The seed of Abraham are the chosen people of God in Christ. Paul and the Psalmist understood this, but many Christians do not due to false teaching that claims the antichrist physical descendants of Abraham are the chosen people. They were chosen to bring their enemy, the Son of God, into the world, and a remnant would choose to be His friend. That's it.
Psalms 105:6 KJV O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Galatians 3:29 KJV And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Remnant Jews pioneered the New Testament church as they faithfully served the King of the Jews.
Acts 16:1 KJV Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
Acts 16:2 KJV Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
Acts 16:3 KJV Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
Acts 16:5 KJV And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
Not every ground is preaching ground; we must remain sensitive to the leading of the Holy Ghost, not to filthy lucre, regarding when and where we are to go.
Acts 16:6 KJV Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
Acts 16:7 KJV After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
I do believe the LORD gives visions for the work and places He calls His people to. This vision can simply be a heavy burden upon one's heart that does not dissipate after much prayer and fasting.
Acts 16:9 KJV And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
Acts 16:10 KJV And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
‘Whose heart the Lord opened’
People hardly understand that salvation is all of the Lord. And if the Lord has opened your heart, you will want to be baptized if you have the opportunity.
Acts 16:14 KJV And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Acts 16:15 KJV And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Demons know how to preach, too; do not be surprised when they are later exposed in a minister's life. Minister, if you are unfaithful to your wife or beating her up, you are suspect.
My uncle pastored a church for a short time and had to confront a man who was pretending to be a little girl online to prey on children. When he arrived at the man's house and told him that he had been found out, the man replied, 'Welcome to the ministry.’
Acts 16:16 KJV And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
Acts 16:17 KJV The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
Acts 16:18 KJV And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
If Jews were creating an uproar for the sake of Christ's name, that would be one thing. However, this is not the case today. Instead, they are creating an uproar in support of the antichrist spirit, which seeks to exploit populations and nations for its own gain.
Acts 16:19 KJV And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
Acts 16:20 KJV And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
Acts 16:21 KJV And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
The mild form of this behavior and response today is censorship.
Acts 16:22 KJV And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
Acts 16:23 KJV And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
Acts 16:24 KJV Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
What is an earthly prison when you have been eternally set free?
Acts 16:25 KJV And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
I'm not sure where the long, drawn-out altar calls originated, but they certainly didn't come from the Bible.
Acts 16:29 KJV Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
Acts 16:30 KJV And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Acts 16:31 KJV And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
The jailer's household was not saved as an extension of the jailer's faith; they were saved based on their own individual faith and choice to choose Christ as they heard the word of the Lord.
Acts 16:31 KJV And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Acts 16:32 KJV And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
Acts 16:33 KJV And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
All members of the jailer's household believed on their own accord as they responded to the word of the Lord. A child's faith must not be based on their parents' faith; it must be based on the Word of God.
Acts 16:34 KJV And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Cleanliness is part of godliness, apart from the demands of the law. I don't claim to live up to a total white-glove standard, but we do keep our bodies and homes clean. The way some Christians live these days is pretty disgusting and doesn't make for a good witness or testimony.
Leviticus 15:5 KJV And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
The eyes of the LORD are upon the fatherless and widows, while many churches today consider them a nuisance or even go so far as to take advantage of and abuse them. How we treat those who can give us nothing in return is a test of faith that many have failed.
Isaiah 10:1 KJV Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Isaiah 10:2 KJV To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
I don't believe that many respect the LORD's day of visitation, which includes commanding the armies of the world at His bidding and disposal.
Isaiah 10:3 KJV And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
Isaiah 10:5 KJV O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Isaiah 10:6 KJV I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Jerusalem, idolatrous? Nah, it can't be! The LORD sent a heathen Assyrian nation to punish Israel? Nah, it can't be! Is the LORD antisemitic or something? Does the ADL know about this?
*Sermons you won't hear at your local Christian Zionist church.
Isaiah 10:11 KJV Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
It seems like I've seen these ‘high looks’ somewhere in America before.
Isaiah 10:12 KJV Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Many nations and empires have fallen to what they believed to be the strength of their own hands.
Isaiah 10:13 KJV For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
You can trust in Bitcoin and riches if you want, but the LORD controls economies too.
Isaiah 10:14 KJV And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Governments and nations are mere tools in His sight; He picks one up and puts another down.
Isaiah 10:15 KJV Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
I believe that America has become rather fat and will soon be made lean.
Isaiah 10:16 KJV Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
If you play with the fire of the LORD, you will always get burned.
Isaiah 10:17 KJV And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
Isaiah 10:18 KJV And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
Isaiah 10:19 KJV And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
One of the main reasons people do not know the difference between the Israel of God and Antichrist Israel is that they do not understand the Remnant in Christ.
Isaiah 10:20 KJV And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Isaiah 10:21 KJV The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
Many call Trump's haughtiness 5D-Chess and comedy, but I call it foolishness.
Isaiah 10:33 KJV Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
Father, may we remain humble and thankful in Your sight. In Jesus' name, Amen.
