It’s A Growing Appetite For Food Lovers

It’s A Growing Appetite For Food Lovers

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Isaiah 46:9
Deut 28:29
Prov 4:18
2 Peter 1:19
Rev 1:1
Deut 29:29
Isaiah 46:9
Gal 4:4
Isaiah 30:18
Genesis 1:26
Psalm 2:7
Psalm 51:11
Romans 1:7
John 1:1
Acts 5:3-4
1 John 5:7
Proverbs 4:18
Psalm 119:133
Psalm 17:5
John 3:19-20
2 Peter 1:19
Jeremiah 17:9
1 Peter 1:19
Psalm 119:105
Rev 22:16
Luke 21:26-27
Matt 7:21-23


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Isaiah 46:9 (NIV) “… I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none
like me.
Isaiah 46:10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times what
is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’
Deuteronomy 29:29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things
which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all
the words of this law.
Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day.
2 Peter 1:19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to
heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star
rises in your hearts;

Rule #5: All of the Bible is about Jesus.
Rule # 6: The Bible not only has to be Read, It has to be Interpreted
Rule #7: “A Text Taken out of Context is a Con”
Rule #8: Let the Bible interpret Bible
Rule #9: There is a Progressive Revelation in the Bible

Progressive revelation simply put is the unfolding of God’s revelation.

Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His
servants—things which must shortly take place.

Now the whole Bible is Jesus being revealed and He is the one doing the revealing
The whole Bible is God’s Revelation not just the Book of Revelation

Deuteronomy 29:29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things
which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all
the words of this law.

I. GOD’S PROGRESSIVE REVELATION COMES THROUGH INFORMATION.
Isaiah 46:9 “… For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none
like Me,
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things
that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure,’
Isaiah 46:9 (NIV) “… I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none
like me.
Isaiah 46:10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times what
is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’

(1) Later revelation interprets earlier revelation.
(2) The New Testament interprets the Old Testament,
It has been said: “The New Testament is in the Old Testament concealed;
the Old Testament is in the New Testament revealed.”

Galatians 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son,
made of a woman, made under the law,

Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you …
Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…

Psalm 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son;
this day have I begotten thee.

Psalm 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit
from me.

The Father is God
Romans 1:7 …Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Son is God
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.

The Holy Spirit is God
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the
Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?
Acts 5:4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it
not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You
have not lied to men but to God.”

1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word,
and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

II. GOD’S PROGRESSIVE REVELATION COMES THROUGH ILLUSTRATION.
Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day.

The truth does get truer.

Psalm 119:133 Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have
dominion over me.
Psalm 17:5 Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.

The light recieved increases light
The light refused increases darkness.
Vance Havner once said, “A man is judged not on the basis of how much sin he
commits, but on the basis of how much light he rejects. ”

John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 3:20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light,
lest his deeds should be exposed

III. GOD’S PROGRESSIVE REVELATION COMES THROUGH ILLUMINATION.
2 Peter 1:19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to
heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star
rises in your hearts;
2 Peter 1:19 (NLT) You must pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words
are like a lamp shining in a dark place—until the Day dawns, and Christ the Morning
Star shines in your hearts.
1 Peter 1:19 (KJV) We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do
well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day
dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked;
Who can know it?

1 Peter 1:19 “… until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;

Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

1 Peter 1:19 “… until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things
in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and
morning star.

We sing a hymn about it “The Lily of the Valley”
He’s the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star.

Heavenly sunlight, heavenly sunlight,
flooding my soul with glory divine:
hallelujah, I am rejoicing,
singing His praises, Jesus is mine.

Luke 21:26 Men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those
things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Luke 21:27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and
great glory.

Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom
of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied
in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’
Matthew 7:23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness!’

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Let The Food Do The Talking

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Isaiah 28:9 “Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand
the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts?
Isaiah 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line,
line upon line, Here a little, there a little.”
Isaiah 28:11 For with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people,
Isaiah 28:12 To whom He said, “This is the rest with which You may cause the
weary to rest,” And, “This is the refreshing”; Yet they would not hear.
Isaiah 28:13 But the word of the Lord was to them, “Precept upon precept, precept
upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little,” That they
might go and fall backward, and be broken and snared and caught.

Steven Lawson (quote)
“Cancel the entertainment in the church, fire the drama team, get rid of the shtick,
unplug the colored lights, put the pulpit back in the center of the building,
stand up like a man, open the Bible, lift it up, let it out, and let it fly.”

