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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 15)

THE SPIRIT COMFORTS, CONVICTS, GIVES KNOWLEDGE.

Romans 15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak (CONVICTIONS OF THE WEAK. YOU CAN GET SELF RIGHTEOUS IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL), and not to please ourselves.

15:2 Let every one of us please his neighbor (IF IT'S POSSIBLE) for his good to edification (TO EDIT BAD THINGS OUT AND BRING IN GOOD THINGS).

15:3 For even Christ pleased not Himself; but, as it is written, "The reproaches of them that reproached Thee fell on Me."

THE INSULTING WITH OPPROBRIOUS LANGUAGE, WHEN USED AGAINST CHRIST AND HIS PEOPLE.

QUOTED PSALMS 69:9.

15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

THE O.T. IS FOR OUR LEARNING.

15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation (COMFORT) grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

15:6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

EACH ONE TO BE LIKEMINDED AND PLEASING TO GOD.

15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

SERVE OTHERS LIKE CHRIST SERVED US.

15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

HE WASHED THE DISCIPLES' FEET.

15:9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy; as it is written, "For this cause I will confess to Thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto Thy name."

15:10 And again He saith, "Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with His people."

THIS IS PART OF THE SONG OF MOSES (DEUT. 32:43).

CHRIST CAN HEAL; HIS MINISTERED TO HELP YOU.

15:11 And again, "Praise the LORD, all ye Gentiles; and laud Him (LET ALL THE PEOPLE PRAISE HIM), all ye people."

MAKE A NOTE OF PSALMS 117:1.

15:12 And again, Esaias saith, "There shall be a Root of Jesse, and He That shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in Him shall the Gentiles trust."

QUOTED ISAIAH 11:1.

15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

THE SPIRIT COMFORTS YOU, CONVICTS YOU, GIVES YOU KNOWLEDGE.

IT IS ALWAYS WITH YOU.

15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another (TEACH EACH OTHER).

15:15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

PAUL WAS CHOSEN (ACTS 9:15-16) TO SHARE WITH YOU CHRIST'S MESSAGE.

15:17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

PAUL WAS PLEASING GOD.

15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed.

15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum (IT INCLUDED MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA, DALMATIA), I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

I WILL NOT TEACH TRADITIONS AND FALSE DOCTRINES.

15:20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

I BUILT NEW CHURCHES EVERYWHERE.

15:21 But as it is written, "To whom He was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand."

MAKE A NOTE OF ISAIAH 52:11-15.

A NATION WILL BE CORRECTED IF THEY STOP TEACHING GOD'S LAWS LIKE SAME SEX MARRIAGE, AND ANY KIND OF PERVERSION.

15:22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

15:23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you (COME TO ROME);

15:24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.

15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

IF GOD IS A BLESSING, YOU SHARE THE BLESSING OF TEACHING THE GOSPEL.

15:28 When therefore I have performed (ACCOMPLISHED) this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

15:29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

COMMUNICATE WITH GOD THROUGH PRAYER AND REMEMBER ME IN YOUR PRAYERS.

15:31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

HE HAD A BIT OF TROUBLE IN JERUSALEM.

15:32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed TOGETHER WITH YOU BE REFRESHED).

15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen (THAT'S THAT).

HAVE PEACE THROUGH CHRIST.

GOD BLESS

Friday, June 16, 2023

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 14)

THE SUBJECT OF CHAPTER 14 IS HOW TO ACT TO THE NEW UNLEARNED CHRISTIAN SO YOU WON'T OFFEND HIM.

Romans 14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

IN OTHER WORDS, BE GENTLE TO THE NEW CHRISTIAN.

14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs (VEGETARIAN).

DON'T TURN ANYONE AWAY DUE TO THE WAY THEY EAT.

14:3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

GOD HAS ALREADY ACCEPTED THEM.

EXAMPLE: A MATURE CHRISTIAN CAN EAT SOMETHING THAT IS OFFERED TO AN IDOL. YOU KNOW IT'S NOTHING, BUT A NEW CHRISTIAN MIGHT GET OFFENDED. THEREFORE, DO NOT EAT IT.

14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

DO NOT JUDGE A SERVANT OF GOD.

USE COMMON SENSE SINCE YOU ARE A MATURE CHRISTIAN.

14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

CHRIST BECAME OUR SABBATH; DO NOT WORSHIP A DAY BUT DON'T JUDGE SOMEONE WHO DOES.

14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SOMEONE ELSE DO. WHAT MATTERS IS YOUR CONVICTION. NOT EVERYONE WORSHIPS THE SAME.

14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

WE ALL LIVE AS A FAMILY IN CHRIST.

14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

ALL SOULS BELONG TO GOD.

MAKE A NOTE OF EZEKIEL 18:4.

14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living.

HE ALSO WENT TO THE PRISONERS ALL THE WAY FROM NOAH TO OFFER THE GIFT OF SALVATION.

14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

WHY YOU LOOK DOWN ON YOUR CHRISTIAN BROTHER?

SET THE EXAMPLE AS A CHRISTIAN BUT DO NOT JUDGE.

14:11 For it is written, "As I live, saith the LORD, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God."

THIS WILL HAPPEN IN THE MILLENNIUM.

MAKE A NOTE OF ISAIAH 45:17-23.

14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

EVERYONE WILL BE JUDGED BY THEIR OWN ACTIONS.

14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

BE VERY CAREFUL.

CHRIST WILL BECOME A STUMBING BLOCK IF YOU BELIEVE SATAN IS CHRIST WHEN HE IS HERE PLAYING THE ROLE OF CHRIST.

HELP PEOPLE BY TELLING THEM THE TRUTH.

14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

EVERYTHING GOD HAS CREATED IS GOOD AND HAS A PURPOSE.

EXAMPLE: A SWINE IS NOT CLEAN TO EAT BUT IT'S GOOD OF CLEANING THE EARTH.

14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat (MEAT THAT IS SACRIFICED TO AN IDOL), for whom Christ died.

DO NOT OFFEND A NEW BELIEVER.

14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

AND AGAIN, DO NOT OFFEND ANYONE. HELP THEM TO BECOME A MATURE AND A STRONG CHRISTIAN.

