New Year's Eve 2012

Speaking of the emotions [the feelings], the positive definitions are the fruit of the spirit found in Galatians 5:22,23.

The negative definitions are found in Galatians 5 also.

The three functions of the soul realm are:
        emotions, intellect and will.

The Bible doesn't use the word emotion,
but it speaks of joy, peace, love, hatred, anger,
etc; which are emotions.

The Bible doesn't use the word intellect,
but uses the words, mind, think and thought;
which are used in the intellect.

The Bible doesn't use the word will,
which is the decision maker.

The relationship between bone, flesh and blood.

        Bone produces blood.
        Bone shapes flesh.
        Flesh moves bone.
        Flesh contains blood.
        Blood feeds bone and flesh.
        Blood keeps flesh supple and mobile.

The body is composed of bone, blood and flesh.

        All three elements perform a vital function.

Bones give the body strength, form and structure.
Flesh gives the bones mobility.
Blood would have no container without the flesh.

It's not difficult to separate the body and the soul, because the body can be measured, weighed, photographed and defined in many ways.

               But the soul cannot be measured, weighed, photographed, etc.

                             The soul is defined by what and how one thinks, feels and decides.

Merry Christmas 2012

Christmas Eve 2012

The Greek text specifically says "the spirit and the soul and the body" distinguishing between the three.

                     The Hebrew text doesn't distinguish between spirit and soul as clearly as the Greek; that is why many scholars interpret the spirit and the soul as one.

              But it's inconsistent with Hebrews 4:12, which clearly states that the "quick and powerful" Word of God can divide the soul and spirit.

       Since they can be divided [even though only by the Word of  God], spirit and soul must have distinguishable characteristics.

Hebrews 4:12,
"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

1 Thessalonians 5:23,
"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Genesis 2:7,
"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

The two titles, Son of God and Son of Man, are titles from Christ Jesus' dual origin and His dual nature.

          Adam was created a three-part being; spirit, soul and body.

         Jesus, a Son of Man, also was a three-part being.

John used the title, Son of God, about twice as often compared to Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

              Because Jesus taught that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks, it indicates that John had a greater understanding or revelation of Jesus Christ as the Son of God  than       Matthew, the tax collector,
                 Mark, John Mark, Peter's first convert, or
                  Luke, the physician.

Both titles are used in all four Gospels:

                                 Matthew    Mark     Luke     John     Total
Son of God:                
Number of uses         8                  3            6           10             27
Percent of uses         22%             18%       20%      50%

Son of Man:
Number of uses        28                14          25          10            77
Percent of uses         78%             82%      80%      50%

The Bible speaks of Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus Christ as both the Son of God and the Son of Man.

       The title, Son of God, speak of His deity.
       The title, Son of Man, speaks of His humanity.

Micah 5:2 predicted Jesus' birth 500 years before He was born.

                  The evidence of Jesus as the Son of God is insurmountable.

         Books couldn't contain all the fulfilled prophecies, and miracles He did as the Son of God during His earthly ministry, and since His ascension through the power of
His name and His authority and the Holy Spirit.

Not only did Jesus come out of the grave by the power of God, but He was raised up with a new and glorified body.

                This new, glorified body was evidenced by His appearing to the disciple when they had the doors and windows closed.
                They felt His nail scars and the wound in His side.  
                Mary recognized his voice.
                At Emmaus He disappear instantly from their sight.
                He physically ascended to the Father in front of the disciples.

                      The people He and the disciples raised from the dead were raised with their mortal bodies and died again later.

Jesus was raised from the dead with power!

           When the people asked for a sign, Jesus spoke of the sign of Jonas; "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
Matthew 12:40

Matthew 16:4
"A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed."

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus will come again

 "And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."
Daniel 7:14

". . .and they shall see  the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."
Matthew 24:30

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus ascended to the right hand of God

"Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them."
Psalm 68:18

"And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven."
Luke 24:51

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus to be raised from the dead

"For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."
Psalm 16:10

"He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay."
Matthew 28:6

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus the sacrifice for sin and health

 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
Isaiah 53:5

"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
John 1:29

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus was buried with the rich

 "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth."
Isaiah 53:9

"When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
And laid it in his own new tomb,"
Matthew 27:57

The Bible Predicted:
       Lots were cast for Jesus' garments

"They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture."
Psalm 22:18

"And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take."
Mark 15:24

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus' side was pierced

"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."
Zechariah 12:10

"But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water."
John 19:34

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus was given gall and vinegar

"They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink"
Psalm 69:21

"Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth."
John 19:29

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus' hands and feet were pierced

"For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet."
Psalm 22:16

"Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing." 
John 20:27 

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus suffered with transgressors

". . . and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."
Isaiah 53:12

"Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left."
Matthew 27:38

The Bible Predicted:
            Jesus would be mocked and taunted

"For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet."
Psalm 22:16

"And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,"
Matthew 27:39

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus healed the people

"Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted."
Isaiah 53:4

"How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."
Acts 10:38

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus smitten and spat upon.

