Mark's Notes

Genesis-Revelation Rap

2011-05-19T13:57:00.001-07:00

Genesis through Revelation/ God's story of His creation/ Genesis through Malachi/ Christ concealed to you and me/ Matthew through Revelation/ Christ revealed for all to see/ Genesis through Deuteronomy/ The Pentateuch written by Moses/ laws, curses and blessings for Israel (God's chosen)/ Joshua through Esther/ Israel's history could not have been summed up better/ Job through Song of Solomon/ Poetry written down by Godly men/ Isaiah through Daniel/ Major Prophets who were God's example/ Hosea through Malachi/ Minor Prophets who God used mightily/ then there were 400 silent years/ to make it clear/ God did not disappear/ Matthew through John/ The history of Jesus Christ God's Chosen Son/ then came Acts/ the story of Christ's church's historical facts/ and the Apostles acts/ Romans through Philemon/ these are Pauline's Epistles showing God's grace through sinful men/ the book of Hebrews/ the author is unknown but it's clear that Jesus Christ is the King of the Jews/ James through Jude/ these are the General Epistles whose authors God greatly used/ the book of Revelation/ God's prophetical book that points to Christ as King of the nations/ Abraham, David and Paul/ men of God whom God spoke through to all/ abraham's descendants were blessed/ David both praised and confessed/ God told Paul His grace is sufficient/ We can learn from all three/ which brings me to the subject of the Trinity/ One God yet three Persons individually/ Father, Holy Spirit, Son/ they work together to accomplish salvation/ The Father blesses and predestines us/ The Holy Spirit is a pledge of our inheritance/ through Christ the Son who adopts us through His will and kind intention/ The Father is not visible/ The Holy Spirit is not mystical/ Jesus Christ is the one who died on the cross in the physical/ He rose from the dead yes it is literal/ Christ gives life to the dead/ for our sins He bled/ glory to God forever the end.

What is Marriage?

2011-05-17T18:44:00.001-07:00

What is marriage? Who has established it? What is involved in marriage? What are the differing views of marriage? What does this mean for us today?

1. Marriage is a union before God and man of one man and one woman for the rest of their lives. Marriage is an everlasting covenant between a man and a woman and is representative of Jesus Christ and His church as Ephesians 5:22-33 explains. Marriage is when the parents of the man and the parents of the woman agree that their child is ready to become eternally bonded to their spouse as Genesis 2:24-25 explains. God established marriage as being between one man and one woman as Jesus Christ repeats in Mark 10:6. In studying the Bible we can know something is important if Jesus Christ repeats something that is clearly discussed in the Old Testament. For example Jesus repeated all the Ten Commandments except for keeping the Sabbath because Jesus is our Sabbath rest. Jesus repeats the Ten Commandments in Matthew 5:21,27; Matthew 15:4 and Mark 7:10; and Matthew 19:19 and Mark 10:19 and Luke 18:20. Jesus also speaks about the reality of Old Testament characters. He said Abel was a real person in Luke 11:51. He said Abraham was real in John 8:56-58. He says Daniel and Isaiah are real in Matthew 24:15. He says Noah and the flood are real in Matthew 24:37-39. So now that you see that the Old Testament is real then when marriage covenants are proclaimed in the Old Testament then we ought to consider them seriously and not be flippant about them. God is a serious God who Created all things and has a reason for His creation.

2. Marriage is established by God. Since the beginning God has an order to His universe. In Genesis 1 we see His order. Verse 1 God is creator of the heavens and the earth. Verse 3 God spoke light into existence. Verse 6 God spoke waters into existence. Verses 20-31 God made all the living creatures including human beings whom God made in His own image. God uses the plural Our in verse 26 saying let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. This is what theologians like to call inner-Trinitarin conversation. God is Triune in meaning 1 God in three Persons, the Father the Son who is Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. This unity is reflected in marriage between a man and a woman. The union of marriage reflects the unity of Christ Jesus and His church. God has existed eternally as Psalm 90:1-4, John 8:38, and Revelation 1:8 explain. Because God is eternal it is logical to conclude that the covenant of marriage is eternal. The relationship between Jesus and His church is eternal because He purchased the souls of the people who are His called out ones from the power of sin and death. Those in the church have life eternal in Jesus Christ.

3. Because marriage is established upon the Lord Jesus Christ the Creator of all things who came to earth to die for the sins of His people sacrifice is required in marriage. Jesus Christ is love not because He says He is which He does but because He proved His love to us by dying for us while we were still in our sin as Romans 5:8 explains. Sacrifices must happen in marriage because Christ requires it of His people. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 is a perfect explanation of sacrifice by the Apostle Paul. Love is patient when wronged. Love will give as much time as possible to the person whom the love is directed toward. Love withholds of its desires to spend more time with the person they love. Love is kind so it seeks to benefit the person it is directed toward. Love does not envy, does not boast and is not proud. Love is not rude, is not self-seeking, and is not easily angered when hurt or wronged. Love does not keep records of wrongs but forgives when wronged. Love does not delight in evil of any kind but rejoices in the truth. Love always protects the weak, always trusts and always hopes and always perseveres. Love never fails. Love is greater than faith and hope because it is eternal. When a marriage is based on God's love as is described in 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 then it will be a successful marriage because the couple will not point out every flaw of their spouse but instead seek to honor Christ in how they live with their spouse.

4. Throughout time there have been people who want to live life their own way not being obedient to to the Word of God. These people disobey the order of God and forsake natural functions in marriage and men began marrying and sleeping with and having sexual intercourse with men and women did the same with women. These people as Romans 1:18-3:20 explain began worshipping the creation rather than the Creator and God gave them over to a depraved mind. I am seeing homosexuality praised by athletes and commentators in ESPN as well as most people in mainstream media. Their reasoning is that they deserve equal rights as heterosexual couples and that they deserve emotional and financial stability that heterosexual couples enjoy. They believe they deserve dignity and respect as a couple the same way heterosexual couples are respected. Some people living in homosexuality call God and His people bigoted for condemning their union with the same sex spouse. They are hurt by how some Christians treat them and I can understand that at times Christians are rude to them and make fun of them for living a homosexual lifestyle.

5. In conclusion as a Christian I believe marriage is as God established it. A man and a woman are to live together and be faithful to each other until their death because this represents Christ and His church. I believe that homosexuality is a sin as Romans 1:18-3:20, 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 1 Timothy 1:10 explain. If people continue to live in this lifestyle I do not believe they will be able to enter heaven because by their lifestyle they disobey and refuse to believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. I also believe that these are people for whom Christ died so we ought to respect them as people and warn them of the danger and eternality of hell for their sins and share with them the saving power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus can save people living this lifestyle because He already has as 1 Corinthians 6:11 explains. Jesus Christ died for us while we were sinners as Romans 5:8 says. John 14:6 and Acts 4:12 explain that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life, the Only Way to the Father and the Only Name under heaven by which man must be saved. Ephesians 2:8-10 explains it is by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ by which we are saved so I pray that the Lord will draw people out of this filthy lifestyle and save them to Himself. Homosexuality is unnatural, bad for the health of the people involved, and scarring on children but as with other sins including murder, lying, cheating, stealing etc it is forgivable by Jesus Christ. Christ died on the cross for our sins and He raised from the dead and ascended into heaven assuring us of our life eternal.

God bless you as you read this,
Mark Cannon

Be diligent to accurately handle God's Word

2010-05-19T19:40:00.001-07:00

2 Timothy 2:
An Unashamed Workman
14Remind them of these things, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers.
15Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.
16But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness
17and their talk will spread like [a]gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
18men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and they upset the faith of some.
19Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness."

Greek Words from 2 Timothy 2:15
spoudazo> do thy diligence;" in the following the RV uses the verb "to give diligence:" 2 Tim. 2:15

paristemi>denotes, when used transitively, "to place beside" (para, "by," histemi, "to set"), "to present," e.g., Luke 2:22; Acts 1:3, "He shewed (Himself);" 9:41; 23:33; Rom. 6:13 (2nd part), RV, "present," AV, "yield;" 2 Tim. 2:15, RV (AV, "shew").

dokimazo> In 1 Thess. 2:4, the Apostle and his fellow-missionaries were "approved of God to be entrusted with the Gospel" (not "allowed," AV). Not permission to preach, but Divine "approval" after Divine testing is intended.

ergates>is translated "workers" in Luke 13:27 ("of iniquity"); 2 Cor. 11:13 ("deceitful"); Phil. 3:2 ("evil"); "work man," Matt. 10:10, AV (RV, "laborer"); "workman," 2 Tim. 2:15

orthos>"rightly" (akin to orthos, "straight, direct"), is translated "plain" in Mark 7:35; in Luke 7:43; 20:21, "rightly;" in Luke 10:28, "right.
"Notes: (1) For "right mind" see MIND, B, No. 5. (2) For the AV, "rightly" in 2 Tim. 2:15, see DIVIDE, A, No. 8.

orthotomeo>lit., "to cut straight" (orthos, "straight," temno, "to cut"), is found in 2 Tim. 2:15, AV, "rightly dividing," RV, "handling aright" (the word of truth); the meaning passed from the idea of cutting or "dividing," to the more general sense of "rightly dealing with a thing." What is intended here is not "dividing" Scripture from Scripture, but teaching Scripture accurately. In the Sept., of directing one's paths

logon> denotes (I) "the expression of thought," not the mere name of an object, (a) as embodying a conception or idea, e.g., Luke 7:7; 1 Cor. 14:9,19; (b) a saying or statement, (1) by God, e.g., John 15:25; Rom. 9:9; 9:28, RV, "word" (AV, "work"); Gal. 5:14; Heb. 4:12; in this respect it is the message from the Lord, delivered with His authority and made effective by His power (cp. Acts 10:36); for other instances relating to the gospel see Acts 13:26; 14:3

alatheia>"truth," is used (a) objectively, signifying "the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter" (Cremer), e.g., Rom. 9:1; 2 Cor. 11:10; especially of Christian doctrine, e.g., Gal. 2:5, where "the truth of the Gospel" denotes the "true" teaching of the Gospel, in contrast to perversions of it; Rom. 1:25, where "the truth of God" may be "the truth concerning God" or "God whose existence is a verity;" but in Rom 15:8 "the truth of God" is indicative of His faithfulness in the fulfillment of His promises as exhibited in Christ; the word has an absolute force in John 14:6; 17:17; 18:37,38; in Eph. 4:21, where the RV, "even as truth is in Jesus," gives the correct rendering, the meaning is not merely ethical "truth," but "truth" in all its fullness and scope, as embodied in Him; He was the perfect expression of the truth; this is virtually equivalent to His statement in John 14:6

John Macarthur's Sermon on 2 Timoth 2:14-19

The Danger of False Teaching
2 Timothy 2:14b-19

Code: 55-9

We return for our study of God's Word to 2 Timothy chapter 2 where we left off. This morning I want to take us through verses 14 to 19, 2 Timothy 2:14 through 19. Let me read it to you.

"Remind them of these things and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words which is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth. But avoid worldly and empty chatter for it will lead to further ungodliness and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus; men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection is already taken place and thus they upset the faith of some. Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands having this seal, the Lord knows those who are His and let everyone who names the name of the Lord abstain from wickedness."

Scripture clearly affirms that God is truth, that God speaks truth and that God cannot lie. Scripture also affirms that Satan is a liar and the father of lies and goes around deceiving people. God reveals Himself as truth and Satan therefore is revealed as the antithesis to God, lies. That particular dichotomy descends from the conflict of God and Satan to pervade every area in the universe. There is conflict between the holy angels and the unholy demons and there is conflict on the earth between the truth and the lies of Satan. The people of God have always been plagued with false doctrine. The invasion of false prophets, false teachers, false apostles, false Christs has been something which the people of God have endured through all the ages of time. Satan attempts to oversow the truth with lies. He attempts to confuse the world so that they cannot perceive the truth of God by drowning them in a sea of deceit. It was Satan's evil intended and clever misrepresentation of truth to Eve that plunged the whole of the human race into sin. We have existed in the morass and the muck of sin ever since, drowning in an ever deepening morass of deceit. A steady stream of false teaching has been cumulative so that it is wider and deeper now than it has ever been in human history. False teaching about God, about Christ, about the Bible, about spiritual reality is pandemic.

And the father of lies is working to destroy the saving sanctifying truth that God has given to us in His Word and in His Son.

The effects of false teaching have been devastating and damning. That is why the Bible calls them damnable, or destructive heresies which lead men to destruction. And I believe that as we get closer to the coming of Christ, these deceptions, lies and falsehoods, misrepresentations will increase.

Now any servant of the Lord then must be aware of false teachers. Any servant of the Lord must be warned about lies.

That is why in Acts 20 the Apostle Paul for three years night and day with tears warned the believers in Ephesus and the leaders in Ephesus of those who would come from among them and from outside of them with lies.

Timothy is a young man in the faith, as you know, in his mid thirties. He has been given the assignment of setting things straight in the church at Ephesus. The church at Ephesus had a wonderful beginning but was the victim of false teaching and false prophets and false apostles and, if you will, false elders and pastors. They had bought into false doctrine and therefore were living an ungodly life style. Paul sets Timothy in that congregation at Ephesus to straighten them out. Writes him two epistles to help him in the process of straightening the church out, to strengthen his hand and to call him to the things that are most needful.

The issue of false teaching is not isolated to the section we're looking at now. In fact in the first epistle of Timothy in chapter 1, chapter 4 and chapter 6 it's a major theme. In 2 Timothy in chapter 1, chapter 3, and chapter 4 it's a major theme as well as here in chapter 2. It then becomes incumbent upon any of us who is a servant of Jesus Christ in the church to be very much aware that we are set for the defense of the truth, that part and parcel of what we exist to do is to save people from drowning in the sea of deceit which Satan propagates.

Part of Paul's challenge then to young Timothy is to get him to hold the truth and then to pass the truth to the next generation, to avoid the insidious and debilitating and damning influence of false teachers and false teaching. And as I said a moment ago, I believe that the stream, the polluted corrupt vile and filthy stream of false teaching is deeper and wider than it's ever been in human history because it's cumulative. There's so much of it today. It's all around us in the cults, in the isms and the false religions and the lying teachers that are abounding in our society and whose teaching abounds because of the media capability of making it more widespread than ever it could have been in any past generation. Denials of the trinity, denials of the deity of Jesus Christ, denials of the inerrancy and authority of Scripture, denials of the salvation by grace alone through faith which God has provided, counterfeit gospels, false ideas of true spirituality, misrepresentations of the character, nature and work of God, misrepresentations of the character, nature and work of Christ, misrepresentations of the character, nature and work of the Holy Spirit abound. There are a myriad of people espousing all kinds of lies in the name of God's truth.

I watched a man who puts himself forth as a preacher of Jesus Christ the other night on television and as far as I could tell almost everything he said was not true and was a misrepresentation of Scripture. The text before us then is not only essential for Timothy to hear, it's essential for me to hear for all who minister in behalf of Christ to hear and for all of you to hear as well.

The text before us in verses 14 to 19 gives us reasons to avoid false teaching, reasons to avoid doctrines of demons. And it demands that they be avoided because of their severe danger.

Paul, you know, has been calling Timothy to be a faithful servant of the Lord in the Ephesian church, to rise above the influence of ungodliness, to rise above the influence of evil teaching, to rise above the influence of evil people, to sacrificially give his life to set that church right. And one of the major issues in setting it right is to make sure your mind is clear on the Word of God, on the truth of God. And to be sure that you avoid and have your people avoid the insidious impact of false teaching.

And so, as we come to this verse there is a transition in our passage, let's look at it together, verse 14. Paul begins this section by saying, "Remind them of these things."

Literally, "Remind of these things." "Them" being added because it just gives us an identification point of who it is that's being reminded. "Them" has reference to the whole of the congregation as well as the faithful men who will teach others also mentioned in verse 2. "Remind them of these things." What things? Well he's looking back with that statement, the things he's just said in verses 1 to 13. Remind them of the responsibility to be teachers who pass things on to others.

Remind them that they are soldiers who are to endure hardness.

Remind them that they are athletes who are to run to win and make the necessary sacrifices to compete at the maximum level. Remind them that they are to be hard working farmers who plant and enjoy the result of the crop. Remind them, he says, that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. Remind them in that sense of the preeminence of the Lord they serve. Remind them of the power of the Word of God which cannot be bound. Remind them of the purpose of the work, verse 10, that those who are the elect may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory. Remind them of the reward which is theirs, indicated in verses 11 through 13, if we endure we'll reign with Him. Remind them, Timothy, of the positive call to duty. Remind them of the preeminence of the Lord they serve. Remind them of the power of the Word and the purpose of the work and the promise of reward.

That's all positive.

If you want to encourage your people, remind them of the nobility of the cause they serve. Remind them of the loftiness of the gospel ministry. That's the positive.

But the transition then takes us to the negative. Look at verse 14 again. "And solemnly command them..." We'll stop at that point. Now we turn a corner. Not just continually reminding, and that's a present tense verb, be continually all the time reminding them of the noble cause which they serve. But further command them, solemnly command them, diamarturomai is an intense verb, solemnly command them.

And what is it that we are to command them? "Command them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words which is useless." Now we get into a negative. Up to now it's all been positive. Now it's going to be negative, there's both sides that are necessary. If I'm going to be a faithful servant of Christ, I want to know the noble cause for which I must give myself and I want to know what to avoid, right? The positive says here's what to do. The negative says here's what not to do. The positive says here's what to immerse yourself in. The negative says here's what to avoid. And from verse 14 to 19 he tells them to avoid false teaching and gives them a handful of reasons why...why.

First of all, because it...follow this...it ruins the hearers, verse 14, "Solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words which is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers."

The first thing you want to realize about false teaching is it ruins those who listen to it. Let me go back for a moment to the word "solemnly charged." Again it has the idea of a constant reminder and a constant command. Constantly reminding them of their positive duty and constantly warning them to stay away from false teaching. The warning is serious because of the use of the verb diamarturomai, it has to do with a solemn command. But it's made even more serious by the next phrase, "Solemnly charge them in...whose presence?...the presence of whom?...of God."

In other words, call them to duty with a sense of the presence of God, that is to say a healthy fear. This is intended to put fear in the heart. That kind of command with the presence of God is also given in chapter 5 verse 21 of 1 Timothy, "I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels to maintain these principles without bias." That, too, is a solemn charge. Chapter 6 verse 13, "I charge you in the presence of God who gives life to all things and of Christ Jesus who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach." Second Timothy chapter 4 verse 1, "I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, preach the Word."

Now those are all very serious commands. Not just commands but solemn commands. Not just solemn commands but solemn commands in the presence of God which is to bring God in as the authority who will judge the one who disobeys the command.

That's the idea. It's intended to put fear in the heart.

I thought a lot about the idea of the presence of God, the presence of the Lord and so I looked up all the Scriptures that refer to it. And I found there were a few of them that had reference to the presence of God as a positive thing, a comforting reality. For example, Psalm 68:8 says, "The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God." Luke 1:19, "The angel answered and said to him, I am Gabriel who stands in the presence of God and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings." Hebrews 9:24, "Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands which are copies of the true but into heaven itself now to appear in the presence of God for us."

In Genesis 27:7, "Bring me game and make savory food for me that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord."

And then that wonderful statement in Judges 18:6, "May the presence of the Lord be with you on your way."

Well there the presence of God, the presence of the Lord is meant to comfort. But the vast majority of references have to do with judgment.

Psalm 68:2, "As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God." Genesis 3:8 tells us that Adam and his wife after sinning hid themselves among the trees of the garden in order that they might not come across the presence of God. In Psalm 97:5, "The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth." In Psalm 114:7, "Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob." In Acts 3 it talks about repenting and being converted and your sins begin blotted out so that the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. In 2 Thessalonians 1:9, "These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His power."

So while there are times when the presence of the Lord is meant to increase our sense of comfort, there are more times when it is meant to increase our sense of accountability. I stand in the presence of God. We are always in the presence of God. We are always in the presence of the Lord but it's that perspective that is a control factor in how we live. When I read the horrible things that I read in the press about these people in the PTL scandal who have behaved the way they have behaved, the thing that shocks me is how they could do that recognizing they live and move in the presence of God and name the name of Jesus Christ. That should strike fear to the core of the heart...fear of disobedience. He reads the heart. He monitors the life of every one of us, this is a solemn charge in the presence of God.

And it carries accountability before the Holy One who keeps the record of everything and judges righteously.

Now this is serious then. And what is it that it says here?

It's amazing, you might think he's was going to name some really, really vile wicked gross evil that we are to command people to withdraw from in the presence of God, but look what he says.

"Solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words." What does he mean by that? Well let me tell you this, whatever it is it must be very very serious, very serious. It seems initially a pretty innocent deal for such a solemn command, doesn't it? But you see, the word here logomachia means to wage a war of words. But it has a larger context which you want to understand. It has to do with the typical characteristic of false teachers who use words to argue against the Word of God.

Paul calls for avoiding the kind of debate and word battle, get this, that pits divine truth against human philosophy and makes the Bible answerable to man. Or the kind of word battle that attacks the simple truth of Scripture with the sophisticated or quasi or supposedly sophisticated philosophy and rationalizing of man.

The point is there's no common ground for such a war of words. You stand on the Word of God, they stand on a demonic Satanically inspired religion, that's not common ground. So you never subject the Bible to a debate with a non‑believer with some supposedly erudite philosopher theologian who rejects its authority. And you never allow people to be exposed to such a thing.

I remember some couple of years ago when Phil Donahue's show kept calling us. They called every day for about two weeks and some days they called three or four times a day. And I remember in frustration we said we're not interested in being on. Finally the secretary said, "I don't think you realize this is the Phil Donahue Show." And personally in my own heart I believe that there are few people if any in America who have done more to spell the demise of morality in this country than Phil Donahue because under the guise of intellectual and open forum he has given a place to every aberration imaginable and allowed them to espouse the jargon and the words that tear down truth. But I wouldn't go on that because that's not a place for me to go. I will not subject the truth of the Word of God to speculative debate and the attack of human reason. Now it's good for people to discuss the Bible, to debate a certain interpretation of a biblical text, to use varying passages of Scripture to discuss the essence of a biblical doctrine, to talk about how to apply the Word of God to life, but what is to be avoided is a word battle that is not centered on the revelation of God but rather places the Word of God alongside human philosophy which is supposed to refine and explain it.

C.S. Lewis in Screwtape Letters, I was reading this week the first letter. It's a marvelous approach and it's one older demon writing a younger demon telling him how to deal with Christians to be effective. The first letter, Screwtape letter, is written to Junior Demon Wormwood and it goes like this, "Your man...that is the Christian you're trying to influence...has been accustomed every since he was a boy to have a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn't think of doctrines as primarily true or false, but as academic or practical. Jargon, not argument, is your best ally in keeping him from the church," end quote.