Rule #5: All of the Bible is about Jesus.
Rule # 6: The Bible not only has to be Read, It has to be Interpreted
Rule #7: “A Text Taken out of Context is a Con”
Rule #8: Let the Bible interpret Bible

I. THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LET THE BIBLE INTERPRET ITSELF.
Isaiah 28:9 “Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand
the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts?

Isaiah 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line,
line upon line, Here a little, there a little.”

Isaiah 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line,
line upon line, Here a little, there a little.”

Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone
for a foundation, A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;
Whoever believes will not act hastily.
Isaiah 28:17 Also I will make justice the measuring line, And righteousness
the plummet;

1 Corinthians 3:11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid,
which is Jesus Christ.

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent word!

II. THE SCATTERED SCRIPTURES THAT LET THE BIBLE INTERPRET ITSELF.
Isaiah 28:10 “…. Line upon line, Here a little, there a little.”

Matthew 16:6 Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and the Sadducees”
1 Corinthians 5:6 “… Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Galatians 5:9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

1 Peter 5:8 “… your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom
he may devour.
Revelation 5:5 “… Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed …”

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which
the Lord God had made.
Revelation 20:2 “… that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan …

John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of man be lifted up:
John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

III. THE INTENDED INTERPRETATION FROM LET THE BIBLE INTERPRET ITSELF.
Isaiah 28:12 To whom He said, “This is the rest with which You may cause the
weary to rest,” And, “This is the refreshing”; Yet they would not hear.
Isaiah 28:13 But the word of the Lord was to them, “Precept upon precept, precept
upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little,” That they
might go and fall backward, and be broken and snared and caught.

The Bible has one interpretation and many applications.

Exegesis is drawing out from the text.
Eisegesis is reading into the text.

The Constitution like the Bible has one interpretation and many applications.

The late Justice Antonin Scalia commented:
“[There’s] the argument of flexibility and it goes something like this: The Constitution
is over 200 years old and societies change. It has to change with society, like
a living organism, or it will become brittle and break. But you would have to be an
idiot to believe that; the Constitution is not a living organism; it is a legal document.
It says something and doesn’t say other things . .”

Justice Clarence Thomas said this about the “living Constitution” doctrine.
Let me put it this way; there are really only two ways to interpret the Constitution —
try to discern as best we can what the framers intended or make it up.

Following the Civil War, in 1868, Congress submitted to the states 3 amendments
The 13th Amendment made slavery illegal, the 14th Amendment defined and granted
broad rights of national citizenship including formerly enslaved people
Another equally important provision of the 14th was the statement that “nor shall any
state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
The Supreme Court came along almost 100 years later in 1965 and declared for the
first time there is a constitutional right to privacy — they created “zones of privacy”
The Griswold v. Connecticut decision of (1965), centered around the freedom of
individuals to use contraception without interference from the government
Although the Fourteenth Amendment does not contain the word “privacy” itself,
nor does it appear in the rest of the Constitution, U.S. courts have acknowledged
an individual’s right to privacy in home and family life.
They conferred, THE RIGHT TO BE LET ALONE as the most comprehensive of
rights and the right most valued by civilized men.

In 1973 writing for the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade, Justice Harry Blackmun said
that the court held a woman’s right to an abortion was implicit in the right to privacy
protected under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
If it applies to contraceptives and family planning then it applies to family planning
of decding to have an abortion,

But the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states from denying “the equal protection
of the laws” to “any person.”
And the 14th amendment says any state shall “deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law;
How can you deprive a baby in the womb, the right to life? or due process of the law?
The majority said the baby has no rights because they said it is a only “potential life”
and therefore not a person yet
So the unborn child has no right to privacy, the RIGHT TO BE LET ALONE

God does not change and neither does His Word:
Malachi 3:16 For I am the LORD, I do not change; therefore you are not consumed,
O sons of Jacob.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down
from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

Hebrews 7:24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.
Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to
God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

It’s All Food For Thought

It’s All Food For Thought

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2 Peter 3:15 And consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also
our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,
2 Peter 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are
some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their
own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
2 Peter 3:17 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest
you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the
wicked;
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Rule #6: The Bible not only has to be Read, It has to be Interpreted.
Rule #7: “A Text taken out of Context is a Con”

Ask yourself, “Is the verse a new thought or the continuation of the previous thought?”

