Fri, Nov 15th - 12:42PM

PART 1 NONE OTHER NAME

JESUS CHRIST NO OTHER FOUNDATION FOR THE CHURCH: THE ETERNAL HEAD OF THE CHURCH IN HEAVEN AND EARTH

WHO MUST BE UNDERSTOOD ABSOLUTELY, COMPREHENSIVELY WITHIN THE NEW COVENANT AND THE WHOLE OF SCRIPTURE AS NEVER CEASING TO BE FULLY GOD AND FULLY MAN, THE MEANING AND NATURE OF HIS TITLES AS: SAVIOUR, MEDIATOR, HIGH PRIEST, GOOD SHEPHERD, THE DOOR, HIS POWER, HIS LOVE, HIS TRUTH, HIS MERCY.

Act 4:12

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, 

whereby we must be saved.

1Co 3:11

For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Without me you can do nothing: Jhn 15:5

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

God the Father is the roots, God the Son of God Jesus Christ is the Vine the people of God- you, me, us are those branches that only the Vine can produce and nourish so that they will bear fruit.

JESUS DID NOT NEED ANY HELP TO SAVE US:  Heb 1:3

Brothers and sisters, we know that the New Covenant is God’s everlasting finalized plan of salvation for all men both Jew and gentile through the atoning work of God the Son of God Jesus Christ. The New Covenant was promised to Abraham when He was still an uncircumcised gentile 430 years before the Law of Moses was instituted by God: Gal 3: 17; Ro 4:11.

The New Covenant is God’s Covenant in perpetuity and absolute truth meaning that God commands it to be understood AND TAUGHT as eternal absolute truth, free; insoluble; unbreakable; un-changeable-irreversible; nonnegotiable; exclusive; exhaustive; explicit; final; finished; complete for all eternity.

There are absolutely No man-made programs, man-made doctrines, alternatives, plan b's, multiple choices, No mixtures, admixtures, cherry picking of the New Covenant accepted as God explicitly forbids such.

Therefore, God curses anyone that willfully adds to or take away from it: Gal 1:8-9.  

2Jo 1:10

If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

2Jo 1:11

For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

In other words, holy brethren, God makes it absolutely crystal clear that the New Covenant absolutely does not need any fixing because it is perfect in all of its parts; nor does it need any revival or reviving seeing that Christ who died revived and lives forever.

Lord Jesus teaches us absolutely that:  Mar 7:7

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

The New Covenant offers salvation freely to anyone willing to believe in and obey the atoning work of the Saviour Lord Jesus Christ. Salvation is forever un-earnable; un-buyable; un-repayable; un-returnable; un-changeable-irreversible. Therefore, dearly beloveds, we understand that salvation is not arbitrarily given by God to some and denied to others.

Jesus teaches us directly:  Jhn 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not 

perish, but have everlasting life.

Jhn 3:17

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

THE NEW COVENANT OF JESUS CHRIST

 Heb 8:10

For 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:

Tools

 Heb 8:11

And 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.

 Heb 8:12

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

The poor Lutheran etc. thinks in error that God made a mistake or forgot to tell the sinner to confess their sins so they could get saved, while the poor Baptist thinks in error that God forgot to add the necessity of water baptism to be saved, and the charismatic thinks in error God forgot to tell people they have to speak in tongues to be saved, and this is just the tip of the iceberg as there are many others who believe in error that you have to be a Calvinist or follower of some other guy or idea to be saved. Not addressing the heretic, but many of these people are sincere but they have never heard the gospel message. The righteous will receive the truth when it is shared with them, but the wicked never will.

Those manifesting these types of errors shows clearly that they are clueless in understanding that Jesus has many titles Saviour, Mediator, High Priest etc. none of which are ceremonial, they are His eternal offices wherein He perfects/authenticates the salvation of every believer before God, which no mere man can do by any works of any kind in the sight of God. 

The New Covenant of Jesus Christ is not automatically fully known or understood by the believer upon being saved. God commands that it be taught to every believer and ongoing studied/lived by the church as a whole, because it is the sole foundation and spiritual food of the church as a whole and each member in particular. There is absolutely no other foundation, power nor source of spiritual food-nourishment for the church of Lord Jesus Christ. You, me, us, we need to eat the Word daily, to read it over and over, record it to listen to, practice it, rehearse it to know, share, live it- get it off the page and into our minds, hearts, spirits to grow up over time spiritually, become mature stable and strong to please God out of love and trust in Him.