The demons know that if you can just fill up a person's head with a bunch of terminology, a bunch of words, human reason and philosophy, you can confuse them about the simple truth of God's Word. It's going on in colleges, in seminaries all over this land. And in false religious systems it's being espoused by evangelists and preachers on television who don't speak the truth...the barrage of verbiage coming at the church is absolutely unbelievable. And if you don't think it's had an effect, then ask yourself how the church ever got to the place where it advocates abortion which it does in many quarters? Ask yourself how the church ever got to the place where it accepted theistic evolution and starts to deny the creative work of God in six days as recorded in Genesis. Ask yourself how it is that the church has allowed women preachers, homosexuality, divorce for any reason. Ask how the church has allowed unholy leaders to rise to leadership, demonstrate their unholiness and stay right there where they are. Ask yourselves how it is that husbands no longer head their homes and wives have no commitment to the lives of their children as the priority of their life. Ask yourself how the church has bought into materials, and pride, self‑esteem and the psychology of contemporary human thought. If you don't think the jargon has invaded us, you're not looking very close.

And every false doctrine from other religions have invaded the church so that now we have sort of a hybrid mysticism that we know as a Charismatic movement.

And all these things in the church are the words of men.

People say to me, in fact I was asked last night, "What is binding Satan mean?" I said I don't know it's not in the Bible.

And I was asked last week, "What does it mean to be slain in the Spirit?" I said I have no idea, it's not in the Bible. And I read a book, it said if you're not slain in the Spirit at least three times a week you can't get on with your spiritual life.

Jargon...confusing talk that mitigates against the Word of God.

And there's varying levels of its extreme impact, of course. But whatever it was that was attacking the church in Ephesus was very very serious. And no doubt it was some kind of sort of insipient gnostic philosophical heresy that took a lot of high‑sounding fancy words and undermined the simple teaching of the Apostles.

These things are in the church because the church is willing to listen to the world. And the church is willing to set the Bible alongside the reason of man and let the reason of man pump its jargon into the issue so that the Bible becomes confused in the minds of those who look at it. He says here it's useless, it's of no profit. It has no spiritual benefit. And worse than that it's demonic, 1 Timothy 4:1, it's the doctrines of demons which are spawned by seducing spirits through hypocritical lie speakers.

And what does it do? What is the result of it? Look what he says. "This kind of stuff leads to the ruin of the hearers."

The word "ruin" is catastrophe, that's the Greek word, katastrephe. It means to overturn, subvert, upset or overthrow.

False teaching has the effect that is opposite of edification.

It doesn't build up, it tears down. It doesn't strengthen, it weakens. The tragic effect, beloved, of people who listen to false teaching is it ruins them.

Now what does that mean? What kind of ruin is he talking about? Well, he's talking here about the people who are those who are in those systems that espouse false teaching. And it ruins them. In what sense? That word katastrephe is only used one other time in the New Testament, let's see what it means.

The other time is in 2 Peter 2:6 and it talks about God condemning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to katastrephe by reducing them to ashes. Katastrephe there means total devastation, the total destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was a katastrephe. And he's using the word here in the same sense, totally destroys the hearers. This is talking about damning their eternal souls...total destruction, total holocaust, total devastation. That's why 2 Peter 2:1 calls these destructive heresies that bring swift destruction.

In 2 Peter 3:16 it says, "The untaught and unstable distort the Word of God as they do the rest of the Scriptures to their own destruction." So it's that kind of destruction. It's the ruination of an eternal soul in an eternal hell. And the opposite would be to hear the Word of God and be saved. And so, beloved, we are called to realize that we have to stay away from false teaching because that stuff damns the eternal soul of the people who are under its influence. Tragic...tragic.

There's a second danger, not only does it ruin the hearers but secondly it shames the teachers...it shames the teachers.

Notice verse 15, a very familiar and popular verse to most Christians, maybe you'll get a fresh understanding of it this morning. "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed handling accurately the Word of truth." Literally I could preach on this verse for five months there's so much here. But let me see if I can do it in a few moments.

The key word is "ashamed." Anybody who teaches anything other than that which is accurately reflective of the Word of truth ought to be ashamed, that's the idea. That's the key word.

The dictionary describes shame as the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of having done something dishonorably.

The painful feeling arising from the consciousness of having done something dishonorably...shame. Anyone who propagates any false teaching ought to be ashamed and has reason to face God and be ashamed. This has reference over the shame that we have for the work we have done when it's inspected by God. In other words it's worthy of condemnation, not commendation.

Let me put it simply. Anyone who misrepresents, who misinterprets, who ignores or distracts from God's Word by giving false teaching or confusing people with useless human reason has cause to be ashamed no matter how many degrees you have, or how many PhD.s or how erudite you think you are, if you violate the Word of God or misrepresent its glorious truth, you have every reason to stand before God in shame. And you should feel painfully the consciousness of having done something dishonorably, and that is mishandling God's precious Word. So the issue here is that it shames the one who teaches it. So he says in verse 15, "Be diligent..." That's the first principle.

How do you avoid being a shameful teacher? How do you avoid being ashamed before the Lord? First of all, be diligent. I know the Authorized version says "study" but that's really not the word, the word spoudazo means to give diligence, to give maximum effort, to give persistent zeal, to do your best, to be eager. Simply put it this way, make a maximum effort...make a maximum effort.

You know how you avoid being a shameful teacher? By making a maximum effort. This verse is close to my heart, you know that. And I think being a teacher that is not ashamed starts with making a maximum effort. You have to give your whole life to it. That's why 1 Timothy 5:17 says, "The elder who labors in the Word and doctrine is worthy of double honor." It's a labor.

It's a work to the point of sweat and exhaustion. It demands a maximum effort. It demands a commitment to excellence.

Secondly he says, "Be diligent, or make your maximum effort in order to present yourself to God." Oh, this is a wonderful word...paristemi, it means to stand alongside...para means to be alongside. We talk about parachurch or anything that has to do with something alongside being in that way...parallel.

What is this? This means you want to come alongside God.

You want to be able to stand alongside God. And then this key word, "approved...approved." Boy, what a thought. That means proven to be worthy after testing...proven worthy.

What is the goal of the teacher? To make a maximum effort so that he may someday stand alongside the very holy presence of God unashamed because he has proven himself to be worthy. Boy, what a wonderful, wonderful goal. To be able to take your place, that...that's...that's the marvelous thought...alongside God as a worthy teacher of His truth, approved.

What makes a person an excellent teacher of God's Word?

One, he makes a maximum effort. Two, his goal is not to please men, it is to stand beside God approved. You get your focus beyond men. Paul says to the Galatians, "Am I a man pleaser?

Not at all...not at all." The heart of the Apostle Paul was that he might please God. He did what he did for that purpose and that purpose alone. First Thessalonians 2:4, "Just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak not as pleasing men but God who examines our hearts." That's the issue. The teacher who does stand before the Lord and hears, "Well done, good and faithful servant," is one who made a maximum effort and whose focus of life was that some day he might stand along the side of God, be considered worthy because he was proven trustworthy.

The word "workman" is a marvelous word, ergates, it has in it the idea of energy. And it has to be a worker or a laborer.

The issue here is not a student, even though King James translated it said "study." It's not the picture of a student, it's the picture of a hard worker, of a laborer who is so committed to a maximum effort and so committed to coming before the one who is his master and showing him a work that is worthy, that's the idea, so that he will never be ashamed, never be ashamed.

And the heart of it all is how he handles the word of truth, look at it. "Handling accurately the word of truth." That is such a rich term. We could take time just developing that. But let me give you the idea. The literal Greek is to cut a straight line, orthotomeo, to cut a straight line.

Now what was it used to refer to? Well, many things. Any way to cut a straight line or any means...or rather any operation in which a straight line was needed, this word could fit. It was used, for example, of cutting a straight line with a saw. You wanted to put together a table or a chair or whatever, you wanted to cut a straight line. It was used for making a straight path through the woods as you blazed a trail and you cut it through, or even through a mountainous or rocky area, you cut a straight path. It was used of building a building very frequently. And it could involve cutting a straight edge on a stone so that as you stacked the stones together to make the building they went up level and they fit the plumb line and the cross line that had been laid there so that you could keep on a square edge.

It was used of cutting cloth on a straight line. It was used of cutting hides on a straight line to piece them together, to make a tent if indeed that was what was being made. Any kind of straight line that had to fit together with something else.

Now let me follow that up. Paul was a leather worker. We often say he was a tent maker but the Greek word is leather worker. That is, he used hides and skins and perhaps the woven hair of goats from time to time to make things...tents, perhaps.

And you can imagine that a man who made a tent would have to piece together a lot of hides. For example, if you were making a tent out of hide, there was no one goat big enough to be your tent, obviously. So you got a numerous amount of goat hide and then you just started to cut them and you had to cut each piece right or it wouldn't fit together. It's like making a dress or you ladies know if you don't cut the pieces right the thing won't go together right. It's how you cut the individual pieces that makes the whole thing come together.

And that is exactly what he's saying. And I've said this through the years. If you don't know how to cut the pieces, you can't make the whole thing fit...the point being you can't be a theologian until you've been an exegete. You can't develop your system of theology unless you put the parts together right. And that is to say that everyone must then handle accurately the Word of truth, cutting every part of it straight so that it fits together. And any student of the Bible understands that concept.

And if you don't cut the pieces right, you can't make the whole fit together. Interpreting the Scripture accurately is so very very important. But there's a fast and loose attitude toward Scripture today that just concerns me, and people do it all the time. They just throw around any old interpretation of anything that fits their whim.

I was kind of surprised yesterday to hear, just for example, and I think it was inadvertent but the wife of Presidential candidate Pat Robertson was interviewed about having conceived their child out of wedlock. And Pat had made the statement that in the eyes of God that constituted their marriage, which of course it doesn't in the eyes of God. You need to be reminded of that. You don't want to legitimize that kind of behavior. But his wife was asked about how she felt about all this coming out and so forth. Her answer was this, and I thought it was interesting. She said, "Well, now I understand the meaning of John 8, `And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.'"

Dear friends, do you understand that John 8 has nothing to do with somebody finding out that you had an illegitimate relationship and produced a child before you were married. I mean, what do people...do they think that any Bible verse can just mean anything they want it to mean? Now I don't think in a sense that that's a reflection of a lack of a view of the Scripture. I don't think...I think that she believes the Bible and all of that, but it indicates to me how people play fast and loose. John 8 when it says you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free, Jesus is talking to the Jews about knowing the truth of who He was and how they could be saved and enter into the freedom of salvation...not the freedom of finally having your closet uncovered...and let out some sin that you committed. And again, I don't want to pick on that situation other than to say it was a pretty graphic illustration to me of the way people play around with the Scripture.

You see, 2 Corinthians 2:17 says, "We are not like many peddling the Word of God...or huckstering the Word of God."

Using the Bible for some personal gain, twisting it, turning it to fit our little deal. People take Scripture and twist it around...I was thinking as I was reading the other day about Jessica Hahn who said that posing nude in Playboy had drawn her nearer to God. Did you read that? Unbelievable. James 4, "Draw near to God and He'll draw near to you," what a great truth and what an incredible blasphemous vile desecration of that truth.

But people play fast and loose with Scripture.

And here the Apostle Paul says, "Look, you have a solemn command before a holy God in whose presence you are at all times to avoid any encroachment on Scripture that is useless from those whose teaching ruins the people they teach, and you also must realize that anyone who doesn't handle the Word of truth with great accuracy has reason to stand before God and be...what?...ashamed." That's a serious thing. Better not trifle with God's Word.

Now what is the Word of truth? Well, first of all, it's used several other times in Scripture. In Ephesians 1:13 and James 1:18, it definitely refers to the gospel. It says there the gospel of...in Ephesians 1:13 it says, "The word of truth, the gospel of your salvation." So the word of truth has to do with the gospel. In James 1:18 it says, "He's begotten us with the word of truth," again referring to the gospel by which we're born again. But it goes beyond that because the word of truth is all of God's revelation, John 17:17, Jesus said, "Thy Word is truth." So he's saying handle it all right, the gospel and everything else. When you think about handling the gospel right, you've got to acknowledge, folks, that there is an awful lot of preaching today that doesn't handle the gospel properly. In fact, I've been writing a book for about five years and I want you to pray for me...if you'll just pray for the next 60 days, I can get this book finished. It's on the gospel. Here we are in 1987 having to write a book to clarify the gospel. It's absolutely unbelievable. But there's so much confusion about it.

I read a Master's dissertation over the weekend on what is the gospel...written by a seminary student bringing together all confusing elements of what the gospel really is and how one appropriates it in his or her life. We have to handle the Word accurately so that we don't misrepresent the gospel and wind up with still birth instead of new birth. And then we have to represent all the Word of God, not in a flippant off‑handed way, but in a proper way.

And what does it demand? You remember...you see what it demands, diligence, or excellence. It demands a desire to be approved by God not men. And it demands that you be a workman, a craftsman, that you know your craft, that you have the kind of preparation that allows you to study. We're craftsman who handle the Word of God, we better be.

Avoid false teaching then. He says it ruins the hearers and it shames the teachers. Thirdly, it leads to ungodliness, verse 16, "Avoid worldly and empty chatter, it will lead to further ungodliness...further ungodliness." The "but" there refers to contrast...in contrast to handling carefully God's truth, handle that, but avoid the rest. Don't handle it at all, it is what he's saying. And what is it that we're to avoid? The word means to walk around...walk around it, shun it, keep clear of it, shift yourself to avoid it.

What will you avoid? Chatter, talk, more words, jargon, the dribble of human philosophy, man‑made religion. He calls it worldly, that's profane unholy unsacred, bebelos means common, not set apart. Just the common earthy profane unholy, unsacred talk of men. And then he calls it empty. And that means it has no benefit. It yields no return. But I want you to know something, empty words soon become evil words because empty words are like a vacuum. I have a vacuum in my garage I used to vacuum out the car. Every once in a while it sucks up something that I don't want it to suck up...you know, you're vacuuming your car and up goes your pen and your money and all kinds of things. But that's the way a vacuum is. Whatever gets near the vacuum rushes into the vacuum and empty words become evil words because they suck up sin. Useless talk on useless matters becomes wicked talk. Words not of God are soon unholy words. False teachers claim to be advancing our thinking, expanding our minds, leading us to new truth.

Yeah, they do lead us but look what it says...it says in verse 16, "They lead us to further ungodliness. It will lead us but it will advance us down not up, more and more deeply into ungodliness. They're ungodly and they pull the people who hear them into more and more ungodliness with them. False prophets bring in these destructive heresies, Peter says in 1 Peter 2, and many will follow their sensuality. That's right. Many will follow their sensuality. You get right into the flow of all that garbage and it leads to greater ungodliness. Ungodliness simply means Godlessness, unrighteousness. Ungodly conduct is always the fruit of ungodly doctrine. Ungodly doctrines spread, proliferates ungodly living.

It's incredible to me...we were talking about this some weeks ago. You look at the PTL scandal and the only thing you can ask yourself, at least the only thing I ask myself again and again, is: how in the world can people develop a theology that lets them live like this? But the legacy of false doctrine is ungodly living. And that's exactly what is pervasive. And so, false teachers not only ruin the people who listen, shame...are ashamed when they teach, but they proliferate ungodliness. You see, false teaching can't change the heart. It can't restrain the flesh. It can't produce godliness. It just can produce more and more and more ungodliness.

Fourthly, and in verse 17 he says it spreads like gangrene.

Or it is contagious...it is contagious. It not only ruins the people who listen, shames the people who teach, leads to ungodliness among them but it has the power to spread like gangrene. Look at verse 17, "Their talk will spread like gangrene," it says. Do you know how fast gangrene spreads? Very fast. The Greek word gangraina has to do with a spreading consuming disease, an insidious fast moving disease. Do you realize that gangrene can start with a small pin hole in the human body and engulf the whole body in a few moments of time with its poison, that in curing gangrene people are put into a pressure system to retard the speed of the gangrene in order that a penicillin injection can take effect? That's how fast it goes.

It's like a prairie fire with its malignancy. That's why in Jude 23 it says when you get near anybody in a false system, snatch them like a bran from the burning and watch out that you don't get your garment spotted by that stuff. It's a malignancy, it eats up the neighboring tissue and spreads its corrupting doctrine to infect other people rapidly. It runs rampant.

You see, the people of the world love false teaching as opposed to the truth because it's all a part of the system to which they belong. Do you understand that? I mean, the whole world, as my grandfather used to say, is divided between the saints and the aints. And the saints love the Word of God and the aints love the word of Satan, and the whole system of false religion is the word of Satan. They're the children of the devil. They buy the line of the devil. They operate on the world, the flesh and the devil. So give them a religion that's Satanically inspired, they'll buy into it. It will go like wild fire, like gangrene.

The danger of false teaching, it ruins the people who listen...it shames the people who teach...it increases ungodliness...and it spreads like gangrene. Fifthly, it overturns the faith of some...it overturns the faith of some.

Verse 17, it says, "Among them...these false teachers...are Hymenaeus and Philetus." He names names here. He doesn't pull any punches. Hymenaeus, by the way, was named in 1 Timothy 1:20 as one of the ring leaders, probably one of the false teaching pastors in Ephesus, whom Paul himself put out of the church.

Paul put him out. But apparently when he was put out of the church he set up shop down the street and he was still espousing his lies. And now he got a guy along with him by the name of Philetus and the two of them are communicating this demonic doctrine. And so he names them just so Timothy will know exactly who they are and he can tell the church to avoid them...Hymenaeus and Philetus, men who have gone astray from the truth. They're like those in James 5:19 and 20 who have strayed from the truth.

They are apostates, dear friends, gone astray, deviated from, erred from, missed the mark of the truth. They're like those who having once been enlightened and tasted the heavenly gift and seen the powers of the age to come and partaken of the power of the Holy Spirit have fallen away and it's impossible for them to be renewed to repentance. They have apostatized. Hebrews 6.

They are those in Hebrews 10 who have trodden under foot the blood of the covenant, counted Christ's blood an unholy thing, done despite to the Spirit of grace.

In other words, known the truth, rejected the truth, gone into terrible error, straying from the truth. And what was their particular aberration? It says in verse 17 that Hymenaeus and Philetus have gone astray from the truth, that is the revelation of God, by saying the resurrection has already taken place. Well then what in the world do they mean by that? Probably they had the idea that the resurrection was nothing more than some...some mystical experience that you experienced when you went from...from the unenlightened life to the enlightened life. They were probably buying into some kind of heresy, some kind of philosophical heresy that was pervasive in that time. We really don't know the answer to that. Some think that they bought into the Greek philosophy which said the only after life is that a man should live in his children. In other words, there was only one continuing life and that is the life that continues in a child.

And whatever it was, they had denied the resurrection of the body. They had maybe gotten into philosophical dualism which says the body is something to be discarded and only the spirit lives on. There will be no bodily resurrection at all. We don't know what it was. We don't know whether it was a mystical thing.

Whether it was the philosophical sort of thing that says we live on in our children. Or whether it was the gnostic kind of dualistic view that we'll live on in spirit but not in body. But anyway, they denied the resurrection.

You say, "Is that important?" Yes it's important, 1 Corinthians 15 written seven or eight years before this, Paul says if there's no resurrection then is Christ...what?...not risen? And if Christ is not risen, then we are not risen. And then we are miserable. And there's no resurrection. In other words, you cut the heart out of the gospel. They were denying the gospel with their "resurrection is passed already" view. In denying the resurrection of the believer's body to come, in denying the resurrection which was the hope of every believer, yet in the future they were denying the resurrection of Christ and its implications because he was the firstfruits of our resurrection, they were therefore denying the gospel, they were denying the hope of those who belonged to the Lord. This is a denial of the foundation of the Christian faith...denial of eternal life in a glorified body like Christ. They were denying Christianity at its heart.

So, he says...as a result of it, upset the faith of some.

Now what does he mean by that? Upset means literally to overturn. Well what level of faith was this? Well obviously it was an illegitimate faith. It was a non‑saving faith. These are the unstable souls that Peter talks about in 2 Peter 3:16, the untaught and unstable. Second Peter 2:18, speaking out arrogant words, false teachers, of vanity...they entice by fleshly desires and by sensuality those who barely are barely escaping the ones who live in error. In other words, it pictures the person who is sort of looking for God and wanting to believe and beginning to open up and they get under this kind of lying false stuff and it literally destroys their faith. It's a person with weak faith, one who never really belongs to the Lord but they're sort of...they're sort of moving toward religion, toward some answers in life and they get... Listen, don't you understand how true that is? Don't you know that the false systems of doctrine and the false religions are sitting out there waiting for the people who are feeling the pain and pressure of life and are looking for answers and they're just wanting to suck them in? Those who are initiating some kind of belief system become prey to these false religionists.

But they can't be the real ones because you can't overthrow real faith. We'll see that in the last point in verse 19, look at it. The final thing I want to share with you, number six, is that false teaching is dangerous because it characterizes those who don't belong to the Lord. It has to be avoided because it characterizes the unsaved. And he backs into this issue in a wonderful way...a wonderful way.

Notice verse 19..."Nevertheless..." oh, I love that word, it's emphatic. "In spite of those ruined, in spite of those shamed, in spite of those ungodly, in spite of those corrupted by the gangrene of false doctrine, in spite of those whose immerging belief is upset because they have been trapped in false systems, in spite of that...that's what nevertheless means...in spite of that the firm foundation of God stands." Boy, what a statement...what a statement. I wish I had time to take you through the whole process of discovering what that means. But let me just give you the end of the process.

What is the firm foundation of God? Beloved, it's the church...it's the church. It's the redeemed. And the majority of commentators affirm this. It has to do with the redeemed. We are the true people of God who form the solid immovable foundation that false teachers can't uproot. The false teachers will ruin some, they will shame some, they will lead to ungodliness some, they will corrupt some, they will overturn the faith of some, but not the elect of God. Do you see that? The firm foundation of God stands. We are a building not made with hands. We are the temple of the living God. We are the church which Christ will build and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. We are those who having had a good work begun in us, that work will be performed until the day of Jesus Christ, Philippians 16. We are those who can never be separated from the love of God in Christ. We are those of whom Jesus said, "All that the Father gives to Me will come to Me and I have lost none of them but shall raise them up at the last day," John 6. This is a tremendous truth.

Beloved, all that garbage and all that false teaching can come flying across the scene and it may devastate souls of people. And it may confuse believers from time to time. But the foundation of the church of God in Christ is firm. First John 2 says, "You are strong in the Word and you have overcome the wicked one." God called out a people for salvation, chosen before the world began for eternal glory and that people are intact when eternal glory begins.

