The church has lost the Fear of the YHWH. They have turned HIM into some kind of fluffy teddy bear. The church has come to expect a hand holding, coddling god, one which is not seen in the Scriptures.
The church has done what Israel of old has done.
The G-D in the Scriptures is Righteous. This all loving god the church is worshiping is Ishtar and Tammuz.
The church has turned to a false god, and labeled HIM jesus.
Christ in Scripture was not some kind of all loving, sin advocating, idol worshiping anti-Jewish preacher. HE and all the apostles were against sin. All of the apostles taught a true FEAR of the same G-D who destroyed Aaron's sons, because of worshiping YHWH incorrectly. YHWH killed thousands for worshiping idols, and fornicating against HIM. HE is a jealous G-D.
The G-D in the Scriptures is not some watered down, politically correct grandpa we can just jump up and sit in HIS lap. HE demands Respect, Honor and Obedience.
Ever since the 1st Century, when paganism began to heavily infiltrate the church, she has turned from the truth in the Scriptures, preferring to twist Scripture to satisfy the lust in the flesh. She listens to a false spirit, which whispers lies, which can not be validated in Scripture, without twisting the truth by taking Scripture out of context.
Peter and John warned the early Church that the doctrine of Balaam was growing in the Church. Revelation 2:14, "Thou hast them that hold the doctrine of Balaam who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication."
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
To purposely sin, is a slap in Christ's face
We are saved by grace, our salvation is only the first step in our walk with Christ. Once we have excepted HIS gift of life, do we again step back into sin, thus telling HIM how much we think HIS sacrifice as our Passover lamb, is like dung to us?
Once we have tasted of HIS grace, to purposely turn back into that sin HE forgave us of, is a slap in the face to Christ.
HIS grace is HIM not cutting us off, as soon as we slip into sin. HIS grace leads us to repentance when we do slip. HIS grace has been turned into a license to sin, when we refuse to follow what HE gave us as a means to live righteous lives.
When we turn again, and purposely sin, John tells us about those:
1Jn 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1Jn 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1Jn 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
How can we know what is righteousness, without knowing HIS rules for us?
So, what do we do with verses like these? Do we tear them from our Bibles?
1Pe 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
and then in 1st John.
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
We are told to purify ourselves. But how do we purify ourselves, if we don't know HIS rules?
Jn 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
HE gave us the Holy Spirit, which gives us the power to overcome sin.
The LAW is good, when we use it lawfully. It does not save us. Nor does it sanctify us. Instead it points us toward Christ. It shows us what sin is, according to HIM. And when that light is shined upon that sin, HIS blood forgives us, when we repent.
For those who refuse to follow Christ, that same LAW condemns them.
This same LAW condemns those who once tasted of HIS grace, but chose instead to follow the lusts of their flesh.
Once we have tasted of HIS grace, to purposely turn back into that sin HE forgave us of, is a slap in the face to Christ.
HIS grace is HIM not cutting us off, as soon as we slip into sin. HIS grace leads us to repentance when we do slip. HIS grace has been turned into a license to sin, when we refuse to follow what HE gave us as a means to live righteous lives.
When we turn again, and purposely sin, John tells us about those:
1Jn 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1Jn 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1Jn 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
How can we know what is righteousness, without knowing HIS rules for us?
So, what do we do with verses like these? Do we tear them from our Bibles?
1Pe 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
and then in 1st John.
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
We are told to purify ourselves. But how do we purify ourselves, if we don't know HIS rules?
Jn 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
HE gave us the Holy Spirit, which gives us the power to overcome sin.
The LAW is good, when we use it lawfully. It does not save us. Nor does it sanctify us. Instead it points us toward Christ. It shows us what sin is, according to HIM. And when that light is shined upon that sin, HIS blood forgives us, when we repent.
For those who refuse to follow Christ, that same LAW condemns them.
This same LAW condemns those who once tasted of HIS grace, but chose instead to follow the lusts of their flesh.
Returning back into sin, is treating HIS sacrifice as dung
Obeying the LAW will not get me to the Kingdom of Heaven. For Christ became my Passover lamb, that I can ask for forgivness when I slip and sin.
