This is the 4th week of the Bible study. Remember to put God before everything else in your daily lives. Which is more important - your life? Or your salvation?
Week: 4 [b]Saturday[/b] - [1] The Good Book of the Prophet Isaiah Chapters 34 to 39. [2] The Gospel According to Matthew Chapters 17 to 19. [b]Sunday[/b] - [1] The Good Book of the Prophet Isaiah Chapters 40 to 44. [2] The Gospel According to Matthew Chapters 20 to 22. [b]Monday[/b] - [1] The Book of Psalms Chapters 18 to 20 [2] The Book of Job Chapters 13 & 14. [b]Tuesday[/b] - [1] The Book of Job Chapters 15 & 16. [2] The Book of Judges Chapters 7 to 11. [b]Wednesday[/b] - [1]The Book of Judges Chapters 12 to 16 [2] The Book of Genesis Chapters 24 to 27. [b]Thursday[/b] - [1] The Book of Genesis Chapters 28 to 31 [2] The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans Chapters 13 & 14. [b]Friday[/b] - [1] The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans Chapters 15 & 16 [2] The Book of Psalms Chapters 21 to 23.
If this is your first time, start on today's day. Go forward from that day and when that is complete, you can go to the beginning to the point where you began. If you're in a hurry, you can do them all in one day, if you like. If you want to take your time, you can do the ones marked as 1 the first week and the ones marked 2 the second.
Just remember: Read God's Words as you are moved by the Spirit. Read with Understanding!
Last night I spent almost two hours with Carolyn talking about the 6th seal and finding in God's words where it tells why the second coming of Jesus Christ hasn't come yet. I prayed to the Father that He would show me the answers to tell her what they were. We were separated in the middle of the conversation.
But Carolyn's understanding and devotion to the Father amazes me. I started ministering on Thursday and on Friday I was sharing the Word with Carolyn. My heavenly Father amazes me! Today shall be a wonderful day.
Jesus Christ, who is the son of God, began ministering when He was baptized at the age of 30. He then ministered for 3 years, after which the prophecies made 700 years before the beginning of His life were fulfilled and He died for the sins of man.
Today I was on the bus coming home from school. I had a funny day. My last period was with this cat that I've been talking about in my previous blogs. And today I think I repelled her once and for all. Now I don't have to worry and can talk to her without any weirdness. So then after my fourth block and having the principal announce and cry over turning from a C to a D school, I was off to Mr. Vincent's portable for the Mu Alpha Theta meeting. Right when I walked in I was so entertained by God's beautiful sky and the things happening around me that coordinated that I didn't prepare a speech in my mind or on paper prior. So when I walked in there I just did it. I was so inspired by the sky. By God's wonderous creation. I wrote MATH on the board and made an acrostic and made a long speech on the importance of math and the club's future after I'm gone. So then everyone laughed and seemed to have fun, but there were only 5 questions on the competition sign-up sheet. "Great job, you guys!" I said in a sarcastic manner. Anywho, after the Mu meeting I attempted to tutor a certain female in Trig but forgot all of my math and that was sort of weird. So then I had to catch the bus before it left and I caught it. Today I was naturally concerned about what others around me were saying and put off going into my meditative state in God's words for a few moments. I began to talk to the people and laugh. Then the whole bus went quiet as the loudest girl talked about going to IHOP today. Apparently, everyone that had a car either went to IHOP or McDonalds on the FCAT practice because they tried to seat everyone in the auditorium. They had good business because of it, only one of the girls tried to run off without paying after realizing she didn't have any money. So she ran off and a worker tried to stop her and was almost run over by her, but he copied her license plate number. So they traced it and found out that Bogie was the offending school. Bogie's rank went from a C to a D school and then afterwards they were talking about it on the bus because some of the juniors were there at the restaurants too.
She told of how when they left they were turned in and snitched on each other. I had the words of the Lord in my hand at the time, nestled by my Calculus book. I looked up and listened to her story and I suppose people thought that was odd of me since I usually ignore everything and concentrate on the words of the Lord and kept that in mind. So then I knew I was about to receive influence from the Holy Spirit when I started speaking loudly and I told her... "So which of the two is the lesser of the two evils?" And I repeated that because I wasn't heard. And then one of them said, "Hey everyone! Quiet! Isaac has something to say." So I said what I said again, then, "Was it running off with the bill or snitching on your friends for going to IHOP?" Then they murmured and I said, "the answer is neither of the two. They're both evil. You shouldn't have gone to IHOP in the first place and should have done the right thing, but you did the right thing by going to Mr. Leanes", who is the school's principal, "and asking for his forgiveness. So long as you sincerely ask for forgiveness, it doesn't matter what you've done and that's why he forgave you and let you go." I said something else as well, such as, "Did you learn something from this? Well then if you gained knowledge from it then you've walked away with something more valuable than..." Then I was drowned out. What I should have added at the time was, "the girl that drove off without paying didn't ask the principal for forgiveness, so what do you think would happen to her?" or something along those lines. But one girl figured out that it was a parable and that I was alluding to the Holy words of the Lord. I pointed her out and told her that she was sharp. But my own excitement from having said something that was of the Holy Spirit prevented me from saying the last part of the parable, which was an important part. :-( They were listening attentively for an entire 20 seconds or more! I'm disappointed in myself for that. I shouldn't have let my humility go. I suppose it was because they went dead silent when I wanted to say something and that was surprising to me! But it went to my head. It wasn't me that did it. It was the Holy Spirit's effect on them. For this reason I am disappointed. I can't yet minister. I wont. I don't want myself to be a deceptor. For this reason, I will continue to gain God's knowledge so that I can teach those that desire to know the truth what God wants them to know and so that God can do His work through me without any of me interfering. I hope that a seed was planted in someone today. I saw a few glistening eyes as I spoke and a few surprised looks. I think they realized what I was alluding to, but if I've helped God in any way then I'm very happy. But there's my mistake. It wasn't me doing it. Many times have I stood up to say something and have been drowned out. It was the Holy Spirit. Because I was going to say something directly related to a parable that Jesus taught, in the way Jesus taught it. And God wanted them to know because they were sophomores and freshmen and juniors and He wanted to do that through me. But I got in the way. The next time, I wont allow that to happen. The next time will be different.
