHER is the power that can teach the truth of the gospel to those the FATHER calls.  The Holy Spirit of the FATHER is the Elijah to come.

Matthew 17:11    

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

John the Baptist was a type of Elijah the prophet who came in spirit and power; this Spirit was of the FATHER as was the power. No man will glory, only the FATHER will glory.

This is John the Baptist prepared the way of the first advent.

Isaiah 40:3  The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

This is the Elijah to come before the second advent.

Malachi 4:5-6 

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

In each case the spirit and power of Elijah was not of a man named Elijah but was the spirit of the FATHER.

John 1:19-22

19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

Paul by the power of the Holy Spirit said to Timothy: "And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also" (2 Timothy 2:2).

After the command, Jesus also gave a promise: "and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20). The Great Commission, originally given to the apostles, is to echo through the ages until the end of time. Amen.

Now we live in what is near to the time of the end of this age. Circumstances and people have changed to be what Jesus, the prophets and Apostles warned about.  It is like the days of Noah. The people have their minds seared with a hot iron and despise the gospel message. Certain ungodly men have crept in unaware and have corrupted and perverted the message of the gospel resulting in many false gospels that hold the place of the majority in this evil world. Much truth has been lost and needs restored.  We are not to cast pearls before swine or give what is holy unto dogs. Among ourselves, that is the saints, we can share with each other the things we receive by inspiration through the spirit of the FATHER through Jesus.  This is how the sheep are fed today.  It is a John said:

1 John 2:27   

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

Spiritual understanding of the truth of the FATHER always comes from the FATHER through Jesus to us.  Even when saints “teach” each other the understanding is made possible by divine inspiration.  What John wrote above is the same thing Jesus told us:

John 14:26-

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

 

John 15:26  

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

 

John 16:7  

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

 

John 16:13  

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

This comforter is the Elijah to come who will restore all things, testify of Jesus Christ and show us things to come. The comforter is the Holy Spirit of the FATHER. 

At this time the FATHER is not saving the world but only a small flock called the first fruits, the elect, and these people are personally chosen by the FATHER. Today and since the Apostle Paul’s work it is primarily gentiles being chosen and grafted into the church to replace the unbelieving Israelites. The ancient church before Jesus, of Hebrews 11, is the church that was in the wilderness and they are part of the 144000. The church today, mostly gentile, will finish out the 144000. When the last of the elect is chosen the times of the gentiles will end and all the elect saints will be sealed weather alive or dead. 

 

Will Europe Produce the Antichrist?

A large majority of prophecy teachers believe that the Antichrist will come out of a ten nation union in Europe.  Is this true?  First, when looking at the European union today there is doubt that it will survive as Britain has already left the union and Italy and Spain are also considering exiting too.  Other member nations are very angered by the European union insisting that they take in Islamic migrants.  Weather or not the European union survives does not matter as it is not the origin of the Antichrist. 

The Jewish people are yet looking for the appearance of  their messiah.  The Jews would never accept a gentile as their messiah nor would they allow rule over them by anyone other than their one of their own nation.  The old covenant scriptures tell us this fact.

Deuteronomy 17:14-15 "you may not set a foreigner over you"

Any king messiah of the Jews must be a Jew.  The tribe of Judah was the tribe established by GOD after the fall of Saul as the new line of kings of Israel beginning with king David.  The antichrist, in order to deceive, must be of the tribe of Judah and a son of David.  Jesus was of the tribe of Judah and a son of David so the imitator antichrist must be also.  The scripture below calls the king of Babylon the "profane wicked prince of Israel".

Ezekiel 21:21-27  And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

The image described in Daniel Chapter 2 is of a man and notice in verse 33 the two legs of iron.  This is the Roman empire and the two legs of iron symbolize the eastern and western parts.  The ten toes will the be nations from the old eastern and western Roman empire.  This is not a revival of the Roman empire but nations that were formerly part of it to form the ten nations of the antichrist.  Daniel 7:8 speaks of the little horn, who is the antichrist, comes up among the ten toes or nations.  This confirms that the antichrist is from the middle east and specifically Israel.  

