Christ came in a human body, Demonstrated and Lived Everything, The Church is to Be

From the teaching 12/17/11

Christ came in a human body, Demonstrated and Lived

Everything, The Church is to Be

Text Scriptures:

I Peter 2:21: For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

 22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:



I Corth. 11:1: Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

Isaiah; Prophesy of Christ's Birth

Isa. 9:6: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.



 7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.



The Angel Announces Birth to Shepherds



Luke 2:8:And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
 9And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
 10And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
 11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
 12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling

  clothes, lying in a manger.

 13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
 14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
 15And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
 16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

The Wisemen

Mt. 2:1:Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
 2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
 3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
 4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
 5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
 6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
 7Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
 8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
 9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
 10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
 11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.



 12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.



 13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

 14When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:



 15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Hosea 11:1
 16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,



 18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Jeremiah 31:15



 19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,



 20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

Isaiah Prophecy of Jesus's Stripes

Isa. 53:4:Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 
 
 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

1. The blows that fell to Jesus have brought us healing
2. The chastisement the he bore is health for us
3. He was lashed and we are healed

Peter looked back to the Cross

I Peter 2:24: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Mt. 27:26: Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Scourged (explained): A Scourge was a Roman implement for severe bodily punishment. It consisted of a handle with a dozen leather cords which had jagged pieces of bone or metal at each end. The victim was tied to a post and the blows were applied to the bare back and loins, and some times to the face and bowels. The flesh was cut in several places by each blow, so hideous was the punishment, that the victim often fainted, and some died under it.

The Romans permitted, by law, up to 40 stripes (Dt. 25:3) and the Jews reduced this to 39 stripes and one can see how his body was marred more than any other man.

Isa. 52:14: As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:



One man, Jesus in this scourging took the pain of these stripes for all mankind in that one body, so that we wouldn't have to suffer.

Where Is The Man God Is Looking for Now? In Our Day?

 From the Teachings December 9th and 10th  NOTE:  I am sorry about the poor quality of editing here.  I was out of town when I typed these and due to sketchy internet times.. I was unable to save it in the original form...had to take it from the PDF.  This is a beautiful, life changing teaching.  I've never had a clearer picture of what the term, Help Meet, means.  The teaching changed my life!
 

Where Is The Man God Is Looking For Now,
In Our Day?

Text: Psa: 8:3: When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the
stars, which thou hast ordained;
4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory
and honour.
6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all
things under his feet:
7All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths
of the seas.

Gen. 1:26:And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and
female created he them.

Image (defined):
1. resemblance
2. outward form
3. a representative figure
Likeness (defined):
1. model
  2. shape
3. to become similar

What we look like is the outward appearance, what we act like is on the inside.

Gen. 2:18: And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will
make him an help meet for him.

Help meet (defined):
 
1. A helper correspondent to himself.
2. Helper as his counterpart.
3. Help to be a companion for him.
4. Helper suited to him
5. Mate of his own kind
6. Suitable helper completing him.

Gen., 2:21: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:
and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and
brought her unto the man.
23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be
called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Woman (Hebrew) “Ish-sha” (pronounced: Ish-Shaw):
1. Feminine form of man which is “Ish.
2. Literally defined as She-man, womb-man, man with the womb because
she was taken out of man.

God needs Fellowship of A Man

Adam
Gen. 3:8: (this is the first time Adam ever hid from God) And they heard the voice of the
LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid
themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked;
and I hid myself.
11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree,
whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

Flesh under control can meet God in peace.

And God found another man, Enoch
 
Gen.5:21: And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and
begat sons and daughters:
23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
1. Enoch continued to please God and was not found for God translated
him.
2. Enoch lived close to God and disappeared.
3. Then God took him to himself.

 
Noah
 
Gen. 6:1: And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and
daughters were born unto them,
2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them
wives of all which they chose.
3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is
flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God
came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became
mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every
imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his
heart.
7And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the
earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it
repenteth me that I have made them.
8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.


Grace (defined):
 
1. Favor
2. Unmerited love of God.
3. The divine influence upon the heart and it's reflection in the life
of an individual.

9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations,
and Noah walked with God.

