The Whole Creation Story – Part 4
1Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God,
which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
King James Only believers – they BELIEVE they have the very exact and perfect Words of God in The King James Bible.
Any NON KJV “believer” does NOT believe this.
They have over 100 different “versions” to choose from.
They THEMSELVES decide which to believe and teach.
This is what is called “final authority”.
There are several you should know about.
1, Mine. The King James Bible. 1611 – 1769, in its current form.
The King James Bible is the final authority. Nothing else.
2, The Textus Receptus. This is what the church and Bible college I attended believe and teach.
The “original” Greek is the final authority. They claim KJV but they live in the Greek for their doctrine.
3, Any Bible. This is what MOST modern churches believe and teach.
The bible or reading that the reader chooses for the present situation makes the READER the final authority.
Both #2 and #3 have already failed God’s test and thus they have ceased to get any new revelation or understanding – at all. None. God has ceased to “effectually [effectively] worketh” in them.
They have learned nothing new for 100 years. And they really didn’t get a lot before that. Walking away from the King James has destroyed all of their keys of knowledge.
This is why their children are rebelling.
I stumbled onto (!) what was considered, by themselves, a “king james” church.
I was using a New King James at the time. I honestly wasn’t about to go to a King James.
But I knew The Lord had sent me to that church – it was obvious.
So, I figured He had a good reason. And I found out quickly that it wasn’t the Pastor.
I went to church there for several years. Pepperoni Pizza. Not one soul in all that time.
So, it must have been something else.
- King James.
- How to begin to study.
These are big steps.
Some very quick NON-King James issues – just a couple, they should suffice.
Psalm 72:14
KJV He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
NIV He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
NET From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.
Matthew 6:33
KJV But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
TLB and he will give them to you if you give him first place in your life and live as he wants you to.
NLT Seek the Kingdom of God[e] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
1 John 5:7
KJV For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
NLT So we have these three witnesses [yeah, that’s it]
NIV For there are three that testify [yes, again, that’s all folks]
John 3:16
KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
NKJ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
NIV For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
NLT For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life
John 1:18
KJV No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
NLT No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.
NIV No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
RSV No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.
Titus 1:16
KJV They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
RSV They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good deed.
NLT Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.
NIV They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
This was just a VERY small sample. There are many, many more.
Remember the “KEY OF KNOWLEDGE” (Luke 11:52), as we studied earlier, is WORD LINKS. Destroy the word links, destroy the doctrines.
If you don’t have The 100% Accurate, Inerrant, Infallible Bible then you don’t have The Word of God.
God will cut you off right here.
Next, the studier MUST have a willing mind.
2Corinthians 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
People are fond of saying, “what does that mean”. The correct questions is “what does it SAY”.
It means what it SAYS – not what you tell me it means.
What is this saying?
1Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
It’s all about what you believe. What are you looking for? Are you looking for truth from The Lord? NO MATTER WHAT THE COST!
Or something else? Money? Prestige? Fame? Numbers? Friends? Worshippers? Confirmation?
We will see that verse again!
You will NOT understand everything, but you MUST believe everything. Without question.
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
If you are going to find TRUTH, you are going to have to find HIM!
Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Psalm 31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
You will NOT understand everything, but you MUST believe everything. Without question.
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
2Peter 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Psalm 119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
To “keep” doesn’t mean to “do” something. It means to “guard” something. How do I KNOW that? That isn’t a GUESS. The Bible defines itself.
So, what do we do? How do we judge this? How do we prove it?
1Corinthians 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
1Corinthians 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
What are “spiritual things”?
Proverbs 1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, [is the same thing as] I will make known my words unto you.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
If you want to “compare spiritual things with spiritual”, then you need to COMPARE THE WORDS.
Hence, if we want to know what “keep” means, IN THE BIBLE, we SEARCH and COMPARE “KEEP” WITH “KEEP”.
A “dictionary” is NOT spiritual. It cannot always be trusted.
So, let’s see the first 3 “keep”s in The Bible…
Genesis 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Adam was supposed to GUARD the Garden of Eden. He didn’t do a very good job.
So, God sent CHERUBIMS to GUARD it with a flaming sword. They did a much better job of GUARDING (“keeping”) IT.
Genesis 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
God was GUARDING life by using the Ark.
So,
Psalm 119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
This doesn’t mean that the Psalmist was a “good” boy (like the ‘ol Devil wants you to believe (“just be good and you’ll be fine”), but rather that he “guarded” God’s Word. He KEPT BELIEVING IT. He “kept” them close. He “kept” them in his heart and mind – like he was supposed to.
He never STOPPED believing. No matter how bad it seemed. No matter how bad it got.
He never stops KEEPING God and His Word first, even when it looks bad, when it looks worse, when it looks improbable, when the world says it is IMPOSSILBE. He KEEPS on guarding it. He continues to believe it and trust it. To jump off the cliff for it.
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
The moment you decide you don’t believe something, The Lord will cut you off. You won’t get anything else from The Lord.
To not believe the Holy Ghost is to call Him a liar. To call The Holy Ghost a liar is to blaspheme Him.
Luke 12:10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
You scoff, at all, doubt, ever, God will close the door.
1Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
If one is going to learn anything, The Holy Ghost is going to teach it to him/her.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
1Corinthians 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
We must search the WORDS of The Bible to UNLOCK the deep and secret things of God. And they ONLY unlock to those to whom The Lord gives the key to His secrets.