And what is the guarantee? Look at this, this is tremendous. Verse 19, "Having this seal." What a thought. What was a seal for? Ownership...ownership, a mark of ownership. As a builder put on a cornerstone, he put his name, this was his building and the purpose for that building. Sphragis is the Greek word, it means ownership. It means that it belongs. It's marked out as the possession of its owner. And so are we. The foundation of God, namely His church, has a stamp, a stamp of ownership, authenticity.

Look at this stamp, two‑fold. First, "The Lord knows those who are His." Did you get that? Now listen carefully. That, dear friends, is sovereign election. The reason the church could never be touched by all the false teachers is because we are His.

He knows who we are, He holds us in His sovereign power. We are His for eternity. We are His forever. He knows who we are by sovereign choice. The first seal we have is we are elect. This is a seal affixed to God's foundation. It guarantees permanence, it makes dissolution impossible. God put the seal on us, this is Mine. He put it on us in eternity. And that settles the matter forever. Oh, what a thought.

"There are some who will come and say, Lord, Lord, and He'll say, Depart from Me, I never...what?...knew you. I don't know you...you workers of iniquity." But they won't disturb the divine foundation, it will stand...it will stand because we are the elect and the Lord knows who we are. And He holds us. God has chosen you, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, from the beginning for salvation. He knows who belong to Him. And all that belong to Him will come to Him and He will lose none of them, John 6.

So, the first aspect of the seal is sovereign election. The second aspect is personal sanctification. Verse 19, and the second seal says, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord abstain from wickedness." To name the name of the Lord means to be identified with Him. If you belong to Him, abstain from wickedness. This is the corollary. Not only are God's people elect but they're called to righteousness. God's election is always an election to holiness. He didn't elect us to be saved, He elected us to be holy. So you have predestining mercy and inevitable duty. We are bought with a price, therefore we glorify God in our body and our spirit, which are God's, 1 Corinthians 6. So it's two‑fold. If we name the name of the Lord, that if we claim to be a believer, we'll abstain from wickedness. It is both an exhortation and an affirmation. The one who names the name of the Lord will not apostatize. He'll not defect. He'll turn away from sin, unrighteousness is the term here. God's election is an election to holiness.

Now these two quotes are interesting because none of...neither of them is exact but they seem to be generally from Numbers chapter 16. You remember the story of Numbers 16? Korah rebelled against God and a lot of people rebelled with him. And God came in terrible judgment against them. The first statement, "The Lord knows them that are His, or those who are His," reminds of the saying in verse 5 of Numbers 16, "The Lord will show who are His." Now that statement was made by Moses to the rebellious friends of Korah. When they gathered against Moses and here was this big rebellion of apostate people, Moses said, "The Lord knows who's His," He knows who belongs to Him.

The second was Moses' command to the people in verse 26, "Depart I pray you from the tents of those wicked men and touch nothing of theirs." So there's that two‑sided thing again. One, God's going to come in judgment but He knows who He'll spare because they belong to Him. And how do we know who they are?

Because they will depart from the tents of wickedness. From the divine side, they're elect. From the human side, they're obedient. The security that we have, listen, false teaching and false teachers and lies and seducing demons and all the rest of that garbage can come across our path but we nevertheless will stand sure if we are part of the foundation of God and those who are elect on the one hand and who manifest that having been elect because we are obedient.

Just as the rebellion under Korah ended in judgment, so will that of the false teachers. So will those in the church, but the elect will be spared because they are elect and because they are holy in life. What a great hope...what a great promise. That's our security. Let's bow together in prayer.

Thank You, Father, for this word to us, so much more in our hearts to say but we accept the fact that You've committed this to us today. Help us to be faithful. Lord God, help us to be faithful, to be diligent, giving the maximum effort in order that we may stand alongside God without shame, worthy because we have handled accurately the Word of truth. O God, help us to give no place to that which ruins and shames and leads to ungodliness and corrupts and overturns and characterizes the ungodly, but help us to be people of the book, people of the truth, people of the Word who are not intimidated by the supposed intellectualism, or mysticism of those around us but who live simply and humbly in submission to this Word and proclaim it fearlessly and boldly for the sake of the One whom it reveals, even our glorious God. This we ask in the name of Christ. Amen.

Before the throne of God above

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Before the throne of God above
I have a strong, a perfect plea
A great High Priest whose name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me
My name is graven on His hands
My name is written on His heart
I know that while in heaven He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart(X's2)

When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end to all my sin
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God the Just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me
To look on Him and pardon me
(Yes Lord, Thank You Lord)

Behold Him there! The risen Lamb
My perfect, spotless righteousness
The great unchangeable I AM
The King of glory and of grace
One with Himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased with His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Savior and my God
With Christ my Savior and my God

One with Himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased with His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Savior and my God
With Christ my Savior and my God
With Christ my Savior and my God

Jesus, thank You

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The mystery of the cross I cannot comprehend
The agonies of Calvary
You the perfect Holy One, crushed Your Son
Who drank the bitter cup reserved for me

Your blood has washed away my sin
Jesus, thank You
The Father’s wrath completely satisfied
Jesus, thank You
Once Your enemy, now seated at Your table
Jesus, thank You

By Your perfect sacrifice I’ve been brought near
Your enemy You’ve made Your friend
Pouring out the riches of Your glorious grace
Your mercy and Your kindness know no end

Lover of my soul
I want to live for You

Oh come, all ye faithful

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Oh come, all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
Come ye, Oh come ye to Bethlehem

Come and behold Him
Born the King of angels

Oh come let us adore Him
Oh come let us adore Him
Oh come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord

Sing choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Sing all ye citizens of the heaven above

Glory to God
Glory in the highest

Oh come let us adore Him
Oh come let us adore Him
Oh come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord

Yea Lord we greet thee
Born this happy morning
Jesus to Thee be all glory given

Word of the Father
Now in flesh appearing

Oh come let us adore Him
Oh come let us adore Him
Oh come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord

From Here on This is an entirely new song that has nothing to do with the Christmas Carol Oh Come All Ye Faithful.

He is Lord (He is Lord)
He is Lord (He is Lord)
He has risen from the Dead
And he is Lord
Every knee shall bow
Every tongue confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord

Come let us adore Jesus Christ the King
He alone is Lord, Jesus Christ is King
All the earth rejoice Jesus Christ the King
Make a joyful noise, Jesus Christ the King

Oh come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord
He alone is Christ the Lord

Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

2010-04-21T10:09:00.001-07:00

Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
By: Charles Wesley

Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer’s praise,
The glories of my god and King,
The triumphs of his grace!

My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad
The honors of your name.

The name of Jesus charms our fears
And bids our sorrows cease,
Sings music in the sinner’s ears,
Brings life and health and peace.

He breaks the power of canceled sin;
He sets the prisoner free.
His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood avails for me.

Look to the Lord, who did atone
For sin, O fallen race.
Look and be saved through faith alone,
Be justified by grace.

See all our sins on Jesus laid;
The Lamb has made us whole.
His soul was once an offering made
For every human soul.

To God all glory, praise, and love
Be now and ever given
By saints below and saints above
The Church in earth and heaven.

Historicity of Jesus Christ

2010-04-21T10:08:00.000-07:00

In 1 Corinthians 15 we see Paul explain the life, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15
The Fact of Christ's Resurrection
1Now (A)I make known to you, brethren, the (B)gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, (C)in which also you stand,

2by which also you are saved, (D)if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, (E)unless you believed in vain.

3For (F)I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died (G)for our sins (H)according to the Scriptures,

4and that He was buried, and that He was (I)raised on the third day (J)according to the Scriptures,

5and that (K)He appeared to (L)Cephas, then (M)to the twelve.

6After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some (N)have fallen asleep;

7then He appeared to (O)James, then to (P)all the apostles;

8and last of all, as to one untimely born, (Q)He appeared to me also.

9For I am (R)the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I (S)persecuted the church of God.

10But by (T)the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I (U)labored even more than all of them, yet (V)not I, but the grace of God with me.

11Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

After reading this there are a few points that we need to consider:

1. Paul lays out the Gospel of Christ

2. There are over 500 eye witnesses of Jesus Christ who resurrected

3. Paul {who used to be Saul a Jewish leader who was at the stoning of Stephen the first Christian who was martyred} was changed after Jesus Christ's glory blinded him on the road to Damascus and he now knows that Jesus is God and he spreads the Gospel of Christ. What amazing life changing power of Christ.

Famous historians who did not necessarily believe that Jesus Christ is God did in fact account for the person of Jesus Christ. Here are some examples of their accounts of Jesus.

Evidence from Cornelius

Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman historian who lived circa 56-120 AD. He is believed to have been born in France or Gaul into a provincial aristocratic family. He became a senator, a consul, and eventually governor of Asia.

Tacitus wrote at least four historic treatises. Around 115 AD, he published Annals in which he explicitly states that Nero prosecuted the Christians in order to draw attention away from himself for Rome's devastating fire of 64 AD. In that context, he mentions Christus who was put to death by Pontius Pilate.

Christus: Annals 15.44.2-8

"Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome..."

Evidence from Josephus

Josephus was a Jewish historian who lived circa 37-100 AD. His Hebrew name was Joseph ben Mattathias, and he received an excellent education in Jerusalem. After leading a failed revolt of the Jewish forces against Rome, Josephus was captured and became a Roman citizen. He served as pensioner of several Flavian emperors and is most widely known by the name he then acquired, Flavius Josephus.

Around 93 AD., Josephus published Jewish Antiquities, a history of the Jews in twenty books. Though not a prominent subject of his writing, John the Baptist, Jesus of Nazareth, and Jesus' brother James are all mentioned in Jewish Antiquities. This represents the earliest historical record of Jesus from someone who was a professional historian.

James, the Brother of Jesus: Antiquities 20.9.1 "So he assembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned..."

Jesus, Wise Man and Teacher: Antiquities 18.3.3 "Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, (if it be lawful to call him a man,) for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. (He was the Christ;) and when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him, (for he appeared to them alive again the third day,) as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him; and the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct to this day."

Evidence from Pliny the Younger

Another important source of evidence about Jesus and early Christianity can be found in the letters of Pliny the Younger to Emperor Trajan. Pliny was the Roman governor of Bithynia in Asia Minor. In one of his letters, dated around A.D. 112, he asks Trajan's advice about the appropriate way to conduct legal proceedings against those accused of being Christians. Pliny says that he needed to consult the emperor about this issue because a great multitude of every age, class, and sex stood accused of Christianity.

At one point in his letter, Pliny relates some of the information he has learned about these Christians:

They were in the habit of meeting on a certain fixed day before it was light, when they sang in alternate verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food--but food of an ordinary and innocent kind.

Evidence from Lucian

Lucian of Samosata was a second century Greek satirist. In one of his works, he wrote of the early Christians as follows:

The Christians . . . worship a man to this day--the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites, and was crucified on that account. . . . [It] was impressed on them by their original lawgiver that they are all brothers, from the moment that they are converted, and deny the gods of Greece, and worship the crucified sage, and live after his laws

Evidence from the Babylonian Talmud

There are only a few clear references to Jesus in the Babylonian Talmud, a collection of Jewish rabbinical writings compiled between approximately A.D. 70-500. Given this time frame, it is naturally supposed that earlier references to Jesus are more likely to be historically reliable than later ones. In the case of the Talmud, the earliest period of compilation occurred between A.D. 70-200. The most significant reference to Jesus from this period states:

On the eve of the Passover Yeshu was hanged. For forty days before the execution took place, a herald . . . cried, "He is going forth to be stoned because he has practiced sorcery and enticed Israel to apostasy."

Author's Background
Mara Bar-Serapion was a Syrian who wrote about Jesus Christ sometime around A.D. 73. He left a legacy manuscript to his son Serapion. The letter is now in the possession of the British Museum.

Reference To Jesus Christ
What benefit did the Athenians obtain by putting Socrates to death? Famine and plague came upon them as judgment for their crime. Or, the people of Samos for burning Pythagoras? In one moment their country was covered with sand. Or the Jews by murdering their wise king?. . . after that their kingdom was abolished. God rightly avenged these men. . . the wise king. . . lived on in the teachings he enacted. - British Museum, Syriac Manuscript, Additional 14,658

Conclusion
This reference reveals several key things:
1) Jesus was regarded as a wise king.
2) Jesus was murdered.
3) Jesus' teachings lived on.

So the most accurate account of Jesus Christ is found in His Word the Bible.

The four Gospels

The four Gospels are the four accounts of Jesus’ life, which are contained in the New Testament part of the Bible. Historians will tell you that the closer an historical document is written to the time of the events it describes, the generally more reliable it is as a source of information about those events. Matthew’s Gospel account of Jesus’ life is now reckoned to have been written sometime between AD 70 and AD 80. Mark’s Gospel is dated between AD. 50 and AD. 65. Luke’s Gospel is dated in the early AD 60s and John’s Gospel sometime between AD 80 and 100. If Jesus died sometime in the AD 30s, it is clear that Mark, Luke and Matthew wrote their Gospels within living memory of Jesus’ death. John’s Gospel comes later and probably outside of living memory for most as John lived to an unusually old age for the ancient period, but the accuracy of his Gospel was verified no doubt by those who read the earlier Gospels.

Another feature of the Gospels is that they were written by men who either knew Jesus personally, or who knew people who themselves knew Jesus personally. Matthew was a former tax collector who became a disciple of Jesus. Mark was a close associate of Simon Peter, who is regarded as being Jesus’ most prominent disciple whilst Jesus was on the earth. Luke was a close associate of Paul who is the most famous of Christian missionaries and who wrote the largest contribution to the New Testament. Paul, in turn, was a close colleague of Simon Peter. John was the former fisherman who became the closest disciple of Jesus. The accounts of such men need to be considered at least seriously!

Info found at these sites

http://www.jesus-institute.org/life-of-jesus-ancient/jesus-tacitus.shtml

http://www.jesuscentral.com/ji/life-of-jesus-ancient/jesus-josephus.php

http://www.sowhataboutjesus.com/existed.php

http://www.neverthirsty.org/pp/historical-secular-quotes-about-jesus/mara-bar-serapion.html

Jesus Christ is our risen LORD and Savior!!

Mark Cannon

Triune Godhead in the Old Testament

2010-04-21T10:07:00.000-07:00

The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

Genesis 1:2
1 Samuel 11:6
Psalm 106:33 ... See More
Ezekiel 3:24
Genesis 6:3
1 Samuel 16:13
Psalm 139:7
Ezekiel 8:3
Exodus 31:3
1 Samuel 16:14
Psalm 143:10
Ezekiel 11:1
Exodus 35:31
1 Samuel 19:20
Isaiah 11:2
Ezekiel 11:5
Numbers 11:17
1 Samuel 19:23
Isaiah 30:1
Ezekiel 11:24
Numbers 11:25
2 Samuel 23:2
Isaiah 32:15
Ezekiel 36:27
Numbers 11:26
1 Kings 18:12
Isaiah 34:16
Ezekiel 37:1
Numbers 11:29
1 Kings 22:24
Isaiah 40:13
Ezekiel 37:14
Numbers 24:2
2 Kings 2:16
Isaiah 42:1
Ezekiel 39:29
Numbers 27:18
1 Chronicles 12:18
Isaiah 44:3
Ezekiel 43:5
Judges 3:10
2 Chronicles 15:1
Isaiah 48:16
Joel 2:28
Judges 6:34
2 Chronicles 18:23
Isaiah 59:21
Joel 2:29
Judges 11:29
2 Chronicles 20:14
Isaiah 61:1
Micah 2:7
Judges 13:25
2 Chronicles 24:20
Isaiah 63:10
Micah 3:8
Judges 14:6
Nehemiah 9:20
Isaiah 63:11
Haggai 2:5
Judges 14:19
Nehemiah 9:30
Isaiah 63:14
Zechariah 4:6
Judges 15:14
Job 33:4
Ezekiel 2:2
Zechariah 7:12
1 Samuel 10:6
Psalm 51:11
Ezekiel 3:12
Zechariah 12:10
1 Samuel 10:10
Psalm 104:30
Ezekiel 3:14
Malachi 2:15

Jesus Christ in the Old Testament

Genesis 49:10
Genesis 28:14
Genesis 21:12
Genesis 17:9
Genesis 12:3
Genesis 3:15
Exodus 12:46
Numbers 9:12
2 Samuel 7:12-16
Isaiah 6:10
Isaiah 7:14
Isaiah 9:5-7
Isaiah 9:6-7
Isaiah 11:1-5
Isaiah 28:16
Isaiah 42:1-4
Isaiah 49:1
Isaiah 49:12
Isaiah 58:6
Isaiah 61:1
Jeremiah 23:5-6
Psalms 2:6
Psalm 69:8
Psalms 72:10-11
Psalms 89:3-4
Psalms 110:4
Psalms 110:1
Psalms 132:11
Deuteronomy 18:15
Deuteronomy 18:18
Daniel 9:24-26
Daniel 9:24-26
Zechariah 11:12-13
Hosea 11:1
Micah 5:1
Haggai 2:7-9
Malachi 3:1
Malachi 4:5
Malachi 3:1

God the Father in the Old Testament

Exodus 4:22
Deuteronomy 1:30-31
Deuteronomy 7:6-8
Deuteronomy 8:5
Deuteronomy 32:6
Isaiah 63:16
Isaiah 64:8
Hosea 11:1

How to be a Light in midst of Darkness

2010-02-04T21:35:00.000-08:00

How to be a light for Christ in midst of darkness? Read and apply 2 Timothy 2:14-16 in light of 2 Timothy 3:16-17, which will then allow me to know about 2 Corinthians 5:20-21. Romans 1:16, John 3:16,John 14:6, which in turn will allow me to live Galatians 5:22-24 and to speak when I have the opportunity or platform to share His truth which is Matthew 28:18-20. Peace!

2 Timothy 2:14-16 (English Standard Version)
A Worker Approved by God
14Remind them of these things, and(A) charge them before God[a](B) not to quarrel about words,(C) which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. 15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,[b] a worker(D) who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 16But(E) avoid(F) irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (English Standard Version)
16(A) All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17that(B) the man of God[a] may be competent,(C) equipped(D) for every good work.

2 Corinthians 5:20-21 (English Standard Version)
20Therefore,(A) we are ambassadors for Christ,(B) God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21(C) For our sake he made him to be sin(D) who knew no sin, so that in him we might become(E) the righteousness of God.

Romans 1:16 (English Standard Version)
The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
16For(A) I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is(B) the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew(C) first and also to(D) the Greek.

John 3:16
For God So Loved the World
16"For(A) God so loved(B) the world,[a](C) that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not(D) perish but have eternal life.

John 14:6
6Jesus said to him, "I am(A) the way, and(B) the truth, and(C) the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Galatians 5:22-24 (English Standard Version)
22But(A) the fruit of the Spirit is(B) love, joy, peace, patience,(C) kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23(D) gentleness,(E) self-control;(F) against such things there is no law. 24And those who belong to Christ Jesus(G) have crucified the flesh with its(H) passions and desires.

Matthew 28:18-20 (English Standard Version)
18And Jesus came and said to them, (A) "All authority(B) in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19(C) Go therefore and(D) make disciples of(E) all nations,(F) baptizing them(G) in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them(H) to observe all that(I) I have commanded you. And behold,(J) I am with you always, to(K) the end of the age."

I pray that we as Christians will be what we are and live as lights in this dark world,

Mark Cannon

Prophecy of Christ's Crucifixion

2010-01-30T14:12:00.000-08:00

Jesus Christ's Crucifixion is prophesied in the Old Testament of the Bible in the book of Psalms as well as the book of Isaiah and I would like to give these Scriptures to you.

Psalm 22: 1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Why are you so far away when I groan for help?
2 Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer.
Every night you hear my voice, but I find no relief.

The Book of Psalms was written 1000 years before Jesus Christ was even born!!!! How about that for accuracy!!! God's Word is true and predictive prophecy is a part that helps us prove it is true.

Now I want to to show you a longer passage found in the book of Isaiah.

Isaiah 52:13-53 (New King James Version)

The Sin-Bearing Servant
13 Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently;
He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His visage was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;
15 So shall He sprinkle[a] many nations.
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him;
For what had not been told them they shall see,
And what they had not heard they shall consider.
Isaiah 53

1 Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they[b] made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul,[c]and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.

This passage shows us the life of a man acquainted with sorrows, beaten, despised, wounded for our sins and rejected. We see this man's atoning death to make many justified in the sight of God the Father. This man is the God/man Jesus Christ who indeed justifies mankind in the sight of God the Father. This was written 700 years before Jesus was born.

The Gospels record seven utterances of Jesus as He hung on the cross.

Matthew 27:46 At about three o’clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,[a] lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”[b]

Luke 23: 34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”[a]
And they divided His garments and cast lots.

Luke 23:43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Luke 23: 46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’”[a] Having said this, He breathed His last.

John 19: 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.

John 19:30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

Two different prophecies about Jesus Christ, 1000, and 700 years before His birth goes to show you the accuracy of God's Word and that it is indeed true.

Praise Jesus Christ,
Mark Cannon

God's Grace

2010-01-29T12:00:00.000-08:00

God's grace means that He gives us what we do not deserve. God's grace is amazing and I want to give you some Scriptures on God's grace.

2 Corinthians 12:7-10
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Here we see Paul was given a thorn in the flesh so that he would see that life is not about him and all about God. This was meant for Paul to exalt God above measure and not himself. Paul wanted God to take it away and pleaded with the Lord 3 times but God said, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” God already chose Paul because of the grace or unmerited favor God had placed upon Paul and when we are weak God's strength is made perfect in us. Paul boasts in his sufferings and afflictions because Christ's power is upon him. Paul is pleased in his infirmities, in his needs, and in his distresses because his true strength comes when he is weak. May we be as Paul and glorify Christ in our times of weakness so that we can allow Him to be our strength.

Ephesians 1:3-10
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both[a] which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

People who are saved by Jesus Christ are given every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. God's grace or unmerited favor is upon His chosen people who are the people whom Jesus Christ has saved from their sins. We have become sons of God because of faith in Jesus Christ. It pleases God to save people from their sins and this praises the glory of this grace God provides. God made us accepted to Himself in Jesus Christ who is the Beloved Son of God the Father. The death of Christ and His blood redeems us and forgives us from our sins and all of this is according to the riches of the grace or unmerited favor of God the Father. God is still gathering people unto Himself according to verse 10.

We must continue as Christians to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ which is the power of God unto salvation first to the Jew and also to the Greek- Romans 1:16.

Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now am found was blind but now I see.

Praise God for His grace,
Mark Cannon

Patriology

2010-01-28T12:15:00.000-08:00

Patriology is from the French [pater] meaning Father, and the Greek [logos] meaning word or discourse. In theological terms it is the discourse or study of the personage of the Father. It encompasses the theological study of His position in the Godhead, the essential attributes which make up what it means to be God, such as election, omniscience, omnipotence, etc., and how He is revealed both in the Old and New Testaments. Here are some verses stating actions of God the Father.

1. God the Father sent Jesus Christ the Son into the world.

That all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. (John 5:23)

"I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish, and which I am doing, testifies that the Father has sent me. (John 5:36)

And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, (John 5:37)

"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. (John 6:44)

Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. (John 6:57)

But if I do judge, my decisions are right, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. (John 8:16)

I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me." (John 8:18)

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me. (John 8:42)

what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, `I am God's Son'? (John 10:36)

2. God the Father empowers the Son.

Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. (John 5:19)

If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Peter 4:11)

3. God the Father draws people unto Himself.

"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day." (John 6:44)

I pray this study on God the Father has blessed you and we will be able to live our lives to glorify His holy name!

Mark Cannon

Pneumatology

2010-01-28T10:44:00.000-08:00

The Theological term Pneumatology refers to the doctrines concerning the Holy Spirit.

I believe the Holy Spirit is one in essence with God the Father and Jesus Christ although they are distinct in their persons and their work. he Trinity says there is One God in 3 persons the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This study is on the Holy Spirit and here are verses describing the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit;therefore he turned to be their enemy,and himself fought against them.

Here we see that the Holy Spirit can be grieved and once the Holy Spirit is grieved God the Father becomes an enemy of the people who offend Him and fights against them.

John 14:16-17
16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another(A) Helper,[a] to be with you forever, 17even(B) the Spirit of truth,(C) whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and(D) will be in you.

Here we see that the Holy Spirit is sent to us from God the Father by petition of Jesus Christ to the Father on behalf of us. The Holy Spirit is our Helper who will be with us forever. He is the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because they do not see Him nor know Him. The Holy Spirit dwells inside believers in Jesus Christ. He guides Christians in truth, in lifestyle, and in worship to God the Father and Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 13:14
14(A) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and(B) the love of God and(C) the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Here again we see the distinction between Jesus Christ, God the Father and the Holy Spirit. We see that grace comes from our Lord Jesus Christ, love comes from God the Father, and fellowship comes from the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:27
27And(A) he who searches hearts knows what is(B) the mind of the Spirit, because[a] the Spirit(C) intercedes for the saints(D) according to the will of God.

The Holy Spirit searches our hearts and He intercedes for the saints who are Christians.

1 Thessalonians 1:6
6And(A) you became imitators of us(B) and of the Lord, for(C) you received the word in much affliction,(D) with the(E) joy of the Holy Spirit,

Here we see that although Christians will suffer much affliction they can be assured of the fact that there is joy given to them by the Holy Spirit.

I pray this study of the Holy Spirit has helped you and we can fellowship with one accord because of the power of the Holy Spirit.

Mark Cannon

Bibliology

2010-01-27T11:07:00.000-08:00

Bibliology is the study of what the Bible teaches concerning itself (the Greek word biblios means a book, volume, scroll). I pray this study on the Bible in regards of what the Bible teaches about itself will help you understand the Bible more which is the very Word of God which in turn I pray will allow you to grow in your relationship with the God of the Bible. I will present some verses in which the Bible speaks about itself.

2 Timothy 3: ¹⁵ and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
¹⁶ All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Paul wrote to Timothy and said that ever since Timothy's childhood he had known about the Holy Scriptures which is the only book in the world that can make us wise or give us knowledge of salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. The reason that the Scriptures can grant the reader the wisdom or knowledge for salvation is because it is inspired by God and profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness so that the man of God may be complete and thoroughly equipped for every good work. The Greek Word theopneustos means "inspired by God" and comes from the Greek words: (Theos, "God," pneo, "to breathe") so God spoke His Word or breathed His Word and it was written down by 40 + people over a period of 1500 years or more.

I Thessalonians 2:¹³ For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.

The Bible is the truth, word of God, and it effectively works in people who believe it to be truth and believe that God is true. The Greek Word energeo means "to put forth power, be operative, to work" (its usual meaning), is rendered by the verb "to work effectually," or "to be effectual," in the AV of 2 Cor. 1:6; Gal. 2:8; 1 Thess. 2:13; in each case the RV translates it by the simple verb "to work" (past tense, "wrought").

Matthew 5:¹⁸ For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

God's Word will stand strong no matter what happens, whatever God said would come to past in the Bible will come to past at the exact time God has set forth for it to happen.

Galatians 3:¹⁶ Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,”^a]">[a]who is Christ.

The biggest promise to those who believe in the God of Abraham is the Seed of Abraham which is Jesus Christ who is actually the One that Abraham put his faith in. Abraham looked forward to Christ just as we do.

Psalm 119: ⁸⁹ Forever, O LORD,
Your word is settled in heaven.

The Word of God is eternal and settled securely in heaven.

Bibliology
The Doctrine of the Word of God
by Pastor Art Kohl

There are some fascinating points brought up in This work by Pastor Kohl and here they are.

4. Jesus refered to the Old Testament writings as the Scriptures
(Matthew 21:42), The Law (John 10:34), The Prophets (Matthew
5:17), The Psalms (Luke 24:44).

5. Jesus quoted out of the Old Testament seventy-six times from
twelve Old Testament books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Deuteronomy (most), Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Hosea,
Micah, Zechariah, Malachi.

6. Paul called the Old Testament writings: The Scriptures - Romans
15:4; The Oracles of God - Romans 3:2; The Law - 1 Corinthians
14:2.

7. Paul quoted the Old Testament 131 times from seventeen Old
Testament books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, 2
Samuel, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah,
Jeremiah., Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Habakkuk, Malachi

10. A total of 314 verses are used from the Old Testament in the
New Testament. Ninety-two of the 314 refer to Christ.

11. A total of 136 different Old Testament characters are refered to
in the New Testament.

13. Luke refered to the Old Testament four times from three different
books: Exodus, Leviticus, Isaiah.

14. The disciples refered to the Old Testament as the Scriptures
(Luke 24:32).

15. Peter quoted from seven Old Testament books: Genesis,
Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Joel.

16. Peter refered to all of Paul’s writing as Scriptures: 2 Peter 3:16.
Paul wrote fourteen of the twenty-seven New Testament books.
(The word “scriptures” means “holy writ.”)

He brings up many more points on the Scriptures but I just wanted post some of them.

I pray this study of the Bible will bless you and that your able teach the Bible to those you know so that God will be glorified.

Mark Cannon

Christology in the Gospel of Matthew chapters 1-8

2010-01-26T13:04:00.000-08:00

This is the first of a series of a study on Christology or the study of the person and work of Jesus Christ.

In the Gospel of Matthew chapter 1 we see Jesus is the Messiah, a descendant of King David and Abraham. He is sinless and the God/man but His family tree is far from being perfect. Judah married his daughter in law named Tamar and she gave birth to Perez {see Genesis 38}. Salmon married Rahab who was the former prostitute of Jericho {see Joshua 6}. David had an adulterous affair with Bathsheba who was married to Uriah {see 2 Samuel 11}. Though the family tree of Jesus does not have perfect people, God specifically chose these these people to redeem them and use them to play a role in the family lineage of Jesus. In a similar way God can redeem us and use us for a special purpose that God designed specifically for us. In Matthew 1:18-22 we see He is called Jesus the Messiah and He is born of the virgin Mary by the power the Holy Spirit {conceived by the Holy Spirit}. The Lord tells Joseph to name Him Jesus because He will save His people from their sins. {Not could save, not might save, not hopefully will save, but the fact of the matter is Jesus will save His people from their sins. } His birth was prophesied and He would be called Immanuel which means God with us.

Matthew 2 says Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea during the reign of King Herod; wise-men from the East recognized who He was and asked, "Where is the newborn King of the Jews? We have seen His star as it arose and have come to worship Him. The wise-men gave Jesus gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Jesus escaped death because He and His family fled to Egypt. They fled because Herod wanted to kill Jesus. Jesus was then taken to Nazareth fulfilling the prophesy saying He would be a Nazarene.

Matthew 3 says John the Baptist was prophesied as the voice crying in the wilderness making straight the road preparing the pathway for the Lord's coming. John baptized with water but Jesus baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire, Jesus is also the judge of us all and He judges with righteousness. John baptized Jesus. The Holy Spirit then descended upon Jesus like a dove and God the Father said, " This is my beloved Son and I am well pleased with Him."

Matthew 4 shows us that the Holy Spirit lead Jesus to the wilderness where He was tempted by the Devil. Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights and became hungry. The Devil tempted Jesus with food but Jesus responded with Scripture, "People need more than bread for this life, they need to feed on every word of God." Jesus said we need to eat every word of God which means we need to read the Bible which is where we find the words of God. The Devil then tempted Jesus in the supernatural in terms of protection of the angels by telling Jesus to jump off the highest point of the Temple, Jesus responds, " The Scriptures also say, do not test the Lord your God." Here is a claim of divinity of Jesus stating He is the Lord your God to the Devil. Satan then tells Jesus to bow down and worship him but Jesus says, " you must worship the Lord your God, serve only Him. " Through these temptations we see that Satan knows the Scriptures but takes it out of context to try to get Jesus to worship him but Jesus would have none of that and rebuked Satan and said God alone must be worshiped and served. Jesus fulfilled the prophesy in Isaiah 9:1-2 by going to Caparneaum in the region of Zebulum and Naphtali near the Sea of Galilee. From then on Jesus preached, " Turn from your sins and turn to God, because the Kingdom of God is near. Matthew 4:18-22 shows Jesus was a fisher of men and 4 men; Peter, Andrew, James, and John followed Him and became His disciples. Matthew 4:23-25 says Jesus preached the Good News or the Gospel of the Kingdom, healed the sick, diseased, pained, epileptic and even the demon-possessed people and large crowds followed Him wherever He went.

In Matthew 5-7 Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount and topics include:
1. The Beatitudes- 5:2-12
2.Teaching about Salt and Light- 5:13-16
3. Teaching about the Law- 5:17-20
4. Teaching about Anger- 5:21-26
5.Teaching about Adultery- 5:27-30
6. Teaching about Divorce- 5:31-32
7. Teaching about Vows- 5:33-37
8. Teaching about Revenge- 5:38-42
9. Teaching about Love for Enemies- 5:43-48
10. Teaching about Giving to the Needy- 6:1-4
11. Teaching about Prayer and Fasting- 6:5-18
12. Teaching about Money and Possessions- 6:19-34
13. Don't Condemn Others- 7:1-6
14. Effective Prayer- 7:7-11
15. The Golden Rule- 7:12
16. The Narrow Gate- 7:13-14
17. The Tree and its Fruit- 7:15-20
18. True Disciples- 7:21-23
19. Building a Solid Foundation- 7:24-29
Jesus Christ our precious Lord and Savior was also our example for expositional preaching. He preached 19 mini-sermons in one larger sermon known as the Sermon on the Mount.

In Matthew 8 Jesus heals:
1. a man with leprosy- 8:1-4
2. a servant of a Roman Official- 8:5-13
3. many people- 8:14-17
In Matthew 8:18-22 Jesus says there is a cost to becoming a disciple and a follower of Jesus.
In Matthew 8:23-27 Jesus calms the storm.
In Matthew 8:28-34 Jesus heals 2 demon-possessed men.

I pray this Christology study will be beneficial in your personal growth in the relationship you have with Jesus Christ.

Grace, love and peace,
Mark Cannon

The church

2010-01-22T19:13:00.000-08:00

What is the church? Who is the church? The Bible speaks about the church so here are some verses describing what the church is and who the church is. The Greek word ekklesia is (a) to the whole company of the redeemed throughout the present era, the company of which Christ said, "I will build My Church," Matt. 16:18, and which is further described as "the Church which is His Body," Eph. 1:22; 5:23, (b) in the singular number (e.g., Matt. 18:17, RV marg., "congregation"), to a company consisting of professed believers, e.g., Acts 20:28; 1 Cor. 1:2; Gal. 1:13; 1 Thess. 1:1; 2 Thess. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:5, and in the plural, with reference to churches in a district.

Matthew 16:18 (New King James Version)
18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

Jesus said the gates of hell will not prevail against the church. Powerful words from Jesus so we as the church can know that hell cannot tear us apart.

Acts 20:28 (New King James Version)
28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God[a] which He purchased with His own blood.

The church is bought by the very blood of Christ as He died on the cross He drew people to Himself and these people make up the church.

1 Corinthians 1:2 (New King James Version)
2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

The church is called saints because they have been sanctified in Christ Jesus and the church is everyone who calls upon the name of Jesus Christ as Lord.

Galatians 1:13 (New King James Version)
13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

God because of His grace converted Paul to preach the Gospel of Christ which is what he was trying to destroy and the church was not able to be destroyed by the Judaizers.

1 Thessalonians 1
Greeting
1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.[a]

The church is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Christians are the church of Christ and Jesus Christ is the head of the church!!!!

This has been a quick word from the Bible,

Mark Cannon

Let us not compromise

2010-01-18T10:24:00.000-08:00

As we preach the Gospel of Christ let us not compromise or conform to the world. There are some people who believe that in order to reach the world they need to be "cool" or "relevant" so they use filthy language and dress down to suit the culture. Some leaders think that being cool involves playing games with their group of people instead of digging into the Word of God using exposition and an interlinear Bible to gain a clearer understanding of the particular text that is being studied. I do not mean that all games are bad but if that takes the place of studying the Word of God in a group setting then it is not a Bible study!!

Read Colossians 3 to gain a picture of what I mean.

Not Carnality but Christ
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

We are told to put our minds on things above and mainly upon Jesus Christ and not the things of the earth, so instead of focusing on what is "cool" or "relevant" focus upon the life, work, cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We must also put off filthy language, blasphemy idolatry and anger and instead put on the new man because we are a new creation in Christ Jesus.

So as we lead others in Jesus Christ let us all clean up our lives so our witness can be seen by the world and that Christ is glorified.

This has been a quick word from the Bible,

Mark Cannon

Speak Truth

2010-01-14T14:29:00.001-08:00

preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ at all times and it is necessary to use words because faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of Christ and how will people hear if there is no one speaking to them from God's Word?

The Bible says it is the it is God-breathed and God is truth which makes the Bible true.

2 Timothy 3
14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

These verses say that because of the Holy Scriptures, the Bible we have knowledge that makes us wise unto how we can be saved from our sins, which is why Ephesians 2 is so helpful

Ephesians 2
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

With this known how are we able to spread the Gospel? Acts 1:8 shows how the apostles where able to do that very thing and it is applicable to us today as well.

Acts 1:8
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me[a] in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Jesus Christ is God and many verses explain why we need to put our faith in Christ and here are some of them.

John 1
The Eternal Word
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Romans 10
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”[e](that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”[f] 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”[g]

What does God call for us to do now that we know this? Here is the answer:

Matthew 28
19 Go therefore[c] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.[d]

This has been a quick word from the Bible,

Mark Cannon

Blessed be the name of the Lord

2010-01-08T19:30:00.001-08:00

Job 1

1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

4And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

5And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

6Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

7And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

8And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

9Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

12And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

13And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

15And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

16While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

17While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

18While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

19And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

21And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

We see that Job feared God and hated evil. Satan had been searching the earth, walking up and down in it and going back and forth. Satan is the prince of this world so God allows him to tempt people until the day of judgment. Satan had not found a man who feared the Lord like Job did so God said to Satan have you considered Job? Satan asked if Job feared God just because he owned many things, had many servants and had many children. He attacked Job by killing his servants and he killed his children as well.

Job then said
21And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

May we be as Job and know how we came into the world, the fact that God gives us blessings and takes things away from us as well and through all this may we know that the name of the Lord is blessed.

Blessed be the name of the Lord,

Mark Cannon

Be careful little tongue what you say

2010-01-06T18:41:00.001-08:00

Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. Proverbs 10:14

God wants us not to babble on with foolish speech. He wants us to use our words to encourage others, correct falsity, disciple others, uplift others, pray for others, teach others, and love others. God does not want us to use filthy language in our speech. When we are angry we should not go into a profanity laced tirade against people or situations but instead we should pray and stay silent. We will give an account for every idle word we say so I pray that we begin to use our speech to glorify God in what we do whether we are joyful, happy, sad, tired, hurt, or frustrated. Heavenly Father please protect our speech and let us bring glory to you through what we say!! I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God the Father amen!

This has been a quick word from the Bible,

Mark Cannon

God bless yall keep reppin Jesus!!

2010-01-02T22:01:00.001-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9r0hs-8D7Y

New Years Resolution

2009-12-30T22:01:00.001-08:00

I am putting forth my ideas and plans for my new year, I pray I can do this to the glory of God and for it to be able to help you out for ideas as well.

1. I pray I can live out the fruit of the Spirit while at the same time putting to death the passions of my carnal flesh.

Galatians 5
Walking in the Spirit
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,[c] fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders,[d] drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

2. I pray God allows me to enter into deep fellowship with my true family in Jesus Christ

Ephesians 2:19-22
Christ Our Cornerstone
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Galatians 6:2
2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:10
10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Philippians 2:1-2
1 Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2 fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Hebrews 10:24-25
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

3. I pray that I can love God above all and in all I do that I may glorify Him so that it is not me receiving any glory at all but that Jesus Christ is glorified in all I do.

1 John 4:16
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

1 John 4:19
19 We love Him[a] because He first loved us.

Ephesians 3:17-19
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

(Romans 8:38-39
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Thank you all for blessing me with your friendships, fellowship and love, you are truly blessings!!! Happy New Year and glorify Jesus!!!!!!

Mark Cannon

Christian Discipleship

2009-12-23T20:11:00.001-08:00

What is Christian discipleship? It is a building up of a younger Christian who desires to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ and walk according to the teachings in His Word. Discipleship helps both the tutor and disciple for edification, encouragement, accountability, prayer and fellowship in the love of Christ. The Bible talks about discipleship and how we as Christians are commanded by Jesus Christ himself to make disciples.

Acts 2:42 ESV /
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
This verse talks about the importance of fellowship with other believers. Fellowship can include eating a meal together and praying for specific needs that each person has in life.

Luke 9:23 ESV /
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
This verse talks about the importance of each Christians to be willing to die for their faith in Christ to be called His disciple. Not all of us will be killed for the faith, but we may be rejected by people, even fellow Christians. We may be bruised with hurtful words, and even be physically beaten, but we must treasure Jesus Christ above all in order to be called His disciple.

John 15:1-5 ESV/
I Am the True Vine
15:1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
These verses tell us exactly how important Jesus Christ is to us because without Him we can do absolutely nothing!!!!!!!!! If we abide in Him and He and His Word abide in us He will produce the Fruit of the Holy Spirit in us!!!!!

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV /
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Discipleship is impossible if it is not founded upon the Word of God!! The purposes of the Bible are explained in these verses.

Matthew 28:17-20 ESV/
And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Now that we have read Matthew 28:17-20, we are now commanded by Jesus Christ to go and make disciples and to baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit and to teach them to observe all that Jesus commanded the 12 disciples. We can be confident because Jesus Christ is with us until the end of the age.

Go and make disciples for Jesus Christ,
Mark Cannon

Edited version of Eminem's Lose Yourself

2009-11-30T18:56:00.000-08:00

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
To preach to everyone you ever wanted-One moment
Would you speak it or just let it slip?

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy They riot on his evangelism already, God's Word is spreadin he's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop Gospel bombs, but he keeps on forgettin what he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out, he's broken now, but Jesus shows him how to prove himself God's army
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes sin's depravity
Oh, there goes the drug addict, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that
Easy, no
He won't have it , he knows his whole back's to these ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stagnant that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab and go get
This this Bible tract and he
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

You better give yourself in Christ and not lose Him in the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to know
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo
The soul's escaping, through death's hole that it's gaping
This world is Christ's for the taking
Make Him king, as we move toward God's order
A normal life is boring, but Christ's pardon of sins is close to post mortem
It only grows harder, only grows hotter
He goes through life's ebbs and flows without wisdom
Coast to coast shows, he's know as the bankrobber
Lonely roads, God only knows
He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose cause here goes the cold water
His bros don't want him no mo, he's cold product
They moved on to the next average joe who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose it's old partner', but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this stucco filled roof off like 2 dogs caged
I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhyming and stepwritin the next cypher
Best believe somebody's praying like John Piper
All the pain inside amplified by the fact
That I can't get by with my 9 to 5
And I can't provide the right type of life for my family
Cause man, these lamb steaks don't bun like a hot iron
And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder
Trying to feed and water God's seed, plus
Teeter totter caught up between being a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama's screaming on and
Too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony
Has gotten me to the point, like I am a snail
I've got to formulate a plot fore I end up in jail or shot
Salvation is my only God-given option, failure's not
Mom, I love you, but this hate in me got's to go
I cannot grow old in satan's hot spot
So here I go is my shot.
Jesus will fail me not cause He is the only opportunity that I got

God-willing you will give your life to Christ, man

Bible verses on salvation

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First of all we do not deserve to be saved and the Bible is very clear on this point. Read these passages of Scripture to find out what I mean.

a. Exodus 20:1-17

b.Romans 3:23

c. Galatians 5:19-21

d. 1 John 3:4

e. Ezekiel 18:20

f. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

These verses show us that we are dead in sins, and we cannot save ourselves by good works because we have indeed sinned or made a transgression against the law. If we continue in these sins we will not make it into the Kingdom of God.

How then can we be saved? Here are passages in Scripture that show us how to be saved.

. John 3:16

. John 14:6

. John 5:24

. John 6:37

. John 6:40

. John 6:47

. John 20:31

. Acts 16:30-31

. Ephesians 2: 4-9

. Romans 10:13

We are saved by God's grace alone, through faith in Jesus Christ alone!! Once we have called upon the name of Jesus Christ we have been given the Holy Spirit to guide us in life, to walk in His fruit found in Galatians 5:22-24. Chief among them is love which is the first and greatest commandment of Jesus Christ unto us.

Soli Deo Gloria!!!!!!!!

The love of Jesus Christ

2009-11-15T14:09:00.001-08:00

So what does it mean for us to have the love of Jesus Christ with us?

1. First of all in John 1 it says Jesus Christ is our creator.
This shows that He made us, and everything in the world, so His love in one way is shown because He made us for Him and He is the light of the world but we are in darkness and we did not comprehend His love toward us.

2. Secondly if creating us is not enough, He came to the earth in human form and in Luke 2 it says He was born in Bethlehem.
He came and just as John 1 and Luke 2 say He is light and He lived in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend Him.

