Discipleship
Training Apprenticeship
Becoming a Real Apprentice-Learner of the
REAL Jesus by Obeying Those He Sent
and Finding The Path
of True, Original Christianity
The Submissive Obedience
you Have to do to the Divine Truth on Earth in Order
to Inherit the Kingdom of Heaven
The pursuit of becoming Apprentice Learners of Jesus
Josiahs Scott,
Josiahs@trueconnection.org,
www.TrueConnection.org
12/28/07 (original
title: Discipleship); 1/6/08 (Original Sunday
Morning Presentation); 5/18/08; 5/30/09; 8/19/09; (7/24/10); (3/14/11; 3/21/11 – Asks Questions);
10/17/11; 10/19/11; 1/29/12-1/30/12; 2/17/12; 4/10/12-4/11/12; 5/20/12;
9/15/12; 9/27/12; 11/28/12 (added Wis_4:1-2); 7/22/13-7/23/13 (Independent
Salvation); 2/22/14;
8/6/16; 2/13/17 (retitled: Saving Discipleship); 2/21/17 (recompiled Foundations);
3/24/17; other date(s); 2/8/19; 3/15/21; 3/31/21-4/1/21
Compare: Salvation Basics
·
Discipleship
Training Apprenticeship (DTA) comes from the Biblical word for
discipleship: μαθητὴς.
·
You have to be a Biblical disciple
to inherit heaven: Luk_14:25-35.
·
Biblical discipleship starts with
baptism…
·
You Have to Have a Matthew 28 (ObeyAll) Romans 6 (NoSin) Baptism
to Inherit Heaven.
·
Biblical discipleship means
Obeying all the Bible and Stopping All Sin.
see: Salvation Basics
·
If you are still sinning and not
obeying All the Bible then your baptism was useless and
you have not been discipled or saved.
·
TrueConnection.org’s DTA is the only
known Biblical Discipleship Program still existing today so far (let us know if
you find others!).
·
Do you want to sign up for our DTA?
Email: Secretary@TrueConnection.org
·
(Keep reading if you want to know
a little bit about what Biblical discipleship is all about...)
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>> TODO/ Additions!
Mediators vs. Priests
>> PeopleCanSavePeople
Independent
Salvation
The Value of the Individual
Forsake All
Distinctions Between God and Man
Waiting for Believers to
Believe
Salvation
Great Commission
Recompiled:
Assuming Non-Inspiration
Believe in God
on Earth
Divine Mistakes
Contents
Intro. 1
Preface. 2
1.
Defining Discipleship. 2
Language (“Etymology”) – What is
a Disciple?. 2
Functional Definitions of
Discipleship. 3
Discipleship Digs Deep. 4
Disciples Are Eager for
Discipleship. 5
2. The
Proof of Discipleship. 6
Are you Truly Following Jesus?. 7
Discipleship Scarcity. 8
A Problem.. 8
How Do You Know When You’re REAL?. 9
Are You Paying the Price of
Discipleship?. 9
Are You Disciplined and Committed
to Discipleship?. 10
Personal Proofs of Discipleship. 11
Disciples Discontinue Depravity. 11
The Hard-Core Way. 12
3.
Imitation – Where We Finally Find Out if You Are a Real Disciple! 12
Intro Basics – The Solid
Proclamation of Imitation. 12
My Gospel; Our Gospel 14
The Gospel I Preach. 14
Imitate me and Peace Will be with
You. 15
Humility Produces Real Discipleship that
Actually Imitates! 15
Mediators
vs. Priests. 16
Saul Proves that Your Personal
Relationship Sends you to Hell 16
4. The
Hope & Reward of Discipleship. 20
Confronting The Heresy Of No New
Revelation. 21
Salvation. 21
Salvation Defined. 21
Terms of Salvation. 22
Two Aspects. 22
What is Eternal Life. 22
Common Belief / Superstition Does not Save. 22
Great Commission. 22
Summary Preview of Commissions. 23
The Pre-commissions – The 12 Sent
Out 23
The Pre-commissions – The 70 Sent
Out 23
(B) The Great Commission. 23
(C) The Pre-commissions Compared with the Great Commission. 23
You are Imagining Yourself on the Wrong
Side. 24
Commission Initiated. 24
The Commission Rebooted Today! 24
Forsake
All 24
How to
Successfully Call up on Jesus' Name. 28
We do not Preach Ourselves. 29
Especially See:
Preface | Language… What is a “Disciple” | Functional Definitions of Discipleship | Mat 7
| Luk_14:25 | Mat_10:32-39
The MP3 of this teaching should be available at:
www.trueconnection.org/av/Discipleship_1.6.08_ED.mp3
(The MP3 is only a brief overview of all the details that you can
see here below)
If you are an
American christian beware!
The path that Jesus trod and set for us and our salvation is one of discipleship
rather than the theoretical and shallow commitment of converts that we see in
most churches in Westernized culture. If we don’t follow this extreme and
unpopular path that Jesus called being His apprentice learner (or “disciple”),
we only have the Broadway to Hell and destruction as our alternative!
Avail yourself to
know and understand this eternal distinction called “Discipleship.”
Intro Requirements For
Discipleship from The Righteous
4/3/15
Faith -- believe in Prophet
forsake all (Stuff & Sin)
>> combine w other Forsake All sections
Discipleship
Shocking Truth You Need
to Learn
Repenting of your god and obeying someone
else’s God is the only way you can go to heaven. 9/25/13
>> get other quotes from insp…
·I’m not here to make the Bible easy for you to understand,
I’m here to challenge you to believe it!
·There’s only ONE rule here: Believe the Bible
·There are many terms that we do not really understand:
Disciple, Apostle, christian,
believer… (etc.)
·Let’s tackle the word “Disciple”
Below: A. Language… – What is a “Disciple”
| B. Functional Definitions of Discipleship
Language (“Etymology”)
– What is a Disciple?
(1) The
Hebrew ָלַמד (lāmaḏ) is literally “to goad, that is, (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)” (Strong’s on H3925), or
(depending on grammar) to learn. Lāmaḏ
(H3925) naturally produces
ִלמּוּד (limmûḏ), (H3928) which is basically
someone who is taught.*
[* Technical Grammar Note: the first
word is an action verb and the second is a descriptive adjective – but isn’t it like noun (thing/person)?]
“...the acquisition of instruction...” (The Complete
Word Study Dictionary on H3925)
[Disclaimer Note:
The Complete Word Study Dictionary is a
heretical resource. I am only referencing it for this limited purpose.]
[Technical Grammar: “to teach” would be
the “active voice” while “...the acquisition of instruction...” – wouldn’t this
be the “middle voice”?]
(2) The Greek μανθάνω (manthanō),
(G3129) very simply means to learn, and
this produces μαθητής (mathētḗs), (G3101) a learner. But to be a learner in
ancient cultures usually implied the seriousness of an apprentice
learner.
[Strong’s: G3129: “…to learn (in any
way)”; G3101: “…a learner, that
is, pupil …”]
(3) The English
word “disciple” ends up “…coming to English by way of
the Latin discipulus
meaning ‘a learner’.”
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciple_%28Christianity%29]
(4) The Bible is very clear that
becoming an apprentice learner (that is, discipleship) is the only way to heaven, and it is not some
advanced form of christianity, but that it is indeed,
the one and only form of ancient, original, historical, True, Biblical
Christianity:
Read
Mat_28:19-20; Mar_16:20 – ‘go make disciples’/ ‘go
apprentice people as learners’ (etc.)/ “He
that believes and is baptized shall be saved” (Mar_16:16 CAB)
Act_11:26 – “...And the disciples were
first called Christians in Antioch.” (CAB)
It
is clear that there is no difference from a real Biblical Christian
and a disciple. We ought to reject the
common heresy of easy-believeism which insults the
entire body of Truth by implying that christians need
not necessarily be full-fledged disciples in order to go to heaven, as though a
person could be saved from eternal hell without truly and completely forsaking
everything to follow Jesus and becoming His extreme and devoted learner through
those He sent them (see Matthew and Mark referenced previously).
(5) For a Summary we could almost say that a disciple
simply means a student, but this means so much more than something as
shallow as “intellectual instruction” as we are prone to think of it. To those in
the Bible, truly learning is more like apprenticeship, and this is why
we use the word “disciple”, avoiding the shallow assumptions Westernized
thinkers often connect to “learning.” This Divine apprenticeship is the only
way to follow Jesus and be saved from sin and hell unto eternal glory with Him
forever.
Functional Definitions of Discipleship
Discipleship…
·
Is training in righteousness by a real man or woman of
God to fully obey and follow Jesus.
·
Is a mentoring process to become a man or woman of God.
·
Means being committed to this process of
mentoring and training.
·
Is harder than you ever expected, and infinitely more
rewarding than you ever dreamed.
·
Filters and separates the modern christian from someone who is REALLY following Jesus.
·
Weeds out the fake and shallow, from the truly
committed.
·
When someone is ready to commit to discipleship, that’s
when you know they’re really ready to commit to following Jesus.
- Do these things describe you?
·
Making disciples is sealing the deal to call people to
absolute and total commitment to live according to the eternal mandates of the
Bible.
·
Saying, “I don’t need training…” is saying, “I don’t
need Jesus’ way of getting to God” – You are rejecting Jesus’ only provision
for salvation because He’s the One that ordained discipleship: Mat_28:18-20 (“Make disciples”) Luk_10:16; Mat_10:40; Joh_13:20 (“Whoever listens to you, listens to me”).
·
Humanism says, “I worship God in
my own way” and “I don’t need
anyone to help me know God… I trust my own heart to guide me to him.”
Are you a follower of
Jesus and the Bible (including those He sent you) or are you an independent
follower of Humanism?
Pro_14:12 CAB
There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it
reach to the depths of hell.
We think we came up with this independent idea ourselves, but
actually we’re our culture’s disciples when we think like this.
MT Refs:
Pro_28:26 KJ2000
He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but
whosoever walks wisely, he shall be delivered.
Jer_17:9 KJV The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Pro_14:12 WEB There is a way which seems right to a man, But in
the end it leads to death.
Also see: Psa_51:5 (naturally corrupt); Ecc_9:3 (full of evil); Mar_7:21-23 (you sin because there’s sin in your heart)
·
According to the Bible, we stand in desperate need of
Jesus’ discipleship, and He has ordained that this training be done through
submitting to other people that He has put in a person’s life as ambassadors of
His proclamation (such as, Apostles, Overseers, Leaders, Mentors, etc.).
·
Truly, we ALL
stand in desperate need… the question is: are we going to walk in foolish
self-confidence relying on ourselves, or are we going to acknowledge our need
and embrace discipleship?
A Disciple Asks Questions
>> combine with “Questions” below!
- A disciples is a learner
General Thoughts
- This is always followed by a hunger for truth,
and - interestingly enough this always plays out in eager, faith demanding
questions
- So many people want to think what they want
to think, but Jesus' learners have renounced this insubordination to obey
absolute truth
- If you need training, it is your
responsibility to 'cry out for it' (compare Pro)
- If you disagree with or do not understand
the direction of things, it is your responsibility to be a learner and find out
what is the truth behind the matter
Fleshly Contentment to not do
more Justice
- So many people dangerously want to think
various ways but then do not make hearing truth a priority (do not forsake...
but provoke so no hardness)
- If you are being tempted to think what you
want to think, if you are going to be in league with Jesus, it is your duty and
crying need to chase after truth and help
Jer_13:23 CAB
If the Ethiopian H3569/ G128 shall change his skin, or the leopardess her spots, then shall
you be able to do good, having learned H3928/ G3129 [MT: למדי
(limmûd);
LXX: μεμαθηκότες
(memathēkotes)–
that is, having
been discipled/ trained] to do evil.
[“Ethiopian” (H3569/ G128) – Hebrew
(H3569) כושׁי
(kûshîy*)
– i.e. A Cushite/ a descendant of Cush, son of
Ham (Gen_10:6); Greek (G128) Αἰθίοψ** (Aithiops)
– literally means someone with a burnt (αἰθί) face (οψ) speaking of the adjusted skin color of their face (same as in Num_12 and Act_8:27); From all of this we eventually get “Ethiopian”; i.e. the African
descendants of Cush]
Jer_13:23 KJ2000
Can the EthiopianH3569/ G128 change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then
may you also do good, that are accustomedH3928/ G3129 to doing evil.
·
The “leopardess” is obviously not sinning by having her
spots, just like the African is not tainted by the uniqueness of the color of
his face, but from these analogies we see the deep set nature that describes
discipleship.
·
When you’ve TRULY been discipled it becomes cemented in
you as a solid part of your nature!
·
When you’ve TRULY been discipled it becomes as pronounced
as the skin on your face!
·
Mat_7:16-23 “You will know
them by their fruits”
·
Is discipleship where you are going? Or are you drifting spiritually? (You’re not
going to get godly by accident.)
·
Ultimately,
whoever you are learning from and imitating, you are being discipled by these
same people.
Also Compare:
The Disciples of John: Mat_11:2; Mar_2:18; Luk_5:33; Luk_7:18; Joh_3:25
Said to be of Moses: Joh_9:28
The disciples of the Pharisees: Mar_2:18
Details:
From the Hebrew Old Testament
(the original language), and the Greek Old Testament (The “LXX” translated
~200BC and quoted throughout the New Testament)
Questions
If you are a disciple and don’t understand, then you
will ask questions as they did: Mat_13:10;
Mat_13:36; Mat_15:12;
Mat_24:1;
Mat_24:3;
Mat_26:17
It is Not “Forced” Externally
Act_2:41-42 KJV Then they
that gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three
thousand souls. 42 And they continued stedfastly
in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in
prayers.
Ruth’s
Example
Rth 1:15 WEB She said, Behold, your sister-in-law
has gone back to her people, and to her god: return after your sister-in-law.
Rth 1:15 KJV+ And she said,H559 Behold,H2009 thy sister in lawH2994 is gone backH7725 untoH413 her people,H5971 and untoH413 her gods:H430 returnH7725 thou afterH310 thy sister in law.H2994
Rth 1:15 LB And
Naomi said to Ruth, “Behold,
your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; turn now also
after your sister-in-law.”
Rth 1:15 καὶ εἶπεν
Νωεμιν πρὸς
Ρουθ Ἰδοὺ ἀνέστρεψεν
ἡ σύννυμφός
σου πρὸς λαὸν αὐτῆς
καὶ πρὸς τοὺς
θεοὺς αὐτῆς· ἐπιστράφητι
δὴ καὶ σὺ ὀπίσω
τῆς συννύμφου
σου.
Rth 1:16 WEB Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave
you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and
where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my
God;
Rth 1:16 KJV+ And RuthH7327 said,H559 IntreatH6293 me notH408 to leaveH5800 thee, or to
returnH7725 from following afterH4480
H310 thee: forH3588 whitherH413 H834 thou goest,H1980 I will go;H1980 and whereH834 thou lodgest,H3885 I will lodge:H3885 thy peopleH5971 shall be
my people,H5971 and thy GodH430 my God:H430
Rth 1:16 LB And
Ruth said, “Do not
urge me to leave you, or to return from following you; for wherever you go, I
will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people,
and your God my God.
Rth 1:16 εἶπεν
δὲ Ρουθ Μὴ ἀπαντήσαι
ἐμοὶ τοῦ
καταλιπεῖν σε ἢ
ἀποστρέψαι ὄπισθέν
σου· ὅτι σὺ ὅπου
ἐὰν πορευθῇς,
πορεύσομαι, καὶ
οὗ ἐὰν αὐλισθῇς,
αὐλισθήσομαι·
ὁ λαός σου λαός
μου, καὶ ὁ θεός
σου θεός μου·
>> Sync: Dis | Lux
Rth_1:15-16 WEB She said, Behold, your sister-in-law is gone
back to her people, and to her god: return you after your sister-in-law. 16 Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave
you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and
where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my
God;
We can see the
desperation and determined eagerness of Ruth in this example. Are you like
this? Do you see truth from men or women of God like this? If you do not know
any real men or women of God (which is almost always the case in this age) are
you desperately seeking them out and crying out to God to send you help so you
can make it, or are you doing just fine sitting by yourself on your own
spiritual island? Answering this question determines if you are like the
blessed Ruth or if you are walking in the shameful way of the cursed children
of rebellion, self-sufficiency, and competence.
This is what real
salvation looks like:
Zec_8:23 CAB …We
will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you.
Elijah
and Elisha
2Ki_2:1-15 CAB
And it came to pass, when the Lord was about to take Elijah with a
whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah and Elisha went out of Gilgal. 2 And
Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, please; for God has sent me to Bethel. And
Elisha said, As the Lord lives
and your soul lives, I will not leave you; so they came to Bethel. 3 And the sons of the prophets who were in
Bethel came to Elisha, and said to him, Do you know that the Lord this day is going
to take away your master from over you? And he said, Yes, I know it; be silent. 4 And
Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, please; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.
And he said, As the Lord lives
and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they came to Jericho. 5 And the sons of the prophets who were in
Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him, Do you know that the Lord this
day is going to take away your master from over you? And he said, Yes, I know it; hold your peace. 6 And
Elijah said to him, Stay here please, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.
And Elisha said, As the Lord
lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they both went on. 7 And
fifty men of the sons of the prophets went
also, and they stood opposite afar off; and both stood on the bank of the Jordan. 8 And
Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the water, and the
water was divided on this side and on that side, and they both went over on dry
ground. 9 And
it came to pass while they were crossing over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask
what I shall do for you before I am taken up from you. And Elisha said, Let
there be a double portion of your
spirit upon me. 10 And Elijah said, You have asked a hard
thing: if you shall see me when I am taken up from you, then shall it be so to
you; and if not, it shall not be so. 11 And
it came to pass as they were going, they went on talking; and behold, a chariot
of fire appeared, with horses of
fire, and it separated the two of them; and Elijah was taken up in a whirlwind
into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw, and cried, Father,
father, the chariot of Israel, and its horseman! [i.e.
Elisha laments the fact that God is removing Elijah from Israel] And he saw him no more. And he took hold
of his garments, and tore them into two pieces.
13 And he took up the mantle of Elijah,
which fell from off him upon Elisha; and Elisha returned, and stood upon the
brink of the Jordan; 14 and
he took the mantle of Elijah, which fell from off him, and struck the water,
and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? And he struck the waters, and they
were divided this way and that; and Elisha went over. 15 And
the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho on the opposite side saw him, and
said, The spirit of Elijah has rested upon Elisha. And they came to meet him,
and bowed down before him to the ground.
Do you see the
desperate, determined, eager posture of Elisha toward Elijah to get the same
spiritual greatness he had from God? Does this describe your attitude toward
discipleship? Are you a real, Biblical follower of Jesus? Do you need
the greatness Elijah has, or are you cursing yourself on your own path of
worthlessness, dull-heartedness, and self-sufficiency?
2. The Proof of Discipleship
Joh_6:45 WEB It is written in the prophets, 'They will all
be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the
Father, and has learned [μαθωνG3129 – i.e. been discipled], comes to me.
(Also in Mat_11:27-30 “come to me… learn
from me”)
If you hear God in
your own prayer closet, then you will come to those God has
sent on earth.
>> From NJ Message…
“Mr. Too
Quick” –
Mat_8:19-20 WEB
A scribe came, and said
to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." 20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes
have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere
to lay his head."
“Mr. Too Slow”
–
Mat_8:21-23 Another of his disciples said
to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father." 22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow
me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead." 23 When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
Are you forsaking
everything and following Him, or stalling in your own path and plans for life?
The Rich
Young Ruler
Mat_19:16-30;
Mar_10:17-31;
Luk_18:18-30
Mar_10:17a
WEB As he was
going out into the way…
Luk_18:18
WEB A certain
ruler…
Mar_10:17b
…ran to him, knelt before him, and said…
Mat_19:16
WEB …"Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal
life?
Mar_10:17c
…that I may inherit eternal life?"
Jesus lays the Law on him: Mat_19:17-20; Mar_10:18-20;
Luk_18:19-21
Mat_19:20
WEB The young
man said to him, "All these things I have observed from my youth. What
do I still lack?” [i.e. “…that I may inherit eternal life“]
Mar_10:21
WEB Jesus
looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack…
Luk_18:22
WEB …"You
still lack one thing…
Mat_19:21
KJV …If you
want to be complete [τέλειος5046]…
Mar_10:21
WEB …Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross."
Mat_19:22
KJV But when
the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great
possessions.
Luk_18:24
KJV And when
Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful…
Mar_10:23-27 WEB Jesus
looked around, and said to his disciples*, "How difficult it is for
those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!" 24 The disciples* were amazed at his
words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who
trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through
a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God." 26 They were exceedingly astonished,
saying to him, "Then who can be
saved?" 27 Jesus, looking at
them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things
are possible with God.“
* Note: “his disciples”
did not include The Rich Young Ruler who had
walked away, nor will it include you if you do not forsake everything to follow
Him (Luk_14:25-35).
Exclusivity
-- Only
2
directions!
Joh_14:6-7 WEB Jesus said
to him, "I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also…
Joh_6:66-69 WEB At this,
many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67
Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go away, do you?" 68
Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You
have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and know that
you are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Discipleship still works
just like this, even unto this very day! Jesus really is our true and faithful
example of training people as apprentices. So do you want to leave also, or do
you need discipleship more than your very life?
Also See
These Examples of Jesus’ Disciples Following Him:
Mat_5:1;
Mat_9:14; Mat_13:10;
Mat_13:36; Mat_14:15;
Mat_15:12; Mat_24:1;
Mat_24:3; Mat_26:17;
Mar_6:35; Luk_6:17;
Luk_22:39;
From all
of these examples, Notice that…
·
Real Disciples always FOLLOW Jesus
·
There are Only Two Directions you can go… If you’re not
following Him, where are you going?
·
Discipleship is the only way to follow Jesus to heaven,
and it is clear that your own way leads straight to eternal hell.
Only A FEW
Are Saved
Mat_7:13-27 – Many in the wide
gate saying “lord, lord”, FEW in the
Narrow Gate, hearing and doing!
Luk_13:23-24
– "Lord, are they few who are saved?" -- Yes
These passages are
thoroughly translated and addressed in Letteral Obedience.
1Pe_4:17
CAB For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of
God; and if it begins
with us first, what will be the end of those who are disobedient to the gospel
of God?
1Pe_4:17 ὅτι ὁ
|Aο TSBο| καιρὸς
τοῦ ἄρξασθαι
τὸ κρῖμα ἀπὸ
τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ
Θεοῦ· εἰ δὲ
πρῶτον ἀφ᾿ ἡμῶν,
τί τὸ τέλος
τῶν ἀπειθούντων
τῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ
εὐαγγελίῳ;
1Pe_4:18 And "If the righteous one is scarcely*
[μόλις] saved, where
will the godless and the sinner appear?"
1Pe_4:18 καὶ
εἰ ὁ
δίκαιος
μόλις σῴζεται,
ὁ ἀσεβὴς
καὶ ἁμαρτωλὸς
ποῦ φανεῖται;
1Pe_4:18 And if the righteous is scarcely*
saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?
>> Sync: Dis | Fir
>> the love
of most will grow cold
>> TSK
[* μόλις – with painful
difficulty, as if by gaining “wounds” (i.e. μώλωπι)]
·
Somehow we think that even if we don’t follow Jesus /
do what He did we will still somehow end up at the
same destination in Heaven.
·
Jesus said there are only two paths (above, & Mat).
·
Either you’re with Him or you’re against Him!
·
Broad or narrow are your two choices!
·
Which extreme are you on? - If you think you’re
“in-between,” then you’re on Broadway.
Mat_6:24 CAB "No
one is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and he will
love the other, or else he will be devoted to the one, and he will despise the
other. You cannot serve God and money.
Mat_12:30 CAB He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me
scatters.
Rev_3:15-16 CAB "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I
wish you were cold or hot. 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot
nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.
- People ask, “Are you saved?” Real question: Are you burning for Jesus? (Otherwise you are
spit out).
·
REAL learners (disciples) look and act like their
Masters (Mat_10:25; Act_4:13)
·
Not, this attitude that says, “We can go to movies
(which Jesus would never watch) and dress how we want (when neither Jesus nor
any of the matriarchs would never dress that way) and we can still be happy christians on our way to heaven” (see Rom_6:18-23 – being free from righteousness
means not being saved; Gal_6:7-8 “Investing
the flesh”)
·
Students of Jesus obey Him as Lord (Rom_10:9; and Scriptures above)
·
You know you’re not learning a thing when your
life-style stays the same (2Co_3:18 “Glory to
Glory”; Pro_4:18 “brighter shinning light”)
·
If you’re not changing and growing in righteousness and
holiness, then you’re dying in sin.
Jer_6:16 WEB Thus says Yahweh, Stand you in the ways and see, and ask for
the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and you shall find rest
for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.
Jer_6:16 CAB Thus
says the Lord, Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths of the
Lord; and see what is the good way and walk in it, and
you shall find purification for your souls. But they said, We
will not walk in them.
Jer_6:16 τάδε λέγει
κύριος Στῆτε ἐπὶ
ταῖς ὁδοῖς καὶ ἴδετε,
καὶ ἐρωτήσατε
τρίβους κυρίου
αἰωνίους καὶ ἴδετε,
ποία ἐστὶν ἡ ὁδὸς
ἡ ἀγαθή, καὶ
βαδίζετε ἐν αὐτῇ,
καὶ εὑρήσετε ἁγνισμὸν
ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν·
καὶ εἶπαν Οὐ
πορευσόμεθα.
Jer_6:17 I set
watchmen over you, saying,
Listen to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We
will not listen.
Jer_6:17 I have
set watchmen over you, saying, Hear the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hear.
Jer_6:17
κατέστακα ἐφ᾿
ὑμᾶς σκοπούς, ἀκούσατε
τῆς φωνῆς τῆς σάλπιγγος·
καὶ εἶπαν Οὐκ ἀκουσόμεθα.
The ONLY
Way to Follow Him; This shows where you are really going
Forsake
ALL
>> combine w other Forsake All sections
Luk_14:25-35 KJB And great crowds went with him and he turned
and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his
own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and
even his very own soul, his life as well, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross
and come after me cannot be my disciple.
28 Because
which of you wanting to build a tower doesn't sit down first and count the cost
if he has the means to finish? 29 That it doesn't happen after he has laid the
foundation and is not able to finish that all who see it begin to mock him 30
saying, ‘This man began to build, and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king going to engage another
king in war doesn't sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten
thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 But if not, while the other is still a
great way off he sends a delegationG4242 and asks for conditions of
peace. 33 So in the same way, everyone of you who does not forsake everything that he has
cannot be my disciple. 34 Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its
flavor how will it be seasoned? 35 It is neither fit
for the land nor for the dunghill, but
they cast it out. He who has ears to hear, let him
hear.”
Details
G4242 - A
"delegation," in Greek, "πρεσβειαν" which is made up of
elders.
Bitter-Sweat
News
·
If you’re not His disciple it doesn’t mean you’re a
second-rate christian…
·
If you’re not His disciple it means
you are not a christian at
all! (i.e. verses 34-35).
Supreme
Commitment
Note: This basic translation is in a very early (unfinished) stage
Mat_10:32-39 Jos.Trans. So
any and everyone who confesses3670, (1722) me in front of men, I
will also confess him in front of my Father who is in the heavens. 33 But whoever will deny me in front of
men, I will also deny him in front of my Father who is in the heavens. 34 Don’t think that I came to send peace
on earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword. 35 Because I have come to set a man
against his own father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter in
law against her mother in law, 36 and a man's enemies will be those of his own household. 37 He
that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he that loves
son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me, 38 and
he that does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. 39 He that finds his soul, his life, will
lose it. But he that loses his soul, his life, for my sake will find it.
Details
G3670 – This speaks of “confessing together,” meaning,
joining with Jesus in front of men
G1722 – This unity “in” Jesus is multiplied by the use
of the unrepresented word “εν 1722”
(en).
Literally and functionally: “Whoever confesses together
[i.e. with me], in me, in front of men”
The
Dedication of Discipleship
Act_2:41-44 KJV Then they
that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them
about three thousand souls. 42 And they continued
stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine
and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 And
fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the
apostles. 44 And all that believed were together,
and had all things common… 46
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the
temple, and breaking bread from house to house…
(Also compare: Luk_24:53;
Act_1:14,
Act_3:1,
Act_5:42)
·
Making Converts? Not at all! –
We’re talking disciples, and not just numbers!
·
This is the natural response of someone who truly finds
Jesus!
·
And most churches can’t even get people to stop
watching sinful movies
·
But you can tell when someone gets it! You don’t even
have to tell them to throw out their bad music
·
Are you wondering why you can’t get your life right?
There is a reason why…
Summary
·
Do you get the idea yet that Jesus is demanding ALL if
you’re going to follow Him?
·
You must Truly Follow Jesus by Paying the
Price and submit to the Commitment of discipleship
Personal
Proofs of Discipleship
When we speak of “committing to discipleship” it is important to be
sure to know what I mean. I do not mean going to church or Bible study per se, but I mean being eagerly devoted to gaining the
spiritual truth and favor that God has worked in another person no matter what
the cost.