A lying tongue, like a drop of dark root beer in a cup of clear Sierra Mist, defiles the entire oneness of oneself.
He comes saying that it is the truth, but it is a lie. He's a fool and he doesn't care about the truth. The same mouth that spreads lies can spread the truth also. Like the drop of root beer - as it hits the Sierra Mist, it diffuses across the entire cup and no change can be seen. It escapes the eye of the concessionist and he doesn't see that the cup of Sierra Mist has been defiled. So can a truthful mouth bear a lying tongue. Wherein lies deception. A truthful mouth cannot bear a lying tongue, so as a cup of Sierra Mist and Root Beer may taste awkward. The words of the Lord purifies one of a lying tongue, having accepted Christ and forgiving one of all sins committed and all lies. But so long as we exist in the flesh, we will still have to bear the trouble of acquiescing to lie, and being susceptible to lies ourselves, as we cannot escape imperfection on our own, but through Christ.
But, a fool says in his mind, "there is no God." He still has a lying tongue. And the tongue, that produces words, is powerful - even though it is such a tiny part. A sailboat is able to be controlled by its rudder, a tiny little part at the end that steers the entire boat. And the steerer of the boat able to steer through a part at the front. A horse's mouth is directed by small bits on its mouth. And the steerer of the hourse able to direct through a fine piece of rope. So is the tongue able to have power over our paths. But if one is speaking and thinking the words of our Lord, His words will have power over our lives and He will be the director in control. And who's capable hands do you want to leave your life to? God's hands would be the safest and wisest choice.
But a lying tongue is dangerous. Every breath of air we draw in through our God-given lungs is a precious gift. And if we use those lungs to draw in cigarette smoke and kill off what we are given, are we appreciating what God has given us? So a cigarette is thrown into a forest. A tiny ember fed by the wind is able to ignite the entire forest and burn it to ashes. So is the influence of a lying tongue.
He came to me attempting to incite an argument. A dispute. He spread the lie, which was defeated because I am getting to know the truth and am being given understanding. Like rain on a rooftop, it rolled right off. The fool's tongue spreads his double-minded lies. But what is his motivation for wanting to spread such a lie? What does he get in return for inciting me to a dispute? He is motivated by desire. The spirit of the fool yearns inside jealously. He wants wind to his flame so that he may spread his lies. He wants attention. Those that see his lies, take them as truths, and take delight in him. They are lead, thinking what are lies are truth, into deception. Will you be deceived? He boasts and attempts to gain attempts to spread more lies. He wants attention. He desires your ears so that he may boast and fulfill the jealousy in his spirit. Will you be a wind to his flame?
Desire turns to sin and sin to hatred. Hatred is a part of evil. So is not desire evil? Do you know that satan, the tempter, was able to gain deception over Eve by putting the sweat of his body and the hair of his armpit in the river in Eden as she drank, allowing desire to come over her? The lying tongue of this fool is fueled by desire, but don't be a wind to his flame. He will contradict my words, as a man of God. Because he is a fool saying, "there is no God." But the words of the Lord cannot be contradicted. I'm not worried about him, but I am worried about those that he may deceive.
My friends in Christ. My neighbours. My tblog neighbors.
Now, I write this today because I am being pushed around. But I'm not being pushed wholey, but only a certain part of me is being pushed. He comes to me and tells me that everything is in my mind and that I should he speaks the truth. Now, I read God's words each day. I rejoice in them. All the time I read about these horrible people that turn to idolatry or adultery and I tell myself that that isn't easy to do. But I don't know what things lie in the hearts of men. I only know what their tongue produces.
Now, I used to work at a movie theater. People would come up to the register and ask for a drink called Sierra Mist. I'd take a cup and I'd put it under the spout and it would fill it to the brim with it. The Sierra Mist sparkles and crackles because of the carbonation in it. It is completely clear and one can see the bottom of the cup through it. If it were completely full, I'd put a lid on it and a straw and give it to the customer, satisfying them. But if a single drop of root beer from the spout that was next to the Sierra Mist were to drip into the cup, that same customer would be coming back moments later telling me that it tastes funny. I would have to dump the cup and refill it with more Sierra Mist. No matter how small the drop of root beer, the entire cup of Sierra Mist was spoiled.
