During Sunday Evening Story-Time with the ‘teaching elder’ .... he told the tale of 2 trump blasts. For the past several years, the ‘teaching elder’ preached that ‘the last trump’ was the 3rd trump. He taught that God established ‘patterns of 3’ such as, ‘body, soul, and spirit’, ‘solid, liquid, and gas’, ‘space, time, and matter’, ‘past, present, and future’, etc. He said we even play a game with 3 strikes, then you’re out! Thus, the 3 (invented) trumps! According to the ‘teaching elder’
.... the 1st trump would sound when the Lord descended,
.... the 2nd trump would sound when the dead are raised,
and the 3rd - the last - trump would sound when the alive are changed.
He preached this and went, "Toot, toot, toot .... peanut butter!"
Well, that was then .... this is now! Here lately, at least as of July 26, 2010, and again August 8, 2010, when I heard his message, he’s changed to only 2 trumps! What happened to 3 trumps? What about the groups of 3? Where’s the LOST trump? Maybe his ‘invented’ 3 trumps became so embarrassing (since they are not in scripture), that he’s dropped off one of them. Now he’s preaching only 2 trumps .... 2 separate blasts!
He said "the term ‘last’ is determined as ‘2nd’ .... and there are 2 sounds of the trump .... the trump will sound twice .... 1 trump has 2 blasts that ROAR." Here’s how he lost the 3rd trump and derived his recent ‘2 blasts’ doctrine, claiming the ‘last’ means the ‘2nd’. He manufactured it from another use of ‘last’ in the same chapter:
1 Cor 15:45-47 And so it is written,
The first man Adam was made a living soul;
the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy:
the second man is the Lord from heaven.
Here is the problem with his rationale. If we stay in the context, and stay in the same chapter, a few verses earlier .... will he apply his ‘last means 2nd’ theory here?
1 Cor 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Is death just the 2nd enemy? Oh, no!
We could still keep in the context, and remain in the same chapter, but back up several more verses .... will the ‘teaching elder’ apply his ‘last means 2nd’ scheme here?
1 Cor 15:3-4 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, (Peter is named 1st)
then of the twelve: (1 + 12 = 13)
6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. (13 + over 500 = 513+ so far)
7 After that, he was seen of James; (513+? + 1 more = 514+)
then of all the apostles. (514 plus ? + at least 12 apostles = 526+)
8 And last of all he was seen of me (Paul) also, as of one born out of due time.
Was Paul only the 2nd person to see the Lord? No, being the last in the verses .... Paul was more than 527 in the list. So ‘last’ here means ‘above 527’.
The word ‘last’ was used 4 times in 1 Corinthians chapter 15. Because ‘last’ was ‘2nd’ 1 of those 4 times .... does not warrant assuming that ‘last’ is ‘2nd’ EVERY time.
The Cunning Royal Jester should just admit, "Got me!" and let it go.
The last trump is the 7th trump, when the mystery of God (also see Col 2:2, 1 Cor 4:1, and Luke 8:10 with Acts 28:25-28, Rom 11:5-11) will be finished, and He will resurrect ALL His saints, and bring His kingdom to earth:
Rev 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. (Saul/Paul was a prophet - Acts 13:1, "saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come" - Acts 26:22, and "he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets" - Acts 28:23.)
Rev 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
More to come about Sunday Story-Time on the next Thought of the Day.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
Monday, August 9, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Sunday Evening Story-Time With the Teaching Elder
It was the old, familiar path .... understanding the plot .... getting "the story-line of the Bible" .... tracking some chart-spun trails .... but, for the most part, being careful to stay on the same Cunning tracks with the Royal Jester. Story-telling is the conveying of events in words, images, and sounds often by improvisation or embellishment. It includes plot, characters, and the narrative point of view.
Just read an introduction passage like 1 Thes 4:15-17, and take off! "We’re told to rightly divide. That begins in the first verse in the Bible, with heaven and earth. Now that we have two places, we need two entities. Gen 1:2 through Acts 9 is identified as prophecy about Christ coming back to earth invested in Israel. In Acts 9, through Paul’s ministry another agency is invented .... a different group of people, with a different destiny, a heavenly hope. The dispensation of grace began with an appearing of Christ, and the event that concludes the dispensation of grace will be the rapture. When the rapture takes place, there will be a re-ordering." On and on and on .... tip-toe through the verses, picking out phrases along the way. The Brother Jokers and the naive follow each leap of the Cunning Royal Jester through the garden with unquestioning loyalty, as they scramble in the maze of false, pre-tribulation rapture-hope. At the end of their course, for the unsuspecting and unprepared, awaits bewilderment and shame.
2 Tim 2:15-18 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
Traditionally, oral story-telling was committed to memory and then passed from generation to generation. KJV scripture verses convinced me to back-track out of the ‘mid-Acts’ position and earnestly try to prevent the transfer of their divisional myths.
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Tune in for the next few days, as we run down four rabbit trails from the Sunday Evening Story-Time with the Teaching Elder. We will search for The Lost Trump, The Lost Brethren, The Conquering Hero, and The Earth in the Heavens.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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Just read an introduction passage like 1 Thes 4:15-17, and take off! "We’re told to rightly divide. That begins in the first verse in the Bible, with heaven and earth. Now that we have two places, we need two entities. Gen 1:2 through Acts 9 is identified as prophecy about Christ coming back to earth invested in Israel. In Acts 9, through Paul’s ministry another agency is invented .... a different group of people, with a different destiny, a heavenly hope. The dispensation of grace began with an appearing of Christ, and the event that concludes the dispensation of grace will be the rapture. When the rapture takes place, there will be a re-ordering." On and on and on .... tip-toe through the verses, picking out phrases along the way. The Brother Jokers and the naive follow each leap of the Cunning Royal Jester through the garden with unquestioning loyalty, as they scramble in the maze of false, pre-tribulation rapture-hope. At the end of their course, for the unsuspecting and unprepared, awaits bewilderment and shame.
2 Tim 2:15-18 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
Traditionally, oral story-telling was committed to memory and then passed from generation to generation. KJV scripture verses convinced me to back-track out of the ‘mid-Acts’ position and earnestly try to prevent the transfer of their divisional myths.
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Tune in for the next few days, as we run down four rabbit trails from the Sunday Evening Story-Time with the Teaching Elder. We will search for The Lost Trump, The Lost Brethren, The Conquering Hero, and The Earth in the Heavens.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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Friday, August 6, 2010
A Family Turned by the Word of the Lord
I’ve never heard any ‘mid-Acts-er’ comment on Paul and Silas ministering the gospel to the entire household of the prison keeper:
Acts 16:25-34 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
Since ‘mid-Acts-ers’ don’t refer to it, they must not like the salvation message contained in the verses:
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
‘Mid-Acts-ers’ make a big issue out of Paul’s words "by the word of the Lord" in
1 Thess 4:15. They say that phrase, proved that it was Paul’s ‘mystery’ message given only and directly to him by the Lord. Well, wonder why they don’t apply that same principle to what Paul (and Silas) spoke to the jailer and his relatives? Would ‘mid-Acts-ers’ call THIS ‘word of the Lord’ part of Paul’s special revelation? No, they don’t!
32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
‘Mid-Acts-ers’ decide which ‘word of the Lord’ they want from Paul and which ‘word of the Lord’ they don’t want from Paul. They pick-and-choose.
When you come out from all that ‘mid-Acts’ mess, then you can appreciate the joy when a whole family hears the truth and believes it together!
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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Acts 16:25-34 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
Since ‘mid-Acts-ers’ don’t refer to it, they must not like the salvation message contained in the verses:
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
‘Mid-Acts-ers’ make a big issue out of Paul’s words "by the word of the Lord" in
1 Thess 4:15. They say that phrase, proved that it was Paul’s ‘mystery’ message given only and directly to him by the Lord. Well, wonder why they don’t apply that same principle to what Paul (and Silas) spoke to the jailer and his relatives? Would ‘mid-Acts-ers’ call THIS ‘word of the Lord’ part of Paul’s special revelation? No, they don’t!
32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
‘Mid-Acts-ers’ decide which ‘word of the Lord’ they want from Paul and which ‘word of the Lord’ they don’t want from Paul. They pick-and-choose.
When you come out from all that ‘mid-Acts’ mess, then you can appreciate the joy when a whole family hears the truth and believes it together!
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
All Thunder, No Rain .... All Hearsay, No Brain?
Sadly, it is common error for ‘mid-Acts-ers’ to HEAR each other SAY something ....
and then REPEAT it, without a questioning thought in their brain ....
especially if it comes from the Cunning Royal Jester, the ‘teaching elder’!
I just heard a typical example of ‘mid-Acts’ trashing of the word of God -- outside of Paul. A ‘mid-Acts’ preacher said tonight, speaking of a funeral bulletin .... that if John 14:2-3, or John 3:16, or Psalms 23, was printed "on the back of my card", he would (his words:) "throw it in the garbage can." He wants 1 Thess 4:16-18 printed on his card.
We should NOT treat God’s holy word -- outside of Paul --
as REFUSE!
Psa 119:140 Thy word is very pure:
therefore thy servant loveth it.
Prov 30:5 Every word of God is pure:
he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof,
for correction,
for instruction in righteousness:
NONE of the word of God is for the dumpster ....
but ‘mid-Acts’ heresy is!
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
and then REPEAT it, without a questioning thought in their brain ....
especially if it comes from the Cunning Royal Jester, the ‘teaching elder’!
I just heard a typical example of ‘mid-Acts’ trashing of the word of God -- outside of Paul. A ‘mid-Acts’ preacher said tonight, speaking of a funeral bulletin .... that if John 14:2-3, or John 3:16, or Psalms 23, was printed "on the back of my card", he would (his words:) "throw it in the garbage can." He wants 1 Thess 4:16-18 printed on his card.
We should NOT treat God’s holy word -- outside of Paul --
as REFUSE!
Psa 119:140 Thy word is very pure:
therefore thy servant loveth it.
Prov 30:5 Every word of God is pure:
he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof,
for correction,
for instruction in righteousness:
NONE of the word of God is for the dumpster ....
but ‘mid-Acts’ heresy is!
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
‘Verse Testing’ Jesus Christ, the Man
Did you know that ‘mid-Acts-ers’ DIVIDE Jesus and make 2 of Him?
They say that the ‘earthly’ Jesus (in His earthly ministry)
was ‘another Jesus’ (2 Cor 11:4)
than the ‘risen, glorified Lord’ Jesus (in His heavenly ministry)
that appeared to Paul (Saul) on the road to Damascus:
The woman of Samaria (John 4:9) realized the supernatural knowledge the Messiah would have and give:
John 4:25-26 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
She believed Jesus, the MAN with Whom she spoke, was the Messiah (Hebrew), the Christ (Greek):
John 4:29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
‘Mid-Acts-ers’ acknowledge that Peter identified the MAN, Jesus Christ OF NAZARETH, the One that was crucified and resurrected, that is the head of the corner .... as the only way of salvation .... but they think He was ‘another Jesus’ for ‘Israel’s prophecy program’:
Acts 4:10-12 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom ye crucified,
whom God raised from the dead,
even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders,
which is become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Paul also showed Jesus Christ as the MAN Who brought the free gift of God’s grace:
Rom 5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace,
which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Paul also named Jesus Christ the MAN as the sole intervener:
1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus;
Do ‘mid-Acts-ers’ think Paul was writing about the ‘earthly’ Jesus by calling Him ‘the MAN’? They say Paul taught about the ‘risen, glorified’ Lord Jesus .... not the ‘earthly’ One. If they were rational, they would realize that their ‘2 Jesus’ heresy does not meet ‘the verse test’!
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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They say that the ‘earthly’ Jesus (in His earthly ministry)
was ‘another Jesus’ (2 Cor 11:4)
than the ‘risen, glorified Lord’ Jesus (in His heavenly ministry)
that appeared to Paul (Saul) on the road to Damascus:
The woman of Samaria (John 4:9) realized the supernatural knowledge the Messiah would have and give:
John 4:25-26 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
She believed Jesus, the MAN with Whom she spoke, was the Messiah (Hebrew), the Christ (Greek):
John 4:29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
‘Mid-Acts-ers’ acknowledge that Peter identified the MAN, Jesus Christ OF NAZARETH, the One that was crucified and resurrected, that is the head of the corner .... as the only way of salvation .... but they think He was ‘another Jesus’ for ‘Israel’s prophecy program’:
Acts 4:10-12 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom ye crucified,
whom God raised from the dead,
even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders,
which is become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Paul also showed Jesus Christ as the MAN Who brought the free gift of God’s grace:
Rom 5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace,
which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Paul also named Jesus Christ the MAN as the sole intervener:
1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus;
Do ‘mid-Acts-ers’ think Paul was writing about the ‘earthly’ Jesus by calling Him ‘the MAN’? They say Paul taught about the ‘risen, glorified’ Lord Jesus .... not the ‘earthly’ One. If they were rational, they would realize that their ‘2 Jesus’ heresy does not meet ‘the verse test’!
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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The Thread of the Head
We can see the thread running through the scriptures.
David said that the LORD is HEAD above ALL:
1 Chron 29:10-11 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD,
and thou art exalted as head above all.
The psalmist wrote that the LORD is HEAD of the CORNER:
Psa 118:22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Matthew, Mark, and Luke - all 3 - record Jesus quoting that verse in Psalms:
Matt 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures,
The stone which the builders rejected,
the same [houtos] is become [ginomai] [eis] the head of the corner:
this [houtos] is [para] the Lord's doing,
and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Mark 12:10-11 And have ye not read this scripture;
The stone which the builders rejected is [houtos] [ginomai] become [eis] the head of the corner:
11 This [houtos] was [ginomai] the Lord's doing,
and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Luke 20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written,
The stone which the builders rejected,
the same [houtos] is become [ginomai] the head of the corner?
Peter referred to the same place in the Psalms, PERSONIFIED and NAMED that CHRIST is the HEAD:
Acts 4:10-12 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders,
which is become [ginomai] the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Paul wrote that CHRIST is the HEAD of ALL men:
1 Cor 11:3 But I would have you know, that
the head of every [pas] man is Christ;
and the head of the woman is the man;
and the head of Christ is God.