TRUST GOD’S WORD OF INERRANT TRUTH

We know, brothers and sisters, that God commands us to test all teachings by scripture. It cannot be said often enough that scripture interprets/teaches scripture, proves, , authenticates, and backs up scripture within the context of the whole of scripture from beginning to end without error AND WITHOUT ANY CONTRADICTIONS WHATSOEVER. The word of God fully defends itself by scripture and corrects those in need of correction by scripture.Heb 4:12

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

 Eph 6:17

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Saints (G40 hagios) let us keep our swords nice and sharp by care of its blades and actively employing it daily in living the Word of God. God commands us to patiently dine on His Word-to be spiritually fed and led to live and share His word with a lost a dying world. 

Mon, Nov 11th - 4:48AM

MORE PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST AND GO TO HEAVEN THAN THOSE WHO WILL REJECT HIM AND GO INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE

Mat 7:13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Mat 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Some interpret Mt 7:13-14 TO MEAN IN ERROR that Jesus teaches that most people will go into the lake of fire and not be saved. However, the scriptures make it clear that a false doctrine has been made out of these few verses.

Jesus was addressing unbelieving Jews of the flesh, who boasted of being righteous based merely on human genetics, along with those who claimed to be righteous on the basis of said faith with no evidence of love and obedience towards God. See  Mat 8.

it's not uncommon for the ignorant to mistakenly misinterpret scripture, likely due to poor or no teaching. however, the righteous will receive correction, but the wicked never will. 

It is blasphemous to willfully teach that Lord Jesus came to die on the cross, to leave most people lost and condemned to the lake of fire. The children of the devil sneak in amongst the saints in vain to pervert God’s word and turn the good news into toxic bad news that salvation is unachievable for most persons so most will die in the lake of fire: Luk 6:45.  

A doctor once told me whatever you put in your mouth will either kill you or heal you. I think this is true spiritually too. Perverted scripture is a toxic spiritual poison that weakens/hurts any that fail to have discernment to test the scriptures by the scriptures to see whether it is sound in doctrine.  We can only thrive on the truth of God's word, and must study it on going to share with others and in the world. 

However, we know the eternal absolute truth is that salvation is the free gift of God to all that believe in His Son the only Saviour Jesus Christ: Salvation is forever un-earnable; un-buyable; un-repayable; un-returnable; un-changeable-irreversible.

The everlasting absolute truth, therefore, is that there will be too many people to count that will believe and enter into heaven. See and believe the truth of the inerrant absolute authority of scripture in the verses below, and many more than I can put here.

Mat 8:11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

Rev 7:9

After this I

beheld, and, lo, a GREAT MULTITUDE, WHICH NO MAN COULD NUMBER; of ALL nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

God commands us to test all teachings by scripture. It cannot be said often enough that scripture interprets/teaches scripture, proves, authenticates, and backs up scripture within the context of the whole of scripture from beginning to end without error AND WITHOUT ANY CONTRADICTIONS WHATSOEVER.

God desires that none should perish and takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked: Eze 33:11; 2Pe 3:9.  However, those who unrepentantly reject the absolute truth and authority of the Bible are the enemies of God, wicked, evil, children of the devil, whom God will destroy along with the devil their father in the eternal lake of burning fire.

We can trust the word of God. It is absolute inerrant truth, eternal, exclusive, exhaustive, explicit, final finished and complete in the New Covenant of Jesus Christ within the whole of scripture. God Curses anyone who unrepentantly adds to or takes away from His word. God’s word is the spiritual food for the whole church. There can be no church, and no growth without the word of God. Therefore, the Bible is absolutely necessary for every believer to partake of to be a part of the church and to grow to maturity.

WINNER TAKES ALL

Brothers and sisters, praise God who left us the record of Lord Jesus’ ministry on earth. Jesus always knows who He is and the power He has. He was shown to be full of love, truth compassion, wisdom, and obedient to His Father in all matters, and never sinned. He loved all men. He could not bear the thought of living without the human race, even if He had to die first to save it, even though we were His enemies and utterly unworthy of being saved.

I have seen so called portraits of Lord Jesus as a milky, soft, girly kind of man. Nothing could be further from the truth. Jesus came to win it all, He knew what He could do for He declared cooly:  Luk 11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

Luk 11:22

But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

Luk 11:23

He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

It is true the devil is like a strong man. During the earthly ministry of Christ for the first time in human history the devil openly savagely possessed people, not sparing children making them sick, deranged, and openly trying to kill them.  Satan was wrong if he thought by showing his evil power, that Jesus would be intimidated and run home crying to His Father.