In our world today there is a mysterious ultra rich organization that controls most of the world.  These are the central banks along with the world bank, bank of International settlements and International monetary fund.  This ultra rich group is worth trillions of dollars and is lead by the Rothschild family.  This group is working now to bring an end to the global economy and begin the greatest depression the world has yet seen.  They are the financial arm of the antichrist and will bring in a false tribulation that most of the world will be deceived by.  This will lead the world to cry for a savior to save them and this will be the antichrist.

Scripture defines anyone who denies that Jesus is the messiah as antichrist.

First John 4:1-3 "every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of GOD.  and this is the spirit of the antichrist."

The Jews do not believe Jesus was GOD'S son or the messiah; the Jews are antichrist.
This is a plain statement of the scripture and not any mans opinion.  This is not hatred toward the Jewish people, it is scripture.

The antichrist, with help from the Rothschild fortune will bring the world back to a false peace and prosperity that they think is the millennium only to be cut short by the antichrist who in the third temple claims that he is GOD.  The Jews and many gentiles will see through the deception and rebel against the antichrist.  This will bring on the time of Jacob's trouble or the great tribulation.

So then, the ten nations must come from what was formerly the old Roman empire; some from the east and some from the west and is not a revival of the Roman empire but of a Jewish empire.  This is what the Jews have been hoping for since the days of the disciples of Jesus.

Acts 1:6 "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom unto Israel?"

The antichrist will for a brief time restore the kingdom to Israel but it will be destroyed.  This kingdom is called Babylon in the book of Revelation and the harlot city is Jerusalem.   The ten kings in Revelation are the ten toes in the book of Daniel.
The kingdom will not be restored to Israel until after the return of Jesus.

What we, the saints, must watch for is the coming global economic collapse, a false tribulation, that will bring in the antichrist for a period of peace and safety, a false millennium.  Satan will copy the events the prophets of GOD have written about in order to deceive the world.  This will make for a very powerful deception.  The elect saints already know this and can not be deceived.

With world debt at levels never seen before, society breaking down with violence, sexual perversion, crime and governments making very stupid laws and doing many illogical things shows us that we are drawing close to the end of this age. 

 

 False Christians and the Law of Moses

10/11/17

There is a trend developing among false Christians that has been in existence since the days of the apostles. The book of Galatians records how gentile Christians were taking up the practice of law keeping.  Paul was angry with these gentiles and wrote this letter to them explaining their error.  In the scripture below Paul says that we are not to entangle ourselves again in the yoke of bondage. 

KJV Galatians 5:1-4
 1.  Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
 2.  Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
 3.  For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
 4.  Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
 

 What is this yoke of bondage?  It is the law.  Here are some scriptures about the law.

KJV Acts 15:1-6
 1.  And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
 2.  When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
 3.  And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
 4.  And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
 5.  But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
 6.  And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
 7.  And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
 8.  And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
 9.  And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
 10.  Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
 11.  But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
 

To attempt to keep the law while claiming to be a Christian is a direct violation of what it means to be a Christian.  The law is the yoke upon the neck mentioned above in verse ten.  In Galatians 5:4 above and underlined, plainly states that if you keep the law while claiming to be a Christian you deny Christ as the gospel of Jesus has no benefit for you. 

There are certain false Christian leaders that are using the ancient holy days of Israel to get money from their followers; they are using these days to fleece the sheep to support their expensive life styles.  They teach tithing along with the annual holy days to rake in the money.  They say these days are God's special appointment with you and promise God's blessings upon you if you cough up the money.  I have good news for all people; God does not need or want your money.  These false leaders are liars and are trying to rob you using these ancient days from the old covenant. 