But purposly breaking HIS rules makes Christ's sacrifice of no consequence to me.
For to have tasted of the richness of HIS grace, and then to throw it away in order to satisfy the lust of the flesh, means I held HIS death as dung.
YOUR LAWS are a delight to me, a light upon my feet, so as to light my way. YOU instructed me to stay upon the straight and narrow path, and even provided for me to find my way!
YOUR LAWS are life, for YOU show me how YOU would have me to live a healthy productive life.
But purposly breaking HIS rules makes Christ's sacrifice of no consequence to me.
For to have tasted of the richness of HIS grace, and then to throw it away in order to satisfy the lust of the flesh, means I held HIS death as dung.
YOUR LAWS are a delight to me, a light upon my feet, so as to light my way. YOU instructed me to stay upon the straight and narrow path, and even provided for me to find my way!
YOUR LAWS are life, for YOU show me how YOU would have me to live a healthy productive life.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Paul said the LAW is Holy and good
Our salvation does not depend on the LAW. Rather, because we love YHWH, we will strive to follow how HE wants us to live. The LAW is good, Holy and just.
The LAW is spiritual, we are flesh. We will fall, and slip, but that is why Christ became the sacrifice.
Until we understand why HE died on the cross, we can never fully appreciate what the LAW is. I urge you to study what the Feast of Unleavened Bread was all about. What was required, and why. Study what was required BEFORE the Feast began. See how much HE hates leaven (sin)
Rom 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
All through the Bible, we see a theme, and that is, HE demands obedience. But without understanding the LAW, we will never understand what HE wants us to be obedient to.
The LAW is spiritual, we are flesh. We will fall, and slip, but that is why Christ became the sacrifice.
Until we understand why HE died on the cross, we can never fully appreciate what the LAW is. I urge you to study what the Feast of Unleavened Bread was all about. What was required, and why. Study what was required BEFORE the Feast began. See how much HE hates leaven (sin)
Rom 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
All through the Bible, we see a theme, and that is, HE demands obedience. But without understanding the LAW, we will never understand what HE wants us to be obedient to.
What is Grace?
HIS grace, is not a removal of the LAW, but rather, by HIS grace, we are not snuffed out for disobedience to HIS law.
Look at the son's of Aaron as an example of HIS vengeance for breaking HIS law. They thought to worship HIM their own way, not HIS way.
Lev 10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
Lev 10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Lev 10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
But thanks to Christ, being our Passover lamb, we can seek HIS forgiveness, without having to offer up an innocent animal, but rather we can, by faith, believing HE has forgiven us, when we repent.
Look at the son's of Aaron as an example of HIS vengeance for breaking HIS law. They thought to worship HIM their own way, not HIS way.
Lev 10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
Lev 10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Lev 10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
But thanks to Christ, being our Passover lamb, we can seek HIS forgiveness, without having to offer up an innocent animal, but rather we can, by faith, believing HE has forgiven us, when we repent.
YHWH tells us what is ungodly Titus 2
How are we to know what ungodly is? How are we to know what HE sees as righteous? What is God's idea of Godly?
How do we know what good works are?
Tit 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Tit 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Tit 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Tit 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Tit 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
How are we to know, except by what HE has already provided. We have to remember, these letters were in their inception, letters to the churches, they were not yet made into book form. So we can't say they knew that the answers to these question are answered in the "New" Testament, for at the time Paul wrote this letter, there was not yet, a "New" Testament.
How do we know what good works are?
Tit 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Tit 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Tit 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Tit 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Tit 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
How are we to know, except by what HE has already provided. We have to remember, these letters were in their inception, letters to the churches, they were not yet made into book form. So we can't say they knew that the answers to these question are answered in the "New" Testament, for at the time Paul wrote this letter, there was not yet, a "New" Testament.
Compare EVERY thing with the Word of YHWH
HE gave us the WORD. If we depend on our own thoughts, and we listen to the Holy Spirit, then we need to make sure it is the Holy Spirit we are hearing, and that is only by comparing what we hear, to the Entire Word of God. Not just a verse here, and a verse there. What ever verse we choose to read and follow HAS to be taken in context with all of the Word.
