Peace in Christ.
Our Lord (in Heaven...the mountain where He sets at the right hand of God) opens His mouth to teach us (His disciples….His learners). We are to take heed on how we hear.
Mat 5:1-3 KJV
(1) And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
(2) And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
Happy (blessed)are the poor in spirit/breath.
Those who will hear His voice today will respond to His teachings with few words. They will use their breath sparingly….being quick to hear and slow to speak (being “poor in spirit/breath”). Theirs is the kingdom of God.
(3) Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy (blessed) are the meek as they will hear and humbly receive what He says. They will inherit the earth. They will continue to live in this earth to inherit it. They shall not die from this earth as they will continue to live to the coming age.
Mat 5:5 KJV
(5) Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Again, whosoever believes into the Son should not perish (mortally die) but has eternal life.
Think about Caleb and Joshua (when reading about “eternal life”) who continued their time in the desert and were the only ones to have inherited the promised land while the others died off.
Caleb and Joshua were left alive and remained upon the earth. They LIVED still. They had “eternal life” so to speak.
Num 14:38 KJV
(38) But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
The unbelievers among Israel perished in the desert. They did not have “eternal life”.
We who believe into Jesus also shall continue to live here on this earth (with His eternal life) in this present evil age (the wilderness) until and into the age to come when He shall then raise us up to be rulers of this earth with Him.
We shall have an eternal or an “age-lasting” life as we shall continue to live in this earth to inherit it.
John 3:15-18 KJV
(15) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
(16) 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.
(17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
He that believes on Him is not condemned (not being condemned to the death of the mortal body). Judgment: The wages of the sin is the death. They will continue to live like Caleb and Joshua to inherit this earth in the age to come. They will not die.
He that does not believe into Him perishes from this earth. They do not continue to live (like Caleb) to enter the promised earth….to inherit this earth.
(18) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
“Caleb” means “faithful or wholehearted” or “dog” also. A living “dog” (Caleb) is better than a dead lion (a dead church ruler who had no understanding of the gospel).
Again, he that believes (Caleb) on God that sent the Son has everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation (judgment) but is passed from death unto life. This is a here-and-now thing. Death is rendered idle for those who pass from death unto life now in this earth.
John 5:24 KJV
(24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Those who perish from this earth have not truly believed into Him as they do not understand the gospel…the good news of Jesus Christ who has abolished death (rendering it idle).
2Ti 1:10 KJV
(10) But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
If the gospel (good news) is hid, it is hid to them that are lost….that is, PERISHING.
They are perishing away in their mortal bodies from this earth as they do not have any understanding of the true gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ.
The “god of this world”…that is, the god of this AGE…has blinded the minds of those which do not believe.
This is talking about so-called “religious rulers” that handle the word of God deceitfully.
If they do not understand the true gospel, then those whom they are preaching to surely are not hearing it…and so all of them perish in this present evil age.
2Co 4:3-4
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost (PERISHING):
(4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
The enemies of the cross of Christ serve for their own bellies only and whose end is destruction (the destruction of their mortal bodies from this earth).
Their “god” is their belly as that is what they are only “serving” for in their preaching. They are only serving themselves and are not truly feeding the flock of God.
They have no understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ as a result as they are not looking for the Savior to change their vile bodies to be fashioned like unto His. They preach that we have to “die and go to Heaven” and have completely missed the meaning of the good news.
Php 3:18-21 KJV
(18) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
(19) Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
(20) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
(21) Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
It has been a “day of slaughter” ….the flock of the slaughter…as the rich “pastors” only feed themselves while rejoicing in their hearts that their earthly needs are being met through “preaching”. The beating of the drums of their rejoicing hearts drowns out the cries of those they are supposedly “feeding”.
They condemn and kill the Just One as they prevent the eternal life of the Just One (the Prince of Life) from being made manifest in the mortal flesh of those whom they are deceiving.
