The Zeal of Jesus Christ of Nazareth…

The Zeal of Jesus Christ of Nazareth…

Heb 1:7-14 ASV And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels winds, And His ministers a flame of fire: 8 but of the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of Thy hands: 11 They shall perish; but Thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But Thou art the same, And Thy years shall not fail. 13 But of which of the angels hath He said at any time, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make Thine enemies the footstool of Thy feet? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?

Have you ever made a commitment to God? Yes or no? Have you ever been baptized? Yes or no? Have you ever repented of a bad thing? Yes or no? Jesus will judge us one day…even though now He provides a way for us to do right by God…Act 17:30-31 ASV The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now He commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent: 31 inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead…Do you believe Jesus died and was raised from the dead? Yes or no? Have you been baptized? Yes or no? Have you forgave others? Yes or no? You cannot be forgiven unless you forgave others for their wrong deeds against you…repent or perish…

Jesus’ Righteous Indignation…

Joh 2:13-17 ASV And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And He found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 and He made a scourge of cords, and cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables; 16 and to them that sold the doves He said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for Thy House shall eat me up.

Jesus mission was to restore the house of Israel…He was sent to the lost sheep of Israel…He was concerned only for the descendants of Abraham…His very own family…Jesus found in the temple people more concerned for profit than for salvation and in righteous indignation made a spectacle of the money changers table being used for profit and not for atonement of sin….

Jesus the Hell-Fire and Brimstone preacher…

Luk 13:1-9 ASV Now there were some present at that very season who told Him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And He answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered these things? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

You got 2 options…change or die…Jesus is a Hellfire and Brimstone preacher…or to quote Jesus…repent or perish too. This He said face to face with these Galileans…you think they were evil because of being a victim to a Roman who mingle human blood with animal sacrifices…then says what about the accident of the tower…was it an accident?...then Jesus elaborates or eases tensions with a story…or a parable a laying along side a higher spiritual truth with a physical story…

6 And He spake this parable; A certain Man had a fig tree planted in His vineyard; and He came seeking fruit thereon, and found none. 7 And He said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground? 8 And He answering saith unto Him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it (fertilize it): 9 and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, Thou shalt cut it down.

Jesus using real world events to teach…

Jesus tells the news of real life instance to those who perished when an accident happened…asking if it was just punishment or fate…telling them if they do not change and do what is right by God…then they to will end up dead one day and perish…Jesus knew it never hurts you to forgive and it never hurts you to obey God… Mic 2:7 ASV Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

The Parable explained…

Owner of the vineyard (Jehovah)…came looking for expected fruit…there was none. Pretend the Owner…as if talking to the trees…said I gave you everything you needed to produce good fruit for other people to benefit and you have none…Then you are useless…be cut down and a useful one be in your place…then the dresser (Jesus)…says let me teach it and do it one better then see if grows before we cut it down and call it useless…Repent or perish…Jesus has provide all you need to change and His will is for you to change your mind…your heart…your direction…to following Him the Truth…so you will never do an evil thing again…Jesus died on the cross and was raised from the dead so you could be forgiven and taught how to produce good righteous fruit before our Owner His Father…Jesus will reveal the truth to you and all you have to do is what is right with our Creator…the best any soul can do is what is right when the Truth is revealed and Jesus is not slack to perform His own word…

Jesus said…

Joh 8:31-32 ASV Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed Him, If ye abide in My word, then are ye truly My disciples; 32 and ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free…Mat 11:27-30 ASV All things have been delivered unto Me of my Father: and no one knows the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and He to whomsoever the Son wills to reveal him…also Jesus said…28 Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke (teaching of Truth) upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For My yoke (Teaching) is easy, and my burden is light…and also…Mat 28:18-20 ASV And Jesus came to them and spoke unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world… yet as it is written…Mar 16:15-16 ASV And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but He that disbelieves (does not believe the good news I died and was raised so you could be reconciled with God) shall be condemned.