In this world, we encounter so many. Advertisements, people, dealers, wheelers, sellers, people of knowledge, and people of stupidity. All of these people were created by God. But they were created with a will of their own. And only God knows what is in their hearts, which is to say on their minds, and what their will will be. He knows every lying tongue and every inclined ear.
In the end, we will all be judged by what we do say. Our words are powerful. They are very powerful. God's words are living and these words are the most powerful of all. One that spends time getting to know God through His words gains much. So much as to say that, if he didn't hide it, and as he would be moved by the Holy Spirit, he would be speaking in God's name. But many will come in the name of God. In God's name. They will say that they are Christians, a name bearing the name of Christ, and tell you things. They may be truths or they may be lies. But one thing is true, that you can know the truth in God. God tells no lies and doesn't deceive. And God's words are truth and if one spends time getting to know them, he will know the truth.
I speak the truth. But you may examine my words and check them, if you so desire. You will see that they are true, as I base them from the truth that has been revealed to me, but how does one tell who is speaking the truth? Can you trust me?
If one comes spreading lies, can you tell whether they are lies or whether they are truth? If you didn't know the truth to defend against the lies, are you not being deceived?
Peace be with you, my friends. As the one that seeks the truth in Christ is the one that is truly blessed.
Week: 3 [b]Saturday[/b] - [1] The Good Book of the Prophet Isaiah Chapters 23 to 28. [2] The Gospel According to Matthew Chapters 11 to 13. [b]Sunday[/b] - [1] The Good Book of the Prophet Isaiah Chapters 29 to 33. [2] The Gospel According to Matthew Chapters 14 to 16. [b]Monday[/b] - [1] The Book of Psalms Chapters 12 to 14 [2] The Book of Job Chapters 9 & 10. [b]Tuesday[/b] - [1] The Book of Job Chapters 11 & 12 [2] The Book of Joshua Chapters 21 to 24. [b]Wednesday[/b] - [1]The Book of Judges Chapters 1 to 6 [2] The Book of Genesis Chapters 16 to 19. [b]Thursday[/b] - [1] The Book of Genesis Chapters 20 to 23 [2] The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans Chapters 9 & 10. [b]Friday[/b] - [1] The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans Chapters 11 & 12 [2] The Book of Psalms Chapters 15 to 17
If this is your first time, start on today's day. Go forward from that day and when that is complete, you can go to the beginning to the point where you began. If you're in a hurry, you can do them all in one day, if you like. If you want to take your time, you can do the ones marked as 1 the first week and the ones marked 2 the second.
Just remember to read God's Words as you are moved by the Spirit. Read with Understanding!
The things of this world now to me, Isaac, are no longer worries.
I no longer worry if I'll drive a big fancy car and live in some huge mansion in some state. I no longer worry if I'll be able to get to medical school and become a doctor and live out my dreams. I no longer worry about people that were better than me in biology class or are making better grades in school than I am. I no longer worry over my family - if someone I love were to die and leave me here stuck in their memory. I no longer worry about where my next meal is coming from. I no longer worry if I'll stay connected to the internet or not. I no longer worry about grades. I no longer worry about how to get back to my home, England. I no longer worry about where I'm getting money. I no longer worry about finding this certain 'someone' that everyone tells me is important. I no longer dream of having an Xbox. Or I no longer worry about dying, or an end to live in this world. I no longer worry about pleasing everyone. I no longer worry about wasting my life. I no longer worry about attaining success. For with Him I am already made successful. And with Him, the creator of life, it all has meaning.
I worry about pleasing Him that is the most high above everyone else. He will reward me beyond imagination with what no man has seen, more valuable than anything man could ever obtain for themselves. With Him every thing is possible. He can give me fortune and riches. And He can take it away just as easily. But He has taught me that those things aren't important. Or aren't pertinent or considerable compared to what awaits in the next embodiment. Through Him I am made whole. I am complete. All family that has died in His name and has followed in His ways are with Him now and I will meet them again. If I were to die of hunger, I'd die happily, still. My life is in His hands.
This is what it means to surrender to God. All that I do is in accordance with the will of the most high God. Sometimes I might do something stupid or out of a bad habit and I might fall into sin and a bad way again. I might say something terrible or do something out of place. But I remember it and ask for forgiveness. Or I might have a time when I'm thinking something terrible. I might for a moment think something strange or nasty. But I snap out of it and change the thoughts to something cleaner. I constantly battle sin. And He has made me good at it.
I have never in my life been more successful than I am now. Before, I would struggle day and night to get anywhere. I'd cave into the thought of spending another late night doing something I despise. Now that I know that Jesus Christ is truly the son of God, I ask Him for strength and I go by His strength and I don't need to worry about getting tired or falling asleep. Or apathy - not caring. My grade point average is higher. I'm learning at a rate that I've never achieved. And my "class rank" in the school district has risen. I'm going to pray that it is His will that I should start this business successfully. I read that His words have over 800 scriptures on managing money! Now that I concentrate on Him and not on the things of this world, and have been given by Him the knowledge to understand all things, the things of this world are so much simpler than they were before. I stand in awe and look back.
It was the last block of the day. It was 4th block. Psychology. I have a class with the cat. The teacher gives us a concept map packet. We are to fill out the slots in the map based on what she had just taught. I get to work and I fill it out. The cat, who sits one row to the right and one seat back of me, gets a good majority of them done and then asks someone for help. I turned around to talk to the person behind me and she asks me for my paper so I give it to her. She copies off of it and the teacher comes over and sees and yells at me for giving it to her. I get out of it because I remain innocent.