3. Thirdly Jesus showed the people His love and power by performing miracles in the midst of the people.

a. Jesus healed a paralytic man Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:1-12, Luke 5:18-26.

b. Jesus healed a man with leprosy Matthew 8:1-3, Mark 1:40-42.

c. Jesus fed 5000 men and their families Matthew 14:16-21, Mark 6:35-44, Luke 9:12-17, John 6:5-14

d. Jesus healed a man born with blindness John 9:1-41

4. Fourthly He died upon a cross for us because we have sinned, we have not kept the 10 Commandments in Exodus 20 and we are not holy and because we are not holy we cannot see God. And because we sinned we must die for the soul that sinneth dies. Jesus is our propitiation or sacrifice for our sins which proves that God the Father accepted His sacrifice since He is holy and He never sinned. His sacrifice allows us to live with Him forever in heaven if we put our trust in Him, and repent of our sins so He can forgive us.

a. Jesus was a righteous man who did nothing wrong. Matthew 27:19, 23.
b. Jesus suffered pain and humiliation. Matthew 27:26, 28-30, 39-44, 49.
c. Jesus died on the cross. Matthew 27:35, 50.
d. Jesus was crucified not for doing anything wrong, but for who he claimed to be. Matthew 27:11.

This is what Jesus had happen to Him on the cross
a. Jesus was flogged with a whip. Matthew 27:26.
b. the Romans put a crown of thorns on Jesus' head. Matthew 27:29.
c. the Roman soldiers spit on Jesus. Matthew 27:30.
d. the Roman soldiers hit Jesus on the head with a staff. Matthew 27:30.
e. the Romans nailed Jesus to the cross with nails about this long. John 20:25.
f.The people insulted and made fun of Jesus. Matthew 27:29, 39-44, 49.

Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day and is King of the world the only name under Heaven by which we can be saved John 14:6, John 3:16.

Clearly Jesus Christ loves us, and He wants us to live forever with us. So if you have not put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ and if you have not repented from your sins which means you apologize to God for offending Him because of your sins and you begin to forsake or turn from the past sins you have committed and the lifestyle you previously lived and begin to walk in holiness which God calls us to then you should seriously consider it, and search the Bible to see if it is true. 146,000 people die every day, you could die today, pray for Jesus to cleanse you and make you a new creation in Him so you will be born again and enter the Kingdom of God.

Romans 10:
8But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

17So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

God bless y'all and spread this note around if you want to.
Mark Cannon

My Testimony

2009-11-13T10:11:00.001-08:00

I became a Christian at about age 5,I am a basketball fan, Lakers, UCLA Bruins, all levels of basketball are enjoyable to watch, I enjoy playing it. I also enjoy watching football and baseball. I was baptized at age 16, I am 18 currently and I enjoy reading the Bible and discussing the name of Jesus Christ with friends and enemies of Christ who need to hear the power of God unto salvation fulfilled in the life, atonement of Jesus Christ on the cross, resurrection 3 days later and is King forever and ever amen!! God has guided my life completely, despite myself, my failures, anger, hurt,jealousy, lying and sin. I am a wretch, whom by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ has been saved, and it is not of myself so I cannot boast, and if I do boast it will be only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. He has blessed me with an ability to encourage people, which annoys some people, but God continues to guide my steps and He has allowed me to use facebook to encourage others, and minister to people. I have been accepted to Masters College in LA California which Pastor John Macarthur is the President of the College and Seminary. I pray God continues to grow all who are in Him, in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self- control. If God allows us to cross paths on facebook or in real life, I pray God will allow us to minister to each other. God bless you all and keep representing Jesus Christ. Romans 1:16, John 14:6, John 3:16, Matthew 28:18-20, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and all of the 66 love letter book that God wrote to us!!! I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me.

God bless y'all,
Mark Cannon

Is God provable and does He hear all prayer?

2009-11-08T09:49:00.001-08:00

Does God hear the prayers of all men? Read Isaiah 59:1-2, 1 Peter 3:12, Luke 18:9-14, Proverbs 28:9, Matthew 6:5 for prayers God will not hear, also read Acts 27:35, Hebrews 4:14-16, Philippians 4:6-7, Matthew 6:6-13, for prayers God will hear.

we do not prove the existence of God, He proves His own existence,

Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:... Read More

We however are called to spread His Gospel.

Matthew 28: 18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Genesis 1 and John 1 prove that God is our creator and Jesus is God. John 14:6 and John 3:16 prove that Jesus Christ is the only name under heaven that we can call upon to be saved. We must repent, turn from our sins, ask Jesus Christ to forgive us from our sins, accept His free gift of salvation, walk in holiness and according the fruit of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23, love God and love others for the whole law is fulfilled by law.

We are finite beings created by the infinite God, God is One, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit each are distinct and are united as One because God is One.

Creation screams for a creator, the Bible has prophecies about Jesus being Messiah, about His death, about creation, and about cities that would be destroyed and rebuilt and cities that would be destroyed and not rebuilt.

John 17:17- Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. The Bible is inspired by God

2 Timothy 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Theological Terms

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Apostle- Sent out one, specifically chosen by Christ. There were 2 main categories and as many as 5. Those who were with Jesus from the time of John the Baptizer and witnessed his resurrection. (Acts 1:21-26) Another were seeing the risen Christ as in the case of Paul and others who were sent out as church missionaries.

Doctrine- The teachings of scripture 1 Tim.4:13-16 2 Tim.3:16 (fundamentals, practices of )

Effacacious- Gods sovereign work to effectively call people to salvation through the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

Glorification- to become like Jesus at either the rapture of the Church, or at preceding resurrections. (to become immortal and incorruptible in a permanent state)Rom.8:17; Phil.3:20-21; 1 Cor.15:42-44,49-54

The Gospel-means good news referring to the message of reconciliation to God for those who are sinners. Rom.10 1 Cor.15:1-4

Grace- The undeserved favor bestowed upon sinners, a gift from God giving us Christ’s riches which we do not deserve nor can earn. Eph.2:8-10

Hypostatic union- The dual nature of Christ being both 100%God and 100% man dwelling together as one person. Jn.1:14,18 Phil.2:6-8, Isa.9:6 Heb.4, Col.2:9

Incarnation-God becoming flesh the eternal Son who is God (the word) becoming the son of man through the virgin conception. Mt.1:21-23;Isa.7:14

Impute- To place on ones account Christ's righteousness in exchange for our sin.

Justice- Getting what you deserve from Gods hands, a righteous perfect judgement, rewards and punishments. 2Cor.5:10; Rev.20:11-12

Justification- a legal declaration giving one right standing before God pronouncing a sinner righteous because of Christ's merit,(not making them righteous)Ro.5:1,18 Isa.53:11 Rom.4:5

Mercy-Is withheld punishment for judgement,Gods mercy provides the need for sinful man in Jesus sacrifice.

Providence- God working all things to the purpose of his will Isa.40:28; Ps.139:13; Rom.8:28

Salvation-To believe the Gospel by faith and be born a new by a spiritual birth Jn.3:5-8; Eph.1:13,3:17 ; Rom.8:2; Eph.2:8-10

Sanctification- ( to be set apart) holy-Anything set apart for Gods use can be sanctified Days.Gen.2:3, places and things. The progressive work of the holy Spirit in a (saints)believers life conforming them to the image of the son . 2 Thess.2:13 Phil.2:13 . sanctify is used in numerous forms in the O.T. 106 times and 31 times in the N.T.. Holy is used 12 times in the N.T of believers. The word saint is used of Israel 50 times and 62 times of believers. Everyone who experiences the new birth is a saint . The father, the Son and the holy Spirit are involved in the sanctification process. The Father 1 Thess.5:23 the Son Eph.5:26, Heb.2:11;9:12.The Spirit Rom.15:16 2 Thess.10:36

Check youself!

2009-11-01T10:31:00.000-08:00

THUS speaketh Christ our Lord to us, "You call me Master, and obey me not; You call me light, and see me not; You call me the Way, and walk me not; You call me life, and live me not; You call me wise, and follow me not; You call me fair, and love me not; You call me rich and ask me not; You call me eternal, and seek me not; If I condemn you; blame me not. May we obey, see, walk, live, love, ask, and seek Jesus Christ

MC Bondservant

2009-10-28T19:19:00.001-07:00

Hey yo, I'm about to flow,
this is not for me and it is not a show,
there is a name I want you all to know,
Jesus Christ is the real deal yo!!!

He came to earth to cleanse us of sin,
without Him we die, but with Him we win,
eternally we will glorify Him with like-minded kin,
God knocks on your churches door, will you open?

John 14:6 says only through Him we have life,
Romans 6:23 says we die in our sin and strife,
Ephesians 5:25-27 says the church is His wife,
Philippians 3:20-21 says heaven is our home in the afterlife.

Rappin is fun, you should try it,
words with a beat and then you rhymin it,
make a vid of it to show you stylin on it,
Jesus Christ is God now we gotta be livin like it.

Biblical uses and definitions of terms

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Grace- "unmerited favor" from God
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone boast." (Ephesians 2:8)

"And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work." (Romans 11:6)

"For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men ..." (Titus 2:11)
"But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 5:20)

Faith- Hebrews 11:1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hope- Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory. (1 Peter 1:3-8)

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
(1 John 3:2, 3)

Mercy- "gratitude" or "steadfast love."
Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Bible verses on love!!

2009-10-27T14:51:00.001-07:00

We all feel anxiety and pain in life, we struggle daily but I believe we need to understand what God tells us to do in terms of loving others. I pray love may abound in the lives of Christians.

The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."
Mark 12:31

Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Luke 6:31

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without
expecting to get anything back.Then your reward will be great, and you
will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Luke 6:35

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
John 8:34

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 8:13

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Romans 12:9

Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Romans 13:10

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away
1 Corinthians 13:4-8

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
Ephesians 4:2

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:7

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
1 John 4:18

We love because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Ephesians 5:25

However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Ephesians 5:33

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3:14

Jesus is Lord!!!

2009-10-22T15:31:00.001-07:00

Here are some verses proclaiming Jesus Christ is Lord!!!!!!!

(Philippians 2:9-11 KJV)
(9) Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: (10) That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of {things} in heaven, and {things} in earth, and {things} under the earth; (11) And {that} very tongue should confess that Jesus Christ {is} Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

(Romans 10:9 KJV)
(9) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

(Luke 6:46 KJV)
(46) And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

(Romans 6:13-16 KJV)
(13) Neither yield ye your members {as} instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members {as} instruments of righteousness unto God. (14) For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. (15) What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. (16) Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

(Romans 12:1-2 KJV)
(1) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, {which is} your reasonable service. (2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what {is} that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

(1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV)
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost {which is} in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? (20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

(Acts 2:36 KJV)
(36) Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

(Romans 14:8 KJV)
(8) For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

(Psalms 68:19 KJV)
(19) Blessed {be} the Lord, {who} daily loadeth us {with benefits, even} the God of our salvation. Selah.

(Psalms 73:28 KJV)
(28) But {it is} good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.

(Psalms 86:5 KJV)
(5) For thou, Lord, {art} good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

(Isaiah 50:7 KJV)
(7) For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

(Mark 12:30 KJV)
(30) And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this {is} the first commandment.

(Acts 2:25 KJV)
(25) For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

God bless y'all Jesus is Lord!!!!

Tim Tebow interview

2009-10-22T15:30:00.002-07:00

Kenny Mayne needs Jesus Christ and he interviewed Tim Tebow about his faith in Jesus Christ.

When Sam Jackson made a "What Would Jesus Twitter" joke about you at the ESPYs, there were groans in the crowd. But when they cut to you, you thought it was funny. Right?

Tebow- I can see why people could get offended, but I didn't. My faith's out there.

Mayne- I wonder what Jesus actually would tweet?

Tebow- "Believe in me."

Mayne- He'd have a lot of characters to burn still, but at least the content is powerful.

Tebow- Absolutely. But He already tweeted enough. We just have to look at it.

Mayne- Do you believe God controls every detail? Or did He set things up perfectly and give the world a spin, and now we're on our own?

Tebow- The way I figure is if nothing bad ever happened, there wouldn't be a need for faith. The Bible says we're tested and made stronger through trials and tribulations. But He's here, helping us out.

Mayne- What I mean is that there could be a person in the hospital who is going to die of cancer, and down the hall, someone who is going to beat it. I find it hard to believe that God would say, "All right, you, you get to die. And you, you get to live." Do you think that's true?

Tebow- God has a plan for everything. Some people might say, "Well my plan's not as good as this person's plan." But in God's eyes, it is. Not everybody's called upon to do the same thing or to be here on Earth the same amount of time. It's like the Body of Christ. Not everybody's going to be the eye or the mouth. Somebody has to be the foot. I'm not saying that's anything less. In fact, in God's eyes it's the same. You just have to look at what He called on you to do and do it to the best of your ability. You can't question why, because then you won't have the faith you should.

Mayne- I haven't been to church since having knee surgery. Do you have the authority to absolve me of my sin there?

Tebow- I don't have any authority to do anything with your sin.

Mayne- You once wore John 3:16 on your eyeblack, similar to how Reggie Bush has worn 6-1-9 for his area code. What is the significance of that passage to you?

Tebow- Yeah, I wore that for the national championships. It's the essence of Christianity: "For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." God calls on us to do one thing, and that's believe. People try to complicate it, but it's very simple. That's why I wrote it.

Mayne- What if it had smudged into John 8:15? Could you have quoted that passage?

Tebow- I know a few verses, but not John 8:15. I'd have to have someone write on a new one.

Lecrae- the Bride!!!

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Lyrics to The Bride :
[Hook:]
Yeah she may look gritty
When her man come back she gone look so pretty - She the Church
You might see her acting crazy, be patient with her tho cause she still God's baby - She the Church
Before you dis her get to know her, Jesus got a thing fo her and died just to show her - She the Church
She ain't bricks and buildings
She all of God's people Men women and children

[Verse 1:]
A building of beings being constructed
Christ is the cornerstone, foundation build on another and you's a goner holmes
She' built on em, supported by him, conformed to him, now she's a body of bodies who transform through him
A temple that breathes we are the halls,
We are the floor board or more we are the walls
Manifold wisdom of God no longer a mystery
The church is the pinnacle of our salvific history
One flesh union homie
The Tri-union is glorified through our corporatized communion
Still the present reality is she was born a casualty though she's made alive
She's affected by depravity
Once lived in sin and enslaved by her lust and
Folks catch her slippin and they turn away disgusted
She's a work in progress Christ is the head of her
And He wash her clean with the words that he done said to her
She's already pretty but she's really not dressed and sometimes she look silly but she's far from a mess
Yes, please so don't be dissin cause Jesus done paid grip an
And if you didn't then should caller her Misses. I'm talking bout the church

[Verse 2:]
Her name is ecclesia meaning the the assembly
Bows to (the Trinity) No other Divinity
A body family and community she is all one
But on earth you see her in congregational small ones
A microcosm or a small scale example
But yes it is the church even though it's just a sample
Invisible spiritual
Physical visible
Not a brick temple never that simple
This a not a building
She is not bricks
She's a world changer but ain't bout getting rich
Perpetrating fakes cause a lot of folks to hate
Plus her hands get dirty and her feet get scraped
And sometimes her body parts start acting outa place
Legs tryna be arms
Arms thinking they the face
But she'll never be replaced with a one man band or a small Taliban with no body in command

[Verse 3:]
Some don't get it so they hate
They say she's on a paper chase they say she's really fake
So they go start a ministry so they can do the work
But they don't understand how Jesus feel about His church
And yeah they make disciples
They got plenty conversions
They take care of the widows and the orphans they be workin
But none of them are churchin
No church structure
No elders and no discipline
They don't have a conductor
And they so they don't submit
But quite a few of them baptize
People how I pray that you'd look at this thing from God's eyes
Take responsibility inside the whole council not just the area where you might have a mouthful
Who should people submit to
Who will conduct the discipline
If excommunicated what body will they be missing then
Look at Ephesians 4 where Paul gets practical
1st timothy and Titus if you thinking I'm irrational

Prayer

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The instructions are to pick seven people that You want God to Bless right now. I picked you. Please send this to at least seven people you want to pray for. Do not send to all simultaneously, but to each individually. This prayer is powerful, and prayer is one of the best gifts you can receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards. Let's always pray for one another. Here's the prayer:

Father God, Lord of heaven and earth. Thank You for each and every day You have blessed us. Thank You for Your love and kindness. Thank You for giving us friends and family. But above all, I thank You for Your love and mercy, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and especially those I care for, who are reading this right now. Where there is joy, give them continued joy. Where there is pain, give them Your grace, mercy, HEALING, and peace. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence and faith. Where there is need, fulfill their needs. Bless their homes, families, their comings and goings. Give them The Holy Spirit and give them Wisdom to understand your will. Also protect them from any evil. In the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN .

(If you choose to send this to more than seven people, you are truly blessed to have such friends, it is more blessed to give than to receive. You don't have to send this back to me. Give hoping for nothing in return, and your reward will be great; for you will have treasures in heaven. And you will be sons of the most high, for He is kind to the unthankful and evil).
YOU ARE MY BELOVED, BEAUTIFUL FRIEND. I HOLD YOU CLOSE TO MY HEART, IN FERVENT PRAYER

Bible verses on love!!

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Jesus is God

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Who is above all?
Nehemiah 9:6
6Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Romans 9:5
5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Who is forever the same?
Psalms 102:24-27
24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

Hebrews 1:8-12
8But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

11They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

Who is our light?
Psalms 27:1
1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

John 8:12
12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Who is the way or path?
Psalms 16:11
11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

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

Who is in charge of the angels?
Psalms 103:20
20Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

2 Thessalonians 1:7
7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

Who gives us rest?
Exodus 33:14
14And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

Matthew 11:28
28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Who gives eternal life?
Proverbs 19:23
23The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

John 3:36
36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

We are the bride of whom?
Isaiah 54:5
5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

2 Corinthians 11:2
2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Who tests the heart and mind?
Jeremiah 17:10
10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Revelation 2:23
23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

Who is eternal?
Genesis 21:33
33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

Micah 5:2
2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times. "

Who is Stone of stumbling?
Isaiah 8:13-15
13 The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread,

14 and he will be a sanctuary;
but for both houses of Israel he will be
a stone that causes men to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem he will be
a trap and a snare.

15 Many of them will stumble;
they will fall and be broken,
they will be snared and captured."

1 Peter 2:8
8 and,
"A stone that causes men to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall."[a] They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

Who is Rock of salvation?
2 Samuel 22:32
32 For who is God besides the LORD ?
And who is the Rock except our God?

1 Corinthians 10:4
4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

Who is our Father?
Isaiah 63:16
16 But you are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us
or Israel acknowledge us;
you, O LORD, are our Father,
our Redeemer from of old is your name.

Isaiah 9:6
6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, [a] Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Who is the great "I am?"
Exodus 3:14
14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am . [a] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "

John 8:58
58"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"

Who is omnipresent (present everywhere)?
Proverbs 15:3
3 The eyes of the LORD are everywhere,
keeping watch on the wicked and the good.

2 Corinthians 2:14
14But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.

Who is omniscient (all knowing)?
1 John 3:20
20whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

Colossians 2:2-3
2My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Who is omnipotent (all powerful)?
11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom;
you are exalted as head over all.

Philippians 3:20-21
20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

These are just a few verses in the Bible proving Jesus is God!!!!!!!!

Keep reppin Jesus y'all!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mark Cannon

Slow Down

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I just wanted to slow down today, the last few weeks have been hectic and frustrating at times. I have rushed through things and have not always stopped to thank God for all His many many many blessings He has given to me. I was in an airplane getting home from Georgia after the Deeper Conference about a month ago which was September 11-12. I just paused, which I need to do more often, and I looked out the window at the clouds.
Psalm 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

This is so true, I saw so many shapes in the clouds and they were just so beautiful. Clouds can be all kinds some really giant some connected, some apart, they are just awesome!!!

Job 5:10
"He [God] gives rain on the earth and sends water on the fields..."

Psalm 147:7,8
"Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God on the lyre, who covers the heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains."

Jeremiah 5:24
"Let us now fear the LORD our God, who gives rain in its season, both the autumn rain and the spring rain, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of the harvest."

Acts 14:17
"Yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."

Just to think and admire clouds are not enough, to understand that God separates waters and puts some as seas and lakes on earth and some into the clouds that make rain come down to earth, so amazing!!!!!!!

I have just looked into the skies in recent days and saw a full moon, it was so beautiful!!!!!!!!!! I believe we as Christians need to be like the moon which reflects the sun and in the same way we must reflect the Son of God.

I just need to do as the saying goes, stop and smell the roses, roses again are part of beautiful creation from our amazingly wonderful, holy Creator, Jesus Christ. God be praised for His creation and please stop and enjoy what He has made so that we can admire our Creator not just with our mind and heart and soul, but also with our senses that God has blessed us with, touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing.

I have eaten some terrific fish, chicken, rice, vegetables, cookies, I have seen some beautiful trees, plants, people that God has made, who when they are shining for Jesus Christ are the most beautiful creatures on the planet because after all we are made in God's image. I have heard some wonderful music, produced from a guitar which God has blessed me with an ability to learn to play this year, I have a ways to go, but with hard work and consistency, I can play it to God's glory.

Slow down and glorify God,
Mark Cannon

Biblical names for Jesus Christ

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Advocate
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 1 John 2:1

Alive for Evermore
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Revelation 1:18

All, and in All
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. Colossians 3:11

Almighty
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8

Alpha and Omega
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8

Altogether Lovely
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. Song of Solomon 5:16

Amen
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; Revelation 3:14

Angel
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. Genesis 48:16 (also Exodus 23:20,21)

Angel of God
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Genesis 21:17

Angel of His Presence
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Isaiah 63:9

Angel of the LORD [Jehovah]
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. Genesis 16:7 (see vs. 8-11)

Anointed
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. 1 Samuel 2:35

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. Psalm 2:1-3

Apostle
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Hebrews 3:1

Arm of the LORD
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? Isaiah 51:9,10

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? Isaiah 53:1.

