Our
number one desire for these Bible lessons are for them to be understandable,
defendable, and most important for the Holy Spirit to bear witness that the
conclusions are the true, and correct interpretation of the Holy Scriptures.
Guidelines
for our Bible studies on this website:
1. We treat the living words of the
living God as spoken by the Lord Jesus and given to the Apostle Paul for the
Body of Christ the same importance, as
the words of the Lord Jesus recorded in red
letters in the books of Matthew – Acts Chp. 8, as what should be known as the
instructions to the nation Israel.
2. We will not be wresting the scriptures
against each other, we will look at the verses in their context, and will not
try to make the scriptures say anything, but what they say.
3. We will be using the verses out of the
Authorized Version, commonly known as the KJV. It is fine if you want to look
the verses up in other translations if you like, but we will consider the
Authorized Version as our final written authority.
4. We do not and will not use the Greek,
Hebrew, Aramaic, or Latin languages to prove any points, or give any indication
that the Authorized Version has been incorrectly translated.
2Tim.2 [15] Study to shew thyself approved unto
God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth.
I
hope these studies are interesting enough to provoke you to study your Bible
and for you to grow in the grace and knowledge of our savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ.
John
Lennon sang a song “Imagine” with the following lyrics, “Imagine there's no
Heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, And above us is only sky,
Imagine all the people Living for today.” John Lennon went on further in the
song with the words “nothing to kill or die for.”
Let’s
examine what happens when you have people “Imagine”, as John Lennon suggested
to us, no Heaven above us.
Well
what happens first when we imagine no heaven above us, is you take from people
any hope of life beyond the grave, anything good to look for in the future, we
end up with the attitude of nothing to live for, which translates into “no
hope”.
The
apostle Paul used the words no hope in relationship to the people without
Christ as having no hope, he also consoled people whose loved ones had died “to
sorrow not as others which have no hope”, for in Christ we have a blessed hope
beyond the grave.
Eph.2 [12] That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from
the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having
no hope, and without God in the world:
1Thes.4 [13] But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
John
first introduced his idea of imagine in 1971, 47 years ago, in the last 45
years suicide rates have increased by 60% worldwide. The World Health
Organization (WHO) estimates that each year approximately one million people
die from suicide.
Yes,
if John were alive today, he would see this attitude of his has infected the
world with deadly consequences, we now have more people taking their own lives
than at any other time period in recorded history, 44,965 per year just in the
US.
What
happens when we “Imagine” No hell below us, you take away from people any fear
of punishment for their wrong doing, a person can murder, rape, steal and deceive
their conscience into believing they will not have to answer for anything they
do in this life.
Let’s
look at how John’s Imagine “No hell below us” has worked out? Well what happens
when you take from the people any fear of punishment after death, what have we
got to show for it, a staggering 2.4 million people currently incarcerated in
the U.S. alone, a 500% increase over the past 30 years.
Rom.3 [10] As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: [11]
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. [12]
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there
is none that doeth good, no, not one. [13] Their throat is an open sepulchre;
with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their
lips: [14] Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: [15] Their feet are
swift to shed blood: [16] Destruction and misery are in their ways: [17] And
the way of peace have they not known: [18] There is no fear of God before
their eyes.
Imagine
now with Alfred, it’s easy if you try, that the Bible is the Living Words of
the Living God! Imagine a heaven to gain and a hell to shun.
Imagine
the Lord Jesus Christ dying for our Sins! Imagine the Lord Jesus Christ giving
us the gift of eternal life!
Imagine
Christians who care more about witnessing and winning the lost to Jesus Christ
and “Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy
the pleasures of sin for a season;”
Imagine
standing with the Lord Jesus Christ, friends, family members, and strangers
that thanks to your Christian witness they are not in hell throughout all
eternity, but instead gained eternal life.