14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

WHEN YOU DO THINGS GOD'S WAY GOD APPROVES OF YOU.

BE OF A GOOD INFLUENCE.

14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one edify (TO EDIT BAD THINGS AND BRING GOOD THINGS) another.

14:20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure (FOR THE ONES HE CREATED FOR US TO CONSUME); but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

DON'T LET LITTLE THINGS BOTHER YOU. THE SOUL OF A PERSON IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE THINGS YOU EAT.

14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

THE SUBJECT AGAIN IS HOW TO ACT TO THE NEW CHRISTIAN.

THE WORK FOR GOD IS MORE IMPORTANT.

14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

DON'T JUDGE EVEN YOUR OWN SELF ON THAT. GOD'S WORD BUILDS YOUR FAITH.

14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

DON'T BE A WORRIER. GOD GIVES US DIFFERENT DUTIES.

GOD BLESS

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

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Monday, June 12, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 13)

A CHRISTIAN MUST ABIDE BY THE LAWS OF THE LAND.

Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

CHAPTER 13 IS HOW TO GET ALONG WITH GOVERNMENT.

13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

IF YOU SIN AGAINST GOD, YOU WILL GET BAD RULERS. HOWEVER, YOU STILL HAVE TO OBEY THE LAWS OF YOUR LAND.

13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

IN OTHER WORDS, AS LONG AS YOU OBEY THE LAWS OF THE LAND YOU ARE PROTECTED.

13:4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

NO MATTER WHAT DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN GOD'S EYES. IF YOU DO EVIL, YOU WILL BE PUNISHED.

13:5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

TO PLEASE GOD, YOU MUST DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

13:6 For for this cause pay you tribute (TAXES) also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

YOU CAN KEEP EVERYTHING IN ORDER AS LONG AS YOU PAY YOUR TAXES.

13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

PEOPLE PICK THEIR LEADERS.

VOTE OUT THE BAD ONES AND HONOR THE ONES WHO DESERVE IT.

13:8 Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT GOOD TO BORROW MONEY FROM A FRIEND. MANAGE YOUR FINANCES PROPERLY.

13:9 For this, "Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill (MURDER IN THE GREEK), 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 neighbor as thyself."

IN OTHER WORDS, ALL THESE COMMANDMENTS ARE SUMMED UP IN "THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF".

WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE IF YOU LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOU WON'T DO ALL OF THE ABOVE.

13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS VERY PRECIOUS.

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

IT GETS CLOSER EVERYDAY.

13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE DAY NOT DARKNESS.

13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering (ARGUING) and wantonness (JEALOUSY), not in strife and envying.

13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

ALLOW THE SPIRIT TO GUIDE YOU ALWAYS.

GOD BLESS

Friday, June 9, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 12)

HOW TO FUNCTION IN SOCIETY AS THE MANY MEMBERED BODY OF CHRIST AND HOW TO RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF GOD.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

IN OTHER WORDS, DEDICATE YOURSELF TO GOD.

12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

PRAY FOR GOD'S WILL, NOT YOURS.

HE WANTS YOU TO STAY IN HIS WORD, NOT THE WORD OF THE WORLD.

12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

DON'T THINK YOU ARE SO GREAT BECAUSE GOD HAS GIVEN YOU SOME GIFTS. GIVE THE CREDIT TO HIM.

12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

WE HAVE DIFFERENT DUTIES BUT ONE BODY.

12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

CHRIST IS THE HEAD.

12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the promotion of faith;

12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

PROPHECY AND TEACHING IS THE SAME IN GREEK.

12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence (EXPERIENCE); he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

THE CHURCH CAN FUNCTION IF IT HAS ALL PARTS OF THE BODY.

PAUL IS TELLING YOU HOW TO GET ALONG IN SOCIETY AND SHARE THE WORD WITH OTHERS.

12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF GOD AND LET LOVE BE REAL. LEAVE EVIL ALONE.

12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;

BROTHER= A BROTHER FROM THE SEED OF ISRAEL OR A SIBLING.

NEIGHBOR=ADOPTED BY CHRIST.

12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.

12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

BE IN BUSINESS THAT IS CARING.

12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

BE A GOOD COMMUNICATOR AND BE KIND TO OTHERS.

12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless and curse not.

IF SOMEONE IS A TROUBLEMAKER PRAY THAT HE CAN CHANGE AND ASK GOD TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise on your own conceits.

BE PATIENT WITH A NEW BELIEVER. GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED AT THAT MOMENT FROM THE WORD AND DO NOT OVERWHELM THEM WITH SCRIPTURE.

12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

TEACH THE WORD AS IT IS WRITTEN AND USE SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT.

12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peacefully with all men.

IF IT'S POSSIBLE GET ALLONG WITH ALL MEN (SOMETIMES IT'S NOT POSSIBLE).

12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, saith the LORD."

QUOTED DEUT. 32:35.

DON'T TAKE REVENGE ON SOMEONE. GOD WILL AVENGE YOU IN HIS TIME.

12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

IN OTHER WORDS, FEED HIM THE WORD OF GOD.

QUOTED FROM PROVERBS 25:21-22.

12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

GOD BLESS

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 11)

GOD'S PURPOSE REGARDING THE REMNANT ACCOMPLISHED.

Romans 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away His people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

PAUL WAS A BENJAMITE BY BIRTH AND A ROMAN CITIZEN FROM HIS FATHER.

HIS FATHER WAS A ROMAN FREE BORN CITIZEN.

11:2 God hath not cast away His people which He foreknew (HE KNEW THEM FROM BEFORE THIS EARTH AGE. THEY STOOD UP AGAINST SATAN AFTER HE FELL FROM GRACE. THIS IS THE REASON THEY ARE HIS ELECT), Wot (KNOW) ye not what the Scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

11:3 "LORD, they have killed Thy prophets, and digged down Thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."

THE KENITES (SATAN'S OFFSPRING) WHO DISGUISE THEMSELVES AS JEWS KILLED THE PROPHETS, NOT THE REAL JEWS.

11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? "I have reserved to Myself seven thousand men (CHILDREN IN THE GREEK), who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal."