II Peter 2:5:And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher
of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an
overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his
righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the
unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Job
 
Job1:1:There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was
perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

David
 
Acts 13:22: And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their
king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of
Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
Eph. 2:15: Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments
contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the
enmity thereby:
Eph. 4:11: And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and
some, pastors and teachers;
12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the
body of Christ:
13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:


Eph. 5:25: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it;
26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or
any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

God's Timeline part 2

From the teaching 11/25/11

God's Timeline part 2

TEXT: Zech 9:9: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Luke 19:29: And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

 30Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.



 31And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.



 32And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.



 33And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?



 34And they said, The Lord hath need of him.



 35And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.



 36And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.



 37And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;



 38Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.



 39And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.



 40And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.



 41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,



 42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.



 43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,



 44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Note: Jersusalem was destroyed in 70 AD by the Romans.



Time (defined):

1. Each day
   
2. Now
   
3. Set or proper season
   
4. Due season
   
5. Proper order
   
6. An occasion
   
7. Opportunity
   
8. A while
   
9. A fixed or special occasion
   
10. Duration whether past, present, or future
    

Proverbs 1:24:Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;



 25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:



 26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;



 27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.



 28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:



Hebrews 3:7: Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,



 8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:



 9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.






Luke 5:12:And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.



 13And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.



John 9:4: I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.






Rom. 13:11: And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.



 12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

A. The time has already come for you to arouse yourself.

B. The night is far advancd, the night is nearly over.

C. Therefore let us arm ourselves for the fight ahead.

Eph. 5:15: See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Circumspectly (defined):

1. exactly
2. Diligently
3. Perfectly

 16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.



A. Buy up opportunities, buy up moments, which others throw away.
B. Making the most of every opportunity.
C. Make the best use of your time despite all the difficulties of these days.



 17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.



I Peter 4:17: For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

God's Timeline part 1

From the teaching 11/19/2011

God's Timeline part 1

Luke 19:41: And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

 42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.



 43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,



 44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Visitation (defined):

A. You didn't recognize the time of my visiting thee.

B. Didn't know God's moment when it came.

Time (defined):

1. Each day
2. Now
3. Set or proper season
4. Due season
5. Proper Order
6. An occasion
7. Opportunity
8. A while
9. A Fixed or special occasion
10. Duration whether past, present, or future.

Lost time is never found again

Mt. 2:1: Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,



 2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.



 3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.



 4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.



 5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,



 6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.



 7Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.



 8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.



 9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.



 10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.



 11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.

Luke 12:54: And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.



 55And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.



 56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?



Luke 13:22: And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.



 23Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,



 24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.



 25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:



 26Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.



 27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.



Gen 7:1: And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Noah into the ark

And...

:16: And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

Lord shut him in

Examples of those who met the timeline

Man at Pool of Bethesda

John 5:5: And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

 6When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?



 7The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.



 8Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.



 9And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

The Two Blind Men

Mt.20:30:And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

 31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.



 32And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?



 33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.



 34So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Isa. 55:6: Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

This is what the blind men did, they called out, Jesus was near.

The Man with Leprosy

Luke 5:12: And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

 13And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

God Wills Cleaness In Everything He Puts His Approval On

From the teaching 11/12/11

God Wills Cleanness In Everything

He Puts His Approval On

Text: Eph 5:25:Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

 26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,



 27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.



Who was Paul writing to?



Eph. 1:1: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Noah

Gen. 7:1: And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

 2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.



The reason: Clean animals were to be used for sacrafice and unclean for reproduction.



 3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.



 4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
 5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.



Psa. 51:2: Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

David was confessing his sin with Bathesheba to God

Isa. 1:16: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

John 7:37: In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
 38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.



Rev. 21:6: And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

Rev. 22:1: And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Rev. 22:17: And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

The Will, part 2

From the teaching November 5, 2011

The Will part 2

Will (defined):

1. determination
2. choice
3. purpose
4. decree
5. know
6. the power of making a choice
7. a strong and fixed purpose
8. prefer
9. for a certainity
10. acquiescence (agreement or consent without protest)

Luke 2:46: And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

 47And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.



 48And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.



 49And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?



 50And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.



Psa. 40:7: Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,



 8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

John 4:30: Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

 31In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.



 32But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.



 33Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?



 34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.



John 6:38:For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.