In other words, when someone
says, “I want to get somewhere in following Jesus” they often are actually
adding to this, “I want you to help me, but I’m not willing to fully commit to
getting what you got.” The problem and the limitation comes
when people say with their actions, “I want you to tell me a solution that will
work and after I try it, I might believe you have something from God if it
works.” And “I want what information you know and I want it to help me, but I
am not willing to commit to you or trust you.”
But Biblical Discipleship simply never works that way. This level of
non-sense is fool hearty and unbelieving! We actually need to leave this
shameful perversion in order to even begin discipleship. This is mainly because
Jesus said,
Mat_12:39-40 CAB
…"An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and
no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For
just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish,
so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the
earth.
But if anyone has any favor from God,
the only way anyone else will be benefited by it is if those in need believe
the one whom God has approved of, that they have what they need. Committing to
discipleship means committing to gain the favor that God
has entrusted to another person, desperately crying out for what they have
which you need for your own life and salvation:
Act_11:13-14 CAB
And he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house,
standing and saying to him, 'Send men to Joppa, and send for Simon whose
surname is Peter, 14 'who will speak words to you by which you and
all your household shall be saved.'
Act_10:33 CAB
"Therefore immediately I sent to you, and you have done well
to come. Now then we are all present before God, to hear all the things having
been commanded you by God."
Rth_1:16 CAB
And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from
following you; for wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will
lodge; your people shall be my
people, and your God my God.
Gal_4:14 CAB
And my trial which was in my flesh you
did not despise nor disdain, but as an angel of God you received me, even as
Christ Jesus.
1Th_2:13 CAB
Because of this we also give thanks to God unceasingly, so that
when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received not the
word of men, but just as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in
you who believe.
(Also see Act_17:10-12)
Act_19:18-19 WEB Many also
of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds. 19 Many
of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned
them in the sight of all. They counted the price of them, and found it to be
fifty thousand pieces of silver.
It goes without saying
that if you are living in any sin you have nothing to do with Biblical
Discipleship. Please examine your life and determine whether or not you are a
REAL disciple. Make sure that you are not living in sin so that you can qualify
as a real learner of Jesus!
[Important Note: See the Bible Study on
this topic]
Jesus Said:
Lk. 6:43
For a good tree does not produce bad fruit, nor does a
bad tree produce good fruit.
Mat. 3:10 And
now also the ax is laid at the root of the trees, so that every tree that does
not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Lk. 6:46 Why do you call me,
`Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?
Jn. 14:15 If you Love Me, keep my
commands... 23 ...If anyone loves Me, he will obey my
words... 24 He who does not Love me will not obey my words.
The Bible Also
Says:
1Jn. 2:4 He who says, "I have come
to know him," but does not keep His commands is a liar, and the Truth is
not in him.
1Jn. 3:6-10 Whoever
remains in Him does not continue to sin. Whoever continues to sin has not seen
Him, or known Him. 7 Little
children, don’t let anyone deceive you: he that does what is right is
righteous, just as He is righteous. 8 He that continues to sin is of the devil;
because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this reason the Son
of God was revealed, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 9
Whoever is born of God does not continue to sin; for His seed remains in him:
and he cannot go on sinning, because he is born of God. 10
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: whoever
does not practice righteousness is not of God…
3. Imitation – Where We Finally
Find Out if You Are a Real Disciple!
Here are some short notes pertaining to the very
essence and climax of actually doing discipleship… when you imitate those
people that God has left in your life as ambassadors of truth that you are
obligated to imitate!
---------------
10/20/16
Jesus said: follow Me
But people are so rebellious from imitation
that, though they say “christ is our example”,
amazingly they don’t actually think we have to imitate Him!
Imitation started from the first time
someone wanted truth.
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2/12/16
Some church people have discovered that they
are supposed to treat children as a blessing instead of a burden.
They can be applauded to the degree that
they have trancended their 'planned parenthood
culture' and instead have taken a hint from the Scriptures.
Although it does not
command you to not use birth control, many have
discovered that you should not use it because you are supposed to believe they
are a blessing, and, that you are blessed when your quiver is full of them...
So also, imitation teaches us somthing large and vast and fundamentally orthodox about
the nature of the authority of the Scriptures: everything you read is
authoritative in the original expression and goal of the text.
---------------
7/31/13
>> this is not a three-way relationship, where you and I
both help each other to climb up the pyramid to get to Jesus. This is a two-way relationship, where Jesus and I look down from
heaven and help save your soul from a bottomless pit of hell.
>> why is it
that Americans are so blind to what discipleship is? It is like, no matter what you say to them,
they cannot understand what it means to be discipled by a person on behalf of God, so that you
need another person in your life
in order to go to heaven.
…6/16/16
>> imitate
in 1Co_11:
Let this saying sink
down in your ears! – Discipleship is the one
case in life where “imitation” is the only thing that is really genuine.
Note: this is another of those
really important sayings that will save your soul if you let it!
Why is this true? Because the real discipleship of imitating the truth
that God has wisely and sovereignly left in ambassadors on earth is the only
way you will have a legitimate, valid, correlating copy of the truth of God
which is in heaven! Because of this, most people do not need other people to go to heaven, which is why
most people are going to hell.
Heb_6:12 WEB that you
won't be sluggish, but imitators
of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.
>> Abraham
in next verse!
>> 1Pe_3:1,
etc. – imitate Sarah
Heb_13:7 WEB Remember
your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results
of their conduct, imitate
their faith.
1Th_2:12-14 CAB that you
would make your walk worthy of
God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. 13
Because of this we also give thanks to God unceasingly, so that
when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received not the
word of men, but just as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in
you who believe. 14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God
which are in Judea in Christ Jesus…
Joh_13:20 CAB Most
assuredly I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who
receives Me receives Him who sent Me."
Gal_4:13-14 CAB You
know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the gospel to you the
former time. 14 And
my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise nor disdain, but as an angel
of God you received me, even as Christ Jesus.
2Co_8:23 – Jesus is the brightness of the glory of
God (as said earlier in 2Co_4:4-6
and clearly confirmed in Heb_1:3), and now also His sent out
Apostles are the glory of the anointed one.
What does that say about how you should receive them?
Wis_4:1-2 Brenton
Better it is to have no children,
and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known
with God, and with men. 2 When it is present, men take example [imitate] at it [τε μιμοῦνται
αὐτὴν]; and when it is gone, they
desire it: it weareth a crown, and triumpheth for ever, having
gotten the victory, striving for undefiled rewards.
Don’t kid yourself. You do not love Jesus in prayer more than you love Jesus on earth in
real disciples and disciplers.
Notice that this love and imitation
of faithful people who proclaim truth is real Discipleship. The real reason it
does not work today is because we hate Jesus in our apostasy and have had too
many bad experiences in our culture with “over honoring” lost wicked pastors of
filthy flesh. But this eager imitation of truth, where people receive preachers
of truth just as they would Jesus, works just as much today as it did then in
the Bible. The reason this does not seem to work out today is because we have
lost people honoring lost pastors, not because the true and faithful example of
the Bible has changed!
Our problem is that we hate Jesus and love flesh balls that cannot
sustain such a reception because they are clearly not like Jesus or in any way
are they really His representatives! No wonder we are let down and hurt when we
try to “over-trust” pastors in our churches today, because we are opening
ourselves up and making ourselves vulnerable to ravenous wolves expecting them
to operate on us in our own best interest!
We are so afraid of falling into a “controlling and abusive cult,” but
we hypocritically have no concern over falling into damnable heresies and
honoring apostate pastors! Real representatives of Jesus can be safely received
just as Jesus (as the Scriptures clearly teach). Repent and do what is Biblical
and you will no longer have a conflict between you and the example left for us
in the Bible.
But we only feel like this is extremely impractical and impossible
because we keep propping up false, apostate, counterfeits and will not just be
honest and call them out as wolves like we should. – If you cannot honor and
receive a preacher as you would Jesus Himself then you should not receive him
at all as a preacher of truth, because such unbiblical games are worthless
exercises that are anything But Biblical discipleship.
Find real proclaimers of truth. Stop pacifying yourself with less than
Biblical preachers. Embrace the proclamation of truth with BIBLICAL
faithfulness, and reject falsehood with reasonable zeal! This is the only way
to “safely” receive discipleship today, because it is the only solution offered
in the Scriptures. There is no other gospel that will save you beyond the
Gospel that demands discipleship (compare Mar_16:15-16; Mat_28:19-20; Gal_1:6-9).
1Th_5:12-13 CAB And we
request of you, brothers, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over
you in the Lord and instruct you, 13 and to regard them beyond all measure [ὑπερεκπερισσοῦ] in
love, because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
My God
9/10/17; 9/29/17
MT Says, “My God”
Deu_4:5 WEB Behold, I have
taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God
commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land where you go in to
possess it.
Deu_4:5 Behold,
I have shown you the statutes and judgments as the Lord
has commanded me, that you should do so in the land into which you go, to
inherit it.
Deu_4:5 ἴδετε δέδειχα
ὑμῖν δικαιώματα
καὶ κρίσεις,
καθὰ ἐνετείλατό
μοι κύριος, ποιῆσαι
οὕτως ἐν τῇ γῇ,
εἰς ἣν ὑμεῖς εἰσπορεύεσθε
ἐκεῖ
κληρονομεῖν αὐτήν·
Act_27:23 CAB For there
stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong, whom also I serve,
Act_27:23
παρέστη
γάρ μοι τῇ
νυκτὶ ταύτῃ
ἄγγελος τοῦ
Θεοῦ, οὗ εἰμι, ᾧ
καὶ λατρεύω,
Act_27:23 παρεστη γαρ μοι BAταυτη τη νυκτι TSταυτη TSBαγγελος
του θεου ου
ειμι Aεγω ω και
λατρευω Aαγγελος
Act_27:24 saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; for it is
necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those
sailing with you.'
Act_27:24 λέγων·
μὴ φοβοῦ, Παῦλε·
Καίσαρί σε
δεῖ παραστῆναι·
καὶ ἰδοὺ
κεχάρισταί
σοι ὁ Θεὸς
πάντας τοὺς
πλέοντας
μετὰ σοῦ.
Act_27:24 λεγων μη
φοβου παυλε
καισαρι σε δει
παραστηναι και
ιδου
κεχαρισται σοι
ο θεος παντας
τους πλεοντας
μετα σου
Act_27:25 "Therefore keep up your courage, men; for I believe
God that it will be in the very manner it has been spoken to me.
Act_27:25 διὸ εὐθυμεῖτε,
ἄνδρες·
πιστεύω γὰρ
τῷ Θεῷ ὅτι
οὕτως ἔσται
καθ᾿ ὃν
τρόπον λελάληταί
μοι.
>>Sync other refs herein
>> see: Ruth
herein
Paul's Gospel
~2002-2008?; 3/4/17 (recompiled)
Act 20:24 ...the3588 gospel2098 of the3588 grace5485 of God.
Rom 2:16
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by
Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Rom 16:25
Now to him that is of power to establish you according
to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus
Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since
the world began,
1Co 9:17
For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but
if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
Eph 6:19
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I
may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I
ought to speak.
Phi 1:7 Even
as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my
heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense
and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my
grace.
1Ti 1:11-16
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which
was committed to my trust. 12. And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath
enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13. Who
was... but I obtained mercy... 14. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding
abundant... 16. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy...
Exception (not):
2Ti 2:8
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised
from the dead according to my gospel:
9
Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even
unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
Gal 1:15-17, 2:2-5
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My Gospel – Rom_2:16; Rom_16:25; 1Ti_1:11; 2Ti_1:8;
2Ti_2:8;
Our
Gospel – 1Th_1:5-6; 2Th_2:13-14
[Note: this is the same as the everlasting
Gospel as in Rev_14:6, but there is a
dependency upon Paul that is established with such personable words]
By the terms “My Gospel”
and “Our Gospel” it is clear that the Gospel that is needed for salvation is
entrusted to certain people in a very personal way, and we need such people in
order to make it to heaven; inasmuch as we actually do need the Gospel to make
it to heaven, we need “Paul’s Gospel” to make it to heaven. We see that we need
Paul to preach to us to make it to heaven. Yes, we somehow need “Paul” involved
in our lives to make it to heaven because we need that
which was given to him, just as it says,
Act_11:13-14 CAB …he
had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying to him, 'Send men to
Joppa, and send for Simon whose surname is Peter, 14 'who will speak words to you by which you and
all your household shall be saved.'
Some references and summaries of preaching the
Gospel of imitation
Gal_1:11
Gal_2:2-7/ 1Th_2:4
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Eph_1:13
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Php_1:5-7
Col_1:23
1Th_2:8
1Co_4:14-16 – children... (a) father through
Gospel
1Co_11:1
- traditions
Gal_4:10-14 – Be as I am (1Co_10:33)
Php_3:16-18 – You are an enemy of the cross of Jesus if you are not obedient to
imitation
Heb_6:10-12 – imitate favor
Gal_2:17-18 – “if, while we seek to be justified...”
Php_4:9 CAB The things which you learned and received
and heard and saw in me, practice these things; and the God of peace shall be
with you.
2Th_2:15 CAB
So then, brothers, stand fast and hold to the traditions
which you were taught, whether by word or our letter.
1Th_4:1-8; 2Th_3:6-10 – you ought to imitate
this way
Originally in Sal. Ho. Sp. Until 9/25/11; temporarily in Syn
Until 1/29/12
Humility Makes You Vulnerable toward God
enough to Need to Imitate those He has left In Your
Life
Think of Others as Higher Than Yourself
Php_2:2-3 CAB
fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being united
in spirit, intending the same purpose, 3 doing nothing according to selfish ambition
or conceit, but with humility, regarding one another as being better than
yourselves.
>> Sync: ROW
(Php_2:3-12) | SPI (Php_2:5-11) | LO (Php_2:1-4) | LLO | Dis (Php_2:2-3) | PFO
(Php_2:12) | BBMem
Important:
compare Rom_12:
and see all of Phi_2:2-8
The Ugly Mystery of Differentiation!
1Co_4:7-8 CAB For who
makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive?
And if you did indeed receive what you have, why do you boast as though
you did not receive it? 8 You are already full! You are already
rich! You have reigned as kings without us;
and I wish that
indeed you did reign, in order that we also might reign with you!
The Corinthians had “reigned”
without Paul, and come to a point where they did not seem to need him in order
to make it to heaven. Paul very wisely (and often sarcastically) rebukes them.
But what can we learn from this
“Ugly Differentiation” where people make themselves higher than others?
Don’t kid yourself. You are never
“EQUAL” with other disciples! – You are either LOWER (Php_2:2-3; Mat_18:1-4) or
HIGHER than others (1Co_4:7-8) in your own conceit (Pro_26:12; Gal_6:3). Either you are in love with
people, and in need of imitating them (according to the degree of their truth),
or you are out of discipleship as much as you do not need them (see 3Jo_1:9).
Also see: Pro_16:18-19 (and Ecc_7:16; Mic_6:8; Luk_18:11; 2Co_12:7; Jam_4:6; 1Pe_5:5).
5/20/17
>> GET
RAS!!!!!!!!!!
>> Lev: you will
offer your sacrifices in a way to be accepted
>>>> Deu
5:4-5
\/\/\/
Deu_5:27 WEB Go near, and hear all that Yahweh our
God shall say: and tell us all that Yahweh our God shall tell you; and we will
hear it, and do it.
Deu_5:27 LB But
draw near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say, and you shall speak to
us all things whatsoever the Lord our God shall speak to you, and we will hear,
and do.’
Deu_5:27
πρόσελθε σὺ
καὶ ἄκουσον ὅσα
ἐὰν εἴπῃ κύριος
ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ
σὺ λαλήσεις πρὸς
ἡμᾶς πάντα, ὅσα
ἂν λαλήσῃ κύριος
ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν πρὸς
σέ, καὶ ἀκουσόμεθα
καὶ ποιήσομεν.
>> Sync: LO
| RAS
self-headed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocephaly
Saul Proves that Your Personal Relationship Sends you
to Hell
5/20/17
1Sa_13:9 WEB Saul said, Bring here the burnt
offering to me, and the peace offerings. He offered the burnt offering.
1Sa_13:9 CAB And
Saul said, “Bring some victims here, that I may offer burnt offerings and peace
offerings.” And he offered the burnt offering.
1Sa_13:9 καὶ εἶπεν
Σαουλ Προσαγάγετε,
ὅπως ποιήσω ὁλοκαύτωσιν
καὶ εἰρηνικάς·
καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν
τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν.
1Sa_13:10 WEB It came to pass that as soon as he had
made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went
out to meet him, that he might greet him.
1Sa_13:10 And it came to pass when he had finished
offering the burnt offering, that Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet
him, and to bless him.
1Sa_13:10 καὶ ἐγένετο
ὡς συνετέλεσεν
ἀναφέρων τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν,
καὶ Σαμουηλ
παραγίνεται·
καὶ ἐξῆλθεν
Σαουλ εἰς ἀπάντησιν
αὐτῷ εὐλογῆσαι
αὐτόν.
1Sa_13:11 WEB Samuel said, What have you done? Saul
said, Because I saw that the people were scattered
from me, and that you didn't come within the days appointed, and that the
Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;
1Sa_13:11 And Samuel said, “What have you done?” And
Saul said, “Because I saw how the people were scattered from me, and that you
were not present as you had purposed according to the set time of the days, and
the Philistines were gathered at Michmash.
1Sa_13:11 καὶ εἶπεν
Σαμουηλ Τί
πεποίηκας; καὶ
εἶπεν Σαουλ Ὅτι
εἶδον ὡς διεσπάρη
ὁ λαὸς ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ
καὶ σὺ οὐ παρεγένου,
ὡς διετάξω, ἐν τῷ
μαρτυρίῳ τῶν ἡμερῶν
καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι
συνήχθησαν εἰς
Μαχεμας,
1Sa_13:12 WEB therefore said I, Now will the
Philistines come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of
Yahweh: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.
1Sa_13:12 Then I said, ‘Now will the Philistines
come down to me to Gilgal, and I have not sought the face of the Lord.’ So I
forced myself and offered the burnt offering.”
1Sa_13:12 καὶ εἶπα
Νῦν καταβήσονται
οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι
πρός με εἰς
Γαλγαλα καὶ τοῦ
προσώπου τοῦ
κυρίου οὐκ ἐδεήθην·
καὶ ἐνεκρατευσάμην
καὶ ἀνήνεγκα τὴν
ὁλοκαύτωσιν.
1Sa_13:13 WEB Samuel said to Saul, You have done
foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he
commanded you: for now would Yahweh have established your kingdom on Israel
forever.
1Sa_13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done
foolishly, for you have not kept my command, which the Lord commanded you, as
now the Lord would have confirmed your kingdom over Israel forever.
1Sa_13:13 καὶ εἶπεν
Σαμουηλ πρὸς
Σαουλ Μεματαίωταί
σοι, ὅτι οὐκ ἐφύλαξας
τὴν ἐντολήν
μου, ἣν ἐνετείλατό
σοι κύριος. ὡς νῦν
ἡτοίμασεν κύριος
τὴν βασιλείαν
σου ἕως αἰῶνος ἐπὶ
Ισραηλ·
1Sa_13:14 WEB But now your kingdom shall not
continue: Yahweh has sought him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has
appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that
which Yahweh commanded you.
1Sa_13:14 But now your kingdom shall not stand, and
the Lord shall seek for Himself a man after His own heart; and the Lord shall
appoint him to be a ruler over His people, because you have not kept all that
the Lord has commanded you.”
1Sa_13:14 καὶ νῦν ἡ
βασιλεία σου οὐ
στήσεται, καὶ
ζητήσει κύριος
ἑαυτῷ ἄνθρωπον
κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν
αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐντελεῖται
κύριος αὐτῷ εἰς
ἄρχοντα ἐπὶ τὸν
λαὸν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι
οὐκ ἐφύλαξας ὅσα
ἐνετείλατό
σοι κύριος.
Compare Saul’s Initial Rebellions, and sins
of disobedience:
1Sa_13:1, etc.; 1Sa_15:1, etc.
Where did Saul End Up?
1Sa_28:1, etc.
People Can Save People
Inspired and Divinely Helped/Possessed
People Can Save Other People
8/21/16; 10/9/16; 5/25/16; 10/20/16
Tags: divine people can save sinners
>> where is the other collection of refs for this???
Act_27:23 CAB For there
stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong, whom also I serve,
Act_27:23
παρέστη
γάρ μοι τῇ
νυκτὶ ταύτῃ
ἄγγελος τοῦ
Θεοῦ, οὗ εἰμι, ᾧ
καὶ λατρεύω,
Act_27:23 παρεστη γαρ μοι BAταυτη τη νυκτι TSταυτη TSBαγγελος
του θεου ου
ειμι Aεγω ω και
λατρευω Aαγγελος
Act_27:24 saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; for it is
necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all
those sailing with you.'
Act_27:24 λέγων·
μὴ φοβοῦ, Παῦλε·
Καίσαρί σε
δεῖ παραστῆναι·
καὶ ἰδοὺ
κεχάρισταί
σοι ὁ Θεὸς
πάντας τοὺς
πλέοντας
μετὰ σοῦ.
Act_27:24 λεγων μη
φοβου παυλε
καισαρι σε δει
παραστηναι και
ιδου
κεχαρισται σοι
ο θεος παντας
τους πλεοντας
μετα σου
Act_27:25 "Therefore keep up your courage, men; for I believe
God that it will be in the very manner it has been spoken to me.
Act_27:25 διὸ εὐθυμεῖτε,
ἄνδρες·
πιστεύω γὰρ
τῷ Θεῷ ὅτι
οὕτως ἔσται
καθ᾿ ὃν
τρόπον
λελάληταί
μοι.
>>Sync other refs herein
\/\/\/
Act_27:33 CAB And
until the time
was about to be day, Paul was urging them all to receive their share of food,
saying, "Today is the fourteenth day you continue waiting without eating,
having taken nothing.
Act_27:33 ῎Αχρι δὲ οὗ
ἤμελλεν ἡμέρα
γίνεσθαι,
παρεκάλει ὁ
Παῦλος ἅπαντας
μεταλαβεῖν
τροφῆς λέγων·
τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην
σήμερον ἡμέραν
προσδοκῶντες ἄσιτοι
διατελεῖτε,
μηδὲν
προσλαβόμενοι.
Act_27:33 αχρι δε ου Bημελλεν
TSεμελλεν
ημερα Aημελλεν
γινεσθαι
παρεκαλει ο
παυλος απαντας
μεταλαβειν
τροφης λεγων
τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατην
σημερον ημεραν
προσδοκωντες
ασιτοι
διατελειτε Aμηθεν
TSBμηδεν
προσλαβομενοι
Act_27:34 Therefore I urge you to take food, for
this is for your deliverance; for not a hair from your head shall fall."
Act_27:34 διὸ
παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς
μεταλαβεῖν
τροφῆς· τοῦτο
γὰρ πρὸς τῆς
ὑμετέρας
σωτηρίας ὑπάρχει·
οὐδενὸς γὰρ
ὑμῶν θρὶξ ἐκ
τῆς κεφαλῆς
πεσεῖται.
Act_27:34 διο
παρακαλω υμας Aμεταλαβειν TSBπροσλαβειν
τροφης τουτο
γαρ προς της
υμετερας σωτηριας
υπαρχει
ουδενος γαρ
υμων θριξ Aαπο TSBεκ της κεφαλης Aαπολειται TSBπεσειται
Act 27:35 And
having said these things and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the
presence of all, and having broken it, he began to eat.
Act 27:35 εἰπὼν δὲ
ταῦτα καὶ
λαβὼν ἄρτον
εὐχαρίστησε
τῷ Θεῷ ἐνώπιον
πάντων, καὶ
κλάσας ἤρξατο
ἐσθίειν.
Act 27:35 Aειπας TSBειπων δε
ταυτα και
λαβων αρτον
ευχαριστησεν
τω θεω ενωπιον
παντων και
κλασας ηρξατο
εσθιειν
Act 27:36 And they
all became cheerful and also took food themselves.
Act 27:36 εὔθυμοι δὲ γενόμενοι
πάντες καὶ
αὐτοὶ
προσελάβοντο
τροφῆς·
Act 27:36 ευθυμοι δε
γενομενοι
παντες και
αυτοι
προσελαβοντο
τροφης
Act 27:37 And in
all we were two hundred and seventy-six persons on the ship.
Act 27:37 ἦμεν δὲ ἐν τῷ
πλοίῳ αἱ πᾶσαι
ψυχαὶ
διακόσιαι ἑβδομήκοντα
ἕξ.
Act 27:37 Aημεθα TSBημεν δε TSBεν TSBτω TSBπλοιω
αι πασαι ψυχαι Aεν Aτω Aπλοιω
διακοσιαι BAεβδομηκοντα
BAεξ TSεβδομηκονταεξ
Act 27:43 But the centurion, wanting to
rescue Paul, hindered them in their intention, and commanded that those who
were able to swim to jump down first to go toward the land,
Act 27:43 ὁ δὲ ἑκατοντάρχης
βουλόμενος
διασῶσαι τὸν
Παῦλον ἐκώλυσεν
αὐτοὺς τοῦ
βουλήματος, ἐκέλευσέ
τε τοὺς
δυναμένους
κολυμβᾶν ἀπορίψαντας
πρώτους ἐπὶ
τὴν γῆν ἐξιέναι,
Act 27:43 ο δε Aεκατονταρχης
TSBεκατονταρχος
βουλομενος
διασωσαι τον
παυλον εκωλυσεν
αυτους του
βουληματος
εκελευσεν τε
τους δυναμενους
κολυμβαν Aαποριψαντας
TSBαπορριψαντας
πρωτους επι
την γην
εξιεναι
Act 27:44 and the
rest, some on boards and others on parts from the ship. And in this way it came
about that all were brought to safety.
Act 27:44 καὶ τοὺς
λοιποὺς οὓς
μὲν ἐπὶ
σανίσιν, οὓς
δὲ ἐπί
τινων τῶν ἀπὸ
τοῦ πλοίου.
καὶ οὕτως ἐγένετο
πάντας
διασωθῆναι ἐπὶ
τὴν γῆν.
Act 27:44 και τους
λοιπους ους
μεν επι
σανισιν ους δε
επι τινων των
απο του πλοιου
και ουτως
εγενετο παντας
διασωθηναι επι
την γην
Act 28:1 And when they were rescued, then they learned that the
island was called Malta.
Act 28:1 Καὶ
διασωθέντες
τότε ἐπέγνωσαν
ὅτι Μελίτη ἡ
νῆσος καλεῖται.
Act 28:1 και
διασωθεντες
τοτε Aεπεγνωμεν TSBεπεγνωσαν
οτι μελιτη η
νησος καλειται
Heb: Aaronic Priest Offers 1st For His Own Sins, and then the sins of the People
4/6/17
>> You got to save yourself before you can save the people
>> Watcher doctrine closely because in so doing you will save both
yourself and your hearers
>> Sync: LOG
| Dis
Lev_9:7-8 –
[Lev_9:13]
Lev_16:6
Lev_16:15
Lev_16:17
Lev_16:24
[Lev_16:32]
>> TSK
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4/4/17
Lev_14:11 WEB The priest who cleanses him shall set
the man who is to be cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door of
the Tent of Meeting.
Lev_14:11 LB And the
priest that cleanses shall present the man under purification, and these
offerings before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of witness.
Lev_14:11 καὶ στήσει
ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ
καθαρίζων τὸν ἄνθρωπον
τὸν καθαριζόμενον
καὶ ταῦτα ἔναντι
κυρίου ἐπὶ τὴν
θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς
τοῦ μαρτυρίου.
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5/25/16
joseph: you have saved us
1co7 -- Wife/husband saving Wife/husband
You will save yourself & your hearers
Moses is called a savior
>> Sync: DRRR
>>Scrip:
How do you know oh husband / wife…
Act_7:23-25 CAB
Now when he had turned forty years old, it came into his heart [ἀνέβη
ἐπὶ τὴν
καρδίαν
αὐτοῦ] to look upon [ἐπισκέψασθαι] his brothers, the sons of Israel. 24 And
seeing someone being wronged [ἀδικούμενον], he retaliated, and avenged [ἐποίησεν
ἐκδίκησιν] him who was being oppressed [καταπονουμένῳ], and struck [πατάξας] the Egyptian. 25 For
he supposed that his brothers understood [ἐνόμιζε δὲ συνιέναι
τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ] that God was giving to them deliverance
[σωτηρίαν
– salvation] by [διὰ] his hand, but they did not understand [συνῆκαν].
>> Dis | SpWa
Jud_1:22-23 LB And [(a)men/indeed/truly
(μὲν)]
have mercy [ἐλεεῖτε] on some [οὓς], ·making a distinction [διακρινόμενοι]; 23 but others [οὓς] save [σώζετε] with fear, snatching [ἁρπάζοντες] them out of the fire, hating even the
·[inner] garment [χιτῶνα – i.e. shirt,
etc.] having been
stained [ἐσπιλωμένον] by [ἀπὸ
– from] the flesh.
