Friday, November 16, 2012

Why Do We Believe What We Believe? We need to have Scripture to back up what we believe. (1 Peter 3:15)


2) I Can’t Lose My Salvation:

A) I didn’t save myself – so I don’t hold my salvation, but my Lord Jesus Christ does.   

(Ephesians 2:8)  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

 (John 10:27-29)  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

(Jude 1:24-25)  Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

(2 Timothy 1:12)  For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

Some Key Bible Words:

Grace: The free unmerited love and favor of God; the application of Christ's righteousness to the sinner; mercy; pardon.

Perish: To be lost eternally.

Pluck: To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to tear away.

Give: (present tense) To transfer.

Keep: To hold; to retain in one's  possession; not to lose or part with.

B) We Possess Eternal Life As Soon As We Are Saved:

 (John 3:36)  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

(John 5:24)  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

(1 John 5:11-13)  And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.                                                                                                        
Key Bible Word:                                                                                                                                                 
Hath: (present tense – same as have) To possess; to hold in possession or power.

Why Do We Believe What We Believe? We need to have Scripture to back up what we believe. (1 Peter 3:15)


1) I’m Saved – Sealed – Delivered I’m My Lord’s:

Saved Forever, Sealed With An Eternal Seal, And Delivered To Life Eternal With Jesus In Heaven!!

A) How I Knew I Was Lost And Heading To Hell.

The Fall Of Man – (Genesis 3:1-19)

(Romans 5:12)  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:                                                                                          
(Romans 3:23)  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;                                             
(Romans 6:23)  For the wages of sin is death;

Some Key Bible Words:

All: (N.W.) Every one; wholly; completely; entirely; the whole number.

Sinner: (N.W.) One that has voluntarily violated the divine law; a moral agent who has voluntarily disobeyed any divine precept, or neglected any known duty.

Wages: Reward; fruit; recompense; that which is given or received in return.

Death: (Strong’s Concordance) that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended. And in this verse and the end of life begins misery in hell eternal.

 

Doing Evil Was Easy, but doing good was impossible.

(Jeremiah 4:22)  For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.         
(Romans 3:12)  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Key Bible Word:

Sottish: Dull; stupid; senseless; doltish; very foolish.

 

 

B) How I Was Saved From Hell:

The Holy Spirit Convicted Me Of Sin Through God’s Word.

(John 16:7-11)  Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

Some Key Bible Words:

Comforter: The title of the Holy Spirit.

Reprove: To convict; to convince of a fault, or to make it manifest; to excite a sense of guilt. (I had to see myself as lost and guilty before I could get saved)

I Was Saved By Accepting The Sacrifice Of My Jesus On The Cross.

(Colossians 2:13-14)  And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

(John 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.                                                                                            
(John 3:18)  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

(Romans 10:9-10)  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Some key Bible Words:

Whosoever: Any one; any person whatever.

Believeth: to have full persuasion, to be certain of.

Condemned: pronounced to be wrong, guilty, or sentenced to punishment.

Saved: Preserved from evil; injury or destruction; kept frugally; prevented; spared.

 

 

Proof I’m Saved - I’m A New Creature.

(2 Corinthians 5:17)  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

My Want To’s Have Changed:

I want to read the Bible – I want to go to Church – I want to get closer to God – I want to do Good – I want to be a good Father – I want to tell other’s about Jesus.

The things I use to do – don’t do them anymore. The things I use to say – don’t say them anymore. The songs I use to sing – don’t sing them anymore.

Key Bible Words:

New: Recently produced by change; as a new life.

Old: Long practiced; as the old life.

**So You Want More Proof I’m Saved? I Was Dead – Now I Live.**

(Ephesians 2:1-5)  And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Key Bible Word:

Quickened: Made alive; revived.

Dead: Not alive.

Why Do We Believe What We Believe? We need to have Scripture to back up what we believe. (1 Peter 3:15)


5) Abortion – Murder

(Isaiah 44:21-24)

God creates each baby in the womb

First thing first; every baby that is conceived in the womb is created individually by God from the shape of his head, the color of his eyes, the shape of his features to the type of blood flowing through his veins.                                                                             (Psalms 139:14)  I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

God knows each and every baby that is conceived – DUH – He’s the creator of the fruit of the womb, and when a baby in the womb is murdered God’s purpose for that child is destroyed. The baby may have been the next great preacher to bring revival to the USA and the world, maybe he was going to be the one to cure a horrible disease, maybe he was going to be the one who was supposed to be there to pull your children from a burning house or he may have been born with a defeact, to teach you the grace of God, to increase your faith and to show you how powerful your love could grow.  God doesn’t make mistakes – and there is no mistakes held in a mother’s womb!!

