Mon, Dec 31st - 1:27AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Brothers and sisters, none of us have to envy or be jealous of the Nation of Israel because they have the right and commandment from God to bring their tithes directly to the temporary Levitical ministry on earth as commanded by the Law of Moses.

None of us should be tempted to imitate them in any manner: Heb 13:10 - We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

We have the everlasting and superior ministry of Jesus Christ; no Levitical priest has the right to even approach His altar.

Therefore, holy people, let it suffice us that we have the right and the commandment from God that through our giving we are able to support those who minister the word of God and care for the flock of Jesus Christ on earth. We support them according to our means, not out of bondage and fear of punishment as those do under the Law of Moses, but out of the love and faith of the everlasting law of grace.  We know there is a multitude of these faithful overseers laboring faithfully in ministering the gospel and caring for the flock of God. They may be unknown among men, but God knows them. He upholds them and will faithfully reward them for their service out of love for Him.

1Co 9:13 - Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? 14 - Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

I do not want to go into a study within a study, brethren, we know we must have wisdom to understand that amongst the many faithful ministries, there are those who are little more than meeting halls solely interested in the collection plates and care nothing for its members for whom Christ died.

As we get ready to go into chapter 11 of Hebrews, it is often characterized as the roll call of faith, as though it pertains only to the faithful believers of the past.

The eternal truth is that all  believers in Jesus Christ  past, present and future are partakers in that roll call of faith,  after the example of faithful Abraham who: Rom 4:20 - He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 

Rom 4:21 and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

 Rom 4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

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

 Rom 4:24 but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;  25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

As we head into the new year no brother or sister among us should mistakenly think that because they are not Elijah the prophet that they cannot make it rain as he did because God will not have the same regard to their prayers. What is meant here is that they mistakenly believe that God will not have the same regard in answering their prayers.

God is no respecters of persons for the Bible teaches:  

Jas 5:16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Jas 5:17 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Dearly beloveds,  do not be discouraged but instead come believing. Return back to your prayer closets with the rest of us praying earnestly within the context and boundaries of the gospel-EXPECT RAIN!!!!

Love

Sat, Dec 29th - 7:22PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Brothers and sisters before we continue to the next chapter of Hebrews, there are those who want to understand more about how Jesus Christ changed the tithe. It is not that these brothers and sisters do not want to give. It is that they want to give in the right way that God commands to please Him out of love for Him, and His people.  The tithe is often abused, excessive, burdensome and commanded of those too poor to meet even their own needs.

We know, saints (G40 hagios), that those who claim the Christian must tithe on earth to the earthly ministry and that it is not just about money are insincere because they command money, ten percent or more above anything else.  

Some say tithing is still commanded by the Law for Christians too, and even before the Law. Others say God never commanded any Christian to tithe ever. Which is correct. The answer is neither one is correct. How so?

The Bible declares that if our Lord Jesus Christ was on earth right now and we tried to bring Him our “tithes” HE COULD NOT ACCEPT OUR TITHES. IN FACT, GOD THE FATHER FORBIDS HIM TO ACCEPT THEM, BECAUSE HE IS NOT OF THE TRIBE OF LEVI.

What this means is that no Christian on earth can command Christians to bring them a tithe in any manner or amount whatsoever. The tithe is commanded by God exclusively, explicitly for the Levitical priesthood of the nation of Israel alone:

 Heb 8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Num 18:21 - And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

This does not mean that a Jewish convert to Christianity can command a tithe of Christians, since they are no longer under the Law, but the new covenant of Jesus Christ who forbids Christians on earth to command a tithe of Christians  directly to themselves.

THE NEW TESTAMENT TITHE UNDER OUR HIGH PRIEST JESUS Christ

Heb 7:8 - And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Mat 6:20 - But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Brothers and sisters, how in the world are we going to get our tithes up to Jesus in heaven to lay up treasures in heaven? Dearly beloveds, that is a very easy question to answer.

Whatever we do, or give of our time, talent and treasure on earth for Jesus He weighs the purpose and intent of the heart to see if it is out of love for Him or not. It is the intrinsic eternal spiritual value of All that we do out of love for Jesus on earth that He receives it in heaven and lays it in store in our account from which He will reward us in heaven and on earth as well. The new covenant commands that our tithe is absolutely exclusively, explicitly between us and Jesus Christ alone.

