Amen Victoria! we should do something nice for PL and PC. Tell me what you come up with!
1 Timothy 4
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
11 These things command and teach.
12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Verse 12 caught my atention today. It is telling us we need to be an example to everyone out there that we are the believers of th Lord Jesus Christ! How do we do that you may ask? not only be hearers of the word, but doers of the word as well. The verse gives us some examples. In word, that is, no profanity, in conversation, that is, no gossiping, in charity, that is giving to less fortunate, in faith, and in purity, that is, no immoral sexual content.
Verse 10 was pretty awesome too! it tells us the living God is the Savior of everyone, but then it cuts to the chase and says, "....especially to those who believe." See, when Christ died on the cross, He did it for everyone, but that doesn't mean EVERYONE is going to heaven. You have to BELIEVE IF YOU want heaven and God.
Tell me what you think of verse 3. It sounds like its a sin to be a vegitarian, but maybe I'm taking it literally!
-Michael
TUESDAY, June 15th, 2009
Hey guys, I am going to talk to PL about me doing the videotions as well because typing is just not my thing!
1 Timothy 3
1 This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
This passage talks about what a pastor needs to be in order to BE a pastor. Pastor Lee and Pastor Chip both are fitting the job of a pastor very well! and we all know it! If any pastor misses any of these qualifications by a hair, then they aren't worthy to be pastorial material. One thing that caught my eye was a pastor needs to be a good ruler of his home, because if he is not, then how in the world shall he rule the house of God? Make sense?
Also, a pastor needs to be a male. Why? Because that is the way God intended it to be. He isn't sexist, he isn't favoring male over female, he does it because he is God, and he knows every decicion he makes for us are for our own good.
If you think if it is God's will for you to be a pastor, or anything, make sure it matches up with His word. So, if you are female, and you think it is God's will for you to be a pastor, something isn't right, and just keep waiting on the Lord............
-Michael
1 Timothy 3
1 This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
This passage talks about what a pastor needs to be in order to BE a pastor. Pastor Lee and Pastor Chip both are fitting the job of a pastor very well! and we all know it! If any pastor misses any of these qualifications by a hair, then they aren't worthy to be pastorial material. One thing that caught my eye was a pastor needs to be a good ruler of his home, because if he is not, then how in the world shall he rule the house of God? Make sense?
Also, a pastor needs to be a male. Why? Because that is the way God intended it to be. He isn't sexist, he isn't favoring male over female, he does it because he is God, and he knows every decicion he makes for us are for our own good.
If you think if it is God's will for you to be a pastor, or anything, make sure it matches up with His word. So, if you are female, and you think it is God's will for you to be a pastor, something isn't right, and just keep waiting on the Lord............
-Michael
SATURDAY, June 13th, 2009
1 Timothy 2
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
I have heard this many times in the left behind books, There is only One Mediater between us and God: Jesus Christ. What that means is He is the one who we pray to and He gives the prayers to the Father, not like some do it, confess sins to a priest, who isn't the mediator between man and God.
Also it says that He gave a ransom for ALL! a ransom is when you give something or SOMEONE IN THIS CASE, to trade for something better. In our world, Christ was the ransom given to pay off our sin debt we owe to God, and He became the sin, and punished for our sake, and now, WE ARE FREE!!!!!!
FREEDOM FEELS SO GOOD!!!
-Michael
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
I have heard this many times in the left behind books, There is only One Mediater between us and God: Jesus Christ. What that means is He is the one who we pray to and He gives the prayers to the Father, not like some do it, confess sins to a priest, who isn't the mediator between man and God.
Also it says that He gave a ransom for ALL! a ransom is when you give something or SOMEONE IN THIS CASE, to trade for something better. In our world, Christ was the ransom given to pay off our sin debt we owe to God, and He became the sin, and punished for our sake, and now, WE ARE FREE!!!!!!
FREEDOM FEELS SO GOOD!!!
-Michael
THURSDAY, June 11th, 2009
Hey guys, how is your day been? Hey Pastor Lee, if your reading this, Carl did such a great job last night, it was hard to tell you were gone!