GOD'S ELECT ARE 7,000 AT THIS TIME. THEY WILL NOT WORSHIP SATAN WHEN HE COMES HERE PLAYING THE ROLE OF CHRIST.

144,000 WILL COME OUT OF CONFUSION AND HAVE THE SEAL OF GOD IN THEIR FOREHEAD DURING TRIBULATION (REV.7).

QUOTED FROM I KINGS 19:10-18.

11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

THE REMNANT BROUGHT FORTH THE MESSAGE OF GOD.

11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

THEY COULDN'T OBTAIN IT BY THE LAW.

11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (HARDENED).

THE ELECTION ARE ONLY 7,000 (144,000 DURING TRIBULATION). THE REST HAVE BLINDERS ON. THIS IS WHY THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU TELL THEM THERE IN NO PRE-TRIB RAPTURE.

IN OTHER WORDS, NOT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE HIS ELECT.

11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber (STUPOR IN THE GREEK), eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear";) unto this day.

GOD DID NOT WANT THEM TO COMMIT THE UNFORGIVABLE SIN (LIKE 12:10-12) SO HE PUT BLINDERS ON THEM. THEY ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND UP AGAINST SATAN WHEN THE TIME COMES. IT'S AN ACT OF LOVE.

QUOTED ISAIAH 29:10.

11:9 And David saith, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompence unto them:

THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS THAT WANT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT BUT THEY ARE GOING TO THINK SATAN IS CHRIST. IT'S THE GREAT APOSTASIA OF THE CHURCH.

CHRIST'S NAME BECOMES A STUMBLING BLOCK TO THEM.

THEY CAN BE DECEIVED VERY EASILY.

11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway."

THEY CARRY A HEAVY LOAD WITH MEN'S DOCTRINES.

11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

SALVATION TO GENTILES PROVOKES ISRAEL TO JEALOUSY.

11:12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

THEY BOTH CAN BE LED TO CHRIST.

BENEFIT TO THE WORLD THROUGH ISRAEL'S FALL. GREATER BENEFIT WILL COME FROM THEIR FULNESS.

11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

MAKE A NOTE OF ACTS 9:15-16.

PAUL WAS A CHOSEN VESSEL; IT WAS HIS DESTINY.

11:14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

IT'S POSSIBLE FOR SOME OF THEM TO SEE THE TRUTH.

11:15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be but life from the dead?

11:16 For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD IF YOU ACCEPT CHRIST; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO KENITES.

11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree (A GENTILE), wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

HE USES THE OLIVE TREE AS AN ANALOGY.

GOD IS THE PRUNER. SOME OF THE BRANCHES WERE SHAKEN OFF.

GENTILES ALSO BECOME HOLY IF THEY ACCEPT CHRIST.

11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

DO NOT BOAST.

PRIDE WAS SATAN'S FALL.

11:19 Thou wilt say then, "The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in."

11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith, Be not high minded, but fear (LOVE GOD):

KNOWLEDGE INCREASES THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR GOD.

MAKE A NOTE OF PROVERBS 1:7.

11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee.

HE IS GIVING YOU THE REASON FOR FEAR.

HE DOENN'T PUT THE GENTILES DOWN BY NOT BEING THE NATURAL SEED.

LACK OF FAITH IS THE REASON FOR GOD'S ANGER.

11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in His goodness: otherwise thou also shall be cut off.

THE WORD OF GOD INCREASES YOUR FAITH.

THIS IS A CONDITION: IF YOU PRACTICE THAT FAITH YOU ARE IN GOOD STANDARDS WITH GOD.

11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief (IF THEY CHANGE THEIR WAY), shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

AGAIN, THIS IS A CONDITION.

IF THEY CONTINUE AS ABOVE AND CHANGE THEIR WAY GOD WILL GRAFT THEM IN AGAIN.

11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?

IT IS ONLY IN THE KINGDOM OF GRACE THAT SUCH A PROCESS, THUS CONTRARY TO NATURE, CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.

HE IS TALKING ABOUT GENTILES.

11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

PAUL IS USING THIS ANALOGY TO SHOW YOU THE MYSTERY.

HE IS REFERRING TO LUKE 21:22-25 (THE EVENTS THAT BRING THE END).

11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, "There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:"

11:27 "For this is My covenant (CONTRACT) unto them, when I shall take away their sins."

THIS IS ALL FUTURE.

11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes (THE GOSPEL STANDPOINT. ISRAEL ENEMIES): but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes (THE ELECTION STANDPOINT. ISRAEL BELOVED. THEY WERE CHOSEN BEFORE FROM THE 1ST EARTH AGE).

11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

WHEN GOD GIVES GIFTS THEY ARE GIVEN WITHOUT REPENTANCE.

11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

HE MADE THIS AVAILABLE TO ALL HIS CHILDREN.

11:31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy (UNMERITED FAVOR, MEANING YOU DON'T DESERVE IT).

YOU ARE GOING TO BE GRAFTED IN IF YOU BELIEVE.

11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that He might have mercy upon all.

HE SENT THE SPIRIT OF STUPOR IN SOME FOR A REASON. THEY CANNOT STAND UP FOR HIM.

11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!

IF YOU HAVE FAITH AND FOLLOW HIS WAYS THE WORD COMES EASY ONCE YOU ABSORB IT.

11:34 For who hath known the mind of the LORD? or who hath been His counsellor?

IN OTHER WORDS YOU CANNOT COUNCEL GOD. IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

MAKE A NOTE OF PROVERBS 1:6-7.

11:35 Or who hath first given to Him (GAVE FIRST), and it shall be recompensed (REPAID) unto him again?

11:36 For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to Whom be glory forever. Amen.

ETERNAL LIFE IS THROUGH HIM.

GOD BLESS

Sunday, June 4, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 10)

CHRIST GIVES LIFE AND A PURPOSE.

Romans 10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

ISRAEL'S FAILURE.

THEY WANT TO SERVE THE LORD BUT THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE.

10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness (THEY WANTED TO BUILD THEIR OWN SALVATION), have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU BREAK THE LAW CHRIST HELPS YOU OVERCOME IT.