The new covenant system of giving on earth is between Jesus and the giver alone too: God alone set the standards for the kind of giving acceptable to Him or not. 2Co 9:6 - But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

 God leaves it  up to the individual brothers and sisters to determine what they can reasonably give generously, consistently to the ministry and it’s work along with the attitude that should accompany our giving:  2Co 9:7 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

OBEY GOD-GIVE ON EARTH GOD’S WAY ONLY

2Co 8:12 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

Willing mind: that mind not under compunction, but freely willing, cheerfully from the heart.

God set the absolute explicit standard for the wrong way of giving:

2Co 8:13 - For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:

Don’t deprive your dependent family of support in any manner whatsoever. Don’t sell your house your family needs to help out someone else, or put yourself in debt. Pay no attention to anybody asking you to give your car you need to get to work, or your kid’s lunch money or anything else that will deprive them of the care they need.

1Ti 5:8 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

So, what now holy people? This means if we have not done so we will look carefully at our finances and before we get to church, set aside the amount we can generously, consistently give for the work of the ministry out of love for our Lord and Savious Jesus Christ and the love and support of those who minister faithfully in His name, understanding that while this is giving on earth, the tithe is strictly to Jesus Christ alone who recognizes all that we do and give in time, talent and treasure, cheerfully, wisely, generously and willingly out of love for Him. Jesus weighs all of this on the basis of its intrinsic spiritual value if any, then keeps it in store for us to reward us on earth and later in heaven itself.

Most of us already know this. This is for those who did not understand why they get so offended when anybody stands over them and wrongfully pronouncing the lie that they are under a curse for not giving the Levitical tithe that God set aside absolutely exclusively for the Levitical priesthood of the nation of Israel ON EARTH

Love

Fri, Dec 28th - 11:43PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 10:32But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 33Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. 34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. 35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. 36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Brothers and sisters, Paul is not urging them to not throw away their salvation in any manner whatsoever. These saints had been going through fiery trials at the hands of wicked people. Therefore, Paul was urging them to not lose their confidence that Jesus would one day bring an end to these terrible trials they were under and that He had allowed for His purposes. Neither should we grow weary in well doing because of our troubles, afflictions and the mockery of the wicked. We all need to continue in faith and patience regardless of our situation, condition, or circumstances- patiently-continuing doing good knowing Jesus will keep every promise He has made to us His holy people. Patience is the prize to be sought here because we understand the patience of God that it is serving His purpose in our lives: Rom 5:3 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

Why God is patient: Jas 5:7 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

Nevertheless in God’s timing He will come for nothing, absolutely nothing has the power to nor can delay, deny, hinder, nor prevent Him from coming exactly at the appointed time.

Heb 10:37For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.38Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

There is therefore, saints (G40 hagios) no need nor reason to focus on the timing of the return, we must stay ready and be ready whenever He comes, this is what He commands. Those who draw back under fire show they never belonged to Him and He has no pleasure in them.

Heb 10:39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Dearly beloveds, we end this chapter taking up the shield of faith and drawing out the sword of the Spirit, remaining strong in our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of His might. There is more that be with us than be with the wicked whose day will end swiftly at the coming of our King of Kings and Lord of Lords Jesus Christ.

Love

Thu, Dec 27th - 9:10AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Brothers and sisters, the Bible in meticulous detail down to the minutiae repeatedly, absolutely declares for all eternity the curse, death and wrath of God upon all who impenitently reject His Son whom He has appointed the Saviour for all who will believe in on and obey Him.

Praise God for the multitude of overseers and the church as a whole who stands against those false teachers who lie and say that God is too loving and kind to send anyone to hell or there is no hell, or even if people go to hell it is only temporary to help them repent and believe the gospel whereupon they will be released into heaven.

 Dear friends of Jesus, let us always tell the truth to those in error so that even some might turn from their error and come confessing their sins and believing Jesus Christ to receive the mercy of God and the forgiveness of all their sins. Otherwise there is no more mercy from God for those who impenitently  reject the salvation made available alone through Jesus Christ His Son, but certain vengeance against the wicked who impenitently reject Him.

2Th 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Brothers and sisters, even you who have been troubled by the wicked, run out of your homes, and countries some of you with just the clothing on your backs, take heart and know that none of our suffering is in vain. The day is coming that our Lord and Saviour shall bring swift destruction and everlasting punishment to the wicked, thoroughly purging them from amongst His people.