 39And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.



 40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.



Psalm 23:1: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Opposite: The Lord is NOT my shepherd, threfore I want everything-yet, I have nothing, but always trouble.

 2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.



Opposite: Since He is NOT my shepherd, I don't have the peace and sereinty of lying down in green pastures and beside still waters. No peaceful atmosphere can I find.



 3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.



Opposite: I'm always astray without The Lord. I take wrong paths and never get restored.

 4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.



Opposite: I constantly fear death, and I am fearful and afraid of everything. I have no one to comfor me-no rod and staff of The Lord for comfort. Therefore, I have no real comfort.



 5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.



Opposite: My enemies are always around me. My cup is never full-always short-no “plenty” in my cup.






 6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Opposite: No goodness ever follows me, I'm never shown mercy. I will be away from God forever, no dwelling place for me in the Lord's house.

The Will, part 1

From the teaching 10/29/11 (This is Part 1)

The Will

Joshua 24:15: And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

And...

:20: If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

Will (defined):

1. Determination
2. Choice
3. Purpose
4. Decree
5. Know
6. The power of making a choice
7. A strong and fixed purpose
8. Prefer
9. For a certainity
10. Acquiescence (agreement or consent without protest)

The first time Will is mentioned in the Bible, involves God's Will.

Gen 2:18: And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Help meet (defined):

1. A helper correspondent to him.
2. As his counterpart.
3. Help to be a companion for him.
4. Helper suited to him.
5. Mate of his own kind.
6. Suitable helper, completing him.

Abraham

Gen. 12:1: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

 2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:



 3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.



Moses



Ex. 12:12: For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.



 13And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.



David



Psa. 34:1: I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

The Power of The Will against God... Lucifer

Isa.14:12: How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!



 13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:



 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.



 15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.



Jesus



Mt. 12:47:Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
 48But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
 49And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
 50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.



Mt. 20:30: And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
 31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
 32And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
 33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
 34So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Preach The Preaching God bids according to Time, Place, and Condition

From the teaching 10/22/11

Preach The Preaching

God bids according to

Time, Place, and Condition

Jonah 3:1:And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

 2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
 3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
 4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
 5So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

And...

:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

Jerm. 6:16: Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

John 14:6:Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Jerm. 23:28: The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.

 29Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?



Num. 23:19: God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?



Rom. 1:16: For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.



Rom. 2:16:In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.



I Corth. 9:16:For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!



Gal. 1:6: I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
 7Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
 8But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.



2 Tim. 4:2:Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.



 3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

a. having ears itching for something pleasing and gratifying

b. they will get for themselves a great number of teachers

c. being lured by enticing words.

 4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.



They will turn aside from hearing the truth, and will give attention to folklore, legends, and man-made fiction.

God Is Waiting For and Looking for A MAN to meet the needs of this hour

From the teaching October 15, 2011

God is waiting for and looking for

A Man

to meet the needs of this hour

Job

Job 1:1: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

And...

:6: Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

 7And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.



 8And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?



 9Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?



 10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.



 11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.



 12And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

Job 2:2:And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

 3And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.



 4And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.



 5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.



 6And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.



 7So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Job 42:10:And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

And...

:12: So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

 13He had also seven sons and three daughters.



 14And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.



 15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.



 16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.



Noah



Gen. 6:8: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

II Peter 2:5: And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Ez. 22:30: And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Jerm. 5:1: Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

David

Acts 13:22: (refers to Saul) And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

Luke 9:23: And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

1. Leave self behind
2. He must say no to self

John The Baptist

John 1:6: There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.



 7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.



 8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.



And...



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



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



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



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



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



Mt. 11:2: Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,



 3And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?



 4Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:



 5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.






God Found That Man In Paul



Acts 9:15: But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

1. My chosen instrument
2. The means I have chosen

Eph.2:20: And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

Firmly beneath you is the foundation

of the apostles, prophets, Jesus Christ, himself

being The Cornerstone

Eph. 4:11: And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

 12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:



 13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:



Eph. 5:26: That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
 27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

1. Present it to Himself
2. In stainless Glory
3. In all her beauty
4. As something wonderful, with no stain, no wrinkle, no such disfigurements,
   faultless, and perfect.

Eph. 2:15:Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

 16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: