Thu, Nov 29th - 12:53PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 8:12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. ( See Jer 31:32-34; Isa 38:17 ).

Rom 4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. (See this whole chapter).

Impute: to reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over

A. to take into account, to make an account of

i.metaph. to pass to one's account, to impute.

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

God no longer sees the Christian as a sinner, because they are permanently saved through faith in Jesus Christ who is God’s absolute final finished complete standard for being made completely cleansed and made free of sin and completely delivered for all time from the Law of sin, death, curse, and punishment. Rom 5:13 - (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

 Rom 8:2 - For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

 Those who are delivered from the Law of sin and death meet God’s final, absolute standard for Him no longer ever counting a saved person as a sinner:

 Permanent Justification through faith in Jesus Christ

Dearly beloveds, the justification that God gives the believer will extend throughout eternity. The reason is the saint is in an eternal Savior (Revelation 22:13), who purchased with an eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:12), an eternal salvation (Hebrews 5:9), that supplies him with eternal life (John 10:28)! Furthermore, since the saint is sinless, more than that righteousness in Jesus Christ, "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died..." (Romans 8:33-34). If the Holy, Righteous, Sinless, Perfect, and Eternal God of Heaven cannot find anything wrong with the standing of the justified Christian, who can?

Holy people, the instant one believes through faith in Jesus Christ, his soul is cut loose from his flesh by a spiritual circumcision performed by Christ (Colossians 2:10-15). As a result, the believer is no longer a slave to his old, Adamic nature (though he can still yield to it); he is set free  and permanently filled with the Holy Spirit to serve in his new righteous nature which is Christ's. The saint is now capable of living a holy life that is pleasing to God (Romans 6:11-23; Colossians 3:1-4).

 Every Christian knows what it means to be tempted. However, being tempted to sin is not a sin in itself. The Lord was tempted in all the areas we are, yet He did not sin (Hebrews 2:17-18). God will allow His people to be tempted for several reasons. Some of them are: to try their faith (1 Peter 1:7), to keep them humble and dependent on Him (1 Peter 5:6), to cause them to know the victory that is in Christ (Hebrews 2:18), and to enable them to win the crown of life (James 1:2-4, 12).

Tue, Nov 27th - 8:53AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

Dearly beloveds, there is no separate covenant for salvation for the nation of Israel, nor have Christians replaced Israel. God will keep certain specific promises to Israel, however, they along with the gentiles all have to come to God through faith in His Son Jesus Christ and both be made one in Him: Rom 11:25-36, see this whole chapter.

 Eph 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.7But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.  (See Eph 2:12-22).

Heb 8:11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

God is no longer writing His commands on stone that can be forgotten, or too difficult to get to all the people. Through the superior, the better new covenant His truth and love is written in the hearts and minds of all who believe in and on His Son Jesus Christ. This is the way everyone who believes and obey Him can truly know Him, regardless of their status, small, or great and anyone in between, He is no respecter of persons.  

HE IS THE GOD ONLY TO THOSE NEAR OR FAR WHO COME TO HIM THROUGH THE NEW COVENANT OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST, WHETHER JEW OR GENTILE.

Sat, Nov 24th - 4:50PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

8For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

9Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

Faultless: unblameable; irreproachable; free from fault or defect; deserving no censure.

Brothers and sisters, with spiritual ferocity, the Bible keeps bringing all back again, and again, to the absolute, uncompromising, eternal, explicit, exclusive, exhaustive truth that God the Father disannulled the old covenant of the Law of sin, the curse and punishment, and brought forth through His Son Jesus Christ, the final, fixed, eternal and complete new covenant- the sole standard for permanent righteousness and atonement for all sins for all who will believe in and on Him.

