BEWARE OF IT
https://youtu.be/4gtcQaMRIGw Beware of it
In the mean
time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode
one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy. Lk 12:1
ON VIDEO-
.Pastors
.Ministry- what is it?
.Recovery
.I got a text ‘Hillary is Hitler..’- no joke!
.Homeless friend
.Too many blogs!
.Just a journey
.Bring desire?- Go to God.
.Biblical view of the court system.
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/christian-recovery-from-addiction-long-version/ My teaching on recovery.
PAST POSTS [verses below- news links below]
SATURDAY [posted Sunday]
Taught some on this one- got some footage driving thru Dallas on the way
into Corpus.
ON VIDEO
.Being dead- yet speaks
.Dark matter?
.Theory?
.Cosmos
.NPR
.Missing particle- still ‘missing’
.Physics- Metaphysics
.World view
.Natural law
.My confession
.Finish- well
VERSES-
. Hebrews 11:3 Through
faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that
things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col. 1:17
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his
handywork. Pslams 19:1
Figured I would end- like I started 2 weeks ago.
Bad weather and lots of wrecks- right at the end.
These are the links [for download] on the videos I made in N.J./NYC that
I thought had teaching value- enjoy.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE
PAINTINGS OF- THE ATHEIST?
ON VIDEO-
.Saved $800 a month
.Show- bread?
.Remember him
.Frances Xavier
.unity
.Flying scroll- a UFO?
One memory- only
.God’s box
.God’s mobile community
[past posts- verses- new stuff, below]
Psalm
108:10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? [I
wrote North Bergen/NYC a few years back- for the word Edom. I found it
interesting because this was the first chapter I read when I arrived in New
Jersey].
Psalm
110:7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the
head. [I read this Psalm on the morning I left- I took it as ‘seek me- even
stop [rest stop overnight] and do your normal reading of scripture- and watch a
video from the previous week’. The Psalms always seem to have meaning-
direction- in a different way than when I read the ‘regular’ bible chapters at
night.
I did
teach on Manna [bread/word from God] on this trip- and yes- I felt I ‘heard’
God thru the Psalms on a daily basis.
Psalm
111:6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them
the heritage of the heathen. [Ok- I read this when I got back to Texas.
I
hope to talk about it on the video and show you the paintings Danny gave me.
Danny-
who is an atheist- gives me stuff.
The
verse above can be translated ‘he gives you the property- of the heathen’
[unbeliever].
I
didn’t get a chance to even see what the paintings were.
As I
hung them up- yes- they were significant.
They
were done by an 86 year old man- Danny bought them because he too is an artist-
and has taught artists ‘how to paint’.
He
told me these were from a man who never had training- yet he said this man had
a special gift.
Danny
was going to sell them for a few hundred dollars- but actually wanted me to
have them.
So-
the 2 paintings are-
A man- with a backpack- walking up a mountain.
This is one of the actual ‘images’ I
scribble/write- when I feel like I should take the annual trip to the NYC area.
So- it was a sort of confirmation.
The second painting was a bird- flying by the
coast.
This is the other image I use- when ‘heading
out’- I even spoke about it on some videos before I left [my eagle ring- I
talked about it with Crow and Andy].
So- the significance was these paintings were given
to me by an ‘unbeliever’ and that’s the first Psalm I read when I got back [you
get the property of the heathen].
And both of these paintings came from an 86
year old man- from North Bergen- at the end of his journey in life.
Getting ready to ‘fly away’.
I also found it interesting that right before I
left Texas- I started quoting ‘I will give thee the heathen for your
inheritance- and the ends of the earth for your possession’- but I never
connected it with the Psalm above.
NEW STUFF- On the video I taught some about
Francis Xavier [1506-1552] - one of the founding members of the Jesuit order [Society
of Jesus] along with Ignatius Loyola.
He met Ignatius at the University of Paris-
while pursuing an intellectual career.
Over time Ignatius example [and prodding]
convinced him to abandon his own plans to live a comfortable life and serve as
a scholar- and become a very effective missionary to the Far East.
Much like the story of John Calvin- who too was
persuaded to abandon his own plans to simply be a scholar- and to serve in forming
the community in Geneva.