Paul warns Timothy:
1Ti 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;
1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
We also have to understand the Law, in order to understand Scripture:
1Ti 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
1Ti 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
It is by the Word of God, that we understand, WHAT is sanctified BY the word of God.
every creature of God is good to eat? What did God say was good to eat? What is sanctified by the Word of God!! And we find what is sanctified by the Word of God in the Law.
What did God call meats?
1Ti 4:3 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.
It is in the Word! How do we know what the truth is, except we compare it WITH the Word of God.
Paul warns Timothy:
1Ti 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;
1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
We also have to understand the Law, in order to understand Scripture:
1Ti 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
1Ti 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
It is by the Word of God, that we understand, WHAT is sanctified BY the word of God.
every creature of God is good to eat? What did God say was good to eat? What is sanctified by the Word of God!! And we find what is sanctified by the Word of God in the Law.
What did God call meats?
1Ti 4:3 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.
It is in the Word! How do we know what the truth is, except we compare it WITH the Word of God.
Babylon is still deeply entrenched.
So many are still poisoned by Babylon. and refuse to read what God HIMSELF said, but instead, they rather listen to man. Whatever we hear, or read, MUST fit with the ENTIRE Word of God!!
Babylon hates anything Hebrew, and as such, all of her children do too. Babylon gives us a Jesus, totally devoid of HIS Jewishness.
But Christ IS/WAS/and forever will be Jewish, for the Hebrews learned from God, how to be HIS children. So, the Jewish were taught how to be HIS people, they were taught by YHWH how to be Jewish.
They are the natural branches, they are HIS natural children, we Gentiles, are adopted into HIS family, and that only by GRACE.
Rom 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
Rom 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
Rom 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Rom 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Babylon hates anything Hebrew, and as such, all of her children do too. Babylon gives us a Jesus, totally devoid of HIS Jewishness.
But Christ IS/WAS/and forever will be Jewish, for the Hebrews learned from God, how to be HIS children. So, the Jewish were taught how to be HIS people, they were taught by YHWH how to be Jewish.
They are the natural branches, they are HIS natural children, we Gentiles, are adopted into HIS family, and that only by GRACE.
Rom 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
Rom 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
Rom 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Rom 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Gal 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Gal 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
What is Paul saying here. Most of the churches today read this from the flesh. Instead, read it from Paul's perspective. HE knew what happens to those who break God's Law.
Deuteronomy 4:39-40 - Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
He is saying, those who live by the Spirit, will not be under the curse for breaking God's LAW, for, those who live in the Spirit, will not satisfy the flesh.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Live by the Spirit, and place the flesh in subjection.
We see from Paul's writings, he constantly refers to the LAW
Eph 5:1-7 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
But fornication, (LAW)
and all uncleanness, (LAW)
or covetousness, (LAW)
let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, (LAW)
nor unclean person, (LAW)
nor covetous man, (LAW)
who is an idolater (LAW)
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Gal 5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump (Feast of unleavened bread)
Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, (LAW)
fornication, (LAW)
uncleanness, (LAW)
lasciviousness, (LAW)
Gal 5:20 Idolatry, (LAW)
witchcraft, (LAW) hatred,
variance, (LAW) emulations, (LAW)
wrath, (LAW)
strife, (LAW)
seditions, (LAW)
heresies, (LAW)
Gal 5:21 Envyings, (LAW)
murders, (LAW)
drunkenness, (LAW)
revellings, (LAW)
and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past,
**** that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.***
When we Gentiles were grafted in, we DO partake of the same ROOT. When we follow Christ, we follow the same GOD of the Hebrews.
Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
and then we read on
Rom 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
We take on HIS goodness AND SEVERITY!
And then:
**IF** thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
We must remember.. we are adopted children, but the Hebrews were HIS chosen ones. Why would HE treat HIS adopted children differently than the natural ones?
Rom 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Rom 11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
What is Paul saying here. Most of the churches today read this from the flesh. Instead, read it from Paul's perspective. HE knew what happens to those who break God's Law.
