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Sunday, April 28, 2013

God's Outlaw - William Tyndale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-h2espvbB0



Stop Worshiping & Idolizing Celebrity Preachers - Paul Washer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEgHu48SuZg&playnext=1&list=PLE3C3D18F9407DCB1
 

When God’s elects are in the seasons of peace, there is a barrier when we are in God's protection. We are protected from Satan and his demons.

 

 Job 1:10-11 and Job 2:5.

 

But when God’s elects are in the seasons of trials and tribulations, the barrier of God’s protection is removed for a very short season.


Useful when you are about to be persecuted.





Matthew 10:23-25


King James Version (KJV)


 

23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.


24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.


25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub (Satan), how much more shall they call them of his household?




Matthew 12:24

King James Version (KJV)

 

24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.



Luke 11:15

King James Version (KJV)

 

15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub (Satan) the chief of the devils.
 

 

John 15:18-25

King James Version (KJV)

 

18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

 

19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

 

20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

 

21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

 

22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.

 

23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

 

24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

 

25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.



The Way To Victory In Suffering by Kevin Williams (1 Peter 3:17-22)


 

 
Solitary Confinement
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_1j5FXC2Aw



Tests and the broad road

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSFTWj0TqE



Persecution by broadies




I have gotten persecuted in holidays=family gatherings for about 20 times in 2 years.

The Lord helped me endure it all and made a way to overcome them all.


Repeat and memorize Romans 8:28 and 1 Corinthians 10:13.


Remember, we don't learn anything when we are not persecuted, in trails and suffering.

That is why God allows us to be trailed to learn something, be humble, to depend on God more, trials are there to test if we love God even in suffering, trials make our faith stronger, to hate this world and seek Heaven and more.


Don't expect trials to be easier as time passes, trials get harder as time passes just like in school.  But if you are one of God's elects, God will help you to overcome all those trials and deliver you into Heaven when you physically die or when Jesus Christ comes back in his 2nd Coming.

 

Persecution and suffering pushes us to preach the gospel and you pray that Jesus Christ would come soon.

Ex:

Acts 8:1-4

King James Version (KJV)

 

8 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

 

2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

 

3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

 

4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

 

When life is easy, preaching the gospel goes downhill.
 

2 Timothy 3:11


King James Version (KJV)

 

11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

 

Remember, God's glory is on the line when we are being persecuted.

 

God will make sure that he will help God’s elects to endure the persecution and help God’s elects to overcome it by his grace.



Philippians 1:6
King James Version (KJV)
 
6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
 
Philippians 1:6 only applies to God's elects and only God's elects can get to Heaven, not nonelects.


Romans 8:17-18

King James Version (KJV)

 

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

 

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.




Romans 8:29-39

King James Version (KJV)

 

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

 

30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

 

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

 

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

 

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

 

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

 

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

 

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

 

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

 

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

 

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 
2 Corinthians 12:9-10

King James Version (KJV)

 

9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

 

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.




Psalm 23:1-6

King James Version (KJV)

 

23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

 

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

 

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

 

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

 

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

 

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.



John 16:33

King James Version (KJV)

 

33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.




Luke 22:31-32

King James Version (KJV)

 

31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

 

32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.


"when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." means after you have overcome a trail, share your experience with other elects in order to strengthen them.


Email me at messengerofgod89@gmail.com to know what trials I have been through.


Acts 14:22

King James Version (KJV)

 

22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.





Hebrews 10:32-39

King James Version (KJV)

 

32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

 

33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

 

34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

 

35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

 

36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

 

37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

 

38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

 

39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

 

Psalm 56:1-13

King James Version (KJV)

 

56 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

 

2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

 

3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

 

4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

 

5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

 

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

 

7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

 

8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

 

9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

 

10 In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word.

 

11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

 

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

 

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?



Isaiah 25:4

King James Version (KJV)

 

4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.






2 Corinthians 11:20-33

King James Version (KJV)

 

20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

 

21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

 

22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

 

23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

 

24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

 

25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

 

26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

 

27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

 

28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

 

29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

 

30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

 

31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

 

32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

 

33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.




2 Corinthians 10:4-5

King James Version (KJV)

 

4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

 

5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;



Job 1:20-22

King James Version (KJV)

 

20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

 

21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

 

22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.