SURE PAYDAY PROMISED FROM GOD FOR HIS ADVERSARIES

Heb 10:28He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 30For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Holy people, God is not speaking of believers here but those who when shown the truth of Jesus Christ, counted Him as nothing, the sacrifice of His blood as worthless and counted the Holy Spirit as a liar. Those that despise the spirit of grace and the Son should be very, very afraid for their day of recompense from God is surely coming from which they shall not escape.

Love

Tue, Dec 25th - 7:42PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

It is common, saints (G40 hagios), for some to be deceived by false teachers who teach the lie that it is acceptable to understand the Bible as errant not absolute, and open to differing interpretations, which are equally valid.   Now we certainly know that God does not condemn those who have been tricked by deceivers. He will bring them to the truth and they shall escape: 2Pe 2:18 - For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

The eternal truth, holy people, is that there is only one correct interpretation of the gospel message, that it is absolute and God commands all of it to be believed and obeyed, there are absolutely no options or plan B’s to it. God curses any and everyone who unrepentantly adds to or takes away from it.

Say it with me brothers and sisters, where the Bible is silent, we must be silent, where the Bible speaks, we must speak, and we must with the gospel’s absolute authority speak the same things it speaks.

Brethren, earlier we looked at those who say after they have been saved that they still sin from two biblical standpoints. The first that we have already examined is the true new Christian, and the true Christian who is ignorant of scripture. These will repent and come believing the truth when they are taught. Now it is necessary to look at the false Christian, who remains unrepentant when taught the truth. God makes absolutely no excuses for any impenitent person who rejects the truth.

God takes no pleasure in sending people who reject the gospel to hell. However, He makes it clear that He absolutely does not regard impenitent persons, whosoever they may be, as broken and hurting, harmless, benign, confused, ignorant, innocent, backslidden, or unlearned of scripture. No, they are none of these things, they know and fully understand the gospel message, but refuse to believe it and will never change their minds of seeing it as anything other than foolishness instead of what it eternally is the everlasting truth of Jesus Christ.

Heb 10:26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Those who reject the eternal truth of Jesus Christ should be very afraid for they will all pay for their own sins, face the wrath of God and everlasting death and destruction.

Willfully:   voluntarily, willingly, of one's own accord.

A. to sin wilfully as opposed to sins committed inconsiderately, and from ignorance or from weakness.

Since they reject the sacrifice of Jesus Christ there is no other source of sacrifice for the atonement of all their sins. Therefore, they have doomed themselves to everlasting death, damnation and destruction. God does not refer to impenitent persons who reject salvation alone through His Son Jesus Christ as His sheep. No God calls them ADVERSARIES.  Jesus tells us why such persons are not His sheep: Jhn 10:26 - But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

 The Bible never refers to them as children of God, because they are not and never were or will ever be His children. The Bible declares of them instead:  2Pe 2:21 - For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

2Pe 2:22 - But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Love

Sun, Dec 23rd - 2:07PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

(Jude 1:17-23)

Heb 10:19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21And having an high priest over the house of God; 22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Brothers and sisters, the Bible interprets itself, defends itself, and backs up itself. Through the Bible each believer is taught to do the same. Thanks be to God, for His power through which His church stands unmovable, unshakeable and steadfast in His name. Jesus comforts us, teaches us and assures us that those who have faith in Him can freely and boldly come in His presence, He is our Saviour and high priest who we are commanded to approach without doubt, wavering, suspicion or fear of Him.  Jesus is the only door to God’s throne room. To believe otherwise is the mark of an evil conscience that doubts that God’s way is the only right way and the only right way is God’s way-through faith alone, by grace alone in His Son Jesus Christ. Children of light we must take note of the charged urgency, meticulous and repetitious nature of the gospel message to compel  all to see the absolute truth and love of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Love

Fri, Dec 21st - 7:13AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREW

Brethren, as a great many of us know, after Jesus saves people, He fills them with the Holy Spirit, His Spirit and God also indwells them. It is a lie that after people are saved, they are expected to still live sinful lives. If the Bible did not say it, it is absolutely not true it is a big fat lie.

