99 - Beware of Prohibited Sex

Remember our Quality from last weeks lesson.

If you think you are going to get by God with prohibited sex you are drunk on the intense pleasure of this sin. ~ SOBER UP ~ Walk a straight line or the arresting officer will take you before the Judge.

The God - the man - the woman - sex. Why sex? This information is begging to be written. Man ~ Woman take the time to study this. Get alone with God. Understand the Battle is won or lost in the Bible.

The reason this is being written is the weakness of sex.

Beware of prohibited sex. It is dangerous. Some have become a slave to it. Face it all ~ It's beauty ~ It's joy ~ It's ugliness of Fornication and Adultery.

Sex outside of marriage is prohibited and a sin. God condemns it to hell. He calls it fornication or adultery. It is unclean and a joining of one sinning flesh and spirit to another sinning flesh and spirit. Outside of marriage you have to sin to have sex. Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

The way to live above sexual sins when you are not married is ~ (Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Galatians 5:16.) God's Word is inspirational strength against any sin. Many men and women have fallen into the sexual sins. God has had an inspirational way of escape present for them every time.

• Know How you ought to walk to please God.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
• 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
• 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
• 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
• 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

Vs.3 This is the will of God - Your sanctification from fornication. Fornication means unmarried persons having sex. Vs. 5. Not in the lust of concupiscence---Concupiscence is desire, craving, longing.

God made the man and the woman upright. He made them male and female to be joined together as one flesh. They foreshadowed the position of the church as His Wife in Heaven. There will be a time when the marriage of the Lamb will take place because His Wife has kept herself pure and made herself ready for the wedding.

Paul revealed God's attitude toward fornication in First Corinthians 10.

• 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
• 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
• 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day - ONE DAY - three and twenty thousand.
• That is a lot of sex going on in one day.

1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Joseph understood he had to flee Potipher's wife to keep himself pure in the eyes of God. Because of this Joseph became the second ruler of Egypt.

98-Our Quality is built into us from our beginning.

A new baby is no threat to anyone. It has to learn to be bad.

Ecclesiastes 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Very few people recognize

Very few people recognize the depth of the spiritual quality God built into them. God made man upright. This is where we start. Foolish pride prompts man to invent a way to do it himself without God.

John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (The scriptures reveal the man Christ Jesus ~ the person we pattern after.)

Deep in the heart of every person is a quality that needs to be searched out. There is a cost for this search. The quality of your success depends on it. Attention is the price you pay. You need to pay attention ~ longer. Concentrate on His Word and appreciate it. Be inspired. Ask the question ~ what is God trying to do with me? He has an individual plan for you. What you become is predestined by the Word you do. Take a Bible Sabbath of an hour or two and learn more about yourself. God positions Himself in His Word. He is there to greet you.

The value of the man is seen in the quality of the Savior that came to save him. God determined that the value of His creation was worth the price He paid to save him from destruction. God ~ legally ~ became an upright Man and gave His LIFE so He could save sinners on a continual basis. We are still benefiting from this today.

Hebrews 7:24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, (Jesus is a traffic cop guiding us to the Truth) seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. 26 For such an high priest became us,

The word ~ became ~ spoken here about Jesus ~ means ~ becoming, seemly, fit, to stand out, to be conspicuous, to be eminent. It means Jesus was the Quality of a High Priest we deserved because of our value

• Overview of adj eminent
• 1. distinguished, eminent, great -- ((used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor"; "an eminent scholar"; "a great statesman")
• 2. eminent, high -- (standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community")
• 3. eminent -- (having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician")
• 4. eminent, lofty, soaring, towering -- (of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs")

In using this method God identified our status in His creation and dignified us with His honor by calling us His Sons. He ~ Himself ~ came and died for us. God would not die for an animal. He bestowed on us a love in the highest degree. Greater love hath no man than this. The Just died for the unjust. Live in this dignity. That is not pride ~ it is God showing us our true value. The quality of His Love speaks of our eternal value. WHAT will a man give in exchange for his soul? There is not enough.

1 John 3:1 Behold, ~ TAKE A GOOD LOOK ~ what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

God has bestowed His Honor on us. We are called The Sons of God. That means you my friend. Stand Tall. Go up the Mountain. Set your face toward the city. His City is set on the Hill. God is there to welcome you.

97-Beautiful for Situation-Joy of the Whole Earth

God determined the Times before He appointed them.

Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

God poured out His Spirit on His Mountain

Of all the mountains in the world one is the best. God made one for Himself. God determined the times before appointed. He would visit this mountain with His City planted on it. Here He would pour out His Spirit upon all flesh. His mountain was situated at the center of the surface of the earth. It was beautiful for situation.

I clearly remember standing on the north side of the old walled city of Jerusalem. I was near the Damascus Gate that leads north. Just outside the Gate, and not far from where I was, is Calvary. The City had built up around it and a noisy Bus Station was at the base of the hill. The diesel noise and smell bothered me but not enough to cancel my appreciation for being there. I crossed the street going nearer to the old wall. Standing near the wall I heard a small group of Christians singing Psalms 48:1-2.

• 1. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
• 2. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

On the north side of the mountain ~ with my head bowed ~ I wept with joy. I was standing in the City of our God, on the mountain of His Holiness. It was beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth.

Here on God's mountain was Calvary's Hill of sorrow ~ where sins demands were paid. This was Abraham's mountain in Moriah where he went to offer his son Isaac. This was Arunnah's threshing floor that David bought to make a sacrifice ~ and the City of David was built around. This was the Temple Mount where Solomon built the Temple ~ on this same threshing floor. This is the City of our God. This is a city set on a hill which cannot be hid. This is Jerusalem the City of Peace ~ The City of the Great King.