Father please reveal the Truth of Your Son to us…so we can repent and not perish…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

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Explanation of the Trinity...

Explanation of the Trinity...Is there a Trinity…A God…A Creator…

Is the word Trinity as made popular by Saint Patrick with his three-leaf clover or shamrock…Is Trinity a Biblical word or is it possible it is a biblical concept but not describe in an English word like trinity but is in a word in the Hebrew language called Eloheem? Yes the word for let us make man in our image…is plural and is Eloheem.

Gen 1:26 KJV And God said, Let us (Eloheem…Trinity)…make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

Rom 1:20 KJV For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

1Pe 1:2 KJV Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Mat 3:16-17 KJV And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased…His Father.

Without much detail…the Bible’s inspired record calls three individuals Self-Existing…Eternal…All Powerful…All Knowing…Ever Present…God the Father…God the Spirit…And God the Son. Each of these three are the Same…Authority…Power…Will…Each is Individual with Individual Roles…You can see the three individuals during the baptism of Jesus…Jesus the God who became man…the God the Son of man(kind)…being baptized…The Holy Spirit God descending in the form of a Dove…God the Father Speaking from Heaven saying my Son in whom I well pleased…There are three individuals with the Same…Authority…Power…Will…whom are each Omnipresent (Ever Present)…Omniscience (All Knowing)…Omnipotence (All Powerful). Saint Patrick described the Godhood as a three leaf clover…three individual leaves but one body…

The Three Individual Leaves should be the roles God (Eloheem) functions as…God the Father of Mercies (2 Cor 1:3) The Final Authority on Mercy being mercy’s Creator…willing to forgive when the first lie was told or when the first sin happened…God the Son…Jesus the Christ willing to be the Author of Salvation (Heb 5:8-9)…having been sent by the Father…became the only Human our Creator ever Fathered…supplied all that was needed…became the Supply of Salvation…God the Spirit…makes it happen…the builder and sustainer of salvation and the saved (2 Cor 1:22)…the three roles are the God the Father…He is the Final Authority on Salvation or Mercy…Jesus the Christ (Son Sent)…He is the Supply and became the Author of Salvation and provided everything needed to be forgiven and saved…God the Holy Spirit…the doer of salvation and sustainer of the saved.

Let Us make man in Our Image…In terms of a house…The Father decided mercy is a house of salvation… (The Final Authority…The Architect) The Son decided to provide it by being the Supply becoming the Author of Salvation’s House (The Shepherd…Overseeing the plans and provides as needed)…The Spirit decided to do it (The Builder).

In terms of a Family…all three have the Same Name…God…All three have the Same Authority…All three are the Same Substance (eternal and self existing)…All three have the Same Knowledge…but the three perform three different roles…God the Father…He the dad…final authority. God the Son…the One who provides for the Father’s Will. God the Spirit…nurturing like a mom all that is needed for salvation.

Father we are but children in diapers before You please teach us how to be Your offspring in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

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Is There a God? (revised)

Is There a God?

By: Ben Stewart

Introduction…

Why are you here today? I think that you are here reading today because you believe there is a God. In this lesson I will be speaking to the existence of God. I know that most, if not everyone here believe that God is real and he exists.

I am however preparing you to present the arguments for God and his existence. Today there is a real problem, people due to their freedoms here are making themselves God. By denying that there is a Creator, people think they are the highest level of existence.

Since so many atheists exist in the world, and are trying to present cases to courts that deny our rights to freely exercise our religion, I thought it worth your time and mine to prepare a sermon that will help all of us to present the idea of a Creator.

There are a few arguments that I will use. The Cosmological Argument, The Teleological Argument, and the Moral Argument…

The Cosmological Argument

Cause and effect

This argument would state that everything has a cause and effect.

Because the world is in a state of regression or decay then there must be a cause

Have you ever heard of the idea of perpetual motion?

Perpetual motion is defined as eternal motion

For years scientist have been trying to figure out a way to have perpetual motion

The problem with this ideal is in science you must put more energy into something to get an output. The ratio of energy in and energy out is call efficiency.