The Bible over and over, points out in full detail down to the minutiae God’s purpose for the old covenant of the Law to relentlessly rip the lids off of all men to display their corrupt, vile, evil sinful inborn nature, and cause them to hunger and long for a better covenant to rescue and deliver them from all their sins, all who will believe in and on Jesus Christ. it is without question that Israel never kept the old covenant of the Law, for scarcely out of Egypt they built a golden calf, unopposed by the designated high priest Aaron, even before he was ordained into office. It goes without saying their penchant for idols even to the point of burning their children in sacrifice to the idol Moloch: Jer 32:35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

Moses could not keep the Law, Aaron could not keep the Law, Israel did not keep the Law, and neither will me you nor anyone else:  Rom 3:20 - Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Think on this, holy people, the whole new covenant without mixture of the old covenant of the Law or any other doctrine is the sole basis for entering into the kingdom of God for all eternity.

Brethren, the Bible warns against the false doctrine of salvation based on being a scholar with humanistic knowledge of the “historical” Jesus, the “early church”, resting in being able to conjugate in five different languages, and/or being an expert in ancient tomes of obscure teachers, dusty scrolls, and the vile mutterings of dead “professing” unbiblical “heroes of theology” and everything else except the truth of scripture. These so- called scholars, gurus of man -made good news, lovers of the long robes of scholastic apparel, ornate scholastic jewelry, love being lauded for their “scholarly” knowledge/works and various degrees in esoteric areas of useless academic knowledge have failed to enter the kingdom of God. Much of what they teach leads people away from Christ, and engenders discord and confusion about salvation.

Humanistic knowledge is never a substitute for faith in Christ alone, by grace alone, by faith alone, not of works lest any man should boast:  

 1Co 13:2 - And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

1Co 13:8 - Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

Col 1:10 - That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Col 2:3 - In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

1Co 13:13 - And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Love

Tue, Nov 20th - 12:16PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 8: 1Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. 4For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. 6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

In summation, saints (G40 hagios). the Bible lays it out in absolute terms, and casts down the false theology of the mix and match gospel, i.e. parts of the Law mixed in with the gospel message. Once the Law is brought in for righteousness, the whole Law must be kept under pain of death, punishment, the curse, and condemnation of sin. 

Here God is pointing out with spiritual neon signs-Jesus Christ is the sole anointed Saviour and high priest forever, there is absolutely no compromise; no alternatives,  no plan B’s, no multiple choices; no mixing of Law with grace to His new covenant. Jesus Christ is the whole eternal package: Jesus Christ alone has God’s anointing and appointment as high priest, Saviour, Mediator forever. Jesus Christ alone is the Author of the eternal new covenant and the sole source of obtaining righteousness through faith in Him; Jesus Christ alone in His ministry for His people has access into the true sanctuary in heaven directly before the throne of God, face to face with Him.

Brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ is our Man in direct face to face contact with God Almighty in our behalf. There is no “special salvation” for unbelieving Jews; but God has not abandoned them: (see Rom 11).

If anyone knows the truth and will not come believing in Jesus Christ, God calls every one of them His adversaries, enemies. Whether one has reached stellar heights as a scholar; or lauded for being at the height of intellectual elucidation, or just a nice person who feels that they have the authority and its okay to mix the gospel with the Law or other so- called religions; Repent! Repent for the sake of your immortal soul, and come believing in Jesus Christ the Lord and Saviour for the pardon of all your sins, lest you die and open your eyes in hell to await the final judgement in the eternal lake of fire.

Love

serola

Mon, Nov 19th - 9:15AM

Sun, Nov 18th - 2:48AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 7: 23And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: 24But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. 25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

We can absolutely trust in the faithfulness, love, and power of the unchanging high priest Jesus Christ. His love is unfailing, His life is unending, His power is limitless, and He is always working for the glory of God and the good of His people. He has empowered us to love Him back with everything in us and everything we have. Jesus Christ rejects the lukewarm and the cold of heart.

As we examine the tithes with those priests under the Mosaic or Levitical priesthood of the Law, holy people, we find them to be grossly inferior in too many ways to number in comparison to our perfect everlasting high priest Jesus Christ.