Jesus did not go get some anointing oil or hold a prolonged exorcism ritual, but showed He was stronger than the devil by casting the devil and every last one of his demons out with the finger of God: Luk 11:20

But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies of the prophets and apostles. He proved He is the Son of God in His living a sinless life, and in unfailing obedience to the will of His Father; He beat his human enemies, He beat the devil and all his demons, took the keys of death and hell, and set the captives free; He overcame the grave- beat death and abolished it when He rose to eternal life as Saviour with the power to save and forgive all sins forever, ratifying the New Covenant in His own sinless blood. That’s our Lord and Saviour all He does is win, win, win: Rev 1:18

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Dearly beloveds, be joyous, greatly encouraged, and stay aware of who it is that lives inside of you, me, us.

Mon, Nov 4th - 10:51AM

Fri, Nov 1st - 6:41PM

STUDIES IN HEBREWS

CHAPTER 13 VS 18-19

MORE PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST AND GO TO HEAVEN THAN THOSE WHO WILL REJECT HIM AND GO INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE

Mat 7:13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Mat 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Some interpret Mt 7:13-14 TO MEAN IN ERROR that Jesus teaches that most people will go into the lake of fire and not be saved. However, the scriptures make it clear that a false doctrine has been made out of these few verses.

Jesus was addressing unbelieving Jews of the flesh, who boasted of being righteous based merely on human genetics, along with those who claimed to be righteous on the basis of said faith with no evidence of love and obedience towards God. See  Mat 8.

It is blasphemous to willfully teach that Lord Jesus came to die on the cross, to leave most people lost and condemned to the lake of fire. The children of the devil sneak in amongst the saints in vain to pervert God’s word and turn the good news into toxic bad news that salvation is unachievable for most persons so most will die in the lake of fire: Luk 6:45.

 However, we know the eternal absolute truth is that salvation is the free gift of God to all that believe in His Son the only Saviour Jesus Christ: Salvation is forever un-earnable; un-buyable; un-repayable; un-returnable; un-changeable-irreversible.

The everlasting absolute truth, therefore, is that there will be too many people to count that will believe and enter into heaven. See and believe the truth of the inerrant absolute authority of scripture in the verses below, and many more than I can put here.

Mat 8:11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

Rev 7:9

After this I

beheld, and, lo, a GREAT MULTITUDE, WHICH NO MAN COULD NUMBER; of ALL nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

God commands us to test all teachings by scripture. It cannot be said often enough that scripture interprets/teaches scripture, proves, authenticates, and backs up scripture within the context of the whole of scripture from beginning to end without error AND WITHOUT ANY CONTRADICTIONS WHATSOEVER.

Those who unrepentantly reject the absolute truth and authority of the Bible are the enemies of God, wicked, evil, children of the devil, whom God will destroy along with the devil their father in the eternal lake of burning fire.

Brothers and sisters, family of God, love, peace, and blessings to you in the precious all-powerful name of Jesus Christ God the Son of God our Saviour, Great High Priest, Mediator, Head of the church, Lamb of God, Lion of Judah, Good Shepherd, Mighty God, Prince of peace, Everlasting Father, King of kings, Lord of lords, our First Love, the First Born of creation and from the dead to eternal life, Omnipotent Omniscient Omnipresent Potentate, Creator/Possessor of heaven and earth, Deliverer, Author of the New Covenant,  the sole Standard and Measure of all that is eternal life, love, truth, holiness and right standing in God our Father forever.

We know that God the Father has given every accolade, and praise that can be given in heaven and earth to Jesus His Son and has commanded the worship of His Son even as He the Father Himself is worshipped -showing the Son therefore is equal with God the Father who has both approved and accepted forever the atoning work of His Son: Mt 2:2; Jhn 5:23.

Dearly beloveds, we know that God has given us His Word our spiritual food that we should know, comprehend Him richly, deeply, and fully. Jesus paid with His life and rose from the dead that me you, us- all that believe in Him will have eternal life abundantly. Let us live His abundant life and enjoy the freedom that we have believed and received of Him: Jhn 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. (Gal 5:1; 2Co 3:17). See Gal 5:13.

We know, holy brethren, that God commands us all to take this gospel out to the world. Thanks be to God for the many brothers and sisters taking every opportunity to witness in this present evil world. We also know the monumental work of teaching scriptures to other believers is an on-going work for the whole body of Christ. There is no doctrine within the context of the whole of scripture that supports limiting the number of teachers in the body of Christ, because in the Old and New Covenants is found that God commanded all the people to teach, not just the guarding/guiding bodies of each Covenant. Of course, the church while not limiting teachers are commanded by God to employ all the gifts given to the church.