The higher the efficiency the better the output

Could you imagine an engine that never quits, we all know things like friction and heat keep it from running without end.

Because of these types of things we all must put oil in our cars and trucks

The law of entropy, or the law of chaos…continuous change…positive and negative equalizing…

The law of entropy is a law of physics that has just been generated in the last century. It states that the unbalanced forces in the universe will work, through this law, to balance all other forces. That since there is always an unbalance, then this constant balancing of forces is the reason for creation and not God.

If this were true, the universe would still have to have an original beginning of forces that balance themselves out.

Every bit of matter we know does decay and is not eternal: plants, animals, and humans

We know that all matter is finite or has a beginning and an end.

Logic says that nothing can create nothing. That something does not come from nothing

These scientists have created this idea so it will agree with the evolution theory.

For it to be true the forces must be eternal to be in the beginning. In other words there was no starting point or ending point for these forces that balance themselves out. Since nothing can create nothing, this view is out of reasoning with common sense. If there was nothing…the absence of anything…then there would be nothing but emptiness…

Since the world is here there must be something that created it.

Alternatives to this view

It is an Illusion

Some philosophers state that we really are somewhere else and this is what we dream or experience because of being elsewhere.

It is like the ideas portrayed by the movie Matrix

It sporadically arose out of nothing

As I spoke of earlier this defies any form of logic

It basically says that out of nothing came something.

This is what some people of the big bang theory suggest that out of nothing came this big explosion in which everything was put into motion.

It had no existence but has existed for eternity makes no sense unlike A Creator created the world. 

Assessment of these ideas

The ideas that the world is an illusion is not within reason

The idea that nothing created something also defies reason.

The idea that the Sun is decaying…has been measured. However the idea that the world has forever and will forever continue to decay…The stars that die out, the earth and its wealth of life, are evidences that everything started at a fixed time and place.

The law of entropy says if everything was hot and cold then in time due to mixtures there would be a perfect balance called warm. The idea is that there is an eternal amount of hot and cold. So the forces behind creation is the mixing of cold and hot to get warm. However the world has always and will continue to decay or become older, until the Lord comes back.

The only other assessment left is that there is a creator that created everything.

He was the one who gave us the starting point of time and place

God is the Creator. Someone may say well who created God?

There is something we must understand about God.  Jesus said “God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship him in spirit and truth” John 4:24

God is a spirit; He is self-existing. He needs nothing other than Himself to exist. He relies only on Himself for his existence, He is eternal…we get older and die just like the world gets older everyday.

We are humans we are finite, meaning we have a beginning and an end, We depend on our environment to sustain our lives. In essence we depend on God to live. However The Great I Am of All that IS indeed Self-Existing…Eternal.

The Teleological Argument

The design and purpose

Have you ever just thought about the chances of us being here?

Odds for this happening by chance

What are the odds of the earth being the exact distance from the sun that we neither burn up nor freeze to death?

That everything is beneficial to everything else?

Evolution idea

The odds of a chemical soup existing in which some amino acids come together to form the first 1 cell organism of life happening by chance.

The odds of this 1 cell organism evolving into a 2 celled organism

Invertebrates

Fish or vertebrates

Reptiles

Birds

Mammals

The very odds of this happening says that we did not evolve

They have never found the missing links, which bridge the gap between the species.

There are other proofs as well. They have found trees that are upright and pass through several layers of the geological strata. Thus proving the strata did not happen over billions of years because for that to happen; the tree would have to be billions of years old. In fact it suggests that there was a great flood.

The ecosystem

The human waste product of carbon dioxide is one of the substances needed for the plants to survive.

The plants support the animals, and the animals and plants sustain us.

The earth is 2/3rds water, and evaporates in such a way that produces clouds that carry this water to the land so that crops or vegetation can grow for the benefit of the animals, and humans.

The water collects and then is distributed to the land or earth

The extra is then collected into rivers, streams, and lakes then returned to the seas

It is no accident

These things did not happen by accident

Each item has a purpose and a plan in the environment.

The watchmaker

Someone has given me an illustration of a watch

The idea is that for all of this world to happen by accident or mere chance is like me taking the parts of a pocket watch, putting them into a bag, shaking the bag and its contents up, then reaching my hand into the bag and pulling out a put together, complete and working pocket watch.

You and I both know you cannot put the right parts in a bag shake it up and have a complete product. You see each part of a pocket watch has a design and a purpose.

Each gear, piece, bearings, and shafts all depend on the others for it proper working order.

The watch would never work unless an intelligent being put each piece in its proper place so that it would run correctly.

God the watchmaker

God is the one who put each part of this universe together

He is the source of all things.

He is the intelligent being that put everything in its place.

Moral Code

If men are only smart animals, then what?

Supposing we are here just by accident, then why do we consider some things to be wrong?

If we are upright animals, then what is wrong with me eating a baby for lunch?

You and I both know that eating humans and especially babies is wrong

If we are just animals, then only the strong survive

So on animal instincts, anything that could be food is considered food.

All people have an inherent sense of right and wrong called a conscience

Everybody has there idea of right and wrong

Some say we legislate morality for the preservation of humans

Then why are we do we consider it wrong when people like Geoffrey Dahlmer eat humans

We get so mad at people for killing other people we make their punishment so severe that others will never do or else they also will be punished severely as well.

For us to be smart animals means we had to evolve

Why are the apes still not evolving?

Why are the apes not speaking in a language of their own doing…organizing…teaching…etc.?

What will we evolve into in the future?

Men are moral because God is moral

You and I have a sense of good and evil because we are not just animals

We are not just physical beings we are spiritual beings

We have a conscience and an ability to reason unlike the animals

We can reason right and wrong

God because he is our Creator wants us to know how to behave

He gives us the Bible so that we see what his standard of morality is…Jesus had to meet the minimum requirements of not breaking the Ten Commandments…

By reading His standard our standard is changed to be like His.

For there to be a moral law there must be a moral Law Giver

Conclusion:

So with the idea of a God being established by anyone of these arguments we know there is something greater than ourselves out there. In every singly society since the dawn of man has worshipped something. Man is hard wired to believe in something greater than himself.

The Aztecs, Indians, the Aborigines, Greeks, man has always since the need for a Divine aid. In some societies they went about to create their own God. That is why there is so much idolatry in the world today. We do not see it very much today here in America but there are many gods of the Hindu’s, Buddha, etc

The problem with all of these other gods is most are presumed to be mean or evil and have to be appeased by sacrifices. Most people who are idolatrous believe they must give to the god or else harm will come unto them.

The God that we see in the Bible is a loving, caring, forgiving, just, fair God, who only punishes those that directly disobey Him. God knows that man is not perfect and has not measured up to his standard of living. If man could be as good as God then God would not be merciful and having sent Jesus to die on the cross and be raised from the dead so you can choose to never do evil or sin again and Jesus was raised so you as proof you could be forgiven and change... Because of our predicament (our sins) we need help in obtaining this moral perfection in the eyes of the life giver.

God made a way for us to be saved. He gave us a way to be saved or forgiven in His eyes. That way is Jesus Christ. Jesus said “ I am the way the truth and the life no man comes to the father but through me. John 14:6

There is only one way to Heaven and that my friend is through Jesus Christ.

The five finger Gospel:

Hear

(Rom 10:17) So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Believe

(Heb 11:6) And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

(Joh 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.(Joh 3:17) For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

Repent

(Act 17:30)The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:(Act 17:31)inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

(Luk 13:3) I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.

Confess

(Rom 10:9)because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:(Rom 10:10)for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

(Mat 10:32)Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.(Mat 10:33)But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Baptism

(Act 2:38)And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(Act 2:39)For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

(1Pe 3:21)which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

(Mar 16:16)He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

Father help us to have eyes which see You and ears to hear You…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.