1Jo 3:6 - Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

 1Jo 3:8 - He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1Jo 3:10 - In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

1Jo 5:18 - We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

The body and blood of Jesus, dearly beloveds,  is the only and final offering to gain forgiveness from God. The saved person is left in his or her human body by God so that within their allotted time they will live by faith. As the true Christian comes to each point in time of the forgiven sin, they will turn away from it to God instead of continuing in sin. God allows trials to purge, test, try and prove our faith and to strengthen us along the way.

The saved person will repent and turn to God from sin and progressively learn to control his vessel along the way. The just shall walk by faith and not according to their or someone else’s personal opinion. God’s people live lives focused on pleasing Him above anyone else, for He is worthy. In this way our whole lives become one of worship to and of God.

God gives every one of His people a redeemed holy conscience so that we know the difference between good and evil and have power to choose the good out of love and trust in Him. This is not easy believe--ism because God instructs us that yes, most certainly all of our sins are permanently cleansed away; however, on earth He allows us to receive the consequences of them. He commands us to be responsible/accountable to Him and one another in every aspect of our lives.

Every Christian, saints (G40 hagios) is commanded by God to control His vessel. We learn this by experience over time in applying God’s word to our everyday lives, through Bible study and the help of the church as a whole. Every Christian is subject to discipline of the church and self- discipline is commanded. We live lives no longer subject to sin, because Jesus freed us from our old sin nature and gave us a new holy nature and power over sin.   

Because of Jesus we fully meet God’s standard of being eternally righteous in His Son, Jesus Christ.

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

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

Rom 6:22 - But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Finally, all Christians, the new Christian and the Christian who is unlearned must be taught: Eph 5:3 - But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;(See this whole chapter).

1Pe 4:15 - But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

1Jo 3:15 - Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

True Christians will come believing and obeying the truth when they are taught it.

Tue, Dec 18th - 5:29PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Brothers and sisters, where we left off was, what about those who say we still sin! We can with all boldness address those who say this from two biblical standpoints.  The first are those who are true new Christians and/or those true Christians who are ignorant of scripture, but when they hear the truth will come believing the truth and walking in it. the second are those false Christians who do know the eternal truth of scripture and who impenitently reject and oppose it.

Let us speak, saints (G40 hagios)m regarding the true Christian who is new to faith and/or the Christian who is just ignorant of scripture. Holy people, it is not uncommon for the new Christian or the Christian who has not been taught the full gospel message to say we still sin, although they say it in a great deal of pain and dismay. They love the Lord, want to please God, and are greatly disturbed with feelings of guilt, failure, dread and fear when their conscience is made aware of some sin in their lives that displeases God (all sin displeases God). They may have a wishy washy, touchy feely, warm and fuzzy personal concept of understanding God, but quite frankly do not know God’s eternal biblical absolute standard for sin nor how God enables and commands His people to deal with sin under the new covenant.

We should not be surprised that they believe in error when they sin, that they have lost fellowship with God, and/or that God will not hear their prayers unless they perform some work or ritual to get back in His favor-such as begging for forgiveness, incessant confessions, keeping short accounts etc. Because of their ignorance of scripture many are anxiety ridden, filled with shame, guilt, fear ruled, in constant dread of in error thinking they will lose their salvation and wind up in hell. Again, they do not know how in the world that Jesus forgave them of all their sin and at times they still sin. Therefore, they see this as easy believe-ism, knowing not the scriptures nor the power of God, in their ignorance.

What is being said here, dearly beloveds, is that the underlying problem is not a lack of faith on the part of such Christians, but ignorance of the final finished exhaustive, explicit absolute inerrant and complete new covenant of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The whole of scripture is eternally valid, but the absolute finality of righteousness rests only in Jesus Christ, appointed by God as the Saviour for all who believe in and on Him far and near.

Most of us are ignorant to some degree when we come to Christ, mostly knowing only that He saved us, and little else.

But thanks be to God we do not have to and are commanded not to stay ignorant. God does not condemn any of His people who are ignorant of scripture and do err because of it and neither must we. Instead we should aid everyone’s faith even as ours is through godly overseers, teachers and the church as a whole continuously.