She tells me that she's supposed to think about it for herself. So then nearer towards the end of class she asks me what a part of the CNS was or something along those lines, so I turn around and I tell her. I look deeply into her large eyes and I see the bright sea-colored glint glaring back at me. Soft eyes. I see her facial expression goes to a deteriorating smile. I turn away and try to focus on something else. So then, she asks me another question. I answer it and this time I give her one of my weird looks. I shoot her a small smile to show her that I'm not completely impersonal inside. That's when I noticed that she was taking a make-up test and I had been feeding her answers and the teacher yells at me. The cat is the tempter.
What it may be that she throws at me, I will toss right back. I'll remain loyal in my mind to the woman that doesn't love me anymore. Until she knows she doesn't love me anymore. Then even after then, I will continue to decline the cat's temptation. I will give my best.
Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians Chapter 13, Verse 4. This is what love is. Learn it.
A part of love is rejoicing in the truth. If you love someone, keep it within the truth. Deceptive ways or passiveness is never a part of love. In the end, all will be judged by what they've said. A large part of love is having a truthful tongue. I love my heavenly Father and part of that love is rejoicing in His truth. Daily I read His words, which are the truth. He has made me a better man and the love I give has the same purity that He has shown me. Just something to think about the next time you see the ones you love.
I have been checking my email account inbox and instant messenger lists thrice a day for the past 20 days for a specific name that hasn't come up at all in instant messenger and has sent 3 messages by email. I've been sending long letters. I've asked them to meet me online on certain days of the week, but they haven't met me.
They don't love me anymore. So, I'm going to do what Isaac does. I'm going to freak them out and scare them away. Even though we have a 5 year history. It'll be fun, but painful at the same time. :wink: I can't wait to see what Isaac does. :roll: It's going to be nuts! I hope that afterwards, this person will still want to remain friends with me. If not, then I must apologize and separate. I've already spent 20 days without communicating with them, I know it is very well possible to carry on without having them.
A day is a gift from our heavenly Father. And each precious second within this day is a second given to us by Him. 'Tomorrow's another day.' When my mum says this, it usually means that she's forgiven anything I might have done to upset her and it is her way of looking to the positive rather than the negative. And tomorrow is another day.
And come tomorrow we'll see whether this person really is who and feels what she says. Why am I doing this? Because I'm a man of God. And in my love for Him I rejoice in the truth. There is to be no deceptive quality about any part of this life He has given me. Every single part has to be in tune with the Holy Spirit. No small detail can remain. I prayed to Him for an answer to this matter and He gave me one. And come tomorrow, I'll be putting an end or a damper to the past 5 years. And a start to new ones.
I have 3 quizzes I must prepare for tomorrow. :( In order: Calculus, Trigonometry, and then Physics. The most difficult of these is the Calculus. Then the Physics may pose some sort of challenge if I don't know what I'm doing. The trigonometry will be easy if I read over all of the information tonight in preparation. Well, I'm off to do some hard work. I have been asking myself lately: How can I ever expect to do the Lord's work if I can hardly do my own? I am changing that. And tomorrow is another day.
Why am I posting this? So that people that come here to seek God's truth will know that I am not one to hide from them. I am a servant of God. Here is my truth. Who am I? I am 17 and 3/4 at the time of this blog.
Demograpic:
Birthday: March 21st
Favorites:
Food: Pie and Donuts and Cakes
Color: This and that.
Book: Many
Author: The LORD God
Book Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Subjects: Math, Physics, Psychology, Foreign Languages
Genre of Movies: Any
Movie: The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions
Actor/Actress: None. Possibly...nope. None.
TV Show: The Simpsons
Song: Capoeira by Al Di Meola
Genre of Music: Guitar - Classical/Acoustic & Jazz
Home: Wherever my bed is.
Personal:
Where was I born? England
How many brothers and sisters do you have? Around 13; I lost count.
What do you do for fun? Many, many things. Too many to list.
Where have you lived? All over England apparently, Tampa Bay, Orlando, I made a brief visit to New York years ago... I plan to travel more often later.
What bad habits do you have? The sin of lust. And I often speak perversely. I have done my best to curb those bad habits.
Deeper:
Drink Coffee? Yes, on occasion.
Where do you go to be alone? I'm never alone, so I don't bother going to a place. I picture a place in my mind. I go to this mountain...
Do you stare at yourself when you brush your teeth? Yes. Yes I do. I like to make faces.
Upon this hill she leaves a-growing. Having planted her seed without her knowing. Faint remnant of her has kept me froming going, Mad with burning to-and-froing. Her tender leaves blanket him.
The tender leaves of the tree on His mountain. Every fallen leaf is a memory of thee worth counting. Watered by the pool of tears, save thee from drowning. Faint remnant of your happy having kept from frowning. Her tender leaves blanket him.
That which is intangible meets that which can be seen. That which is ineffable meets that which has been free. That which keeps me cleaved to you no longer a dream. That a mind conceives He turns into one as precious as thee. Her tender leaves blanket him.