Jud_1:22-23 Greek
καὶ οὓς μὲν
ἐλεεῖτε
διακρινόμενοι, 23
οὓς δὲ ἐν
φόβῳ
σώζετε, ἐκ
πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες,
μισοῦντες
καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ
τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον
χιτῶνα.
>> Sync: SpWa
| Dis | other?
Neh_9:26 WEB
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast
your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against
them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
Neh_9:26 CAB
But they turned, and revolted from You, and cast Your law behind
their backs; and they killed Your prophets, who testified against them to turn
them back to You, and they worked great provocations.
Neh_9:26 καὶ ἤλλαξαν
καὶ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ
σοῦ καὶ ἔρριψαν
τὸν νόμον σου ὀπίσω
σώματος αὐτῶν
καὶ τοὺς προφήτας
σου ἀπέκτειναν,
οἳ διεμαρτύραντο
ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐπιστρέψαι
αὐτοὺς πρὸς σέ,
καὶ ἐποίησαν
παροργισμοὺς
μεγάλους.
Neh_9:27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand
of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble,
when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold
mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their
adversaries.
Neh_9:27 Then You gave them into the hand of them
that afflicted them, and they did afflict them. And they cried to You in the time of their affliction, and You heard them from
heaven, and in Your great mercy You gave them deliverers, and saved them from
the hand of them that afflicted them.
Neh_9:27 καὶ ἔδωκας
αὐτοὺς ἐν χειρὶ
θλιβόντων αὐτούς,
καὶ ἔθλιψαν αὐτούς·
καὶ ἀνεβόησαν
πρὸς σὲ ἐν καιρῷ
θλίψεως αὐτῶν,
καὶ σὺ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ
σου ἤκουσας καὶ
ἐν οἰκτιρμοῖς
σου τοῖς μεγάλοις
ἔδωκας αὐτοῖς
σωτῆρας καὶ ἔσωσας
αὐτοὺς ἐκ χειρὸς
θλιβόντων αὐτούς.
Neh_9:28 But
after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in
the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when
they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you
delivered them according to your mercies,
Neh_9:28 But when
they rested, they did evil again before You, so You left them in the hands of
their enemies, and they ruled over them; and they cried again to You, and You
heard from heaven, and delivered them in Your great mercy.
Neh_9:28 καὶ ὡς ἀνεπαύσαντο,
ἐπέστρεψαν
ποιῆσαι τὸ
πονηρὸν ἐνώπιόν
σου· καὶ ἐγκατέλιπες
αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖρας
ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν,
καὶ κατῆρξαν ἐν
αὐτοῖς. καὶ πάλιν
ἀνεβόησαν πρὸς
σέ, καὶ σὺ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ
εἰσήκουσας καὶ
ἐρρύσω αὐτοὺς ἐν
οἰκτιρμοῖς
σου πολλοῖς.
Neh_9:29 and
testified against them, that you might bring them
again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and didn't listen to your
commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in
them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Neh_9:29 And You
testified against them, to bring them back to Your law; but they hearkened not,
and sinned against Your commandments and Your judgments, which if a man does,
he shall live in them; and they turned their back, and hardened their neck, and
heard not.
Neh_9:29 καὶ ἐπεμαρτύρω
αὐτοῖς ἐπιστρέψαι
αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν
νόμον σου, καὶ οὐκ
ἤκουσαν, ἀλλὰ ἐν
ταῖς ἐντολαῖς
σου καὶ ἐν τοῖς
κρίμασί σου ἡμάρτοσαν,
ἃ ποιήσας αὐτὰ ἄνθρωπος
ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς·
καὶ ἔδωκαν νῶτον
ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ
τράχηλον αὐτῶν
ἐσκλήρυναν καὶ
οὐκ ἤκουσαν.
Neh_9:30 Yet many
years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through
your prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore you gave them into the
hand of the peoples of the lands.
Neh_9:30 Yet You
had patience with them for many years, and testified to them by Your Spirit by
the hand of Your prophets: but they hearkened not; so
You gave them into the hand of the nations of the land.
Neh_9:30 καὶ εἵλκυσας
ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς ἔτη
πολλὰ καὶ ἐπεμαρτύρω
αὐτοῖς ἐν πνεύματί
σου ἐν χειρὶ
προφητῶν σου·
καὶ οὐκ ἠνωτίσαντο,
καὶ ἔδωκας αὐτοὺς
ἐν χειρὶ λαῶν τῆς
γῆς.
>> Sync: SinL | Dis
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8/5/16
2Co_1:17 LB
Therefore, when I decided this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I decide, do
I decide according to the flesh, that there may be with me “Yes, Yes,” and “No,
No?”
2Co_1:17 τουτο ουν Aβουλομενος
Aμητι TSBβουλευομενος
TSBμη TSBτι αρα
τη ελαφρια εχρησαμην
η α βουλευομαι
κατα σαρκα
βουλευομαι ινα
η παρ εμοι το
ναι ναι και το
ου ου
2Co_1:18 As surely as God is faithful,
our word unto you was not “Yes and
no.”
2Co_1:18 πιστος δε ο
θεος οτι ο
λογος ημων ο
προς υμας ουκ Aεστιν TSBεγενετο
ναι και ου
2Co_1:19 For the
Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me,
Silvanus, and Timothy—was not “Yes and no,” but in Him was “Yes.”
2Co_1:19 ο TSBγαρ του θεου Aγαρ
υιος ιησους
χριστος ο εν
υμιν δι ημων
κηρυχθεις δι
εμου και
σιλουανου και
τιμοθεου ουκ
εγενετο ναι
και ου αλλα ναι
εν αυτω γεγονεν
2Co_1:20 For all the promises of God in Him are “Yes,” and in Him
“Amen,” to the glory of God through us.
2Co_1:20 οσαι γαρ
επαγγελιαι
θεου εν αυτω το
ναι Aδιο και Aδι TSBεν Aαυτου TSBαυτω
το αμην τω θεω
προς δοξαν δι
ημων
2Co_1:21 Now He who establishes us together
with you in Christ and who has anointed us is
God,
2Co_1:21 ο δε βεβαιων
ημας συν υμιν
εις χριστον
και χρισας ημας
θεος
2Co_1:22 who also
has sealed us, and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.
2Co_1:22 ο και
σφραγισαμενος
ημας και δους
τον αρραβωνα
του πνευματος
εν ταις
καρδιαις ημων
2Co_2:14 LB Now
thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in
Christ, and making known through us the fragrance of His knowledge
in every place.
2Co_2:14 τω δε θεω
χαρις τω
παντοτε
θριαμβευοντι ημας
εν τω χριστω
και την οσμην
της γνωσεως
αυτου φανερουντι
δι ημων εν
παντι τοπω
2Co_2:15 For we are the fragrance of Christ to God among those being
saved, and among those perishing.
2Co_2:15 οτι
χριστου ευωδια
εσμεν τω θεω εν
τοις σωζομενοις
και εν τοις
απολλυμενοις
2Co_2:16 To some we are the fragrance of death unto death, but to
others the fragrance of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
2Co_2:16 οις μεν
οσμη Aεκ θανατου
εις θανατον
οις δε οσμη Aεκ
ζωης εις ζωην
και προς ταυτα
τις ικανος
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7/18/16
Samuel was helping them get right with the
real God…
1Sa_7:8 KJV+ And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 saidH559 toH413 Samuel,H8050 CeaseH2790 notH408 to cryH4480 H2199 untoH413 the LORDH3068 our GodH430 forH4480 us, that he
will saveH3467
us out of the handH4480 H3027
of the Philistines.H6430
1Sa_7:8 LB And the children of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to
cry to the Lord your God for us, and He shall save us out of the hand of the
Philistines.”
1Sa_7:8 καὶ εἶπαν
οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ
πρὸς Σαμουηλ Μὴ
παρασιωπήσῃς ἀφ᾿
ἡμῶν τοῦ μὴ βοᾶν
πρὸς κύριον θεόν
σου, καὶ σώσει ἡμᾶς
ἐκ χειρὸς ἀλλοφύλων.
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5/27/16
>>Scrip:
Whoever joins is one spirit
This is not just theoretical and unexpressed.
>>Scrip:
The spirit and bride say come
That with one mouth you
might…
This is what truth obeyers are doing upon the
earth now with the same Words as God says in heaven.
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2Co_3:18 LB But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in
a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from
glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2Co_3:18 ημεις δε
παντες
ανακεκαλυμμενω
προσωπω την
δοξαν κυριου
κατοπτριζομενοι
την αυτην
εικονα
μεταμορφουμεθα
απο δοξης εις
δοξαν καθαπερ
απο κυριου
πνευματος
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5/11/16
Scrip
we will be like Him...see Him as he is...
now you say, 'you are not god' and you make your
hypocritical excuses to not believe in God because you still despise the
weakness of His encarnation...
but that lame excuse will not hold on Judgment
Day once you have seen all the humbled poor whom you despised effectively
joined to the God-head in marriage and all Divinity...
what will you do then when your pockets are empty
and your soul is naked and you have nothing to hide your shame, and your satanice words eat your flesh like fire. Behold, this is
the mindless and foolish pervert who said God's body was 'not God'!
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5/1/16
Gen_32:9
KJV+ And JacobH3290 said,H559 O GodH430 of my fatherH1 Abraham,H85 and GodH430 of my fatherH1 Isaac,H3327 the LORDH3068 which saidstH559 untoH413 me, ReturnH7725 unto thy
country,H776
and to thy kindred,H4138
and I will deal wellH3190
withH5973
thee:
Gen_32:9 And
Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, You
are He that said to me, ‘Depart quickly to the land of your birth, and I will
do you good.’
Gen_32:9 (32:10) εἶπεν
δὲ Ιακωβ Ὁ θεὸς
τοῦ πατρός μου
Αβρααμ καὶ ὁ θεὸς
τοῦ πατρός μου
Ισαακ, κύριε ὁ εἴπας
μοι Ἀπότρεχε εἰς
τὴν γῆν τῆς γενέσεώς
σου καὶ εὖ σε
ποιήσω,
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4/25/16
God could have worked out salvation all at
once in an instance without using anyone.
He had to do this in a few cases where there
was no one to help, so He worked it out with His own right arm.
But God insists on spanning out His salvation
of the whole world and of Israel over thousands of years partly so He can
select a few specific people to associate with His salvation…
From Noah, to Abraham, to Moses, to John the
Baptist, to Jesus, to the first Apostles, to Paul, and on into today…
Only problem is that today we don’t believe
God is willing to do monotheism anymore, but we think he only moves through
pagan personal independent guidance spirits…
---------------
The God of Abraham -- and just why can’t we
keep doing that now???
j.c. has become profaned among the nations -- we
need to distinguish again
and we need humans on earth to bear the name of
God in heaven…
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4/7/16
Gen_23:5 WEB The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
Gen_23:5 CAB And the sons of Heth answered
Abraham, saying, Not so, sir,
Gen_23:5 ἀπεκρίθησαν
δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ Χετ
πρὸς Αβρααμ λέγοντες
Gen_23:6
"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the
best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your
dead."
Gen_23:6 but hear
us; you are in the midst of us a prince of God; bury your dead in our choice
tombs, for none of us will by any means withhold his tomb from you, so that you
should not bury your dead there.
Gen_23:6 Μή, κύριε·
ἄκουσον δὲ ἡμῶν.
βασιλεὺς παρὰ
θεοῦ εἶ σὺ ἐν ἡμῖν·
ἐν τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς
μνημείοις ἡμῶν
θάψον τὸν νεκρόν
σου· οὐδεὶς γὰρ
ἡμῶν τὸ μνημεῖον
αὐτοῦ κωλύσει ἀπὸ
σοῦ τοῦ θάψαι τὸν
νεκρόν σου ἐκεῖ.
Gen_23:7 Abraham
rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Gen_23:7 And
Abraham rose up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
Gen_23:7 ἀναστὰς
δὲ Αβρααμ
προσεκύνησεν
τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς,
τοῖς υἱοῖς Χετ ,
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>>Scrip:
I am my beloved’s
and my beloved is mine
He who sanctifies and those who are
sanctified are one
Luk_12:32 CAB “Do not fear, little flock, because your Father
is well pleased to give to you the kingdom.
Luk_12:32 μη φοβου
το μικρον
ποιμνιον οτι
ευδοκησεν ο
πατηρ υμων
δουναι υμιν
την βασιλειαν
John 5
2/2/16
Jesus acts dependently, just like we must
work:
Joh_5:19-23, etc.
Joh_5:30
Joh_5:26-27 – authority
CAB Gr
Joh_5:33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
Joh_5:33 ῾Υμεῖς
ἀπεστάλκατε
πρὸς ᾿Ιωάννην,
καὶ
μεμαρτύρηκε
τῇ ἀληθείᾳ·
Joh_5:34 But I do
not receive the testimony from man [also: Joh_5:41], but these things I say so that you may be saved.
Joh_5:34 ἐγὼ
δὲ οὐ παρὰ ἀνθρώπου
τὴν
μαρτυρίαν
λαμβάνω ἀλλὰ
ταῦτα λέγω ἵνα
ὑμεῖς σωθῆτε.
Joh_5:35 He was
the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to
rejoice for a while in his light.
Joh_5:35 ἐκεῖνος
ἦν ὁ λύχνος ὁ
καιόμενος
καὶ φαίνων. ὑμεῖς
δὲ ἡθελήσατε
ἀγαλλιαθῆναι
πρὸς ὥραν ἐν
τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ.
Joh_5:36 But I
have a testimony greater than John's; for the works which the Father gave to
Me, that I should complete them, these very works which I do, testify of Me,
that the Father has sent Me.
Joh_5:36 ἐγὼ
δὲ ἔχω τὴν
μαρτυρίαν
μείζω τοῦ ᾿Ιωάννου·
τὰ γὰρ ἔργα ἃ
ἐδωκέ μοι ὁ
πατὴρ ἵνα
τελειώσω αὐτά,
αὐτὰ τὰ ἔργα
ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ,
μαρτυρεῖ
περὶ ἐμοῦ ὅτι
ὁ πατήρ με ἀπέσταλκε·
Joh_5:41 I do not
receive glory from men.
Joh_5:41 Δόξαν παρὰ
ἀνθρώπων οὐ
λαμβάνω·
Joh_5:38-47
Independent
Salvation | The Value of the
Individual
---------------
“The One who created the universe allowed
Himself to be led around; meaning He submitted Himself to others and depended
upon their guidance.”
http://illbehonest.com/being-led-luke-4
3/19/17
So what’s your excuse?
---------------
Technology and mass-production has afforded
virtually everyone in modern societies with their very own Bible, but it has
not enabled anyone to obey it. If you will look very closely with wisdom, you
will finally see that, although mass-distributed Bibles can improve societies,
they also result in individuals who are even further away from the truth.
10/20/16
but none of the highest achievements of men has
enabled obedience to
Technology has provided every individual with
their own Bible in modern societies. But despite all this
advance in technology, no one is obeying it.
10/20/16
I wish church people would realze
that having your own personal printed Bible is a modern technological invention
that has resulted in a prideful and rebellious independent religion, and has feulled the Protestant apostacy
to complete insanity and lawless to this day.
not helped more people obey the Bible.
does not authorize you to sovereignly govern the
morality of your own life. Technology does not replace dicipleship.
10/23/14
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8/4/16
Pro_18:1 LITV He who
separates himself seeks his own desire, he breaks out against all sound
wisdom.
Pro_18:1 CAB A
man who wishes to separate from friends seeks excuses; but at all times he will
be liable to reproach.
Pro_18:1 προφάσεις
ζητεῖ ἀνὴρ
βουλόμενος
χωρίζεσθαι ἀπὸ
φίλων, ἐν παντὶ
δὲ καιρῷ ἐπονείδιστος
ἔσται.
Pro_18:2 WEB A fool has no
delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
Pro_18:2 LB
A senseless man feels no need of wisdom, for he is rather led by folly.
Pro_18:2 οὐ χρείαν
ἔχει σοφίας ἐνδεὴς
φρενῶν· μᾶλλον
γὰρ ἄγεται ἀφροσύνῃ.
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7/22/16
2Ki_22:13 WEB Go inquire of Yahweh for me, and for the
people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for
great is the wrath of Yahweh that is kindled against us, because our fathers
have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which
is written concerning us.
2Ki_22:13 CAB Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for all the
people, and for all Judah, and concerning the words of this book that has been
found; for the wrath of the Lord that has been kindled against us is great, because our fathers hearkened
not to the words of this book, to do according to all the things written
concerning us.
2Ki_22:13 Δεῦτε ἐκζητήσατε
τὸν κύριον περὶ
ἐμοῦ καὶ περὶ
παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ
καὶ περὶ παντὸς
τοῦ Ιουδα περὶ
τῶν λόγων τοῦ
βιβλίου τοῦ εὑρεθέντος
τούτου, ὅτι μεγάλη
ἡ ὀργὴ κυρίου ἡ
ἐκκεκαυμένη ἐν
ἡμῖν ὑπὲρ οὗ οὐκ
ἤκουσαν οἱ πατέρες
ἡμῶν τῶν λόγων
τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου
τοῦ ποιεῖν κατὰ
πάντα τὰ
γεγραμμένα
καθ᾿ ἡμῶν.
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7/10/16
Jdg_6:14 KJV+ And the LORDH3068 lookedH6437 uponH413 him, and said,H559 Go inH1980 thisH2088 thy might,H3581 and thou shalt
saveH3467 (H853)
IsraelH3478
from the handH4480 H3709
of the Midianites:H4080
have notH3808
I sentH7971
thee?
Jdg_6:14 And the Angel of the Lord turned to him and said,
“Go in this your strength, and you shall save Israel
out of the hand of Midian: behold, I have sent you.”
Jdg_6:14 καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν
πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ ἄγγελος
κυρίου καὶ εἶπεν
Πορεύου ἐν ἰσχύι
σου ταύτῃ καὶ σώσεις
τὸν Ισραηλ ἐκ
χειρὸς Μαδιαμ·
ἰδοὺ ἐξαπέστειλά
σε.
Jdg_6:15 KJV+ And he saidH559 untoH413 him, OhH994 my Lord,H136 wherewithH4100 shall I saveH3467 (H853) Israel?H3478 behold,H2009 my familyH504 is poorH1800 in Manasseh,H4519 and IH595 am the
leastH6810
in my father'sH1
house.H1004
Jdg_6:15 And Gideon said to him, “Be
gracious with me, my Lord: how shall I save Israel? Behold, my thousand is
weakened in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
Jdg_6:15 καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς
αὐτὸν Γεδεων Ἐν
ἐμοί, κύριέ
μου, ἐν τίνι σώσω
τὸν Ισραηλ; ἰδοὺ
ἡ χιλιάς μου ἠσθένησεν
ἐν Μανασση, καὶ ἐγώ
εἰμι ὁ μικρότερος
ἐν οἴκῳ πατρός
μου.
>>TSK
>> Joseph
>> etc. etc.
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The Bible is very clear that if you do not have
fellowship with us, then you do not have fellowship with the Father or the Son
(1Jn_1:2-3, etc.).
7/10/16
Whenever you
try to read the Bible or pray to God “apart from us” (1Co_4:8) the Bible
very clearly teaches that you are actually fornicating with the devil (2Co_11:3-4).
You do
not have a legitimate/lawful personal relationship with the Scriptures/God
apart from us.
7/10/16
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Over and over again, God continually insists on
using other people to save you. And
while the Monotheistic God demands that you submit to other people to be saved
from sin, Satan insists that you can be saved all by yourself. Satan teaches that you and JC (i.e. your
personal demon worship) can work out a deal where you are saved and get to go
to heaven without obeying the real Jesus when He commands for you to be
discipled.
Independent Salvation is when you try to use the title of “God” or
“Jesus” as a mask to cover up your horrible, in-born addiction to Satan
worship.
Independent Salvation is trying to get around going through the
Monotheistic God by avoiding His delegates which He sent to save you and
disciple you.
If you are able to work out your own individual
salvation without the constant approval of those whom God has sent, and you are
able to have a personal religious relationship with JC all on your own without
submitting under the guiding authority of those who are discipling and you,
then it is pretty clear that you’re messing with demons when you’re sitting in
the room by yourself like that.
Heb_13:17 CAB Obey your
leaders, and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls, as giving
an account, in order that they may do this with joy and not groaning, for this would be
unprofitable for you.
If you are responsible for your own personal
spiritual development, and you feel like you alone are going to give an account
for your own soul (i.e. independently), then it is clear you are a goat which
is not within the nourishment of God’s Kingdom.
The real Jesus has overseers who are responsible for
other people’s souls. The satanic Jesus
cuts out a personal and independent relationship with you in him so that you do
not need anyone else in order to have a “relationship” with him and go to
heaven. It is obvious that this is why
most of those who initially read this are going to go to hell if they do not
quickly repent of paganism and demon worship.
Adam and Personal
Guidance Spirits
When Adam was in the garden, Satan himself served as
the first independent, Personal Guidance
Spirit. Since personal
guidance spirits (fallen angels and demons) always appeal to the worship of
your own ego, Satan tempted Adam and Eve very bluntly by saying “you will be as
god”. – Take it to Heart: Whether
it is more blunt or more subtle, Satan worship (the
praise of independent, personal guidance spirits) always appeals to worshipping
your own ego. This is why church people
constantly say things like, “I don’t feel convicted about this” and “I feel led
to that”, and their “feelings” and “leadings” frequently contradict each other.
– it is clear that their own ego is their god.
It is time
to stop projecting the qualities of your own ego onto god, because in doing so you
are just finding another way to worship your own soul and Satan by attributing
divinity to the whims of whatever you and or Satan feel
like doing. There is an alternative to
Satan worship and doing whatever you feel “led to” and it’s called “Monotheism”,
and Monotheism is established on the earth through real discipleship to the
real Jesus.
Saul’s Independent
Worship of god – Which turns out to be Flagrant Witchcraft
When Saul of Tarsus tried to set up his own worship
of god without Samuel (the one who had anointed him, and discipled him) Samuel
very bluntly charged him with divination (witchcraft/sorcery). The reality of this charge of guilt was so
true, that at the end of Saul’s life he was consulting the Witch of Endor
(1Sa_28:3-25; also Sir_46:19-20). – this is what
really is going on when you have your own independent religious things going
for you. Samuel confronted this and
brought it into light, and if anyone doubted Samuel’s judgment call, we see
that that’s the very sin that Saul was committing at the end of this life.
The Jesus Refused
Personal Guidance Spirits, Choosing Willing Subjection to John’s Baptism
Instead
Jesus himself did not serve his own personal
guidance spirits when Satan tempted him in the wilderness to establish Himself, but even before this took place, even Jesus subject
of His own calling under the commissioning baptism of John the Baptist.
God Insisted on Using Peter
to Save Cornelius, Even After God Gave Cornelius a Vision
Cornelius was a man so pleasing to God, that God
even send an angel in a vision to praise and reward Cornelius for his
righteousness. But don’t miss the fact
that even though God had made such an effort to send an angel to Cornelius, God
still insisted that a human
(Peter) be sent to Cornelius to tell him how to be saved.
Even when Paul had a
Vision of Jesus Himself, God Still Ordained that Ananias Would Save Paul
Even when God had it in mind to save Saul of Tarsus
(Paul the Apostle), and even when Jesus Himself showed up to Saul on the road
to Damascus in a vision, God still insisted on using a person, named
Ananias, to wash Saul’s sins away. – even when Jesus Himself shows up in a vision, He is not
willing to personally, independently save Saul.
Jesus sent Ananias to baptize him! Jesus is
not a personal guidance spirit, like pagan Christianity
delusion-ally imagines!!
Paul not
only submit it himself under Ananias’ baptism, but he
was also discipled under the apostle Barnabas for many years before being
commissioned as an apostle himself.
God Might Use Family to
Save Other Family Members
The fact that God uses people to save other people, is the very basis for why Paul commands believing
spouses to remain with their unbelieving spouses.
1Co_7:16 CAB
For how do
you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O
husband, whether you will save your wife?
Discipleship is the
Only Way Jesus Provided for Disciples to be Made
When Jesus commissioned his 12 apostles and the
others with them to go out and make disciples, Jesus very clearly prescribed
the way of salvation: be baptized and discipled under those whom He has sent. –
if you go in any other way (i.e. You are not zealously seeking to submit
yourself under those whom God has sent) it is absolutely clear that you are not
following the Jesus in the Bible who demanded that truth be spread this way.
People Like
Abraham, Moses, and John The Baptist Are The Only Partial “Exception”
>> it does seem like
every now and then throughout history God raises up an Abraham, John the Baptist,
etc., but if you are not like that, you definitely need discipleship
From time to time
throughout history, it looks like God raises people like Abraham out of
nowhere, and He causes them to start worshipping Monotheism. It seems like God does this when very dark
times come, and there are no previous signs of life. If there is absolutely no way for you to be
discipled by someone into truth, then I suggest that you cry out to God from
heaven to give you a vision of some kind to that you might have a shot and a
pioneering Monotheism for the first time in your generation.
If you do not get some kind of special
revelation to pioneer or re-pioneer Monotheism in the land, then your only
other option is to get discipled!
Whoever Receives The
Sent People, Receives Jesus
Himself
The preceding context
of Matthew 10 is the commissioning of the 12 apostles, with authority, to go
out and save people (i.e. make disciples).
Mat_10:37-41 CAB He who loves father or
mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more
than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And
he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He
who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will
find it. 40 "He that receives you receives Me, and he that receives Me receives Him
who sent Me. 41 He that receives a prophet in the name
of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward. And he that receives a righteous
man
in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's
reward.
The preceding context
of Luke 16 is the commissioning of the seven the disciples to go out and preach
truth and save people (i.e. make disciples). In the middle of commissioning these 70
disciples, Jesus laments the damnation of those who do not receive their
message
Luk_10:10-16 CAB But whatever city you
enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, 11 'The very dust from your city which clings to
us we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that
the kingdom of God has drawn near to you.'
12 I say to you that it will be more
tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city. 13
"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you,
Bethsaida! Because if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting
in sackcloth and ashes. 14 Nevertheless it will be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. 15 And
you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to
Hades. 16 He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects
Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."
It is high time someone finally,
finally came to a real Jesus!
Joh_6:28-29 CAB
Then they said to Him, "What should we do, that we may work the
works of God?" 29 Jesus answered and said to them,
"This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."
Joh_6:42 CAB
And they were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph,
whose father and mother we know? How then does this Man say, 'I have come
down from heaven'?"
Joh_6:44-45 CAB
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me should draw
him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, 'And
they shall all be taught of God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to Me.
Joh_9:28-29 CAB
Then they
reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of
Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses;
but as for
this Man,
we do not know where He is from."
Joh_5:39-40 CAB
You search
the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and
these are they which testify about Me. 40 But you are unwilling to come to Me,
so that you may have life.
Joh_5:44-47 CAB
How can
you believe, who receive glory from one another, and do not seek the glory
which is from the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to
the Father; there is one who accuses you--Moses, in whom you have hoped. 46 For
if you believed Moses, you would have believed Me; for he wrote about Me. 47 But
if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"
If you hear anything clean from heaven in prayer,
and this is true, then it is absolutely clear that you will come to those whom
Jesus has sent on earth.
The irony is, that
even though Jesus was rebuking them for ignoring the truth right in front of
their face, hypocrites to this day are still trying to sear their conscience by
imagining personal devotion to a theoretical version of god in heaven, without repenting and actually doing justice to the
truth its run from their face!
Wicked hypocrites are always pushing
obedience back into a fairy tale past, even trying to use this very passage (Joh_6:45), instead of doing
truth with what is put right in front of their face.
Independent salvation
is the mindless apostasy that we already condemned by quoting Paul’s warning to
the sinning Corinthians:
1Co_4:8 CAB
You are
already full! You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us; and I wish that
indeed you did reign, in order that we also might reign with you!
If you fall to this
heresy, you are willfully choosing the sin and apostasy that Paul commanded the
Corinthians to repent of. If you reign without those who God sends, and you have a “strength” to go on in your salvation without needing
them, then it is with Satan that you reign.
Satan’s Independent Salvation will curse
you to a worthy grave in hell, but if you care anything about truth, you will
flee from this shameful madness and find righteous salvation from sin and
injustice, and you will co-inherit inherit with the righteous, because you need
them to make it to heaven.
You need the Gospel Given to Each Other
When you lose this eagerness you forget the way to
heaven - redeem your soul now and remember that you need what they have. You
are not self-sufficient... Or self-contained, so don't live that way.
Remember: it is always easy to despise Paul –
moments of 'insignificance' and yet glory will be revealed in him
"do you know who this
is??" or have you just learned to grow up and despise Paul? After all,
hasn't god spoken through you too?
Joh_8:31-32 WEB Jesus
therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
Joh_8:36 WEB
If therefore the Son makes you
free, you will be free indeed.
