Scriptures Weekly 51 - King Jesus

^{1 Corinthians 15:24-28,
"}Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all." 

In the modern age, Kingdoms and Kings are rare. Americans are especially sensitive there is no need for a monarch and will do whatever it takes to resist any efforts that would try to reinstate a kingdom across its land. Americans enjoy their democratic society and the freedoms it maintains. So, if you are an outsider of the church, it is understandable the concept of being a citizen and servant in a heavenly kingdom with a king in charge is at minimum, fairly strange.

The first the Gospel was ever preached in Acts 2:1-42 by Apostle Peter, and after Jesus ascension into Heaven, Jesus Christ is King with all authority of this new Kingdom established on the day of Pentecost in A.D. 33. As a result -

Christ is King and sovereign Head over his Church and over all things to his Church

Ephesians 1:22, 4:15

Colossians 1:18, 2:19

He is a real King

Matthew 28:18-19

1 Timothy 6:14-15

He is a ruling King, right Now

Mark 9:1

Colossians 1:13

2 Timothy 2:2

Galatians 1:8

He is an unchanging King

Hebrews 13:7-8

The Church is not a democracy, it’s a Monarchy

Ephesians1:20

Philippians 2:9

Revelation 19:11

With this brief understanding of King Jesus, will one bow and obey the authority of the King? This video lesson on the authority of Jesus Christ, one can learn what it means for Jesus to be King, to be led by Him and honored to be one of His royal subjects in His Kingdom.

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Scriptures Weekly 50 - Holy Spirit

Over the past months we have been piecing out specific scriptural references on how the Holy Spirit helps and interacts in the life of the baptized Christian. This week we bring them together on our 50th post of Scriptures Weekly for your ease of locating and study. We want to thank brother Doug Downs, Evangelist at the Cumberland Heights, TN., congregation for these study notes.

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Is Salvation Conditional? God says Yes

Ephesians 2:8-9,

"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,not of works, lest anyone should boast."

This scripture is quoted and taught by most Evangelicals to mean, one doesn't need to do anything but have faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ for Salvation. This would be true if that is all that God has to say about it. In actuality (if one will receive the whole counsel of God instead of the easy and wide path), God says a lot more about being saved than just grace and faith. He has given mankind conditions to appropriate the cleansing blood of Christ in ones soul, and to be a citizen of His Kingdom. And why would God put conditions in His plan of redemption? This is actually very simple to understand when one realizes discipline and obedience play very important roles to pleasing and abiding in Christ. This video lesson plainly clears up any sectarian teachings (false gospels) that run rampant across the land.

Let us be reminded of Gods will to be His

John 14:15,

"If you love Me, keep My commandments."

(One of His commandments is to believe and be baptized to be saved - Mark 16:16).

2 John 1:9,

"Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son."

Galatians 1:8-9,

"But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed."

Scriptures Weekly 49 - Whats Your Foundation?

What is your life built upon? Is it family, friends, your job or your possessions? Could it even be your spouse? Do things satisfy and do people fill your life's inner needs? Can you ever truly be content and full of hope with a life that is fed with all kinds of earthly manner? Where is your spiritual life headed and can God fill every need we desire when so often people and things fail to do so?

Is your foundation based upon self gratification, and when trouble comes, things fall apart. Or is it built upon the promises of God.

Luke 6:46-49,

“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”

2 Peter 1:3-4,

His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Thief on the Cross Baptized?

The Thief on the Cross incident in the New Testament (Luke 23:39-43) is often cited as a proof text of how one is appropriated salvation today. That all one has to do is believe in Jesus with faith to be saved. In fact this is not the case as stated in Hebrews chapter 9 in reference to Jesus will being in force upon His death on the cross, ushering in the New Covenant and teachings of His Apostles beginning in Acts chapters 1 and 2.

The serious Bible student will find that this thief and Jesus while still alive were under the Law of Moses, the Old Covenant, which passed away by being nailed to the cross forever (Colossians 2:14-15). That the thief and his contemporaries were in the middle of a transition point of history during the unfolding of Gods plan for the future of His church. It is now the full Gospel as given by Jesus to the Apostles (Acts 1:2) beginning with Apostle Peters first sermon in Jerusalem that is in force and must be obeyed in order to have Salvation. This short introductory video lesson will help in your studies.

                

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Scriptures Weekly 48 - The Creators Love

1 John 4:15-16,

"And we have known and believed the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him."

The Bible says, "God is Spirit" (John 4:24) hence human beings, every one of them that ever was and will ever be, has an empty void within themselves until they learn the truth about God's Spiritual nature and His purpose for us. What can we know about this God - His creation in nature, His mind, and what does the bible tell us about God?

Why is God difficult to comprehend and believe? Well for one thing, He is invisible. And for another, His words in the Bible are not believed by the secular population charging it as mysticism, or a tale told by men. Alternately, the words of God may cause one to have to change and that is just too much to swallow. Thirdly, human beings since a child are generally raised up not having a grasp of the spiritual part of man. Mind and body are the dominant attention getters at home, in school and society as lives unfold and grow into adulthood, leaving the spiritual behind.

We hope this lesson gives you insight into the one true God...

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