Author and Finisher of Our Faith
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2

Author of Eternal Salvation
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Hebrews 5:9

Babe
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. Luke 2:16

Before All Things
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Colossians 1:17

Beginning
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18

Beginning and the Ending
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8

Beginning of the Creation of God
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; Revelation 3:14

Beloved
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. Ephesians 1:6

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

Beloved Son
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 3:17

Bishop of Your Souls
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25

Blessed and Only Potentate
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 1 Timothy 6:15

Blessed for Evermore
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 2 Corinthians 11:31

Blessed Hope
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Titus 2:13

Branch
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Zechariah 6:12

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. Zechariah 3:8

Branch of Righteousness
In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. Jeremiah 33:15

Branch of the Lord
In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. Isaiah 4:2

Bread
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. John 6:41

Bread of God
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. John 6:33

Bread of Life
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. John 6:35

Bridegroom
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3:28-30 (see also Matthew 25:1-10)

Bright and Morning Star
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. Revelation 22:16

Brightness of His Glory [the Father's]
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Hebrews 1:3

Captain of the Host of the LORD
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. Joshua 5:14-15

Captain of Their Salvation
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Hebrews 2:10

Carpenter
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. Mark 6:3

Carpenter's Son
Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? Matthew 13:55

Chief Corner Stone
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; Ephesians 2:20

Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 1 Peter 2:6

Chief Shepherd
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 1 Peter 5:4

Chiefest among Ten Thousand
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. Song of Solomon 5:10

Child
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Child Jesus
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, Luke 2:27 (see also 2:43 and Acts 4:30)

Chosen of God
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 1 Peter 2:4

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. Luke 23:35

Chosen out of the People
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. Psalms 89:19

Christ
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. Matthew 1:16

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. Matthew 16:16

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. Matthew 2:4

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. 1 John 5:1

Christ a King
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. Luke 23:2

Christ Crucified
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 1 Corinthians 1:23

Christ Jesus
Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. Acts 19:4 (see also Rom. 3:24; 8:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2,30; Hebrews 3:1; 1 Peter 5:10,14)

Christ Jesus our Lord
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39

Christ Jesus the Lord
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 2 Corinthians 4:5

Christ of God
He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. Luke 9:20

Christ Our Passover
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 1 Corinthians 5:7

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

Consolation of Israel
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. Luke 2:25

Counsellor
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Covenant of the People
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; Isaiah 42:6

Creator
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. Romans 1:25

Crown of Glory
In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, Isaiah 28:5

David
But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. Jeremiah 30:9

And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. Ezekiel 37:24,25

Day Star
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 2 Peter 1:19

Daysman.
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. Job 9:33

Dayspring from on High
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, Luke 1:78

Deliverer
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: Romans 11:26

Desire of All Nations
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. Haggai 2:7

Diadem of Beauty
In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, Isaiah 28:5

Door
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. John 10:9

Door of the Sheep
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. John 10:7 (cp. v. 9)

Elect
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Isaiah 42:1

Emmanuel - see Immanuel

End of the Law
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Romans 10:4

Ensign of the People
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. Isaiah 11:10 (cp. v. 12)

Eternal Life
(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 1 John 1:2

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 1 John 5:20

Everlasting Father
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Everlasting Light
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Isaiah 60:19,20

Express Image of His Person
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Hebrews 1:3

Faithful
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:24

Faithful and True
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Revelation 19:11

Faithful and True Witness
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; Revelation 3:14

Faithful Creator
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 1 Peter 4:19

Faithful High Priest
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Hebrews 2:17

Faithful Witness
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Revelation 1:5

First and the Last
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Revelation 22:13 (see also Revelation 1:11,17; 2:8)

First-Begotten
And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. Hebrews 1:6

First Begotten of the Dead
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Revelation 1:5

Firstborn among Many Brethren
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Romans 8:29

Firstborn from the Dead
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18

Firstborn of Every Creature
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: Colossians 1:15

First-Fruits
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 1 Corinthians 15:23

Firstfruits of Them That Slept
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 1 Corinthians 15:20

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

Foreordained before the Foundation of the World
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 1 Peter 1:20

Forerunner
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Hebrews 6:20

Foundation
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:11 (see also Isaiah 28:16)

Fountain
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. Zechariah 13:1

Fountain of Living Waters
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. Jeremiah 17:13

Friend
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24

Friend of Publicans and Sinners
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! Luke 7:34

Fuller's Soap
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: Malachi 3:2

Gift of God
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. John 4:10

Glory of the LORD
And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. Isaiah 40:5

Glory of Thy People Israel
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. Luke 2:32

God
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matthew 1:23

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 (also Romans 9:5; 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 John 5:20)

God Blessed For Ever
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Romans 9:5

God of the Whole Earth
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. Isaiah 54:5

God our Saviour
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 1 Timothy 2:3

God with Us
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matthew 1:23

Good Master
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? Matthew 19:16

Good Shepherd
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. John 10:11

Governor
And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. Matthew 2:6

Gracious
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 1 Peter 2:3

Great God
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Titus 2:13

Great High Priest
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. Hebrews 4:14

Great King
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Matthew 5:35

Great Prophet
And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people. Luke 7:16

Great Shepherd of the Sheep
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Hebrews 13:20

Greater than Jonas
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Matthew 12:41

Greater than Solomon
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. Matthew 12:42

Guide
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. Psalm 48:14

Harmless
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Hebrews 7:26

Head
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: Ephesians 4:15

And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. Colossians 2:19

Head of All Principality and Power
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: Colossians 2:10

Head of Every Man
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 1 Corinthians 11:3

Head of the Body, the Church
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18

Head of the Corner
Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 1 Peter 2:7

Head over All Things
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Ephesians 1:22

Heir of All Things
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Hebrews 1:2

High Priest
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Hebrew 3:1

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Hebrews 6:20

High Priest after the Order of Melchisedec
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. Hebrews 5:10

High Priest For Ever
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Hebrews 6:20

His Dear Son
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: Colossians 1:13

His Son from Heaven
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. 1 Thessalonians 1:10

Holy Child Jesus
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, Acts 4:27 (also v.30)

Holy One
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Psalm 16:10 (cp. Acts 2:27)

Holy One and the Just
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; Acts 3:14

Holy One of God
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. Mark 1:24

Holy One of Israel
For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. Psalms 89:18 (see also Isaiah 41:14; 54:5)

Holy Thing
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Luke 1:35

Hope of Glory
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Colossians 1:27

Hope of Israel
For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. Acts 28:20 (cp. 1 Timothy 1:1)

Horn of Salvation
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; Luke 1:69

I Am
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. John 8:58 (cp. Exodus 3:14)

Immortal
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17

Image of the Invisible God.
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: Colossians 1:15

Immanuel
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matthew 1:23

Jesus
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21

Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8 (see also Matthew 1:1; John 1:17, 17:3 et al.)

Jesus Christ Our Lord
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. Romans 7:25 (see also Romans 1:3, 6:11,23)

Jesus Christ Our Saviour
Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; Titus 3:6

Jesus Christ the Righteous
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 1 John 2:1

Jesus of Galilee
Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. Matthew 26:69

Jesus of Nazareth
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. John 1:45 (also John 18:5,7; 19:19)

Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. John 19:19

Jesus the Son of God
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. Hebrews 4:14

Jesus, the Son of Joseph
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? John 6:42

A Jew
Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. John 4:9

Joseph's Son
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? Luke 4:22

Judge
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. Acts 10:42 (cp. 17:31)

Judge of All the Earth
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Genesis 18:25

Judge of Quick and Dead
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. Acts 10:42

Just Man
When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. Matthew 27:19

Just One
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Acts 7:52

Just Person
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Matthew 27:24

King
Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. Matthew 21:5

Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. Luke 19:38;

King Eternal
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17

King in His Beauty
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. Isaiah 33:17

King of Glory
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Psalms 24:7-8 (see also v.9-10)

King of Israel
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. John 1:49

King of Kings
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:16

Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 1 Timothy 6:15

King of Saints.
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Revelation 15:3

King of the Jews
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Matthew 2:2

King over All the Earth
And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. Zechariah 14:9

King That Cometh in the Name of the Lord
Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. Luke 19:38

Lamb
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. Revelation 17:14 (other verses in Revelation include Rev. 5:6,8; 6:16; 7:9,10,17; 12:11; 13:8; 14:1,4; 15:3; 17:14; 19:7,9; 21:9,14,33,23,27)

Lamb of God
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:29 (see also v.36)

Lamb Slain from the Foundation of the World
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13:8

Lamb That was Slain
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. Revelation 5:12

Lamb Who Is in the Midst of the Throne
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Revelation 7:17

Last Adam
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:45

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

Light
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. John 1:7

Light of the World
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. John 8:12

Light to Lighten the Gentiles
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. Luke 2:32 (also Isaiah 42:6; 49:6; 60:3)

Lily of the Valleys.
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. Song of Solomon 2:1

Lion of the Tribe of Judah
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. Revelation 5:5

Living Bread
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. John 6:51

Living Stone
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 1 Peter 2:4

Lord
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. John 13:13

Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:11 (see also 2 Peter 3:18)

Lord Both of the Dead and the Living
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. Romans 14:9

Lord Christ
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:24

Lord Also of the Sabbath
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. Mark 2:28 (also Matthew 12:8)

Lord from Heaven
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 1 Corinthians 15:47

Lord God Almighty
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Revelation 15:3 (also 16:7)

Lord God Omnipotent
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Revelation 19:6

Lord Jesus
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Romans 10:9 (see also Acts 7:59; Colossians 3:17)

Lord Jesus Christ
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. James 2:1 (see also Acts 16:31; Romans 5:1)

Lord Jesus Christ Our Saviour
To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. Titus 1:4

Lord of All
The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) Acts 10:36

Lord of Glory
Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 1 Corinthians 2:8

Lord of Hosts
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. Isaiah 44:6

Lord of Lords
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 1 Timothy 6:15

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. Revelation 17:14

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:16

Lord of Peace
Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. 2 Thessalonians 3:16

Lord of the Harvest
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Matthew 9:38

Lord over All
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. Romans 10:12

Lord's Christ
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. Luke 2:26

The Man
Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! John 19:5

Man Approved of God
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Acts 2:22

Man Christ Jesus
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 1 Timothy 2:5

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

Man Whom He Hath Ordained
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Acts 17:31

Master
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. Matthew 23:8

Mediator
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 1 Timothy 2:5

Mediator of a Better Covenant
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. Hebrews 8:6

Mediator of the New Covenant
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. Hebrews 12:24

Mediator of the New Testament
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Hebrews 9:15

Meek
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matthew 11:29

Merciful and Faithful High Priest
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Hebrews 2:17

Messiah
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Daniel 9:26 (also John 1:41; 4:25)

Messiah the Prince
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. Daniel 9:25

Mighty God
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

More Excellent Name
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Hebrews 1:4

Most High
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. Luke 8:28

My Lord and My God.
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. John 20:28

Nazarene
And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. Matthew 2:23

Offering and a Sacrifice to God
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. Ephesians 5:2

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

Only Begotten Son
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

Only Potentate
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 1 Timothy 6:15

Only Wise God
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17

Ony Wise God Our Saviour
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jude 25

Our Passover
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 1 Corinthians 5:7

Our Peace
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Ephesians 2:14

Plant of Renown
And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. Ezekiel 34:29

Potentate - see Blessed and Only Potentate

Power of God
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 1 Corinthians 1:24

Precious
Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 1 Peter 2:7

Precious Corner Stone
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Isaiah 28:16

Priest
For he testifiedth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Hebrews 7:17

Prince
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. Acts 5:31

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

Prince of Peace
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Prince of Princes
And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. Daniel 8:25

Prince of the Kings of the Earth
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Revelation 1:5

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

Prophet Mighty in Deed and Word
And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: Luke 24:19

Prophet of Nazareth of Galilee
And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. Matthew 21:11

Propitiation for Our Sins
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:2

Quickening Spirit
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:45

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

Rabboni
Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. John 20:16

Redeemer
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: Job 19:25

Refiner's Fire
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: Malachi 3:2

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

Righteous
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 1 John 2:1

Righteous Branch
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. Jeremiah 23:5

Righteous Judge
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. 2 Timothy 4:8

Righteous Man
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. Luke 23:47

Righteous Servant
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Isaiah 53:11

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

Rock of Offence
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Romans 9:33

Rod out of the Stem of Jesse
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: Isaiah 11:1

Root of David
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. Revelation 5:5

Root of Jesse
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. Isaiah 11:10

And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. Romans 15:12

Root and Offspring of David
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. Revelation 22:16

Rose of Sharon
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. Song of Solomon 2:1

Royal Diadem
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Isaiah 62:3

Ruler
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Micah 5:2

Salvation
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation. Luke 2:30

Salvation of God
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Luke 3:6

Same Yesterday, To day, and For ever
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8

Saviour
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Titus 2:13 (see also Luke 2:11)

Saviour of All Men
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. 1 Timothy 4:10

Saviour of the World
And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. John 4:42

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 1 John 4:14

Second Man
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 1 Corinthians 15:47

Separate from Sinners
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Hebrews 7:26

Servant
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Isaiah 42:1

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

Shepherd
And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and ths sheep shall be scattered. Mark 14:27

Shepherd and Bishop of Your Souls
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25

Shiloh
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Genesis 49:10

Son
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Matthew 11:27 (see also Colossians 1:13)

Son of Abraham
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Matthew 1:1

Son of David
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Matthew 1:1

And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? Matthew 12:23

Son of God
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. John 1:49 (see also Luke 1:35)

Son of Joseph
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. John 1:45

Son of Man
And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. John 1:51

Son of Mary
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. Mark 6:3

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

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

Son of the Highest
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: Luke 1:32

Son of the Living God
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. Matthew 16:16

Son of the Most High God
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. Mark 5:7

Son over His Own House
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. Hebrews 3:6

Stone
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Isaiah 28:16

Stone of Stumbling
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 1 Peter 2:8

Stone which the Builders Rejected
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Matthew 21:42

Sun of Righteousness
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. Malachi 4:2

Sure Foundation
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Isaiah 28:16

Surety of a Better Testament
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. Hebrews 7:22

Sweet Smelling Savour
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. Ephesians 5:2

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

Tried Stone
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Isaiah 28:16

True
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Revelation 19:11

True Bread from Heaven
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. John 6:32

True God
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 1 John 5:20

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

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

True Witness
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; Revelation 3:14 (cp. John 18:37)

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

Undefiled
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Hebrews 7:26

Unspeakable Gift
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. 2 Corinthians 9:15

Very Christ
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. Acts 9:22

Vine
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. John 15:5

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

Wisdom of God
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 1 Corinthians 1:24

Wonderful
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

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

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

Word of Life
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 1 John 1:1

Young Child
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:11

When does human life begin?

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The Bible has a lot to say about the beginning of life!!!!! Let us examine Scripture to find out when human life begins.

Job 31
13 “If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves

When they filed a complaint against me,

14 What then could I do when God arises?

And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

15 “Did not He who made me in the womb make him,

And the same one fashion us in the womb?

Psalm 22
9 Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb;

You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.

10 Upon You I was cast from 1birth;

You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Psalm 139
13 For You formed my 1inward parts;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will give thanks to You, for 1I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Wonderful are Your works,

And my soul knows it very well.

15 My 1aframe was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;

And in Your book were all written

The days that were ordained for me,

When as yet there was not one of them.

Isaiah 44
2 Thus says the Lord who made you

And formed you from the womb, who will help you,

Do not fear, O Jacob My servant;

And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb,

“I, the Lord, am the maker of all things,

Stretching out the heavens by Myself

And spreading out the earth 1all alone,

Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you."

Ecclesiastes 11:5
"As you know not what is the way of the wind, or how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a pregnant woman, even so you know not the work of God, Who does all."

Jeremiah 20:17
"Because he did not slay me in the womb, so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb always great."

Hosea 12:3
"He took his brother by the heel in [their mother's] womb, and in the strength [of his manhood] he contended and had power with God."

Luke 1:44
"For behold, the instant the sound of your salutation reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

There are serious consequences if we murder people of all ages including babies Scripture is very clear.

Genesis 9:5
“Murder is forbidden.”

Proverbs 24: 11-12
“Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don’t stand back and let them die. Don’t try to avoid responsibility by saying you didn’t know about it. For God knows all hearts and he sees you. He keeps watch over your souls, and he knows you know. And he will judge all people according to what they have done.”

God owns and made our bodies!!!!

1 Corinthians 6:12-13
“You may say ‘I am allowed to do anything.’ But I reply, ‘Not everything is good for you.’ And even though ‘I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything…But our bodies were not made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies.”

1 Corinthians 3:16-17
“Don’t you realize that all of you together are the Temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in You. God will bring ruin to anyone who ruins this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you Christians are that temple.”

God is faithful to forgive us of all of our sins including murder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1 John 1-9
“If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.”

Isaiah 1:18
“No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you as white as sand.”

So abortion is murder, we are all made in God's image, we can all be forgiven for our sins through Jesus Christ our atoning sacrifice.

God bless you all!
Mark Cannon

Atheists who die are strong believers in God

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George Carlin is already dead and Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Penn Jillette and Teller are a few examples of well known atheists in the world at present time, they are fools according to the Bible

Daniel 12:2
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Psalm 10:4
In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts
there is no room for God.

Psalm 14
1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Psalm 53:1
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and
their ways are vile; there is no one who does good.

When all these atheists die they will stand in front of the God they curse, hate, mock, laugh at, make jokes at, and have disgust toward, and they will give account of their works just as we do. We are all guilty before God when we die. If atheists do not repent from their blasphemous ways and put their trust in Jesus Christ alone as their Savior. If they do not they will end up in hell, which will be filled with people who will be weeping, whaling and gnashing their teeth. They will burn, be separated from God, living in their sins and not forgiven from the sins that only can be forgiven by Jesus Christ. Bible verses on hell are:

Luke 16:19-26
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’

Revelation 20:9-15
And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Mark 9:44
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.

Atheists, Muslims, and all those who do not believe in Jesus Christ will not make it to life eternal, they will be in the second death, please lay your sins and the cross of Jesus Christ if you are an atheist and accept the gift of salvation provided my Jesus Christ. Praise Jesus Christ for His grace for allowing us another day for salvation, for today is the day of salvation!!

Pray for atheists my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ.

Ten Commandments

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Exodus 20
The Ten Commandments
1 And God spoke all these words:

2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

3 "You shall have no other gods before [a] me.

4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

8 "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

13 "You shall not murder.

14 "You shall not commit adultery.

15 "You shall not steal.

16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance 19 and said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die."

20 Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning."

These 10 Commandments show us that we are sinners and that we have gone against the law set forth by God. The Ten Commandments also teach us our inability to work our way to heaven on our own goodness because Scripture speaks clearly on this.
Romans 3:23
23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Psalm 14
–To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 The fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt,
They have done abominable works,
There is none who does good.

2 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
3 They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.

So we can understand that man is not worthy of salvation, but Jesus Christ came down to earth to die for our sins past, present and future all we need to do is repent which means turn away from our sins and not continue in our sinful lifestyles and trust in Jesus Christ alone with faith alone in Him by God's grace alone for salvation.

John 14
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions;[a] if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.[b] 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
The Father Revealed

7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
The Answered Prayer

12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask[c] anything in My name, I will do it.
Jesus Promises Another Helper

15 “If you love Me, keep[d] My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

Indwelling of the Father and the Son

19 “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.
The Gift of His Peace

25 “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28 You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said,[e] ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.
29 “And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

Jesus is our Savior and it is the Holy Spirit who convicts us of our sins and the righteousness of God given to us because Jesus left the earth to settle the debt we had to Him, the sin debt.
Jesus Christ is also our life and we are saved by grace through faith in Christ.

Ephesians 2
Made Alive in Christ
1As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

One in Christ
11Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)— 12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

19Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

We are called to according to the Spirit and not of the flesh which is of the world, we are set apart, called as Christians.

Evidence Bible Gems

2009-09-23T04:11:00.001-07:00

http://www.evidencebiblegems.com/send.shtml is where we can find some gems from the Evidence Bible online so if you ever want to share it that would be great for people to see.

Success Formula

“Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper.” (Psalm 1:1-3)

Here is the biblical formula for success. The key to fruitfulness as a Christian is to meditate on God’s Word every day, without fail. Have you ever gone one day when you have been too busy or have forgotten to read the Bible? Have you ever gone one day when you have been too busy or have forgotten to feed your stomach? Which comes first—your Bible or your belly? Be like Job, who “esteemed the words of His mouth more than [his] necessary food” (Job 23:12). Then whatever we do “shall prosper” (v. 3), including our evangelistic endeavors.

Witnessing 101

2009-09-23T04:10:00.002-07:00

There are ways we can witness to people for Jesus Christ who is our Saving King. First we could start by looking into what the other person is interested in because people love to talk about themselves. Then we can ask them an interesting question like are you 100% assured you will go to heaven when you die, or do you believe in afterlife and if so where would you go? Then ask them questions such as: Would you consider yourself a good person? Have you kept the 10 commandments? Have you lied? What do you call a person who lies? Have you stolen something? What do you call someone who steals? Have you lusted? Jesus said if you look at a woman and lust after her, you have committed adultery in your heart? Have you ever coveted your neighbors property? Have you ever made an idol for yourself, meaning that you have valued an object or creation more that its Creator? Have you failed to keep the Sabbath day? Have you dishonored your parents? Have you bore false witness against your neighbor? Have you cheated? Have you hated someone which is the same as murdering them in your heart? Once the person understands that they have broken the 10 commandments which is the way God judges us on judgment day, we can then ask them where they will spend there eternity now that they are guilty, the answer is hell, and the law is a tutor or a schoolmaster that brings us to Christ who saves us by grace of God through faith in Him!!

The Bible speaks on hell

2009-09-23T04:10:00.001-07:00

This is what a person posted on my note Witnessing 101:

Sorry, I just stumbled onto this note. Why teach a message of guilt and show someone their destination is hell with God the only way out? Isn't the Christian God supposed to be desirable without any attachments? If the Christian message is true, and this life is only temporary, then redemption is only a small part in the full life of a saved ... Read MoreChristian. They would have eternity to spend with a god they only valued for the gift of salvation, and a god they feared because disobeying meant going to hell.
A witness should instead, show the grace of God and their faith in God in their daily lives. That can be seen by all and is better evidence then a hell you cannot prove to be real. You alienate your listener by judging them with questions and creating the assumption that you do not break or have not broken the ten commandments because of the knowledge you possess and they lack. When the truth is Christians lust, lie, and create idols as much as others.

Here was my response:

Thank you for posting on my note, I will do my best to explain why I wrote it. First of all we need to know that God is holy and just and being holy and just means He hates sin. This goes for Christians and non-Christians. James 2:10- For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. Romans 3:23- for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Isaiah 61:9- "For I, the LORD, love justice;
I hate robbery and iniquity.
In my faithfulness I will reward them
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
Proverbs 6:16-19-
16 There are six things the LORD hates,
seven that are detestable to him:

17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,

18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,

19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
There are many more verse like these that show that God hates sin.

2 Peter 2:4- For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; this shows us that God sent angels into hell.

Matthew 5:29- “And if you right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that they whole body should be cast into hell.

Revelation 21:7-8- He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murders, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

I hope you can see hell is very real.

John 14:5-6
5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"

6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really knew me, you would know[b] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."

Jesus is the only way to heaven!!

Thanks again for posting, God bless you.
Mark Cannon

Please feel free to comment

Faith

2009-09-23T04:09:00.000-07:00

Hebrews 11 is the Hall of Faith in the Bible it will be helpful to pay attention to why these people were mentioned in this passage as well.

Hebrews 11

1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

2For by it the elders obtained a good report.

3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

5By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

6But 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.

7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

12Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

18Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

19Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

21By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

22By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

23By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

24By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

28Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

32And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

33Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.

34Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

35Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

36And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

38(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

40God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

There are also other verses on the Bible talking faith and I will give you a few right here.

Mark 11:23
23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Psalm 27:1,3-5
The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the
stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? Though an army besiege me, my heart
will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident. One thing I
ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days
of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. For in the
day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his
tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.

Galatians 5:22-26
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

24And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Also we are called to go and share our faith with the world.

Romans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes

1 Peter 3:15-16
Aways be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behaviour in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

2 Timothy 1:7-8
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord...”

Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Psalm 66:16
Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me.

1 John: 1: 1-3
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us.

Psalm 71: 16-18
I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone. Since my youth, O God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvellous deeds. Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come.

Psalm 96:2-3
Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvellous deeds among all peoples.

1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

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Deeper Conference

2009-09-18T15:56:00.001-07:00

Deeper Conference was truly amazing, I enjoyed it a lot, God was glorified, people were impacted to share their faith in Jesus Christ, and it would be pretty interesting to see Darwin and Hitchens and Dawkins have an atheist conference or for more good-hearted debate between them and Chrisitans. Soli Deo Gloria, Jesus saves and cleanses us white as snow through His blood, He is was and will always be God same with God the Father and the Holy Spirit.

God works through anyone!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-03T17:43:00.001-07:00

There are many examples of God working through people and even a donkey. His Word will not come back void, so every time the Word of God is preached, spoken for people to hear, written for people to see, discussed for people to retain, taught for people to obey, acted upon for people to understand how to live, anyway the Word of God is communicated, He has a purpose for, His plan is amazing and the Law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul. Not all Christians are pastors, or writers, or teachers, but we are all granted gifts from the Holy Spirit!!We must use these gifts to further the Kingdom of God in the world!! We all bring something unique to the table, some are teachers, some are preachers, some are scholars, some are writers, some are musicians, some are poets, some are business men and women, some are caretakers, some are tax collectors, some are tent makers, some are scholars, some are parents, some are children, some are blind, some are deaf, some are mute, some are living in the farthest reaches of the world, and some are living in expensive houses, some are scientists, some are military people, whatever you are or do for a living, God has a purpose for your life, a direction for you to go. Your family has been chosen specifically by God, your hair, your eyes, your nose, the color of your skin, the hands and feet you have serve Jesus in ways you never thought possible. He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ the God/man to be a propitiation or sacrifice for our sins, and His death cleans us and makes us to be seen as righteous before our holy and awesome God!!!! Now sometimes you feel like you are not worth anything to people, maybe you feel like you cannot contribute anything to a certain group of people, maybe you let the struggles of the world pollute your mind which in turn clouds your view of God!!! I am living proof that God can take a mess of a person and be allowed to glorify Christ, and I know you are to. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God! But guess what, while we were yet sinners, Jesus Christ died for us, now, to say we are not worth anything or incapable of serving Christ is not the right thing to do, Jesus Christ died for us in our sins, He knows us, He knows we mess up, He lets those who are willing serve Him and bring glory to His name!! The pharisees were the most religious people in the time of Christ, they did not believe in Christ being God however so they said He was blasphemous comparing Himself or calling Himself God. What is even more amazing is that the disciples of Jesus Christ were ordinary people, a tax collector, some fishermen, a doctor, even a guy who used to take pleasure in the death of followers of Christ. So if you complain about the situation your are in which I do as well, we are not glorifying God, He tells us not to worry, but trust in Him and His joy is our strength so do not worry. Remember, we all have a purpose for the Lord to grow in us, and He will complete it to His glory. Also Jesus said the first shall be last and the last shall be first, so those who think they are all that and a bag of potato chips on the earth will be humbled by God, and those who have a humble and contrite heart and spirit filled with worship, praise and honor for God as well as humility will be lifted up with Christ!!!

I love you with the love that only Jesus Christ could give me to love with,
Mark Cannon

Children of God vs antichrists

2009-09-01T20:35:00.001-07:00

1 John 2

1My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for[a] the sins of the whole world.

3We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. 4The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But if anyone obeys his word, God's love[b] is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: 6Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.

7Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. 8Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. 10Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him[c] to make him stumble. 11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.
12I write to you, dear children,
because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
13I write to you, fathers,
because you have known him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, dear children,
because you have known the Father.
14I write to you, fathers,
because you have known him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God lives in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.
Do Not Love the World
15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
Warning Against Antichrists
18Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. 19They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.

20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.[d] 21I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. 22Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist—he denies the Father and the Son. 23No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

24See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25And this is what he promised us—even eternal life.

26I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. 27As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.
Children of God
28And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.

God has power packed 1 John 2 with straight truth on why this was written, who this book affects and how you can truly know that you are a child of God. Jesus Christ the Righteous One died to atone our sins and the sins of the whole world. If we are to know God, or more importantly be known by God we must obey His commands and then the love of God will be made complete in our lives. If we do not obey the commands of God and claim to know Him, then we are liars and the truth is not dwelling in us.

John wrote to the children because their sins were forgiven on account of the name of Jesus Christ, and because they have known God the Father.

John wrote to the young men because they have overcome satan, the evil one, who is the father of all lies and a liar from the beginning, and they are strong, the Word of God lives in them, and they have overcome the evil one.

John wrote to the fathers because they have known Him who is from the beginning.

John tells us not to love the world or anything in the world because they are going to pass away and the love of the Father is not in him. Instead John writes to say that we are to do the will of God so that we may live forever.

John also writes to say that the antichrist is coming and that there have been many antichrists who have come to earth and denied the fact that Jesus is the Christ, and when they did that they denied the Father and the Son and because they denied the Son of God they do not have God the Father.

He also wrote this to confirm the true believers in Jesus Christ, who have been anointed by the Holy One, know the truth, the anointing remains in them, and this anointing teaches them and is not a counterfeit anointing so that they can remain in God.

He ends this chapter saying that believers in Jesus Christ can be both confident and unashamed before Him at His coming and that because of the righteousness of Jesus Christ, those who do what is right have been born of Jesus Christ.

God's Questions to Job

2009-08-21T11:36:00.005-07:00

Dear atheists, Muslims, Scientologists, etc, please answer these questions that God gave Job and test your knowledge and prove to me that the God of the Bible does not exist.

Job, Chapter 38

1: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2: Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
3: Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
4: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5: Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6: Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7: When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8: Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
9: When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
10: And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
11: And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12: Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
13: That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14: It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15: And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
16: Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17: Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
18: Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
19: Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20: That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
21: Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
22: Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23: Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24: By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25: Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
26: To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27: To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28: Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
29: Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30: The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31: Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32: Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33: Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34: Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35: Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
36: Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
37: Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38: When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39: Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40: When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
41: Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

God bless you brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus,
Mark Cannon

Wisdom vs. Foolishness

2009-08-21T11:36:00.003-07:00

Proverbs, Chapter 1

1: The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2: for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;
3: for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;
4: for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young--
5: let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance--
6: for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
8: Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
9: They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
10: My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
11: If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;
12: let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13: we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
14: throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"--
15: my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
16: for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
17: How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
18: These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
19: Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
20: Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
21: at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
22: "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
23: If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
24: But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
25: since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
26: I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you--
27: when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28: "Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
29: Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
30: since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
31: they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
32: For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33: but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."

Proverbs 1 describes wisdom and foolishness and the differences between each.

Wisdom:
Wise people fear the Lord, obey their parents, understand words of insight or knowledge that people have and they take hold of it which allows them to discern between right and wrong, as well as discerning between better and best. The best is God's will for our lives, we sometimes accept the good of life, and not the best of God's will for our lives. Wise people learn from Godly teaching and apply it in their lives.

Foolishness:
Foolish people forsake Godly teachings and and turn to plunder and worldly things, they are swift to shed blood or kill people, they rush quickly into sin and do not seek wise counsel. Foolish people delight in mockery and reject wisdom. They hate knowledge and refuse Godly advice.

Pray for wisdom that God provides and be not foolish or wise in your own eyes,
Mark Cannon

Jehovah

2009-08-21T11:36:00.001-07:00

Jehovah Rophe Our Lord who Heals Exodus 15:26

Jehovah Tsidkenu The Lord our Righteousness Jeremiah 23:6

Jehovah Shalom The Lord our Peace Judges 6:24

Jehovah Nissi The Lord our Banner Exodus 17:15

Jehovah Shammah The Lord is Present Ezekiel 48:35

Jehovah Sabaoth The Lord of Armies Isaiah 44:6

Jehovah Jireh The Lord will Provide Genesis 22:14

Jehovah Rohi The Lord is my Shepherd Psalms 23:1

Jehovah Mekeddeshem The Lord Who Sanctifies Leviticus 20:7-8

Jehovah is a title for our God, we serve and please Jehovah, these are the names and attributes of Jehovah our God. To Him be glory honor and praise. Now we cannot get to Jehovah unless we accept the free gift of King Jehovah Jesus Christ who died on the cross for the sins that we deserved to die. The wages of sin is death, but Jesus took our punishment, the wrath of God on His shoulders, and He bled for 6 hours on that cross and His precious blood covered our sins so that we can be united with Him. Jesus is the name above every name, He saved us, He is King, Creator, Life-giver, and friend.

Go out and serve Jehovah Jesus,
Mark Cannon

Choices

2009-08-21T11:35:00.004-07:00

The world is filled with choices for you,
colors like red, orange, green, yellow, and blue,
or to follow the world of die for Christ the King and a Jew,
you choose to say if Christ was lying or was true.

Jehovah or Oprah, Lion of Judah or a cobra,
you could choose to discover, the love of your mother,
or the hope for tomorrow, when you trade in your sorrow,
for the joy of the Lord, and Word of God which is our Spirit Sword.

You could live your own way, looking for a wife,
or look toward the day, when Jesus Christ gives you eternal life,
you could be bored, looking tirelessly at the scoreboard,
when all you see is the earth's reward, that burns and cannot be stored.

If you sip coke, smoke dope, and get high,
you are at the end of your rope and looking to die,
turn to Jesus, who greatly exceeds us,
because He is the only one who can clean, save and redeem us.

Great Casting Crowns Songs!!

2009-08-21T11:35:00.003-07:00

If We are the Body lyrics

It's crowded in worship today
As she slips in
Trying to fade into the faces
The girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
Farther than they know

CHORUS
But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way
There is a way

A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat
And quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgmental glances tells him that his chances
Are better out on the road

CHORUS
But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way

Jesus paid much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the Body of Christ

Chorus (2x)
If we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way

Jesus is the way

Who Am I lyrics

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours

Voice Of Truth lyrics

Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes to climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves

To step out of my comfort zone
To the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He's holding out his hand

But the waves are calling out my name and they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again. 'Boy, you'll never win!'
"You'll never win"

But the voice of truth tells me a different story
And the voice of truth says "Do not be afraid!"
And the voice of truth says "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

Oh what I would do to have
The kind of strength it takes to stand before a giant
With just a Sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors
Shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand

But the giant's calling out my name and he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
Time and time again "boy, you'll never win!
"You'll never win"

But the stone was just the right size
To put the giant on the ground
And the waves they don't seem so high
From on top of them looking down
I will soar with the wings of eagles
When I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus
Singing over me

I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

East To West lyrics

Here I am, Lord, and I'm drowning in your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don't want to end up where You found me
And it echoes in my mind, keeps me awake tonight
I know You've cast my sin as far as the east is from the west
And I stand before You now as though I've never sinned
But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away from You leaving me this way

Jesus, can You show me just how far the east is from the west
'cause I can't bear to see the man I've been come rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
'cause You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other

I start the day, the war begins, endless reminding of my sin
Time and time again Your truth is drowned out by the storm I'm in
Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away from You leaving me this way

I know You've washed me white, turned my darkness into light
I need Your peace to get me through, to get me through this night
I can't live by what I feel, but by the truth Your word reveals
I'm not holding on to You, but You're holding on to me
You're holding on to me

Jesus, You know just how far the east is from the west
I don't have to see the man I've been come rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
'cause You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other
One scarred hand to the other
From one scarred hand to the other

Crucify Sinful Nature, Fruit of the Spirit

2009-08-21T11:35:00.001-07:00

Galatians 5
Freedom in Christ
1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

2Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope. 6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

7You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? 8That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. 9"A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough." 10I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion will pay the penalty, whoever he may be. 11Brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. 12As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!

13You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature[a]; rather, serve one another in love. 14The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."[b] 15If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
Life by the Spirit
16So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. 17For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.

19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other

Galatians 5 is power-packed, and very true as we are committed to serving the Lord Jesus.
There are fruits of the flesh, and fruit of the Spirit, we are called as Christ-followers to obey and live by the fruit of the Spirit. I will separate them according to Scripture.

Fruit of the flesh:
19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
If we continue in our sin as a habitual thing, and are not growing in the Lord daily and do not accept the salvation offered by Jesus Christ then we will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
We are called to crucify the sinful nature, and obey the Jesus Christ and His teachings, and walk according to His will, not ours.

Fruit of the Spirit:
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other
So we must live according to the guidance of the Holy Spirit who gives us His fruit. We must not be conceited, we must not provoke each other and we must not envy each other, we must love others with joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, for it is through the love of Christ that the rest of the fruit are available for us to live and obey.

Walk according to the Holy Spirit and bear some fruit,
Mark Cannon

Proofs for truth of the Bible

2009-08-21T11:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.bible.ca/b-prophecy-60.htm is a website with 60 prophecies that have been fulfilled and prove that what the Bible says is true

Concerning his birth Prophesied Fulfilled
1. Born of the seed of woman Gen 3:15 Gal 4:4
2. Born of a virgin Isa 7:14 Mt 1:18-25
3. Seed of Abraham Gen 22:18 Mt 1:1
4. Seed of Isaac Gen 21:12 Lk 3:23+34
5. Seed of Jacob Num 24:17 Lk 3:34
6. Seed of David Jer 23:5 Lk 3:31
7. Tribe of Judah Gen 49:10 Rev 5:5
8. Family line of Jesse Isa 11:1 Lk 3:32
9. Born in Bethlehem Mic 5:2 Mt 2:1-6
10. Herod kills the children Jer 31:15 Mt 2:16-18

Concerning his nature Prophesied Fulfilled
11. He pre-existed creation Mic 5:2 1 Pet 1:20
12. He shall be called Lord Ps 110:1 Acts 2:36
13. Called Immanuel (God with us) Isa 7:14 Mt 1:22-23
14. Prophet Deut 18:18-19 Acts 3:18-25
15. Priest Ps 110:4 Heb 5:5-6
16. Judge Isa 33:22 Jn 5:22-23
17. King Ps 2:6 Jn 18:33-37
18. Anointed by the Spirit Isa 11:2 Mt 3:16-17
19. His zeal for God Ps 69:9 Jn 2:15-17

Concerning his ministry Prophesied Fulfilled
20. Preceded by a messenger Isa 40:3 Mt 3:1-3
21. To begin in Galilee Isa 9:1-2 Mt 4:12-17
22. Ministry of Miracles Isa 35:5-6 Mt 9:35;11:4
23. Teacher of parables Ps 78:1-4 Mt 13:34-35
24. He was to enter the temple Mal 3:1 Mt 21:10-12
25. Enter Jerusalem on donkey Zech 9:9 Mt 21:1-7
26. Stone of stumbling to Jews Isa 28:16; Ps 118:22 1 Pet 2:6-8
27. Light to Gentiles Isa 49:6 Acts 13:46-48

The day Jesus was crucified Prophesied Fulfilled
28. Betrayed by a friend Ps 41:9 Jn 13:18-27
29. Sold for 30 pieces of silver Zech 11:12 Mt 26:14-15
30. 30 pieces thrown in Temple Zech 11:13 Mt 27:3-5
31. 30 pieces buys potters field Zech 11:13 Mt 27:6-10
32. Forsaken by His disciples Zech 13:7 Mk 14:27+50
33. Accused by false witnesses Ps 35:11+20-21 Mt 26:59-61
34. Silent before accusers Isa 53:7 Mt 27:12-14
35. Wounded and bruised Isa 53:4-6 1 Pet 2:21-25
36. Beaten and spit upon Isa 50:6 Mt 26:67-68
37. Mocked Ps 22:6-8 Mt 27:27-31
38. Fell under the cross Ps 109:24-25 Jn 19:17; Lk23:26
39. Hands and feet pierced Ps 22:16 Jn 20:24-28
40. Crucified with thieves Isa 53:12 Mt 27:38
41. Prayed for enemies Isa 53:12 Lk 23:34
42. Rejected by His own people Isa 53:3 Jn 19:14-15
43. Hated without cause Ps 69:4 Jn 15:25
44. Friends stood aloof Ps 38:11 Lk 22:54;23:49
45. People wag their heads Ps 22:7;109:25 Mt 27:39
46. People stared at Him Ps 22:17 Lk 23:35
47. Cloths divided and gambled for Ps 22:18 Jn 19:23-24
48. Became very thirsty Ps 22:15 Jn 19:28
49. Gall and vinegar offered Him Ps 69:21 Mt 27:34
50. His forsaken cry Ps 22:1 Mt 27:46
51. Committed Himself to God Ps 31:5 Lk 23:46
52. Bones not broken Ps 34:20 Jn 19:32-36
53. Heart broken Ps 69:20;22:14 Jn 19:34
54. His side pierced Zech 12:10 Jn 19:34+37
55. Darkness over the land A mos 8:9 Lk 23:44-45
56. Buried in rich man's tomb Isa 53:9 Mt 27:57-60

His Resurrection & Ascension Prophesied Fulfilled
57. Raised from the dead Ps 16:8-11 Acts 2:24-31
58. Begotten as Son of God Ps 2:7 Acts 13:32-35
59. Ascended to God Ps 68:18 Eph 2:8-10
60. Seated beside God Ps 110:1 Heb 1:3+13

Mind and Body

2009-04-13T10:26:00.001-07:00

God has made our minds and our bodies to be temples for His Holy Spirit to dwell in. He wants us to think on things above and not on earthly things. He wants us to keep our bodies and minds free from the moral filth, and outrageous garbage this sinful world has to offer. We are to stay away from dirty videos, blaspheming speech that defiles the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and we are to stay away from those people who gossip about others behind their back. We are to keep our minds on the Scripture, reading it daily, and using out bodies that God has blessed us with to do His will for us which is to make disciples of all nations. Our mind is a powerful thing and it is not to be wasted. We are to meditate upon Scripture, grow from mentors and Christ-centered and heavenly-minded leaders that God has placed in our lives. Jesus Christ our Lord wants us to use our bodies to glorify Him and He does not want us to waste our bodies by smoking, drinking, or anything that would not allow us to perform at our highest capability. I am a Christian first and athlete second, so I need a solid, strong, well balanced mind and body. I need to work as hard as I can to develop muscle coordination, muscle strength, core, leg, and upper body strength, speed, endurance, and I must also develop the spiritual aspect of my life which includes becoming a prayer warrior, Scripture reader, mentor to a new follower of Jesus Christ, and following the commands and teachings of my Heavenly Father God.

I am blessed by God and I pray to be a blessing to others,
Mark Cannon

Easter

2009-04-13T10:25:00.000-07:00

Easter is upon us, and I want to take you back through the importance of this day in the history and future of followers of Jesus Christ all across the world. I would like to start from the beginning of the life of Jesus Christ. Jesus was born in Bethlehem to a woman named Mary. Mary was called to be the mother of the Savior of the world. She was excited, scared, and she knew that this was the will of God and she was willing to listen to God and fulfill the role of mother to the greatest man to ever live. Jesus lived an incredible, perfect life and it was filled temptations, near death experiences, and miracles performed by both He and His disciples. Jesus was almost killed as an infant by King Herod, but God the Father was with Him and His plan for Mary, Joseph, and Jesus was for them to flee to Egypt. As Jesus grew closer to God the Father, He preached to the elders and teachers at the age of 12!!! A 12 year old who is preaching to the leaders of the church blows my mind, but Jesus is fully God and fully man, so He knows what He did was for the glory of God. He preached to thousands of people, he healed many who were sick, He raised Lazarus from the dead, He turned water into wine, He was tempted for 40 days by Satan who asked Him questions such as " If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." Jesus had become hungry after 40 days of fasting, this was the opportunity Satan had to tempt Him. But Jesus answered Satan saying, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" Jesus overcame every temptation and fiery dart thrown at Him by Satan { Satan was Lucifer, a high ranking angel in heaven, who was blessed with power, but he allowed his pride to get the better or I say the worse of him, and he tempted Eve first, and then she gave the fruit to Adam and they ate, and because of this there is sin in the world.} Having said that, we as followers of Jesus Christ can rejoice because of Easter, the death, resurrection, and glorification of Jesus Christ. Pontius Pilate asked the Jewish people whether they wanted Barabbus free or Jesus free and the crowd went with Barabbus. Barabbus was a murderer and Jesus was Lord of all. We were all apart of that decision because we are all fallen, and in our sinfulness we nailed Jesus Christ to the cross at Calvary. Now saying that the crowd did the wrong thing is not completely true. Without the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we would not be able to see eternal life. Now the death of Jesus Christ was not a pretty sight. He was laughed at, spit at, He had to carry His cross all the way to the place He would be crucified, He was whipped 39 times by Roman guards, 40 times would have killed Him. When He was put on the Cross at Calvary, His legs and hands were nailed to the tree{ I think it was His wrists that were nailed to the cross because His hands would not have held Him up there.} There was pain and agony in His face as He was nailed to the cross. He was on the cross for 6 hours and He was bleeding, sweating, and crying out to God the Father, who turned His face away from Jesus on the cross because God cannot have sin in His holy presence. Jesus, the perfect, sinless man paid the ultimate sacrifice for His people so that they would not experience the wrath of God the Father. Now to say that to live is Christ and to die is gain is completely true. He was buried for three days, the tomb was rolled away and He rose form the dead. Jesus came back to earth after His death, and Thomas and the rest of the disciples saw Him and He told Thomas to touch his scars, and He told Thomas that the man who believes by faith and not just by sight is truly blessed. "After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There He was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, 'Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters - one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.' (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.) Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: 'This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!' Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead" (Mark 9:2-9). This is the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ, and now He is at the right hand of God the Father in eternal life. Jesus is alive!!!!!

Remembering the importance of Jesus Christ and His life, death, and resurrection,
Mark Cannon

Mark's Beat

2009-04-07T08:30:00.001-07:00

God's holy love is my true desire,
Reading His Word will keep me inspired,
His Word said that the tongue is a fire,
But this tongue of mine can be in the Lord's choir.

With my tongue I know I can pray,
Speaking God's truth brings Him honor all day,
I will be excited to hear God the Heavenly Father say,
You followed my Son, the Life, the Truth, and the Way.

Many people have a Christian faith that is fake,
Others lie, cheat, sneak around and take,
But I know that my Heavenly Father will make,
Every knee bow for His Son Jesus Christ's sake.