Xavier arrived in Goa [India] and eventually
went to Japan.
The king of Portugal- John the 3rd-
requested missionaries for the areas Portugal was colonizing in India.
This century [16th] was one of
exploration and colonization.
In Japan Xavier had great success- the city of
Nagasaki was started to simply provide a place for all the Japanese converts!
There were reported miracles of healing under
the ministry of Xavier- and he became one of the most successful missionaries
from the Jesuit order.
Xavier came into some controversy- initially in
his missionary efforts he was ‘more conservative’ in that he tried to get new converts
to abandon all former cultural ties- in order to embrace the faith.
Over time- he sort of ‘mixed’ [called syncretism]
the eastern religious practices with the faith.
When the Dominicans and Franciscans saw what
was happening- they reported it to the church.
This became such a controversy among the
Japanese- eventually the priests were martyred along the road to Nagasaki.
A sad event indeed.
The Protestants neglected the Far East in their
missionary efforts- they were primarily trying to reform the church in Europe.
Yet Ignatius and his society were spreading the
gospel- in areas that never heard either the Catholic or Protestant message.
All in all- Xavier did a very effective job-
and is well respected by both Catholics and Protestants for the work he did.
PAST POSTS-
. ROMANS 8-10
VIDEO- [I cover stuff on the
videos that are not in the post- here are a few]
.Council of Trent- what did the
Church say?
.Do we get the final say- at the
Judgment?
.What are the Catholic virtues-
did Paul teach them?
.Augustine, Calvin, Whitfield and
Wesley.
.Infusion or Imputation? How bout
both!
At the bottom I added some quotes
from the Catechism of the Catholic church- to show that the official teaching
of the church DOES NOT TEACH SALVATION BY THE LAW- BUT BY CHRIST.
. REMINDER- This is a commentary
I wrote years ago- the videos are new.
.CHAPTER 8- FEW POINTS;
1-
Did God choose us to believe- or did we choose
him?
2-
When Paul says ‘he makes our bodies alive’ is he
only speaking about resurrection?
3-
Does God use difficulty- or is it to be rebuked?
4-
Was Paul a ‘hyper- Calvinist’?
(839)ROMAN 8:1-4 ‘There is
therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not
after the flesh [sinful nature] but after the Spirit [new nature]’. Now, having
proved the reality of sin and guilt [chapter 7] Paul teaches that those who
‘are in Christ’ are free from condemnation. Why? Because they ‘walk according
to the Spirit’ the ‘righteousness of the law is being fulfilled in them’.
Having no condemnation isn’t simply a ‘legal function’ of declared
righteousness, and Paul didn’t teach it that way! Paul is saying ‘all those who
have believed in Jesus and have been legally justified [earlier arguments in
chapters 3-4] are now walking [actually acting out] this new nature. Therefore
[because you no longer walk according to the flesh] there is no condemnation’!
This argument helps bridge the gap between Catholic and Protestant theology,
part of the reason for the ongoing schism is over this understanding. After the
Reformation the Catholic Church had a Counter Reformation council, the council
of Trent. They dealt with a lot of the abuses of the Catholic Church, things
that many Catholic leaders were complaining about before the Reformation. They
did deal with some issues and reformed somewhat. To the dismay of the more
‘reform minded’ Catholics [with Protestant leanings] they still came down
strong on most pre reform doctrines. This made it next to impossible for the
schism to be healed. But one area of disagreement was over ‘legal’ versus
‘actual/experiential’ justification. The Catholic position was ‘God can’t declare/say
a person is justified until they actually are’ [experientially]. The Protestant
side [Luther] said ‘God does justify [legal declaration] a person by faith
alone’. Like I taught before, both of these are true. The Catholic view of
‘justification’ is looking ahead towards a future reality [The same way James
speaks of justification in a future sense- He uses the example from Genesis 22,
when Abraham does a righteous act] while the Protestant view is focusing on the
initial legal act of justification [Genesis 15]. Here Paul agrees with both
views, he says ‘those who walk after the Spirit [actually living the changed
life] have no condemnation’.