THE LAW IS NOT DEAD; CHRIST DID NOT CHANGE THE LAW, HE FULFILLED IT BY BECOMING THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB. HE WILL FORGIVE YOUR SINS UPON REPENTANCE.

10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, that "the man which doeth those things shall live by them."

10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, "say not in thine heart, 'Who shall ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

10:7 "Or, 'Who shall descend into the deep?' " (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

IN OTHER WORDS, HIS WORD IS NOT HIDDEN. IT'S NOT FAR OFF, NOT IN HEAVEN (HEAR AND DO), NOT OVER THE SEA (HEAR AND DO).

10:8 But what saith it? "The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart:" that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

NOT HIDDEN (IN MOUTH AND HEART). IT SHOULD BE SHOWN.

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS HIS WORD.

QUOTED DEUT. 30:11-16.

10:9 That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

SALVATION COMES ONLY THROUGH CHRIST.

THE LAW SHOWS US OUR SINS.

10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness (JUSTICE); and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

10:11 For the scripture saith, "Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed."

CHRIST GIVES LIFE AND PURPOSE.

QUOTED FROM ISAIAH 28:16.

10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him.

10:13 For "whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved."

GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS; SALVATION IS OFFERED TO ALL.

QUOTED JOEL 2:32.

10:14 How 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?

IT TAKES SOMEONES TEACHING THEM AND SHOWING THEM THE WAY.

10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent (APOSTLE= ONE SENT FORTH)? as it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!"

QUOTED ISAIAH 52:7.

KNOWLEDGE IS NO GOOD IF YOU DON'T SHARE IT.

10:16 But they have not obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, "LORD, who hath believed our report?"

QUOTED ISAIAH 53:1.

10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

KNOWLEDGE INCREASES YOUR FAITH.

10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, "their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world."

THE PROPHETS AND APOSTLES WITNESSED TO THEM.

10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith (SONG OF MOSES), "I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation (THE NATION OF CAIN) I will anger you.

MAKE A NOTE OF DEUT. 32:21, REV. 15, AMOS 6:14.

10:20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, "I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after Me."

QUOTED ISAIAH 65:1.

GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD.

10:21 But to Israel He saith, "All day long I have stretched forth My hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people."

THEY WOULDN'T LISTEN TO HIM.

QUOTED ISAIAH 65:2.

GOD BLESS

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 9)

PAUL'S SORROW REGARDING ISRAEL'S FAILURE.

WE WILL GO BACK TO HOW ISRAEL WAS FORMED AND WHAT IT SIGNIFIES.

Romans 9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit.

HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTION.

PAUL IS SAYING HERE, 'GOD'S ELECT ARE CHOSEN AND I WILL DOCUMENT THIS'.

9:2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

I HAVE GREAT SORROW FOR YOU IF YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO DRIFT AWAY FROM THIS.

9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

IF I COULD CONVERT THEM, I WOULD SEPARATE MYSELF FROM CHRIST.

9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

AFTER CHRIST PAYED THE PRICE THE PROMISE IS FOR EVERYONE NOW.

9:5 Whose are the fathers (THE 12 PATRIARCHS), and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, Who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

CHRIST CAME FROM THOSE 12 TRIBES.

9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are called of Israel.

ABRAHAM WAS NOT CALLED ISRAEL JACOB WAS.

9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but "In Isaac shall thy seed be called."

QUOTED GENESIS 21:7.

CHRIST CAME FROM THE SEED OF ISAAC.

9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

THAT PROMISED WAS MADE IN GENESIS 21:7.

9:9 For this is the word of promise, "At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son."

SARAH WAS 90 YEARS OLD AND ABRAHAM 100 WHEN ISAAC WAS BORN.

THEY BELIEVED GOD EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ADVANCED IN AGE.

9:10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

JACOB AND ESAU IN THE WOMB.

9:11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him That calleth;)

HE IS IN CHARGE; HE DOES THE CALLING.

9:12 It was said unto her (REBECCA), "The elder shall serve the younger."

QUOTED GENESIS 25.

9:13 As it is written, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."

GOD DOES NOT HATE BABIES. IT'S WHAT ESAU DID IN THE 1ST EARTH AGE BEFORE HE WAS BORN. HE DID NOT RESPECT HIS REDEEMER ALSO IN THIS ONE.

BUT ESAU COULD HAVE REPENTED WHEN CHRIST "FREED THE PRISONERS" AFTER CRUCIFIXION.

9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

9:15 For He saith to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."

HE HAS A PLAN AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE WAY HE PLANNED IT.

HE KNOWS US BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES.

9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth (WORKS), but of God That sheweth mercy.

DIVINE ELECTION JUSTIFIED BY SCRIPTURE.

9:17 For the Scripture saith unto Pharaoh (HE WAS A GENTILE), "Even for this same purpose I raised thee up, that I might shew My power in thee, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth."

GOD USED PHARAOH TO CONVERT THE EGYPTIANS AND EDUCATE US OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE END.

HE LOVES EVERYONE.

9:18 Therefore hath He mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth.

GOD HARDENED PHARAOH'S HEART FOR A PURPOSE.

9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, "Why doth He yet find fault? For who hath resisted His will?"

DIVINE ELECTION NOT TO BE CHALLENGED.

9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest (TALK BACK) against God? "Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it 'Why hast thou made me thus? " "

DO NOT TALK BACK TO GOD.

YOU DON'T SAY TO THE POTTER YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT HE MADE.

9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR SOUL MAKES THE DIFFERENCE, NOT THE FLESH.

9:22 What if God, willing to shew His wrath, and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering (HE HAS A LOT OF PATIENCE) the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction (SATAN'S NAME, APOLLYON):

THEY'VE EARNED OF WHAT IS COMING TO THEM.

9:23 And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had afore (BEFORE) prepared unto glory,

9:24 Even us, whom He hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles (PHARAOH WAS A GENTILE)?

DIVINE ELECTION BENEVOLENT SO FAR AS MAN CAN APPREHEND.

9:25 As He saith also in Osee (HOSEA), "I will call them My people, which were not My people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

HOSEA IN THE HEBREW MEANS SALVATION.

THE WOMAN IN HOSEA (HOSEA'S WIFE) REPRESENTS ISRAEL. GOD TOLD HOSEA TO MARRY A HARLOT.

