August 8, 2022
“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)
Hello 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 5, 2022 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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Good morning beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. I hope you had a blessed weekend. I pray my LORD’S blessings of peace and comfort to all who lost a loved one to the last enemy my LORD will destroy, death. Amen.
Beloved, I would like to share a thought with you that I pondered this past weekend, for your consideration. However, you first must have the ability to think of your own power before you can join me in pondering these thoughts, for, without the ability to think of your own, apart from the masses, your mind is unable to process what I will present for your consideration. Amen.
Ponder this thought beloved. You who are able to do so: We are in a time of slavery and one half of these United States of America is against slavery and one half will kill to keep slavery.
Out of the slaves, rises up a few who try unsuccessfully to escape and are beaten and even killed; to teach the other slaves a lesson to not challenge the white slave owners.
However, it happens; a few slaves, men and women get away successfully. Then beloved, the unthinkable happens; a few returned, to tell of some of the white people helping slaves to escape to the half of the country where you too, can be free.
Now beloved, ponder the thought. You have free lodging, free food, a few generations of your family have always been slaves; you are slaves: what is your decision? Make no mistake, you must ponder this thought with the truth of reality, you could very well die, you may never even get a chance to try, for the reality has been exposed that some blacks; are slaves: they, from fear, will not leave the plantation, because slavery is all they have known for many generations.
Question beloved: if you are able to think “freely” what is your answer when offered the opportunity to “try and escape” slavery? Are you willing to die as one seeking freedom or do you live as a slave?
This thought came to me when I watched the reporting of two well known entertainers who have dissolved their friendship because one has left the plantation and one has not. This thought came to me, as I listen to the teaching of my LORD, day-by-day and then watch day-by-day the actions of this fallen political system of these United States of America.
Beloved, not knowing your decision: I praise my Savior-Holy Father-GOD, my LORD and Redeemer-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, and His Holy Spirit for delivering me from the plantation; and for those who chose Him as their Savior, and helped me. Amen.
Let us beloved, partake of the sweet nectar our LORD-GOD has for us as He reveals Himself to us in the life of our man of GOD, “King David”. Amen.
“1 Chronicles 21:1
New King James Version
The Census of Israel and Judah
21 Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to [a]number Israel.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 21:1 take a census of
1 Chronicles 21:1 in all English translations”
“2 Samuel 24:1
New King James Version
David’s Census of Israel and Judah
24 Again the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, “Go, [a]number Israel and Judah.”
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 24:1 take a census of
2 Samuel 24:1 in all English translations
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“21:1 To number Israel: The census of David in this chapter is also recorded in 2 Sam. 24, but there it states that it was because God was angry with Israel (the reason for this is unclear) that He moved David to take the census. The account of the census has been problematic because God does not cause anyone to sin (James 1:13) and because it is not apparent why such a census was wrong (Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2-4). The first problem is clarified by comparing 2 Sam. 24:1 with 1 Chr. 21:1; God did not directly incite David to do something for which He would then turn around and judge him (v. 14); rather, He allowed Satan to influence David to do what David probably already had in his heart to do (James 1:14, 15).
This is similar to the times when the Lord allowed Satan to trouble Job (Job 1:12; 2:6) or when He permitted an evil spirit to torment Saul (1 Sam. 16:14). This is one of the only three OT references where Satan (literally, “Adversary”) is mentioned by name (see also Job 1; 2; Zech. 3:1). The absence of the definite article (the) before “Satan” in v. 1 indicates that the title, which emphasized his role in inciting rebellion against God, had already become a proper name.
Although we are not told why the numbering was evil (v. 7), it was perhaps either an indication that David was trusting more in his military strength than in God’s power (see Ps. 20:7) or a violation of God’s instruction to Moses on how to conduct a census (see Ex. 30:11-16). The first would be a sin of motive and the second, a sin of method.” (NEW SPIRIT FILLED LIFE Bible—Jack W. Hayford, Litt.D.— New King James Version—THOMAS NELSON—Since 1798)
“Job 2:1-10
New King James Version
Satan Attacks Job’s Health
2 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?”
Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”
3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to [a]destroy him without cause.”
4 So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. 5 But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely [b]curse You to Your face!”
6 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.
9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? [c]Curse God and die!”
10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Footnotes
- Job 2:3 Lit. consume
- Job 2:5 Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5
- Job 2:9 Lit. Bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5
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Beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, as we read Job 1; I found it quite interesting that satan killed many of the “servants” to punish Job, trying to get him to curse GOD and falter in his belief in GOD. Interesting.
Have a blessed Monday beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Amen. Sincerely: Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. and Linda Shephard. Amen.