God determined the times before appointed and predetermined a great event that would happen here. It would happen to the Jew first, then also to the Gentile. A lot of ground work was needed to bring the world to His moment. God Himself personally took part in making it possible for this event to happen. One sinless man had to die as an offering for sin. That was the price God set. He looked for a sinless man but found none. Only ~ One ~ sinless man was needed to pay the price for sin. Because of this God legally became a man. He was born of a woman, born under the Law. God purchased the right to forgive sinners. He became a sinless man himself and died for the sins of the whole world. There is no greater love than that. God so loved the world.

All directions ~ to Jerusalem are up ~ and from Jerusalem are down. The Bible does not use up north and down south as we do. They would go up to Jerusalem or down to another place whether it was north or south. Mt. Calvary caused an earthquake on the mountain. The sun turned dark. God shook this mountain as He did Mt. Sinai. Think about that. God can shake mountains.

It was from the Mount of Olives Jesus ascended out of their sight. He instructed them to stay on Mt. Zion, in the City, until they were endued with power from on High. At the appointed hour God poured out His Spirit in the upper room on the 120 gathered in prayer. God poured out HIS Spirit on HIS people on HIS Mountain. Jerusalem again became the joy of the whole earth. Jesus said: Mark 5:19 Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. I say to you ~ Go and do thou likewise.

96 - Time had caught up with Destiny

The Word of God is destined to be fulfilled.

Luke turned on the light of a certain day 2000 years ago. He wrote the story of what happened in the Jewish temple, in front of the veil and on the right side of the altar of incense. It was out of the view of the people. One man, Zacharias the priest, stood offering incense. Out of the invisible came a visible angel, Gabriel, who interrupted the normal visible world. Time had caught up with destiny.

A 4000 year prophecy

The 4000 year history of wars, floods, victory and defeat, life and death, captivity and freedom, prophesy and silence, ended in a moment of time. A voice in the Hebrew tongue, a language God invented for His special people, is heard by a praying Priest. The Angel Gabriel said, "thy prayer is heard." With that announcement Zacharias was destined to be a father in his old age. John the Baptist would be born.

Gabriel's announcement preceded by six months another announcement he would make of a birth that would divide history into two parts, the Old and the New. In 15 months the line between BC and AD would be drawn. Jesus was born and since then a period of time has been known as Before Christ, BC.

Two preachers were born that the world may know the change had come. The first was a transitional preacher. He was John the Baptist. John was killed six months after he started preaching. The other preacher was Jesus. John the Baptist and Jesus were born six months apart. Jesus preached three and one half years and was crucified.

The world was in turmoil. The Jews were under the rule of the Romans. God had chosen this period of time to make His personal visit into the world of His creation. He came into the world as a child born in Bethlehem. He went through the whole process of being born in a manger, growing up in a Jewish home, speaking with the Galilean accent, learning the carpenter's trade from His supposedly father, Joseph, who was a carpenter. God as a man worked with the wood of the tree He created. Then one day He laid down His hammer and saw, took off His apron and went out to save the world.

His date with destiny had arrived. The whole world would hear His Gospel. The Gentiles would be the biggest winner number wise. The Day of Pentecost would be the birth of His Church that the gates of hell could not prevail against. Two thousand years have passed since then. We are living in the "now time" of His church. The Apostolic Cutting Edge is still pressing forward in time looking for sinners to repent, get baptized in Jesus Name for the remission of sins and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. The end is not yet but is near.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Time has caught up with you. You are the one to show Christ to the world. Let your light so shine.

95 - When God Made Promise

A compelling reason to believe.

Hebrews 6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had (accepted ~ alf) patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

The Oath is the Key.

A Greater than God will never be found. The Oath will always stand. It is the Oath that settles ALL QUESTIONS.

The key to understanding the Bible is to know how to set your mind. Go in hungry. If you go in hungry you will be filled. There are so many people doing so many things they do not take time to read. They are weak from spiritual hunger and fail to realize it. Are you hungry today?

Learn to think like God thinks. Read His Book ~ Do His will. WHY ? THE END IS DETERMINED. There is a ~ LAW OF THE BOOK. Any book (including mine) is only ink on paper until a mind takes it from knowledge into wisdom. Then it becomes power packed.

God made promise to you ~ He has great plans for you. You will find it in His Word. He promised to lead you through your troubled waters. Psalms 77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. God has a way in the sea, and a path in the great waters. Who could have known there was a path on the bottom of the Red Sea? God parted the waters and let them see His dry path under all that water. He revealed His escape route ~ they believed God ~ took it.

Let me encourage you today. Do not be afraid of troubled waters. The congealed walls of water may look like Jell-O waving back and forth. God will use them to swallow and drown your enemy as He did Pharaoh and his army. The dry path on the bottom of the Red Sea was for Israel to escape and a trap to lead Pharaoh and his entire army into the area. God destroyed the entire army on that path with the water that troubled Israel. Do not be afraid of troubled waters. Today I extend to you from God the Promises ~

1. Courage. Take it.
2. Faith. Take it. 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.
3. Confidence. Take it. Hebrews 10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
4. Patience. Take it. Hebrews 10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
5. A Pastor. Take it. Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: Romans 13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. ~ Honor your Pastor ~ !

God made man intelligent enough to understand His promise ~ then made promise to him. It is a great accomplishment for man to understand and obtain His promises.

Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. God was satisfied with the man He made on the sixth day. He called him very good. He put ~ quality ~ excellence ~ worth ~ in him. Man became a living soul ~ an eternal spirit ~ capable of living with Him throughout eternity.