My dear, my love for you is like that tree on His mountain. How did it get there? How has it that it bears its fruit a-plenty? Its supporting roots fed by the flowing tears of its fountain. Its graceful branches and warm leaves casting its shade so gently. Her tender leaves blanket him.
-Suffer me to read with understanding. --Signed, Isaac
I no longer feel hate inside. But I know it's still there. I squeeze it and pinch it shut whenever I feel it. I burn every part that tempts me, every sinful dare. I thought if I tried I could take it away, even seal it.
But it will always be with me, lying there in waiting. Tempting me, urging me, rebuking and never satiating. I long for the day I reach my end, when it will finally cease. I dread the days I've given in, the horrid thoughts of my acquiesce. He gives me strength over him that taunts me and I put it to good use. I have no sinful thoughts in me and to sin I have no excuse. -Suffer me to read with understanding. --Signed, Isaac
On top of His mountain, I pray all alone. I call this peak my resting place and these rocks my home. I know their purpose and I know their calling. No longer do I thinking of you, no longer am I fallen. I do not look down anymore, having finished my roaming. I've looked forward to the sky ahead and focus on mental hoaning. This Oddessey with no Penelope return, such as the epic of Homer. I plan to spend this life a man, one flesh divided as a loner. I look to the skies. I travel to the land of Angles. I make no stops, no looking back, for I have all the trouble I can handle. I no longer need you here. You were here, then began leaving by the sea. I dream of you no longer, forced from my mind and no longer cleaving unto me. No longer holding your hand. No longer seeing red. But seeing transparently you here, for to me, you seem dead. And what was left of you, has died. And remains only a dust. Renewing in my mind what I saw and thought of you in the earth's crust. We'll see if this seed suffices to rebuild anew. What I felt for you, what I had for you, and what you had for me too. -Suffer me to read with understanding. --Signed, Isaac
I ask you. I call out to you. I play the Barimbau in hopes that you'll hear and follow its sweet sound. It has been seven years and you have not returned. I am weak and weary from waiting. Another has appeared. She is twenty-one feet shorter than you are. Her ways are that of a feline - she purs and she prowls. She rantantanis around me every third hour. She haunts me to follow her whims. Come follow me, old one, she says. I clench my eyelids in order to shut off her incessant beckoning. Her purring has begun to drown the beauty of your illustrious cords. High near the clouds are you, but nearer the earth is she. She is closing onto me and getting closer. I can stop her, but the glint of her feline eyes has its claws clinched on my temples. She has clawed into the ancient part of my eyes that I no longer use anymore. The use which had no satiation. I call to you to help me. But you bear no answer. You bear no return. I may give into the felid one's beckoning. She may clench me. And drag me to the valley. How then? How then shall we ever meet again? No ways do I see in my eyes. My eyes are blinded by their outflowing mercury. No way to see you. I long for you to return to me before her ways are final. I can no longer keep my eyes closed. I must open them. Will you be there when that happens? Or do you no longer care to wait? I call out to you. But you do not answer. You have left with no hope of return. I am left here to pray all alone on His mountain. If you're no longer there, then I will no longer wait for you. Just tell me not to wait. Tell me not to wait for an answer. -Suffer me to read with understanding. --Signed, Isaac
http://www.tblog.com/templates/index.php?bid=redtigress&static =60887 [quote] Judge for yourself: Did Jesus fulfill ALL these criteria? The Jewish tradition of "The Messiah" has its foundation in numerous biblical references, and understands "The Messiah" to be a human being - without any overtone of deity or divinity - who will bring about certain changes in the world and fulfill certain criteria before he can be acknowledged as "The Messiah". [/quote] When Jesus Christ was here on earth, He was indeed a man. In full flesh, bones, and blood, He was a made created of the same stuff of life as you or I. This is why He was able to be tempted as satan. This is also why He was fully capable of committing sin. But Jesus Christ also had the Holy Spirit. All men do have spirits but the Spirit of Jesus Christ was God's Spirit. He was also created in the exact image of God, the way the first Adam (Hah-Ah-Dam) man was.