"I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting."
Isaiah 50:6

"And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands."
Mark 14:65

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus was silent before accusers

"He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."
Isaiah 53:7

"And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God."
Matthew 26:62-63

The Bible Predicted:
       Jesus sold for 30 pieces of silver

"And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver."
Zechariah 11:12

"And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver."
Matthew 26:15

The Bible Predicted:
        Jesus betrayed by Judas

 "Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me."
Psalm 41:9

"And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them."
Mark 14:10

The Bible predicted:
         The Messiah rejected

" He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not."
Isaiah 53:3

"He came unto his own, and his own received him not,"
John 1:11

Through a Word of Wisdom,
Jesus predicted the fall of three cities,
Capernaum, Chorizin and Bethsaida
            Matthew 11:21-24

also the fall of Jerusalem within on generation.
            Luke 19:41-44
also the dispersion of the Jews
            Luke 21:24

Jesus used the Gift of Miracles:
           changing the water into wine,
           multiplied the loaves and the fishes,
           tax money in the fish's mouth,
           the raising of people from the  dead
           and many others.

Jesus operated in the Word of Knowledge with the woman at the well in Samaria (John 4).

              Also with Nathanael under the fig tree (John 1:48).

Jesus cast out demons and healed the sick.

 "When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:"
Matthew 8:16

Jesus operated in the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

           Although Jesus isn't reported to have spoken in tongues or interpretation,
                   He certainly prophesied
                   of the future of the church,
                   of His second coming, and
                   the rapture of the church.
Matthew 24

As the soldiers came to arrest Jesus in the garden, Judas had betrayed Him, He said to the soldiers,  "I am."

                 There was such power with that statement that they fell backward to the ground (John 18:6).

Jesus taught with authority, "For he taught them as one having authority."  Matthew 7:29

"And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power [authority]."  Luke 4:32

        After Jesus' death, burial, resurrection and ascension, the Father kept the influence of His life and ministry throughout the world and through all the ages.

Healings and miracles made Jesus popular with the people and His teachings made Him notorious with the scribes and Pharisees.

Jesus' fame grew out of obscurity.

           Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ of God, was raised in a small town in Galilee.

                     For thirty years He was just another carpenter who had learned His trade from His earthly father, Joseph.

                              In just three years of ministry, His name became a household word throughout Israel and Judea.

Some say they can know God without accepting Jesus Christ as His only begotten Son.

                We cannot reject Jesus Christ and know the Father, for Jesus said in John 14:6 "No man cometh unto the Father but by me."

In John 10:36 Jesus Himself says "I am the Son of God."

We must accept this as true or
                 reject the Bible,
                 reject the ten commandments,
                 reject all the law
                 reject all religion that recognizes God

There are many others the Angel of the Lord spoke to:

Manoah's wife,
mother of Samson              Judges 13:3
Manoah                                 Judges 13:13
David                                     2 Samuel 24:16
Elijah                                     1 Kings 19:7
Daniel                                    Daniel 8:16
Joseph                                   Matthew 1:20
Mary Magdalene                 Matthew 28:2-7
Zacharias                              Luke 1:11
Mary, Jesus' mother           Luke 1:26
The shepherds                     Luke 2:8-12
Peter                                      Acts 5:19
Philip                                     Acts 8:26
Cornelius                              Acts 10:3
Paul                                       Acts 27:23

"And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah. . . .and the angel of the Lord appeared unto him [Gideon], and said unto him, The Lord (Jehovah) is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
And Gideon said unto him O My Lord. . . ."
Judges 6:11

                    The Angel of the Lord (the dispatched one) referred to as the Lord (Jehovah). It's believed that the Lord in this verse is the Christ of God.

"And the Angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. . . .and I said, I will never break my covenant with you."

            The Angel of the Lord speaks of His covenant.

                          It is God [Elohim] the Lord [Jehovah] who has made a covenant with Israel, not a spirit-realm being with wings, but God Himself or the Christ of God.

"And the angel of the Lord called out of heaven and said. . . . and the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time and said, By myself I have sworn, saith the Lord [Jehovah]. . . ."

                                       Again the angel of the Lord is compared with the Lord [Jehovah].

                It was either the Father or the Son , NOT the Holy Spirit that appeared to Abraham because it was a tangible appearance.

"And the angel of the Lord found her [Hagar] by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way of Shar and the angel of the Lord said unto her. . . .and she called the name of the Lord [Jehovah] that spake unto her, Thou God [El, meaning strength] seest me. . . ."

           Here the 'angel of the Lord' is compared with Jehovah and El.

The angel of the Lord, who appeared to Moses, is not a spiritual being with wings.

       We can conclude that this 'angel of the Lord' could have been Jesus Christ who is the same yesterday, today and forever; the One by whom all things are made.

"And the angel of the Lord [a dispatched one of the Lord] appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of the bush. . . .and when the Lord [Jehovah] saw that he turned aside to see, God [Elohim] called unto him out of the bush and said, Moses, Moses.
And he, Moses, said Here am I. . . .he said, I am the God [Elohim] of thy Father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. . . ."
Exodus 3:2-6

                          Here is 'the dispatched one,' Jehovah and Elohim, in one appearance.