(840)ROMANS 8:5-13 Paul will teach
the impossibility of the ‘carnal minds’ ability to submit to Gods law. Those
who are ‘in the flesh’ [the unregenerate nature- not simply ‘in the body’. We
will get into these distinctions in a minute] can’t submit to God. Society
spends so much time and effort trying to get the ‘lost man’ to do what's right.
The prohibition movement [outlawing liquor], the increase in the severity of
punishment for crimes dealing with drugs. Making the child kidnappers crime
punishable by death. While all these laws are necessary and good [though some
debate the wisdom of the kidnapper one, they think the kidnapper might just go
ahead and kill the victim if the same punishment applies to both crimes] they
have little effect on getting ‘the carnal man to submit’. Paul also says ‘if
the Spirit of him who raised up Christ from the dead dwells in you, then he
that raised up Christ from the dead shall quicken [make alive] your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you’. Let’s do a little teaching here. Most
commentators see this as speaking of the promise of the resurrection ‘your
mortal bodies’. I see this more in line with the context of chapter 7. The
discussion of ‘mortal bodies’ [your actual body, the flesh- which is different
than ‘the fleshly nature’ which refers to the sinful nature] speaks of your
actual life now ‘let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies’. Also in
verse 13 of this chapter the same theme is seen ‘if ye thru the Spirit mortify
the deeds of the body ye shall live’. I believe Paul is primarily saying ‘if
you are in the Spirit [born of God] the Spirit of life will make alive your
physical life in such a way that you will glorify God in your body and spirit,
which are Gods’ [Corinthians]. Chapter 12 says your bodies are living
sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God. Now later on in this chapter [8] we do
see the resurrection, which is called ‘the redemption of the body’ [verse 23]
so these two concepts work together. The fact that the believer is ‘training
his mortal body’ for God [thru obedience] is sort of a precursor to the
resurrection! Now, some believers confuse the resurrection of the body and the
work of regeneration in ‘making you alive’ [Ephesians 2]. The work of
regeneration brings your dead spirit back to life [born again] when you believe
[which is a Divine imputation of faith at the moment of conversion, a sovereign
act]. This ‘coming alive’ is purely spiritual. This qualifies you for the
future physical resurrection of the body [Ephesians calls this the ‘down
payment’, the ‘earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the
purchased possession’. The word ‘earnest’ here is used in the same way as
‘earnest money’ in a real estate transaction. The fact that we have been
‘sealed’ with the Holy Spirit is our ‘guarantee of future bodily
resurrection’]. Bishop N.T. Wright, the bishop of Durham [the church of England-
Durham is the 3rd most influential post in the Church of England.
Canterbury is at the top] has recently written on the truths of the
resurrection of the body. He is an excellent scholar, way way above my league.
He has been instrumental in ‘re introducing’ the reality of Christ’s
resurrection as well as our future resurrection as a very real Christian belief
[and historic truth as well]. I have read some of Wrights stuff and am a little
surprised at some of the ideas on ‘soul sleep’ and the immortality of the soul.
Bishop Wright seems to side with some of the ideas that certain restorationist
groups [7th day Adventists] espouse, that the Catholic Church kind
of corrupted the ideas of heaven and the soul by being overly influenced by
Greek thought. While it is possible for Bishop Wright to have come to his
understanding entirely thru scripture and history, yet I felt it a little
strange to see him make these arguments. For the most part I like brother
Wright and totally agree with his stance on the future ‘new heavens and new
earth’ as the final place of rest [as opposed to dying and going to heaven now,
which is a temporary place] but there is the biblical reality of a present
‘heaven’ and this doesn’t only come from Greek thought. I have often used the
Christian doctrine of the new heavens and new earth while speaking with the
Jehovah’s witnesses, I always agree on the reality of a future kingdom on
earth. I simply steer the conversation back to ‘who qualifies for it’ and get
straight to the gospel. Well anyway we have a promise of a future resurrection,
and also a ‘quickening of the body now’ [God actually using our physical life
to glorify him]. These are both great truths!