[quote] The genealogy of the New Testament is inconsistent. While it gives two accounts of the genealogy of Joseph, it states clearly that he is not the biological father of Jesus. One of the genealogies is through Nathan and not Solomon altogether! [/quote] The scripture is indeed consistent. It seems inconsistent to those that do not read it with understanding. The two accounts of Jesus Christ's genealogy were given in the beginning of Matthew of Chapter 1 and the Gospel According to Luke of Chapter 3 starting at around Verse 23. Matthew goes forwards starting from Abraham and going all the way to Joseph, where Luke starts from Joseph and goes backwards toward the first Adam, calling him the son of God because he was created by God. Now all of the Bible is mathematically correct. Matthew began forwards and divided the genealogy of Christ into 3 sets of 14 names, which is in accord with the number that is God's seal, the number 7. In the Gospel According to Matthew, 1st Chapter, Verse 17, states: "So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations." The carrying away into Babylon was of that mentioned earlier in Verse 11. where Josias begat Jechonias and his bretheren, then Jechonias begat Salathiel. There is a reason why he did this. The whole of the word has mathematical meaning and the meaning described by Matthew is no exception. Matthew leaves out, selectively, generations so much as to describe that the genealogy is sacred. The number 14 equals the numerical value of the name of David (DWD). There are 42 mentioned in the genealogy and in Luke's description there are 77, in multiples of seven. The seventy-seven is given by Adam to Abraham (21) to David (14) until the exile (21) to Joseph (21), in numerical significance. But, it traces it all the way back to Adam, where Matthew only goes back as far as to Abraham. It says in both that Jesse is the father of David who is the King, but Matthew's says that David had Solomon and goes from there, where Luke's goes from David to Nathan, which is where you had trouble. Luke goes from Adam to Abraham. Then that's where you can compare the two. They are both in accord from Abraham to David. Then they both take a different turn right after then. This is where your Nathan trouble comes in. In those times, Jewish laws, as Jesus and from those he was descended from were both Gentiles and Jews, permitted that, given a brother were to die or pass on, his widow would have to become his brothers wife and his children to go with him. Thus, the dead brother would be kept alive through his children by their mother wed to their father's brother, who becomes their father by law, a legal father. A father to children by law is as much of a father as a father to children by nature. But, it was done this way so that it was sort of a mortal attempt at resurrection where the name of the deceased brother would be perpetuated so by his children or his widow. So, one genealogy is by nature, the other by law; and if you examine the genealogies, you will find evidence of this. Some of this is revealed in the line where it says in genealogy according to Matthew in Verse 6 "And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; ..." Matthan was descended from Solomon. Matthan had Jacob and when Matthan died, Melchi, who descended from Nathan, had Eli with the same woman. Eli and Jacob were brothers in this way by the law. Eli died childless and Jacob took Eli's widow and gave birth to Joseph, who was his son by nature, but by law still Eli's son. Joseph was the son and descendent of both Solomon and Nathan, where the genealogies split off and [i]appear[/i] to disagree. But, there is no error. This proves His ancestry is through King David, who was promised by God to give birth to a Kingdom that should last forever; and it also proves He is from the root of Jesse in the Book of Isaiah Chapter 11 Verse 1 to 5 and 10. Who could be all of these things but Jesus Christ, the man depicted here in God's words who is of God? Do you think that there is a messiah that is yet to be born?
[quote] First of all, he must be Jewish - "...you may appoint a king over you, wham the Lord your God shall choose: one from among your brethren shall you set as king over you." (Deuteronomy 17:15) [/quote] As it is proven in the ancestry above, Jesus Christ is Jewish.
[quote] He must be a member of the tribe of Judah - "The staff shall not depart from Judah, nor the sceptre from between his feet..." (Genesis 49:10) He must be a direct male descendant of King David and King Solomon, his son - "And when your days (David) are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall issue from your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will make firm the throne of his kingdom forever..." (2 Samuel 7:12 - 13) [/quote] In those times, the law did not permit them to marry outiside of their tribe. Even Joseph, who was of the tribe of Judah, married Mary, who was also of the tribe of Judah.
You said that you do not believe Jesus Christ to be of the ancestry of King David which is of the tribe of Judah because Jesus Christ wasn't biologically the son of Joseph. But Jesus Christ was of Mary, who was married to Joseph. Marriage Biblically, as described in Genesis, is leaving your mother and father to be cleaved to your wife. Then, in God's Almighty eyes, the two, a man and his wife, shall be seen as one flesh. It doesn't matter whether Jesus Christ wasn't conceived from Joseph uniting with Mary. Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit, as it says, and carnated in the flesh in Mary, who was married to Joseph. So he is His father. It doesn't matter how men see it. How God sees us is far more important. This can be divided back to The Book of Genesis Chapter 2, Verse 24.
[quote]He must gather the Jewish people from exile and return them to Israel -"And he shall set up a banner for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth." (Isaiah 11:12) Are all Jews living in Israel? Have all Jews EVER lived in Israel since the time of Jesus? [/quote] His believers were Jewish and Gentile alike. There were Jews that believed in Him and Jews that did not. He did have disciples that followed Him and after His resurrection and they did spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the corners of the earth (end of Verse 20 in Chapter 28), which would include Jewish exiles from Israel. And yes, they did speak in tongues by His Holy Spirit, communicating with the people of each nation. And Jesus Christ came to bring all people to His Father, whether they are Jewish or not. Gospel According to Matthew Chapter 28, Verse 19.
"He must rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem." He rebuilt the temple. But the temple isn't what you think it is. God incarnated the Holy Spirit into Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God, which all things were created for. In the Gospel According to Matthew Chapter 26, Jesus says: Verse 61: And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. God is all around us and within us. I think you can agree that God sees all and has power over everything. But, why would God's temple be a temple built by men? The body is a temple. God loves in the hearts of the righteous, does He not? The Holy Spirit was incarnated in Mary's womb and Jesus Christ as a man was the result. This was the temple that God was talking about. They crucified Jesus. Indeed yes, on a cross. And He did there die on that place. But after 3 days He was raised from that state by His Father. He was rebuilt and was with the Father in heaven and in a body that was no longer of the flesh at his crucifixion. He returned to the earth to direct His disciples and sent them out as apostles. The temple that He was talking about wasn't the temple built in fourty and six days, but God's temple, as the human body of God is His temple. The temple which housed the Holy Spirit.
This is the second week of bible studies and if you have any suggestions or comments, feel free to do so.