2 Corinthians 4:17-18

King James Version (KJV)

 

17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

 
18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.




1 Peter 3:13-18

King James Version (KJV)

 

13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

 

14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

 

15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

 

16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

 

17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

 

18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:



1 Peter 4:17-19

King James Version (KJV)

 

17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

 

18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

 

19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.




Ephesians 6:10-19

King James Version (KJV)

 

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

 

11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

 

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

 

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

 

14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

 

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

 

16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

 

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

 

18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

 

19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,




1 Peter 5:6-11

King James Version (KJV)

 

6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

 

7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

 

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

 

9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

 

10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

 

11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.



Acts 20:22-24

King James Version (KJV)

 

22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

 

23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

 

24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.




1 John 4:4-6

King James Version (KJV)

 

4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

 

“greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” means God is greater than Satan.

 

5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

 

6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.




1 John 5:4


King James Version (KJV)

 

4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

 

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world” means God’s elects that have received the Holy Spirit, have the power to overcome all the trials that Satan throws at us.

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Pray to God to get rid of any procrastination, worries, fears, doubt, confusion, stress, zone-out and more.

For the people that are in school, when you study focus on one thing and try to understand it. (Diagrams might help)

Use your finger and move it along the lines when you read. 

 

Speed Reading Exercises - Techniques Tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYLvT8VGEug



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We are SUPERIOR to Satan's people - BroJustin


 

Becoming more difficult....




Prophesy...nicely...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSQ5uWTDrks


Sharp Focus Required  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DUW3UixgCY&list=PL368E7B3FECE5C044


Starkly clear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMF-aohJKOk

The Great Whore Church

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXBlrj8Eioc&feature=c4-overview&playnext=1&list=TLAeHfcB63erQ

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Who do you identify with?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1MlYRKv0RY


Scares The Pants Off Me.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWUBkRFJ2qs


Chop 'em off!............?  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ew2XGCbUUE


Don't Submit..!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCeSq0omslw



Galatians 2:4-5

King James Version (KJV)

 

4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

 

5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.


Their defence AGAINST God?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqgCpnp_ZSc&feature=endscreen&NR=1

We are IT!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJk3HhA7e-s

Pay the price to enter  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj1xW554MHA

Persecution and Trials tests if we love God.


1 John Chapter 1, Verses 8 and 10 (1 John 1:8 and 1 John 1:10)  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liEjJsKMv3o


The only solution, bring God  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htELMOBWfT8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUQWL8ICfo0nI_sry025tsKw

No Power, No Witness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1H9YvHOWd4

Love Trumps Leviticus....Is that right.........?  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqa90W5pJeo

WHY IS THE WORLD LIKE THIS? - by LucasLabrador

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrVgdIVlG1o

PATRIOTISM TOWARDS WHAT?- by LucasLabrador

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y439O1HPmSM

WHAT IS THE WORD OF GOD? - by LucasLabrador

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8C1tBx4DZY

Your Human Rights, love from.......?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WVXuRmz2EI

Rude And Exclusive  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufRfv28PTQg

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Fighting against Titles


http://testallthings.com/2008/01/24/doctor-or-brother/


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Sermons that I will post at least once a week.
This is only for God's elects!!!

http://onlyforgodselects.wordpress.com/


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This explains more about God's elects salvation.

http://testallthings.com/2011/09/05/the-penalty-for-sin/


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My other blog which will be based on sermons, I will be making sermons on the blog at least once a week.  Remember this is only for God's elects.

http://onlyforgodselects.wordpress.com/


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God's nonindependent woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgXoez9t9Kw


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Fighting against adultery


 
When you are tempted into adultery (Matthew 5:28) by a cute guy or pretty girl, look the other way, close your eyes, run away as fast as possible away from them, pray to God to get rid of those lustful temptations or thoughts and don't feed those lustful desires. 

Pray to God to give you the power that God gave Joseph when he rejected Potiphar's wife.

The shield against adultery gets stronger and stronger as more time passes by and you have more power to resist adultery.  Once you get into a habit of resisting sin, it becomes easier.


Very important!!!  Pray to God everyday=morning, afternoon and night to put scripture verses in your mind to protect you from all temptations and sins.

