August 23, 2024
“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)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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 22, 2024 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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“2 Samuel 24
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.”
2 So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.”
3 And Joab said to the king, “Now may the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times more than there are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king desire this thing?” 4 Nevertheless the king’s word [b]prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. Therefore Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.
5 And they crossed over the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the town which is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, and toward Jazer. 6 Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon; 7 and they came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to South Judah as far as Beersheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
The Judgment on David’s Sin
10 And David’s heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O Lord, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”
11 Now when David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, 12 “Go and tell David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I offer you three things; choose one of them for yourself, that I may do it to you.” ’ ” 13 So Gad came to David and told him; and he said to him, “Shall seven[c] years of famine come to you in your land? Or shall you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ plague in your land? Now consider and see what answer I should take back to Him who sent me.”
14 And David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Please let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”
15 So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel from the morning till the appointed time. From Dan to Beersheba seventy thousand men of the people died. 16 And when the [d]angel stretched out His hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “It is enough; now restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of [e]Araunah the Jebusite.
17 Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Surely I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.”
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.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 24:1 take a census of
- 2 Samuel 24:4 overruled
- 2 Samuel 24:13 So with MT, Syr., Tg., Vg.; LXX three (cf. 1 Chr. 21:12)
- 2 Samuel 24:16 Or Angel
- 2 Samuel 24:16 Ornan, 1 Chr. 21:15
New King James Version (NKJV)
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“24:1 | The text here says the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them, while the parallel account in 1 Chronicles 21:1 says “Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David.” God never does evil or tempts people to do evil (James 1:13-15), but He does use evil agents to accomplish His purposes. In this case, He allowed Satan to incite David to take the census.’
’24:1-3 | This is not the first time the people of Israel were numbered: Moses did so twice at God’s command in Numbers 1 and 26. But after the people were settled in the Promised Land, we never read again of God requiring a census of Israel.’
’24:3, 4 | Even such a man as Joab could see the error in David’s plan and warned him not to go through with it. In the parallel account in 1 Chronicles, Joab refused to number Levi and Benjamin because “the king’s word was abominable to Joab” (1 Chron. 21:6). Every time David stepped out of line, an advisor warned him, as they did every time he ignored the good counsel of others. Leaders must never elevate themselves to the point where they fail to listen to the advice of other people and to be accountable.’
’24:13-15 | Famine, sword, and plague often appear as a trio (Jer. 14:12; 18:21; Ezek. 5:17). These three tragedies would kill a similar number of people, but plague would kill them faster than famine or war. God gave David a choice so he would see how serious his sin was and so that he had only himself to blame when the punishment became unbearable.’
’24:13 | The punishment had to be public because the sin was public. This is the only place in the Bible where God gives anyone a choice regarding his or her punishment.’
’24:15 | The penalty for David’s pride was to have his kingdom reduced by 70,000 people. Because David was the leader of the people, the people of Israel had to bear the consequences of his sin, although it is significant that the chapter begins with a reference to God’s anger against Israel in general (24:1).’
’24:16, 25 | When God relented, He showed that He does divinely respond to human action: He averted the plague as a result of David’s plea for Israel. This is not to say that God changed His mind or did not plan ahead of time when the plague would end, but it does say that God’s character is to be responsive to His people.’
’24:17 | David offered to bear the punishment for his own sin, just as his descendant the Messiah would one day do. His willingness to bear this punishment reveals how much David cared for his people. In the beginning, the people are portrayed foremost as his subjects, among whom were valiant men who could serve in his army (24:8, 9). Yet when the people began to suffer for his sin, David tenderly refers to them as his sheep (24:17). This shepherd-like concern reflects the character of his descendant and the ultimate heir to his throne, Jesus Christ (John 10:11-15).’
’24:18-25 | God redeemed David’s sin by commissioning him to buy the site where the temple would one day be built (1 Chron. 22:1). David had sinned and many people died as a result of his sin, but God turned the situation into a new beginning—the place where His presence would dwell with His people.” (THE JEREMIAH STUDY BIBLE—DR. DAVID JEREMIAH—NEW KING JAMES STUDY BIBLE—WORTHY)
Let him who has an ear, hear what the Holy Spirit says to His church. Amen.
Beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS; this commentary is intended only for that one who is newly adopted (by GOD Most High-through the precious Blood, death, burial, and resurrection of our “Sinless” Lamb of GOD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS) into the family of children, redeemed by our Savior and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS: not for the theologian, whether degreed or self-perceived-degreed. Amen.
I intentionally stressed the above adoption, to the newly adopted, because of how I saw one (could) interpret the commentary by the man of GOD, Dr. David Jeremiah, as seen in his above commentary on (24:17;)
“ ’24:17 | David offered to bear the punishment for his own sin, just as his descendant the Messiah would one day do.”
Beloved, there is no doubt in my mind that what the man of GOD, Dr David Jeremiah was saying here is that king David’s descendant, the Messiah would one day pay for the sins of king David, as well as for your sin, and my sin. Amen.
Therefore, when I read this commentary, my first thought was to you, my newly adopted brothers and sisters into our heavenly Abba-Father-GOD’S family, who do not yet, know the Most Holy Word of GOD, (our LORD teaches me daily) nor as yet, does not know that if the man of GOD, Dr. David Jeremiah, meant anything other than what I am stating was in fact, his intention to say; my LORD would not have blessed me with the Bible our LORD’S Holy Spirit has blessed our man of GOD with producing; The Dr. David Jeremiah, New King James, Study Bible. Amen.
Therefore, beloved, our LORD’S Holy Spirit helped me to bring just a few Scriptures from the Most Holy Word of GOD to you (as the entirety of the Most Holy Word of GOD is pointing to our Redeemer, The Lamb of GOD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS) therefore, our LORD’S Holy Spirit helped me with a few Scriptures, that get right to the point, as well as the few I am familiar with, Amen; For I too beloved, am learning every day, even after 39 years since receiving my LORD into my heart, He teaches me daily. Amen.
Therefore, beloved, let us partake, with clarity, of what I believe our man of GOD, Dr. David Jeremiah was saying in his commentary on 2 Samuel 24:17; That in fact, our Savior-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, paid for every sin of our man of GOD, King David, as well as for our every sin, as we have received Him as our Savior and Redeemer. Amen. Amen. Amen.
“John 3:13-21
New King James Version
13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man [a]who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should [b]not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
Footnotes
New King James Version (NKJV)”
“2 Corinthians 5:12-21
New King James Version
Be Reconciled to God
12 For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. 13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not [a]imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 5:19 reckoning
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“Hebrews 9:6-15
New King James Version
Limitations of the Earthly Service
6 Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. 7 But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance; 8 the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing. 9 It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience— 10 concerned only with foods and drinks, various [a]washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.
The Heavenly Sanctuary
11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things [b]to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, [c]sanctifies for the [d]purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without [e]spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 9:10 Lit. baptisms
- Hebrews 9:11 NU that have come
- Hebrews 9:13 sets apart
- Hebrews 9:13 cleansing
- Hebrews 9:14 blemish
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Let him who has an ear, hear what the Holy Spirit says to His church. Amen.
“Adversity is the test of faith; prosperity is the test of integrity.”
(THE JEREMIAH STUDY BIBLE—DR. DAVID JEREMIAH—NEW KING JAMES STUDY BIBLE—WORTHY)
Have a blessed Friday beloved of YESHUA CHRIST JESUS. Amen.
With much awesome love, grace, and fresh-mercy-every morning, from our heavenly Abba-Father-GOD, our Savior and Redeemer-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, and His Holy Spirit, to Israel and to you and I; Sincerely: Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. and Linda Shephard. Amen.