9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, 'Ye are not My people;' there shall they be called the children of the living God."

ISRAEL (NOT THE COUNTRY OF ISRAEL BUT THE TRIBES) WILL BE RESTORED IN THE FUTURE.

9:27 Esaias (ISAIAH) also crieth concerning Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

ISRAEL (THE TRIBES) WILL BE SAVED.

9:28 For He will finish (CLOSE) the work, and cut it short (HE SHORTENED THE TIME FOR 7 YEARS TO 5 MONTHS= MARK 13:20, REV. 9:4, 9:10-11) in righteousness: because a short work will the LORD make upon the earth."

9:29 And as Esaias said before, "Except the LORD of Sabaoth (THE LORD OF REST OR HOSTS) had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha."

PERVERSION IS HAPPENING TODAY.

9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

MANY GENTILES WERE CONVERTED BUT ISRAEL WAS VERY STUBBORN.

9:32 Wherefore (WHAT CAN WE SAY)? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.

PAUL IS TRYING TO SAY HERE ' I THOUGHT I WAS FOLLOWING THE LAW BY PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS'.

9:33 As it is written, "Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed."

QUOTED ISAIAH 28:16.

THERE IS NO STUMBLING STONE WITH THE BELIEVER.

GOD BLESS

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 8)

THE BOOK OF ROMANS IS WRITTEN TO THE ELECT.

NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST; YOU ARE NO LONGER IN CHRIST IF YOU WALK AFTER THE FLESH UNLESS YOU REPENT.

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh (SAVED IS NOT ALWAYS SAVED UNLESS YOU REPENT. THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION IF YOU DO NOT WALK AFTER THE FLESH), but after the Spirit.

8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (IS ETERNAL LIFE) hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

THE LAW OF THE "SPIRIT" (OR NEW NATURE) SETS US FREE FROM THE CLAIMS OF THE LAW (NOT THE LAW).

8:3 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 the flesh:

THE LAW IS NOT WEAK, FLESH IS.

CHRIST WAS SENT IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH TO SHOW US THE WAY.

HE DID NOT SIN HIMSELF BUT HE SHOWED US HOW TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT.

8:4 That the righteousness (TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT) of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT FULFILLS THE RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU ALLOW YOUR SPIRITUAL SELF TO TAKE OVER YOU DON'T WANT TO BREAK GOD'S LAW. WE FALL SHORT WHEN WE LET THE FLESH TO TAKE OVER.

8:5 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.

WHEN YOU ALLOW THE SPIRIT TO LEAD YOU WILL NOT SIN.

8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

YOU WILL FIND THAT PEACE IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S WORD.

DISCIPLINE YOURSELF IN THAT AND HE WILL GIVE YOU PEACE OF MIND.

8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

ATHEISTS ARE AN ENMITY AGAINST GOD AND THEY WILL HAVE NO BLESSINGS.

THEY GO AGAINST THEIR OWN NATURE OR THEIR CARNAL ATTITUDE.

8:8 So they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

WITHOUT CHRIST YOU CANNOT PLEASE GOD.

8:9 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.

YOU ARE NOT CARNALLY MINDED IF YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT.

8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

AGAIN, CHRIST DEPARTS EVERY TIME YOU SIN. YOU MUST REPENT FOR HIM TO ENTER AGAIN.

8:11 But if the Spirit of Him That raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He That raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken (MAKE ALIVE) your mortal bodies (MORTAL=LIABLE TO DIE. MORTAL ALWAYS APPLIES TO THE SOUL) by His Spirit That dwelleth in you.

8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU LOVE CHRIST AND DISCIPLINE YOURSELF YOU SHALL LIVE.

8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God (IT MEANS GOD OWNS YOU).

8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, "Abba, Father."

AN ADOPTED CHILD (THE CHURCH IS ISRAEL BY ADOPTION) MAY PARTAKE ALL THE PRIVILEGES OF THE FAMILY, ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT BORN IN THE FAMILY. BUT THE SUBJECT OF THIS VERSE ARE BEGOTTEN OF THE SPIRIT (JOHN 3:6) AND ARE, THEREFORE, CHILDREN OR SONS OF GOD BY SPIRITUAL GENERATION. IT IS THUS A REAL SONSHIP SPIRIT THAT ENABLES THEM TO CRY, "ABBA, FATHER."

IT IS SAID THAT SLAVES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THE WORD "ABBA". STRICTLY, THEREFORE, IT CAN BE EMPLOYED ONLY BY THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE GIFT OF THE DIVINE NATURE.

8:16 The Spirit Itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

8:17 And if children, then heirs (HEIR IS THE ONE WHO INHERITS SOMETHING); heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him (YOU WILL HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE WHEN YOU SERVE HIM BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ENEMY OF THE WORLD), that we may be also glorified together.

IF YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD, YOU DESERVE AN INHERITANCE

8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us (ETERNAL LIFE IS COMING).

8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature (CREATION) waiteth for the manifestation (1ST DAY OF THE MILLENNIUM) of the sons of God.

CREATION WAITING TO SHARE THE COMING GLORY OF THIS MANIFESTATION OF THE LIBERTY OF THE GLORY.

8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him Who hath subjected the same in hope,

THE PLAN OF GOD.

8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

THE EARTH WILL BE MADE LIKE IT WAS MADE IN THE 1ST EARTH AGE BEFORE SATAN'S FALL.

8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

CREATION UNITING ITS GROANING WITH OURS WAITING FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF OUR RESURRECTION GLORY.

8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits (THE ELECT) of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE CHANGING OF OUR BODY, FROM FLESH TO SPIRITUAL.

HE SPEAKS NOT TO THE ONE WHO KNOWS THE LAW BUT HIS ELECT.

8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

IT PLEASES GOD THAT WE BELIEVE IN HIM EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.

8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities (WEAKNESSES): for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit Itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

WE DON'T KNOW GOD'S PLAN IN DETAIL. HE PROVIDES AN INTERCESSION FOR US.

8:27 And He That searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

HE INTERFERES WITH HIS ELECT'S LIVES.

IN OTHER WORDS, GOD WILL PUT YOU WHERE HE CAN USE YOU TO DO HIS WORK.