Deuteronomy 4:39-40 - Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
He is saying, those who live by the Spirit, will not be under the curse for breaking God's LAW, for, those who live in the Spirit, will not satisfy the flesh.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Live by the Spirit, and place the flesh in subjection.
We see from Paul's writings, he constantly refers to the LAW
Eph 5:1-7 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
But fornication, (LAW)
and all uncleanness, (LAW)
or covetousness, (LAW)
let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, (LAW)
nor unclean person, (LAW)
nor covetous man, (LAW)
who is an idolater (LAW)
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Gal 5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump (Feast of unleavened bread)
Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, (LAW)
fornication, (LAW)
uncleanness, (LAW)
lasciviousness, (LAW)
Gal 5:20 Idolatry, (LAW)
witchcraft, (LAW) hatred,
variance, (LAW) emulations, (LAW)
wrath, (LAW)
strife, (LAW)
seditions, (LAW)
heresies, (LAW)
Gal 5:21 Envyings, (LAW)
murders, (LAW)
drunkenness, (LAW)
revellings, (LAW)
and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past,
**** that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.***
When we Gentiles were grafted in, we DO partake of the same ROOT. When we follow Christ, we follow the same GOD of the Hebrews.
Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
and then we read on
Rom 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
We take on HIS goodness AND SEVERITY!
And then:
**IF** thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
We must remember.. we are adopted children, but the Hebrews were HIS chosen ones. Why would HE treat HIS adopted children differently than the natural ones?
Rom 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Rom 11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Saturday, January 7, 2012
2nd Peter 2: Those who have left Christ
2Pe 2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
2Pe 2:13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
2Pe 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
*2Pe 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; *
2Pe 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
2Pe 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
2Pe 2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
2Pe 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
2Pe 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2Pe 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Peter here, is speaking about those who have at one time known Christ. But because of the lusts of their flesh, have gone after the world once again.
2Pe 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
(1) they were clean (2) they were washed (3) they had a knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jeus Christ (4) they knew the way of righteousness (5) they had left off the sins of the world and like a dog they went back to their own vomit (6) like a pig that was washed they went back to wallowing in the mud
2Pe 2:13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
2Pe 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
*2Pe 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; *
2Pe 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
2Pe 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
2Pe 2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
2Pe 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
2Pe 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2Pe 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Peter here, is speaking about those who have at one time known Christ. But because of the lusts of their flesh, have gone after the world once again.
2Pe 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
(1) they were clean (2) they were washed (3) they had a knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jeus Christ (4) they knew the way of righteousness (5) they had left off the sins of the world and like a dog they went back to their own vomit (6) like a pig that was washed they went back to wallowing in the mud
What do you defend? "I AM" or Babylon
I find it sad, how those who call themselves by the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, will vehemently defend days and holy days which celebrate other gods, but will refuse to honor a day which HE established from the beginning of time.
HE warns us, not to learn the ways of the heathens, nor to worship their gods, but I guess it is more important to honor traditions, for some, than it is to be obedient to what God tells us to do.
Exo 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Joh 18:5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
Joh 18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Christ, in that one sentence, calls HIMSELF the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
So, we also know HE created the world.
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
So, when I AM finished creating the world in 6 days, HE (Christ) rested, and called the day holy.
This same I AM spoke verbally with the children of Israel at Mt. Sinai. (Ex. 20)
This same I AM gives us the 10 Commandments.
Some say that the 10 Commandments were nailed to the cross, but refuse to read what that verse says, they choose to remain blinded by the same traditions which were nailed to the cross.
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Notice what was nailed...
the handwriting of ordinances
Christ never once came against the law, nor against keeping Sabbath..
What HE came up against were the traditions of man
And Paul too never spoke ill of the commandments, but rather against those same traditions, but he did write about those who were forcing the gentiles to be circumcised. But then he explains why...
Those who become a follower of Christ, are circumcised of the heart.
The Sabbath is to be a day of remembrance for the time we were in slavery to sin.
Deu 5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
The Sabbaths were to be a sign between us and God, so we would remember that HE alone is our God
Exo 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Exo 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
HE warns us, not to learn the ways of the heathens, nor to worship their gods, but I guess it is more important to honor traditions, for some, than it is to be obedient to what God tells us to do.