The Bible is easy to understand. God’s standard for a person being a sinner is having an inherent sin nature. When Adam sinned in disobeying God, all born of Adam are born physically alive and spiritually dead with the inherited Adamic sin nature, which is why all people sin and love to sin. God placed all sinners under the Law to show no one can be saved by their own power and live a sinless life, so at the coming of the gospel of Jesus Christ all who confess they are sinners (1Jo 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness.) Confess here means to absolutely covenant with Lord Jesus in His eternal new covenant. (Rom 10:9-13);

 And believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose again to eternal life are permanently forgiven of all their sins: permanently washed in His blood,  Heb 9:12;  Rev 1:5 ;  permanently filled/sealed with the holy spirit  Eph 1:13; Eph 4:30; 1Co 6:19

 permanently made an entirely new born again creation in Jesus Christ, after His nature: Eph 2:15 ; 2Co 5:17; and are permanently kept by the power of God from falling away into apostasy: Jde 1:24.

God alone has set the eternal absolute standard for who is a sinner and who is not, who belongs to Him who does not. There are no alternatives, plan B’s to the eternal standards that God has set. God grants no one authority to add or take away from His eternal, inerrant truth.

love

serola

Thu, Dec 13th - 10:19AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

THE NEW COVENANT OF JESUS CHRIST

 Heb 10:15Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;  Before meaning: (Jer 31:31-36); Isa 1:18.

Brethren, we arrive near the end of this chapter ten of Hebrews we understand that it is not a cliff hanger. The Bible has left no loose ends, absolutely nothing is left dangling or hanging salvation through the new covenant of Jesus Christ alone and no other is absolutely established eternally for all who believe far and near.

God through His Son Jesus Christ sent the gospel down with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of everlasting truth and the guarantor of infallible truth to witness that the new covenant and nothing else is acceptable to God. In the past the Law was written with the finger of God upon tablets of stone.

But now through faith in Jesus Christ, God writes His new covenant Law of eternal love, truth and grace in the hearts, and minds of all who believe and obey Him.  

Surely as the eagles of our Lord, we are left breathless, awestruck, thankful in the everlasting truth that when our Lord and Saviour said: “IT IS FINISHED”, He really meant it and did it for all eternity.

Heb 10:17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

18Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Here in the above passages, saints (G40 hagios) we find rest in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. confident and fully assured that He has absolutely finished our works and made us eternally fully forgiven/righteous and acceptable to God for all eternity. Therefore, holy people, we find peace and reconciliation with God the Father to serve Him out of His power in love and never fear of rejection and punishment.

Some might say wait a minute-WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO STILL SAY, BUT WE STILL SIN!

Love

serola

Mon, Dec 10th - 12:39PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb  10:11And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Brothers and sisters, the Bible continues on with great care, labor intensive in great meticulousness in diligently showing the eternal truth that Jesus Christ alone meets all of God’s qualifications to be the sole Sinless Saviour who alone by the mercy of God grants unmerited, unearned, unbuyable and unrepayable permanent salvation to all who will believe in Him.

The Levitical priesthood still practices today its many sacrifices which have no ability to cleanse away sin permanently or save anyone, just as it did not save anyone before and never will now. Sadly, the Levitical priesthood has its imitators today among those falsely claiming to be Christian. Such make lying promises that they can forgive people of their sins. These liars love their spectacular ecclesiastical clothing, ornate curious signet rings, even the water filled golden censer to sprinkle their deceived flock.

Now it seems as it were a change in tone the air crackling electric dangerous as Jesus Christ addresses His enemies-all who reject Him as the Lamb of God will be destroyed. Psa 21:8; Psa 37:20; Psa 97:3; Nah 1:2;  Mar 12:36; Mat 13:39; Rom 1:20 2Th 1:8.  Saints (G40 hagios) we see from scripture that God is neither tolerant nor silent regarding those who unrepentantly dispute the everlasting truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ under His finished, final and complete, new covenant.

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Love

Sun, Dec 9th - 6:32PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 10:1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. 3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

I.Conscience: the consciousness of anything

II.the soul as distinguishing between what is morally good and bad, prompting to do the former and shun the latter, commending one, condemning the other

A. the conscience

The conviction of: Jhn 8:9

Brothers and sisters, God is continually absolutely declaring that the Levitical Law was just a poor shadow of the glorious salvation that He would later unleash upon the world at the coming of Jesus Christ, His appointed sinless Messiah, Saviour, and Mediator of the eternal superior new covenant.

