UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE

Keys to Understand the Bible (God’s Word)
John 1:1-3
1 In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD was God.
2 The same (the WORD) was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by Him (the WORD); and without Him (the WORD) was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:14
And the Word was made FLESH, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
1 Timothy 3:16
…God was manifest in the FLESH…
Keys to Understand:
1 The Word is God and God is the Word.
2 God and His Word are One.
3 The Word of God was Spoken by God, and likewise we must speak God’s Words.
4 The Word of God was Written. Through study and meditation the Word is written on our hearts.
5 The Word of God was Manifested. When we live by every Word of God it is the manifestation and demonstration of the Word of God.

+Remember these Scriptures…
John 1:14
And the Word was made FLESH, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, full of Grace and Truth.1 Timothy 3:16
…God was Manifest in the FLESH…
+Jesus is the Son of God, and the Word of God that was made flesh and Manifested to us.
+Jesus is the Personification (the Embodiment) of the Word of God.
Revelation 19:13
and His name (the Lord Jesus Christ) is called The WORD of God.
+EVERYTHING IN THE WORD OF GOD FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION MUST BE VIEWED AND UNDERSTOOD THROUGH THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WHO IS THE WORD OF GOD.

The Word of God is Perfect and Complete
Revelation 22:18-19
18. For I testify unto every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
+Please be reminded that Satan has used Ideologies, Philosophies, Religions, Traditions and Strongly Opinionated Individual to add to and take away from the Word of God.
Proverbs 30:5-6
5. Every word of God is pure…
6. Add you not unto His Words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
+Blessed are those who keep the Word of God without adding or taking away from it.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

CHOICES

“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me”.(Romans 7:18‭-‬20 NKJV).

GOD SAYS :

“I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’ “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’ ”
Revelation 3:8‭-‬22 NKJV

WARNING

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’[Matthew 7:15-23]

BOOK ABOVE ALL BOOKS

Keys to Understand the Bible (God’s Word)
John 1:1-3
1 In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD was God.
2 The same (the WORD) was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by Him (the WORD); and without Him (the WORD) was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:14
And the Word was made FLESH, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
1 Timothy 3:16
…God was manifest in the FLESH…
Keys to Understand:
1 The Word is God and God is the Word.
2 God and His Word are One.
3 The Word of God was Spoken by God, and likewise we must speak God’s Words.
4 The Word of God was Written. Through study and meditation the Word is written on our hearts.
5 The Word of God was Manifested. When we live by every Word of God it is the manifestation and demonstration of the Word of God.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the STANDARD for your LIFE. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus Loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

MEDITATE ON THE WORD

“Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall MEDITATE in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it.

For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”(Joshua 1:7‭-‬9 NKJV).

“Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

But his delight is in the law of the Lord , And in His law he MEDITATES day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalms 1:1‭-‬6 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.1.1-6.NKJV

RIGHTEOUSNESS  

Do you think,that you are righteous ?

Isaiah 64:6-9 says:

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. But now, O Lord , thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Be not wroth very sore, O Lord , neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

“if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place”.(II Chronicles 7:14‭-‬15 NKJV).

TO BE RIGHTEOUS, YOU MUST DO WHAT GOD SAYS, LIKE:

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God”.(Romans 12:1‭-‬2 NKJV).

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.

Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.

But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him”.(Colossians 3:1‭-‬17 NKJV).

FINALLY

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled”. (II Corinthians 10:3‭-‬6 NKJV).

SUPERNATURAL  FAITH

“And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification”. (Romans 4:19‭-‬25 NKJV).

Never Underestimate GOD!!!
Matthew 19:26
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, …but with God ALL THINGS are POSSIBLE.
+It is very important to notice that it is WITH GOD that all things are possible.
#1 We must be WITH GOD in order to experience the Possibilities of God.
#2 What does WITH GOD means? This means that we have a relationship WITH GOD through the Lord Jesus Christ, His Holy Spirit and His Word.
#3 Our Relationship WITH GOD is Demonstrated in:
A. Love for God and one another.
B. Obedience to God’s Word and the Leading of His Holy Spirit.
C. We must have Hope, Belief, Faith, Trust, and Confidence in God at all times.
+The Bible had thousands of promises in it that God has made to us. Find the Promise that applies to you situation, and Trust The God of all possibilities to fulfill that promise in your life and be blessed forever more for the glory of God. Hallelujah!!! and Amen!!!
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for our lives. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED we are and BLESSED we will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!!!

QUITTING IS NOT A OPTION

Self Encouragement in the Lord
1 Samuel 30:6
And David was greatly distressed (in a major crisis)… but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
+Self-Encouragement in the Lord is absolutely necessary in all of our lives.
+We need to know how to encourage ourselves in the Lord.
+ Know what the Word of God says about us, and proclaim and declare that Word to ourselves in Jesus Name! Some of us may need to look in the mirror when we do this.
+Encouragement produces Empowerment, and Empowerment Equips us to overcome all challenges, and to live in the Victory that we already have in Christ Jesus our Lord. Hallelujah! Amen!
+Let us Encourage ourselves in the Lord and know that since God is for us who or what can be against us.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

PERFECT  PEACE  

Isaiah 26:3-4
You will keep him in PERFECT PEACE, whose mind is stayed on You: because he trusts in You.
Trust all of you in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
•As you continue to keep your mind on the Lord His PEACE will give you strength, stability, security and victory.
•Remember in Matthew 14:29-31
Peter walked on water to go Jesus, but when he took his eyes off of Jesus and more importantly he took his MIND off Jesus and put it on the wind (the situation) he began to sink.
•The LORD is with you. He will never leave you or forsake you. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will tell you “come” like He said to Peter. He will direct your paths.
•Remember those who belong to Christ has His Mind (the Mind of Christ), and in your new mind you think in the fruit of the Spirit. You think Love, Joy, Peace, Goodness, Faithfulness, Self-control… and so on.
•Continue to keep your eyes and your mind on the LORD.
+++Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!

LOVE IS THE ANSWER

Love is always Holy, Righteous and True.
1 John 4:20
If a man says, I LOVE God, and that man HATES his brother, he is a LIAR: for he that LOVES NOT his brother whom he has seen, how can he LOVE God whom he has NOT seen?
-Why MUST we LOVE one another? Because God COMMANDED us to do so.
John 13:34
A NEW COMMANDMENT I give unto you, that you love one another; as I have loved you…
-Loving one another is not an option. It’s a COMMANDMENT of God!
-No one has to pre-qualify in order to get the Love of God from us. As Children of God Love is who we are and Love is what we do.
-In the ACT of LOVE God reveals Himself to the giver and to the recipient.
-When God reveals Himself in the ACT of LOVE, things will always change for the better because God is Love and Love never fails.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!