THE NEW COVENANT TITHE OF JESUS CHRIST

Jesus Christ is the absolute Head of the church, whom we serve out of love not fear of punishment, death or a curse. Jesus Christ is the only one worthy to be Head of the church forever.

No Christian has authority from God to command, or compel Christians to give them a tithe. Tithing churches are in rebellion, heavily involved with secular government such as 501c etc. programs so that their members can deduct fifty percent of their tithes from their income taxes. They take money from the government to fund their programs- ALL THEY HAVE TO DO FOR IT IS TO KEEP THEIR BIBLES OUT OF SIGHT AND NEVER TELL ANYBODY COMING IN TO THEM ABOUT THE GOSPEL!!! If such servant leaders really trusted that God’s way is best, they would not so rebel in choosing their own way to get financial support- which is sin.

 Needless to say, brothers and sisters, on earth Those commanding Christians to tithe take them with no care about the sincerity of the giver. They do not care about the contents or the motives in the heart of the giver, but the contents of their wallets. Nor do they care if what they receive is a burden on the giver or further impoverishes the poor. They greedily demand the tithe from kids’ allowances, teens’ after school work, grandmas’ social security check, disabled welfare/disability checks, the homeless too, and will not overlook grandpas’ meager nursing home stipend. Often, such men squander away what is given, and often it only benefits themselves. They give no accountability and will get angry and hostile if anybody asks. Worse yet they lie and falsely claim God only approves of those who give large amounts. Yet the Bible says clearly: 1Co 13:3 (see this whole chapter).

Our Lord and saviour is not like them at all.

 How do Christians on earth get their tithes up to Jesus in heaven? We can’t only Jesus Christ can do it for us: The new covenant tithes are given directly to Jesus it is our love offering from our hearts to Him and are all encompassing of everything the Christian, does, believes, and thinks in public, private, in relation to Him and others as His priests on the earth. This is a spiritual tithe that only Christians can give to our Lord and Saviour. However, Jesus weighs the contents/motives/ heart of the believer for only that done out of love is received, and saved in our account in heaven for reward in heaven and on earth. 

The Bible has set the standard for how the church is to consistently support the Bible based ministry:1Co 9:7. However, no servant leader can command or set the amount that each Christian must give but is free to set forth his needs and that of the ministry. In fact, each Christian alone is commanded directly by God in His word to take stock of what he or she can consistently give for the Lord’s work without harming their own ability to take care of themselves and family. This is confirmed in many examples of the new covenant.

Love

serola

Wed, Nov 14th - 8:19PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

It is only within the framework of the new covenant kingdom of Jesus Christ that we can fully understand and obey the tithe that God commands for the Christian vs the temporal Levitical tithe which He has established explicitly and exclusively on this present earth for the nation of Israel, forbidden to the Christian and all others not descended from Levi.

Saints (G40 hagios), let us keep in mind that once God established the Levitical Law, He forever limited tithing on earth exclusively to the Levitical priesthood. In this the Bible makes it absolutely clear that No Christian can qualify to command to give nor receive a tithe on earth, this should make us as Christians exceedingly glad, not upset nor troubled in any way.

Disannulling: abolition, disannulling, put away, rejection.

Weakness: weak, infirm, feeble.

Unprofitableness: unprofitable, useless.

Heb 7: 18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. 19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. 20And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:

21(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

God clearly and absolutely establishes for all eternity the Saviour, His only begotten Son Jesus Christ alone as the sole eternal high priest and His new covenant as everlasting and unchanging.

There are many that say of Christians, in error, that they are “ so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good” as though one cancels out the other, or that they cannot both fully operate at the same time. The Bible tells us God empowers/warns/commands us to do both at the same time: Rom 8:6; Jas 2:16.

Let us put and keep on our spiritual minds, brothers and sisters, while doing good on the earth without ceasing.