Week: 2 [b]Saturday[/b] - [1] The Good Book of the Prophet Isaiah Chapters 12 to 17. [2] The Gospel According to Matthew Chapters 5 & 7. [b]Sunday[/b] - [1] The Good Book of the Prophet Isaiah Chapters 18 to 22. [2] The Gospel According to Matthew Chapters 8 to 10. [b]Monday[/b] - [1] The Book of Psalms Chapters 6 to 8 [2] The Book of Job Chapters 5 & 6. [b]Tuesday[/b] - [1] The Book of Job Chapters 7 & 8 [2] The Book of Joshua Chapters 11 to 15. [b]Wednesday[/b] - [1]The Book of Joshua Chapters 16 to 20 [2] The Book of Genesis Chapters 8 to 11. [b]Thursday[/b] - [1] The Book of Genesis Chapters 12 to 15 [2] The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans Chapters 5 & 6 [b]Friday[/b] - [1] The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans Chapters 7 & 8 [2] The Book of Psalms Chapters 9 to 11
If this is your first time, don't worry about starting from the beginning - start on the day of the day of the week and work your way through it.
If you're in a hurry, you can do them all in one day, if you like. If you want to take your time, you can do the ones marked as 1 the first week and the ones marked 2 the second.
Just remember: Read God's Words with Understanding!
I apologize that the bible-study for this week is a bit late. But, if you have zeal, you can still go through it.
Week: 1 [b]Saturday[/b] - [1] The Good Book of the Prophet Isaiah Chapters 1 to 6. [2] The Gospel According to Matthew Chapters 1 & 2. [b]Sunday[/b] - [1] The Good Book of the Prophet Isaiah Chapters 7 to 11. [2] The Gospel According to Matthew Chapters 3 & 4. [b]Monday[/b] - [1] The Book of Psalms Chapters 1 & 2 [2] The Book of Job Chapters 1 & 2 [b]Tuesday[/b] - [1] The Book of Job Chapters 3 & 4 [2] The Book of Joshua Chapters 1 to 5 [b]Wednesday[/b] - [1]The Book of Joshua Chapters 6 to 10 [2] The Book of Genesis Chapters 1 to 3 [b]Thursday[/b] - [1] The Book of Genesis Chapters 4 to 7 [2] The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans Chapters 1 & 2 [b]Friday[/b] - [1] The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans Chapters 3 & 4 [2] The Book of Psalms Chapters 3 to 5
If this is your first time, don't worry about starting from the beginning - start on the day of the day of the week and work your way through it.
If you're in a hurry, you can do them all in one day, if you like. If you want to take your time, you can do the ones marked as 1 the first week and the ones marked 2 the second.
Just remember: Read God's Words with Understanding.
As I have read more and more of them and have uncovered them for myself in the light of my heavenly Father, I have saught and realized that Jesus Christ doesn't want me galavanting around spreading the mysteries to just anyone. On the contrary, he says to tell anyone that desires to know, that they may believe and come to eternal life and I shouldn't tell those that lie or backbite and fall short of the glory of God. It is incredibly amazing what I have come to know in God's knowledge. :cry: And I cannot see myself living without knowing. I have only come to know so much and there is still so much more. And I will learn it in time.
I didn't have enough time to write up the Bibly Study. I'm human and imperfect and I make silly mistakes. I failed to reach the commitment on the very first week, how shameful. Well, I will have it posted by late afternoon tomorrow eastern time. I spent the day rejoicing in the Lord's truth.
Thank you for your patience with me, those expecting a study posted. Maybe I should do double the work to compensate.
On the days of the Sabbath, which are biblically Saturdays, I shall write out a part of the Bible to be studied on every day for the follow week. It encourages to stay in His words. Every day in His words is a day with value. Gaining God's knowledge is the most precious commodity that one can possess.
And when our heavenly Father sees us studying the letter He personally wrote to each of us, He is proud. And when you bring Him pleasure, He will certainly bring pleasure to you. Try it. I'll provide studies for anyone thats willing to listen and to learn, but here is the basic structure of how I will put it: Sunday Prophecy and the Gospel. Monday Psalms and Poetry. Tuesday Poetry and History. Wednesday History and The Law. Thursday The Law and the Epistles. Friday, before the Sabbath The Epistles and Psalms. Saturday, day of the Sabbath Prophecy and the Gospel. This is the Lord's day. One mustn't work on this day and it should be reserved, to honour the Father.
Yes, I have planned it so that the Gospel is studied on 2 days out of the week; two of those days are days that people hold Holy, Sunday being the day that modern Christians hold as the Sabbath. The books of the Gospel of Jesus are studied on these days because Jesus Christs is Lord of the Sabbath. I do encourage that one recognizes Saturday as the day of the Sabbath and live as Jesus did, as this was the day to Him. It is important to study the Gospels of Jesus because if one comes to know the Son, Jesus Christ, one will know His Father, to whom we pray.
I will try to append a shortened version of the study to each day so that people who just start the study can start off small and work themselves into a pace.
Later on in a couple of weeks or a couple of months I may include hymns on each day or studies of the deuterocanonical books (the Book of Enoch, the Wisdom of Solomon, the Book of Tobit).
Then we will work on maybe learning some Hebrew and some Greek and delving into the true depths of the power of the Holy words of our Lord. Then, after that, we can analyze the scriptures by gematria.