Exo 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Joh 18:5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
Joh 18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Christ, in that one sentence, calls HIMSELF the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
So, we also know HE created the world.
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
So, when I AM finished creating the world in 6 days, HE (Christ) rested, and called the day holy.
This same I AM spoke verbally with the children of Israel at Mt. Sinai. (Ex. 20)
This same I AM gives us the 10 Commandments.
Some say that the 10 Commandments were nailed to the cross, but refuse to read what that verse says, they choose to remain blinded by the same traditions which were nailed to the cross.
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Notice what was nailed...
the handwriting of ordinances
Christ never once came against the law, nor against keeping Sabbath..
What HE came up against were the traditions of man
And Paul too never spoke ill of the commandments, but rather against those same traditions, but he did write about those who were forcing the gentiles to be circumcised. But then he explains why...
Those who become a follower of Christ, are circumcised of the heart.
The Sabbath is to be a day of remembrance for the time we were in slavery to sin.
Deu 5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
The Sabbaths were to be a sign between us and God, so we would remember that HE alone is our God
Exo 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Exo 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
When was Christ Crucified
Here is something to think and pray upon.
When Christ was crucified, it was on Passover, just before the Day of Unleavened Bread, which was a separate Sabbath, than the seventh day.
Christ was arrested and found to be without spot or blemish. They tried to make up lies, but were unsuccessful. Even Pilot could find no wrong in HIM.
HE was then sentenced to death, beaten and bloodied, was marched out to the Crucifixion. HE was nail to the cross around 9 a.m., hung on the cross for 6 hours, and dead by 3 p.m. For 3 hours afterward, there was darkness upon the land. He was then taken from the cross and buried in the tomb.
Joh_19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
Joh_19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Joh_19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
That night would be the 1st day, the following night the second, and risen the third. Remember, Hebrew days are counted from sundown to sundown, not sun rise to sun rise.
The day he died would have been Wednesday, the day of preparation of the Passover.
The following day would be Passover (Thursday)
They would not have had time that night to prepare the spices and ointments, for the Passover Sabbath would have begun. All day Thursday was a Sabbath (Passover) so, they would have gathered the spices and prepared the ointments on Friday, and then rested the next day, being the 7th day Sabbath.
Luk_23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
HE would have actually risen on Sabbath, but Mary and the other disciples went to an empty tomb on Sunday. Because it was forbidden to enter a tomb on the Sabbath.
Luk_24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
So, what we read about as being the Lord's Day is Sabbath.
When Christ was crucified, it was on Passover, just before the Day of Unleavened Bread, which was a separate Sabbath, than the seventh day.
Christ was arrested and found to be without spot or blemish. They tried to make up lies, but were unsuccessful. Even Pilot could find no wrong in HIM.
HE was then sentenced to death, beaten and bloodied, was marched out to the Crucifixion. HE was nail to the cross around 9 a.m., hung on the cross for 6 hours, and dead by 3 p.m. For 3 hours afterward, there was darkness upon the land. He was then taken from the cross and buried in the tomb.
Joh_19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
Joh_19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Joh_19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
That night would be the 1st day, the following night the second, and risen the third. Remember, Hebrew days are counted from sundown to sundown, not sun rise to sun rise.
The day he died would have been Wednesday, the day of preparation of the Passover.
The following day would be Passover (Thursday)
They would not have had time that night to prepare the spices and ointments, for the Passover Sabbath would have begun. All day Thursday was a Sabbath (Passover) so, they would have gathered the spices and prepared the ointments on Friday, and then rested the next day, being the 7th day Sabbath.
Luk_23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
HE would have actually risen on Sabbath, but Mary and the other disciples went to an empty tomb on Sunday. Because it was forbidden to enter a tomb on the Sabbath.
Luk_24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
So, what we read about as being the Lord's Day is Sabbath.
Will the real Jesus step foreward
The Jesus we see in movies and pictures are non-Hebrew.
But HE was a Torah observant, tallit wearing, Seventh day Sabbath and Bible Feast Keeping, kosher Jew.