MJC reppin fo Jesus Christ

Teamwork

2009-04-07T08:29:00.004-07:00

All right, my favorite sport is basketball!!! It takes a strong team to be successful in any sports such as basketball, baseball, football, soccer, hockey, etc. The same can be said of the church. The church is not the building you meet in, it is the people you meet with. God says that wherever 2 or 3 are gathered in My name, there I am among them. A strong church cares for the spiritual needs of everyone in the body, and has strong leadership to guide the younger Christians who are growing in their faith. A basketball team is as strong as their weakest member, and their weakest member has something to contribute to the success of the team. For example one player might not be able to dribble or have the foot-speed to keep up on defense, but they do know how to shoot. A team always needs shooters as well as rebounders and passers. A church is the same way. Some people have been blessed with the ability to preach. Those who do not have the ability to preach are very important in the body of Jesus Christ because God has blessed them with different abilities. God has given some the ability to be prayer warriors, elders, pastors, money managers, and encouragers of others in their walk with the Lord. God has blessed people with different roles in sports and in the church, and every role is important in making them both become as strong as possible.

God is making my role in basketball and church clearer and I pray He makes your role clear too,
Mark Cannon

Community

2009-04-07T08:29:00.003-07:00

Christianity is a group of followers of Jesus Christ who are a part of a community. We who follow Jesus Christ, have accepted Him as our Lord and Savior and because of this we are accepted in the Heavenly family of God. Even if we do not meet other believers face to face in this life, or if we do not agree with them on certain views they hold to, or if we do not enjoy being around them because they have broken your heat, hurt your feelings, or just annoy you, this does not change the fact that we are in a community. We are called by God to be a community based on the love He shows to us. We are commanded to not only show love to those who are in our community as believers, but we are to show love to those outside our community of believers so that they can have the opportunity to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. The people you hang aroud is a factor in determining how your life will turn out in the future. If you hang around friends who degrade you and others, then you will become like that and talk lowly of other people. Bad company corrupts good morals. If you hang around people who care about you and show love to you and are willing to correct you when you are in the wrong in a loving manner, then you will be more likely to do the same.

Growing in the Lord day by day,
Mark Cannon

Life

2009-04-07T08:29:00.001-07:00

Life on earth is a test for our eternal life. If we allow life to overcome us through the things it offers us such as the media, sports, girlfriends, boyfriends, money, and food, then we will not be able to have an eternal life with our gracious Heavenly Father God. Now I am not saying these are bad things, not at all, but they do become bad if that is what we put our focus on and turn our lives away from God. Man cannot serve two masters, it will be God or the world. If you choose the world, then you might enjoy yourself and the parties you attend, the people you meet might bring you pleasure, and you might just have a great time. But this is only for a time, God has appointed for man once to live and once to die, and then comes judgment. Those who choose the world will be judged by God and He will tell them, depart from Me, I never knew you. But if you decide to choose the Lord Jesus Christ, you will not have the happiest life of all, but you will have the most joyful life of all. Jesus Christ was beaten, spit upon, beaten until He was unrecognizable, hated, and betrayed, and died on a cross, but He stayed faithful to His call to God, and He is at the right hand of God Almighty in Heaven. If we are to truly serve the Lord, we will have persecution in this life, but we can take heart because Jesus Christ our Lord overcame the world, overcame evil, and overcame death. God blesses those who accept Him. Even if they do not feel that blessing in this life, they will experience it Heaven with the Lord in eternal glory.

Praying for all the Christ followers in the world to live a life on fire for Jesus,
Mark Cannon

Distractions

2009-04-07T08:28:00.002-07:00

We can be so distracted by the world and the things it provides. Men can be distracted by their girlfriends, their jobs, their sports, and their food. Women can be distracted by their boyfriends, their clothes, their shoes, their hair, and their jobs. We are fallen creatures who are easily distracted by the world. Another aspect of life that distract us is electronics. Some people in high school and college are distracted by their cell phones, laptops, and ipods. There are many objects in life that can distract us from our ability to spend time with our loved ones, and most importantly distract us from spending time with our Heavenly Father God who desires our love and our time. Our time is the best way to show someone we care about them. God made us to have a relationship with us, and if we do not spend the time to get to know the Lord then we will live as well as people who spends their time in the Word of God, praying for other believers, and encouraging others by showing the love of the Lord to everyone they meet.

Overcoming distractions day by day,
Mark Cannon

Identity

2009-04-07T08:28:00.001-07:00

What is our true identity? I have become a huge fan of the Christian rapper Lecrae who really puts all his effort and time into glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ through his songs. One song that has been in my mind the last few days is his song Identity. I'm not the shoes I wear I'm not the clothes I buy I'm not the house I live in I'm not the car I drive, no I'm not the job I work You can't define my word We're livin' on God's reverse Identity is found in Christ, found in Christ. This is one of the lines of the song and it is so true that we as human beings can put stuff ahead of Jesus Christ, whether that be our sports, our clothes, our homes, our jobs, or our money. What will your identity be, will you let your possessions define who you are, or will you shine for Jesus Christ who so richly blesses us every day in every way, and will you allow Him to define how you live. If you are truly living for the Lord, then you will love Him and love your neighbor. Your neighbor is your friends, your enemies, and those who are less fortunate than you or more fortunate than you, basically we are all neighbors, and it is God's command for us to love one another.

Jesus Christ is my true identity, is He yours?
Mark Cannon

God's Alphabet

2009-04-07T08:27:00.002-07:00

We have our own alphabet of letters, but God has His own alphabet of words. God is:
Alpha, Amazing, Awesome, Above All,
Bigger than our problems, Blessed,
Crowned, Creator, Complete, crucified,
Divine, dear to me,
Everlasting, Eternal,
Fair, Faithful,
God, Good, Glory, Great,
Holy Spirit, Helpful, Heavenly,
Interested in our lives,
Just, Joyful, Jesus,
King, Knows all
Lord, Love, Life,
Magnificent, Mighty,
No beginning, no end, No sin,
Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient,
Praise worthy, Problem free,
Question answerer,
Respected, Righteous, Royal,
Superb, Savior,
True,
Understanding, Unbelievable,
Victorious,
Wise, Wonderful,
X's out our sins,
Your Maker, Your Master,
Zero guilt and zero sin is allowed in the presence of our Holy God

Worship

2009-04-07T08:27:00.001-07:00

What is true worship? Some people believe that worship is singing to the Lord. I am here to say, that is not the case at all. I am a living example of true worship, although I do not do the best job at keeping it up every day. True worship is thanking God, not for a situation necessarily, but in spite of that situation. If you have an old car, or an old house, thank the Lord for blessing you with that car and house. If you have family problems, find ways to thank the Lord despite those issues. Take time out of your day and thank the Lord who gave you everything you have. Out of dust you were made, and to dust you shall return, so thank the Lord for allowing you to live on the earth for as long as you have. People who work hard appreciate a thank you, for example, parents, teachers, restaurant workers, people working for waste management, missionaries, and basically everyone on this planet, enjoys to hear the words thank you said to them. Learn to say thank you and you will be worshiping the Lord God Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, Ruler over all His creation, and the One who deserves all praise, honor, glory, and all our thankfulness.

Thankful for God in my life,
Mark Cannon

My Rap

2009-04-07T08:26:00.002-07:00

Yo, yo, yo, I am so ready to go
I spit Heavenly rhymes with a super def flow,
I say check out the Lord and His eternal glow,
Because the Holy Spirit fills me and I am holy yo.

I am not always trusting and need to ask why,
Why Jesus shed His blood and for all sins He would die,
If I am faithful to listen and hear His reply,
He tells me to mount up with wings like eagles and fly.

My time on earth is short I must say,
This makes me live my life for Christ every day,
This is a pertinent fact that will never go away,
Jesus Christ is the Truth, the Life, and the Way.

God's Child,
Mark Cannon

Jesus Christ and me

2009-04-07T08:26:00.001-07:00

Jesus Christ

My Savior loves, My Savior lives
My Savior’s always there for me
My God: He was, my God; He is
My God is always gonna be

You're the God of this city
You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of this nation
You are

You're the Lord of creation
The creator of all things
You're the King above all Kings
You are

You're the strength in the weakness
You're the love to the broken
You're the joy in the sadness
You are

Only one name lasts forever
Only one fame stands alone
Only one key has an anthem
That goes on and on and on

Savior, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
Forever, Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave

me

I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed, what God has planned
I only know at His right hand
Stands one who is my Savior

And I'm singing to the God who brings redemption to the nations Kings and oceans bow to Him in praise And I'm singing to the God who wrote the book on our salvation To the One who covers me in grace I'm singing

So take me as you find me
All of my fears and failures
And fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
Shine Your light and let the whole world sing
We're singing for the glory of the risen King Jesus

God is above all,
Mark Cannon

Hands

2009-03-27T16:30:00.004-07:00

Why did God choose to bless people with hands and what is so significant about them? Hands can be used to hold food with while we eat, throw baseballs, shoot basketballs,and catch footballs. Hands can also be used by God in tremendous ways. Hands can give people encouragement through hugs, hi 5s, and pat's on the back. Hands can be used to build churches and homes. But the most significant pair of hands belonged to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He used his hands to make the blind see, the mute talk, the lame walk, and the dead rise. His hands were also pierced and flowing with blood on the cross at Calvary, so that those who call upon His name can be saved from their sins, and enjoy perfect glory forever with Him in heaven.

God has plans for our hands,
Mark Cannon

Christian Lyrics

2009-03-27T16:30:00.003-07:00

There is no such thing as Christian music as strange as that sounds. It is the lyrics that make a song Christian. Music is a part of who we are and it is a way that we bring glory to God. God does not care which type of music we use because like music we are all different. God made us all in His image, and because we are all unique people we have a unique choice of music that is special to us. Some people prefer Jazz music, some prefer Rap music, some prefer Gospel music, some prefer Country music, and I prefer a variety of music including Rap, Gospel, Comedy, and Country. God is glorified through our music if the lyrics are glorifying to Him. What music do you prefer? Feel free to write on my wall and tell me about your music collection.

God is glorified through lyrics that bring Him glory,
Mark Cannon

God's Army

2009-03-27T16:30:00.001-07:00

God is Lord of all and He wants us all to come to a saving knowledge of Him. When we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior, we are accepted into the heavenly family of God. This family is also an army. As Christians we are fighting with forces in the spiritual realm as well as the physical realm. The spiritual battle is that of the Lord and His angels verses Satan and his demons. As followers of Jesus Christ, we are battling the spirit world over people in the physical world. The souls of those in the physical world are in need of Jesus Christ's power to save. We are to recruit those in the darkness into the light of the Lord. This is not easy because Satan tempts us with good things like boyfriends, girlfriends, jobs, money, sports, and careers. These things are good, but if Jesus Christ is not at the center of all of these then they fall apart and are of the world. God calls His own to be in the world, but not of the world. Clayton McDonald told me that as long as we have breath, we have a job to do, and that job is to recruit others into the Lord's Army. We know as followers of Jesus Christ that He has overcome the grave to save our souls, so we must in turn overcome our temptations in order to be used as vessels of God to save others. God took Clayton McDonald to his eternal home on 3/16/09, and God recruited him into His Holy Army. In honor of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and my good friend Clayton McDonald, I will do all in my power given to me by God to recruit others into God's Army.

God is recruiting, will you be ready
Mark Cannon

Self Control

2009-03-27T16:29:00.001-07:00

What does it mean to have self control? A person who has self control is able to control their feelings, emotions, and reactions to certain situations. We can have self control in many areas in life including the amount of television we watch, the amount of food we eat, the amount of time we spend with people, and the group of people we spend our time with, but most importantly we can have self control in the amount of time we spend every day in communication with our Triune God, Heavenly Father God, the Lord Jesus Christ, and we can spend time with them through the power of the Holy Spirit. The ways we spend time with God are through reading the Bible and praying. 2 Pet 1:6 - Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness. This verse says that the closer we are to God and the more we know Him, the more self control we can have as a result of our knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Self control is also called discipline. Discipline in sports leads to consistent improvement and non-discipline leads to brutal failure. Same with life, if we are disciplined in the truth of God's Word, then we will live productive lives that are holy and acceptable to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. If we are not disciplined in God's Word, then we will stumble and become caught up in earthly things and end up like the world, eternally separated from the glorious joy that we can have through the work of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is in control,
Mark Cannon

Gentleness

2009-03-27T16:28:00.006-07:00

What does it mean to be gentle? A gentle person is considerate, kind, and tender, and they are not harsh or severe. Proverbs 15:1- A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger. This verse clearly tells us that if you are gentle and kind with your words that you say to other people than you will turn the wrath, anger, and hurt of other people away from the current situation.
Ephesians 4:1-2- Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love. This verse is a tough one to continue in because problems come up in families, friendships, relationships, jobs, and life in general. As followers of our Lord Jesus Christ we are called be humble, gentle, patient, and show tolerance to every one we meet. People might say things to your face that you will have trouble forgiving them for, that has happened to me, but God calls us to have peace with them, be gentle toward them, and not return evil for evil. We are to pray for those who hate, disrespect, and verbally abuse you, because they are made in the image of God as well, and as long as they have a pulse and are breathing, they have an opportunity to come back to the Lord and follow Him. We are not going to be able to change the feelings of people toward us, only God can, but we can change ourselves, and follow more closely to the Lord, and pray that others do the same.

God is gentle,
Mark Cannon

Faithfulness

2009-03-27T16:28:00.005-07:00

What does it mean to be faithful? A person who is faithful is firmly devoted to someone or something, worthy of being trusted, and consistent with truth. Christianity teaches that we can be saved by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. As followers of Jesus Christ we are called to be faithful in all we do, whether that be our friendships with one another, our relationships to our parents or siblings, our marriages to the person God has blessed us with, or most importantly, we are to be faithful in our relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who gives an eternal life filled with glory to those who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior. Mat 25:21- His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' This verse says that if we are faithful in the little things, such as taking care of the house by taking out the trash, mowing the lawn, or continuing to be faithful in growing in your relationship with the Lord through reading the Bible and consistently praying which is our way to communicate with the Almighty God who wants to have a relationship with us. We cannot just be faithful when the times are good for us, those are the easy times to be faithful because we are experiencing happiness in life with good friends, a good home, a good family, a good job, and good food. We must, let me say it again, must be faithful in the tough times of our lives. We will face persecution because of our faith in Jesus Christ, because quite frankly, Jesus Christ faced persecution. He was laughed at, mocked, crowned with thorns, whipped 39 times by Roman guards, pierced in the hands and feet by being nailed to the cross at Calvary. Jesus Christ tells us to continue to be faithful because he overcame the cross, grave and death to save our souls. So if Jesus Christ was faithful to God to the end of His earthly life in which He lived without sin, why can't we be faithful to Him.

God is Faithful,
Mark Cannon

Goodness

2009-03-27T16:28:00.003-07:00

Goodness is defined as- The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc. If goodness is defined as excellent and benevolent then the Triune God- the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit are the only beings who can be considered to be good because God is in His essence excellent and through Him flows every good thing, including kindness, and most importantly an eternal love for those who accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. God is good all the time and all the time God is good.

Kindness

2009-03-27T16:28:00.001-07:00

What is Kindness? The dictionary defines kindness as the qualities of being warmhearted, considerate, humane, and sympathetic.

“An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.” (Proverbs 12:25) This shows us that we can be the person who can offer a kind word to someone in need of kindess, and we can brighten up their day by being there for them.

(Luke 6:35 NKJV) ""But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil." This tells us to love our enemies because the Lord is kind to them. I have to continue to trust in the fact that the Lord loves all His creatures and He wants us to show kindness to those who are evil toward us.

…Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Matthew 25:40 KJV. Jesus tells us that whatever we do to those less fortunate than we are, we are doing it to the Lord. God is perfect and He wants us to be in a relationship with Him. Part of this relationship is showing love and kindness to those in need. It is my prayer that we can all show a little more kindness to each other, and care for those in need.

God is kind to us,
Mark Cannon

Patience

2009-03-27T16:27:00.001-07:00

What is patience? The dictionary defines patience as the power of suffering with fortitude, uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression and calamity. The Bible has many examples of our need to have patience and endure the hardships in this life so we can experience eternal life that can only come through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. This is one of my personal favorite verses in the Bible. It tells us that if we are patient and rely on the Lord during the troubling times of our lives, we will then be able to have our strength renewed by the Lord. Because our strength is renewed by the Lord we will be able to run the race the Lord has given us and He will keep us away from becoming tired of the work He has set out for us, and we will be able to soar like eagles, so beautiful.
Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. This verse is very self-explanatory, but can be accomplished through faith in the Lord, and perseverance in all His ways.
Psalm 37:7-9
Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper—it only leads to harm. For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the Lord will possess the land. God has told us to not lose our tempers at those who are evil to us. We need to trust in the Lord and allow Him to take care of us during tough times.
Colossians 3:12-13
Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. God is full of forgiveness, and He calls us to forgive those people who have broken our hearts, hurt our feelings, and pushed us away when we were in need of a friend. God is the best friend we can ever have so if we let Him work in our lives we can be the friend that someone needs.

God is patient with us,
Mark Cannon

Peace

2009-03-27T16:26:00.000-07:00

What is peace? The dictionary defines peace as the absence of mental stress or anxiety. The Hebrew term for peace is Shalom and it is used in the Old Testament of the Bible to signify soundness, health, and prosperity. As a follower of Jesus Christ, and a believer that God's Word is truth, I am blessed with peace from God. Psalm 29:11.

Isaiah 54:10
"Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you. This verse tells us that the world will fall apart one day, but God will always stay faithful, and if we trust in Him we can find peace in Him.

Do not be anxious over anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication along with thanksgiving let your petitions be made known to God; and the peace of God that excels all thought will guard your hearts and your mental powers by means of Christ Jesus. — Philippians 4:6, 7. This tells us that if we are consistent to pray to the Lord and with whatever we ask of the Lord, we ask with thanksgiving, then God will be our peace and He will guard our hearts and minds through the power of Jesus Christ.

Joy

2009-02-19T22:08:00.001-08:00

What is joy? Well, I know that joy and happiness are not the same thing. I was hurting by the way some people treated me and I was not very happy. I was joyful however because I have the Holy Spirit in me and I will not be sad because Nehemiah 8:10 says the joy of the Lord is my strength and that is so amazingly true. As a follower of Jesus Christ my Lord I can rejoice in my heart, and trust in His holy name, as Psalm 33:21 says.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. Romans 5:1-5. This shows us that we can have joy in Jesus Christ.
But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
1 Peter 4:13. This shows us that we can still have joy in the Lord even in troubling times. When the world filled with haters are putting you down, you can have joy in the Lord, and He will continue to renew your strength every day.

God's Love

2009-02-05T20:25:00.000-08:00

One thing I know about God the Father Almighty is that He loves us. He loved us so much that He sent His only Son Jesus Christ to come to earth and save us from an eternal separation from Him and condemnation which we would have received if it was not for the love of God. Jesus Christ showed us His love by sacrificing His perfect, sinless God-honoring life on a cross at Calvary, so we can be called Sons and Daughters of the Most High God. There have been some unkind words pointed in my direction by people that were my friends at one point in my life, but God has reminded me of His wonderful love and His amazing grace that He has bestowed upon me, so now I will move on from the hurtful words and I will focus on loving others as God has loved me. God says in John 17:22-23 "The glory which you have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that you sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me." When I read that passage of Scripture I am blown away that the Lord God Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, the One whom we all owe our praise and glory, would love me as much as He loves His only Son. As President Barack Obama has called for change in our nation, I also pray for change in our nation. My prayer is that we can put aside our selfish desires, and grow in love toward our fellow human beings and respect them for the person that God made them to be. I pray that God will bless our Armed Sevice men and women who are sacrificing their lives, and time with their families so that the United States of America, the nation that they love can have freedom. I pray for those called by God in foreign countries who put their lives on the line every day to preach the Gospel of Jesus Chris and His perfect love to those who have never heard of the glorious name of Jesus Christ our Savior. I pray that we will take the time and put in the effort needed to help out those in need of love or a person to talk to on a hard day, and that we can be a light that brightens up their day.
God is love,
Mark Cannon

Lakers Improving

2008-12-26T15:48:00.000-08:00

On Christmas day, the Los Angeles Lakers played a home game at the Staples Center against their hated, bitter rival the Boston Celtics, who own the best record in the NBA. This turned out to be a very competitive basketball game. The Celtics started off by controlling the tempo, but the Lakers were ready to play their complete game as well. Each team shot the ball well in the first half, resulting in the Lakers leading at halftime by the score of 51-45 over the Celtics. Although the Lakers held the Celtics to 45 points in the firsthalf, their defensive rotations were less than desirable. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, and the rest of the Celtics were allowed to have to many easy lay-ups because the Lakers big men, especially Pau Gasol, and Andrew Bynum were not rotating to help on the weak side, resulting in easy points in the paint. Kobe Bryant's 16 points, and 8 points apiece from Sasha Vujacic and Luke Walton in the first half helped the Lakers have the lead at halftime. During the second half the score remained close throughout until the last few minutes when Pau Gasol, who had been innefective scoring the basketball exploded for 8 of his 20 points in the last 5 minutes of the game. Pau also came up with a huge defensive play by blocking a 3 point attempt by Eddie House, which lead to Kobe Bryant tipping the ball ahead for a wide open, fast break dunk by Trevor Ariza. This was Trevor Ariza's only basket of the game. The Lakers won the game 92-83 with Kobe Bryant leading the way with 27 points, and Lamar Odom, and Sasha Vujacic chipped in with 10 points apiece. This was one regular season game, but hopefully it will help change the defensive mindset of the Los Angeles Lakers in a positive direction, which in turn could hopefully bring an NBA Title to Tinsletown.

Who Am I?

2008-12-21T08:54:00.000-08:00

Some people believe that who they are is dependent upon what they own such as a fancy car, a nice house, or having a good job. We are much more than our possessions to God. He loves us so much that He sent His Son Jesus Christ to the earth to be an example of how we are to live our lives. Jesus lived a sinless life, died on a cross to save us from our sins, and rose on the third day to reign as King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. We are created in God's image, and if we accept the saving power of Christ through His death on the cross, the Holy Spirit enters us and we have a completely different mindset. Instead of living for ourselves we live with an eternal perspective. We are able to love others more because Christ first loved us. Life can get rough and have it's difficulties, but we are told in Hebrews 12: 1-3 - "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." NIV.
As followers of Jesus Christ, we are to press on through difficult times and reflect on what He did for us. He was beaten, persecuted, spit upon, whipped, mocked, and laughed at for saying He was God. Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and no one comes to the Father except through Him, and I pray for those who do not know His saving power that they will come to accept Him as Lord and Savior.