Everyday, pray to God and put on the full armor of God.



James 4:7


King James Version (KJV)

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

In addition, know that God is watching everything you do and very close to you, which will put the fear of God in you.



SEX! - The Leper Subject Among Christians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_oT6BAfylw

38a Why do we STRUGGLE so much with LUSTFUL DESIRES !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk3LToAYPM8


How satan uses women to bring down the men  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlUPLJvvhLk


pt3 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WneZGuHDMQk&list=FLIwg3NGySNLsAGUxDW3iAEg&index=64




Sin is what messed up my past life before I was saved and it caused depression, no purpose in life, guilt, emptiness, big waste of time and more.

 

I hate sin.




Fear God so that you don't sin.


Fear Of God Has Been Lost In The Church (Compilation)

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJVbFC9ODZI

 

 

 Proverbs 9:10

 

 King James Version (KJV)

 

 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

 

 Isaiah 40:6-31

 

 Isaiah 40:15 is a good verse of showing how powerful God is and it causes the fear of God in us. Once we have the fear of God, we won't have any fear of men.

 

 Isaiah 40:15

 

 King James Version (KJV)

 

 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

 

 So the whole universe=all humans, all angels, all demons, all animals and more is like a small dust in his hand.

 

 Daniel 4:35

 

 King James Version (KJV)

 

 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

 

 Jeremiah 10:10

 

 King James Version (KJV)

 

 10 But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

 

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Very important!!!

 

 God is so powerful that by saying one word, it will automatically happen.

 

 Genesis 1:3

 

 King James Version (KJV)

 

 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

 

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Nahum 1:5-7

 

 King James Version (KJV)

 

 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

 

 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

 

 7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

 

 Exodus 20:18-20

 

 King James Version (KJV)

 

 18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

 

 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

 

 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.




Hell and Lake of fire bible verses

 

Lake of fire                                            Revelation 20:15

 

A horrible tempest                                 Psalm 11:6

 

A devouring fire                                     Isaiah 33:14

 

A place of everlasting burnings             Isaiah 33:14

 

A furnace of fire                                   Matthew 13:42

 

A place of torments                               Luke 16:23

 

Lazarus and the rich man                      Luke 16:19-31

 

Extreme Dehydration, rich man begs for a drop of water. 

 

 

Luke 16:24

King James Version (KJV)

 

24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

 

You would experience about less than 1% of Hell, if you went to a desert with no water for hours dehydrated=having a dry mouth.  I have been to a desert and I experienced what it is like.

 

 

A place of everlasting punishment        Matthew 25:46

 

A place of no forgiveness                      Matthew 12:32

 

A place of weeping                                Matthew 8:12

 

A place of outer darkness                      Matthew 8:12

 

Extreme loneliness with no friends and no family in Hell for all of the nonelects.  God's elects have very little friends or no friends at all on earth.  But they will have lots of friends in Heaven.  While Satan's children=nonelects have alot of friends on earth, but they will have no friends in Hell.

 

God is the great equalizer.

 

A place of no rest                                   Revelation 14:11

 

A place of blackness and darkness forever        Jude 13

 

A place where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched    Mark 9:48

 

 

A place where people are tormented with fire and brimstone                      

Revelation 14:10

 

A place from which the smoke of people’s torment ascends up forever     

 

Revelation 14:11

 

Proverbs 27:20

King James Version (KJV)

 

20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

 

 

Jesus drank the cup of the wrath of God (Jesus went through Hell, spiritually) when he was on the cross, in order to pay for all of God's elects's sin debts and punishments in Hell.  The top Hell verses that I just mentioned is what Jesus had to go through.  Now you know why God's elects are willing to suffer and be persecuted for Jesus's sake.  God's elects sufferings are nothing, compared to what Jesus Christ had to go through.  Jesus started drinking the cup of the wrath of God, when he said "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34)  Then he endured Hell, the above Hell verses is what he had to endure spiritually.  Jesus finished drinking the cup of the wrath of God when he said "It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost." (John 19:30)

 



Remember this!!!

 

We all deserve to go to Hell=everlasting fire because we have all sinned against God (Remember TV, movies, video games and computer games are all sins).  Jesus didn’t need to go to the cross and endure Hell=everlasting fire for us and God would still be just and holy in sending us all to Hell. 

 

But God loves his elects so much that he was willing to send his only begotten Son to live a perfect life, endure the cross, God dropped all of God’s elect’s sins (past, present and future sins), shame, guilt on Jesus who felt it and then Jesus received our punishment and endured Hell=everlasting fire so that we don’t get what we deserve which is Hell=everlasting fire.

 

Our hearts changed from a stony heart to a fleshy heart by the Love of God, when God gave us the Holy Spirit.


Wanna Be Loved? By whom...?  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7R2XeGINXU
 

John 8:10-11

King James Version (KJV)

 

10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

 

11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.



Ephesians 2:1-10

A lot of spiritual meat on the bottom video.


Go and Sin No More  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0OoapFyM24



Picture in your mind of Jesus being tormented in Hell for you, do this when you are tempted into sin.  In addition, think how much it hurts and grieves God if you were to sin.

If you were to sin, Satan would mock God and have the right to accuse you before God.

 

1 Corinthians 6:18-20

King James Version (KJV)

 

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

 

19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

 

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

 

“For ye are bought with a price” means a heavy price where Jesus had to endure Hell=everlasting fire for you.

 

 

David Platt - Jesus Absorbed the Wrath of God

 


 

 

1 Corinthians 10:5-13

King James Version (KJV)

 

5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

 

6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

 

7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

 

8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

 

9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

 

10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

 

11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

 

12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

 

13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.


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ALL THE CREDIT AND GLORY GOES TO GOD.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Michael and the Dragon

http://justifiedbychristalone.com/2011/10/30/alfred-chompff-michael-and-the-dragon/




ALL THE CREDIT AND GLORY GOES TO GOD.

Self-Pity & Feeling Sorry For Yourself (Schemes Of The Devil Pt3) -- Kevin Williams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxWPCtYjxLE

While watching the video, write down the main points of the sermon.


After watching the video, mediate on it for about 10mins.

Then share this on your blog and with other elects.






ALL THE CREDIT AND GLORY GOES TO GOD.

Harvesting People During The Famine


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Harvesting People During The Famine

 

 

Three Pictures (1 Peter 2:9-10)

 

God shows us: Kings, Priests and Prophets.

 

1 Peter 2:9

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

 

1 Peter 2:10

Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

 

Who is God speaking to here in 1 Peter chapter 2?

 

God is addressing us as “A chosen generation”. God is speaking to the Saints; He is speaking to the Believers who in chapter 1:1 are called “The Strangers”, because we are strangers and pilgrims on this sin cursed earth. This earth is not our home.

 

And here in 1 Peter 2:9 God calls us “A chosen generation”, because all those who have become saved, all those who have become Believers, are believing because “God has chosen us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him”, as we read in Ephesians and in other parts of the Bible.

 

Is that not wonderful how God gives us all these beautiful titles?

 

But God did that for a reason. God gave us these titles to teach us something about salvation.

 

God says here in 1 Peter 2:9 that we are “an holy nation”, which means a separate nation, just like the name Saints means: “the separated ones”. And then God gives us three more titles. God says here that we are “a royal priesthood”, which means that we are of royal descent; we belong to a kingly household. Christ is our King, and He has made us kings and priests unto God and His Father.

 

Secondly, we are not only called “royal”, but we are also called “a priesthood”. The New Testament teaches that the Saints are called a “Priesthood of Believers”, and Christ is our great High Priest. There are no other priests between Christ and us, because Christ is our only Mediator to God.

 

Thirdly, we are called “a peculiar people”. This translation does not do justice to the original Greek text. It would be better to say: We are called a people that are “a purchased possession”. We have been purchased “that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you” by His grace. We are to proclaim Him “who hath called us out of darkness into his marvelous light”.

 

These three groups of people: Kings, Priests and Prophets are prominently on display in 1 Peter 2:9. Here in 1 Peter 2:9 these three groups of people are actually the same group: the “chosen generation”. But in Genesis 47 God gives us three different pictures of three groups of people: Kings, Prophets and Priests. But spiritually these three groups of people represent the same group: they are the “chosen generation”. Lets now look at the first picture: The Kings.

