The same power that turned you to Jesus Christ for salvation is the same power that keeps turning you back to Him when you sin and backslide. This power is called repentance, and it is part of God’s gift of faith. We are saved from our sins once, and then we are saved from our stupidity throughout our salvation many times.
Psalms80:3 KJV Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
The national vine—the shell, the vehicle—that birthed the Son of Man, the Vine, has been burned and destroyed numerous times. However, the Vine remains unscathed, along with those who are in Him. Those in Him are never eternally burned or lost.
Psalms80:14 KJV Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Psalms 80:15 KJV And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Psalms 80:16 KJV It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Psalms 80:17 KJV Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
Psalms 80:18 KJV So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
If you just saw God raise the dead, the riches of this material world would become a worthy gift too, for we are but pilgrims passing through, offering praise and glory to God. The sacrifice of wealth is often a test of faith.
John12:2 KJV There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
John 12:3 KJV Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
There are certain Jews who persecuted the Master and will persecute His disciples. Then there are the Jews who, by the hand of the King of the Jews, planted the New Testament church.
John12:9 KJV Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
John 12:10 KJV But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
John 12:11 KJV Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
Gospilled Minute #112
If you understand that David was a king of the Jews and Israel, then you will understand why Jesus is the King of the Jews and Israel.
John12:13 KJV Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Many still do not get it.
John12:16 KJV These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
Nathanael learned.
John 1:49 KJV Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
John 1:50 KJV Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
John 1:51 KJV And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
The question of eternal life is ultimately answered by another: do we love the life of Christ more than our own?
John12:25 KJV He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
John 12:26 KJV If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
The will of the Father is not always easy and can be troubling to the flesh, but it is greatly rewarding in the spirit. The Son of Man understood the challenges of the flesh, yet He never faltered to them. Jesus came to bring glorification to the Name of God through the unity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As for the Father, His voice is always directed towards His Son, whose voice, in turn, is directed towards us.
John12:27 KJV Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
John 12:28 KJV Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
The voice of the Father is not the voice of the Son, yet their voices are one.
John12:30 KJV Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
Satan is defeated through Christ; however, he is not barred from the flesh, which remains a battleground in the Ephesians 6 spiritual war we all face as believers.
John12:31 KJV Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
All men are drawn to Christ, but not all receive Him.
John12:32 KJV And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Little did they know He would rise again!
John12:33 KJV This he said, signifying what death he should die.
John 12:34 KJV The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
When this light shines unto you, it is a light you do not want to ignore. If you are an unbeliever, this light is shining unto you at this very moment.
John12:36 KJV While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
People see and acknowledge the miraculous transformation of people's lives through Christ, yet they still do not believe.
John12:37 KJV But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
God is on time all the time. If He opens your eyes to Jesus Christ, it is because you are ready to receive Him.
John12:40 KJV He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
How is it, according to the Bible, most people who have ever lived will spend eternity in hell? And it isn't because Jesus didn't open their eyes - it is because God didn't choose them before the beginning of time.
God knows all who will receive or reject Him before they are born. God is willing to save all men; however, not all men are willing to be saved.
2 Peter 3:9 KJV The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
You are not ready to receive Him if you love the praise of men more than the praise of God.
John 12:43 KJV For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
John 1:12 KJV But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
If you believe in Jesus Christ, you believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In other words, you believe in God.
John12:44 KJV Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
John 12:45 KJV And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
The Son of God (Word) came to save, and the Son of man will come to judge according to His Word.
John12:47 KJV And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
John 12:48 KJV He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
The Altar of Incense served as an intercessory altar, atoned for by the blood of a sin offering. This altar, part of the tabernacle, foreshadowed the Tabernacle of Jesus Christ, who would come with His ultimate blood sacrifice. Through faith, this sacrifice seals the intercession between humanity and God.
Exodus30:10 KJV And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
Hebrews 7:25 KJV Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
We have been bought with a great price!
Exodus30:12 KJV When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
Mark 10:45 KJV For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Are you washed?
Exodus30:21 KJV So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
John 13:8-9 KJV Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
Mary knew something about her Bible.
Exodus30:25 KJV And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
John 12:3 KJV Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Those who flap their chops while grasping little scorn divine truth for their own smug delusions. Welcome to the strong delusion of know-it-alls who have no time for the Word of God.
Ecclesiastes5:1 KJV Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Ecclesiastes 5:2 KJV Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
And all the Bitcoin Bros said, "Amen."
Ecclesiastes5:10 KJV He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 5:11 KJV When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
And all of the Bitcoin Bros said, "Hallelujah."
Ecclesiastes5:14 KJV But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
I actually sleep pretty good after a hard day of preaching.
Ecclesiastes5:12 KJV The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
My work is Christ. I cannot carry Him in my hands.
Ecclesiastes5:15 KJV As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
If you have faith, the gift of God, you are rich.
Ecclesiastes5:19 KJV Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