Just as earthly kingdoms have changing and adjusting established eligibility standards for legal admission to their kingdom, and laws establishing bounds of acceptable conduct, currency, etc. So, admission to the kingdom of God has established unchanging everlasting easily understood explicit, exclusive standards or qualifications for everyone to be admitted into the eternal kingdom of the Son: Jhn 3:5 ;Jhn 3:6; Jhn 17:16;Jhn 1:12; Jas 1:22; Rom 10:9; Jhn 14:21; Tit 3:5.

These alone are qualified and commanded to tithe to Jesus Christ.

Some might say here-- wait a minute, are you saying we do not have to support the church on earth? No, I am not saying that, certainly we are commanded and must consistently support the church among other things, but that is the error among some Christians today.

Tue, Nov 13th - 5:24PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

JESUS CHRIST CHANGED THE TITHE FOREVER

The earthly Levitical tithe, again, is used as tools of abuse and bondage among Christians, while some receiving them give no accountability as they live-in lavish opulence. Some Christians have lost their homes, retirement funds, College education money for their kids, inheritances, and gone into debt due to being tricked into tithing and “sacrificial” giving well beyond their means.  Christians, some sincerely teach the Levitical tithe out of ignorance which no one condemns because we do not have to stay that way.  Some teach it out of deception, because they do not believe Christians will give willingly, but have to be forced. Where is the faith of such teachers? The aforementioned is just one example of many, besides those false Christians who pervert the command to tithe as a systematic way to rape the finances of believers for gain: 2Pe 2:3

Dearly beloveds, when we understand that Jesus changed everything through His new covenant regarding the operation of salvation and the standards for all things within His realm regarding righteousness, you will never be the same or subject to the bondage of the Levitical law ever again. Again, there are two tithes established, ordained and commanded by God:

God established only one tithe on earth which the high priest of the law alone is commanded by God to take and receive of the nation of Israel:

Heb 7:5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

WHY DID GOD ESTABLISH THE LEVITICAL TITHE ON EARTH?

Num 18:20  And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

 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.

It goes without saying that the Levitical priesthood disobeyed God and accepted spoiled and inferior tithes from the people along with the good. The high priest was no better and did not hesitate to offer the worst portions of the tithe in sacrifice to God, instead of the best that God commanded.

Certainly, holy people, some Christians in error believe the Levitical tithe of the Law passed over to Christians upon the rising up of Jesus Christ our Lord from the dead. This is a lie, the Levitical priesthood is an exclusive, explicit temporal ministry of works done out of fear of punishment, forever closed to Christians and anyone else not descended from Levi.

Num 3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Jesus our Lord is descended from the tribe of Judah, God’s standards for taking or receiving tithes and being a high priest on earth is limited to biological male descendants of Levi. The Bible backs up the explicit, exclusivity of this earthly temporal Levitical works ministry:  Heb 8:4For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

So, holy brethren, the Christian who in error thinks that his/her tithe is acceptable on earth to God has nowhere to take it. God will not receive it and God forbids Jesus to accept it. This is because God limited tithing directly on earth explicitly and exclusively to and for the nation of Israel. Some might say Jacob tithed before the Law so this means Christians can too. No, because there was no command to tithe before the Law. Therefore, the Law is God’s final standard for the tithe on earth.

Of course, here in Hebrews and other places in scripture the Bible will go on Comparing, contrasting, and demonstrating that the superiority of our eternal high priest, and sole sinless Saviour Jesus Christ is far and above the weak inferior earthly Levitical temporal works ministry of the Law of the curse, punishment and death. God does not want us to stumble in our understanding that no work of the Law can make a person acceptable to God.

Brothers and sisters, we should not make the same mistake that the Jews did in thinking that the Messiah came to establish an earthly kingdom for men in the flesh. Jesus said: Jhn 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

We leave the tithes commanded by God under the Levitical law on earth with the understanding that God has forbidden it’s practice by the Christian in its entirety.

Some might say hey wait a minute, Jesus told some to tithe, so He meant for Christians to do the same too. No Jesus told unbelieving Jews to tithe under the Law. Jesus never told believing Jews to tithe under the Levitical Law. In fact, during the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ He never directed or commanded anyone to give or bring Him tithes, for the aforementioned reasons given earlier.