1 Timothy 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Paul caught my eyes when he said here, "...to save sinners, whom I am chief." He tells Timothy (and us) that Christ saves sinners, and he was definetly on God's most wanted list, only next to Satan.
But when Paul got saved, he became one of God's top evangelists in the world's history! See, even the most wicked person you know can still go to heaven with God forever...
....with a price...
-Michael
1 Timothy 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
Paul caught my eyes when he said here, "...to save sinners, whom I am chief." He tells Timothy (and us) that Christ saves sinners, and he was definetly on God's most wanted list, only next to Satan.
But when Paul got saved, he became one of God's top evangelists in the world's history! See, even the most wicked person you know can still go to heaven with God forever...
....with a price...
-Michael
TUESDAY, June 8th, 2009
I was going to post a passage that based on sinning over and over again, but instead I will comment about Victoria's comment.
Sinning over and over again starts out by trying a new sin to see if you like it or not. In that sense, you try a new food to see if you like it. If you like the sin, you want to do it again, and again and so on.... just like when you try a new tasty food, you like it, you want more, and more, and more and so on... chips are a good example of a food you can't just have one of. There are some sins people just don't like, and the same with food, some people just don't like a certain food genre. Pretty much, junk food is JUST LIKE SIN, junk food is harmful to your health, you don't need it, and its pleasurable. JUST LIKE SIN! Now of course, sin is definetly worse than junk food, but they are both easily compatible!
If you need to stop sinning over and over again, try a diet, only one works, and its called Jesus Christ!
-Michael
Sinning over and over again starts out by trying a new sin to see if you like it or not. In that sense, you try a new food to see if you like it. If you like the sin, you want to do it again, and again and so on.... just like when you try a new tasty food, you like it, you want more, and more, and more and so on... chips are a good example of a food you can't just have one of. There are some sins people just don't like, and the same with food, some people just don't like a certain food genre. Pretty much, junk food is JUST LIKE SIN, junk food is harmful to your health, you don't need it, and its pleasurable. JUST LIKE SIN! Now of course, sin is definetly worse than junk food, but they are both easily compatible!
If you need to stop sinning over and over again, try a diet, only one works, and its called Jesus Christ!
-Michael
MONDAY, June 8th, 2009
Hey guys, I have been slacking off some, but now we will get back on track! No videotions today, since PL is in RI, and I haven't learned from him how to do it.
Romans 1:28-32
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
The reason why I brought this section of Romans 1 in was because of what was in there. Look at the list of horrible, discusting, sins that are there. They look bad don't they? Look what other sin is stuck in there. Disobedient to parents.
Usually we get the preception that all of those sins except disobedient to parents are REALLY BAD, like we will go to super hell bad thing, but the truth of the matter is, disobeying your parents is just as bad. Reason why we think disobeying our parents isn't as bad as the others there, is because in our sinful minds, we like to justify whatevdr we do, into thinking its okay. NO, IT IS NOT OKAY!! Why do we disobey them somethimes? They do everything for us! Feed us, buy us clothes, let us live in a house with them, the list goes on baby....
If your parent(s) is in your sight right now, ditch your pride, and tell them your sorry for anything you did against them, and just for the sake of Christ, I am going to call my mom and tell her I'm sorry too!
-Michael
Romans 1:28-32
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
The reason why I brought this section of Romans 1 in was because of what was in there. Look at the list of horrible, discusting, sins that are there. They look bad don't they? Look what other sin is stuck in there. Disobedient to parents.
Usually we get the preception that all of those sins except disobedient to parents are REALLY BAD, like we will go to super hell bad thing, but the truth of the matter is, disobeying your parents is just as bad. Reason why we think disobeying our parents isn't as bad as the others there, is because in our sinful minds, we like to justify whatevdr we do, into thinking its okay. NO, IT IS NOT OKAY!! Why do we disobey them somethimes? They do everything for us! Feed us, buy us clothes, let us live in a house with them, the list goes on baby....
If your parent(s) is in your sight right now, ditch your pride, and tell them your sorry for anything you did against them, and just for the sake of Christ, I am going to call my mom and tell her I'm sorry too!
-Michael
THURSDAY, June 4th, 2009
Romans 12:9-10
9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;
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