Our children belong to God

(Psalms 127:3)  Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Heritage: In Scripture, the saints or people of God are called his heritage, as being claimed by him, and the objects of his special care. 

Our children do not belong to us, they belong to God! The Lord allows us to have children to …. bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4)

Nurture: That which promotes growth; education; instruction.

Admonition: Gentle reproof; counseling against a fault; instruction in duties; caution; direction.

Our children are not ours to dispose of as we see fit, its our responsibility to provide a safe home for them and to teach and instruct them about God.    

The world calls it Abortion, God calls it Murder!!                           

(Exodus 20:13)  Thou shalt not kill.                                                  

(Deuteronomy 5:17)  Thou shalt not kill.

Kill: To deprive of life.                                                                                                                                              The first thing to do in learning the truth is to junk the world’s politically correct words and put the true words back where they belong. Murder not “abortion” and Baby not “fetus”. The baby murderers use false words to justify what they are doing.                                                                                                                                      What happens during the murder of a baby?                                                                       
A drug may be given such as RU-486 Which Starves the baby causing it to die and be expelled from the body.                                                                                                                                          
A vacuum may be used to remove the baby in whole or in latter pregnancies a vacuum may be used to suck the baby’s brain out so the head will collapse and be small enough to remove from his mother.                                                                                                                                            
A pair of surgical cutting shears and forceps may be used to cut up the baby and remove him in pieces from the mother.                                                                                                             
After the baby has been murdered stem cells may be collected by these “mad scientists” for “research”, and then the last crime against the baby: he will either be thrown in the garbage can behind the Murder Clinic, or he will be sent out with the medical waste.

                                       Abortion Murder Statistics                                                                                                                                                             
1) Worldwide there are 46 million abortion murders each year – that’s 115,000 a day.                       
2) In the USA there is 1.37 million abortion murders each year – that’s 3,700 a day.                            
3) The baby’s heartbeat begins on the 21st day of conception.                                                                  
4) The baby shows elementary brain activity during the first eight weeks.                                              
5) Dr. J. S. Kanwaljeet, a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center stated that a baby beyond 20 – weeks gestation is capable of feeling pain.                                                                 
6) By age 45, 43% of women have had at least one abortion murder.

Who’s Having Abortion Murders                                                                                   

Women with no religious affiliation – 23.7%                                                                       
Protestant Women – 37.4%                                                                                                     
Catholic Women – 31.3%                                                                                                             
Jewish Women – 1.3%                                                                                                            
Born Again Evangelical Women – 18%

The pro – choice industry which includes Planned Parenthood make $830 million murdering babies each year.

(Matthew 18:2-6)  And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Offend: to strike, hit, meet, or thrust against; To attack; to assail.

Selective Abortions

A recent poll of couples in New England revealed that, if they were able to know these things in advance, 1 percent of them would abort a child on the basis of sex, 6 percent would abort a child likely to get Alzheimer’s disease, and an incredible 11 percent would abort a child predisposed to obesity 

Would You Consider Abortion . . .

Would you consider abortion in the following four situations'

(1) There’s a preacher and wife who are very, very, poor. They already have 14 kids. Now she finds out she’s pregnant with number 15. They’re living in tremendous poverty. Considering their poverty and the excessive world population, would you consider recommending she get an abortion'

(2) The father is sick with sniffles, the mother has TB. They have four children. The first is blind, the second is dead, the third is deaf, and the fourth has TB. She finds she’s pregnant again. Given the extreme situation, would you consider recommending abortion'

(3) A white man raped a 13-year-old black girl, and she got pregnant. If you were her parents, would you considering recommending abortion'

(4) A teenage girl is pregnant. She’s not married. Her fiancĂ© is not the father of the baby, and he’s very upset. Would you consider recommending abortion'

In the first case, you have just killed John Wesley, one of the great evangelists in the 19th century.

In the second case, you have killed Beethoven.

In the third case, you have killed Ethel Waters, the great black gospel singer.

If you said yes to the fourth case, you have just declared the murder of Jesus Christ!!

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Monday, August 20, 2012

Important Bible Word Definitions


(2 Timothy 2:15)  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.


Abomination: Extreme hatred; detestation. (God hates what He calls an abomination with the Greatest; most violent; utmost Hate!)