The sheep are perishing under their “care” as they have no knowledge being given them. His people perish from this earth without knowledge.
Jas 5:5-6 KJV
(5) Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
(6) Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
The rich pastors follow in the footsteps of Judas (a great multitude) as they come to take the true Jesus from those they are deceiving with the “kiss” of the flattering lips. They come to cause divisions among us (swords).
Mat 26:47-50 KJV
(47) And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
(48) Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
(49) And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
(50) And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
They come forth to us as ministers of righteousness….as messengers of light (coming with lanterns and torches….sources of light). Their end (destruction) is according to their works.
Joh 18:2-3 KJV
(2) And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
(3) Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
2Co 11:13-15 KJV
(13) For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
(14) And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
(15) Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Satan had entered Judas after the “sop” …. meaning “crumb, morsel, mouthful”. Those who follow after Judas have become Satan’s “ministers” by the receiving of the “sop” that was dipped. They serve only to feed their own bellies with the “mouthful” that they receive.
John 13:26-27 KJV
(26) Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
(27) And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
They mind earthly things (what to eat, what to drink, what to wear) as they eat the “bread” of others who have labored hard for it (the sop was dipped).
Gen 3:19 KJV
(19) In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
The true apostles (sent) of Christ did not eat any man’s bread for nothing but did labor and travail night and day so as not to be chargeable to any.
2Th 3:6-12 KJV
(6) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
(7) For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
(8) Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
The original apostles did forgo this power to receive the bread from others and so we are to follow their example. Now it is a commandment to work with our own hands and eat our own bread so that we can understand the true gospel and properly “feed” the flock of God.
(9) Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
(10) For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
(11) For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
(12) Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
By working with our hands to support our own earthly necessities, we shall then be able to feed the flock of God. Paul (who was a tentmaker) showed us this by example and we are to be with him in this.
Act 20:26-28 KJV
(26) Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
(27) For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
(28) Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Act 20:33-35 KJV
(33) I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
(34) Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
(35) I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Our Lord (in Heaven...the mountain where He sets at the right hand of God) opens His mouth to teach us (His disciples….His learners). We are to take heed on how we hear.
Mat 5:1-3 KJV
(1) And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
(2) And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
Happy (blessed)are the poor in spirit/breath.
Those who will hear His voice today will respond to His teachings with few words. They will use their breath sparingly….being quick to hear and slow to speak (being “poor in spirit/breath”). Theirs is the kingdom of God.
(3) Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy (blessed) are the meek as they will hear and humbly receive what He says. They will inherit the earth. They will continue to live in this earth to inherit it. They shall not die from this earth as they will continue to live to the coming age.
Mat 5:5 KJV
(5) Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Again, whosoever believes into the Son should not perish (mortally die) but has eternal life.
Think about Caleb and Joshua (when reading about “eternal life”) who continued their time in the desert and were the only ones to have inherited the promised land while the others died off.
Caleb and Joshua were left alive and remained upon the earth. They LIVED still. They had “eternal life” so to speak.
Num 14:38 KJV
(38) But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
The unbelievers among Israel perished in the desert. They did not have “eternal life”.
We who believe into Jesus also shall continue to live here on this earth (with His eternal life) in this present evil age (the wilderness) until and into the age to come when He shall then raise us up to be rulers of this earth with Him.
We shall have an eternal or an “age-lasting” life as we shall continue to live in this earth to inherit it.
John 3:15-18 KJV
(15) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
(16) 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.
(17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
He that believes on Him is not condemned (not being condemned to the death of the mortal body). Judgment: The wages of the sin is the death. They will continue to live like Caleb and Joshua to inherit this earth in the age to come. They will not die.
He that does not believe into Him perishes from this earth. They do not continue to live (like Caleb) to enter the promised earth….to inherit this earth.
(18) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
“Caleb” means “faithful or wholehearted” or “dog” also. A living “dog” (Caleb) is better than a dead lion (a dead church ruler who had no understanding of the gospel).