Paul wrote that CHRIST (from Eph 1:20) is HEAD over ALL:
Eph 1:22 And hath put all [pas] things under his feet,
and gave him to be the head over all [pas] things to the church,
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him
in all things [pas], which is the head, even Christ:
Paul wrote that CHRIST is HEAD of the CHURCH:
Eph 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the head of the church:
and he is the saviour of the body.
Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church:
who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;
that in all [pas] things he might have the preeminence.
Paul wrote that CHRIST is HEAD of ALL principality and power:
Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him,
which is the head of all [pas] principality and power:
Paul was not the only one who taught that CHRIST was the HEAD.
Pull the thread and see what happens.
Notice if a doctrine unravels or weaves all through the scriptures.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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David said that the LORD is HEAD above ALL:
1 Chron 29:10-11 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD,
and thou art exalted as head above all.
The psalmist wrote that the LORD is HEAD of the CORNER:
Psa 118:22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Matthew, Mark, and Luke - all 3 - record Jesus quoting that verse in Psalms:
Matt 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures,
The stone which the builders rejected,
the same [houtos] is become [ginomai] [eis] the head of the corner:
this [houtos] is [para] the Lord's doing,
and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Mark 12:10-11 And have ye not read this scripture;
The stone which the builders rejected is [houtos] [ginomai] become [eis] the head of the corner:
11 This [houtos] was [ginomai] the Lord's doing,
and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Luke 20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written,
The stone which the builders rejected,
the same [houtos] is become [ginomai] the head of the corner?
Peter referred to the same place in the Psalms, PERSONIFIED and NAMED that CHRIST is the HEAD:
Acts 4:10-12 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders,
which is become [ginomai] the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Paul wrote that CHRIST is the HEAD of ALL men:
1 Cor 11:3 But I would have you know, that
the head of every [pas] man is Christ;
and the head of the woman is the man;
and the head of Christ is God.
Paul wrote that CHRIST (from Eph 1:20) is HEAD over ALL:
Eph 1:22 And hath put all [pas] things under his feet,
and gave him to be the head over all [pas] things to the church,
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him
in all things [pas], which is the head, even Christ:
Paul wrote that CHRIST is HEAD of the CHURCH:
Eph 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the head of the church:
and he is the saviour of the body.
Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church:
who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;
that in all [pas] things he might have the preeminence.
Paul wrote that CHRIST is HEAD of ALL principality and power:
Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him,
which is the head of all [pas] principality and power:
Paul was not the only one who taught that CHRIST was the HEAD.
Pull the thread and see what happens.
Notice if a doctrine unravels or weaves all through the scriptures.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
One Thing?
The one thing the psalmist desired .... was to live in God’s house forever ....
and that, he will:
Psa 27:4-5 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
The one thing lacking in a man’s life .... was to sell out for God.
Jesus called him to leave it all behind:
Mark 10:17-23 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him,
One thing [heis] thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Mary made the good choice .... for the one thing.
She dropped everything to make time to sit at Jesus’ feet:
Luke 10:38-42 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
42 But one thing [heis] is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Just one thing of breaking God’s law .... makes you guilty of the whole thing:
James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law,
and yet offend in one point [heis], he is guilty of all.
Those of us who have experienced the forgiveness of God .... should be focused on one thing: Don’t look back, and look forward to the goal:
Phil 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:
but this one thing [heis] I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
You are either 100% guilty (the natural state of man) .... OR ....
you are 100% righteous (a free gift to us .... from Christ, who gave His life.
Rom 12:1-2 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.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Leave the past in the past .... and work for the future in the present!
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one [heis] thing,
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Get busy doing as much as we can for Christ, because the time is short:
1 Cor 7:29-31 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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and that, he will:
Psa 27:4-5 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
The one thing lacking in a man’s life .... was to sell out for God.
Jesus called him to leave it all behind:
Mark 10:17-23 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him,
One thing [heis] thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Mary made the good choice .... for the one thing.
She dropped everything to make time to sit at Jesus’ feet:
Luke 10:38-42 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
42 But one thing [heis] is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Just one thing of breaking God’s law .... makes you guilty of the whole thing:
James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law,
and yet offend in one point [heis], he is guilty of all.
Those of us who have experienced the forgiveness of God .... should be focused on one thing: Don’t look back, and look forward to the goal:
Phil 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:
but this one thing [heis] I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
You are either 100% guilty (the natural state of man) .... OR ....
you are 100% righteous (a free gift to us .... from Christ, who gave His life.
Rom 12:1-2 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.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Leave the past in the past .... and work for the future in the present!
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one [heis] thing,
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Get busy doing as much as we can for Christ, because the time is short:
1 Cor 7:29-31 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
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