Years ago there was a church called the Worldwide Church of God led by a false apostle, Herbert W. Armstrong, who used these days to collect offerings and taught the payment of three tithes.  Armstrong is dead but splinter groups formed afterwards by the dozens.  All these people are modern day Galatians who put the yoke back on the necks of people and entangle them in the law.  They make Jesus of no effect and deny the gospel of grace.   This Armstrong false teaching raked in the money big time for their false church and some main stream false Christian leaders have taken notice of this and they want to cash in too.  

The law is not the vehicle to bring salvation because scripture says we are saved by grace through faith and not by the deeds of the law.

KJV Ephesians 2:8-9
 8.  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
 9.  Not of works, lest any man should boast.

KJV Galatians 3:11
 11.  But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
 

 KJV Romans 3:20
 20.  Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

KJV Romans 3:28
 28.  Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
 

Keeping the law will not please God.  Faith pleases God.

KJV Hebrews 11:6
 6.  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
 

Keeping the law denies faith and the works of the law denies grace.  Law keeping denies the work Jesus did; his gospel, his sacrifice.  

Anyone who says that you must keep days and give money is like those Pharisees in Acts 15 or the people in Galatians.  They use scripture to deceive people to deny Christ and this is the method of Satan.  They speak great swelling words of emptiness. While they promise you freedom they bring a yoke for your neck.  These people are antichrist, against Christ, and also against you.  

 This is departing from the faith and denying the Lord Jesus Christ that was predicted to happen in the latter days.  It is the work of Satan; using scripture to deceive.  This Satanic teaching uses old covenant works of the law to supplant the faith and grace of the new covenant thereby deceiving people to deny Jesus and the gospel.  This is antichrist that we heard should come. 

The Great Gamble Theory

8/19/17


There is no gamble with God. God doesn’t gamble. He has a plan and the outcome of that plan is certain. In fact, He makes it a promise and He swore an oath to Jesus, Abraham and to David.

KJV Genesis 22:16-18
 16.  And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
 17.  That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
 18.  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
KJV Acts 2:29-30
 29.  Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
 30.  Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

KJV Hebrews 6:16-18
16.  For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
 17.  Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
 18.  That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Do you still think it was possible that Jesus could have sinned?  God cannot lie and swore an oath that the seed of Abraham, Jesus Christ, would be His salvation to the ends of the Earth.

Many people, even some biblical scholars, see the works of God as random, spontaneous, reactive and without plan or purpose. Some believe that God does not have absolute knowledge. But God does not gamble, and those who trust in Him are not gambling either.
God has to carry out what he says He will do, otherwise He isn’t God. Everything God does or says, and what He has inspired to be written as His testimony, has purpose. Everything is related to His great plan of salvation for the human race. There is purpose in not just some of the things He does, but everything He does. His methods should be understood.

It's difficult for us to comprehend the concept of "before time began," much less what took place then. But Scripture reveals that God laid out His amazing purpose and plan for mankind before time began!

Biblically speaking, God “inhabits eternity” (Isaiah 57:15)—in other words, it is His dwelling place from where He can intervene at will in the universe (Isaiah 46:10).
Moreover, the Bible reveals that not only has God always existed, but that He made great plans “before time began.” Remarkably, it points out three major facets of His plan for mankind that He determined prior to the creation of the universe. Let’s take a look at these, which all overlap in large degree.

God’s offer to people of everlasting life in His divine family
The Bible speaks of “the hope of everlasting life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began” (Titus 1:2).
This is the reason you and I were created—to have an unending relationship with God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and all those whom They would eventually bring to a glorified state (Hebrews 2:10).
Having the characteristic of love as Their prevailing attribute; a godly love or agape that is unable to sin or be tempted by evil. (1 John 4:8), God the Father and Christ want to share this godly agape bond with us throughout eternity.
As 1 John 3:1-2 says: “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! … Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”
Everlasting life means we will no longer be constrained by time. All of us have a beginning, but if we are faithful to God, we are promised a resurrection to an everlasting life in a glorious spirit body and incapable of sin. What greater goal could we have than achieving that?