[u]Credits[/u]: [1] I base the study off of Michael Coley's study at [url=http://www.bible-reading.com/...]Bible-Reading.com[/url], but I structured this plan so that you will read God's words in its entirety in one half of a year and have enough time for the rest of the year to [b]deeply[/b] get to know God through His words intimately, and some extra studying and making interconnections. But I'd like to give recognition to Michael Coley's studies for giving me some ideas. [2] Doug Bachelor's [url=http://www.amazingfacts.org/]Bible Study[/url] for inspiring me to want to make a study so that all may enjoy God's words and have something to motivate them.
Remember, only by God's Holy Spirit can one truly understand His words and hear and see His hidden knowledge. So it up to you to read with understanding. May God bless you on your steps towards gaining His Holy knowledge, for who ever knows His words will have understanding of all things. Not only that, but you'll also come to know our heavenly Father, who is God, and His son, Jesus Christ. Do you know why? Because Jesus Christ is the living word!
The Book of the Gospel According to Matthew Chapters 1 & 2.
The book of Matthew is part of the 4 books considered the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Things to memorize about these chapters: Chapter 1 ~ 25 verses. Talks about Joseph's lineage and his dream that his wife Mary will bear a child of the Holy Spirit and that God named Him. Chapter 2 ~ 23 verses. Talks of King Herod and how he wanted to prevent Jesus from being. It talks of how God sent His angel to stear Jesus and His family from harm of Herod and the gifts to Jesus from the Magi at His birth. An important thing to remember about the gifts was the gift of Myrrh, which is an embalming herb used to prepare bodies when they die; this shows that the wise men knew that Jesus was the one prophecized to be the messiah, God's son.
Note to the friendly reader: I do not endorse Liveprayer.com. I do not want anyone that comes here to be deceived by anything or anyone that I haven't thoroughly researched or read myself. And I do not know Bill Keller well enough to say that he's any good or not, but I'm going to keep watching his show to find out.
[quote] Hello Mr. Keller, Thank you for taking the time to read my email. Even though it is a bit lengthy. My name is Isaac D. and I'm currently a freelance website designer and internet programmer. I saw your television show today on UPN because I was up late. I am in the bay area and I live in Saint Petersburg. I heard the call from the 13 year old girl and saw your reaction so I don't know if you'll still be reading this email when I tell you that I am 17. Jesus Christ was always in my life, but I came to accept Him as the son of our heavenly Father this summer. I was reading your short description on liveprayer.com and saw that in college you were turned away from God after getting involved with a successful small business. I am starting college this new year and I will be starting a business in March. I am quite dedicated in His service. I am always thinking of Him and feel always under His eyes. I pray to my heavenly Father and have a good personal relationship with Him. In my weblog I answer questions from people around the internet that are lost and need God's direction. http://isaac.tblog.com/ I have received quite a few questions that I had wondered myself but found it quite easy to answer after consulting His words. I don't answer the questions based on my owns words because I can't change minds. Only God can do this, and only He can touch people's spirits, and from this I have learned that, just as Christ lives through me, His words are what I use. But God uses me to express them. I'm a man of God, but I don't go to Church. I haven't attended a service in years. I know the importance of fellowship, but I have not yet found a good one. And I'm not worried about it. I read His words every day and have found myself praying more and more throughout the day. It's not so much the act of prayer that is healing, but the One who hears these prayers and answers them accordingly, as I have learned. What kept me watching your show was when one caller called and made an accusation (one which I failed to understand). I was hoping that you would be able to answer a question or two. I hope that they aren't a burden to answer. 1. What does it take to preach God's words? 2. How do I deal with people making accusations? 3. How do I keep myself from becoming distracted from God's path as you were? I realize that my message is a bit long, but I wanted to tell you my situation to better suit the questions. Thank you in advance.
Your Friend in Christ, -Isaac D. [/quote]
Isaac...so you know, the person saying they were 13 was a fraudulent caller..it took me a few moments to pick up on it but after doing this for so many years, it became obvious that it was not a legitimate phone call.....but that is ok, I'm on the UPN Network on purpose....I have no desire to preach to the choir but to reach the hurting and lost....95% of that audience is not Christian or in church.....so I have to week through some crank calls from time to time...but it's all worth it when people like the young woman on drugs accepted Christ as her Savior....know that I am praying for you....praying that you will get plugged into a good local church....and that you will be surrendered to Christ each day so that He can use your life....
1. What does it take to preach God's words? ***First, you need to be called of God....and that's not something that you can put into black and white....but something deep down that you simply know....if you feel you are called of God to preach His word, then it is incumbent on you to get the proper theological training....at a minimum, a 2 year Bible College Degree...just to get a good handle on basic theology.....and my advice is to actually go through a Masters of Divinity Program ...it forces you to think, to understand exactly what you say you believe and to be able to articulate that to others...
2. How do I deal with people making accusations? ***People who reject Christ will always accuse you of various things...don't forget satan is the accuser of the brethren....never take it personally since they are lashing out at God not you..
3. How do I keep myself from becoming distracted from God's path as you were? ***Stay close to Christ each day....through His Word, through prayer, be in church, have Christian brothers you are accountable to that daily intimate walk with Christ is the key....
You will be in my prayers, be blessed, Bill Keller www.liveprayer.com