 

Joseph’s Brethren (Genesis 42:5, Genesis 42:17, Genesis 42:25)

 

Joseph’s brethren dwelt in a land wherein was no food, because the famine was in all the lands. Then their father Jacob sent ten of his sons to Egypt to buy grain. We read in Genesis 42:5,

 

Genesis 42:5

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

 

And is that not typical of all of us who eventually become saved?

 

First we dwell in a land, which is smitten with a Spiritual famine. It is a world that supplies no food for the Soul. There are only husks, which the swine feed upon.

 

And HOW do we initially come to Jesus?

 

We come with money in our hands, just like the brothers of Joseph did. We want to pay for our spiritual food. We want to do something in return for what God has done for us.

 

But how does God treat us when we do that?

 

He speaks roughly to us, just like Joseph did when he recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize Joseph.

 

God wounds us before He heals. He puts our face in the mud in order that He may heal. He tells us: “There is NONE righteous, NO NOT ONE”. He tells us that we are rebellious sinners who deserve to be sent to Hell forevermore.

 

And what is our initial response?

 

We deny that we are totally depraved and “dead in trespasses and sins”. We deny that we are haters of God. Then we read in verse 17,

 

Genesis 42:17

And he put them all together into ward three days.

 

Joseph put them all in jail for three days. Joseph was putting these men into their proper place: The place of shame and condemnation. He made them feel it. That is what God did, or does with us. First we must be abased before we can be exalted. God makes us feel that we deserve nothing good.

 

And then Joseph released nine of them, but kept Simeon in prison.

 

Genesis 42:25

Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

 

Why did Joseph do that?

 

We must realize that God wrote the Bible, and so it was God who initiated these plans in Joseph’s head. Joseph, as a representation of Christ, makes it known to his brothers that deliverance is by grace alone. The Bread of Life cannot be purchased. It must be received as a free gift. The terms of the Gospel are “without money and without price”. (see Isaiah 55)

 

The Grace of God Is Free (Ephesians 2:8-9, Genesis 45:5-8)

 

God says in Ephesians 2:8-9,

 

Ephesians 2:8

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

 

Ephesians 2:9

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

 

That is why Joseph, as the type of Christ, ordered the money to be restored to his brothers. Just imagine the consternation of his brothers when they discovered that their money was put in their sacks.

 

But when their food was eaten up they had to come back to Joseph, and they came with more money and with Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob. But Joseph was determined to bring his brother’s sin out into the light. There can be no peace with God until a change of heart has occurred.

 

Joseph again put his brothers to the test: Joseph threatened to take Benjamin captive and let the ten brothers go home. But then we see that the grace of God had changed his brothers on the inside. Now they gave up every attempt to clear themselves. Now they admitted that they were guilty and that “God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants”. They remembered their sin of selling their brother to slave traders. Then Judah stepped forward, and Judah offered himself to be the Substitute for Benjamin. Judah offered himself to be the lifelong slave of Joseph in the place of Benjamin.

 

This was the moment that Joseph had waited for. What a change from the brothers he used to know. Now he could see the work of the Holy Spirit in their heart. They were declaring before God that they were undone, and lost, and that they needed mercy.

 

How did it happen that they had such a change of heart?

 

It was all by the free grace of God. And everything else they also received by the free grace of God. They did not need to come with money. They were of the family of Joseph, and Joseph was rich beyond measure. Remember, Joseph was a picture of Christ. In this picture, the brothers were of the family of Christ.

 

Now Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And Joseph said in Genesis 45:5-8,

 

Genesis 45:5

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

 

 Genesis 45:6

For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

 

Genesis 45:7

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

 

Genesis 45:8

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

 

These are exactly the words that the Lord Jesus speaks to us. The Father “did send the Lord Jesus before you to preserve life”, and “to save your lives by a great deliverance”.

 

How did the Lord Jesus Christ save our lives?

 

He did that by laying down His life on the cross, and He did that for His own sheep. That was a great deliverance. No, Jesus did not die to save our physical life, but He died to save our soul, by paying for the sins that cleave to our soul. Once He has redeemed our soul, He also owns the body that our soul possesses. And then Jesus says to us, I will give you:

 

The Best of the Land (Genesis 47:5-6, Genesis 47:11-12, Revelation 12:14)

 

Throughout these chapters in Genesis, Joseph is a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, and Pharaoh is a picture of God, and that the land of Egypt is a picture of the Kingdom of God. These representations only apply to the last ten chapters of Genesis. After Genesis, Egypt turns into a kingdom of Satan. Just like the Churches and congregations start out to be the Kingdom of God, but during the Final Tribulation Period near the End of time the great Apostasy in the Church turns it into Satan’s kingdom.

