May 18, 2023
“1 Corinthians 3:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
New King James Version (NKJV)
1 Corinthians 3:11 in all English translations” (BibleGateway.com)
“1 Corinthians 11:23-25 New King James Version (NKJV)
Institution of the Lord’s Supper
23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, [a]“Take, eat; this is My body which is [b]broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
Footnotes:
- 1 Corinthians 11:24 NU omits Take, eat
- 1 Corinthians 11:24 NU omits broken
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“For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you:”
“Romans 10:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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Romans 10:17 in all English translations” (BibleGateway.com)
Good morning beloved; who have been saved by grace (GOD’S gift to the world—His only begotten Son-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS) through faith (in the precious Blood, death, burial, and resurrection [on the third day, according to Scripture] of our Messiah-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS-by His Holy Spirit; for the forgiveness of our sin of self-righteousness.) Amen.
Continued from the May 17, 2023 letter;
Good morning beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS; let us continue to receive what our LORD’S Holy Spirit has for us as He reveals our LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS to us in the life of our man of GOD, King David. Amen.
“Genesis 14:18-20 New King James Version (NKJV)
Abram and Melchizedek
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said:
“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
And he gave him [a]a tithe of all.
Footnotes:
- Genesis 14:20 one-tenth
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“Hebrews 11:32
New King James Version
32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:
Hebrews 11:32 in all English translations
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‘. . . “2 Samuel 24:18-25
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The Altar on the Threshing Floor
18 And Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, erect an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” 19 So David, according to the word of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. 20 Now Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming toward him. So Araunah went out and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.
21 Then Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?”
And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be withdrawn from the people.”
22 Now Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up whatever seems good to him. Look, here are oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing implements and the yokes of the oxen for wood. 23 All these, O king, Araunah has given to the king.”
And Araunah said to the king, “May the Lord your God accept you.”
24 Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord heeded the prayers for the land, and the plague was withdrawn from Israel.
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“24:18 The threshing floor of Araunah was on Mt. Moriah, where Abraham offered Isaac (Gen. 22:2), and the location of Solomon’s temple (2 Chr. 3:1).
24:24 Fifty shekels of silver: This seems to conflict with 1 Chr. 21:25, which says 600 shekels of gold. The figure in 2 Sam. specifically says that David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 50 shekels of silver. The figure in 1 Chr. is for the entire site.
24:25 David . . . offered burnt offerings and peace offerings: In ch. 23 David functions as a prophet, here as a priest. David combines the three offices of prophet, priest, and king. These were again combined in David’s relative, Christ the Messiah, and again combined in the Spirit-filled church, in whose members the Spirit of prophecy resides (Acts 2:14-21) and who are “kings and priests to our God” (Rev. 1:6; 5:10).” (NEW SPIRIT FILLED LIFE Bible—Jack W. Hayford, Litt.D.—New King James Version—THOMAS NELSON—Since 1798)
“KINGDOM DYNAMICS
24:24 Give God Your Best—Then Expect His Best, SEED FAITH.
David had sinned, and, as a result, a plague came on the people. To atone for this sin, the Lord told King David to build an altar on the threshing floor of Araunah and offer a burnt offering so that the plague might be stayed. Araunah tried to give David the land, the oxen, and other items to sacrifice. But David insisted on paying Araunah, saying that he could not present to God an offering that cost him nothing.
The very heart of Seed Faith is that unless you experience some sacrifice, you have not truly given. Unless your giving costs you something—something that represents a portion of your very life—then it is not a living gift and will not yield a good harvest. Our giving to the Lord must bear these three qualities.
First, it should be our best. When we give God our best, we are in a position to expect His best back into our lives.
Second, we should give to God first. The very first thought in our minds after we have received something should be how we can give a portion of our harvest to the work of the Lord.
Third, our giving should be generous, freely from our heart and without expecting anything back from the one to whom we give. As Jesus said to His disciples, “Freely you have received, freely give” (Matt. 10:8).
(Gen. 8:22/Matt. 17:19, 20) O.R.” (NEW SPIRIT FILLED LIFE Bible—Jack W. Hayford, Litt.D.—New King James Version—THOMAS NELSON—Since 1798)
‘. . . “Matthew 10:8
New King James Version
8 Heal the sick, [a]cleanse the lepers, [b]raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
Footnotes
- Matthew 10:8 NU raise the dead, cleanse the lepers
- Matthew 10:8 M omits raise the dead
Matthew 10:8 in all English translations
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Let him who has an ear, hear what the Holy Spirit says to His church. Amen.
Belove of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS; this is going to be very hard for some of us, as we have a plethora of hell-fire preachers who are drooling at the opportunity to tell someone to repent (and) that they are going to HELL!
(But) what would it look like if those of us, who proclaim we are Christian, would simply believe, and “obey” our LORD’S most Holy Word above, like we tell others to “Obey”?
Our struggle is to believe that our LORD will even heal us! Much less, that He will heal someone else, therefore, we say healing died with the Disciples.
Therefore, we do not have to stretch and reach to believe, we can just proclaim; “Repent and Obey GOD”, while we do not “OBEY” the above, most Holy Word of GOD. For, if we did, people would be knocking our doors down, seeking healing and deliverance for their families, because someone said that GOD had healed their family member, delivered their family member from satanic attack, raised their family member from the dead, (through us) and they are desperate, because they heard, we did it through our LORD-GOD. Amen. (But-they do not)
“Matthew 17:14-21
New King James Version
A Boy Is Healed
14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is [a]an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. 16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O [b]faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your [c]unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. 21 [d]However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 17:15 Lit. moonstruck
- Matthew 17:17 unbelieving
- Matthew 17:20 NU little faith
- Matthew 17:21 NU omits v. 21.
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“Mark 9:14-29
New King James Version
A Boy Is Healed
14 And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes disputing with them. 15 Immediately, when they saw Him, all the people were greatly amazed, and running to Him, greeted Him. 16 And He asked the scribes, “What are you discussing with them?”
17 Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. 18 And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not.”
19 He answered him and said, “O faithless[a] generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I [b]bear with you? Bring him to Me.” 20 Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.
21 So He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?”
And he said, “From childhood. 22 And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
23 Jesus said to him, “If[c] you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” 26 Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.
28 And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”
29 So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer [d]and fasting.”
Footnotes
- Mark 9:19 unbelieving
- Mark 9:19 put up with
- Mark 9:23 NU “ ‘If You can!’ All things
- Mark 9:29 NU omits and fasting
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Beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS; maybe, just maybe, if we spent more time asking Holy Father-GOD, to “Help Our Unbelief” and praying/fasting, maybe we wouldn’t have time to preach hell-fire-repent, because we’d be too busy; like the Disciples were, leading people to the One True GOD, our Savior and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, because they, like us, were healed through His Holy Spirit. Just Maybe!
Beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS; one day, we will come to the realization and truth, that our LORD is not speaking to those who we like to preach fire and hell to, but to us, those who claim to be redeemed by Him, when He said;
“O [b]faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”
“O faithless[a] generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I [b]bear with you? Bring him to Me.”
Isn’t it interesting our LORD-GOD, said ““Bring him here to Me.”” “”Bring him to Me.””
But we can’t because we have chased them away by preaching repent or you’re going to hell, you sinner.
I think we have forgotten one Major thing, in the most Holy Word of GOD!
“Romans 3:23
New King James Version
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 3:23 in all English translations
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Well, I have not forgotten, that I was in the “All” but for my heavenly Father-GOD, my Savior and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, and His awesome Holy Spirit, I would still be hell bound!
Have a blessed Thursday beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Amen. Sincerely: Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. and Linda Shephard. Amen.