Abortion: (In the 1828 Webster’s Dictionary: The act of miscarrying.) In the modern world it is the systematic MURDER of an unborn baby, by a Doctor or by use of a pill. Most often for a selfish reason such as: Inconvenience, Birth Defect, The Sex of Baby etc…. (2 Timothy 3:2-3)  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection…

Account: An assignment of reasons; an explanation; to explain and take responsibility for your actions. (Romans 14:12)  So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Bethesda: House of mercy. (John 5:2)  Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

Bible: The Book. The King James Bible is God’s perfect preserved word for English speaking people, all other versions of the bible are perversions of God’s holy word; containing error and missing portions of scripture. They should be avoided as you would the Plague or a Rattle Snake. (Matthew 7:15)  Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Christian: A born again follower of Jesus Christ; to be Christ like. (Acts 11:26)  ….And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

Contend: To strive, or to strive against; to struggle in opposition, to use earnest efforts to obtain, or to defend and preserve. (Jude 1:3)  Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Countenance: The face; visage. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. (Proverbs 15:13)

Conversation: General course of manners; behavior; deportment; especially as it respects morals. (Philippians 1:27)  Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: ….

Despise: To abhor; To contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have the lowest opinion of. (Proverbs 1:7)  ….but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Dropsy: A watery swelling of the body. (Luke 14:2)  And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

Family: The Bible defines a family as one man and one woman. (Matthew 19:4-5)  And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? (God brought Eve to Adam to be his helpmeet – God didn’t make another man from Adam’s rib and bring him a man to be his helpmeet!!) (Genesis 2:22-24)  And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Fear: In scripture, fear is used to express a filial or a slavish passion. In good men, the fear of God is a holy awe or reverence of God and his laws, which springs from a just view and real love of the divine character, leading the subjects of it to hate and shun everything that can offend such a holy being, and inclining them to aim at perfect obedience. This is filial fear. (Proverbs 1:7)  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: ….

Fool: One who lives his life as if there is no God. (Psalms 14:1)  The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God….

Grace: The free unmerited love and favor of God; the application of Christ's righteousness to the sinner; mercy; pardon. (Ephesians 2:8)  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Leaven: something which corrupts or depraves that with which it is mixed; to taint; to transform. (Galatians 5:9)  A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Led: To be driven; carried. (Romans 8:14)  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Leper: A person who is afflicted with a foul cutaneous disease, appearing in dry, white, thin, scurfy scabs, attended with violent itching. It sometimes covers the whole body. (2 Kings 5:27)  The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

Like: To be pleased with; to approve; it expresses less than love and delight.

Love: to be pleased with; to regard with affection; We love our parents and our children, on account of their connection with us, and on account of many qualities which please us. We love to retire to a cool shade in summer. We love a warm room in winter. The Christian loves his Bible. In short, we love whatever gives us pleasure and delight, whether animal or intellectual; and if our hearts are right, we love God above all things, the Christian loves God with the love of complacency in his attributes, the love of benevolence towards the interest of his kingdom, and the love of gratitude for favors received. (Deuteronomy 6:5)  And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (Matthew 22:39) …. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mammon: Riches, wealth, money. (Matthew 6:24)  No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Pharisee: A Jewish religious sect who followed a strict observance of rites & ceremonies and the traditions of the elders. They considered themselves more righteous than other Jews.

Present: To set, place or introduce into the presence or before the face of a superior; To come into the presence of a superior. (Jude 1:24)  Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Prove: To try; to examine by comparing with a standard (our standard is the Bible). By comparing something with God’s word we can find out if it is good or evil.                                                                                         (Standard: That which is established by sovereign power as a rule or measure.)                     (1 Thessalonians 5:21)  Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (Galatians 6:4)  But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

Publican: Tax Collector. (Luke 19:2)  And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

Purge: To cleanse or purify; to purge away sin. (Psalms 51:7)  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Repentance: a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God; sorrow or deep contrition for sin, as an offense and dishonor to God, a violation of his holy law, and the basest ingratitude towards a Being of infinite benevolence. (Luke 24:47)  And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Sadducee: A Jewish religious sect that denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of Angels.

Sodomite: An inhabitant of Sodom - (Homosexual) One guilty of sodomy. God says that for a man to lie with a man, or a woman lie with a woman is an Abomination. God instituted the family in Genesis as a MAN and a Woman – it wasn’t Adam and Steve or Sara and Eve, it was ADAM and EVE!! (Leviticus 20:13)  If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: ….

Scribe: A writer and doctor of the law, a lawyer.

Stand: To be in a state of fixedness; hence, to continue; to endure. To be erect, supported by the roots, as a tree or other plant. Notwithstanding the violence of the wind, the tree yet stands. To be on its foundation; not to be overthrown or demolished. (1 Corinthians 16:13)  Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Trespass: To commit any offence, or to do any act that injures or annoys another. (Luke 17:3)  Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Trow: Think. (Luke 17:9)  Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.

Quickened: Made alive; revived. (Ephesians 2:1)  And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

**More Definitions Coming Soon**