This rule “A text taken out of context is a con” applies to Bible books as well.
For example, do not isolate the writings of Paul from the gospels of Christ or vice versa.

I. WHAT PAUL WROTE WAS SCRIPTURE.
2 Peter 3:15 …our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has
written to you,
2 Peter 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are
some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their
own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

There is a false teaching out there that the books of the Bible were chosen hundreds
of years later in the fourth century by the church and prior to that there was no
agreement on books that should be in or out of the Bible

J.I. Packer “The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Sir Isaac
Newton gave us the force of gravity. God gave us gravity, by His work of creation,
and similarly He gave us the New Testament canon, by inspiring the individual books
that make it up.”

Peter Gomes is an homosexual priest wrote in his book entitled ” The Good Book ”
“To base the church’s principle objections to homosexuality and homosexuals
on the basis of Paul’s imperfect knowledge is itself unprincipled …”

Thomas Jefferson letter to William Short, 13 April 1820
“I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the most lovely
benevolence: and others again of so much ignorance, so much absurdity, so much
untruth, charlatanism, and imposture, as to pronounce it impossible that such
contradictions should have proceeded from the same being. I separate therefore
the gold from the dross; restore to him the former, & leave the latter to the stupidity
of some, and roguery of others of his disciples. of this band of dupes and impostors,
Paul was the great Coryphaeus, and first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus. these
palpable interpolations and falsifications of his doctrines led me to try to sift
them apart. I found the work obvious and easy …”

The Scriptures cannot be divided up, they have to be taken as a whole.
Jesus and Paul were full and complete agreement

II. WHAT PAUL WROTE WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
2 Peter 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which
are some things hard to be understood …”

Hebrews 4:12 (NASB) For the word of God is living …”

Luke 24:45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the
Scriptures.

Mark Twain said, “It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother
me, it is the parts that I do understand.”

III. WHAT PAUL WROTE WAS TWISTED BY OTHERS.
2 Peter 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are
some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their
own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

Clarence Craig said “The Bible has often been treated as if it were a wax nose
which may be twisted at the whim of the interpreter.”

Romans 3:8 And why not say, “Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are
slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just.

Romans 5:20 “…. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.”

Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
Romans 6:2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
Romans 6:15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace?
Certainly not!

Can a person be saved and go on in the same ungodly sinful life pattern?
Can there be a true salvation experience and divine transaction that takes place
that has no impact on our life?
Because when we are born again, we are changed.
Because we are changed we can and will change.
God’s grace: 1. forgives us 2. changes our nature 3. changes our desires.

Romans 6:4 “… even so we also should walk in newness of life.

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

Don’t Cook The Books (Part 2)

Don’t Cook The Books (Part 2)

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Rule #6: The Bible not only has to be Read, It has to be Interpreted.
I. The Bible not only has to be Read, It has to be Interpreted,
So we don’t want to interpret it wrong.
II. The Bible not only has to be Read, It has to be Interpreted
because if it isn’t interpreted, then it can’t be put into action.

Psalms 112:7 They will have no fear of bad news;

Jeremiah 16:1-2 “The word of the LORD came to me: You shall not take a wife,
nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.”

Proverbs 21:19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and
fretful woman.

Matthew 17:15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic.”

Leviticus 27:10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, …”

Revelation is what God said. Interpretation is what we think God said.
Somebody has to decide what it means, which is the interpretation of the text.

III. The Bible not only has to be Read, It has to be Interpreted
and to interpret the Bible is hard work. It requires study!
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

What does it mean period is the issue, not what does it mean to you.

1 Timothy 5:17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor,
especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

IV. The Bible not only has to be read, it has to be interpreted —
but if interpreted wrongly, it must be unlearned in order to relearn.
Matthew 5:21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,
and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’
Matthew 5:22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without
a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother,
‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in
danger of hell fire.
Matthew 5:27 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not
commit adultery.’
Matthew 5:28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has
already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:31 “Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him
give her a certificate of divorce.’
Matthew 5:32 But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason
except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries
a woman who is divorced commits adultery.
Matthew 5:33 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not
swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’
Matthew 5:34 But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is
God’s throne;

” You have heard that it was said … ” (Unlearn this interpretation)
” But I tell you ” (Learn this interpretation)

Unlearning is twice as hard, and it often takes twice as long.