(841)ROMANS 8: 14-18 ‘For as many as are led by the Spirit
of God, they are the Sons of God’. Many of us are familiar with this verse [I
hope!]. We often see it as saying ‘Gods direction in our lives is proof that we
are Christians’ true enough. But in context ‘being led by Gods Spirit’ means
living the
[parts]
JOHN LOCKE-
Locke taught that each man has individual rights- and he
empowers government- an elected designated body- to have rule-
Yet- that government exists solely for the benefit of the
people- and when/if that government ‘forgets’ this- the people have a
right/duty to revolt.
Locke’s ideas were formed at a time when his own government
experienced a sort of revolution [1600’s- England].
The people revolted against monarchy- and replaced it with a
sort of Democratic Parliament-
Referred to as the bloodless revolution or the glorious
revolution.
The king [or today- queen] would still play a role- like a
figurehead- but the power was in the people- willingly given over to a
Parliament.
The political ideas of Locke influenced our founding
fathers- and our Declaration of Independence and Constitution are in parts
almost word for word taken from the writings of Locke.
Locke believed in natural law- that morality was indeed a
universal reality [some scholars/thinkers will say that Locke does not fully
embrace the Christian concept of natural/moral law].
He taught that
knowledge comes from man’s experience- the things he interacts with thru
the 5 senses.
That man is not born with innate ideas [like the early Greek
thinkers said] but his mind is a Tabula Rasa- or blank slate at birth.
This is an Empirical understanding of knowledge.
Locke also believed in the concept of the separation of
church and state- this idea was not unique to our founding fathers- no- they
got it right out of the writings of Locke [his parents were Puritans- and they
obviously influenced their son].
Locke’s political views were-
Individualistic-
Egalitarian-
Contractual [social compact]-
These ideas differed from the early Greek thinkers
[especially Aristotle] who held to a naturalistic view- meaning that nature
itself ‘intended’ for certain individuals to have rule over others [the smarter
should have rule over the ‘less smart’- and of course Aristotle saw himself in
the more nobler crowd!]
Locke also believed in religious toleration- a view held by
most in the Western world today.
He saw the Right to private property- as a natural right.
He believed that denial of the existence of God would lead
to anarchy in the long run.
He believed that the cosmological argument for the existence
of God was valid [called teleology].
VERSES-
6 Then
Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and
of the Sadducees.
7 And
they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
8 Which
when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye
among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
9 Do ye
not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and
how many baskets ye took up?
10 Neither
the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
11 How is
it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that
ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12 Then
understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of
the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
John
15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.John 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
John 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
John 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
John 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
Ruth 2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
Ruth 2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
Ruth 2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
Ruth 2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
Ruth 2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
Ruth 2:6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
Ruth 2:7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
Ruth 2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
Ruth 2:9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
Ruth 2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
Ruth 2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
Ruth 2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Ruth 2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
Ruth 2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
Ruth 2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
Ruth 2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
Ruth 2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
Ruth 2:18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
Ruth 2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
Ruth 2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Ruth 2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
Ruth 2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
Ruth 2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
NEWS LINKS
http://www.infowars.com/anti-trump-judge-is-hispanic-grand-dragon/
The Trump judge.
‘John- why post this’?
The media has made a firestorm over this.
Now- I’m not a Trump ‘wall builder’ I’m actually liberal on
the immigration issue- because scripture teaches that we were all ‘aliens’ and
God took us in.
But- the fact is the group the judge belongs too- can be
seen as just as racist as any ‘White group’.
So- that’s the info Trump had- and this judge did indeed
release too much from the case he supposedly is being neutral in.
This judge- a Hispanic- probably did release too much from
an active case before his court- because he even released the names and
addresses of the people suing Trump- the judge then back tracked and said ‘he
made a mistake’.
If the tables were turned- and it was a Hillary judge- who
did this- the media would never portray Hillary as attacking the judge.
I just saw a CNN- TOP NEWS STORY- the headline TRUMP ATTACKS
‘MEXICAN’ JUDGE.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/06/03/donald-trump-judge-mexican-trump-university-case-lead-sot.cnn Look at this headline?
That very headline is incendiary- you have anti Trump
protestors [Hillary supporters mind you] actually attacking people at Trump
rallies.
And for CNN to use that type of language is wrong.
See media bias?
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