Love

serola

Mon, Nov 12th - 4:49AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

JESUS CHRIST CHANGES EVERYTHING.

^{Heb 7:12} For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

¹³ For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

¹⁴ For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

¹⁵ And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

¹⁶ Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

¹⁷ For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ is appointed by God as the only high priest we need and there will never be a need for another seeing that He lives for ever to minister and make intercession for His people.

Dearly beloveds we have a lot to look at here but let us fully comprehend how Jesus Christ our Sinless Mediator, Saviour, High Priest, Deliverer, Redeemer, the Alpha and Omega, Prophet, King of kings and Lord of lords changed the tithe forever.

JESUS CHANGED THE TITHE FOREVER-OH YES JESUS CHRIST DID!!!

This, brothers and sisters, is for those who feel good because they keep their tithes paid up, until their church leader, perhaps in “ ecclesiastical clothing” puts on his mean face and intones to the congregation: Mal 3:8

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.  Mal 3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. At that point those good feelings of the “all paid up tither” turns to indignation at anybody having the gall to put a curse on them. Maybe they will try to reason with the pastor who will pay them no attention but bring forth this passage to prove he has the authority to curse the congregation. Deu 27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. The pastor in ignorance or deception ignores the fact that he himself is cursed because God forbids anyone not descended from Levi to take or receive tithes. It is dangerous to mix Law and grace, for God will have none of it.

Love

serola

Sat, Nov 10th - 5:18AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ alone is appointed by God as the eternal Saviour and Head of the church. It is necessary to say something more regarding this eternal truth that God never established Peter as head of the church as successor to Jesus Christ. It is blasphemy to preach that Peter or anyone else besides Jesus Christ is the head of the church.

Mat 16:19 - And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

The above verse, brethren, is taken out of context, misinterpreted by some and preached falsely by others to mean that Lord Jesus made Peter head of the church in His stead as though He gave Peter exclusively the keys of the kingdom-the power of binding and loosing on earth and upheld in heaven by God.

The truth the Bible makes clear is that Peter was not made the head of the church. Peter the apostle never made such false claims and preached Jesus Christ as Lord and head of the church forever.

The purpose of the keys of the kingdom  to bind and loose was never given by Lord Jesus exclusively to Peter at all, but to the church as a whole; to uphold, spread the eternal truth of His gospel, to defend His message, to love, care for, guide, teach, discipline His church, to expel the unrepentant from His body, to forgive those whose  repentance is shown in word and deed.

 Mat 18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.  17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

Mat 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

There are many more biblical examples of the church in using this God given power than I can post here, feel free to study further on your own.

Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism.

Love

serola

Sat, Nov 10th - 5:18AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ alone is appointed by God as the eternal Saviour and Head of the church. It is necessary to say something more regarding this eternal truth that God never established Peter as head of the church as successor to Jesus Christ. It is blasphemy to preach that Peter or anyone else besides Jesus Christ is the head of the church.

Mat 16:19 - And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

The above verse, brethren, is taken out of context, misinterpreted by some and preached falsely by others to mean that Lord Jesus made Peter head of the church in His stead as though He gave Peter exclusively the keys of the kingdom-the power of binding and loosing on earth and upheld in heaven by God.

The truth the Bible makes clear is that Peter was not made the head of the church. Peter the apostle never made such false claims and preached Jesus Christ as Lord and head of the church forever.

The purpose of the keys of the kingdom  to bind and loose was never given by Lord Jesus exclusively to Peter at all, but to the church as a whole; to uphold, spread the eternal truth of His gospel, to defend His message, to love, care for, guide, teach, discipline His church, to expel the unrepentant from His body, to forgive those whose  repentance is shown in word and deed.

 Mat 18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.  17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

Mat 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

There are many more biblical examples of the church in using this God given power than I can post here, feel free to study further on your own.

Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism.