We know, amongst the multitude of mature overseers, that there are some new believers in the church and some for many years even in the pulpit who have never heard of the New Covenant. We must always be gracious with them, not be angry with them, knowing the righteous gladly receive the truth/correction of scripture, but the wicked never will.

Again, we don’t have to hunt for the ignorant, because they reveal it by their behaviors and what comes out of their mouths consistently showing their ignorance and error. 

We know for one example when we see a brother or sister dressed in sack cloth with ashes on their faces yelling angrily in the streets that the whole nation is sinful, under God’s curse and will be destroyed, we know that brother or sister although they are sincere, are wholly ignorant of God’s new finalized program of Salvation through faith in Christ, not the Law of Moses. 

We understand that God doesn’t get angry at us for being ignorant because none of us have to stay that way. God commands the scriptures to be imparted to all believers initially through being taught. The scriptures are not automatically known. With patience over time, we come to know and understand the Word of God. 

Raise your hand, brothers and sisters if any of you thank our God for the angels of the church- those overseers that faithfully/patiently and lovingly gave you the milk of the Word and over time weaned you off of it to build you up in the meat of the Word, to be established and share/live the whole counsel of God in the gospel in the world, and in the body without cherry picking any of it. I raised both of my hands a few times.

We know dearly beloveds that when we read/study the word of God that they are not just words on pages, this is our spiritual food because we are spiritual beings although we have natural physical bodies. We sit in the presence of God our Father with Lord Jesus the Bread of heaven who feeds us His word with the Holy Ghost our Teacher, by the will of God our Father guiding and opening up our understanding about Jesus in God, searching our minds, hearts, spirits to minister, comfort, give knowledge, admonishment, strength and understanding to us. No man nor woman can ever claim that their understanding of scripture comes from mere men. 

Whenever we are taught/share/teach/preach the gospel, it is God alone that opens up the Word and reveals Himself to us through His Word and Wisdom: Mar 4:14; Jhn 6:45; 1Co 1:30; 1Th 4:9; 1Co 3:19;  Eph 1:17;  Jas 1:5; 2Pe 1:21. 

Brothers and sisters, we return to the study finding Paul requesting prayer for himself and those with him: Heb 13:18 - Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

Heb 13:19 - But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Saints (G40 hagios), we realize that Paul’s conscience is absolutely clear. He boldly, confidently asserts the same confidence in those with him. God didn’t twist Paul’s arm or those with him to force them to serve God honestly. They obeyed gladly, willingly/patiently out of love and trust in God. 

God gives us a clear before Christ and after Christ record of Paul’s life and ministry which reflects the new man, who faithfully took heed to his ministry as a faithful apostle and follower of Lord Jesus Christ, although before his conversion he had been a terrible merciless persecutor of believers and a ravaging enemy of the gospel, it is the new man that boldly declares : 2Co 7:2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 

In Paul’s farewell address to his brethren, he also boldly declares: Act20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. Act 20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. Act 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. 

Paul understood that much had been given to him and others. Therefore, they had the determination to give God a good return on the unspeakable riches of God given them through the gift of- His only Son Jesus Christ. Heb 13:19But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. 

Paul frankly expresses his great longing for his brethren. He yearns to be reunited with them and urges them to make it their utmost priority that God would return him to their fellowship quickly without delay. He is confident of his right to seek their intercessory prayer for himself and those with him. 

Paul strips himself naked in a spiritual sense before his brethren, certain, confident of his right to petition them to make intercessory prayer on behalf, of himself and those with him whose conduct and ministry was faithful and honest in word and deed to Christ, His people, and all men. We know that Paul is not bragging on himself or those with him, for he never fails to humbly thank God who strengthened him both to will and to do his work faithfully to the end: Phl 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Brothers and sisters, do we dare do as Paul has done in assessing the integrity/quality of his ministry as well as to mutually evaluate the ministries of those with him openly to the brethren? 

Holy people, at the end of the day,  we know that God commands us out of love and trust in Him to monitor, examine, scrutinize our own ministry and mutually the ministries of those among us, this is not to criticize, but to encourage and aid one another in being consistently faithful, and honest to the glory of God out of love and trust in Him, to receive a Good report in His sight, and before all men, and this we will most certainly do by the power and grace of God.

Love and truth forever, serola