8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose (HIS ELECT).

8:29 For who he did foreknow (HE KNEW FROM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THIS WORLD), He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

HE PREARRANGED THE DESTINY OF HIS ELECT.

DO NOT CONFUSE "ELECT" WITH OTHER BELIEVERS.

HE CHOSE HIS ELECT TO DO HIS WORK ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SOMEONE JUST BEING SAVED.

8:30 Moreover who He did predestinate, them He also called: and who He called, them He also justified (JUDGED): and whom He justified, them He also glorified.

THERE IS PREDESTINATION FOR THE ELECT.

8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

WE HAVE POWER OVER EVIL.

MAKE A NOTE OF LUKE 10:18-19.

8:32 H that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

8:33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God That justifieth;

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT IF YOU ARE ONE OF GOD'S ELECT. YOU WERE PREDESTINED AND YOU MAKE A STAND FOR HIM.

IT IS GOD THAT JUDGES.

8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ That died, yea rather, That is risen again, Who is even at the right hand of God, Who also maketh intercession for us (HE MAKES INTERCESSION BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR ENEMIES, NOT BETWEEN YOU AND GOD BECAUSE HE IS GOD).

8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness or peril (DANGER), or sword?

WHEN YOU KNOW THE TRUTH NO MAN CAN DECEIVE YOU CONCERNING MEN'S DOCTRINES.

8:36 As it is written, "For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

QUOTED PSALMS 44:22.

THE SHEPHERD SAYS, 'I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU; I WILL PROTECT YOU'.

WHO PROTECTS THE SHEEP? THE SHEPHERD (CHRIST).

8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him That loved us.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR DESTINY IS.

8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities (FALLEN ANGELS), nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

NO ONE IS GOING TO TAKE YOU FROM THE TRUTH IF YOU ARE ONE OF GOD'S ELECT.

GOD BLESS

Sunday, May 28, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 7)

SIN HAS NO LONGER DOMINION IF YOU ALLOW CHRIST TO BE IN CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE. GOD DIVORCED ISRAEL (JER. 3:8) BUT WITH CHRIST YOU ARE FREE TO REMARRY. THIS IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS CHAPTER.

Romans 7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law (ISRAEL), how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

PAUL WAS TEACHING ABOUT THE LAW.

THE LAW WILL BE WITH YOU FOREVER. IT'S NOT BAD, MEN FALL SHORT.

7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

ISRAEL ALLOWED TO REMARRY IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS CHAPTER.

7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from the law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

REMARRIAGE IS LAWFUL IF THE HUSBAND IS DEAD.

7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

YOU ARE FREE TO REMARRY SPIRITUALLY.

BRINGING FORTH FRUIT IS TO PASS THE GOOD NEWS.

7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions (CRAVINGS) of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

THE FLESH BRINGS DESIRES AND CRAVINGS THAT IS AGAINST GOD, BUT THANK GOD FOR REPENTANCE.

7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

WHEN YOU ACCEPT CHRIST, YOU ARE RECONCILED WITH GOD. CRAVINGS WILL BE THERE BUT YOU CAN FIGHT THEM WITH YOUR SPIRITUAL SELF.

IF YOU FALL SHORT, REPENT.

7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, "Thou shalt not covet."

THE LAW IS OUR SCHOOLMASTER; IT POINTS OUT OUR SINS.

A SIN IS A TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW (I JOHN 3:4).

7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence (DESIRE TO COVET). For without the law sin was dead.

7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

WHEN YOU LEARN THE LAW, YOU SET YOURSELF UP FOR CONVICTION AND SPIRITUAL DEATH IF YOU BREAK IT AND WON'T REPENT.

7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

PAUL WAS AN EXCELLENT HEBREW SCHOLAR BUT HE MISSED ISAIAH 7:14 THAT TALKS ABOUT CHRIST.

WHY? BECAUSE HIS EYES WERE NOT OPENED YET TO SEE THE TRUTH.

7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

THE LAW WILL NEVER DO YOU HARM BECAUSE GOD MADE IT.

7:13 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.

MANIFESTATION OF THE EVIL OF SIN TO THE CONSCIENCE.

BEFORE PAUL KNEW THE TRUTH, HE PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS.

7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal (FLESH), sold under sin.

THE FLESH MAN IS SINFUL BY NATURE.

WHEN YOU SIN TALK TO HIM. REPENT AND ASK HIM TO HELP YOU OVERCOME YOUR WEAKNESSES.

7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I do not; but what I hate, that do I.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I DO THE THINGS I DO WHEN I FALL SHORT.

7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

WHEN I BREAK THE LAW IT'S ME MESSING UP. THE LAW IS GOOD.

THE INWARD MAN KNOWS RIGHT FROM WRONG.

7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

7:18 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.

IN OTHER WORDS, SOMETIMES I WANT TO DO THINGS RIGHT BUT I FALL SHORT.

WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS, THE FLESH BETRAYS YOU.

7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

SOMETIMES WE LISTEN TO THE FLESH INSTEAD OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN.

THE BEAUTY OF CHRISTIANITY IS THAT GOD FORGIVES AFTER REPENTANCE.

7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

SOMETIMES WE ALLOW OUR SINFUL FLESH TO TAKE OVER THE SPIRITUAL SELF.

7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me (WHEN I WANT TO DO GOOD FLESH TAKES OVER).

7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

I LOVE GOD'S LAW FOR THE INWARD SPIRITUAL MAN.

7:23 But I see another law in my members (THE MANYMEMBERED BODY OF CHRIST), warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

PAUL'S CONFLICT BETWEEN THE FLESH AND SPIRITUAL MAN.

DISCIPLE YOURSELF IN THE WORD OF GOD.

DON'T ALLOW YOUR SINFUL NATURE TO CONSUME YOU.

WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE UP AGAINST IT IS A LOT EASIER TO HANDLE IT.

7:24 O wretched man (FLESH MAN) that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death (THE FLESH).