Here, God reasons with us in the sense of hey, look, I made the numerous sacrifices of the Law to be totally ineffectual in ever cleansing anyone from sins. If these sacrifices really had any power to cleanse sinners from their sins  I would have been done it with the first animal sacrifice under the Law. The continual offering of them therefore, is proof positive of their ineffectiveness.

Heb 10:5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

Holy people, God knows the thick headedness of His creations making it a necessity to speak with swift, final and concise explicitness: GOD ABSOLUTELY DECLARES THAT HE NEVER HAD ANY PLEASURE IN ANY OF THE SACRIFICES UNDER THE LAW. FUTHERMORE HE ABSOLUTELY DECLARES THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO EVER PLEASE HIM BY OR THROUGH THE LAW.

It is the will of God that His Son Jesus Christ made the one time only acceptable sacrifice that has fully pleased Him, and turned away His wrath forever from those who repent and believe on His Son.

 Heb 10: 8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ ONCE FOR ALL.

Sanctified: to render or acknowledge, or to be venerable or hallow; to separate from profane things and dedicate to God; dedicate and consecrate people to God;  to cleanse, to purify by expiation: free from the guilt of sin; to purify internally by renewing of the soul.

God receives only those who believe and receive His Son Jesus Christ wholly and alone for salvation. God declares absolutely that anyone in vain coming to Him some other way is  DEAD STILL! DEAD STILL! STILL DEAD!

Love

Sat, Dec 8th - 2:47PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 9:23It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: 25Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time WITHOUT SIN UNTO SALVATION.

The scriptures make it absolutely clear over and over and over that God has appointed Jesus Christ alone who through the one- time sacrifice of His sinless body and blood to be the sole Saviour to grant the free gift of forgiveness of all sins permanently to the repentant believer. God’s standard for offering permanent forgiveness is the sinless blood of Christ to all who believe. We see the scriptures keeps on comparing and contrasting the Levitical Law and its high priesthood/sacrifices with the new covenant of grace and its eternal high priesthood/sacrifices to declare that the new covenant is superior in every way to the Law, and the high priest, Saviour, Mediator Jesus Christ is superior with the power to take away all sins for ever.

Holy people, Jesus has not made our relationship to Him one of a casual shallow nature. He has made us one in Him together with an unbreakable eternal bond: Eph 2:15; Eph 5:30.

Jesus, the author of our salvation and the Head of the church, has fully ordered His ministry. He has ordained His body, the people of God upon the earth as kings and priests under His high priesthood.  He has appointed us to carry out the order of service to God on earth, while He himself is continually ministering before God, in the true tabernacle which is in heaven itself. In His omnipresence He indwells His people with the spirit of God and the Holy Spirit. We are no longer our own we have been bought with a price: 1Co 6:20; 1Co 7:23. In His omnipotence His wings of protection are ever spread over His church to protect, nourish and care for it as a whole and each believer individually. His church is not weak, but fully weaponized with the power of His love and truth, and there is not a foe that has the power to conquer it neither in whole nor in part: 1Jo 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 1Jo 5:5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? Rev 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Love

Thu, Dec 6th - 8:07PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 9; 15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. 19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, 20Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Act 10:43To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

I.Remission: release from bondage or imprisonment

II.forgiveness or pardon, of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty.

In His sinless life, sacrificial death and the shedding of His sinless blood, Jesus Christ alone completely fulfilled God’s absolute standard to be the Mediator of the new covenant with absolute sole authority to grant mercy and the free gift of absolute complete, eternal permanent forgiveness to all who repent and believe in and on Him. This is a great relief to Christians and a warning to those who foolishly and in error believe they effected their own forgiveness by some work(s) they have done for they have done nothing at all and are still unsaved and should REPENT! And come believing.

Brothers and sisters, the Bible lays out the very heart of God in sending His only Son as the perfect sinless sacrifice to bring in the new covenant under which all that believe are forgiven of all their sins and saved permanently.

God reveals to us the intimate details of His Son’s tremendous mercy, mind, heart, power, passion, faithfulness, love and truth for and to those whom He created in taking away all their sins forever.

Resting in the assurance of the Lord our Saviour, His love, truth, and faithfulness teaches us to laugh in the storms of life and to dance in the rains, fully convinced that all our losses are but gain. For we know by His love, strength and power He is in us and always with us, so we are not afraid, and we are never alone; for there is neither the hand nor the power that can take us from Him. Phl 4:4.