All of the disciples were also, as was Paul.
But because of the hatred between Babylon and Jews, we see a totally different Jesus.
This hatred was introduced to the church way back around a century after HIS resurrection. The early "church fathers" were instrumental in the assimilation of of pagan god worship, making it more "consumable" for the Greco-Roman Hellenic culture. They saw the Jewish Christians as nothing more than legalistists. Despising the Jewish Sabbath so much, that they changed the day of worship to sunday, and changed the day of HIS resurrection to one which coincided with Ishtar (Easter). Hating every one of the Feasts and Sabbaths. Changing the birth of Christ to December.
Introducing ideas into the Church, which have no Biblical backing. And then killing anyone who did not subscribe to their version of Christ.
I think the biggest reason for misunderstanding the Bible, and Christ, is we read the word from the view of a non-Hebrew eye. Everything we know is from that of a pagan god worshiping, gentile perspective. Almost all of the churches today, can trace their roots back to the Catholic church. Many of their customs and beliefs are still strongly in force today in the protestant denominations. We still a worship from pagan infiltrated form of religion. Babylon is strongly entrenched in the Church today.
Our understanding of Paul, being taught today, is from a perspective of those early founders after the first century, who hated anything Jewish. They did everything possible to demonize anything that looked Jewish. But if we read the Word from the eyes of Hebrew, we see a totally different Gospel. We see that Paul was a firm believer in the Torah, and worshiped on Sabbath. He taught on the Sabbath, and lived the life of a Hebrew. But we are taught that he must have hated the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob after finding Christ, because the church today refuses to see Christ as Jewish. We also see that those who followed Christ, from the Gentiles, also worshiped on the Sabbath.
We are told that the believers worshiped on the first day of the week, because Paul told them to bring their gifts on that day, AGAIN... they are not seeing this from the Hebrew's eye, for on the Sabbath, they were not to be carrying anything, it was a day of rest. A day of Worship, A day of being thankful for no longer being a slave to sin (Egypt)
1Co 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
1Co 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
But HE was a Torah observant, tallit wearing, Seventh day Sabbath and Bible Feast Keeping, kosher Jew.
All of the disciples were also, as was Paul.
But because of the hatred between Babylon and Jews, we see a totally different Jesus.
This hatred was introduced to the church way back around a century after HIS resurrection. The early "church fathers" were instrumental in the assimilation of of pagan god worship, making it more "consumable" for the Greco-Roman Hellenic culture. They saw the Jewish Christians as nothing more than legalistists. Despising the Jewish Sabbath so much, that they changed the day of worship to sunday, and changed the day of HIS resurrection to one which coincided with Ishtar (Easter). Hating every one of the Feasts and Sabbaths. Changing the birth of Christ to December.
Introducing ideas into the Church, which have no Biblical backing. And then killing anyone who did not subscribe to their version of Christ.
I think the biggest reason for misunderstanding the Bible, and Christ, is we read the word from the view of a non-Hebrew eye. Everything we know is from that of a pagan god worshiping, gentile perspective. Almost all of the churches today, can trace their roots back to the Catholic church. Many of their customs and beliefs are still strongly in force today in the protestant denominations. We still a worship from pagan infiltrated form of religion. Babylon is strongly entrenched in the Church today.
Our understanding of Paul, being taught today, is from a perspective of those early founders after the first century, who hated anything Jewish. They did everything possible to demonize anything that looked Jewish. But if we read the Word from the eyes of Hebrew, we see a totally different Gospel. We see that Paul was a firm believer in the Torah, and worshiped on Sabbath. He taught on the Sabbath, and lived the life of a Hebrew. But we are taught that he must have hated the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob after finding Christ, because the church today refuses to see Christ as Jewish. We also see that those who followed Christ, from the Gentiles, also worshiped on the Sabbath.
We are told that the believers worshiped on the first day of the week, because Paul told them to bring their gifts on that day, AGAIN... they are not seeing this from the Hebrew's eye, for on the Sabbath, they were not to be carrying anything, it was a day of rest. A day of Worship, A day of being thankful for no longer being a slave to sin (Egypt)
1Co 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
1Co 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
A New Covenant
We are given a "New Covenant". But look WHO was given this NEW Covenant.