 

Joseph said, “There are five more years of famine coming”, and Joseph invited his father and his brothers and their families to come to Egypt so that he could provide for them. And they came. Here we see the first picture in this chapter. This first group of people was treated as royalty, because they were of the family of Joseph, and Joseph was royalty. We read in Genesis 47:5-6,

 

Genesis 47:5

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

 

Genesis 47:6

The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

 

The children of Israel were given the best of the land. The land of Goshen was the Nile-delta. It was the most fertile land of Egypt. They received the land for free. Joseph nourished his father and his brethren with bread totally free of charge. They received the honor to be rulers over the cattle of Pharaoh. They did not have to pay for any of those favors. Pharaoh welcomed Jacob and his household with open arms into Egypt. They were treated like kings in the land of Egypt. You have to realize that all this happened in the midst of a famine, when there was not enough food for the Egyptians.

 

What is God telling us here?

 

We read in Genesis 47:11-12,

 

Genesis 47:11

And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

 

Genesis 47:12

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families. (It was a Gift)

 

Spiritually, this means that if we are born in the family of Christ, if we have been born of God, then it is guaranteed that Christ will feed us with the Bread of Life freely, so that we will not die from lack of spiritual food, even in the time of spiritual famine. That is a great comfort to the Saints. We are called sons of the King of Kings. We are called sons of God, and we are secure forever. God says of us in Revelation 12,

 

Revelation 12:14

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

 

But now look at the second picture in this chapter. Look at the Egyptians.

 

The Egyptians (Genesis 47:13-17)

 

Did the Egyptians have to pay for bread?

 

Let’s continue to read from verse 13,

 

Genesis 47:13

And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.

 

Genesis 47:14

And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

 

Genesis 47:15

And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

 

Genesis 47:16

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

 

Genesis 47:17

And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.

 

It is very clear that the Egyptians had to pay for bread right from the beginning, from the first year.

 

What is the spiritual picture here?

 

Pharaoh represented God. Egypt represented the Kingdom of God. The famine is a famine of the Word of God. This is a famine that is far worse than a physical famine where people die of starvation. In a spiritual famine people die and go to Hell forevermore. That is much more terrible than physical death The Egyptians represented the people of the Kingdom of God, therefore the Egyptians also represented saved people, like the children of Israel.

 

The time in history that this picture represents is the Final Tribulation Period when the true Gospel will be scarce throughout the world. The saved people want to continue to receive the Word of God, and for this they are willing to give up everything that they have. They are willing to give up their money, and their possessions so that they and their children may have spiritual food, so that they will be spiritually nourished. They are not trying to buy their salvation, but it is the nature of the Saints that they want spiritual bread, the Bread of Life, to remain spiritually healthy.

 

Did you notice how often bread is mentioned in this chapter?

 

It seems as if bread was the only thing they ate. They did not even eat their cattle. This does not seem logical. But remember that God used this historical event to craft these words in such a way that we can learn from it the various aspects of salvation. Now we know that “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God”. And God is teaching us here an important lesson.




Jesus said:

 

No Man Can Serve Two Masters (Matthew 6:24, Genesis 47:18-21)

 

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.

 

We see that principle clearly here in the Egyptians, who represent saved people, because they are the servants of Pharaoh. They willingly gave everything they had to receive spiritual bread.

 

But now God is developing another aspect of salvation. We read in verse 18,

 

Genesis 47:18

When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

 

 Genesis 47:19

Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

 

Genesis 47:20

And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.

 

Wow. Here we see another land purchase. (see article “The Second Land Purchase”)

 

· First, Abraham bought a piece of land from the Gentiles, for a burial place.

 

· Second, Jacob bought a piece of land from the Gentiles, to build an altar there.

 

· Third, Boaz bought a piece of land from Ruth the Moabitess, a Gentile, and he also bought Ruth the person, to indicate the bringing in of the Gentiles.

