August 11, 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.
New King James Version (NKJV)
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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 August 10, 2023 letter;
“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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“1 Samuel 16:14-23
New King James Version
A Distressing Spirit Troubles Saul
14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the Lord troubled him. 15 And Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely, a distressing spirit from God is troubling you. 16 Let our master now command your servants, who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. And it shall be that he will play it with his hand when the [a]distressing spirit from God is upon you, and you shall be well.”
17 So Saul said to his servants, [b]“Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”
18 Then one of the servants answered and said, “Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the Lord is with him.”
19 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.” 20 And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by his son David to Saul. 21 So David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly, and he became his armorbearer. 22 Then Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.” 23 And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 16:16 Lit. evil
- 1 Samuel 16:17 Lit. Look now for a man for me
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.” (BibleGateway.com)
“16:14-23 | It did not matter that David had no formal training to be king. God took care of that—carving out free instruction on palace protocol and military strategy by way of David’s gift of music. While he was serving Saul, he was quietly learning how to be king. This seems to be true of every Christian: God prepares His children to lead and to do His will by teaching them to serve.’
’16:14 | Just as the Spirit of the LORD anointed and empowered David, it departed from Saul. Even though he still reigned, he was no longer the chosen one.” (THE JEREMIAH STUDY BIBLE—DR. DAVID JEREMIAH—NEW KING JAMES STUDY BIBLE—WORTHY)
“TOUGH QUESTIONS
Can the Holy Spirit be removed from believers today? ● 16:14
In the OT, the Spirit of God did not permanently indwell believers; He only selectively and temporarily filled them for service. But in Saul’s case, “The Spirit of the LORD departed”—permanently. This is why, after David sinned with Bathsheba, he wrote: “Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me” (Ps. 51:11). David understood that, through sin, he could lose the empowered blessing of the Spirit of God on his life.
This cannot happen to believers today, because we live in a different age—the church age. The Spirit of God has been poured into our hearts to permanently indwell us. While the NT teaches that genuine faith will yield good works (James 2:14-17), it also teaches that evil spiritual forces are at work within the world to entice God’s people to sin (Eph. 6:10-12; 1 Pet. 5:8-9; 1 John 2:15-17). For this reason, we should remain alert: so we will not grieve the Spirit who lives and works in us (Eph. 4:30).” (THE JEREMIAH STUDY BIBLE—DR. DAVID JEREMIAH—NEW KING JAMES STUDY BIBLE—WORTHY)
Good morning beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Beloved, today is a most wonderful day and I am most blessed to share it with you. I aim this blessing, again, to those who are a newly adopted son/daughter of the LORD my GOD, through the precious Blood, death, burial, and resurrection (on the third day according to the most Holy Word of my GOD) of our Savior and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS (AND) to those who desire absolute truth and hope, and to my brothers and sisters in our LORD. Amen.
Today, August 11, 2023, is exactly the six-year anniversary of the day my LORD-GOD led me to share one chapter-a-day of the most Holy Word of my LORD-GOD. Amen. For a few years my LORD gave me the courage to post what He was teaching me through the late great Dr. Chuck Missler in his online Bible college courses and then one chapter-a-day of the books of Psalms and Proverbs. Amen.
Then, my LORD blessed me with posting one day at a time the one-year Bible study of the late great Pastor Charles Spurgeon, as is in the PC Study Bible Version 5. Amen.
Then beloved, six months into posting the Bible Study of the late great Pastor Spurgeon, my LORD spoke to me that I would post one chapter a day of His most Holy Word.
Beloved, that scared me to tears, tears for many days because, as I expressed to my LORD, whatever I set my hands to, I mess up, I destroy, or I hurt, and I knew that I would fail.
To you who are newly adopted children of our LORD-GOD, listen intently, to what I am saying to you. Amen.
My LORD, in His too awesome to comprehend love, for the next six months, day-by-day revealed to me, His love, His guidance, and His encouragement, then beloved, our LORD led me one morning to the internet and He revealed to me one man, who my LORD had given the same assignment to and that this man, day-by-day, posted one chapter a day of the most Holy Word of GOD. Amen.
On the day my LORD revealed this to me, this man was the only man who had ever done this. Amen. Through this man who trusted my LORD-GOD, my LORD walked with him day-by-day and my LORD said to me, I will walk with you, day-by-day as you spread my gospel to the world, and I will never-ever leave you. Amen.
Beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, my LORD had His angels patiently collect my many tears as I was convinced that I would fail but my LORD-GOD talked with me day-by-day, as I continued to post the Bible study of the late great Pastor Charles Spurgeon. Amen.
This beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, is why I do not bark repent to you, nor to anyone else nor do I participate in telling you how my LORD-GOD will cause you pain, inflict you with cancer, just plain harm you (to teach you to humble yourself) I do not participate in that religion of GOD being a hurtful god because that is not my experience.
Beloved, my LORD-GOD, with awesome patience, tender, encouraging love, and ever-present voice, removed each and every one of my fears all the way up to August 11, 2017, and on that morning beloved, my LORD-GOD encouraged me to write the letter He led me to write to all who would hear, that we (husbands-father’s) were to read to our families, each day, one chapter at a time, following as I posted one chapter-a-day as my LORD-GOD provided, I read to my Queen, one chapter-a day of the most Holy Word of GOD; that we all read together as a family. Amen.
During the time from that morning to this one, my LORD-GOD did not allow me to miss not one day except for the morning after hurricane Ian had come to Florida and my children were in their home, having the hurricane go directly over their home and my heart was to minister to my children instead of to you, and my LORD-GOD blessed my wife and I to not only see that He had protected our girls and grandchildren, but we saw the destruction that had happened around them, that we saw even more clearly that our LORD had His hand over our children’s home and had them in His hands. Amen.
I made a statement to you beloved that I want to help you get the nectar from it. I said to you that my LORD did not allow me to miss a day posting His most Holy Word, except for that one morning. From August 11, 2017, until now, my LORD-GOD did not allow me to miss a day. Beloved, I want you to receive the magnitude of that testimony. Amen.
Beloved, the one and only thing that I have ever done so consistently as to be without a miss, is messing up. Failure beloved is the only thing I have ever mastered, ever. If there was never a way one could fail in whatever it was that I did, then I would make a way for me to fail in it. Without failure, I would fail.
That beloved, is why it took me six months to believe what my LORD-GOD was telling me, that He would not allow me to fail, is because I had absorbed in my heart, to the point that it was who I am, which was what my earthly father told me; that I would never amount to anything, that I would never do anything, that I would always fail, that I would never do anything right, and I beloved, had believed what my father told me so much that again, it had become me, it was who I was, it was me, because it was how I saw myself. It became a self-fulfilling prophecy and I was fulfilling it like a professional. I was a professional failure.
Beloved, again, that is why I do not ascribe to the religion of GOD as a slave master. Beloved, understand, whoever you saw as your father is most likely who you will see your heavenly Father to be. Your earthly father determines who your heavenly Father is: until:
Beloved, I refused to call Father-GOD, father because to call Him Father was to call him who had destroyed me. But; I said BUT; the LORD my GOD met me exactly where I was and moment-by-moment; hour-by-hour; day-by-day; week-by-week; month-by-month; year-by-year: He accepted the challenge of introducing me to my Father, my real Father; Himself. Amen.
Then beloved, we came to August 11, 2017, and I began to learn, receive into my heart Who my Father, is. When satan tried to kill me with two bouts of double pneumonia, with ramming my car into a concrete wall, in the rain, on the highway, using a semi to turn my car sideways until ramming it into the center wall; through other attempts at putting me in the hospital; at putting my Queen in the hospital: my Father- brought my Bible and my laptop to the hospital so that I could spread His gospel, then my Father really made satan mad because nurses, food service, doctors, all who had to come to my room would hear the Bible App on my phone playing 24 hours a day until I left, which I know made satan mad because people made extra trips to my and my Queen’s room asking about the Bible App, or to hear the praise music I had playing, then satan stopped attacking us in the medical because it only pointed all who came near us to our Father. Amen.
With satan’s attempts to shut me up, only caused me to see more clearly what my LORD-GOD told me in the six months leading up to August 11, 2017; that He would not allow me to miss a day and He revealed Himself to me as my true Father.
Beloved, still, on this day, August 11, 2023, I still ask my Father to help me to hear His voice and to not hear my earthly father’s voice; to believe what my Father says about me, and to not believe what my earthly father said about me; that I am who my Father-GOD says I am, that I have what my Father-GOD says I have, and that I can do what my Father-GOD says I can do; (my LORD has been teaching me that through the late great Apostle Fred Price). Amen.
Beloved, I am still desperately trying to believe my heavenly Father-GOD and I can tell you, you who are newly adopted or who are looking for hope in this demonic world; I can tell you with absolute boldness and authority that my GOD is FAITHFUL. Amen.
As Andrew Womack would say, I may not have arrived, but I have left. Amen.
My prayer is still, LORD help me to hear You, help me to see You, help me LORD to believe You and beloved, I can say that now, I can look back and see across the creation of my LORD-GOD where He has carried me, where He has played in the sand with me, where He has collected a sea full of tears from my eyes. Amen.
Beloved, I know that even when I can’t “feel” Him, I know that He is here and my LORD-GOD makes Himself known to me again, because my LORD is looooooooooooooongsuffeirng and very, very, very patient with His love, grace, and mercy. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, in my LORD’S awesome love, grace, mercy, encouragement, guidance, strength, my LORD has blessed me to have this testimony that my Father-GOD has day-by-day, without fail, has and is teaching me His most Holy Word that beloved, I see Him more clearly today than I did yesterday, that I hear Him more clearly today than I did yesterday, and I more boldly, proclaim, that my heavenly Father-GOD is more real to me than even you are (for sometimes you read and say Amen and sometimes you don’t) or anyone or anything is. Amen! Amen.
Let him who chooses to, hear my testimony, of my heavenly Father-GOD, my Savior and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, and of my LORD’S Holy Spirit. Amen; for it is true from this one whom my LORD loves and have and do show Himself faithful above all else, that in His love, grace, and mercy, according to the perfect will of my heavenly Father-GOD, I grow in the grace and knowledge of my Father-GOD, my Savior and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS and in the power of His Holy Spirit, to the awesome glory of my LORD-GOD. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Have a blessed Friday beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Amen. Sincerely: Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. and Linda Shephard. Amen.