What is the Difference between Teaching and Preaching part 2

From the teaching 1/21/12

What is The Difference between Teaching and

Preaching? Part 2

Jonah 3:3:So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

A preacher must go!

Mt. 4:18: And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

 19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.



 20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.



 21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.



 22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.



 23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

Elisha and his 12 Oxen

I Kings 19:19: So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

 20And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?



 21And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.



Elisha asked for a Double Portion



II Kings 2:8: And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.



 9And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.



 10And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.



 11And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.



 12And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.



 13He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
 14And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.



Elijah's First Miracle



I Kings 17:9: Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.



 10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.



 11And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.



 12And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.



 13And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.



 14For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.



 15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.



 16And the barrel of meal wasted not



Elisha's Double Portion Working



II Kings 4:1:Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.



 2And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.



 3Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.



 4And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.



 5So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.



 6And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.



 7Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.



Rom. 10:13:For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.



 14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?



 15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

The Apostles Sent Out

MT. 10:1:And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

And...

:5: These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:



 6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.



 7And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.



 8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.



 9Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,



 10Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.



 11And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.



 12And when ye come into an house, salute it.



 13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.



 14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.



 15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

What is The Difference in Teaching and Preaching? part 1

From the teaching on 1/14/12

What is The Difference in Teaching and Preaching? Part 1

Jonah 3:1-10: 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. According to the word of the Lord. Jonah, preached an Eight word message that convicted and changed an entire city. It is not “how long” a message is, but it's about preaching the message that God wants you to preach.



 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.



 6For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.



 7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: The message stirred up the King and even got him to preaching.



 8But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.



 9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?



 10And 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.

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

II Tim. 2:15: Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Luke 4:16: And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

 17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,



 18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,



 19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.



We were encouraged to continue reading/studying in the chapter of Luke 4. Also, the statement was made that we need to know where the scriptures are! 

Have You Read Your Contract With God and Do You Know The Terms? part 3

From the teaching 1/7/12

Have you read your contract with God, and

Do you know the terms? Part 3

The first contract Jesus offered in the New Testament is found in:

Matthew 5:1-12.

Mt. 5:1: And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

Blessed (defined):

1. happy
2. spiritually prosperous with life, joy, and satisfaction in God's favor
   regardless of their outward conditions..

:2: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

a. the destitute in spirit.
b. those who feel their spiritual need.

 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

a. they will be consoled

b. they will be given courage, and comfort.

5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

a. the gentle, the patient, humble minded

b. the mild, patient, long suffering

c. happy are they who claim nothing for the whole earth will

belong to them.

6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

a. Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness, and

right standing with God.

b. For they shall be completely satisfied.

7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

a. they shall be shown mercy

b. they will receive compassion

8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

a. clean heart

9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

a. those who make peace

b. the makers and maintainers of peace

c. for they will be ranked as Sons of God

d. God shall call them his Sons.

10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

a. those who have endured persecution for the cause of righteousness

b. for being and doing right

c. for to them belongs the kingdom of heaven

11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

a. when they reproach you

b. denounce you

c. abuse you

d. give you a bad name

e. cruel to you, and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on

my account.

Remember you are happy and blessed

12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

a. be joyful and triumphant

b. be accepted with gladness

c. for you will be richly rewarded in heaven

d. they persecuted the prophets the same way before you

Mt. 28:18: And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

The Father gave all power after he achieved redemption. It had

been his equally with the Father, and the Holy Spirit before becoming

man, but he had become limited while being a man. (That is why he

had to pray to the Father. He had power because God was with him).

 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:



 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

John 17:4: I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

 5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

Have You Read Your Contract With God and Do You Know The Terms?

From the teaching 12/31/2011

Have You Read Your Contract With God

and Do You Know The Terms?

Bible (defined):

1. The Book
2. The sacred volume in which are contained the Revelations of God,
   the Promises of God, the principles of Christian Faith, and the rules

rules of practice. It consists of 2 parts called The Old Testament and

The New Testament.

Testament (defined):

1. Contract
2. Covenant

Contract (defined):

1. An agreement between two or more people to do something, especially one set forth, in writing and enforceable by law.

God's First Contract: His first contract was everlasting and for perpetual generations. To Noah, His Seed, Beasts, and Perpetual Generations.

Gen. 9:8: And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

 9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;



 10And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.



 11And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.



 12And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
 13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.



 14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:



 15And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.



 16And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

God's Healing Covenant

Ex. 15:26: And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

The Fiery Serpents

Num. 21:5:And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

 6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.



 7Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.



 8And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.



 9And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.



A. The brazen serpent was a symbol of Christ being bearing the sins
and sicknesses of all men.
B. The serpent itself was a symbol of sin, Christ was made sin for us that
we might be free from sin.



II Corth. 5:21: For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.



John 3:14:And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:



 15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.



 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.



God's contract was with the whole world



Mt. 26:27:And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;



John 12:32: And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.



Luke 24:49:And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

But, you for your part, stay right here in the city.

Endued (defined):

• clothed with
• invested with
• armed with

Acts 1:4: And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

Acts 2:1: And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.



 2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.



 3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
 4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.



 5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.



Dwelling(defined): To be settled, or live in a place.



 6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.



 7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?



 8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?



 9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,



 10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,



 11Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.



Acts. 1:8: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.



John 14:16: And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

 17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

And...

: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:
 27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.