The
end result can be summoned up in the words the Lord Jesus Christ spoke about
the rich man in Luke Chp. 12 “[19] And I will say to
my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease,
eat, drink, and be merry. [20] But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy
soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou
hast provided?”
Jesus
Christ is still the only place, a person can go to gain eternal life, may you
believe in his death, burial and resurrection for you today!
Now
let’s look at a few verses to confirm that the Apostle Paul’s message for
Christians today.
Rom.16 “[24] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen. [25] Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel,
and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which
was kept secret since the world began,”
Gal.1 “[11] But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was
preached of me is not after man. [12] For I neither received it of man,
neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
Eph.3 “[1] For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for
you Gentiles, [2] If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God
which is given me to youward: [3] How that by revelation he made known unto me
the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, [4] Whereby, when ye read, ye may
understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) [5] Which in other ages
was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his
holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;”
Notice
before Paul got his commission with its new message, it was a secret, it was
mystery which was not made known to men, read the verses until you get it, no
one could have known this because God himself kept the mystery a secret from
the foundation of the world.
With
all that said, the message a person must believe today for salvation is the
message the Apostle Paul preached, and that is we are saved by grace when we
believe Paul’s gospel as given to him by direct revelation from Jesus Christ 1Cor.15 “[1] Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the
gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye
stand; [2] By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached
unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. [3] For I delivered unto you first
of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according
to the scriptures; [4] And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third
day according to the scriptures:”
No
one preached this gospel prior to Paul’s conversion in Chp. 9 of Acts, go look,
go study, eternity is too long to be for you to be wrong and miss heaven! Don’t count on what someone has told you, go
study it for yourself.
I
am so thankful for the Preachers that were my mentors were Bible Believers and
not bible correctors!
Satan
is having a field day with the Body of Christ with all these modern-day
preachers
proclaiming
the gospel of the kingdom with its earthly kingdom hope, repentance, confession
of sins, and water baptism required to be saved or a member of a denomination,
Miraculous signs as evidence of salvation, such as speaking in tongues and
healing; Teaching the observance of the law, teaching the conditional forgiveness
of sins based on forgiving others, teaching forsaking all and selling all to
gain eternal life, Having the authority to forgive sins, Reaching Jerusalem and
Israel first.
These
things are simply incompatible with the truths found in the Pauline epistles,
and the gospel of the grace of God. Even if you believe the Bible and you fail
to understand the word of truth rightly divided you can still be misled, not
lost just misled, and rendered a useless Christian witness.
We
are saved not by our works, but by our faith in the crucified and risen Lord
Jesus!
With
modern day technology being what it is, it is very easy to do word searches and
check when someone quotes a Bible verse or tells you something is in the Bible
for you to look it up and verify if they are pulling your leg!
Acts 17 [11] These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they
received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures
daily, whether those things were so.
The
Truth of God’s Holy word is easy to determine if you let the Holy Spirit lead
you.
Remember
all of the confusion among Christianity/Christians today can be attributed to
the simple fact that the church, the Body of Christ, does not recognize the
separate, distinct, and unique apostleship, ministry, and message of Paul.
If you have never trusted the Lord Jesus as your savior, I
encourage you to believe in him and invite him to save you today! All one need
do is to trust and believe in the Lord Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection
for the forgiveness of sins to be made new in him.
Gal.2 [16] Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the
law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus
Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ,
and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the
law shall no flesh be justified
Eph.3 [17] That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, [19] And to know the love
of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the
fulness of God.
What
a great day that will be when Jesus Christ returns in all his glory, friend
don’t let that day take you unawares. Today Jesus has his arms outstretched and
open to sinners to put their trust in him. One day we will all stand before him
either as our savior or our judge, don’t put it off invite Jesus to save you
today!
"The crowd
that will not accept one truth will decay to the point that it does not accept
one God: many denominations, many translations, many gods."
The
words of our Apostle Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles!
2Tim.2 [15] Study
to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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the wrong time period, or wrong group of people.
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