7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind (SPIRITUAL MAN) I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

THIS IS THE EXPERIENCE OF EVERYONE WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE GRACE OF GOD, AND HAS RECEIVED THE GIFT OF THE NEW NATURE AS THE SIGN OF GOD'S JUSTIFICATION. NOT THE EXPERIENCE OF ONE MAN IN TWO SUCCESSIVE STAGES, BUT THE CO-EXISTENCE OF THE TWO EXPERIENCES IN THE ONE MAN AT THE SAME TIME.

GOD BLESS

Saturday, May 27, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 6)

CONTINUING WITH THE SAME SUBJECT FROM THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER.

BY THE OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE HOLY OF HOLLIES.

A SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. BUT...THROUGH CHRIST YOU CAN HAVE FORGIVENESS AFTER REPENTANCE WHEN YOU BREAK THE LAW.

Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?

WHEN YOU CONVERT AND ARE BAPTIZED YOU COME OUT AS A NEW PERSON. THE OLD YOU DIES BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS FALL SHORT WHILE IN THE FLESH.

6:4 Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

IN OTHER WORDS, SYMBOLICALLY WHEN YOU ARE BAPTIZED YOU ARE GOING TO THE TOMB LIKE CHRIST DID AND COME UP INTO RESURRECTION.

6:5 For if we have been planted together (GREW TOGETHER) in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection:

YOU WERE RESURRECTED WITH HIM.

6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

SINCE YOUR OLD SELF IS GONE YOU SHOULD NOT BE A SLAVE TO SIN ANYMORE.

HOW CAN THIS BE SINCE WE WILL FALL SHORT FROM TIME TO TIME?

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS IN YOU NOW. THE SPIRIT CONVICTS YOU EVERY TIME YOU FALL SHORT. HE WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU WENT ASTRAY AND YOU NEED TO HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART AND REPENT.

6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

ONCE YOUR SIN IS RESOLVED YOU ARE IN PARADISE.

6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him:

YOUR SINS UP TO THAT TIME ARE ERASED.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR OLD YOU IS ERASED.

BUT...YOU STILL NEED TO REPENT EVERY TIME YOU FALL SHORT.

6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him.

HE DEFEATED DEATH.

BE OF SERVICE TO HIM.

MAKE A NOTE OF HEBREWS 2:12-14.

6:10 For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God.

HE IS GOD FOREVER BECAUSE HE IS IMMAUEL (GOD WITH US).

6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

CHRIST DIED TO RECONCILE AND DEFEAT DEATH.

SALVATION COMES ONLY THROUGH CHRIST.

6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

DON'T ALLOW THE LUSTS OF YOUR FLESH TO TAKE OVER YOUR SPIRITUAL SELF.

6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield (DEDICATE) yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

DON'T SERVE SIN.

THE TRUTH SETS YOU FREE (JOHN 8:32).

6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

DON'T LET SIN HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU: YOU RAISE ABOVE IT THROUGH GRACE.

6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

ACTS OF OBEDIENCE INDICATE THE MASTER SERVED.

6:16 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?

WHO IS DEATH? SATAN IS AND IF YOU SIN UNDER HIM YOU ARE ASKING FOR IT.

YOU ARE A SERVANT TO HIM WHOM YOU OBEY.

GOD DOES NOT EXPECT PERFECTION BUT MATURITY.

6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine (A WAY OR MOLD) which was delivered you.

THE MOLD IS THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST; THE MOLD WILL RULE AND MAKE YOUR FAITH STRONGER.

THIS IS THE PATH YOU SHOULD FOLLOW.

6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

WHEN YOU SERVE HIM, GOD CAN USE YOU TO DO HIS WORK.

6:19 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.

MUCH BETTER TO FOLLOW CHRIST THAN TO FOLLOW SATAN.

6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

WHAT DID YOU GAIN FROM SIN? THE FRUIT OF SIN IS DEATH.

6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness.

WHEN YOU BECOME FREE OF SIN YOU GAIN HIS BLESSINGS.

EVERY TIME YOU REPENT YOU GET BACK INTO RECONCILING WITH GOD.

6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN FORGIVE SINS THROUGH REPENTANCE.

THE LAW CANNOT SAVE YOU BUT IT REMINDS YOU OF YOUR SINS.

GOD BLESS

Thursday, May 25, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 5)

ROMANS CHAPTER FIVE TALKS ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF CHRISTIANITY.

Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

5:2 By Whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

THE BEAUTY OF CHRISTIANITY IS FORGIVENESS.

TO MAKE PEACE WITH GOD YOU MUST HAVE FAITH AND BELIEVE IN HIS WORD.

5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

LITTLE TROUBLES DON'T BOTHER CHRISTIANS. HE ALWAYS SHOWS A WAY OUT TO ALL OUR TROUBLES.

5:4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

EXPERIENCE BUILDS CHARACTER.

5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed (NEVER DISAPPOINTS); because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts (FLOODS OUR HEARTS) by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us.

5:6 For when we were yet without strength (WHEN WE WERE IN OUR WEAKEST), in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

GOD DOES NOT PLAY FAVORITES.

5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

5:8 But God commendeth (PROVED) His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

GOD PROVED HIS LOVE FOR US BY COMING IN THE FLESH AND DYING FOR US.

WE WILL DEFEND A GOOD MAN (VERSE 7) BUT JESUS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR EVERYONE.

5:9 Much more then, being now justified (MADE INNOCENT) by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

WE ARE SAVED FROM WRATH BY HIS LIFE AFTER REPENTANCE.

HIS WRATH WILL BE POURED UPON THE WORLD (THE 7 VIALS OF REVELATION) BUT NOT UPON HIS JUSTIFIED ONES.

5:10 For if, when we were enemies (SINNERS), we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

WE ROSE FROM THE GRAVE.

5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we have now received the atonement (THAT FORGIVENESS).

5:12 Wherefore, as by one man (ADAM) sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

CONDEMNATION TO DEATH OF THE FIRST MAN; THROUGH THE SIN OF ONE MAN: BUT, A JUSTIFYING UNTO LIFE THROUGH THE RIGHTEOUS ACT OF ONE MAN, THE SECOND MAN (CHRIST).

5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

SIN IS NOT IMPUTED WHERE NO LAW.

THERE WAS NO LAW UNTIL MOSES.