 

· Fourth, David bought a piece of land from Ornan the Jebusite, a Gentile, to build an altar there and to build the temple there, indicating the New Testament temple of Believers including the Gentiles.

 

· Fifth, Joseph bought the land of Egypt from the Gentiles, for a present to Pharaoh, represent God.

 

All these land purchases are pointing to the cross of Christ. Because Christ paid the full price for the souls of His elect, that is why their bodies and their land became His also.

 

Joseph was able to give all the Egyptians bread, and Joseph became more and more in charge of their lives.

 

Is that not a perfect picture of how Christ becomes more and more in charge of our lives?

 

We cannot have two masters. And look what Joseph did with the people, in verse 21,

 

Genesis 47:21

And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

 

Joseph bought the people of Egypt, who are now representing the Kingdom of God, because in this picture they were saved people, and thus God lives in their soul.

 

In the New Testament, what do saved people do?

 

They become witnesses. They prophesy, which means they proclaim the Word of God, which is the Bible, only the Bible. That is the definition of a Prophet: One who proclaims the Word of God. Here we see that the Egyptians represent the group known as Prophets, because Joseph sent them to every city in the land of Egypt.

 

Now we want to look at three characteristic words:

 

Unto This Day (Genesis 47:23-26, Romans 12:1).

 

Let’s continue to read verses 23-26,

 

Genesis 47:23

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

 

Genesis 47:24

And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

 

Genesis 47:25

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.

 

Genesis 47:26

And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.

 

Is it not interesting that God said in verse 26, “Unto This Day”?

 

You find this expression sprinkled throughout the Bible.

 

What does it mean when God says “Unto This Day”?

 

Well, it means exactly what it says: Whatever is in view applies “Unto This Day”, and tomorrow it still means “Unto This Day” and the day after tomorrow it still means the same thing, and so on the Word of God still stands until the end of time. God means what He says. Therefore, the only way we must understand these words is by looking at the spiritual meaning of the passage that is in view.

 

What is in view here?

 

God says in verses 24 and 26, “And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh”, and that is a law which still stands unto this day.

 

Does this 1/5th part law apply to the current inhabitants of the land of Egypt, who are mostly Moslems?

 

Or does this 1/5th part law apply to any of the Jews living today, who have cut out the N.Testament?

 

The answer is: Of course not. God laid down this law for servants of God only; it is for Believers only. God says to Believers in Romans

 

Romans 12:1

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

 

In other words, God does not want only 1/5th part from us. God wants our whole bodies. The 1/5th is a fraction representing the whole. There is a perfect English word for it. It is a SYNECDOCHE, which means it is a part representing the whole.

Remember this word; it comes back again and again.

 

We have seen in Genesis 47 the family of Joseph who we recognized as “the Kings”. We have seen in this chapter the Egyptians whom we recognized as “the Prophets”, but what about “the Priests”?

 

The Priests (Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26)

 

Genesis 47:22

Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

 

Historically, the Priests did not sell their land, because they were given food from Pharaoh’s table. There was no need for the Priests to sell their land, because they did not feel the effect of the famine.

 

Spiritually, the Priests represent another picture, separate from the other two pictures that we have already seen. Just like the Egyptian Priests were servants of Pharaoh, so the New Testament Priests are servants of God, and God Himself will nourish them.

 

What is a Priest?

 

A Priest is just the opposite of a Prophet. A Prophet proclaims the Word of God, or the Message from God to the people. A Priest brings the petitions from the people to God. So, when God addresses the New Testament believers as “a royal priesthood”, God indicates thereby that we are a “Priesthood of Believers” who need no mediator between Christ and us.

 

We can come directly to the throne of Christ and bring there our petitions.

 

But what shall we ask Him?

 

God says that He has already given us all things. There is no need for us to ask anything for ourselves. But we can petition God on behalf of other people. In this way we are really filling the role of a “Priesthood of Believers”.

 

And then there is this puzzling verse 26,

 

Genesis 47:26

And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.

 

Does this mean that Pharaoh was not king over all of Egypt?

 

No. That is not correct. From this verse we can see that this story of the Priests must be interpreted spiritually, because Pharaoh was king over all of Egypt. The lands of the Priests were not little enclaves within Egypt where Pharaoh had no power over at all.