Mat_3:8 CAB
Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance,
Joh_15:8 WEB "In this is my Father glorified, that you bear
much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
See also: Mar_1:16-20, Mar_10:28-31 Mat_19:27-30, Luk_14:33, Luk_18:28-30,
>> quote some of these
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in truth, and if you do not know of anyone who is serious and can faithfully
disciple you so that you can make it to heaven, then contact
us if you are eager, humble, and hungry for truth! We are here to help poor
people in real need, and we are fervently interested in benefiting people unto eternal
life by the proclamation of the knowledge of the Real Jesus!
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Created: ~2008; Revised: (unknown dates); 8/19/11
Phaze 1
Prayer – Truth – Community
Phaze 2
Revelation – Mission – Exploits
A Discipleship Training “Program”
Name?
Program
conditioning
Getaway
Boot camp
Resocialization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recruit_training
Course
Weekend
retreat
preparation
Internship
Apprentice
Apprenticeship
Training
Preparation
Instruction
coaching
camp
Experience
Encounter
Season
Term
Period
excursion
Disciple ship
DAP
DAP – Disciples and Potentials
People who are seeking to truly obey
everything the Bible says.
"Limited" means that this group is
restricted to people I know personally, and deal with on a closer
"community" basis.
see: www.TrueConnection.org
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DAP – Disciples and Potentials
People who have responded to
the good announcement of Jesus & are seeking to truly obey everything in
the Bible.
"Limited" means that this group is
restricted to people I know personally, and deal with on a closer
"community" basis.
see: www.TrueConnection.org
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DAP – Disciples and Potentials
People who have responded to the good
announcement of Jesus and are seeking to submit under and obey everything the
Bible says, with a 0 percent tolerance for rebellion against God's Words.
"Limited" means that this group is
restricted to people I know personally, and deal with on a closer
"community" basis.
see:
www.TrueConnection.org
DAP–Extended
“Extended” Means that anyone can join in who
is attracted to the message that we proclaim. This is a good way to find out
about what we have going on, and see how far you might want to go in your
pursuit of truth.
Local
Limited
personally
DAP – Disciples and Potentials that live in
all kinds of places
we have not y
DAP – Disciples and Potentials
People who have responded to the good
announcement of Jesus and are seeking to submit under and obey everything the
Bible says, with a 0 percent tolerance for rebellion against God's Words.
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Proclaimer is Needed
>> Preachers Needed
>> where are
original notes???????
12/11/17
Act
10:36 The word which he sent
unto the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ (he
is Lord of all)—
Act
10:36 τον λογον Aον TSBον
απεστειλεν
τοις υιοις
ισραηλ ευαγγελιζομενος
ειρηνην δια ιησου
χριστου ουτος εστιν
παντων κυριος
Act
10:37 that saying ye yourselves know, which was proclaimed
throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John
preached;
Act
10:37 υμεις οιδατε το
γενομενον
ρημα καθ ολης της
ιουδαιας Aαρξαμενος
TSBαρξαμενον
απο της γαλιλαιας μετα το
βαπτισμα
ο εκηρυξεν
ιωαννης
Act
10:38 [even] Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with
the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that
were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Act
10:38 ιησουν τον απο SAναζαρεθ
TBναζαρετ
ως εχρισεν
αυτον ο θεος πνευματι
αγιω και δυναμει ος διηλθεν
ευεργετων
και ιωμενος
παντας τους καταδυναστευομενους
υπο του διαβολου οτι ο θεος
ην μετ
αυτου
Act
10:39 And we are witnesses of
all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom
also they slew, hanging him on a tree.
Act
10:39 και ημεις TSBεσμεν
μαρτυρες
παντων ων εποιησεν
εν τε τη χωρα
των ιουδαιων
και Aεν TSBεν ιερουσαλημ
ον BAκαι Aανειλαν
TSBανειλον
κρεμασαντες
επι ξυλου
Act
10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be
made manifest,
Act
10:40 τουτον ο θεος ηγειρεν
Aεν τη τριτη ημερα
και εδωκεν
αυτον εμφανη
γενεσθαι
Act
10:41 not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were
chosen before of God, [even] to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose
from the dead.
Act
10:41 ου
παντι τω
λαω αλλα
μαρτυσιν τοις προκεχειροτονημενοις
υπο του θεου ημιν
οιτινες συνεφαγομεν
και συνεπιομεν
αυτω μετα
το αναστηναι
αυτον εκ
νεκρων
Act
10:42 And he charged us to
preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God
[to be] the Judge of the living and the dead.
Act
10:42 και
παρηγγειλεν
ημιν κηρυξαι
τω λαω και διαμαρτυρασθαι
οτι Aουτος TSBαυτος εστιν ο ωρισμενος
υπο του θεου κριτης
ζωντων
και νεκρων
Act
10:43 To him bear all the
prophets witness, that through his name everyone that believeth on him shall
receive remission of sins.
Act
10:43 τουτω
παντες οι προφηται
μαρτυρουσιν
αφεσιν
αμαρτιων
λαβειν δια του
ονοματος
αυτου παντα τον
πιστευοντα
εις αυτον
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Confronting The Heresy Of No New Revelation
5/1/17
>> See: MAEb
& BIT & LO
the history of Noni Revelation heresy
it is often hereticly
taught that there should be no new revelation, and that the Bible is a closed
Canon
}} get this from bit !!!
}} this has a long history spanning from the
heretical Sadducees to the apostate Jews to the heretical Protestant
Reformation
gross assumptions of God's approval of our
apostasy
the false prophets of the Old Testament
prophesied that God will return their evil Kings to their Kingdom, as though
that was what God wanted!
The Faults teachers of
today act like God actually likes not speaking to humanity, and they
normalize this dreary and Dreadful evil of God having to remove Himself from
the worthless presence of Unfaithful people...
how can you be so naive and blind and hateful
toward the light of the clean God so as to not realize that He wants to speak
to people today and give them clean truth that we so desperately need to
correct all of these heresies that are raving
all around?
God withdraws himself in bitter disapproval
and harsh distance, and demonic Heretics normalize this as though God actually
likes it!
law of Moses was given in an adjusted way to
their hard hearts and evil nature.
the wicked religious Pharisees acted like God
actually wanted to give them the law in a way to manage their evil hearts and
allow their sin of divorce remarriage to continue.
just because God tolerated it did not at all
indicate that He liked it or wanted it to be that way or that it was the
standard for Humanity that God had ordained.
Wicked and perverted blind religious leaders
often see the bitterness and hatred and interpret it as though God actually
wants people to remain ignorant in wandering deceptive religious Spirits in to
be raped by demons.
time to break out with prophecy
in Acts several times they taught that the last
days came with an outbreak of overflowing prophecy
it is absolutely heretical to teach that real Prophecy
from the real God is Not absolutely perfect and true according to the same
perfect and infinitely true nature as the Bible.
in Revelation the two witnesses are said to
have a testimony, and this testimony is called prophecy.
when the two witnesses have a testimony that is
real prophecy this prophecy will be scripture , just like anything else that
was prophetic and true and was wrote down in the scriptures. It is absolutely
heretical to suggest that the two witnesses will not have scriptural Prophecy
in the end times.
the Bible says they are coming.
the Bible says they are going to prophesy.
the Bible says that the prophecy will be true
and it will be accompanied with miracles.
if you do not believe that they will be
speaking the same thing as the scriptures, then you do not even believe the
scriptures we already have, especially the Book of Revelation.
when the seals are popped that are spoken about
in Daniel and in Revelation, then it is very clear that new scriptural
revelation will happen.
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"The Holy Scriptures,
comprised of Old and New Testaments, are fully and verbally inspired by God and
are therefore infallible in the original writings and completely trustworthy in
all areas in which they speak. Their central salvation message and essential teachings are clear and accessible to all who follow the
standard and self-evident rules of literary interpretation. They are therefore the supreme, unmediated, and final authority of faith and practice for every believer. (2 Tim 3:16-17)"
http://www.crcchesapeake.org/what-we-believe
2/27/15
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“That’s Why You Need Discipleship”
Problem | Answer
Still got sins in your life? -- That’s why
you need discipleship.
Still doing what you know is wrong, but you
can't stop doing it? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Feel trapped in sin, with no way out? --
That’s why you need discipleship.
Don't feel like you could ever be REALLY
righteous? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Do you believe that no one is perfect? --
That’s why you need discipleship.
Sick of church-ianity
but realize there is still hypocrisy in your own life? -- That’s why you need
discipleship.
Don’t know how to be courageous and severe
against hypocrites like Jesus is? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t know how to judge the church like Paul
commands? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t know how to really love people? --
That’s why you need discipleship.
Can't get over past hurts and traumas? --
That’s why you need discipleship.
Can't forgive certain people? -- That’s why
you need discipleship.
Keep finding yourself lusting after people
and things that you ought not to desire? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Can’t understand the Bible? -- That’s why you
need discipleship.
Don’t understand end-times prophecies? --
That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t understand “why God allows suffering”?
-- That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t understand how to take the Bible
literally? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t understand why Abraham, Isaac,
righteous Lot, and a man in the book of Judges were willing to give their women
away when they were in danger? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t understand how to consistently know
what does and does not still “apply” from the Old Testament? -- That’s why you
need discipleship.
Don’t know how to obey the high standards of
the Sermon on the Mount? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t understand the severity of the death
penalty in the Old Testament and why it is no longer practiced? -- That’s why
you need discipleship.
Ever get discouraged from reading the Old
Testament prophets because of how severe and harsh they can be in “always
talking about judgement”? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Confused about polygamy? -- That’s why you
need discipleship.
Don’t understand “turning the other cheek”,
condemnation of adulterous remarriage, women’s head coverings, how modest you
have to be to go to heaven, etc.? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t understand “grace vs. works”? -- That’s
why you need discipleship!
Do you really still think religious words
like “grace”, “church”, “legalism”, etc. are actually
in the Bible? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Wonder what happened to the real church? --
That’s why you need discipleship.
Confused about differences in ancient
Biblical texts (source text variations), and contradictory Bible versions, and
which Bible version is “right”? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t understand Jesus’ parables, and often
get overwhelmed and confused over how spiritual Jesus is? -- That’s why you
need discipleship.
Don’t know how to get “poor in spirit” so you
can ‘inherit the kingdom of heaven’? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Got issues in your life you can’t resolve? --
That’s why you need discipleship.
Got too many questions and missing puzzle
pieces and confusion with life? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t know how to fight evil spirits? --
That’s why you need discipleship.
“Personal relationship” with
j.c. not REALLY saving you from living in sin? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Feel like you are already
"saved" without us/discipleship? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Depressed? Suicidal?
Feeling the meaninglessness of life? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Feel empty, worthless, vile, and ashamed? --
That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t know why your prayer life is so dull
and pathetic? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Can’t get excited about the Bible, prayer,
and hearing God’s voice? -- That’s why you need discipleship.
Don’t get prophecies from heaven every day?
-- That’s why you need discipleship.
Confused or even angry that we did not say
"salvation", or "faith", or the Ketchup (fake blood) of
antichrist was the answer (like most church people say)? -- That’s why you need
discipleship.
No, the answer is not churchy
"salvation", superstitious “faith”, or the ketchup of antichrist.
When are you ever going to realize that you
need discipleship?
11/13/16; 11/15/16; 11/26/16
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>> Personal Story: Instructional Design
Tags: Teaching across generations
I feel I can claim ownership over that idea, as
opposed to having to take your idea, which means I have to explicitly say, ‘I’m
going to defer to you as the authority on this.’ Not everybody wants to do
that,” he adds.
https://qz.com/778767/to-tell-someone-theyre-wrong-first-tell-them-how-theyre-right/?utm_source=kwfb&kwp_0=338025
3/3/17
Unless otherwise noted, quotes below are taken from
the following resource, and marked with an asterisk (*):
http://www.mcc.edu/pdf/pdo/teaching_across_gen.pdf
Accessed 4/27/13
…adults tend to learn differently than traditional
students because of the history and experience they bring into the classroom,
so it is imperative that the instructor be cognizant of these psychological and
generational differences when selecting teaching strategies and designing
learning activities.
Recent trends in education have indicated a movement
toward a more learner-centered style of instruction rather than the more
traditional instructor-centered model. “We in adult and higher education have
increasingly moved toward more active, collaborative, and experience-based
forms of teaching and learning” (Dirkx, 2003).This
shift toward making the learner the focus of the classroom is generally
espoused as an effective method for reaching adult learners based on the
andragogy theory first advanced by Malcolm Knowles, but many instructors have
not incorporated these trends into their classroom repertoire. Black (2003)
describes this issue as one of “rigid higher education system unwilling or
unable to adapt to the reality inherent in such a diverse generation of learners”
(p. 13).
Instructors entering the classroom prepared to teach
in a more traditional manner are facing a backlash from the adult learners who
make up a significant number of their students. “In a 10-year period,
enrollment of persons ages 25 an[d] over rose by 22 percent” (Belcheir,
1999, p. 3), indicating that this trend is unlikely to abate any time soon.
Instructors are unprepared to deal with the current composition of the modern
college classroom and have not updated their teaching practices to reflect the
actual demographics of their students.
Baker Colleges strives to be a model of inclusion
for all students and while not every learning situation will target each
learner’s preferred style, instructors should strive to incorporate many
different types of learning activities
…instructors need to consider student age as an
important factor when selecting teaching methods and strategies but often have
no information about teaching techniques designed to target learners of varying
ages. Instructors should be aware of all the potential factors that can impede
or promote learning.
Previously, most instructors at the college and
university level were concerned with teaching the “traditional” student,
typically defined as a student between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two
years old. However with the influx of adult learners into the classroom, the
previously accepted rules of instruction are changing. Kilgore (2001) notes
that “commonly held assumptions about generic learners and learning are irrelevant
and even willfully oppressive when recklessly applied to all kinds of people
without regard for their unique life experiences and attributes such as race,
class, and gender” (p. 53). “More than ever, the gap between the instructor and
the student is widening. Roles are changing” (Microsoft Corporation, 2003).
On-ground, the typical student is a 28 year old
female. She is typically pursuing her first post-secondary degree and is
seeking to improve her current work situation. Other relevant statistics include:
• 71% of Baker’s students are female
• Approximately 70% have at least one child
• 75% of students work at least part time in
addition to attending school
We have a wide range of students from varying
socio-economic levels at our institution at any given time, and need to make
every effort to include all of these factors when designing our courses.
It is commonly understood that students,
particularly adults, learn differently. “The learning styles, attitudes, and
approaches of high school students differ from those of eighteen- to twenty-two
year old college students. The styles, attitudes, and
approaches of adult learners differ yet again” (Oblinger,
2003, p. 37). Instructors must be aware of these differences with selecting
course activities and planning class sessions to better attend to the needs of
all of their learners.
What is the definition of an adult?
According to Knowles (1984), “the psychological definition is one who has
arrived at a self-concept of being responsible for one’s own life, of being
self-directing” (p. 9) Much of the current literature defines an adult learner
as someone over the age of twenty-five, but does not differentiate between
varying generations. Traditional learners will be considered those learners in
the Millennial generation or those who are eighteen to
twenty-three years old. For our purposes, the classification of an adult
includes members of Generation X, the Boomer and the Silent generation, making
your job more difficult with each generation of learners. Why is that? It is
because “life experiences shape the way people expect to learn” (Darling, http://www.elementk.com/training_advice/htm/05-02-learninggen.asp).
The time period in which you grow up has a significant impact on the way you
learn as well as the way you expect to be taught. As instructors,
understanding the fundamental differences between learners in your classroom
will help you meet all of their needs more effectively.
Why not pedagogy?
Until the mid-1920s, learning theory did not
differentiate between children and adults. It was not until 1928, when Edward
Thorndike published his studies the learning abilities of adults that this
field began to take shape. Thorndike demonstrated that adults have the capacity
to learn, something that had previously been assumed but not substantiated by
research until then. Further studies by Thorndike in 1935 and Sorenson in 1938
indicated that adults did have an ability to learn that was substantially
different from children. Old assertions that learning was unnecessary past the
age of early adulthood were gradually replaced with new ideas about the
importance of adult learning, both for the individual adults and for society at
large (Knowles, 1973; Truluck & Courtenay, 1999).
Now that adults were proven to have the capability
to learn, another strand of research pushed forward mainly by Eduard Lindeman
in 1926, proposed that adult education needed to be more student-centered
rather than teacher and subject-centered. Revolutionary for its time, this work
began the current push toward the self-directed learning trend prevalent in
adult education theory today, making concrete the notion that “learners become
increasingly self-directed as they mature” (Merriam & Caffarella,
1991, p. 8). Lindeman later influenced the work of Malcolm Knowles in his
formation of the theory of andragogy.
These two strains of adult learning theory continued
separately until the mid 1960s when Malcolm Knowles
began working on his andragogy theory of adult learning. He published his
results in his revolutionary book, The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species in
1973, although he actually introduced the term in 1968 in a series of articles
(Rachal, 2002). He contrasted pedagogy, which is the
art and science of teaching children, with his andragogy theory. Literally
translated, andragogy is the art and science of teaching adults and became the
“most persistent practice-based, instructional methods issue in adult
education” (Ibid, p. 211) for
quite some time.
Andragogy defined
At its core, andragogy holds that adult learners
must be treated differently than children due to the fact that they come to the
learning experience, whether formal or informal, in a different manner. Knowles
(1973) puts forth the following as basic components of quality adult learning:
• Adults must first
understand why they need to know something before they actually invest time in
learning it
• Most adults have a
fully formed self-image and tend to become resentful when these images are not
valued in a learning situation
• Adults need to feel
as if their life experience is important as it helps them make connections
between old and new knowledge
• Adults will
generally prepare more for a learning situation
• Adults “want to
learn to solve or address a particular problem, and are more satisfied with
their learning if everyday experiences, is practical,
or is current” (Draves, p. 11).
• Adults are more
intrinsically motivated to learn than children are. They are in the learning
situation by choice and do not require the extrinsic motivational rewards that
children do.
Relevance and practicality
Adult students need to see their learning as
practical and relevant, particularly in a formal higher education setting.
Their learning is real and meaningful, as noted by Trueman
and Hartley in 1996, “mature students had better study habits than the younger
students in that they engaged in more ‘deep’ and less ‘surface’ learning than
did the younger students” (p. 201). Adults don’t tend to like “busy work” and
will often resist work that they perceive to be unrelated to the course content
or their goals. This is one reason that educators of adults need to spend time
setting the context of an assignment and helping the students make connections
between what they are doing in class and what they will use this
knowledge/information for after their coursework is complete.
Educators can help facilitate this process by
spending time before the learning event differentiating the need to know
information from the nice to know information. Often adult learners will want a
“bottom line” version of the information and ensuring that the most relevant
practical information is covered will help adults feel that they are not
wasting their time. In addition, this classification can actually become useful
for the learner to help them make connections in their learning and their
lives.
Occasionally it might be important for the learners
to understand what they don’t know to better set the stage for the learning
experience. A pre-test that mirrors the course final or some other type of
assessment instrument such as a short, in-class paper or a question and answer
session with the instructor will often help demonstrate the lack of knowledge
and help to create that need for learning that adults seek. One caveat to this
process is to ensure that the assessment isn’t too difficult or demeaning in
any way since that might potentially decrease their enthusiasm for the learning
experience rather than increase it.
Self-image
Adults use their experiences to build their
self-identify, so it is important that educators communicate their respect for
the manner in which adults view themselves in addition to the respect for the
experience itself. “If in an educational situation an adult’s experience is
ignored, not valued, not made use of, it is not just the experience that is
being rejected; it is the person” (Knowles, p. 11), which will cast a negative
light on the learning experience and can once again become a hindrance to both
you and the learner. You will then need to work harder to regain that learner’s
respect and attention to continue with the learning experience. This is a concept
that could be particularly valuable to instructors in developmental education
departments, due to the fact that “undereducated adults have little to sustain
their dignity other than their experience” (p. 11).
Life experience
Adults, even younger Generation X and Millennial
students, enter into a collegiate learning event with some life experience to
help guide their thinking. They have, over the course of their elementary and
secondary work, gained a better understanding of who they are as a person and
have begun, if not completed, the process of identifying their values and
beliefs which define their operating norms. Andragogy “assumes that adults
enter into an educational activity with both a greater volume and a different
quality of experience from youth” (Knowles, p. 10), so ignoring the experience
of adults, particularly older adults, will tend to serve as a barrier to
learning for that student.
As Knowles (1984) points out that “for many kinds of
learning, adults are themselves the richest resources for one another” (p. 10),
so taking the time to explore the experiences of your students can lead to a
more comprehensive learning experience for all involved. The negative side of
this issue is that adults have generated ideas and operating norms based on
those very experiences we want to value and occasionally it is difficult to
open their minds to new ways of thinking and being. It has been said that it is
more difficult to unlearn something than it is to learn it in the first place,
so adult educators must be prepared for some discomfort in the learning
process.
Preparation
Adult students also have a tendency to manage their
time better, possibly because of the other life circumstances that surround
them as they are in school. Trueman and Hartley
conducted a study of three student groups: younger students (under age 21),
borderline mature students (ages 21-25) and adult students (age 25 and older)
in which they found that the adult students reported the most use of time
management strategies, however this use of good time management did not
necessarily translate into better academic performance overall, but is a good
start towards understanding why some students are easily overwhelmed and others
appear to be handling the stress of school.
Motivation
Most learners do not embark on a learning experience
until they experience a need, whether it is a career enhancement or a personal
goal. Often this need and the learning that results from their attempt to meet
it results in a form of cognitive dissonance, where they experience a shift in
their thinking that conflicts with what they already believe to be true. Until
they are able to resolve this dilemma, true learning can not
occur, but sometimes the struggle is difficult, on the part of the learner as
well as on the part of the instructor watching it occur.
Most of these needs are developed as a result of
shifting life and developmental circumstances, such as:
• Life (affect)
circumstances including
o Divorce
o Death of a spouse
o Retirement
• Work status changes
including
o Job loss, requiring the adult to return to school
to obtain new skills to be a viable member of the workforce again
o Promotion, where the learner feels the need to
update or obtain new skills to keep pace with a change in job status
• Career changes,
where the learner identifies a new career path and returns to school in an
effort to obtain the skills necessary to pursue the new career
As research in the field of adult education
continued, andragogy as a theory was called into question due to the lack of
empirical studies to support its use (Rachal, 2002).
One of the main issues is the “absence of a clear meaning as to what procedures
constitute andragogical practice” (Ibid, p. 211). There are so many teaching
strategies that could be considered andragogical that
it was difficult to narrow them down to something that could be studied
empirically. In addition to this issue, the issue of how to measure whether or
not the learning is evident because “”effectiveness” is largely determined by
learner achievement which is often measured by tests and grades; but for
Knowles, tests and grades are anathema to the very idea of andragogy” (Ibid, p. 211). Andragogy began to fall out
of favor during the late 1980s and early 1990s for precisely this reason.
One of the main issues inherent in the andragogical model is the fact that most learning, at least
in college classrooms, requires that the instructor have some sense of where
the learning event is headed before it begins. However, “instructor objectives
represent a devolution from the andragogical
ideal” (Ibid, p. 216). Almost all
college courses have learning outcomes, but the very fact that the instructor
or the institution has pre-defined these outcomes violates the principle of
allowing adults to direct their own learning and to derive their own outcomes
from a learning event.
As Knowles continued his work in the field of adult
learning, he came to understand that andragogy is less of a learning theory and
more of a structured environment “defined more by the learning situation than
by the learner” (Merriam, 2001, p. 6) and his published works began to “reflect
his evolving view of andragogy as a continuum” (Rachal,
2002, p. 219). Rachal goes on to suggest that “there
are degrees of andragogy-ness and that implies that the appropriateness of
andragogy is situational” (p. 224). This is important because this indicates
that the basic components of andragogy listed above can apply to learners of
various ages as long as the facilitator organizes the learning situation in
such a way that these components are inherent in the design of the learning
event. It is possible to use the concepts of andragogy in an elementary or
secondary environment, so the idea that andragogy just speaks to adults is
questionable at best.
One of the main components of adult learning theory
in general that is not specific to andragogy is the idea adult students need to
see their learning as practical and relevant, particularly in a formal higher
education setting. Their learning is real and meaningful, and they approach the
learning process differently, as noted by Trueman and
Hartley in 1996, “mature students had better study habits than the younger
students in that they engaged in more ‘deep’ and less ‘surface’ learning than
did the younger students” (p. 201). “It is the instructor’s
responsibility to see that learners work on tasks that are meaningful and
relevant to the community of practice” (Pratt, 2002, p. 10). Allowing
the learner to focus on what is meaningful and relevant for that learner honors
one of Knowles basic tenants of andragogy, that of valuing the learner for the
experience they bring to the learning event.
Self-directed learning
Proponents of self-directed learning say that adults
will learn better when allowed to plan their own learning, often with the help
of a facilitator rather than an instructor. Knowles (1984) notes that if adults
are not allowed to direct themselves and are treated like children, they
experience a kind of cognitive dissonance, one where “this condition
expectation conflicts with their much deeper psychological need to be
self-directing, and their energy is diverted way from learning to deal with
this internal conflict” (p. 9). This appears to indicate that if adults are
given enough control over their learning, they will eventually take charge of
the learning experience to make it meaningful for them. However, he goes on to
note that one of the main problems with this proposition is the fact that “even
though adults may be totally self-directing in every other aspect of their
lives—as workers, spouses, parents, citizens, leisure-time users—the minute
they walk into a situation labeled “education,” “training,” or any of their
synonyms, they hark back to their conditioning in school, assume a role of
dependency and demand to be taught” (Ibid).
One of the issues with this concept is that at
Baker, there are limits to the manner in which the students are allowed to
direct their own learning. For instance, while it is perfectly appropriate to
give the students a choice about which assignments they would like to complete
to achieve the course outcomes, it is inappropriate to allow the students a
hand in selecting which course outcomes they would like to complete. When faculty
and staff at Baker College use the term self-directed, it generally does not
extend to allowing the learner to choose their own course outcomes as those are
pre-defined by the College.
“People typically are not interested in being persuaded to adopt the
preacher’s perspective when the culture celebrates the expression of their
self-derived convictions”
http://www.preaching.org/
11/9/16
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The Mutual Reciprocating Glory
of Disciples and Spiritual Parents
10/22/16
Pro 17:6 WEB
Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of
children are their parents.
Pro 17:6 CAB
Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers
are the glory of children. (17:6A)
The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but
the faithless not even a farthing.
Pro 17:6 στέφανος
γερόντων τέκνα
τέκνων, καύχημα
δὲ τέκνων πατέρες
αὐτῶν.
τοῦ
πιστοῦ ὅλος ὁ κόσμος
τῶν χρημάτων,
τοῦ δὲ ἀπίστου
οὐδὲ ὀβολός.
1Th 2:20 CAB
For what is
our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? Is it not even you, in
the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
1Th 2:19 τίς
γὰρ ἡμῶν ἐλπὶς
ἢ χαρὰ ἢ
στέφανος
καυχήσεως, ἢ
οὐχὶ καὶ ὑμεῖς
ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ
Κυρίου ἡμῶν
᾿Ιησοῦ
Χριστοῦ ἐν
τῇ αὐτοῦ
παρουσίᾳ;
1Th 2:20 For you are our glory and
joy.
1Th 2:20 ὑμεῖς
γάρ ἐστε ἡ
δόξα ἡμῶν
καὶ ἡ χαρά.
2Co 1:14 CAB just as also you have understood us in part,
that we are your boasting, as indeed you also are ours, in the day of the Lord
Jesus.
2Co 1:14 καθὼς
καὶ ἐπέγνωτε
ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ
μέρους, ὅτι
καύχημα ὑμῶν
ἐσμεν,
καθάπερ καὶ
ὑμεῖς ἡμῶν,
ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ
τοῦ Κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ.
2Co 1:15 And in this confidence I
intended to come to you earlier, that you might have a second benefit,
2Co 1:15 Καὶ
ταύτῃ τῇ
πεποιθήσει ἐβουλόμην
πρὸς ὑμᾶς
πρότερον ἐλθεῖν,
ἵνα δευτέραν
χάριν ἔχητε,
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Below: What is Eternal Life
| Common Belief Does not Save | Imitation
| Be Saved
by Favor
·
Church Person: guarantee to go to
heaven instead of hell
·
Bible: rescued from sin unto
righteousness
·
Church Person (Protestant):
believe in j.c. (faith alone)
·
Bible: Stop sinning and obey the
truth & favor of God (incl. Baptism, Discipleship, obeying all the Bible,
etc.)
·
Rescued from sin -- resulting in
Hell / death (Rom_6:16, etc.)
·
Rescued unto obedience &
righteousness -- resulting in eternal life (Rom_5:21, etc.; Rom_6:16, etc.)
! Must-See Bible study: Sin
- Repentance - Perfection
Joh_17:1-5; (also Gal_4:9; 1Jn_5:20) – Know God
Joh_5:24
– believe (also Joh_5:40)
Joh_3:34-36
Joh_6:27
Joh_6:35
Joh_6:40
Joh_6:47-51
Gal_3:26-29
Salvation
Did
happen before Jesus died and Rose again (most of the references are before that
happened, and we need to have the honesty and integrity to admit this and come
to terms with it)
Luk_19:8-10 CAB Then Zacchaeus stood and said to
the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor; and if I
have extorted anything from anyone, I restore fourfold." 9 And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation
has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to
save that which was lost."