5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of Him That was to come (THE COMING ONE. A WELL-KNOWN HEBRAISM FOR THE MESSIAH. ADAM WAS A TYPE AS THE FEDERAL HEAD OF A NEW-CREATED RACE).

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DID NOT DO IT AS BAD AS HE DID.

5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

ADAM BROUGHT SIN INTO THE WORLD, BUT YOU CAN BE JUSTIFIED BY CHRIST IF YOU FOLLOW HIM.

5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by One, Jesus Christ.)

WE OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST AFTER REPENTANCE.

THE BOOK OF LIFE IS IN HEAVEN. HE KEEPS THE RECORD YOU ARE JUDGED BY.

5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of One the free gift came upon all men unto justification (GUARANTEE) of life (ETERNAL).

SO THEN AS BY MEANS OF ONE (ACT OF) TRANSGRESSION (SENTENCE CAME) UPON ALL MEN UNTO CONDEMNATION, EVEN SO BY MEANS OF ONE RIGHTEOUS ACT ALSO (THE FREE GIFT CAME) UPON ALL MEN TO JUSTIFICATION OF LIFE.

5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of, One shall many be made righteous (INNOCENT).

BY THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE HOLY OF HOLLIES.

SIN IS WHEN YOU BREAK THE LAW (VERSE 20).

5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound (MULTIPLY):

5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness (IT'S A LEGAL TERM. YOU CLAIM IT) unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

A SIN IS A TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. GOD'S FREE GIFT IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FORGIVENESS THROUGH REPENTANCE IF YOU HAVE FAITH IN CHRIST.

YOU HAVE TO REPENT EVERY TIME YOU SIN TO BE ABLE TO BE IN GOOD STANDARDS WITH GOD.

EVERY TIME YOU FALL FROM GRACE THE SPIRIT DEPARTS UNLESS YOU REPENT.

GOD BLESS

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

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Sunday, May 21, 2023

THE BOOK OF ROMANS (CHAPTER 4)

IN CHAPTER 4, PAUL TALKS ABOUT ABRAHAM'S FAITH.

ABRAHAM'S FAITH RECKONED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. NOT BY WORKS, BUT ACCORDING TO GRACE.

BLESSINGS TO ALL WHO HAVE FAITH LIKE ABRAHAM. NOT THROUGH THE LAW, BUT ACCORDING TO GRACE.

Romans 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

GOD PROMISED AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED THROUGH FAITH.

WORKS WILL GIVE YOU BLESSINGS AND REWARDS BUT THEY WON'T SAVE YOU; FAITH DOES.

4:3 For what saith the Scripture? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness."

ABRAHAM'S FAITH RECKONED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

4:4 Now to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

IF YOU BELIEVE IN CHRIST AND REACH UP TO HIM, HE WILL REACH UP TO YOU.

4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works.

BLESSING TO ALL WHO HAVE LIKE FAITH.

4:7 Saying, "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered (COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST).

4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD will not impute sin."

QUOTED PSALMS 32:1-2.

A SIN IS A TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN THEN THAT YOU ARE SAVED BY GRACE NOT BY LAW?

IT MEANS THAT GOD'S GRACE (UNMERITED FAVOR) SAVED YOU (AFTER REPENTANCE) FROM BEING BLOTTED OUT FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE LAW ALONE CANNOT SAVE YOU BECAUSE EACH ONE OF US WILL BREAK THE LAW IN OUR LIFETIME. BY REPENTING THROUGH CHRIST EVERY TIME YOU BREAK THE LAW YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE HOLY OF HOLLIES.

YOU CAN ONLY ACCESS THE HOLY OF HOLLIES THROUGH YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST.

4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

ABRAHAM AND SARAH WERE OLD TO CONCEIVE CHILDREN. FOURTEEN YEARS LATER ABRAHAM WAS CIRCUMCISED.

THE POINT IS, CIRCUMCISION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FORGIVENESS.

CIRCUMCISION IS OF THE HEART NOT THE FLESH.

4:10 How was it them reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision?

4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

CIRCUMCISION IS OF THE SPIRIT NOT THE FLESH.

4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

FAITH IS RIGHTEOUSNESS IN GOD'S EYES.

4:13 For the promise (THE GREEK READS, "FOR NOT THROUGH LAW WAS THE PROMISE"), that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

THE LAW WILL NOT SAVE YOU; YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH.

ISAIAH 43:26 SAYS, "REMIND ME MY PROMISES".

4:14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

A SIN IS A TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. BUT WITHOUT FAITH THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS. WE ALL FALL SHORT NO MATTER HOW HARD WE TRY.

4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (ABRAHAM= FATHER OF MANY NATIONS),

WE ARE SAVED THROUGH GOD'S GRACE (UNMERITED FAVOR).

THIS DOES NOT MEAN WE CAN BREAK THE LAW; IT MEANS WE CAN HAVE FORGIVENESS UPON REPENTACE EVERY TIME WE BREAK THE LAW. BUT FIRST WE MUST HAVE FAITH TO THE ONE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US.

HE USES ABRAHAM AS AN EXAMPLE HERE.

HE HAD FAITH IN GOD AND GOD COUNTED THIS AS PERFECTION.

4:17 (As it is written, "I have made thee a father of many nations") before Him Who he believed, even God, Who quickeneth (MAKE ALIVE ETERNALLY) the dead, and calleth those things which be not, as though they were.

GOD CAN CALL THE FUTURE WITHOUT EVEN COMING TO PASS YET.

4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, "so shall thy seed be."

THE MESSIAH CAME THROUGH ABRAHAM'S SEED.

4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:

4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

GOD SAID IT AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED IT ANF THANKED HIM FOR THAT GIFT.

4:21 And being fully persuaded that, what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

WHEN GOD TELLS YOU TO DO SOMETHING DO YOU HAVE THE FAITH TO BELIEVE IT? ABRAHAM DID.

4:22 And therefore it was imputed (COUNTED) to him for righteousness.

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD IF YOU BELIEVE.

4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on Him That raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,

4:25 Who was delivered for our offences (NOT HIS OWN), and was raised again for our justification (JUSTIFYING=IT IS A LEGAL TERM IN GOD'S WORD).

GOD BLESS