So, what is the meaning of verse 26?

 

The meaning is that eventually, on the Last Day, (remember “unto this day”) the land of the Priests will not be part of the New Heaven & New Earth, because in the life hereafter there will be no more Priesthood of Believers. There will be no more unbelievers on whose behalf we will bring petitions for salvation.

 

Now verse 26 completely harmonizes with the spiritual interpretation of Genesis 47.

 

But there is one additional thorny problem to be solved, and that is:

 

The Big Land Purchase (Genesis 47:19, Genesis 47:23).

 

We have already seen in the previous land purchases that we have studied that these were miniature pictures of Christ purchasing the world, so that He could guarantee to us a New Heaven & New Earth where only righteousness dwells. Again here in this chapter the picture clearly shows that Joseph, as a representative of Christ, bought the entire land of Egypt for Pharaoh, as a representative of God. For example verse 19,

 

Genesis 47:19

Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

 

Did Joseph buy the people and the land?

 

Notice how the bodies of the people and the land are never separated. We can see this again in verse 23,

 

Genesis 47:23

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

 

Was this the BIG land purchase, which was a picture of Christ buying the world, meaning that Christ bought this present sin cursed earth?

 

Did Christ buy this junk?

 

Yes and No!

 

The language clearly indicates that Christ bought this world. But we have to understand HOW He bought this world. We have to understand the question: “WHO bought WHAT, and for HOW MUCH”?

 

When the Lord Jesus Christ was going to the cross, He was imputed with the sins of every person whom God intended to save. “Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins”. Christ did not make it possible for people to become saved. He shall save His people. Christ is not a possibility savior, but He is Almighty God who does save whom He wants to save. Therefore, when Christ was going to the cross, He paid the price for all the sins He was carrying. The wrath of God was poured out upon Him, to the extent that every sin He carried was fully satisfied in the eyes of a perfectly righteous God. Because God is a righteous Judge, the penalty that Christ had to pay was the penalty that we would have to pay, which is the equivalent of an eternity in Hell. He suffered that full penalty both in His body and in His Spirit.

 

And when Jesus cried “It is finished”, He fully paid for our sins, and thereby He had purchased our souls for Himself. There is where our sins were. But when He owns our souls, He also owns our bodies which those souls posses. This means that He also owns the land that we stand on.

 

Christ did not buy the land separately. He purchased our souls, but that includes our bodies and the land. It is a reversal of the process that Adam went through.

 

Let me give another example: The children of Israel did not fight the land of Canaan; they fought the people, the Canaanites, and when they conquered the people, they inherited the land. Through the conquest they bought the land. That is the sense in which Christ bought the world.

 

Now, let’s take a good look at verses 23 and 24 again. The question is:

 

What Are Our Rewards? (Genesis 47:23-24, Luke 18:29-30)

 

Genesis 47:23

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

 

Why did Joseph give them seed to sow the land?

 

Joseph knew very well that there were five more years of famine, and that the people would not get any harvest. That seed would go to waste. Here again you can see the necessity to interpret this chapter spiritually, and not just historically.

 

The seed represents the seed of the Word of God. Even in the famine of the Final Tribulation Period the Gospel must still go out throughout the entire world. God has work for us to do, because “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God”. We must be sowing the seed of the Word of God to reach those souls who have already been purchased at the cross. The very same seed that saved my life should also be used to sow into the world. And now verse 24,

 

Genesis 47:24

And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

 

Is this our reward for doing the work of God?

 

NO! Not at all! It is God’s plan that we use the four parts to lubricate the machinery. In other words the four parts are also to be used to serve God, by feeding ourselves and by feeding our family, so that we have the energy to sow the seed, so that there will be an increase. We see that the mandate to send forth the Gospel is already here in Genesis 47.

 

We must never work for rewards. That would degrade the Gospel to a system of selfishness. When the Lord Jesus walked on this earth, Peter asked Him that same question:

 

What’s in it for us?

 

Luke 18:29

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

 

Luke 18:30

Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

 

Our rewards are spiritual rewards, and they are received here on this earth. But in the world to come we all receive the common denominator, which is “Life everlasting”.

 

How can we ask for more?

 

Romans 8:32

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

 

By Alfred J. Chompff

 
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