Aug 16 2022
The Whole Creation Story – Part 4
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The Whole Creation Story – Part 4
The Whole Creation Story – Part 4
1Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God,
which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
King James Only believers – they BELIEVE they have the very exact and perfect Words of God in The King James Bible.
Any NON KJV “believer” does NOT believe this.
They have over 100 different “versions” to choose from.
They THEMSELVES decide which to believe and teach.
This is what is called “final authority”.
There are several you should know about.
1, Mine. The King James Bible. 1611 – 1769, in its current form.
The King James Bible is the final authority. Nothing else.
2, The Textus Receptus. This is what the church and Bible college I attended believe and teach.
The “original” Greek is the final authority. They claim KJV but they live in the Greek for their doctrine.
3, Any Bible. This is what MOST modern churches believe and teach.
The bible or reading that the reader chooses for the present situation makes the READER the final authority.
Both #2 and #3 have already failed God’s test and thus they have ceased to get any new revelation or understanding – at all. None. God has ceased to “effectually [effectively] worketh” in them.
They have learned nothing new for 100 years. And they really didn’t get a lot before that. Walking away from the King James has destroyed all of their keys of knowledge.
This is why their children are rebelling.
I stumbled onto (!) what was considered, by themselves, a “king james” church.
I was using a New King James at the time. I honestly wasn’t about to go to a King James.
But I knew The Lord had sent me to that church – it was obvious.
So, I figured He had a good reason. And I found out quickly that it wasn’t the Pastor.
I went to church there for several years. Pepperoni Pizza. Not one soul in all that time.
So, it must have been something else.
These are big steps.
Some very quick NON-King James issues – just a couple, they should suffice.
Psalm 72:14
KJV He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
NIV He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
NET From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.
Matthew 6:33
KJV But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
TLB and he will give them to you if you give him first place in your life and live as he wants you to.
NLT Seek the Kingdom of God[e] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
1 John 5:7
KJV For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
NLT So we have these three witnesses [yeah, that’s it]
NIV For there are three that testify [yes, again, that’s all folks]
John 3:16
KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
NKJ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
NIV For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
NLT For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life
John 1:18
KJV No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
NLT No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.
NIV No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
RSV No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.
Titus 1:16
KJV They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
RSV They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good deed.
NLT Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.
NIV They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
This was just a VERY small sample. There are many, many more.
Remember the “KEY OF KNOWLEDGE” (Luke 11:52), as we studied earlier, is WORD LINKS. Destroy the word links, destroy the doctrines.
If you don’t have The 100% Accurate, Inerrant, Infallible Bible then you don’t have The Word of God.
God will cut you off right here.
Next, the studier MUST have a willing mind.
2Corinthians 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
People are fond of saying, “what does that mean”. The correct questions is “what does it SAY”.
It means what it SAYS – not what you tell me it means.
What is this saying?
1Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
It’s all about what you believe. What are you looking for? Are you looking for truth from The Lord? NO MATTER WHAT THE COST!
Or something else? Money? Prestige? Fame? Numbers? Friends? Worshippers? Confirmation?
We will see that verse again!
You will NOT understand everything, but you MUST believe everything. Without question.
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
If you are going to find TRUTH, you are going to have to find HIM!
Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Psalm 31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
You will NOT understand everything, but you MUST believe everything. Without question.
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
2Peter 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Psalm 119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
To “keep” doesn’t mean to “do” something. It means to “guard” something. How do I KNOW that? That isn’t a GUESS. The Bible defines itself.
So, what do we do? How do we judge this? How do we prove it?
1Corinthians 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
1Corinthians 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
What are “spiritual things”?
Proverbs 1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, [is the same thing as] I will make known my words unto you.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
If you want to “compare spiritual things with spiritual”, then you need to COMPARE THE WORDS.
Hence, if we want to know what “keep” means, IN THE BIBLE, we SEARCH and COMPARE “KEEP” WITH “KEEP”.
A “dictionary” is NOT spiritual. It cannot always be trusted.
So, let’s see the first 3 “keep”s in The Bible…
Genesis 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Adam was supposed to GUARD the Garden of Eden. He didn’t do a very good job.
So, God sent CHERUBIMS to GUARD it with a flaming sword. They did a much better job of GUARDING (“keeping”) IT.
Genesis 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
God was GUARDING life by using the Ark.
So,
Psalm 119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
This doesn’t mean that the Psalmist was a “good” boy (like the ‘ol Devil wants you to believe (“just be good and you’ll be fine”), but rather that he “guarded” God’s Word. He KEPT BELIEVING IT. He “kept” them close. He “kept” them in his heart and mind – like he was supposed to.
He never STOPPED believing. No matter how bad it seemed. No matter how bad it got.
He never stops KEEPING God and His Word first, even when it looks bad, when it looks worse, when it looks improbable, when the world says it is IMPOSSILBE. He KEEPS on guarding it. He continues to believe it and trust it. To jump off the cliff for it.
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
The moment you decide you don’t believe something, The Lord will cut you off. You won’t get anything else from The Lord.
To not believe the Holy Ghost is to call Him a liar. To call The Holy Ghost a liar is to blaspheme Him.
Luke 12:10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
You scoff, at all, doubt, ever, God will close the door.
1Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
If one is going to learn anything, The Holy Ghost is going to teach it to him/her.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
1Corinthians 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
We must search the WORDS of The Bible to UNLOCK the deep and secret things of God. And they ONLY unlock to those to whom The Lord gives the key to His secrets.
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