Love

Wed, Dec 5th - 3:56AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

REFORMATION: meaning to straighten thoroughly; the Messianic restoration:

 The Bible, saints (G40 hagios), is absolutely clear that  this first tabernacle God established under the Law would be valid only until the time of reformation. Tragically and yes blasphemously the reformation has been falsely attributed to the heretic Martin Luther-rabid hater of the jewish people,  and other false prophets of humanistic theology, instead of the rightful Saviour Jesus Christ.

Holy people, one must marvel at those who put their faith in vain in these heretics. Luther wrote concerning the Jews: "We are at fault in not slaying them” for avenging the death of Jesus Christ. Hitler's Nazi government in the 1930s and 40s fit Luther's desires to a tee. Luther preached a false perverted gospel of a powerless bloodless Christ: that is when he preached a person is saved by grace alone by faith alone, by Christ alone, this is true but he never believed it. What he really believed and taught is the falsehood that the saved person remains a sinner and needs to keep “short accounts” in hopes of not dying in unconfessed sin and winding up in hell. The Bible addresses such: 2Ti 3:5 - Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 1Jo 4:20 - If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? The protestant movement of Professing churches sprang out of this heretic and other false prophets, giving rise to salvation by works, a return to the Levitical Law, which is no salvation at all.

Jesus Christ our true eternal Reformation:

Jesus changes every one who believes in Him:

Heb 9:11But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Brothers and sisters, again and again  God, declares the great eternal power of the blood of Christ. The power and superiority of the sinless blood of our sinless saviour Jesus  Christ is so great that He only had to offer it one time to cleanse all who believe from all their sins permanently. The believer is not only forgiven, but thoroughly purged from his inherent Adamic sin nature. The Christian indwelt by the Holy Spirit is empowered and taught by scripture the standards and boundaries of the holy life God commands for His people:  1 Pe 4: 2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

 1 Pe 4: 15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

1 Jhn 5: 18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

Love

Sun, Dec 2nd - 10:03AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 9: 1

Sat, Dec 1st - 1:14PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 8: 13In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Brothers and sisters, the new covenant of Jesus Christ is superior, better and eternally effectual in absolutely destroying the Adamic sin nature of the repentants, which the old covenant could never do, as God did not purpose it for anything but to show the truth of all men as vile sinners who cannot stop sinning. But for those who put their faith in Jesus Christ and His eternal new covenant the Bible declares:

1Jo 3:9 - Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Holy people, the absolute eternal fact that God is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent is not euphemism. God created time for the dispensation of the gospel to bring salvation to all who will believe in or unrepentantly reject His Son Jesus Christ. God  absolutely fixed and confined all men to a limited life time within His time frame, but He Himself, of course, is timeless and will one day end time: Rev 10:6.

Therefore, when the believer is saved through faith in Jesus Christ, spontaneously, in His omniscience Jesus knows all the sins that people will do and have done thoroughly throughout the life time He has allotted them. Neither you, me or anyone else will live one microsecond beyond the life time God has allotted to us.

Again, Jesus, God the Son, and sinless saviour in His omniscience knows every sin the repentant has done and will do in the allotted time He has given them on earth. God the Son in His omnipresence finds every one of the repentants’ sins without error. In His Omnipotence through the power of His eternal complete atonement He forgives the repentants’ and totally washes away all of their sins forever. The sin nature is destroyed and the repentant is made a new creature with a new nature that desires and has the power of God to serve Him and no longer willfully practices sin. The saint (G40 hagios) is a new creature left in their human body so that over the process of their allotted time they can show to God and demonstrate to the world that they have power over sin.

God will allow them to be tested, tried, proven, guided, guarded, purged, helped to grow, disciplined, spread the gospel, and bear fruit in righteousness. So, when the believer comes to the points in time where there is sin, rather than beg for the forgiveness of all his sins already permanently accomplished through faith in Jesus Christ, he or she repents, refuses to practice it and turns to Christ instead. If we really love and trust Christ, we will show it and use the power He has given us so that we do not have to continue in any sin.

God absolutely grants no salvation to anyone confessing their sins by  2Ch 7:14, solemn assemblies, holy convocations etc. works which are all under the Mosaic, or Levitical Law.

Salvation is forever only through Jesus Christ’s eternal atoning work of His new covenant nothing and no one else: Jhn 14:6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Love