Common
Belief / Superstition Does not Save
Joh_2:23-25 – Joh_3:11-12
Joh_6:36; Joh_8:30-36
(Joh_12:37-43; Joh_12:46)
Act_8:13
Jas_2:19-24 – The
demons believe
End of John - Applying Scripture and Being spiritual
being prophetic is Biblical
“Lesson Plan”
1. Salvation | 2. Pre-commissions | 3. John (Jesus needs to come
to you) | 4. Great Commission | 5. Acts (Waiting for Jesus
> Filling in ACTSion) | 6. Rom 8
> Adoption > Sealed
Prove it!
Don’t Be a pagan pervert!
Objectively prove that your
saved by the most stringent standards before you ever dream of beliving good for yourself!
Rewards Vs Salvation
~2001-2007?; 3/6/17
(recompiled)
1Pet 5:2 In connection with Paul saying, 'If i do it unwillingly then I have no reward'
Pre-Crucifixion Salvation
12/5/03 (+Word: Created/Modified);
Joh 5:24 EMTV
"Most assuredly I say to you, he who hears My word
and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into
judgment, but has passed from death into life.
-This was an immediately applicable promise that
Jesus extended.
Also:
Zackias
OT
5/9/06 (the original title: The GREAT Commission.doc); 5/10/06
(Homework: Word: Created); 1/1/13 (Homework: Word: Modified/Printed); compiled
and recompiled over numerous years; 3/6/17-3/7/17 (recompiled original TX doc & SalHoSp);
>> where
are the other notes for this
>> recompile: sHOSP
Come and See
3/7/17
The Prodo / pre-pre-commission
>> quote
>> TSK, commentaries, etc.
Always lawful for those loving the truth they are being
saved by
Appolose is Lawful -- IF you are Mighty & Accurate in
the Scriptures!
Another Prodo / pre-pre-commission
5/10/06
(Word: Created); 1/1/13 (Word: Modified/Printed); 3/6/17 (recompiled)
>> recompile / combine
into summaries below??????
>> is this duplicated somwhere?
Reference Significance
Mat 9:35-11:1 The
Pre-commission (the 12)
Lk 9:1-6; 23-27; The
Pre-commission (the 12)
Lk 9:57-10:20 The Second
Pre-commission (the 70)
(Lk 22:35-36 commissions redefined to include
“luggage”)
Mat 28:16-20 The Great Commission (in Galilee, with
500 people)
Mar 16:15-18 Brief summary, includes miracles as
part of commission
Act 1:2-12 In-between commission and
ascension
Luke 24:45-53 The ascension,
in Bethany area
Act 1:4-5 'Wait for the Holy Spirit
first'
Act 1:8-9 Promise of power; The ascension
1Co 15:1-10 A summary
of all these things
Act 2:1-4 Filled with the Holy Spirit
Act 2:36-43 Evangelizing
Act 28:3-6 Snake/deadly poison
(Act 21:15 Luggage)
From the “Pre-Commissions” to The Great Commission
Mat_9:35-38
– Mat_10:1-42 (esp. Mat_10:1, Mat_10:5-42)
– Hard-core
Mar_6:7-13
Luk_9:1-6
Sent out: makes the delegate an “Apostle”
(Stationed away one)
These pre-commissions involve testifying
even until this day, because not every city in Israel witnessed to yet.
Pre > Lost sheep; Great > everyone! (that’s the significance)
Made them go a long way for a visual from
Galilee
(commission is not
the ascension)
They went everywhere and taught that men should
repent
Cast out demons> end of Mk casts out
demons
"shake off
dust" kept and applied to Gr. Com.
"Shrewd as snakes innocent as
doves" epistle link
- You've got to understand the cost of
discipleship, or you won't make disciples but converts
– He's
not trying to establish a religion, but a revolution!
– “Sword,”
He says, not to be a Gandhi, but a warier
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He chose 70, and then 12 -- from the beginning of commissioning, this does NOT include regular church people,
or even all real disciples!
Jesus did not command all people to "GO" as
almost always assumed by evangelical church people.
When Jesus actually commanded to those sent by Him to
preach, this actually has an implied command for you to hear and believe:
Rom_10: -- etc. etc.
And not only this, but also: You are to be in a
continual posture of receiving:
>>Scrip:
1Co_3:
Rom_13:? -- Preach the good announcement to you at Rome
>>Scrip:
He chose select witnesses
>> TSK
Luk_10:1-22 – Kingdom only for children
(Similarly: Num_11:16, Num_11:24-26)
While Jesus was on earth He sent out His
disciples to evangelize.
Why is this significant? (This is answered in John as seen later
in SalHoSp)
Mat_28:18-20
Mar_16:15-19
Act_1:4-8
(Joh_17:18-23)
[Snakes and poison fulfilled: Act_28:3-6]
Reinforced
Luk_24:45-53; Act_1:4-5, Act_1:8-9
(C) The
Pre-commissions Compared with the Great Commission
Mat_10:5-42
(1) Mat_10:5-6 ↔ Mat_28:19; Mar_16:15 – From Israel to the
whole world
(2) Mat_10:8 ↔ Mar_16:17-18 – Miracles still
reinforced
(3) Mat_10:9-10 ↔ Luk_22:35-36; Act_21:15 – From no provisions to preparing
provisions
(4) Mat_10:14 ↔ Act_13:51; Act_18:6 – “Shaking of the dust”
reinforced
(5) Luk_10:8 ↔ 1Co_10:27 – From Jews eating what
Jews set before Jews, to Gentiles doing the same
Additional Notes
(1) Also seen in: Mat_15:24; Act_3:25, Act_3:26, Act_13:46, Rom_15:8
10/19/16; 3/6/17-3/7/17
Stop
witnessing.
The Bible
never commanded you to witness, make disciples, proselytize, or anything else
like that.
It’s all a
lie and hoax of churchianity and your own imagination, and even hell.
No matter
how many good intentions some people may have in their heart, it is based on
lies, deception, blindness, and even heresy.
Yes, it is
actually heretical to suggest that the real Jesus and the Bible would ever want
you to still have sins in your life and go out and tell other people about the
fake antichrist whom never really save you, and can’t save them from their
sins.
When the
blind lead the blind, even if they have good intentions, they will both fall
into a pit.
The real
Words of Jesus will hold true no matter what your dispensable life experiences,
claims, feels, thinks, and confuses.
I know the
truth can hurt, and through your whole world up in the air.
But truth is
more important than life. I would rather have truth than to keep breathing.
When reading
“the Great Commission”, most church people imagine themselves in the wrong
side of the fence. WAKE UP!: The Bible is not telling
you to go out and evangelize! The Bible is telling you (by implication) to
submit to the baptism and discipleship OF THOSE HE SENT until you finally learn
how to OBEY everything Jesus says -- and disobeying this is the biggest
disobedience that will not only cause your neighbor to never hear the truth,
but your very own soul is ready to perish in hell for living in continual sin
and disobedience of these Words.
Why do you witness to others when you still have sins
in your life?
You only multiply sin upon the earth with your defiled
testimony.
Your life is fake and fraudulent and non-canonical.
You are depraved, desolate, poor, miserable, blind,
naked, and evil to the core.
your luxury cannot ever
evangelize the poor unto life.
You can only increase the pollutions of this age and
anger the high and distant God against your rebellion and ignorance.
3/7/17
Act_2:1-4, Act_2:36-43 – Repent, and be baptized (38)… they continued steadfastly (42)
See: the rest of Acts……
> Snakes and poison fulfilled: Act_28:3-6
> Act_21:15 After
these days we took up our baggage and
went up to Jerusalem.
----
Stll dilivered up to the
councils
Paul stood before kings...
Before "Gentiles" a forshadowing of GrCom
Apostels returned with joy. Not yet given up to synagogs... see Jesus' End-time prophecy
Father/childre diliver up to death
hated by all men for name sake
Precommission is to last threw
the time Jesus returns
Why do you lack motivation to evangelize?
One of the scientific definitions of
"life" is that it reproduces
If you don't want to reproduce, it may
indicate that your not
alive!
Are you alive? Are you a disciple? Disciples
desire to reproduce spiritual children.
(see Paul)
3/7/17
>>Scrip:
Will son of man find faith on the earth
It goes without saying to all who have any
since enough to escape from the obvious and ridiculous deception, that
virtually none of the commissions have been very active for more than 1,000
years.
It is time to make a difference.
Not by “going out and witnessing”, but by
finally starting with you actually becoming a real disciple!
Discipleship is what the
commissions are about
-forsake all
>> combine w other Forsake All sections
-Disciples burn to reproduce
-Disciples burn to connect others to Jesus
"How do I do it?"
-Go over seas?
-Short-term mission trips?
>But rather, first find out where is your Jerusalem
-School- If you can't be
faithful here neither will you be faithful moving overseas
-Unsaved people go to church every Sunday
(not just the visitors or street-looking people, but often they have been there
their whole life...)
-TRACTS
Disciples not proselytes
The Pharisees made converts, we are to make
disciples
Dark ages, Catholics made converts by the
sword
Today we typically
make proselytes with polluted evangelicalism
Extra
Don't hold
back!
Act_20:20-21 And
how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto
you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the
Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Act_20:26-27 Wherefore I take you to
record this day, that I am
pure from the blood of all men. 27 For
I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Take
Luggage
Luk_22:35-36 And he said unto
them, When I sent you
without purse, and
scrip, and shoes,
lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 36 Then said he unto them, But now, he
that hath a
purse, let him
take it, and
likewise his scrip: and he
that hath no
sword, let him
sell his garment,
and buy one.
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10/8/16
Ezr_7:25 WEB
You, Ezra, after
the wisdom of your God who is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who
may judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of
your God; and teach him who doesn't know them.
Ezr_7:25 CAB And you,
Ezra, as the wisdom of God is in
your hand, appoint scribes and judges, that they may judge for all the people
beyond the river, all that know the law of the Lord your God; and you shall
make it known to him that knows not.
Ezr_7:25 καὶ σύ,
Εσδρα, ὡς ἡ σοφία
τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν
χειρί σου κατάστησον
γραμματεῖς καὶ
κριτάς, ἵνα ὦσιν
κρίνοντες
παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τῷ
ἐν πέρα τοῦ
ποταμοῦ, πᾶσιν
τοῖς εἰδόσιν νόμον
τοῦ θεοῦ σου, καὶ
τῷ μὴ εἰδότι
γνωριεῖτε.
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10/7/16
Ezr_1:5 WEB
Then rose up the heads of fathers' houses of Judah and
Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had
stirred to go up to build the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.
Ezr_1:5 CAB Then
the chiefs of the families of Judah and Benjamin arose, and the priests, and
the Levites, all whose spirit the Lord stirred up to go up to build the house
of the Lord that is in Jerusalem.
Ezr_1:5 καὶ ἀνέστησαν
ἄρχοντες τῶν
πατριῶν τῷ
Ιουδα καὶ
Βενιαμιν καὶ οἱ
ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ
Λευῖται, πάντων
ὧν ἐξήγειρεν ὁ
θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα
αὐτῶν τοῦ ἀναβῆναι
οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν
οἶκον κυρίου τὸν
ἐν Ιερουσαλημ.
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j.c. does not get to stop real disciples / apostles / prophets from
having their own disciples
9/1/16
Mat_11:2 NASV Now
when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, °he sent |two| of his
disciples
Mat_11:2 ο δε ιωαννης
ακουσας εν τω
δεσμωτηριω τα
εργα του χριστου
πεμψας Aδια TSBδυο
των μαθητων
αυτου
>> Sync: CBV | Dis
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6/19/16 (recompiled); 4/16/17;
9/5/21…9/15/23-9/16/23; 9/22/23
Forsaking All is the only way to
obtain saving Biblical Discipleship.
Preview Summaries of Forsaking All
Consider the following Preview Summaries of Forsaking All…
The Righteous Forsake All
Gen_12:1; Act_7:3; Act_19:19; Rth_2:11; Mat_10:37; Luk_14:33 (Luk_14:25-35); Mat_13:44-45; 2Co_6:17; Phi_3:7-8; Heb_11:8;
Luk_14:33 (Luk_14:25-35) – Forsake All Possessions
[arrange-away all beginning under-substance]
Mat_13:44-46 – Treasure & Pearl:
Sell all to buy Surpassing Value
Phi_3:7-8 – Counting/Leading all
things to be a loss to gain Anointed One
Act_8:18-24 – Simon the Magician/Sorcerer Failed (was still
evil...)
Act_19:19 – Magic book burning
(public repentance)
Gen_12:1-9/Act_7:3/Heb_11:8 – Abram leaves relatives
for unknown land
Rth_2:11-12 – Ruth leaves native
country & family for refuge under monotheism
Mat_10:37-39 – You're unworthy if you're
loving anyone more than Jesus
2Co_6:17-18 – Be separate-clean &
God will be your Father
[Mat_12:46-50; Mar_3:33-35; Luk_8:19-21 – those hearing and doing the
Word of God / the will of the Father will be your family]
Disciples Forsake All
Mat_4:22 – Left boat & father
Mar_1:18 – Left nets
Luk_5:11 – Left everything
Luk_5:28 – Levi/Matthew left
everything
Rich Young Ruler Fails
Mat_19:21, Mat_19:27 / Mar_10:28 / Luk_18:22-23, Luk_18:28-30
Ruler went away sad, unlike disciples who left everything.
Failing By Holding on to This Age
Mat_8:19-22; Act_5:1-5; Act_8:19-22; 2Ti_4:10;
Mat_8:19-22 – Mr. Too Quick & Mr.
Too Slow
Act_5:1-11 – Ananias & Sapphira gave part, but claimed to give all
Act_8:18-24 – Simon the
Magician/Sorcerer still evil...
2Ti_4:10 – Demas forsook Paul, loving this now age
Hate This World to Win
1Jo_2:15-16 – Don’t Love the
World
(lust & boasting
of this temporary life)
Joh_12:25 – hate your own soul
in this world
Mat_5:29-30; Mat_18:8 – eye, hand, foot -- cut
them out if they are scandalizing you (making you fall into sin)
>>> See:
Soulish
Hate soul in this
age
Moses
-- Under
Construction --
>> combine w previous sections
Heb_11:24-28 – Moses forsook* v.27…
·the treasures of v.26 Egypt v.26 & 27
·
Had to leave his righteous parents
and siblings…
·
Had to leave everything
* in Heb_11 forsook = κατέλιπεν Αἴγυπτον
i.e. leave down behind as leftovers
Disciples
Other date(s) (2016-2017, as seen
above); 9/22/23
In some passages, like the Gospels, “Forsake” = lit. send
away / leave…
(1) Preceding Context
(A) John
Before the big day when they were called to leave everything (seen below), they were being repeatedly reminded that forsaking all was required…
(B) Fishers of Men
They were called to be fishers of men.
See: Luke, esp. where it says how shocked they were at the multiplying
of the fish.
(2) They Forsook All
Mat_4:20 CAB They immediately left their nets and followed Him.
Mat_4:20
οἱ δὲ εὐθέως
ἀφέντες τὰ
δίκτυα ἠκολούθησαν
αὐτῷ.
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intensive form of ταG3588T-APN ὁ the δικτυαG1350N-APN δίκτυον a
seine ηκολουθησανG190V-AAI-3P ἀκολουθέω to
be in the same way with αυτωG846P-DSM αὐτός he,
she, it
Mar_1:18 CAB And immediately leaving their nets they followed Him.
Mar_1:18 καὶ
εὐθέως ἀφέντες
τὰ δίκτυα αὐτῶν
ἠκολούθησαν
αὐτῷ.
Mar_1:19 And having gone
forth from there a little, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his
brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.
Mar_1:19 Καὶ
προβὰς ἐκεῖθεν
ὀλίγον εἶδεν
᾿Ιάκωβον
τὸν τοῦ
Ζεβεδαίου
καὶ ᾿Ιωάννην
τὸν ἀδελφὸν
αὐτοῦ, καὶ
αὐτοὺς ἐν
τῷ πλοίῳ
καταρτίζοντας
τὰ δίκτυα,
Mar_1:20 And
immediately He called them. And after they left their father
Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers, they went away after Him.
Mar_1:20 καὶ
εὐθέως ἐκάλεσεν
αὐτούς, καὶ
ἀφέντες τὸν
πατέρα αὐτῶν
Ζεβεδαῖον ἐν
τῷ πλοίῳ
μετὰ τῶν
μισθωτῶν ἀπῆλθον
ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ.
Mar_1:21
And they were going into Capernaum. And immediately on the Sabbath, He
entered the synagogue and began teaching.
Mar_1:21
Καὶ εἰσπορεύονται
εἰς
Καφαρναούμ·
καὶ εὐθέως
τοῖς
σάββασιν εἰσελθὼν
εἰς τὴν
συναγωγὴν ἐδίδασκε.
Mar 1:18 καιG2532CONJ καί and ευθυςG2117ADV εὐθύς straight να [ευθεωςG2112ADV εὐθέως directly] τσβ αφεντεςG863V-2AAP-NPM ἀφίημι an intensive form of ταG3588T-APN ὁ the δικτυαG1350N-APN δίκτυον a seine [αυτωνG846P-GPM αὐτός he, she, it] τσβ ηκολουθησανG190V-AAI-3P ἀκολουθέω to be in the same way with αυτωG846P-DSM αὐτός he, she, it
Mar 1:19 καιG2532CONJ καί and προβαςG4260V-2AAP-NSM προβαίνω to walk forward [εκειθενG1564ADV ἐκεῖθεν thence] τσβ ολιγονG3641ADV ὀλίγος puny ειδενG1492V-2AAI-3S οἶδα to see ιακωβονG2385N-ASM Ἰάκωβος Jacobus τονG3588T-ASM ὁ the τουG3588T-GSM ὁ the ζεβεδαιουG2199N-GSM Ζεβεδαῖος Zebedaeus καιG2532CONJ καί and ιωαννηνG2491N-ASM Ἰωάννης Joannes τονG3588T-ASM ὁ the αδελφονG80N-ASM ἀδελφός a brother αυτουG846P-GSM αὐτός he, she, it καιG2532CONJ καί and αυτουςG846P-APM αὐτός he, she, it ενG1722PREP ἔν in τωG3588T-DSN ὁ the πλοιωG4143N-DSN πλοῖον a sailer καταρτιζονταςG2675V-PAP-APM καταρτίζω to complete thoroughly ταG3588T-APN ὁ the δικτυαG1350N-APN δίκτυον a seine
Mar 1:20 καιG2532CONJ καί and ευθυςG2117ADV εὐθύς straight να [ευθεωςG2112ADV εὐθέως directly] τσβ εκαλεσενG2564V-AAI-3S καλέω to call αυτουςG846P-APM αὐτός he, she, it καιG2532CONJ καί and αφεντεςG863V-2AAP-NPM ἀφίημι an intensive form of τονG3588T-ASM ὁ the πατεραG3962N-ASM πατήρ a father αυτωνG846P-GPM αὐτός he, she, it ζεβεδαιονG2199N-ASM Ζεβεδαῖος Zebedaeus ενG1722PREP ἔν in τωG3588T-DSN ὁ the πλοιωG4143N-DSN πλοῖον a sailer μεταG3326PREP μετά accompaniment τωνG3588T-GPM ὁ the μισθωτωνG3411N-GPM μισθωτός a wage-worker απηλθονG565V-2AAI-3P ἀπέρχομαι to go off οπισωG3694ADV ὀπίσω to the back αυτουG846P-GSM αὐτός he, she, it
Luk_5:11
CAB And having
brought the boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.
Luk_5:11
καὶ
καταγαγόντες
τὰ πλοῖα ἐπὶ
τὴν γῆν, ἀφέντες
ἅτσβπαντα ἠκολούθησαν
αὐτῷ.
Luk_5:11 GRVii+ καιG2532CONJ καί and καταγαγοντεςG2609V-2AAP-NPM κατάγω to lead down ταG3588T-APN ὁ the πλοιαG4143N-APN πλοῖον a sailer επιG1909PREP ἐπί superimposition τηνG3588T-ASF ὁ the γηνG1093N-ASF γῆ soil αφεντεςG863V-2AAP-NPM ἀφίημι an intensive form of πανταG3956A-APN πᾶς all να [απανταG537A-APN ἅπας absolutely all] τσβ ηκολουθησανG190V-AAI-3P ἀκολουθέω to be in the same way with αυτωG846P-DSM αὐτός he, she, it
Other disciples
Mat_9:9; Mar_2:14; Luk_5:27-28 – Matthew/Levi
Forsaking All -- Summary for the 12 Apostles
·
(1) Mat_4:20 / Mar_1:18:
Left nets + followed Mat
·
(2) Mar_1:20: Left father! (+
workers) +
followed
·
(3) Luk_5:11: Left All (+ boats) + followed
·
Seems like Luke consistently
emphasis “forsake all” the most
[(1) Mat = Mar (Greek): εὐθέως
ἀφέντες τὰ
δίκτυα]
[(2) Mar_1:20: ἀφέντες
τὸν πατέρα
αὐτῶν (BTW: souses are told not to
do this to each other in 1Co_7)]
[(3) ἀφέντες
ἅτσβπαντα ]
[Followed: (A) Mat_4:20/Luk_5:11: ἠκολούθησαν
αὐτῷ; (B) Mar_1:20: ὀπίσω
αὐτοῦ]
…
Treasure & Pearl
Mat_13:44-45 – Treasure & Pearl
·
Mat_13:44 – Treasure Hidden in a
Field
·
Mat_13:45 – Pearl of Much
Value/Honor (AKA
Pearl of Great Price)
…
Luke 14 vs. 18 – Forsake All vs. Rich Young Ruler
Luk_14:25-35
\/
Luk_18:18 -- Rich Young Ruler (Mat_19:16 & Mar_10:17, etc.)
Luke has a clear emphasis on forsaking all
…
Notice the “Forsake” irony when comparing…
Luk_14:33 = Luk_9:61
(see: Greek)
…
Typical Excuses
9/5/21; 9/22/23
"Forsake all!" can be a condemning challenge when coupled
with the phrase, "All means all !"
https://www.thebereancall.org/content/june-2006-q-and-a-1?sapurl=Lys5MjZkL2xiL2xpLyt3dm44dWs4P2JyYW5kaW5nPXRydWUmZW1iZWQ9dHJ1ZSZyZWNlbnRSb3V0ZT1hcHAud2ViLWFwcC5saWJyYXJ5Lmxpc3QmcmVjZW50Um91dGVTbHVnPSUyQnd2bjh1azg=
9/5/21
It’s crazy how church people don’t like, and can’t bear, the Truth of
the Bible.
They still want to claim all of its benefits of heaven without listening
to its testimony against them and obey its correcting rebukes against their
evil unsaved hearts!
They want to re-apply the blessings of eternal life for the obedient to
their evil apostate hearts of unbelief and stiff-necked rebellion.
They will flatter themselves to heaven but will by no means let themselves
be convicted in order to have real clean Biblical faith, and they refuse to repent
and change and be saved by the clean Truth of forsake-all
obedient discipleship.
Stay Poor or Get Supernatural Provision After Forsaking All?
Other date(s);
…9/16/23
Examples of Receiving Provision After
Forsaking All
·
Gadarene demoniac
·
Martha & company had a house
·
Women in Luk_8:1-3 helped Jesus
out of their “substance”
·
“substance”* in Luk_8:3 =
“possessions”* in Luk_14:33
* Greek: ὑπάρχω
= lit. beginning under substance
Luk_8:3 …αἵτινες
διηκόνουν
αὐτῷ ἀπὸ
τῶν ὑπαρχόντων
αὐταῖς.
Luk 14:33 οὕτως
οὖν πᾶς ἐξ ὑμῶν,
ὃς οὐκ
ἀποτάσσεται
πᾶσι τοῖς
ἑαυτοῦ ὑπάρχουσιν,
οὐ δύναται
εἶναί μου μαθητής.
Israelites Exemplified Forsaking Family
…9/22/23
-- Under Construction
--
There are many particular special examples of how the Israelites were
commanded to exemplify forsaking all:
·
They left Egypt for the Promised
Land.
·
They were to love God with
everything, more than family. (Deuteronomy 6, etc.)
·
They were to kill apostates even
if they were beloved friends and family (Deuteronomy 13, 18, etc. -- remember: these
are rules for Monotheistic Theocracy, not civilians, and not allowed at
all for disciples under the New Covenant)
3/29/17
Exo: every man slay bro... inherit
a blessing
Priests Exemplified Forsaking Family
….
3/29/17
Lev 10 -- Priests love God more than fam
Phinias
Lev_10: Aaron’s sons killed
Lev_21:1 WEB Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to
the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself
for the dead among his people;
Lev_21:1 LB The
Holiness of Priests And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the priests,
the sons of Aaron, and you shall tell them that they shall not defile
themselves in their nation for the dead,
Lev_21:1 Καὶ εἶπεν
κύριος πρὸς
Μωυσῆν λέγων Εἰπὸν
τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν
τοῖς υἱοῖς
Ααρων καὶ ἐρεῖς
πρὸς αὐτούς Ἐν
ταῖς ψυχαῖς οὐ
μιανθήσονται ἐν
τῷ ἔθνει αὐτῶν
Lev_21:2 WEB except for his relatives that are near
to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his
brother,
Lev_21:2 but they may mourn for a relative who is
very near to them, for a father and mother, and sons and daughters, for a
brother,
Lev_21:2 ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ἐν
τῷ οἰκείῳ τῷ ἔγγιστα
αὐτῶν, ἐπὶ πατρὶ
καὶ μητρὶ καὶ υἱοῖς
καὶ θυγατράσιν,
ἐπ᾿ ἀδελφῷ
Lev_21:3 WEB and for his virgin sister who is near
to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.
Lev_21:3 and for a virgin sister that is near to
him, that has no husband; for her he may defile himself.
Lev_21:3 καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἀδελφῇ
παρθένῳ τῇ ἐγγιζούσῃ
αὐτῷ τῇ μὴ ἐκδεδομένῃ
ἀνδρί, ἐπὶ τούτοις
μιανθήσεται.
Lev_21:4 WEB He shall not defile himself, being a
chief man among his people, to profane himself.
Lev_21:4 Otherwise he shall not defile himself
suddenly among his people to profane himself.
Lev_21:4 οὐ μιανθήσεται
ἐξάπινα ἐν τῷ
λαῷ αὐτοῦ εἰς
βεβήλωσιν αὐτοῦ
.
Lev_21:5 WEB
" 'They shall not shave their heads,
neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings
in their flesh.
Lev_21:5 And you shall not
shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not
shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh.
Lev_21:5 καὶ φαλάκρωμα
οὐ ξυρηθήσεσθε
τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ
νεκρῷ καὶ τὴν ὄψιν
τοῦ πώγωνος οὐ
ξυρήσονται καὶ
ἐπὶ τὰς σάρκας
αὐτῶν οὐ
κατατεμοῦσιν ἐντομίδας.
Lev_21:11 WEB neither shall he go in to any dead
body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Lev_21:11 neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his
mother.
Lev_21:11 καὶ
ἐπὶ πάσῃ ψυχῇ
τετελευτηκυίᾳ
οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται,
ἐπὶ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ
οὐδὲ ἐπὶ μητρὶ
αὐτοῦ οὐ μιανθήσεται·
Lev_21:12 WEB neither shall he go out of the
sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing
oil of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh.
Lev_21:12 And he shall not
go forth out of the sanctuary, and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his
God, because the holy anointing oil of God is upon him: I am the Lord.
Lev_21:12 καὶ ἐκ τῶν
ἁγίων οὐκ ἐξελεύσεται
καὶ οὐ βεβηλώσει
τὸ ἡγιασμένον
τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ,
ὅτι τὸ ἅγιον ἔλαιον
τὸ χριστὸν τοῦ
θεοῦ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ·
ἐγὼ κύριος.
>> Dis | RAS
| DAR
Lev 21:9 WEB " 'The daughter
of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes
her father: she shall be burned with fire.
Lev 21:9 And if
the daughter of a priest should profane herself by playing the harlot, she
profanes the name of her father: she shall be burned with fire.
Lev 21:9 καὶ θυγάτηρ ἀνθρώπου
ἱερέως ἐὰν
βεβηλωθῇ τοῦ ἐκπορνεῦσαι,
τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ
πατρὸς αὐτῆς αὐτὴ
βεβηλοῖ· ἐπὶ
πυρὸς
κατακαυθήσεται.
The law already says that all Israelites are
not allowed to make their daughters to be prostitutes.
The difference is that the leaders and their
daughters are punished with greater severity.
As the new testament
says, and they will receive greater condemnation if they fall into sins.