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
This Covenant is given to the Hebrews.
HE goes on to say:
Jer 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Paul tells us that those in Christ, are Jewish by faith.
Rom 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
So, for us to receive of this New Covenant, we also must accept the old Covenant. For the New Covenant says HE will put HIS laws in our hearts, and write them in our minds. This New Covenant never took the law away, but instead puts them in our hearts.
It is NOT the law that was nailed to the cross, it was the hand written traditions, all those extra do's and don't of the Pharisees.
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
This Covenant is given to the Hebrews.
HE goes on to say:
Jer 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Paul tells us that those in Christ, are Jewish by faith.
Rom 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
So, for us to receive of this New Covenant, we also must accept the old Covenant. For the New Covenant says HE will put HIS laws in our hearts, and write them in our minds. This New Covenant never took the law away, but instead puts them in our hearts.
It is NOT the law that was nailed to the cross, it was the hand written traditions, all those extra do's and don't of the Pharisees.
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Who was the Law given to?
It has been said that the Law what for the Jews only. But the "Jews" were not around until Judah was born.
Abraham new God's Law:
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Adam knew HIS law:
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and *sanctified* it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
And taught his sons:
Gen 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
After Seth's son was born, men began calling upon the LORD:
Gen 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos:** then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.**
Then when the children of Israel left Egypt, they were told the strangers living among them MUST TOO follow the law:
Exo_12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
Exo_20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Abraham new God's Law:
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Adam knew HIS law:
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and *sanctified* it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
And taught his sons:
Gen 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
After Seth's son was born, men began calling upon the LORD:
Gen 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos:** then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.**
Then when the children of Israel left Egypt, they were told the strangers living among them MUST TOO follow the law:
Exo_12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
Exo_20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Rom 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
There are those, who teach righteousness by faith alone, twisting Paul's letters.
Speaking here
Rom 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Rom 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
but when we read further, taking this verse in context, we find:
Rom 4:10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Rom 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Abraham received the promise, being uncircumcised,
Rom 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
So, when we believe, we too are justified by faith, and receive the circumcision, but of the heart. We too are justified before God.
This was a covenant, and God told Abraham, that all male children who were not circumcised would be cut off, for he hath broken HIS covenant.
So this promise came with a price. And even though Abraham was justified by faith, he still had to preform the requirement of this promise.
BUT we can't stop there though, for even though Abraham was found to be justified for believing God about being heir to many nations, PRIOR to being circumcised, we move on years following:
And even though Abraham was made righteous for his faith, prior to the circumcision, God still tempted him.
Gen 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Gen 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Now we know Abraham was made righteous by his faith, but he still had to perform what was required, otherwise, that faith would have been dead.
For HE told Abraham
Gen 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
And Abraham KNEW God's law and commandments:
Gen 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
What was the promise God gave Abraham?
Gen 15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Gen 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Then, as posted above:
Gen 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Why was God going to make his seed to multiply?
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Speaking here
Rom 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Rom 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
but when we read further, taking this verse in context, we find:
Rom 4:10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Rom 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Abraham received the promise, being uncircumcised,
Rom 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
So, when we believe, we too are justified by faith, and receive the circumcision, but of the heart. We too are justified before God.
This was a covenant, and God told Abraham, that all male children who were not circumcised would be cut off, for he hath broken HIS covenant.
So this promise came with a price. And even though Abraham was justified by faith, he still had to preform the requirement of this promise.
BUT we can't stop there though, for even though Abraham was found to be justified for believing God about being heir to many nations, PRIOR to being circumcised, we move on years following:
And even though Abraham was made righteous for his faith, prior to the circumcision, God still tempted him.
Gen 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Gen 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Now we know Abraham was made righteous by his faith, but he still had to perform what was required, otherwise, that faith would have been dead.
For HE told Abraham
Gen 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
And Abraham KNEW God's law and commandments:
Gen 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
What was the promise God gave Abraham?
Gen 15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Gen 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Then, as posted above:
Gen 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Why was God going to make his seed to multiply?
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
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