The celebration or observance of Christmas and Easter
Jesus was Born on December 25th
The Jews crucified Jesus
The devil has horns, a tail and a pitchfork
The devil can do whatever he pleases, He is as powerful as God
Satan rules hell, He can be all places at all times like God
There were only two of each animal on Noah’s ark
Elijah was taken up in a chariot (he was taken up in a whirlwind)
Samson was a muscle bound He-man
A whale swallowed Jonah
Mary Magdalene was a prostitute
Angels with wings
There are guardian angels
The word or even the concept of a “halo.”
Anyone praying with hands folded
Making the sign of the cross before doing anything
Any mention of the New Testament church celebrating Ash Wednesday, Advent, or
Lent.
Any mention of Mary remaining a virgin after Jesus’ birth
Any mention of Mary being worshiped or anyone else being worshiped but Jesus and
God the Father
Praying through any mediator other than Jesus
Purgatory exists
Religious titles such as pope, cardinal, archbishop, father, reverend, curate
Any mention that church leaders should wear different clothing than lay people
such as clerical collars, robes or rings
Any mention that there should be separate “departments” in the church for kids
Sunday School, youth groups, or men’s and women’s ministries
Any mention of how often to have church
Any mention of pews, pulpits, Lord’s tables, offering plates
The sinner’s prayer, altar calls
Women pastors
Women can’t wear pants.
Women can use makeup or not use makeup
Church music styles or musical instruments to use or not to use in worship
Promises of health/wealth/success, Name it, claim it, binding & loosing in spiritual
warfare, Seed faith (Sowing a seed as in financially)
New revelations/Prophetic words, deliverance ministries,
Slaying in the Spirit, Being drunk in the Spirit, Laughing in the Spirit
Speaking things into existence (only God can do that)
A second blessing
Evolution
The Earth is millions of years old
Any specific “age of accountability” for baptism.
Baptism by any means other than immersion
Christians can be demon possessed
We must never judge
Soul sleep
Suicide is an unforgivable sin.

V. The Bible not only has to be read, it has to be interpreted —
but not through the lens of liberalism or legalism.
Matthew 5:21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,
and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’
Matthew 5:22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without
a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother,
‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in
danger of hell fire.

Trent Horn, an author, speaker and podcaster, is a Roman Catholic and an opponent
of abortion rights.
“The Bible does not explicitly mention abortion, so it doesn’t say that abortion itself
is wrong, but it also doesn’t say that infanticide is wrong or that pedophilia is wrong.
Instead, I use scripture to inform me with general principles. The Bible is clear in
Exodus 23:7 and Proverbs 6:16-17 that it is wrong to kill innocent human beings.
Proverbs 6 says that God hates the hands that shed innocent blood.
If the Bible says that it’s wrong to kill innocent human beings, and science and
sound reasoning tell us that human embryos and human fetuses are human beings,
then the Bible informs me that it is wrong to kill them.
What’s more relevant is that the Bible says human life exists in the womb (Luke 1:41)
and the Bible prohibits killing innocent human beings (Exodus 20:13). This prohibition
would apply to abortion as it would to any other homicide. Because the unborn are
just smaller, more dependent human beings, those differences don’t nullify their
jinalienable right to life.”

Laura Ellis supports legal abortion rights and is project manager at Baptist Women
in Ministry, a National Baptist group that advocates for women in ministry.
We have to be really careful when we try to take a topic as complicated as
abortion and try to justify it or condemn it through a single verse or a couple
of verses that are taken out of context. The Bible is an incredibly complicated
book written by multiple people over different historical and social contexts.
It could be irresponsible to just pull out a sentence or two and relate them to
21st-century America. The Bible does not talk explicitly about abortion, pro or
con in any kind of way. It’s just not there.
When I think about the kind of scriptures that people who are anti-abortion pull
out, they are often about murder, sexual immorality and blaming women.
They are so taken out of context. I fall back to drawing from the life and ministry
of Christ. Jesus really advocated for women in a beautiful, unique way for the time
period he was living in. Even by being with women and speaking to women, he was
honoring them and breaking social conventions. Both in Jesus’s day and in our day,
women’s bodies are too often tossed aside. I think Jesus would not approve of that.
There are biblical stories where Jesus advocated for and empowered women.
In John 4: 1-42, Jesus engaged with the woman at the well and empowered her to
spread his teachings. In Luke 8: 43-48, Jesus dropped everything to speak with and
help the woman who touched his garment. And in Matthew 28: 1-20, Jesus entrusted
the good news of his resurrection to women.”

Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing
the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Jude 1:4 (NLT) I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way
into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral
lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have
denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:4 (NIV) “… They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into
a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.

“Both women and men are seen as vessels through which the Spirit works, and the
Spirit equips all believers for myriad ministries including the role of pastor within
the church. This basic understanding affirms the inherent worth and potential of
all followers of Christ.”

Matthew 5:21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,
Matthew 5:22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause

Matthew 5: 20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the
righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom
of heaven.

The letter of the law is “Thou shalt not kill”
The spirit of the law is “Thou shalt not hate”

1 John 3:15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer
has eternal life abiding in him.

John 15:24 “… but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.
John 15:25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in
their law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

VI. The Bible not only has to be Read, It has to be Interpreted
and it takes a good deal of humility to interpret it correctly.
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise
and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

 

Don’t Cook The Books (Part 1)

Don’t Cook The Books (Part 1)

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Luke 24:27 (ESV) And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to
them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private
interpretation,
2 Peter 1:21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke
as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Acts 8:30 So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said,
Do you understand what you are reading?
Acts 8:31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip
to come up and sit with him.

Rule #1: Unless we’ve been born again we cannot understand the Word of God
Rule #2: All the spiritual disciplines of Bible study, Prayer, and Worship go through
Meditation that honors God.
Rule #3: We must read our Bible prayerfully
Through His Word, God talks to us, through prayer we talk to God,
Rule #4 We are to take God Word, His every Word, as Food for living.
Rule #5: All of the Bible is about Jesus
Rule #6: The Bible not only has to be Read, It has to be Interpreted

Luke 24:27 (ESV) And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to
them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

I didn’t have potatoes,
so I substituted rice.
I didn’t have paprika,
so I used another spice.

I didn’t have tomato sauce,
so I used tomato paste.
A whole can not a half can –
I don’t believe in waste.

My friend gave me the recipe –
she said you couldn’t beat it.
There must be something wrong with her,
I couldn’t even eat it.

Deuteronomy 4:2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from
it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
Revelation 22:18 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of
this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are
written in this book;
Revelation 22:19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the
things which are written in this book.

I. The Bible not only has to be Read, It has to be Interpreted,
So we don’t want to interpret it wrong.
2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private
interpretation,
2 Peter 1:21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke
as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

2 Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will
be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even
denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.

“Unity describes itself as having no particular creed, set dogma, or required ritual.
It maintains that there is good in every approach to God and holds that one should
focus on the potential good in all—that the essence of every human is divine regardless
of current behavior.”
Unity teaches the divinity of Jesus and of all human beings.
Unity considers Jesus an “elder brother” or “wayshower”

2 Peter 2:1 “… denying the Lord who bought them, …”

2 Peter 2:2 (ESV) And many will follow their sensuality …”
The word “sensuality” refers to uninhibited sexual indulgence without shame and
without concern for what others think or how they may be affected.

J.I. Packer said, “Heretics are those preach tolerance of sins, Christians are those
who preach repentance of sin.”

2 Peter 2:2 (ESV) “… and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed

2 Peter 2:1 “…. and bring on themselves swift destruction.

II. The Bible not only has to be Read, It has to be Interpreted
because if it isn’t interpreted, then it can’t be put into action.
Acts 8:30 So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said,
Do you understand what you are reading?
Acts 8:31 And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip
to come up and sit with him.

Somebody has to decide what it means, which is the interpretation of the text.
Now if it isn’t interpreted, then it can’t be put into action.

A Bible passage may have many applications but it always has one intended meaning.

Acts 8:31 “… And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
Acts 8:32 The place in the Scripture which he read was this: “He was led as a
sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened
not His mouth.
Acts 8:33 In His humiliation His justice was taken away, and who will declare His
generation? For His life is taken from the earth.”
Acts 8:34 So the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you, of whom does the
prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?”
Acts 8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached
Jesus to him.
Acts 8:36 Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch
said, “See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?”
Acts 8:37 Then Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.”
And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
Acts 8:38 So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch
went down into the water, and he baptized him.

Isaiah 35:8 A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway
of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others. Whoever
walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray.
Isaiah 35:9 No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it;
It shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there,

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