Leaders often hurt alone
Compare: David not allowed to unbridaled-ly mourn for his son…
DAR: leaders higher
standard is reflected by what the people are also commanded
Just because the leaders
are commanded to be blameless, but does not mean that the people are
allowed to be guilty
---------------
Poor People Exemplify Forsaking
Other date(s);
9/16/23
-- Under
Construction --
They were in great danger when sailing in the violent storm for days,
and then…
Act 27:40 And
casting off the anchors, they were leaving them in the sea, meanwhile loosening
the ropes of the rudders; and having raised the mainsail to the wind, they
began steering toward the beach.
Act 27:40
καὶ τὰς ἀγκύρας
περιελόντες εἴων
εἰς τὴν
θάλασσαν ἅμα
ἀνέντες τὰς
ζευκτηρίας τῶν
πηδαλίων,
καὶ ἐπάραντες
τὸν ἀρτέμωνα
τῇ πνεούσῃ
κατεῖχον εἰς
τὸν αἰγιαλόν.
Act 27:40
και τας αγκυρας
περιελοντες
ειων εις την
θαλασσαν αμα
ανεντες τας
ζευκτηριας των
πηδαλιων και
επαραντες τον Aαρτεμωνα TSBαρτεμονα τη
πνεουση
κατειχον εις
τον αιγιαλον
It is very interesting how easy it is to forsake all when you have very
little and you realize that your life is at stake!
Blind Bartimaeus
7/9/16; 9/10/17;
9/16/23
Deu_24:12 KJV+ And ifH518 the manH376 be poor,H6041 thou shalt notH3808 sleepH7901 with his
pledge:H5667
Deu_24:12 LB And if the man
is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.
Deu_24:12 ἐὰν δὲ ὁ ἄνθρωπος
πένηται, οὐ
κοιμηθήσῃ ἐν τῷ
ἐνεχύρῳ αὐτοῦ·
Deu_24:13 KJV+ In any case thou shalt deliverH7725 H7725 him(H853) the pledgeH5667 again when the
sunH8121 goeth down,H935
that he may sleepH7901
in his own raiment,H8008
and blessH1288
thee: and it shall beH1961
righteousnessH6666
unto thee beforeH6440
the LORDH3068
thy God.H430
Deu_24:13 You shall surely
restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his own cloak, and he shall
bless you; and it shall be mercy to you before the Lord your God.
Deu_24:13 ἀποδόσει
ἀποδώσεις τὸ ἐνέχυρον
αὐτοῦ περὶ
δυσμὰς ἡλίου,
καὶ κοιμηθήσεται
ἐν τῷ ἱματίῳ αὐτοῦ
καὶ εὐλογήσει
σε, καὶ ἔσται
σοι ἐλεημοσύνη
ἐναντίον κυρίου
τοῦ θεοῦ σου.
>> TSK -- incl. Leviticus ref??
>>Scrip:
Blind Bartimaeus so quickly through his tunic
(himation) aside (he “forsook all”) when the superior truth came in front of him, and that was all that he had to give as a pledge.
Contrast this righteous faith with the morbid complacency today of
people who hold onto the death of their ignorance when Bible Truth finally
comes in front of them to save them and they turn up their nose and push it
away from themselves!
Compare this blind man with the rich young ruler in Matthew 19 who
couldn’t leave his wealth…
As it says…
Blessed are the poor -- they are sooo
fortunate and happy, because they just get it: the spiritual Kingdom makes so
much sense to them that they just get it and inherit it as their inheritance
(by lot and by law).
>> combine w other Forsake All sections
---------------
6/19/16 (Brought over from FAQs)
Mat_16:25 - loose soul
Mar_8:35
Luk_9:24
Luk_14:11 - whoever exalts himself...
Luk_14:26-35 - forsake all
>> combine w other Forsake All sections
Luk_17:33 - loose soul
Phi_2:5-8 - Jesus did not exalt Himself
6/19/16 (Brought over from FAQs)
What would that look like?
(Cross references: Mat_19:29/ Mar_10:29)
1Co_7:12-15
Mic_7:5-7
Deu_13:6
Luk_14:25-35
Also Compare:
www.DivorceAndRemarriageBook.com
---------------
You have to submissively listen under those who
proclaim to you
Heb_2:3 RV how shall we escape, if we neglect so
great a salvation? which having at the first been
spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
Heb_2:3 πως
ημεις
εκφευξομεθα
τηλικαυτης
αμελησαντες
σωτηριας ητις
αρχην λαβουσα
λαλεισθαι δια
του κυριου υπο
των ακουσαντων
εις ημας
εβεβαιωθη
---------------
Blessed is He Who Comes
2/20/16
>> Dis / NOW
Until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the
Name of the Lord
They said this in their creeds for many years before and after Jesus'
time on earth.
But now it is time to REALLY say it. -- the one
difference between truth and falshood here is your
willingness to say it in truth without hypocrisy, to the one whom God has
sent...
Just Saying is actually not saying it at all, so much so that God
destroyed their entire city until they would break and confess to the truth
that was right in front of their face...
---------------
Salvation Hoax
3/2/16
Most of churchianity is motivated by boasting
in their own fake salvation.
If you don't play into faith in their sin,
they have no motivation or hope toward you at all.
In great contrast, Jesus said you should be
focused on faith in God's truth that you would keep praying and believing Him
even if He felt tant and interested in you as if he
were an unjust judge...
Not motivated by self
affirmation, but believing and prayerful even when God feels like an
unjust Judge who doesn't even like you...
---------------
When to Not Be Around Other Forms of
Spiritual Human Life
3/3/16
>> where else
did I address this…
>> find other refs
Gen_13:9 KJV+ Is notH3808 the wholeH3605 landH776 beforeH6440 thee? separate
thyself,H6504
I pray thee,H4994
fromH4480 H5921
me: ifH518
thou wilt take
the left hand,H8040
then I will go to the right;H3231
or ifH518 thou depart
to the right hand,H3225
then I will go to the left.H8041
Gen_13:9 Behold,
is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me; if you go to the
left, I will go to the right, and if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
Gen_13:9 οὐκ ἰδοὺ
πᾶσα ἡ γῆ ἐναντίον
σού ἐστιν;
διαχωρίσθητι ἀπ᾿
ἐμοῦ· εἰ σὺ εἰς
ἀριστερά, ἐγὼ εἰς
δεξιά· εἰ δὲ σὺ
εἰς δεξιά, ἐγὼ
εἰς ἀριστερά.
>> comp.:
John the Baptist and Jesus serving in
different locations w a different set of disciples -- they eventually went from
john to Jesus…
We forbad him because He does not follow us
Why is our situation different
What should we expect from people when
calling them to believe the good announcement?
Esp. “forsake all”
>> combine w other Forsake All sections
---------------
NT Priests -- Required
2/11/16-2/12/16; 9/22/23
---------------
2/12/16
Administers/servants of a New Covenant
---------------
>>Scrip:
Seeking to establish their
own righteousness
>> rather than getting in the water and
getting discipled like the Bible say in order to receive mercy and forgiveness
of sins and the free gift of righteousness…
But rather than obey God and obtain life from
Him, they go about independently, not needing God’s “priests”, so they seek to
establish their own righteousness apart from the priesthood of God.
---------------
YT: Produce fruit worthy of repentance:
·Through away your TV
·Trash your music collection
·Forsake all your possessions
·Come get immersed and discipled under perfect Words of Truth.
1/24/16
>> combine w other Forsake All sections
---------------
Disciples Ask Questions
1/9/16-1/10/16
>> Comp: QNAs, ROW,
Dis
Disciples-Ask-Questions--1.10.16.mp3
Mike: you can recognize a
disciple because they are the ones asking questions after a teaching.
And, you can tell WHO you're a disciple of
based on what questions you are asking (by the nature of the questions you ask)
Rationally “Taking in Before You Put Out” is
a Basic Element of Monotheism
It is monotheistic to ask
questions before Speaking, Responding, or Acting
Moses: you will NOT
follow the sight of your eyes or your own heart!
Num_15:39 (Num_15:37-41); Ecc_11:9
TSK: ye seek not:
Deu_29:19, Job_31:7, Pro_28:26, Ecc_11:9, Jer_9:14, Eze_6:9
The way you hear is by circumcising your ears
and your heart.
A good disciple asks until they are able to
respond correctly.
If you don’t know how to respond immediately,
then a good disciple keeps asking questions until they can respond
appropriately
Slow to Speak
Jam_1:19 LITV …my beloved brothers, let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak… [A reference from Sir_5:11; See: Apocrypha_Defense.rtf]
See: ROW
Jas_1:19 AιστεG1492
[G5759] TSBωστεG5620
αδελφοι μου
αγαπητοι εστω Aδε
πας ανθρωπος
ταχυς εις το
ακουσαι βραδυς
εις το λαλησαι
βραδυς εις
οργην
[last St Num =
G5624, not G5759]
Mat_5:25: ισθιG1510
Sir_5:11 Be swift to hear,
and let your life be in truth,13 [13 [Sir5:11] some Greek add]
but slow to answer.
By the way- Those who quickly claim to not sin
with their mouth are virtually always prematurely celebrating a victory never
won
Instead of being quick to speak, you should
be listening, comprehending the challenge, and then asking questions until you
fulfil that righteousness that is upon you
If you answer quickly, that is paganism.
Considerations on Sirach and
James, & Beyond
·Read most of the chapter on talking!
·Jewish Sirach & Jewish James -- No coincidence: this
saying is in both of these Jewish books.
·Even Rabbi Jesus lead by example by (Jewishly/Monotheistically) asking questions to his disciples.
Some Basic Monotheistic Principles of Asking
Questions
Social Summaries of
“Question-Asking”
·Non-assumptious.
·Non presumptuous
·Opposite of egocentrism (you being the center of your own
perception and of your own world). Asking questions (to learn and change),
leaves you vulnerable to objectivity
·Without corporate insistence on proper question postures,
there is social confusion! -- an overt element of
those confused and disorderly (polytheistic) pagans (and their shameful variety
of dirty and disordered demons)!
·Monotheistic societies do not honor such non-patriotism
Responding to & Dealing with the Bad
Questions of Enemies
Mostly See: cheap shots
·Enemies ask questions too, but,
·Enemies ask questions in a competitive way.
·Pharisees: Asking so as to officially/socially seem to fit
in with monotheism, but not actually obeying the love of objective truth, as
taught by Moses.
·Since this is not fulfilling the law, Jesus considers these
questions as merely cheap shots,
and often ignores them (Joh_8:2-8).
·When enemies speak, their questions do not work because
their heart is not really in a posture of rationally, lovingly, objectively
asking questions!
·They are not gathering information with readiness to change
(i.e. romance toward God), but with seeking to devour others in their own
agenda.
·When you ask with preceding motives/agenda/ideas, this is
neither loving nor objective.
·When you have preceding ideas that you’re ready to defend
then you are not being objective
·There’s a posture of neutrality…
·The flesh tries to hide its ambition while still
accomplishing its lusts!
Joh_8:2-8 -- Jesus ignores them
Luk_7:36 -- first time Jesus invited by Pharisee
to eat, it did not go so bad.
Luk_11:53 – Second time: Very Hostile! -- read all of:
Luk_11:37-54
TSK (on Luk_11:54): seeking: Psa_37:32, Psa_37:33, Psa_56:5, Psa_56:6, Mat_22:15, Mat_22:18, Mat_22:35, Mar_12:13 [Luk_11:54]
The Point: Negative Question
Dynamics
·We should imitate Jesus when dealing with “enemies”.
·My disciples have seen me do this with my own family, and
heard me do that with religious people as well (i.e. ignoring, avoiding,
deferring, etc) .
·We should not have any of these postures or elements when
talking with disciples & those whom you are seeking to treat as more
valuable than yourself
·We should not ignore each other’s questions, unless
something disciplinarian is going on
·We should not be like the ‘bad questions’ of the enemies on
either side. We should not be as the enemy asking with ulterior motives. We
should ask questions to get new info in our ears. We ought to be rational,
monotheistic, and objective.
·We should not map other people’s words back to our own
agendas. This is going to result in CONFUSION
·We should also be able to answer freely and without defenses
AMONG US
·It shouldn’t be that questions aren’t taken seriously among
us, nor should it be that there are pre-set agendas
The Advanced Virtues of Disciple-Questions
Integrity that Keeps You
Saved
·Disciples self-identify if they lack hearing comprehension.
If you can’t/don’t identify when you don’t understand something, then how will
you ask questions in order to bear fruit from that which you are told. If you
lack hearing comprehension then you should be aware that YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.
And if you don’t understand then ASK!
·Ask questions --
·If you will always be good at this, and you will always be a
disciple!
·Independent contractors hear their own thoughts and innovate
their own way through life without true submission or objectivity (that’s
another way of saying that they are egocentric)
·Being romantic is when you hear new information (and you are
moved to change)
Virtue Toward
God that Produces Love Toward Man
·Ambition: Fervently identifying more with submission to a
voice outside of you, rather than your own head/heart.
·Righteously listening to God in prayer (which btw, is a
default posture that the righteous are supposed to have been learning already)
results in making you good at listening to others.
·The test of your Torah reading is how you love God in
prayer, and how you love people & care for them
·“asking” is focusing on others.
·Results in sympathy, empathy, and understanding
·Going the right direction of love, integrity, submission,
& esp. discipleship = (includes in a potent/particular way) asking
the right questions.
·The degree to which you’ll be disciple is heavily tied in
with how much you’ll ask questions, and the quality of your questions, and your
eagerness to integrate new information and change. (Flush your system of
garbage and mud, and integrate something healthy and new inside)
·Disciples being able to freely ask questions “all the time”
is an ideal scenario; but there is something that precede asking questions that
is the main goal- are we being eager, being selfless when we don’t understand
something (as opposed to egocentric and rash) can fix a world of problems,
being willing to take in new info and learn new things, are we ready to change,
not coming to the table with pre-set agendas, are we in the posture of a
friend, etc…all these things will produce honor
·When you’re being romantic like this, it promotes the
love-posture (instead of the enemy posture), and that’s a glorious symbol that
can stabilize a world of uneasiness and instability
V: I would like to learn the difference of when to let things
simmer and when to ask quickly
You need to let things simmer as long as it takes for your heart to value
them, else your questioning will be evil and unbelief
People who fail to be disciples WILL NOT believe even when an answer were
to be given to them
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Baptism
12/22/15 (Not “How” But “Who”); 1/24/16 (Get In The Water’ = Salvation)
>>
move the main baptism bibles study from FAQs, to this Bible study.
John Said ‘Get In The Water’ = Salvation
1/24/16
John the Baptist
showed salvation by baptism when he said ‘get in the water’ if you want to
repent.
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Not “How” But “Who”
12/22/15
The first question
is not “how” but “who” -- who were you baptize by?
Have
you ever been baptized by someone perfect words?
(note: who knows, if
you were on your deathbed, maybe it would be OK to do “pouring”, as the Didache says.
When you have been baptized into truth, you
are no longer obligated to keep on sinning.
Why do you think that you’re going to heaven
if you have never been baptized into truth, and you can’t even bring forward a
legitimate claim as to why you don’t have to live in sin?
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Suppose a man tells a woman that he really
wants to marry her, but he does not like the way she looks. So is the insulting
foolishness of the one who says they want to follow Jesus, while refusing to
believe they need discipleship from Jesus’ Perfect Bride.
11/10/15
Why Faith No Longer Saves
10/13/15
Biblical faith is an
extreme mystry, because although you do not "do
anything" to earn anything yet it contains this baffeling
mysterious justice of justifying what God says when you believe a truth
proclaimer (as Romans 10 says) and this verbal 'justice', the
together-confession of your lips, without you doing any work, God is happy to
speak this into justice on behal of your soul and
save you.
Because, mysteriously,
although words are not 'work' they are deeds, and although you don't actually
DO any truth of your own self, but when you surrender your own will and speak
in aggrement with the truth, God is pleased to
justify you too. As it says, whoever confesses me infront
of men, I will also confess him before my Father. -- Jesus is doing the weighty
part which you could never do, of standing before the Father, and all you do is
agree with Him and confess truth.
Has it ever bothered
you when someone greviously lied against you? And was
it ever relieving when the truth finally came out and someone justified you?
How relieving it is when someone else takes up your cause and justifies you!
This is also like the
story of Tamar and Judah... God made sure to force his tribal leader to
acknowledge and justify Tamar's justice over his own. This is the good
confession that saves us when we do the justice of Justifying
truth proclamation when it appears to be a scandal. And this real faith is the
only thing that saves you.
Biblical salvation is
about getting justified by faith.
"christianity" does not work
today because the burning justice inherent in believing in the (scandalous hard
core) truth has been striped out, and we are left
with something wosrse than bleeched
junk food. Not only does "faith" not save you today, but it is
actually bad for you, and it is dirty and sinful while tasting as sweet as junk
food. And just as healthy eaters can retrain their appetites to actually crave
what is healthy, so also you are commanded to repent of your faith and obey the
faith that actuall does what is fair and just so that
you might be saved. Do you perceive how your faith is worthless junk food yet?
The crying justice that
is at hand is for you to belive the truth that God
has intentionally made extremely scandalous and offensive to the flesh.
After having become an
"adult" Jesus says you have to become as children and trust (believe)
someone else more than yourself to save you.
How humbling is it for
the queen of the south, a prominent leader in her nation, to come from the ends
of the earth to hear saving truth from a forign king
named Solomon?
She is about to condemn
your soul at judgment as Jesus says.
And when we get to John
5 the religious people have this independent, make believe (i.e. Dirty faith) "personal relationship" with Moses as
hough they believe him, and then they do not believe
Jesus who is right in front of them. The crying justice that would save them is
right in front of their face! Not in th writtings of Moses which have already been cannonised, and everyone excepts by tradition without any
scandal or special faith, but here stands Jesus with scandalous and offensive
truth that is not popular in the religious masses, that is now stock full of
Justice which requires hart-purifying faith to believe, and costs you
everything if you might actually believe and follow this "crazzy rabbi".
And then when you
religious hypocrites read this passage you bypass and cut out all justice from this
passage and tell people to believe something that is unoffensive
and accepted at religious people everywhere, and instead of doing the justice
that is right in front of you, and becoming like a child to believe the
offensive truth that God is doing on the earth now, you tell them to 'go
develop a personal relationship' with an imaginary god whome
they have no real connection with, and they never become as the faith of a
child and believe others to save their life...
10/13/15
The Desperation of Real Disciples
10/9/15
Calling her a
dog...
Blind men
Etc.
Bbs: som: / BBS: Discipleship:
Personal
guidance sp
"we
are Moses' disciples" (but Jesus said that if they had believed Moses,
they would have believed Him...) ...you who say, we would not have persecuted
the prophets... (Mat 23)
It is always easier to believe
your own relationships w your own imaginations about popular rightous people of the past.
~ May or June 2017; 8/11/17
He is Rich to all
of those who call upon his name
there is a difference
between calling upon Jesus's name, and taking his name in vain and smearing it
upon your preconceived notion that you already know him.
successfully calling upon his
name and gaining the richness of his generousness to save you from sin requires
a blank slate of the identity behind the name that you do not know...
unlike the baby boomer
adult learner who always Builds on his previous knowledge and is proud and
foolish and fleshly and perverted and foolhardy
to be successful you need to call upon
a name without a preconceived notion of the identity behind that name...
in addition to this, our idea of
calling upon God usually equates to praying a sinner's prayer with apathy and
complacency.
successfully calling upon the
clean name includes not having your own preconceived notion of the identity
behind that name, and also actually crying out with a loud voice for clean
truth to overtake your life and replace your heretical false doctrines and
perverted beliefs in evil counterfits for
righteousness
like Jacob wrestled
with the angel, and it says that he cried and wept and was heard...
this is why God does
not seem to be rich when leaving American church people in absolute heresy and
perverted sin, and this is why they are not being forgiven for the most part
because they are taking his name in vain and they are apathetically requesting
instead of crying out and calling upon the name.
almost none of these
callings from church people are loud and fervent, not
are they an all out
commitment ready for martyrdom.
Are the Scriptures Able to Save You?
7/26/16
>>Scrip:
You search the Scriptures because you think
that in them you have eternal life but these are they that speak about me and
you refuse to come to me
From a child you have known the Holy
Scriptures which are able to make you wise unto
salvation
Watch your doctrine closely because in doing
so you will save both yourself and your hearers
/\\//\\//\\/
The Value of the Individual
6/4/16; 6/6/16; 6/12/16; 7/21/16;
11/3/16; 3/25/17; other date; 5/31/17; 10/15/17; many other dates; 3/5/18
Independent Salvation | The Value of the
Individual
YAGS: value of individual
>> compare: personal guidance spirits
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Jos_22:10 WEB When they came to the region about the
Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children
of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a
great altar to look at.
Jos_22:10 An Altar by the Jordan And they came to Gilead of the Jordan, which is in the land
of Canaan. And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the
half-tribe of Manasseh built there an alter by the
Jordan, a great altar to look at.
Jos_22:10
καὶ ἦλθον εἰς
Γαλγαλα τοῦ
Ιορδάνου, ἥ ἐστιν
ἐν γῇ Χανααν, καὶ
ᾠκοδόμησαν οἱ
υἱοὶ Γαδ καὶ οἱ
υἱοὶ Ρουβην καὶ
τὸ ἥμισυ φυλῆς
Μανασση ἐκεῖ
βωμὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ
Ιορδάνου, βωμὸν
μέγαν τοῦ ἰδεῖν.
>> Sync: LOG
| Dis > Value of Individual
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Act_14:21
CAB And having preached the gospel to
that city and having made many disciples, they returned to Lystra,
and Iconium, and Antioch,
Act_14:21 Εὐαγγελισάμενοί
τε τὴν πόλιν
ἐκείνην καὶ
μαθητεύσαντες
ἱκανοὺς ὑπέστρεψαν
εἰς τὴν
Λύστραν καὶ |Aεις| ᾿Ικόνιον
καὶ |Aεις| ᾿Αντιόχειαν,
Act_14:22 CAB strengthening [ἐπιστηρίζοντεςV-PAP-NPM] the
souls [τὰς
ψυχὰς] of
the disciples, urging them
[παρακαλοῦντεςV-PAP-NPM] ·to
continue [ἐμμένεινV-PAN
– be remaining (present tense)] in the faith, ·saying, "[καὶ ὅτι – and that: “]Through
many tribulations [διὰ
πολλῶν
θλίψεων] we ·must
[δεῖV-PAI-3S] ·
[(in) going into] enter
into [εἰσελθεῖν
V-2AAN εἰς PREP] ·the
kingdom of [the] God [τὴν
βασιλείαν τοῦ
Θεοῦ]."
Act_14:22 ἐπιστηρίζοντεςV-PAP-NPM
τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν
μαθητῶν, παρακαλοῦντες
ἐμμένειν τῇ
πίστει, καὶ ὅτι
διὰ πολλῶν
θλίψεων δεῖ
ἡμᾶς εἰσελθεῖν
εἰς τὴν
βασιλείαν τοῦ
Θεοῦ.
Act_14:23 And
having chosen elders for them in every church, and having prayed with fasting, they commended
them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Act_14:23
χειροτονήσαντες
δὲ αὐτοῖς TSBπρεσβυτέρους
κατ᾿ ἐκκλησίαν
|Aπρεσβυτερους|,
προσευξάμενοι
μετὰ νηστειῶν
παρέθεντο αὐτοὺς
τῷ Κυρίῳ
εἰς ὃν
πεπιστεύκασι.
>> Sync: SPI
| LLO | Dis
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Rich bully is not allowed to go into the
house of a poor person to get back his own money
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>>Scrip:
we must all appear before the Judgment seat -
at some point this means you stand for yourself before God's judgment.
this directly affects the care and Urgent
diligence that each of us must maintain in this life in the meantime.
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Jam_4:11, Jam_4:12 – there is one lawgiver
Prophets and Apostles Have Special Individual
Value
7/25/17-7/26/17
The Value of Your Individual Spiritual
Activity and initiative is especially emphasized when…
especially when you are a prophet like a prophet who
prophesied about the coming of Josiah
or an Apostle like Paul who received his
revelation directly from heaven
You cannot accuse Paul of “reigning as Kings”
“without” himself…
Lev_22:2-3, etc. –
the sacrifice of THE PEOPLE are considered holy, even to the leadership
Lev_22:15
Mat_23: no lords
Paul: not that we
lord it over your faith
1Co_16:12 – Paul left
it in Apollos’ jurisdiction if he could come or go and do this or that
>> TSK
1Ki_13:1-32 – An unnamed Prophet Who Was Killed By a Lion After Making a Mistake / Not listening to what God
had individually/personally told him
·In churchianity, you are
usually dealing with the exact opposite type of problem: church people won’t
budge from the sins & uncanonical experiences their evil spirits tell them
>> Dis | GCA | SPI
9/30/16
>>Scrip:
Not that we lord over
your faith…
They will each know
me…
>> as soon as you get forgiveness of sins & the same
spirit, you do not have to be taught. But as long as you live in sin, you have
to be schooled on how to even get the right God.
The Importance of the Individual Has Been
Righteously Increased in the New Covenant, But It has Been Heretically
Exaggerated by Protestants
8/2/16
·The willful choice of each individual is emphasized in the
New Covenant.
·This superior value is part of the higher standards of the
New Covenant.
·Humanity is growing up, and is big, and is no longer a
child.
·Grownups have to make their own choices -- and now this
superior covenant demands the hart-purifying element of individual choice to
truly honor God.
·Now even the consent of women is important in marriage
because humans are all called to willfully choose Anointed One in marriage.
·This increased value of the individual was emphasized by
virtually all true Protestants because Catholics had grown so fleshly and
enculturated that being “born” into the heathen faith was the norm.
·Protestants emphasized The Value of the Individual to the point of
exaggeration beyond Biblical limits
·Protestants will gladly murder every Bible verse about
submission and Divine inspiration and authority in order to promote their
liberal, humanistic counterfit of the Value of the
Individual
The Cheerful Giver
8/2/16
2Co_9:6 LB But
this I say: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows
bountifully will also reap bountifully.
2Co_9:6 τουτο δε
ο σπειρων
φειδομενως
φειδομενως και
θερισει και ο
σπειρων επ
ευλογιαις επ
ευλογιαις και
θερισει
2Co_9:7 Let each one
give just as he decides in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God
loves a cheerful giver.
2Co_9:7 εκαστος
καθως
Aπροηρηται
TSBπροαιρειται
τη καρδια μη εκ
λυπης η εξ
αναγκης ιλαρον
γαρ δοτην
αγαπα ο θεος
Only You Know The Hearts Of All Men
7/21/16
1Ki_8:38 WEB
whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all your people
Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth
his hands toward this house:
1Ki_8:38 CAB
every prayer, every supplication whatever shall be made by any man, as they
shall know each the plague of his heart, and shall spread abroad his hands to
this house,
1Ki_8:38 πᾶσαν
προσευχήν, πᾶσαν
δέησιν, ἐὰν γένηται
παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ, ὡς
ἂν γνῶσιν ἕκαστος
ἁφὴν καρδίας αὐτοῦ
καὶ διαπετάσῃ
τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ
εἰς τὸν οἶκον
τοῦτον,
1Ki_8:39 then
hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and render to every
man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of
all the children of men;)
1Ki_8:39 then
shall You hearken from heaven, out of Your established dwelling place, and
shall be merciful, and shall do, and recompense to every man according to his ways, as You shall know his
heart, for You alone know the heart of all the children of men;
1Ki_8:39 καὶ σὺ εἰσακούσῃ
ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐξ
ἑτοίμου
κατοικητηρίου
σου καὶ ἵλεως ἔσῃ
καὶ ποιήσεις
καὶ δώσεις ἀνδρὶ
κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς
αὐτοῦ, καθὼς ἂν
γνῷς τὴν καρδίαν
αὐτοῦ, ὅτι σὺ
μονώτατος οἶδας
τὴν καρδίαν πάντων
υἱῶν ἀνθρώπων,
1Ki_8:38-39
TSK: 1Sa_16:7, 1Ch_28:9, 2Ch_6:30, Psa_11:4, Psa_11:5, Joh_2:25, Joh_21:17, Act_1:24, Heb_4:12, Heb_4:13, Rev_2:23
Thing we actually DON’T
Want When Demanding Imitation and Biblical Discipleship
·
Mindless compliance
·
Cult-like conformity
·
Fake/shallow/unoriginal imitation
·
External/fleshly/unbelieving/unfaithful dead weight
(critical side note: notice the qualifiers that mark true “dead
weight” -- i.e. ultimately, all you need is faith to be useful in God’s camp)
·
Crowds that follow a socially recognized “leader”, without sharing
the truth & fiery revolution that is going on inside of him.
·Ignorant and incapable people outsourcing the management of
their unstable souls upon a rapacious (arpox),
strong-soul-ed leadership
·People doing enough performance for leaders to put up with
them.
·People making like Judas only to complain later and say that
“this is not what they signed up for” (as those who abandoned Paul in Acts and
some of the epistles)
>>Scrip:
Heb_8:10-12 (esp. Heb_8:11) – those who have law
on hearts/thorough-knowledge-minds (v 10) & obey God’s covenant (v. 9) by
perceiving Him directly (v 11) and having sins forgiven (v 12) will all know
God by perception (v 11).
This “each knowing God” phenomena will only
occur with every member of “them” -- i.e. the group that fits this description…
>>Scrip:
Jesus says He will not show Himself to the
world
And
The world does not know them because it did
not know me
And
The worl does not
know us because it did not know him
We command you by jc
whom Paul preaches
each man will know me, from the least to the
greatest
don't you know in yourselves that Anointed one is
in you?
Moses: I wish they were all prophets
Jesus: you will get another comforter…it is
profitable for you that I go away…
>> i.e. that
they all be made like Jesus and john the Baptist
Paul: you can all prophesy
First to the Lord, Then to Apostles Through God’s Will
…; 12/12/15
2Co_8:5 and not as we hoped, but they [“the
churches of Macedonia” (2Co_8:1)] first gave their own selves to the Lord, and then
to us by the will of God,
2Co_8:5 καὶ οὐ
καθὼς ἠλπίσαμεν,
ἀλλ᾿ ἑαυτοὺς
ἔδωκαν πρῶτον
τῷ Κυρίῳ
καὶ ἡμῖν
διὰ
θελήματος
Θεοῦ,
>> once you
come to the truth, then there is a new glory in place
>> Jesus is the head of the assembly…
he is the chief corner stone, and note: the leaders make up the “eyes and the
ears” of his head…
This shows that there is a valid and moral,
and monotheistic way for them to give themselves directly to Paul and the other
apostles.
While most church people think that they’re
doing this, they actually haven’t even gotten too first base where they’d be
willing to give themselves to Paul at all.
And this is actually an example of
superlative dedication.
Most real disciples can’t even do this.
Church people are not only failing and this,
but they can’t even recognize Paul when he walks right in front of them!
This advanced display is what church people
simply take for granted as though they’re already doing it! -- go back to kindergarten
and learn the first principles of monotheism.
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Dis bbs
10/6/15
You have not lied to men, but to God/the Holy Spirit...
---
Other date; 8/1/16
Mat_25: inasmuch as you did it to the least of these my brothers, you
did it unto me
Jesus: Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting
ME?
act5:3-4
We are the good fragrance...
Jesus is the glory of God (Heb1, ect.)
\/
The ones whom Jesus sent are the glory of
Anointed One. (...)
Mat 25: whatever done to the least of these
is done to Jesus
He who sancifies and them that are sancified are all of one
>> !! See: BBS: “Posibility
Of Divine Inspiration”
I am the door... He who goes in by another
way is a thief and robber....
Distinctions Between God and Man
2/8/17; 2/10/17; 6/15/17
>>Scrip:
Jacob to Rachel: Am I in the place of God?
Gen 50:19 WEB Joseph said to them, "Don't be
afraid, for am I in the place of God?
Gen 50:19 And Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for I am
God’s.
Gen 50:19
καὶ εἶπεν
αὐτοῖς Ιωσηφ Μὴ
φοβεῖσθε· τοῦ
γὰρ θεοῦ εἰμι ἐγώ.
>>Scrip:
Peter: I am a man
We must not say: “look, here is Anointed One
in the desert” or “in an inner room”.
Herod was killed because he did not give
glory to God
Galatians: God respects no man’s person
Jesus: only one is your teacher
Jesus: I do not receive glory from men
Peter: rise up, I am only a man
3/19/17; 3/20/17; 3/21/17
-- Under
Construction --
>>Scrip:
All will know me
Vs.
their hearts are far from me, and they have not
known my ways…
Moses: I wish all were prophets
Paul: that you may all prophesy…
>>Scrip:
Dan: many of wise killed to refine them
>> a real
connection is needed to fulfill the truth, especially in the end times
>> how high will God be willing to
bring His final remnant of truth as He gets ready to return?
The one but the but the take but the anointed
the home and to them and gives it an to The
>>Scrip:
2Co_4:5
We do not preach the essence or personality
or aspects of our physical, sold-based lives.
The only way we get into this as if our hope
is true and we are ultimately joined with the godhead.
If we preached ourselves, it would be to the
effect that we would stop others from getting prophecies, knowing truth, being
spiritual, and connecting to the Father through the One Spirit Who is Holy.
Waiting for Believers to Believe
How patient to be when Waiting for people to believe you
5/12/16
Believe in God
on Earth
Divine Mistakes
Waiting for Believers to Believe
Gen_37: Jacob did not believe Joseph’s dreams
at first
Jesus & Mary & Joseph
Church did not trust Paul at first
1Ti_3:15 but if I am
delayed, I write
so that you may know [εἰδῇς] how it is necessary [πῶς δεῖ] to conduct [ἀναστρέφεσθαι] oneself in the house of God, which is
the church of the living God [ἥτις ἐστὶν
ἐκκλησία
Θεοῦ ζῶντος], the pillar [στῦλος] and bulwark [ἑδραίωμα] of the truth [τῆς ἀληθείας].
1Ti_3:15 ἐὰν
δὲ βραδύνω, ἵνα
εἰδῇς πῶς
δεῖ ἐν οἴκῳ
Θεοῦ ἀναστρέφεσθαι,
ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐκκλησία
Θεοῦ ζῶντος,
στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα
τῆς ἀληθείας.
TSK-Based: the pillar: Jer_1:18, Mat_16:18-19,
Mat_18:17-20 (etc.), Rom_3:2, Gal_2:9
Forgiveness of Sins
Joh_20:21-23
Joh_20:21 Therefore Jesus said to them again,
"Peace to you! Just as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."
Joh_20:21 εἶπεν οὖν
αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς
πάλιν· εἰρήνη
ὑμῖν· καθὼς
ἀπέσταλκέ
με ὁ πατήρ, κἀγὼ
πέμπω ὑμᾶς.
Joh_20:22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them,
and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Joh_20:22 καὶ
τοῦτο εἰπὼν
ἐνεφύσησε
καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς·
λάβετε Πνεῦμα
῞Αγιον·
Joh_20:23 If you forgive the
sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they
have been retained."
Joh_20:23 ἄν
τινων ἀφῆτε
τὰς ἁμαρτίας,
ἀφίενται αὐτοῖς·
ἄν τινων κρατῆτε,
κεκράτηνται.
>> discipleship
bbs
“Mat_10:37-41
CAB He who loves
father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or
daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And
he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He
who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will
find it. 40 "He that receives you receives Me, and he that receives Me receives Him
who sent Me. 41 He that receives a prophet in the name
of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward. And he that receives a righteous
man
in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's
reward.
The preceding
context of Luke 16 is the commissioning of the seven the disciples to go out
and preach truth and save people (i.e. make
disciples). In the middle of
commissioning these 70 disciples, Jesus laments the damnation of those who do
not receive their message
Luk_10:10-16
CAB But whatever
city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and
say, 11 'The
very dust from your city which clings to us we wipe off against you.
Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has
drawn near to you.' 12 I say to you that it will be more
tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city. 13
"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you,
Bethsaida! Because if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting
in sackcloth and ashes. 14 Nevertheless it will be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. 15 And
you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to
Hades. 16 He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects
Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."”
“Joh_6:42 CAB
And they
were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and
mother we know? How then does this Man say, 'I have come down from
heaven'?"
Joh_5:39-40 CAB
You search
the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and
these are they which testify about Me. 40 But you are unwilling to come to Me,
so that you may have life.
Joh_5:44-47 CAB
How can
you believe, who receive glory from one another, and do not seek the glory
which is from the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to
the Father; there is one who accuses you--Moses, in whom you have hoped. 46 For
if you believed Moses, you would have believed Me; for he wrote about Me. 47 But
if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"
Joh_6:44-45 CAB
No one
can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me should draw him; and I will raise
him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, 'And
they shall all be taught of God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to Me.”
Assuming Non-Inspiration
>> LO!!!
>> recompile
or reference any relevant content back in here…
Hearing Without
Understanding
12/13/15
>> ROW??
Most church people are content to simply keep reading the Bible over and
over and never understand it.
The problem is that this continual lack of understanding results in you
being disqualified and rejected in the end.
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Mat_13:23 CAB But the seed
sown on the good ground is he who hears the word and *understands
it*…
If you continue to not understand
the Bible, you are in danger of going to hell.
(comp. Mat_13:8,
Mar_4:20, Luk_8:15; Mat_3:10;
Mat_7:19; Joh_15:2)
If you keep
hearing/reading the Bible without understanding it, you are not “good ground” /
“a good tree”, and you will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
The Bible gave you a
solution for understanding. If you ignore it, you deserve what is coming to
you.
Heb: how will we escape if we neglect so great a
salvation?
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Mat_13:23 CAB But the seed
sown on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed
bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some
thirty."
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut
down and thrown into the fire:
Mat_3:10; Mat_7:19; Joh_15:2
Jam: Hear and not a doer decieves himself…
Hears
Has my commands and obeys them
It is time to get discipled.
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Bbs: disc : Add: 1.
another Jesus (2co 11); 2. walk according to the same
spirit (2co 12)
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We would welcome the rich young
ruler or Nicodemus into the church as a well-attested christian, but Jesus didn’t!
Our system does not accommodate when
someone does not get it at first. Jesus and the Apostles dealt differently with
“converts” than disciples (Simon)
“I’m Saved!”
-
Don’t read the Bible
-
Pray av. Of 7-15 min a day
- establishing in ourselves that we
stand in desperate need, is one of the most important values I can communicate
to you
They are going to ask:
- how is this going to help bring revival?
-
What does this have to do with the power of
God?
They
will think:
-
Hope for action and big things, is proof that the message is from God
- How
can I believe God for big things?
Who’s Discipling You?
Whoever
you are learning from, you are being discipled by
Journal Thoughts
Think: “if God wanted me to know something he would tell
me himself ”
Discipleship
awaits you; commitment is calling you by name.
The need for commitment
God
has designed all of us to long to be totally
committed to something with all our heart.
When we don’t meet that need, our conscience testifies against us.
Many
people try to drowned that need with the vanities of
this life:
- TV
- entertainment
- music
- empty relationships (not based on Jesus)
-
Food
So in
this way we try to avoid answering the call to commitment, but we trap
ourselves in an endless effort of running from responsibility, and the guilt of
not meeting it.
Act_2:38
Why
is it that American churches have so many uncommitted attenders? Why do mega churchs
“mega” in attendance but stand impoverished in commitment?
It is
not that numbers are bad, because we have nothing even close to 3,000 souls
added in one day as they did in the New Testament. The problem is not numbers, but the shallow
ideology of failing to call the masses to real discipleship.
Do
you want numbers or do you want discipleship and your congregation? Do you want both? If so then you must faithfully prioritize
discipleship and pray for numbers, as God is willing.
Revival or Discipleship?
Discipleship
is needed before revival
The
disciples were taught three years before Pentecost, showing that the base of
instruction was of greater priority chronologically than Pentecost to God.
So
also it is necessary for us to get this down before we’re even close to being
ready for anything big.
If we
can’t honor God in our definition of a Christian, why should He continue to
honor us with numbers that we mislabel as Christians and misinform concerning
their eternity?
Have
you heard of all the revivals that soon end up fizzling out?
If it
cannot handle operating, then it is not worth starting.
What
is God saying? If you want to go
further, then you need to store up in this area
Discipleship Examples
-
John the Baptist had disciples
-
Peter brought in 3000
-
Paul, Annanias, Barnabas
-
Paul: churches, Mark, Luke, Timothy, Titus
-
“follow me is I follow Christ”: the discipled by me
-
Aquila Priscilla: Apollos
-
Philippe and Samaritans
Other points
-
First Corinthians shows us that discipleship is not the shepherding movement.
-
Jesus is the only way, so you Gotta
follow Him if you wanna make it to heaven.
Good and bad Examples
Good:
The
book of James, “works”
Learning
and obeying: morally, ethically, and spiritually
Bad:
“I
believe in god; I even go to church”
Cultural Misunderstandings Show who’s discipling you
“No body’s perfect”
- Distorted from__________, and ignorant
of ________
- you wouldn’t need to use
that argument all the time if you were not living in sin
- Our culture has taught us (discipled us) to go to
live in sin and go to church thinking we are going to heaven
“If you got, it show it”
“God helps those who help themselves”
“We need to respect everyone’s opinion”
Fragmented Presumptuous Theology
“Don’t judge me…”
(Mis-applied from Mat 7,
and totally ignorant of the rest of the verses, 1 Cor
4 & 5)
- You can always know a person’s not being very
discipled by Jesus when this is their theme verse!
- Who is it you are trying to protect?
- If you were living right you would not need to
hide behind that excuse
- How about: “Judge those in the church”
“Spirit of the Law”
The Indeed
(Joh_8:31)
Poor
indeed (in spirit)
Widow
indeed
Know
truth, free indeed
Disciple
indeed
- he gives the holy spirit to those who obey him
HosSp
direct result of REAL discipleship
minimum requirements
hard-core
REAL christian vs. a Convert
Teaching
them to observe all commanded
Discipleship:
learning, wisdom, holy spirit...
The
counterfeit: shallow, sensual, soul-ish
The Right Goal
My
goal is not to be Pentecostal
My
goal is the glory and honor of God Almighty; to obey Him and know Him
I
know demonized people who can express a “pentecostal”
display
But if
someone honors God, they radiate light even if they are sitting down in their
seat
“On
this one will I look… humble”
Corinthians were like some Pentecostal
churches today:
But
he didn’t say decrease longing for gifts, but increase. Instead he says do it
right!
-
Love
-
Prophecy/exhortation is greater for the church if no interpretation
Self-expression
is managed by, subordinate to, considering others first
-
Tongues so others benefit
- spirits of prophets subject (on account of what? Order! –
Why? Because of others!)
- If
not loving others, don’t do it
-
considering one another
Humility
Unless
you walk this way, you won’t make it
-
become as children
- are
converted
-
walk humbly
You
status of Humility makes or breaks you in God’s eyes
Pro_25:14 MKJV A man boasting
himself in a false gift is like clouds and wind, but no rain.
Be slow; Count the Cost (Luk_14:25-33)
David
said, "Bless the Lord, Oh, my soul" and danced without the baptism of
the Holy spirit. We too dance, and are to be pitied if
we confuse it as a proof of this Baptism.
Is it
possible that there is a danger at times in thinking of what we call
"Revival" as exciting and the disciplines of the Bible as, well, boring
- the bible reading, the fruit of the spirit,
Isa_8:16 - Seal up among Disciples
Some
deeply compromised churches avoid excepting Jesus' high standard as
requirements for salvation by claiming that there is a difference between being
a believer and a disciple.
tongues: love, prophecy, faith,
holiness
Personal
groups have less restrictions than corporate worship
Prayer
life ought to be way more extream than Sun morning
What
does He look like?
-
Holy
-
Order
-
Spirit of Sound mind
in 1867 when the movement
established The National Camp Meeting Association for the Promotion of
Christian Holiness with a notice that said: We are summoning, irrespective of
denominational tie...those who feel themselves comparatively isolated in their
profession of holiness…that all would realize together a Pentecostal baptism of
the Holy Ghost....
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostalism]
COG
BEHAVIORAL
TEMPERANCE
We
will practice temperance in behavior and will abstain from activities and attitudes
which are offensive to our fellowman or which lead to addiction or enslavement.
Baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to cleansing
Personal
verses
1Ti_3:9 KJV Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure
conscience.
Expurgated:
Intro
·Business Cards
·Take Notes (Lots of Bible verses)
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There was a father who owned
and operated a metal production shop and desired to pass on his creative and
successful legacy on to his children.
When his son was about ten
years old, He decided to adopt a younger sickly boy from overseas that needed
help to survive.
As the children grew, the
adopted son took greater interest in his father’s metal work than the natural
son.
He followed his father around
as the father managed the shop, eager to learn as much as possible, and worked
as much as the father would allow him.
Social
Life
The adopted son did not get
much of anywhere socially growing up because he had left his home country, and
his peers considered him to foreign to fit in.
In addition to this, he spent most of his time learning and practicing
his father’s work, so that he didn’t even have time to develop much of a
“social life.”
Apathy
The adopted son became
healthier and stronger than the natural one, especially because he was more
active in his father’s work. But this
was barely even noticed by the natural son, because he figured that he was
guaranteed no matter what to be entitled to inherit everything from his father,
because he was the natural son. He would
come and go as he pleased, and did not even pay attention to his adopted
brother, nor his father’s work.
Ambition
While he was still young, the
natural son began to act presumptuously, anticipating fulfilling his ambition
of taking charge of the shop: he started taking it upon himself to tell the
workers what to do, even though he did not understand the production process.
Inheritance
When the father was old and
it was time to pass his responsibilities on to his sons, he made the adopted
son owner and operator of his entire business, but the natural son was given no
part in it.
The natural son had not only
lacked commitment, but had also stolen money from his father’s business, but
not did not know that anyone saw him until the father announced his decisions.
Remember
these passages…
- a
server will rule over a son who causes shame
- if
God did not spare than natural branches neither will he spare you
- “we are Abraham’s children”
- “the sons of the kingdom
will be cast out”
End
·Many people ask, “What does
it take to bring Revival”?
·But you can’t earn the wages
of sin (death) and expect a return of life. Furthermore, our modern christianity has never really been
alive, so it cannot return to life (revival), it has to get alive for
the first time (“vival”).
·Repent of learning (being
“discipled” by) the ways of the nations, and start real discipleship!
Rev_3:19 KJ2000 As many as I love, I
rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
·Repent of being an American christian, and become a REAL disciple of Jesus
·If you are not forsaking ALL
·If you are not burning for Jesus
·If you are living in sin, then you are not His disciple.
·If you do not repent, in the end, you will burn in hell
forever, but if you follow Jesus by discipleship, willingly learning from those
He has ordained and provided, then you will arrive at the same destination
which He authored.
2Ki_2:1-6 KJ2000 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up
Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from
Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry
here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto
him, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they
went down to Beth-el… 4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here,
I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD
lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho… 6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I
pray you, here; for the LORD has sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD
lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they both went on. 9 And it came to pass, when
they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you,
before I be taken away from you. And Elisha said, I pray you, let a double
portion of your spirit be upon me.
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The REAL Disciple
Shorthand notes and
compilations from very early disciple days
Created: 11/21/07; …; Modified: 7/9/09;
Original total editing time: 7384 minutes
Revision number: 71
- Pray
list
Write out revolutionary prayers
Bible-grub
Think:
- Tie in Grace that works, & hope
it produces releasing you from under the law
- Contrasted with Muslim Disciplines
And all liars go to Hell: Rev_21:8
Calling Election Sure
2Pe_1:3-11 KJB As
his divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and
godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and
virtue: 4 Threw
which are given to us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you
might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is
in the world through lust. 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to
your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge self-control; and to
self-control patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness love. 8 Because if these things are in you,
and abound, they will make you to be neither barren nor unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But he that lacks these things is
blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was washed from his
old sins. 10 So instead brothers, be diligent to
make your calling and election sure: because if you do these things you will
never fall: 11
Because in this way you will be richly supplied an entrance into the
eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
--
2Co_6:17 Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the
Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you
18 and I will be a Father
to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
(Also see: Idols vs. God 1Cor 10:20-21; Light/Dark
1Jn 1:5-7; Elijah vs. Baal 1King 18:21; Touch Nothing Unclean Isa 52:11/Ezk 20:34, 41)
Mat
7:15-23 KJV Beware
of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do
men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even
so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a
corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth
not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 21 Not
every one that saith unto
me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the
will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I
never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
G5368 φιλέω phileō fil-eh'-o From G5384; to be a
friend to (fond of [an individual or an object]), that is,
have affection for (denoting personal
attachment, as a matter of sentiment or feeling; while G25 is wider, embracing
especially the judgment and the deliberate
assent of the will as a matter of principle, duty and propriety: the two thus
stand related very much as G2309 and G1014, or as G2372 and G3563 respectively;
the former being chiefly of the heart
and the latter of the head);
specifically to kiss (as a mark
of tenderness): - kiss, love.
G331 ἀνάθεμα anathema an-ath'-em-ah From G394; a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated
(thing or person): - accursed, anathema, curse, X great.
G331
ἀνάθεμα
anáthema; gen. anathématos, neut. noun from anatíthēmi (G394), to place, lay up. A gift
given by vow or in fulfillment of a promise, and given up or devoted to
destruction for God's sake (Sept.: Num_21:1-3; Deu_13:16-18); therefore, given up to the
curse and destruction, accursed (1Co_12:3;
1Co_16:22; Gal_1:8-9). In Rom_9:3, estrangement
from Christ and His salvation. The word does not denote punishment intended as
discipline but being given over or devoted to divine condemnation. It denotes
an indissoluble vow. See also Act_23:14;
Gal_1:9. Anáthema is not to be confused with anáthēma (G334), a votive offering or an
offering not involving sacrifice, something consecrated in the temple, a gift,
an offering (Luk_21:5).
Deriv.: anathematízō (G332), to declare anathema, to
curse; katanáthema (G2652), an accursed thing.
Syn.: ará (G685), a malediction, cursing; katára (G2671), a curse.
Ant.: aínos (G136), praise; épainos (G1868), commendation; aínesis (G133), the act of praising; aretḗ (G703), virtue, praise; dóxa (G1391), glory, praise; húmnos (G5215), hymn, praise; eulogía (G2129), eulogy, speaking well
of, blessing; euchḗ (G2171), vow, good wish.
Eph 2:1-3 WEB You were made alive when you were dead in
transgressions and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, the
spirit who now works in the children of disobedience; 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh,
doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath,
even as the rest.
Rom 9:6-33 WEB
But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For
they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
7 Neither, because they are Abraham's
seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will
your seed be called." 8 That is, it is not the children of the
flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a
seed. 9 For this is a word of promise,
"At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son." 10 Not
only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac. 11 For being not yet born, neither having done
anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might
stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
12 it was said to her, "The elder will
serve the younger." 13 Even as it is written, "Jacob I
loved, but Esau I hated." 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness
with God? May it never be! 15 For he said to Moses, "I will
have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have
compassion." 16 So then it is not of him who wills,
nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For
this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my
power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth." 18 So
then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires. 19 You
will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For
who withstands his will?" 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to
reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did
you make me like this?" 21 Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay,
from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for
dishonor? 22 What if God, willing to show his
wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath
made for destruction, 23 and
that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he
prepared beforehand for glory, 24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews
only, but also from the Gentiles? 25 As he says also in Hosea, "I will
call them 'my people,' which were not my people; And her 'beloved,' who was not
beloved." 26 "It will be that in the place
where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called
'children of the living God.'" 27 Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the
number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, It is the remnant
who will be saved; 28 For
He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the LORD
will make a short work upon the earth."
29 As Isaiah has said before,
"Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, We would have become like
Sodom, And would have been made like Gomorrah." 30 What
shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness,
attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith; 31
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the
law of righteousness. 32 Why? Because they didn't seek it by
faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling
stone; 33 even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in
Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; And no one who believes in him
will be disappointed."
Rom 9:17-24 WEB For
the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I caused you to be
raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be
published abroad in all the earth."
18 So then, he has mercy on whom he
desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
19 You will say then to me, "Why
does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?" 20 But
indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him
who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?" 21 Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay,
from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
22 What if God, willing to show his
wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for
destruction, 23 and
that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared
beforehand for glory, 24 us,
whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
1Pe 2:9-11 KJV
But ye are
a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people;
that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of
darkness into his marvellous light: 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now
the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained
mercy. 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as
strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1Co 4:4 WEB
For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this,
but he who judges me is the Lord.
Mat 7:13-23 KJB
Enter by the narrow
gate4439 [πύλης (pulēs)]: because
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and there
are many 4183 [πολλοί (poloi)] who go in by it: 14 Because narrow is the gate, and
difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are a few who find it. 15 Beware of false prophets, who come
to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16
You will know them by their
fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17
Even so every good tree bears
good fruit; but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree bear good fruit. 19
Every tree that does not bear
good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. 20
So then, by their fruits you
will know them. 21 Not everyone
who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter into the kingdom of the heavens; but
he who does the will of my Father which is in the heavens. 22
Many 4183 [πολλοί (poloi)] will
say to me in that day, “Lord, Lord, haven’t we prophesied in your name? And in
your name cast out demons? And in your name done many powerful works?” 23
And then will I declare to
them, “I never knew you: depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.”
G4183 πολύς, πολλός
polus polos pol-oos'
Including the forms from the alternate “pollos”; (singular) much
(in any respect) or (plural) many;
neuter (singular) as adverb largely;
neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often,
mostly, largely: - abundant, + altogether, common,
+ far (passed, spent), (+ be of a) great (age, deal, -ly,
while), long, many, much, oft (-en [-times]),
plenteous, sore, straitly. Compare G4118, G4119.
G4439 πύλη pulē poo'-lay
Apparently a primary word; a gate, that is, the leaf or wing of a
folding entrance (literally or
figuratively): - gate.
G4172 πόλις polis pol'-is
Probably from the same as G4171, or perhaps from
G4183; a town (properly with
walls, of greater or less size): - city.
2Co 5:10-11 KJB For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may
receive the things done
in his
body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 So
knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we
are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your
consciences.
Psa 76:7 WEB You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand
in your sight when you are angry?
Psa 90:11 WEB
Who knows the power of your anger, Your wrath according to the
fear that is due to you?
Isa 33:14 WEB
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless
ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who
among us can dwell with everlasting burning?
Nah 1:5-6 KJ2000 The mountains quake before him, and
the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and
all that dwell in it. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown
down by him.
Mat 10:28 KJ2000 And fear not them who kill the body,
but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell.
Heb 10:31 KJ2000 It is a fearful thing to fall into the
hands of the living God.
Jud 1:22-23 KJ2000 And on some have compassion, making a
difference: 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out
of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Rev 21:8 KJ2000
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and
murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the
second death.
--
How to get Open Eyes
Luk 24:25-32 KJV
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that
the prophets have spoken: 26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things,
and to enter into his glory? 27 And beginning at Moses and all the
prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning
himself. 28 And they drew nigh unto the village,
whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. 29 But
they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the
day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. 30 And
it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and
brake, and gave to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and
they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. 32 And
they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he
talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
--
God is Fire
Deu 4:24
KJV-Based For
the LORD your God is
a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Heb 12:29 KJV For our God is a consuming
fire.
Exo
19:18 KJV And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the
LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of
a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 24:17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD
was like
devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Rev 4:5
KJV And out of the throne proceeded lightnings
and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the
throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Describing Jesus it
says…
Rev
1:12-16 KJV-Based …his eyes were
as a flame of fire; 15 And
his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as
the sound of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven
stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged
sword: and his countenance was
as the sun shinning in his strength.
Abrahamic Covenant Gen
15:17-18
Burning Bush Exo
3:2
“Pillar of Fire” 4
Places- Exo.
13:21-22, 14:24, Num. 14:14, Neh. 9:12 & 19
Some Others 2Sam 22:9, 2Ch 7:1-3, Rev 20:9
- Is God
in you? Isn’t God a “consuming fire?” How do you dare confidently answer “yes”
if your life is cold?
-
Joh 5:35 WEB [About John
the Baptist…]
He was
the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in
his light.
Rev
3:15-16 WEB "I know
your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or
hot. 16 So,
because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my
mouth.
Zeal
Psa
69:9 WEB For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who
reproach you have fallen on me.
Jn
2:17 NIV His disciples remembered that it is written:
"Zeal for your house will consume me." (After driving out the $ changers)
Rom 12:11 not lacking in business; fervent
in spirit; serving the Lord;
· Not Lacking in it Rom 12:11,
· Always Zealous/Right Zeal Gal 4:18, ·
“Phinehas” Num 25:5-13,
· Others: 1King 19:10, Pro 23:17, Tit 2:14
Isa 64:7 WEB There is none who calls on
your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you
--
Luk 14:25-35 KJB
And great crowds went with him and he turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his
own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and
even his very own soul, his life as well, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And
whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28
Because which of you wanting to build a tower doesn't sit down
first and count the cost if he has the means to finish? 29 That it doesn't happen after he has laid the
foundation and is not able to finish that all who see it begin to mock
him 30
saying, ‘This man began to build, and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or
what king going to engage another king in war doesn't sit down first and
consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him
with twenty thousand? 32 But if not, while the other is still a
great way off he sends a delegation4242 and asks for conditions of
peace. 33 So in the same way, everyone of you who does not forsake everything that he has
cannot be my disciple. 34 Salt is good: but if the salt
has lost its flavor how will it be seasoned?
35 It is neither fit for the land nor for
the dunghill, but
they cast it out. He who has ears to hear, let him
hear.”
4242 - A
"delegation," in Greek, "πρεσβειαν" which is made up of
elders.
Mat
10:32-39 KJB So
any and everyone who confesses3670,
(1722) me in front of men, I will also confess him in front
of my Father who is in the heavens. 33 But whoever will deny me in front of
men, I will also deny him in front of my Father who is in the heavens. 34
Don’t think that I came to send peace on earth: I have not come
to send peace, but a sword. 35 Because I have come to set a man
against his own father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter in
law against her mother in law, 36 and a man's enemies will be those of his own
household. 37 He
that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he that loves
son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me, 38 and he that does not take his cross and
follow after me is not worthy of me. 39 He that finds his soul, his life, will
lose it. But he that loses his soul, his life, for my sake will find it.
3670
– This speaks of “confessing together,” meaning, joining with Jesus in front of
men
1722
– This unity “in” Jesus is multiplied by the use of the unrepresented word “εν 1722” (en).
Literally
and functionally: “Whoever confesses together [i.e. with me], in me, in front
of men”
Mar
8:38 KJB So whoever
will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation,
the Son of man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his
Father with the holy angels.
--
i.Remnant Mentality
[from “Foundations” teaching]
Rom 9:27 WEB Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the number of
the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, It is the remnant who will be
saved; [See Isa 10:22]
Remember He says
later:
Isa 64:7 WEB There is none who calls on
your name, who stirs up himself
to take hold of you
[The remnant is
specifically mentioned 16 times as a theme throughout Isaiah. Do you see that
the remnant are the few who stir themselves up?]
Rom 11:5 WEB Even so then at this present time also there is a
remnant according to the election of grace.
2Th 2:3 WEB Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will
not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the
son of destruction,
1Ti 4:1-2 WEB But the Spirit says expressly that in later
times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits
and doctrines of demons, 2 through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies,
branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
Mat 24:12 WEB Because iniquity will be multiplied, the
love 26 [αγαπη] of
many 4183 [πολλων;
the greater part] will grow cold.
ii.Jesus Doesn’t Jive With Quick Shallow
Commitments
[Taken from “Connection” teaching]
Mat
8:19-23 WEB A
scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you
go." 20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes
have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere
to lay his head." 21 Another of his
disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my
father." 22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow
me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead." 23 When he got into a boat, his disciples
followed him.
Pro 25:14 MKJV A man boasting
himself in a false gift is like clouds and wind, but no rain.
Be slow; Count the Cost (Lk 14:25-33)
G5046
τέλειος teleios tel'-i-os
From G5056; complete
(in various applications of labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter
(as noun, with G3588) completeness:
- of full age, man, perfect.
Eat flesh drink blood,
Jn 6
Be ready, or get cut into pieces (Mat 24:40-51)
Few answer this
call… Few will Make it!
Lk 13:23-24 WEB; also think Jn 12:39 “Could not believe…”
--
Song 2:7 I charge
you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, and by the hinds of the field, That you don’t stir up, nor awaken love, *Until it so desire, (WEB-based, *that is “until it is ready.” Repeated in Song 3:5 & 8:4).
1Tim 5:1-2 Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as
a father; the younger men as brothers; 2 the
elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all
purity. (KJV-Based)
Don’t ‘Go Beyond…’
1Thes
4:2-9 For you know what charge we gave you through the
Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God: your holiness,38 [or “sanctification or “purity”] that you
abstain from fornication [sex before marriage] 4 that every one of you know how to possess his
vessel in holiness38 and honor, 5 not in passionate lust,
in the same way as the Gentiles who don't know God; 6 that
no one go beyond5233 [or “take advantage
of”] and defraud4122 his brother in this matter;
because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we have forewarned
you and testified. 7 For God has not called us unto
uncleanness, but unto holiness38. 8
Therefore he who rejects this
doesn't reject man, but God, who has also given unto us His Holy Spirit. 9 But
concerning brotherly love… (WEB+KJV
-Retranslated)
--
22 Many will tell me in that day… 23 Then
I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
ß
Mat 7:13-23 WEB "Enter in by
the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to
destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. 14 How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to
life! Few are those who find it.
15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. 16 By their fruits you will know them. Do
you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree produces good
fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit,
neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
19 Every
tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore, by their fruits you will
know them.
21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of
Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord,
didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name
do many mighty works?' 23 Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart
from me, you who work iniquity.'
1 Peter 4:18 And
if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?
1 Pet
1:2,5, & 17-18 (Reassurance)
PHP 2:12
...continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,
2PE
1:10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make
your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never
fall, [11] and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Rom 2:5-9 KJB But
according to your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are treasuring up for
yourself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous
judgment of God; 6 Who
will repay every man according to his works:
7 To those who by patient endurance in doing
well, seeking for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: 8 But to those who are contentious, and do not
obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of
man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
NJ
Consider kindness and severity
Examples:
- living in sin (adictions)
- Loveing world (1Jn 5)
- Flirting
-
Seek Greatness from God
- Whoever does and teaches = great
- returns to rewards at end
"what reward do you have?"
- Keeps on: pray to Father in secret
- Prais from men more than
prais from God
What are we saying? Go after greatness! (hall of faith)
those who seek honor, imortality
and life grace, but others wrath
> We somehow think that it selfishly takes away
from God's glory for us to go for greatness but...
- it is the Father's good
pleasure
- Ask and recieve... joy
full... bear fruit... Father glorifyed
- It is all one package
- Jesus commands us to be wise in seeking that
exaltation: choose the least seat
- If you want to be greate,
be humble like a child
Personal
verses
1Ti 3:9 KJV
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Foundations
1/14/06 (+Word: Created); 11/22/07 (Word:
Modified); 2/21/17 (recompiled, titles enhanced)
Foundational Intro
A. Mat_7:15-24;
Luk_6:46-49
– So what is this foundation?
B. Eph_2:20
“foundation of apostles / prophets, Christ
Jesus… chief cornerstone”
C. Not just any foundation (the right One) – Not
Just acknowledging the right One, but being sold out for it
D. We hope to debunk False Cooncepts: –No Cheep foundation –No “skin-of-teeth”
Salvation
Hope to establish True Concepts: –Real
Foundation –How to inspect
E. Show “Foundations
Pics” folder
1. Importance the Right Foundation
Rom
11:16 KJV For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is
also holy: and if the root
be holy, so are the branches.
A. Remnant Mentality
Important because it’s rare
Ú To have an accurate and real appreciation
for the importance of the right foundation, you have to realize its rareness
Ú Car collector Example
Ú Not talking about thinking you have the
right foundation, but about HAVING the right one:
Ú It is important that you realize that this
is urgent, especially because most miss it!
Ú Don’t take it for granted supposing that you
have it
Rom 9:27 WEB Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the number of the
children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, It is the remnant who will be
saved;
Rom 11:5 WEB Even so then at this present time also there is a
remnant according to the election of grace.
2Th 2:3 WEB Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will
not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the
son of destruction,
1Ti 4:1-2 WEB But
the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the
faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies,
branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
Mat 24:12 WEB Because iniquity will be multiplied, the
love 26 [αγαπη] of
many 4183 [πολλων;
the greater part] will grow cold.
Ú If you ever want to know what time it is
prophetically, just look at God’s people
Ú As it was with the Jews, so it is now with
the Gentiles
Ú People always nitrify out of adulterous
hearts
Ú Most church goers are condemning themselves to
Hell because they have never even begun the race toward Jesus.
Also see these verses:
2Thes 2:3, 5; 1Tim
4:1-3; 2Tim 4:3-4; 2Pe 2:2
B. Prophetic Examples
Important because it’s easy
to miss
Ú Breathing seems all the more important when
it is in danger of failing
Ú Self-generated christianity
Deu 18:20 KJV But the prophet, which
shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to
speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall
die.
Jer 14:14 KJV Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy
lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and
divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
2Ti 3:13 WEB But evil men and impostors will grow worse and
worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Ú Do you actually believe this:
Just because you can convince yourself of something, that does not mean it is true
and it happen, when he hears
the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart,
saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,
[Refusing to obey the Bible]… The Lord will not
pardon him, but
then the anger of The Lord and his jealousy will
smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall
lie on him, and The Lord will blot out his name from
under the sky. The Lord will set him apart to evil…
(Deu 29:19-21 WEB)
Ú The vast majority of people who claim to
hear from God, (as Scrooge would say) have nothing greater affecting them than
the piece of cheese they had for dinner: most words
are in fact whims
Ú I would say that 90% of people who miss the
Lord do so because they are trying to make something happen
ÚSelf-gratifying spiritual experiences
Ú If you’re hearing things to gratify
yourself, then who is it for anyway? (Like people who lust for “good worship”
so they can get something out of it)
Ú Thinking, “If I don’t get things in prayer,
I will not be spiritual”
Ú If you live your life presuming
to hear from God, there’s a good chance you’ve got the wrong foundation
C. Foundational Direction
Important because it’s
determines Direction
Ú They determine how the rest of your life is
built
Ú You eat sleep breath think live, according
to your beliefs about Jesus and the Universe
Which one are you founded on? A universe of dirt,
or the holiness of God?
Ú Where ever you start determines were you
end, unless you change your direction [Slide show]
Proverbs
4: 25-27 NKJV Let your eyes look straight ahead, And
your eyelids look right before you. 26 Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. 27 Do not turn to the
right or the left; Remove your foot from evil..
Proverbs
14:12 “There is a way that seems right to
a man, but in the end it leads to death”
Ephesians
2:2 MKJV 2 …according to the
prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience…
[Leaning
tower]
Look at where Luther’s
building is today…
-Tore out the book of James
-Put both James and Hebrews
at the back labeled “wood hay and stubble”
-Let us wash our feet in the
blood of the Pope
-“Burn the synagogues”
quoted by Hitler during the holocaust
-Ended up persecuting the
Anabaptists
-The greatest influence in the perversions of
evangelicalism and wicked doctrines of alone faith
D. Important Because it can be Lost -- Foundation Switch
Ú Do we know Jesus?
Ú Have we interacted with the living God as
our Savior, or our own imaginations
Ú Or even still, a MIX
Gal 3:3-4 KJV Are ye so foolish? having
begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have
ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in
vain1500.
[Without cause]
Heb 12:14-17 KJV Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the
Lord: 15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the
grace of God;
lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one
morsel of meat sold his birthright. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when
he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of
repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Ú Remember the root of the tree that tilted the shed?
Ú Without holiness no one sees Lord (no
foundation)
Ú “fail of the grace of God”
vs. 1Co 3:10 KJB “According to the grace
of God… I have laid the foundation…”
Ú Root of bitterness springing up
Ú “…he found no place of
repentance…” there comes a point when your rejected
and it’s too late
The Cost the Right
Foundation
Sub-title: How to inspect your foundation;
Sub-sub-title: “Are you paying the cost?”
2Ti 2:19-22 WEB
However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord
knows those who are his," and, "Let every one
who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness." 20 Now
in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of
wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor. 21 If
anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor,
sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good
work. 22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue
righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a
pure heart.
-no salvation by the skin of your teeth
-What is the foundation made of
-forsake all
-love with everything
-converted as children
-take up cross
-Hate parents
>> combine w other Forsake All sections
Ú Examples:
-Johnsville
house
-leaves in foundation
-put gated material, mortar,
rock
àthere are counterfeited foundations –no other can truly be laid- just like there are counterfeit gospels
You can develop al kinds
of theological theories about how salvation is free, but when it comes down to
it Jesus said:
“Count the Cost!!!”
Lk. 14:33 So in the same way, whoever of you who does
not forsake everything he has, cannot be My disciple.
Lk. 6:43 For a good tree does not produce bad fruit, nor does a bad
tree produce good fruit.
Mat. 3:10 And now also the ax is laid at the root of the trees, so
that every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into
the fire.
Lk. 6:46 Why do you call
me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things
which I say?
Jn. 14:15 If you Love Me,
keep my commands... 23 ...If anyone loves Me, he will obey my words... 24 He who
does not Love me will not
obey my words.
1Jn. 2:4 He who says, “I
have come to know him,” but does not keep His commands is a liar, and the Truth
is not in him.
1Jn. 3:6-10 Whoever remains in Him
does not continue to sin. Whoever continues to sin has not seen Him, or known
Him. 7 Little children, don’t let anyone
deceive you: he that does what is right is righteous, just as He is
righteous. 8 He that continues to sin is of the
devil; because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this reason
the Son of God was revealed,
that He might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whoever
is born of God does not
continue to sin; for His seed remains in him: and he cannot go on sinning,
because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God and the children of the
devil are revealed: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God…
Luk 9:23-24 WEB He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let
him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever
will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
Mat 10:38 WEB He who doesn't take his cross and
follow after me, isn't worthy of me.
3. Qualifications of the Right
Foundation
Sub titled:
“Don’t be disqualified”
2Co_13:5 WEB Test your own selves, whether you are in the
faith. Test your own selves. Or don't you know as to your own selves, that
Jesus Christ is in you? -- unless indeed you are
disqualified96.
[αδοκιμοι96]
Ú Don’t be too offended and proud than to
examine your foundation!
G96 ἀδόκιμος
adokimos ad-ok'-ee-mos
From G1 (as a negative particle) and G1384; unapproved, that is, rejected; by
implication worthless (literally or morally): -
castaway, rejected, reprobate.
Ú He’s not asking you to do anything that he’s
not willing to do himself
1Co_9:27 WEB but I beat my body and bring it into submission,
lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected96. [αδοκιμος96]
Gal_2:2 WEB I went up by revelation, and I laid before
them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those
who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.2756
(“Became” unsaved, or was never there to
begin with; Compare 2Pet 2:15; Phil 2:16)
1Co_15:14-15; 2Co_6:1; Gal_2:2; Phi_2:16; (1Th_2:1;)
1Th_3:5;
[empty: Mar_12:3; Luk_1:53; Luk_20:10; Luk_20:11; Act_4:25]
2Jo_1:8-9 WEB Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things
which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward. 9
Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of
Christ, doesn't have God…
4. Moving Past Just Having the Foundation
Sub titled: From Milk to
Meat
1Co 3:10-15 KJB According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise
master-builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds upon it. But let
every man be careful how he builds upon it. 11 For
no one can lay any other foundation than that which is laid, which is Jesus
Christ. 12 Now
if anyone builds upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay,
stubble; 13
Every man's work shall be made known: for the day shall show it, because
it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what
sort it is. 14 If any man's work remains which he has
built upon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he
shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Ú Verse 11, Jesus Crist is not cheep, hypocritical… if you have him as a foundation you’ll
be the same Ü
Ú Living stones (as Jesus is) vs. wood hay (1Pet 2:4-5 -will read later-)
(as He is so are we
on earth)
Ú These stones ain’t rocks (heavenly city is precious)
Ú “precious jasper”
Ú your admonition is don’t burn!
Ú “We get judged too; don’t puff humans up; Who are we anyway?” (1Cor 1:12; 3-5)
ÚWood hay Stubble: Bad materials: Unsaved
church leaders used to try and build God’s Kingdom, all of whom will burn. The
leader responsible will have wasted his work.
Ú They are cheep
materials that look good at first because they have physical skills… But they
burn!
Ú 1Co 15:33 Bad company
Ú(This Instance being contrasted with “That
woman Jezebel- flagrant immorality”)
-way abused by evangelicals
-not primarily an individual
“save self and hearers”
“things pertaining to God”
-BUT applied to individual!
Be careful how you hear
Test everything
Don’t believe every spirit
Those who claim to be
apostles but are not
Simple belives
every word
A. Understand Theses
Points
Ú “I feed you milk” (1Co_3:1-2), milk includes baptism (Heb 5:2 below) it says that Paul Baptized many Corinthians (Act
18:8)
Ú Repeating Kindergarten
Heb 5:11-14 KJB …we have many things to say being hard to
describe, since you are hard of hearing.
12 For by now though you ought to be
teachers, you need someone to teach you again those first
principles of the
oracles of God; and have become as those who need milk, and not of solid food. 13 For
every one that uses milk is
unskilled in the word of righteousness: for he is a baby. 14 But
solid food belongs to them that are of full age, those who by use have their
senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Heb 6:1-3 KJV Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ,
let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith
toward God, 2 Of
the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the
dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit.
Joh 16:12-13 WEB "I have yet many things to tell you,
but you can't bear them now. 13 However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he
will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever
he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
ÚTake note: The foundation that is worthy of
anything, is one that you GROW upon
(going back to
this verse) 1Pe 2:1-6 KJB Therefore laying aside all wickedness, and
all deceit, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of
the word, that you may grow by it: 3 If it is so that you have tasted that the
Lord is
gracious.
4 coming unto Him, a living stone, truly rejected by men but chosen
by God, precious, 5 You
also as living stones are built up, a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to
offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 by which it is also contained in the
Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, chosen, precious” and,
“he that believes on Him shall not be put to shame.”
Ú Do you see: Milk ÙÚ Foundation
1Co 3:1-2 KJV And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as
unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even
as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with
meat: for hitherto ye were not able to
bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
1Pe 1:7 WEB that the
proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though
it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the
revelation of Jesus Christ --
but see previous verse:
1Pe 1:6 WEB …you greatly rejoice, though now for a little
while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,
Measurable
Goals
>> See
& Combine with the version below!!!
Other dates (2003-2011 -- See: Greatness
> MISSION, VISION, STRATEGY); 3/7/17 (recompiled)
(Think of how they relate to the
"Mission")
These goals being more long term, gradually
introduced, and primarily so to the most serious students of Jesus
To have every Disciple Keep Acts 2:42, such as…
- Devoted to read at least 1 chapter of
the Bible a day. (Self Û
God).
- Spend at least 1 hour in prayer each
day. (Self Û
God Û Others)
A. Why an "hour"? Act 3:1, Mt.
26:40-41 / Mk 14:27 & 37-38, Act 1:14,
6:4, 10:30
(This is not a law, but a starting point based on
Biblical ideas and attitudes)
Some
Biblical themes relating to this Are: going to "The House of Prayer" (in Jerusalem)
for "The Hour of Prayer" & having "Songs of Assents" on
the way.
B. If you want to be a man or woman of GOD and
"shake nations" then you’ll be
self / God
constrained to do more than the average church person is doing.
C. Although there is no Biblical support for
praying less than an hour/ day, it may be necessary to start off with at least
30 min/ day because of weakness.
C. Do you want to be like Abraham, Moses, &
John the Baptist…?
Ex. …everyone else is going
out to eat, but you will stay back and pray.
- Devoted to the Body (Self ó Others)
A. By now your
connected with God, so you want to connect others to Him
(See Heb
10:24-25)
?B. Go to
Church and get around the right people that specifically push you to Jesus
- Not be under the law, doing the minimum
of all these things.
(Self ó God, Goes back to the vision to have God’s favor)
- Devoted to Holiness.
A. Committed to not pursue
romantic relationships until marriage.
(See
"No Dating Scriptures" Bible Study)
B. Not to be entertained by
anything bad, "No bad thing before my eyes"
(See
Psalms 101:2-5)
- Witness to at least 1 person/ week
Truth Sunday School Measurable Goals:
Other dates (2003-2011 -- See: Greatness
> MISSION, VISION, STRATEGY); 3/7/17 (recompiled)
Þ We want to have
everyone in this Sunday School Acts 2:42
compliant…
(Think: How do they relate to the mission?):
1.Devoted to read at
least 1 chapter of the Bible a
day. (Self Û
God)
2.Spend at least 1 hour in
prayer each day. (Self Û God Û Others)
A. Why an hour? Mt. 26:40-41 / *Mk
14:27 & 37-38,
Different Times of Day- *Act 1:14Þ2:1Þ2:15, 3:1, 10:30, 6:4
3 Times Of Prayer- (for Jews) Dan 6:10, *Ps 55:17
B. At least pray some in the morning, (this
means that you have to get up earlier)
The
Morning- Ps. 5:2-3, *55:17,
88:13, Mk 1:35
Think: “First Fruits”- of the day,
Exo 23:15-19, 34:26, Lev 23:10, Neh 10:35, Pro 3:9, Eze 44:30
C. If you want to be a man/woman
of God and ‘shake nations’
then you’ll be
self/God constrained to do more than what
everyone else is doing.
D. Do you want to be like Abraham, Moses, & John
the Baptist…?
Then Þ Ex.
…everyone else is going out to eat, but you will stay back and pray.
(Not promoting introversion and antisocial / anti-rejoicing behavior
toward crowds ß)
3.Devoted to the Body
A. Self Û Others. By
now your connected with God, so you want to connect others to Him
(See Heb 10:24-25)
B. Go to Church and get around the right
people that specifically
push you to Jesus
4.Not being under the law, doing the minimum of
all these things.
Self Û God. Goes back to the vision to have God’s favor/Grace (Rom 6:14)
Under The Law- Rom 3:19-20, Gal
3:23, 4:3-5, Rom 7:14-8:4 Gal *5:15
The Good Law- Rom 8:1-4, 1Cor 9:21,
Jas 2:8, & 10-13
5.Devoted to holiness.
A. Committed to not pursue romantic relationships
until marriage.
(See ‘Don’t Flirt’ list)
B. Not to watch anything bad, ‘No bad thing before
eyes’
(See *Palms 101:2-5, *Is 33:14-17, Jas 1:27, Act 17:16)
6.Witness to at least 1
person a week (Mk 16:20, Act 14:7, 20:25-27)
Once Saved Always Lost
7/4/02* (Due); 3/13/17 (recompiled;
retitled)
[* Original title: Word Devour 2 - “Once
Saved Always Saved”]
Verses and Reference
Words to define in bold
Jam 5:20 Let him know,1097 that3754 he which converts1994 the sinner268 from1537
the error4106 of his846 way3598 shall save4982 a soul5590 from1537 death,2288 and2532
shall hide2572
a multitude4128
of sins.266
5 Words:
Converts 1994–
Greek ἐπιστρέφω epistrepho¯ ep-ee-stref'-o
From G1909 and G4762; to revert (literally, figuratively or morally): - come (go)
again, convert, (re-) turn (about, again).
Sinner 268–
Greek ἁμαρτωλός hamarto¯los ham-ar-to-los'
From G264; sinful,
that is, a sinner: - sinful,
sinner.
Error 4106–
Greek πλάνη plane¯ plan'-ay
Feminine
of G4108 (as abstraction); objectively fraudulence;
subjectively a straying from
orthodoxy or piety: - deceit, to deceive, delusion, error.
Save 4982–
Greek σώζω so¯zo¯ sode'-zo
From a
primary word σῶς so¯s¯
(contraction for the obsolete σάος saos, “safe”); to save, that is, deliver or protect
(literally or figuratively): - heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
Death 2288–
Greek θάνατος thanatos than'-at-os
From
G2348; (properly an adjective used as a noun) death
(literally or figuratively): - X deadly, (be . . .) death.
Author / Date
In all extreme possibility, the book could
have been written by any of the 4 people named “James” in the BIBLE. There was
1. James the son of Alphaeus who
was called ‘the less’ or ‘the younger.’ He was one the Apostles, ( Mt. 10:3).
2. There was James who was the father of
one of the disciples named Judas, (Lk. 6:16).
3. There was also a James who was the half brother
of Jesus, and he was called “the just,” (Mt.13:55). 5. There was James son of Zebedee, the
brother of John who was the most Jesusified. He was
one of the three main apostles that Jesus trusted a lot.
I tend to think it was the 5th because
Jesus approved of him so much, but it also could have been the 3rd because he
was the one who was mentioned after the main James was mardered,
and was a big Church leader in Acts, (also called the “pillar”).
Origonal Audience:
The time line of this
book is uncertain so it hard to pin point at which time James was writing this
epistle. A lot of scholars think that
it was written earlier because of some wording used but nothing much that is definite. If it was written early like they think, then
it would have been to the new
formed church. We do know
that the book was written to Jewish minded people because of its content. James has been called the most Jewish book in
The whole New Testament. The people who received the letter were also
probably undergoing
Immediate Context:
This verse is about
the state of the salvation of a soul, and is talked about right after James was
just talking about physical healing. John Wesley mentioned how much more
important it was to talk about a sole being saved right after talking about
physical healing.
It is a sporadic tag
on to the end of an in-depth explanation on healing. Here is all this about healing and by the
way, you should know how important it is to safe guard people from straying
from the Truth.
Personal Application:
This verse is one of the kickers that so
clearly debunks the errors of the “once saved always save” mentality. For me this was important because if I was
going to give up such a sacred declaration, (having come from Baptist Churches
all of my life), it had better have been in the Bible! It turned out as I kept reading the Bible for myself, that this was only one
of many such clear scriptures that instill a much needed Godly fear of being cut off in the life stile of sin. In all
this I do not deny that we need to have confidence in the surety of our
salvation, but I think I’ll do that Biblically
with fear and trembling (see below).
Calvinisticly Abused Scriptures
In other words: Scriptures that
Baptists might sight to prove “Once saved always saved”
Joh 10:28
And I give to
them eternal life, and they shall never ever perish, and not anyone shall pluck
them out of My hand.
Joh
10:29
My Father who gave them to
me is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck them out of My Father's
hand.
This is very comforting but, for the sake of
this topic:
It is usually overlooked by Baptists that He
never said that you could not walk out of His hand. No one will come along and
snatch you, but you have feet that could step out of His protecting hands.
Rom 11:29 For the free gifts and calling of God are
without repentance (they are irrevocable).
This is good, but Paul is talking about a
people that will still mostly go to hell.
Weather or not they are the chosen people,
(and they are), the majority will still be condemned.
*It is important to note that “O.S.A.S.”
(Once saved always saved) relies subconsciously upon predestination to even egzist. In Truth,
the Bible is not about “Once saved always saved,” but it is about “Once
predestined always predestined.” Instead of focusing on the temporal state of a
soul, if one is predestined before time, then the end state, (or location), of
a soul is what is established by God’s
Grace. If this does not make since, it would not
surprise me because it has taken me about 5 different Sunday School Classes to
explain. Also, it is easier to talk about person to person rather than this, a
one sided conversation.
Phi
1:6
being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun
a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ,
Getting back to
predestination, this shows that though Judis was
“saved” in some since beings that he ‘shared in their ministry,’ and performed
miracles and so on, but God had not started a work in him from the foundations
of the world. –This is the work that matters,
that is manifested at God’s appointed time.
This is only one of many examples. We had better pray and hope and make
sure, (with all eagerness and fear), that it was God who begun the good work in
us lest we fall away. Remember Heb 6 (see below).
1Pe 1:5 by the power of God, having been kept through
faith to a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time;
Natural question: If some
one looses that faith how could it keep
them? I’m not being irrelevant or
ridicules, but people that hold to the error usually really do not see how
obviously off it is.
*It is
important to note that not all Baptists are severely messed up in this area,
but as the religion of our age among all denominations works, most of them are.
(Other denominations are usually proportionally messed up in different areas).
Armenian / Free will Scriptures
In other
words: These are contrary to things like ‘irresistible grace’ and
‘Once saved always saved’ .
Of course:
Jam 5:20 Let him know,1097 that3754 he which converts1994 the sinner268 from1537
the error4106 of his846 way3598 shall save4982 a soul5590 from1537 death,2288 and2532
shall hide2572
a multitude4128
of sins.266
Heb 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the
things which we have heard, lest at any time we should Fall away.
See not after Heb. 10 ref
Heb 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once
enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the
Holy Spirit,
Heb 6:5 and have tasted the good Word of God and
the
powers of the world to come,
Heb 6:6 and who have fallen away; it is
impossible, I say, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify the
Son of God afresh to themselves and put Him to an open shame.
Once was saved, but then completely fell
away, (not to be confused with Jam 5:20: “errer” or
“drifting away.”)
Heb 10:26
For if we sin willfully
after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more
sacrifice for sins,
Heb 10:27 but a certain fearful looking for judgment and fiery
indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Heb 10:28
He who despised Moses' Law died without mercy on the word of two or three
witnesses.
Heb 10:29 Of how much
worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy of punishment, the one who
has trampled the Son of God, and who has counted the blood of the covenant with
which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
Heb 10:30 For we know Him who has said, "Vengeance belongs
to Me, I will repay, says the Lord." And again, "The Lord
shall judge His people."
Is it to obvious to
note that He is warning Christians. “We” includes himself.
For by whom
anyone has been overcome, even to this one he has been enslaved.
2Pe 2:20 For if they have escaped the pollutions of the
world through the full knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and are
again entangled, they have been overcome by these, their last things are
worse than
the first.
2Pe 2:21 For it would have been better for
them not to have fully known the way of righteousness, than fully knowing it, to
turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
2Pe 2:22 But the word of the true proverb has happened
to them: The
dog turning to his
own vomit; and, The
washed sow to wallowing in the mire.
I do speak the Truth of what I’ve seen in the
spiritual realm: Most people that fall away never were. In other words, people
that fall away were never really connected with Jesus in the first place,
despite how zealous or excited they seamed. Sincerity has nothing to do with it despite
our human sympathies.
2Pe
1:10
Therefore, brothers,
rather be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you
do these things, you shall never fall.
We do not automatically know that we are
predestined just because we answered an alter call. Logically, we might fall if we do not ‘do
these things.’
Another important Verse:
Phi
2:12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always
obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, cultivate
your own salvation with fear and trembling.
(Paul practiced this: 1Cor 2:3 &
2Cor7:15)
The worst thing about the error is that it
nearly always dissolves this essential fear.
Without it we may fall and many will continue to think even more that
they know Jesus when they don’t.
2/8/19
Retitled
Saving Discipleship