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.