God’s provision of grace—His undeserved favor, including forgiveness and help through Christ

The grace of God, His undeserved favor toward us, is also something that was planned before time began. This would involve calling people, leading them to repentance and forgiving all those who would accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for their sins, turn from an ungodly lifestyle and commit to obeying God. And it would further involve help to continue in obedience, great blessings in this life and future reward in God’s Kingdom.
As 2 Timothy 1:8-9 says, “God … has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began ” (2 Timothy 1:9).
God would create human beings with free will—giving them freedom to choose what to do with their lives. This meant they could choose to sin, which brings misery. Yet God predetermined a plan to deal with that problem. The unrepentant would ultimately receive death, while those who repented would through God’s grace receive help and everlasting life.
We cannot, on our own, earn the reward of everlasting life. It is only through God’s grace that we can accomplish it. As the Bible tells us, “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is everlasting life in Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
Again, God established, prior to the beginning of time, a way for us to be forgiven of our sins. Before we even existed, God the Father was in His awesome love willing to pay the ultimate price—to have Jesus, beloved Son of the Father, sacrificed in suffering and death as a substitute for our sins.
This is why Scripture says: “And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear, knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things … but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish and without spot (a man who could not sin because he was the express image of the Fathers character of love) He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you” (1 Peter 1:18-20). 

God has not planned the universe and our existence in a haphazard way. Instead, He carefully designed everything down to the slightest detail (Matthew 10:30) and has revealed much about His marvelous plan through His Son Jesus, the prophets and apostles.
As the apostle Paul wrote, “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory” (1 Corinthians 2:7).

God is not a respecter of persons, the vast multitude of human beings can at last have the “veil” of deception removed which kept them blinded from God’s spiritual truths during their lifetime in this age (Isaiah 25:7). They will then have God’s Holy Spirit and finally understand and keep God’s two great commandments of love as taught by Jesus that pave the way for true salvation.
So we see that these three overlapping aspects of God’s plan were laid out before the universe came into existence—before the cosmic time clock was wound up on the fourth day and started ticking away.
God’s gift of everlasting life, His grace and the hidden brilliance and wisdom of His plan for the salvation of mankind were established prior to creation for all of us to one day choose and enjoy. Will we decide to accept them? We can—and nothing is more important! 

Given all that has been written above there are yet some people who teach that our salvation was a great gamble.  They say that Jesus had a nature just like all men and could have sinned and ruined everything that the Father had planned in eternity past.  This teaching is in direct opposition to many scriptures that give us the assurance that the Father in no way gambled with His plan of salvation.

KJV Isaiah 55:8-11
 8.  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
 9.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
 10.  For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
 11.  So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

KJV Isaiah 46:8-11
 8.  Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
 9.  Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
 10.  Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
 11.  Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

In the above verse 11; the man who executes Gods counsel from a far country is Jesus Christ.
The “far country” is heaven.
 
KJV Matthew 25:14-15
 14.  For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
 15.  And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

KJV Mark 12:1-10
1.  And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
 2.  And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
 3.  And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
 4.  And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
 5.  And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
 6.  Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
 7.  But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
 8.  And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
 9.  What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
 10.  And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

KJV John 16:28
 28.  I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

KJV Isaiah 13:5
 5.  They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Yahweh is greatest of all with attributes possessed by no other that were used to bring about His will for humanity.  In the eyes of Yahweh all of His plan is already done.  

KJV Psalms 110:1-7
Psalms 110

 1.  The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
 2.  The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
 3.  Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
 4.  The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
 5.  The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
 6.  He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
 7.  He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
I challenge anyone to find a scripture that says Jesus could have sinned and failed in the mission his God and Father gave him. 

The nature of the messiah was in the express image of his God;

KJV Hebrews 1:3
3.  Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

KJV Translation Count — 1x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: express image (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. the instrument used for engraving or carving
2. the mark stamped upon that instrument or wrought out on it
a. a mark or figure burned in (Leviticus 13:28)or stamped on, an impression
b. the exact expression (the image) of any person or thing, marked likeness, precise reproduction in every respect, i.e facsimile
Strong's Definitions
khar-ak-tare'; from the same as (5482) (???a?); a graver (the tool or the person), i.e. (by implication) engraving (["character"], the figure stamped, i.e. an exact copy or [figurative] representation): — express image.
Concordance Results Using KJV
Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the G5481 G5481 of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Jesus did not have our human nature but the nature of Gods righteous love.  Jesus was the first born of many to follow.  Jesus had to be born in the flesh so that he could be the sacrificial offering for our sins.  The nature Jesus had is the nature we will be changed into when in the kingdom of God.  Jesus was the first born of a new creation, not of this creation. 

KJV John 8:23
 23.  And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

KJV Hebrews 7:20-22
 20.  And inasmuch as not without an oath he (Jesus)was made (Melchisedec) priest:
 21.  (For those (Leivtical) priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him (GOD) that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
 22.  By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

Anyone who says that Jesus could have sinned is a liar and ignorant of scripture.

The almighty God and Father of Jesus Christ in the prophets; gave His promise, swore oaths to Abraham, David and Jesus, that Jesus would accomplish His will for salvation. 

There was no gamble in Jesus but an absolute guarantee of our salvation by almighty God Himself.

          IT IS NO LONGER I THAT SIN
                                                                               7/7/17


KJV Romans 7:12-25
12.  Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
 13.  Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
 14.  For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
 15.  For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
 16.  If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
 17.  Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
 18.  For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
 19.  For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
 20.  Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
 21.  I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
 22.  For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
 23.  But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
 24.  O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
 25.  I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

The saints of God still sin.  The saints also have the Holy Spirit and are in the covenant of grace through Jesus Christ.  The saints love God and Christ and have within them the powerful desire to not sin but due to the weakness of the flesh still sin.  The origin of sin is the mind or spirit of man and the manifestation of sin are the words and deeds of the body.  If the saints do not want to sin but find themselves sinning it is a war between the flesh and the mind.  You actually go against your true will and desire of your mind through the weakness of your flesh.  It is no longer you that sin but sin that dwells in you.

James and Jesus describe what sin really is.

KJV James 1:14-15
14.  But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
 15.  Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Lust is a function of our spirit, mind or thoughts; James mentions no action by word or deed here, it is all taking place in the spirit of man.  Even the tenth commandment says lust or coveting is sin just as Jesus does in the verses below.

KJV Matthew 5:28
 28.  But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

KJV Matthew 15:18-20
 18.  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
 19.  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
 20.  These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

It is our evil thoughts that defile us.  Our fleshly bodies can not act with no mind to drive them.  Sin is our defiled way of thinking which then can be manifested by our words and deeds. As a man thinks so is he.

God did not make us spiritual power houses when we were converted and received His spirit.

KJV 1 Corinthians 15:42-44
 42.  So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
 43.  It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
 44.  It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

The spirit of God is sown in us in corruption, dishonor and weakness; we are not perfect. Perfection comes at the resurrection and until then grace will cover our sins.

This knowledge should also show us more about how Jesus was sinless as it was not simply a matter of words and deeds but the thoughts and intents of the heart or spirit of man that truly identifies a sinner.  Our man messiah had to have a perfect mind that never would allow any lustful thought to enter.  Jesus told us lust was sin so in order for Jesus to have been sinless he would never lust.  The saints still sin even with the Holy Spirit so what about Jesus who never sinned, never lusted.  This would require a mind, a spirit of man, that had never before existed, not even the angels were created this way.  Jesus was the express image of his Father and God in the matter of sin only.  Jesus had the very same Godly love as Yahweh.

KJV Hebrews 1:3
 3.  Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

THE EXACT CHARACTER OF HIS PERSON.

Strong’s: Express image: Charakter- #5482- Exact image, precise reproduction in every respect.
Jesus was created by his God and Father in the express image of Gods love and righteousness. Jesus was not Yahweh but an exact copy of the love of Yahweh.

KJV John 15:9-12
 9.  As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
 10.  If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
 11.  These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
 12.  This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

 This perfect love is incapable of sin.

KJV Romans 13:8-10
 8.  Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
 9.  For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
 10.  Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Jesus fulfilled the law with the love that was in him, a love equal to his Father and God. This Godly love is incapable of sin. 

Jesus was the perfect Lamb of God and the degree of his perfection was far greater than many professing Christians realize.  It was impossible for Jesus to have sinned because his Father and God, the creator of all spirits, created His son in His own express image of love and righteousness.  The saints have this Jesus as messiah and look to him as their example and of how in the resurrection we will also become incapable of sin and immortal spirit.  Someone had to be the first born of the many who would follow and Jesus was that first born.  There has never been another like him to this day as all the saints still sin.  Jesus could never have entered heaven to sit at his Fathers right hand if at anytime he was capable of sin.
Yahweh is able to make a human being that cannot sin, He will do this to the saints in the resurrection but Yahweh first created His son Jesus after His own express image and likeness so the saints would be assured of the hope of salvation Yahweh promised in   the prophets.  Jesus is Yahweh’s salvation.

KJV Isaiah 53:11
 11.  He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

KJV Isaiah 42:4
4.  He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

KJV Isaiah 42:6
 6.  I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

KJV Isaiah 49:5-6
 5.  And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
 6.  And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

Saints; remember that you will sin until you die because if you say you have no sin then you are a liar.  Grace will cover our sins.  This war of flesh and spirit will continue until our change comes at the resurrection.  Sin is not our words and deeds but the thoughts that drive them. It is our human spirits that need changed from being evil in our thoughts to being righteous.  The unrighteous will not enter the kingdom of God.  Jesus entered the kingdom of God therefore he was incapable of sin and was righteous.  Jesus was the only being angelic or human that Yahweh ever created truly after Yahweh’s express image and likeness.  Jesus was not Yahweh but was an exact copy of Yahweh’s love and righteousness, and we hope for the same image.

As we live our lives we use the power of Yahweh’s spirit to grow and overcome the weakness of our flesh so that we use our words and deeds, our members, for good and not evil.

KJV James 3:5-6
 5.  Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
 6.  And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

KJV Matthew 5:29
29.  And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

KJV Matthew 5:30
30.  And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

KJV Romans 6:13
 13.  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, (As if you have already been resurrected) and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

KJV Romans 6:16-23
 16.  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
 17.  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
 18.  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
 19.  I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
 20.  For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
 21.  What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
 22.  But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
 23.  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.


Continue to fight the good fight of faith.

To Live Your Life Focused On Your Fleshly Body Is Death

Do I want to Die?  The answer is no.  Do I want to focus my efforts to prolong this life and employ all manner of exercise and homeopathic means so that I can live to be 100 years old?  Should I make this mission, to prolong my physical life the number one and most important thing?

KJV Ecclesiastes 6:11-12
 11.  Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
 12.  For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

There is a point we can reach, a line that we can cross concerning our actions to be healthy and that is when we put these things above our love and service to God and obedience to Him.  The message of the gospel of Jesus Christ is not about the prolonging of this physical life but rather the giving up of it, the hating of it because we groan within ourselves for a new life, an immortal life.  

KJV John 12:25-26
 25.  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
 26.  If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
 

How do you spend most of your time?  Are you on web sites looking for the newest homeopathic treatment, taking iodine or liquid silver, worried to death about Fukashima radiation, looking for chem trails, having your DNA analyzed, worried about mercury in your fillings.

KJV Revelation 12:10-11
 10.  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
 11.  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

If you do these things then you are out of balance spiritually and focused on the physical and not the spiritual.  You are on very dangerous ground.   Those who do these things may live longer physically but will not see the immortality promised to the saints.  

KJV John 6:63
 63.  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

KJV Luke 14:26-27
 26.  If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
 27.  And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
 
I do believe we should take care of our health but not to the extremes listed above.  Most of the negative things that make us unhealthy are caused by the air we breath, the things we drink, the poisoned soil that grows our food and the chemicals added to our food.  It is very difficult and expensive to eat healthy as these products are not readily available.

 No matter what you do you are going to die.  Why not focus on the immortality God offers the saints while taking reasonable care of our physical health.  There is only so much any of us can do because this world has the cards stacked against us and going to extreme measures is to be out of spiritual balance.  Gods saints should not have an abnormal fear of death that drives them to do unusual things which keeps them in bondage to fear of death producing torment and anguish.  How can you get any joy from this life when you are in constant fear of death?

KJV Luke 9:24-25
 24.  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
 25.  For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

 KJV Romans 8:1-10
 1.  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
 2.  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
 3.  For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
 4.  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
 5.  For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
 6.  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
 7.  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
 8.  So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
 9.  But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
 10.  And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
 


 I pray that all of Gods saints will consider these words.

The Saints And Sin

4/6/17

The scripture tells us that we, the saints, still sin.  According to the apostle John anyone who says they have no sin is a liar and the truth is not in them.  We know that that our sins can be forgiven by faith through grace in the sacrifice of Jesus.  When we sin it should produce "Godly sorrow" in us because we have violated the "law of love".  God is love, and those with His spirit have a portion of this part of Gods nature.  Gods love is the fulfillment of the law and is how Jesus fulfilled the law; by his Fathers love and not by the works of the law.  We saints partake of the divine nature of the Father but only in a portion and not in full measure as Jesus did.  Jesus was born of God unlike us who came through Adam.  Jesus had Gods very own nature of love and this nature makes it impossible to sin because Gods seed remains in Jesus as Jesus is the same; yesterday, today and forever.  We saints were left in weakness for as Paul said Gods spirit is sown in weakness but raised in power.  The saints will not achieve perfection until our change comes when we will be both immortal and impeccable. Until that day we will yet sin but rely on Gods grace to cover sins.  Within the saints is a burning inner desire to not sin and do the will of God but due to our fleshly weakness we often fall into sin.  This produces a spiritual struggle within us as Paul describes in Romans 7.  The thing we desire to do (obey God and not sin) we do not do, and we sin. We are going against our own desire and intent of our heart due to fleshly weakness and God knows this.  We will be judged by the thoughts and intents of our heart, spirit or mind and as saints our true desire is to love and obey God but the weakness God left us in sometimes causes sin in us.  It is no longer us who sin but sin that dwells in us, sin that needs overcome by the power of the spirit of the Father in us.  This process is the normal spiritual growth of a saint of God.  The saints must come out of sin but Jesus was never in it.  The saints must never allow our sins to discourage us to the point of giving up our calling.  Where sin abounds grace abounds much more.  The Father knows we are weak.  God created His son Jesus to be the messiah and not you and I.  God through Jesus , who God did create in spiritual perfection as our example, is changing our natures over our life time to be conformed to the nature of Jesus who was an exact copy or image of the Fathers nature of Godly love.  This process will not be completed until either in the resurrection or when those who are alive and remain at the return of Jesus are sealed just before the great tribulation.  To create His nature of love in us and bring us from darkness into light by the power of the Holy Spirit of the Father is the will of God.  God began this work in us and is able to complete it in the day of Christ Jesus.  We are saved by grace through faith which is that straight and narrow way that leads to the kingdom where they will no longer be needed because then we will be of our own selves immortal and impeccable. Everything we need in this spiritual adventure is supplied by God so that none of us can boost.  It is God who works in us both to will and to do His good pleasure.