Love

serola

Wed, Nov 7th - 11:25PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 7: ¹¹ If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

The Bible answers the questions it poses: 

The Bible keeps hammering away with the fact that there is something radically wrong with the impotent works ministry of the carnal Levitical Law and its whole priesthood here and throughout scripture- its weak, cannot save despite offering a severely limited temporary forgiveness, purposed to bring death, curse, and punishment for all who failed to obey it which prove God’s intention for it-proof positive that all men are sinners totally incapable of any righteousness and totally with no ability to save themselves and are desperately in need of a Saviour. Suicide and depression rates run high in works ministries. Tit 3:5: “not by works of righteousness”. God’s purpose for the Law:

This is why, brothers and sisters, that God in His mercy brought forth a new and better order to ordain a new and eternally effectual high priest-Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God. Jesus changes everything, the priesthood, the law, and tithes too. Dearly beloveds, I know some among us stiffen when we hear the word “tithes”, which has been badly abused by some and weaponized to bring people into the bondage of guilt and to some hostility towards supporting the church at all.

Holy people we cannot fail to note that it is evident that the qualifications for high priest God absolutely mandates under the order of Melchisedec mentioned here and more later on are so stringent that it is impossible for a mortal human being to ever attain to it. This absolutely puts to death the lie that Jesus made Peter and later his so called successors  the head of the church in His stead. It also puts to death for all time the lie that Mary is the mother of God the Son, and reigns as “queen of heaven” and co- redemptrix with Him, seeing that Jesus never had a biological mother or father on earth. Jesus Christ was conceived through the Holy Spirit to Mary who was a virgin. After the birth of Jesus, Mary and her husband Joseph went on to have biological sons and daughters.

Love

serola

Tue, Nov 6th - 1:45PM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Heb 7: 4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. 5And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: 6But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. 7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. 8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 9And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. 10For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

BEFORE MOSES, THE LAW AND AARON, MELCHISEDEC IS

Brothers and sisters, Melchisedec is the first priest ever mentioned in scripture which is no accident. God’s intent from the very beginning was to establish a spiritual high priest under a new superior and entirely different new covenant. We noted earlier God’s absolute qualifications or standards for one to be the high priest after the order of Melchisedec would absolutely be a virgin male, not born of woman, no offspring, eternal life. We can add he had to be called by God, and to be a king, have bread and wine, not as a token or symbol, but as the spiritual food of this eternal ministry, must be commanded by God to take and receive tithes.

No one has the authority, dearly beloveds, to take or receive tithes independently of God’s express command. Here in chapter 7 of Hebrews Abraham’s payment of tithes to Melchisedec is to show that God has forever raised and made the priesthood of Jesus Christ eternally greater and above the weak Aaronic or Levitical priesthood. It is still true that specific men- only those of the Levitical priesthood who die are allowed by God to receive material tithes that spoil and rot on earth. However, only the true eternal tithes that are weighed by their spiritual intrinsic value from the heart of the giver can be received by the eternal high priest Jesus Christ in the true tabernacle in heaven. More on the superior high priest, new law and new tithes.

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Serola

Sat, Nov 3rd - 7:33AM

JOURNEY IN HEBREWS

Melchizedek and Abraham

(Genesis 14:17-24)

1For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; 2To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; 3Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

Brothers and sisters there are endless speculations as to who Melchisedec is. Some look to extra biblical sources in attempts to answer this question, however the Bible itself tells us who Melchisedec is. God tells us plainly that Melchisedec had no mother or father, meaning he is not born of a union between a man and a woman at all and has always existed just like God. God has ordained the order of Melchisedec and the absolute standard to be ordained into it. So, we have to look at who possesses these qualities that would allow them to belong to the order of Melchisedec and we see there is only ONE who does.

Melchisedec is the preexistent Christ who appears not only here but in many other places as well in scripture: (John 1:1-5)

1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Jesus is the Rock in the wilderness: Exo 17:6 - Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

1Co 10:4 - And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

 

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