Again, he that believes (Caleb) on God that sent the Son has everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation (judgment) but is passed from death unto life. This is a here-and-now thing. Death is rendered idle for those who pass from death unto life now in this earth.
John 5:24 KJV
(24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Those who perish from this earth have not truly believed into Him as they do not understand the gospel…the good news of Jesus Christ who has abolished death (rendering it idle).
2Ti 1:10 KJV
(10) But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
If the gospel (good news) is hid, it is hid to them that are lost….that is, PERISHING.
They are perishing away in their mortal bodies from this earth as they do not have any understanding of the true gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ.
The “god of this world”…that is, the god of this AGE…has blinded the minds of those which do not believe.
This is talking about so-called “religious rulers” that handle the word of God deceitfully.
If they do not understand the true gospel, then those whom they are preaching to surely are not hearing it…and so all of them perish in this present evil age.
2Co 4:3-4
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost (PERISHING):
(4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
The enemies of the cross of Christ serve for their own bellies only and whose end is destruction (the destruction of their mortal bodies from this earth).
Their “god” is their belly as that is what they are only “serving” for in their preaching. They are only serving themselves and are not truly feeding the flock of God.
They have no understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ as a result as they are not looking for the Savior to change their vile bodies to be fashioned like unto His. They preach that we have to “die and go to Heaven” and have completely missed the meaning of the good news.
Php 3:18-21 KJV
(18) (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
(19) Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
(20) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
(21) Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
It has been a “day of slaughter” ….the flock of the slaughter…as the rich “pastors” only feed themselves while rejoicing in their hearts that their earthly needs are being met through “preaching”. The beating of the drums of their rejoicing hearts drowns out the cries of those they are supposedly “feeding”.
They condemn and kill the Just One as they prevent the eternal life of the Just One (the Prince of Life) from being made manifest in the mortal flesh of those whom they are deceiving.
The sheep are perishing under their “care” as they have no knowledge being given them. His people perish from this earth without knowledge.
Jas 5:5-6 KJV
(5) Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
(6) Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
The rich pastors follow in the footsteps of Judas (a great multitude) as they come to take the true Jesus from those they are deceiving with the “kiss” of the flattering lips. They come to cause divisions among us (swords).
Mat 26:47-50 KJV
(47) And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
(48) Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
(49) And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
(50) And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
They come forth to us as ministers of righteousness….as messengers of light (coming with lanterns and torches….sources of light). Their end (destruction) is according to their works.
Joh 18:2-3 KJV
(2) And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
(3) Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
2Co 11:13-15 KJV
(13) For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
(14) And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
(15) Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Satan had entered Judas after the “sop” …. meaning “crumb, morsel, mouthful”. Those who follow after Judas have become Satan’s “ministers” by the receiving of the “sop” that was dipped. They serve only to feed their own bellies with the “mouthful” that they receive.
John 13:26-27 KJV
(26) Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
(27) And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
They mind earthly things (what to eat, what to drink, what to wear) as they eat the “bread” of others who have labored hard for it (the sop was dipped).
Gen 3:19 KJV
(19) In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
The true apostles (sent) of Christ did not eat any man’s bread for nothing but did labor and travail night and day so as not to be chargeable to any.
2Th 3:6-12 KJV
(6) Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
(7) For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
(8) Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
The original apostles did forgo this power to receive the bread from others and so we are to follow their example. Now it is a commandment to work with our own hands and eat our own bread so that we can understand the true gospel and properly “feed” the flock of God.
(9) Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
(10) For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
(11) For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
(12) Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
By working with our hands to support our own earthly necessities, we shall then be able to feed the flock of God. Paul (who was a tentmaker) showed us this by example and we are to be with him in this.
Act 20:26-28 KJV
(26) Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
(27) For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
(28) Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Act 20:33-35 KJV
(33) I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
(34) Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
(35) I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