There are a number of references in the Old Testament of the Angel of the Lord.

           To us the word angel makes us think of a spiritual being with wings, a member of the heavenly host that does things for God. It is true in many references.

                        But in the Hebrew it is literally a dispatched one or messenger.

Jesus Christ existed before He took on His body of flesh and participated in the work of creation.

            1 Corinthians 8:6 reveals "By whom are all things and we by him."

            Ephesians 3:9, "....Who created all things by Jesus Christ."

           Colossians 1:16-17, "For by Him were all thing created, that are heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him and for Him. And He is before things and by Him all things consist."

     John 8:58,
"Before Abraham was I am."

         John 17:5,
"And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was."

               Revelation 22:13
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."

Hebrews 1:2,
         The Father "hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds,"
         and sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high.
"And Thou Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of they hands."

The Christ was participating in the creation with the Father.
He was with the Father from eternity past.
He existed before He took upon Himself flesh to dwell among us.

The Christ [Word] was with the Father in the beginning.

                  Jesus spoke of Himself as coming down from Heaven [the dwelling place of God] to give life unto the world in John chapter six.

Jesus Christ was the Word that was God in the beginning of all things.

         John 1:14, "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."

The Word that was God and that was with God in the beginning took on the body of flesh and dwelt amoug us.

John 1:1-3  "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made."

Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever."

Elohim Creator, Sustainer, mighty object of
                 worship

El strength
Eloheenu our God
Eloheka thy God
Elohay my God
Adonai Lord, Master, Ruler, Bread Provider

Jehovah-Jireh
means the Lord the provider.

            Literally means the Lord that will provide
our needs.

Jehovah-Hoseenu Psalm 95:6
means the Lord our Maker.

         Literally means to labor, to make, to produce, to fabricate, to manufacture or to create.

Jehovah-Sabboath 1 Samuel 1:3
means the Lord of Hosts.

          Literally means a host or an army going
off the war.
          The Lord of Host is the captain of the army.
           It is used 281 times in the Bible.

Jehovah-Mekaddishkem Exodus 31:13
means the Lord our Sanctifier.

         Literally means to be pure, clean, holy
sanctified or separated unto God.
         Jehovah is the one who sanctifies, separates
us unto Himself, as we yield to Him.

Jehovah-Rohi Psalm 23:1
means the Lord our Shepherd.

        Rohi literally means to feed the flock, to govern or rule over, to delight in, to have intimatacy with God.

Jehovah-Tsidkenu Jeremiah 23:6
means the Lord our Righteousness.

       This means the righteousness which we received as a gift through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, God's righteousness.

Jehovah-Rapha Exodus 15:26
means I am the Lord that healeth thee.

        Rapha literally means to heal rapidly and it also means to pardon, comfort and restore.

Jehovah-Shammah Exodus 48:35
means the Lord is There.

       In all situations, He shows Himself strong and behalf of His people.

Jehovah-Jireh  Genesis 22:14
means the Lord our Provider.

       It also means to see. He sees our needs
and will show us our provisions.

Jehovah-Shalom Judges 6:24
means the Lord our Peace.

         It also means healthy. sound,
in full number, secure, tranquil, a friend,
wholeness, safety, soundness, health, and
peace.

Jehovah-Nissi Exodus 17:15
the Lord our Banner.

      It also means an altar in the desert.

Names which apply more directly to the "Godhead Father" image rather than the "Christ or Son of God" image, helps to distinguish between the members of the Trinity.

                     Jehovah is used in several compound names giving us a more specific understanding of His character and purpose.

Jesus is called the word of God.

Revelation 19:13
"And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God."

Jesus is called the word.

John 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Jesus is called the way, the truth and the life.

John 14:6
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Jesus is called the true vine.

John 15:1
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman."

Jesus was called the true light.

John 1:9
"That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world."

Jesus is called a teacher of God.

John 3:2
"The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Jesus was called son of the highest.

Luke 1:21
"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:"

Jesus is called son of the Father.

2 John 1:3
"Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love."

Jesus was called the son of the blessed.

Mark 14:61
" But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

Jesus is called the son of man.

Matthew 16:28
"Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."

Jesus is called the son of man.

Matthew 8:29
"And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?"

Jesus is called the son of David.

Matthew 9:27
"And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us."

Jesus is called a servant.

Matthew 12:18
"Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

Jesus is called the seed of David.

2Timothy 2:8
"Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:"

Jesus is called a saviour.

Luke 2:11
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

Jesus is called the rock.

1 Corinthians 10:4
"And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ."

Jesus is called the resurrection and the life.

John 11:25
"Jesus said unt0 her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:"

Jesus is called Rabbi.

John 1:38
"Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?"

Jesus is called a prophect.

John 7:40
"Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet."

Jesus was called the prince of life.

Acts 3:15
"And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses."

Jesus is called a priest forever.

Hebrews 5:6
"As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec."