Weekly Bible Study – September 29, 2014

The Doctrine of The Open Door. Part 6

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Prepare yourself for learning the Word of God!

Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge (confess) your sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father).

1 John 1:9 says: "If we confess our sins, He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (known sins) and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [unknown or forgotten sins]." NKJV (New King James Version) [italics added]

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is to have faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life:

John 6:47 says: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." NKJV [italics added]

Notice again what Jesus said in John 6:47: "…he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." It doesn't say, "will have"; it says, "has." Therefore, the very moment you believe in Jesus Christ for His promise of everlasting life, you have it (it's really just that simple; nothing more and nothing less), and it can never be taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift (Ephesians 2:8c) of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: "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 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." NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God's Word. If there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

Study to show yourself approved to God!

Grace Bible Church
Robert R. McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The Tree of Life is a weekly teaching summary:
God’s Word is Wednesday, Friday and Sunday mornings

STUDY TITLE:

The Doctrine of The Open Door. Part 6



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Terms & Abbreviations used:

PPOG = Predesigned Plan of God
Human Good = Evil + Good Deeds while not in fellowship with God
OSN = Old Sin Nature
TLJC = The Lord Jesus Christ
SSE = Spiritual Self Esteem
PVTD = Positive Volition Towards Doctrine
+H - The Happiness of God
NVTD = Negative Volition Towards Doctrine
Doctrine = Bible Truth

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BEGIN BIBLE STUDY
Unless otherwise noted, all scripture quotes and references
are from the NASB – New American Standard Bible

The Doctrine of The Open Door. Part 6

We are studying the Doctrine of the Open Door.
Point 6. The next Door of Opportunity in Life is the Door of Rebound and Recovery from the cosmic system through the rebound technique.

A good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, they no longer know what to believe. (COL 1:11-13)

Today most believers are no longer standing. They are no longer courageous. They no longer know what to believe, and if they do, they do not hold on to it. They let truth slip away; therefore, compromise results. The gospel has been compromised.

We have faith plus commitment being taught. We have faith plus water baptism. We have faith plus making Christ Lord of all. Instead of faith, some even propose substitutes like inviting Christ into your heart. You can't invite Christ into a sewer, and the “heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked,” (JER 17:9).

It's like a puzzle that no one can put together.

Others add to salvation, like repentance from sin. When in fact, repentance means a change of mind and indicates what happens when you understand the gospel through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The Bible only emphasizes believe, and adds nothing to it.

You can't be saved by water baptism, by renouncing sin, by joining a church, by psychological gimmicks like raising your hand and walking an aisle. These things cannot save you because they are things you are doing. When you add anything to faith in Christ for salvation it is salvation by works which is not salvation at all.

So today, instead of the truth being taught accurately we are hearing slogans like;

Ask Jesus into your heart.

Ask Jesus into your life.

Say the sinner’s prayer.

Or be pleasant, by nice, be friendly, and you will become saved or even spiritual, etc.

So the question is do you know what you believe? Do you know what to believe? Is there anything for which you are ready and prepared to take a stand for? Today, there are so many believers who are simply ready to compromise on everything. Learn to stand on the solid ground of the gospel so that your entire Christian life will be based upon fellowship with TLJC and will have a sure foundation. Do you know where you stand? Do you know your position?

For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man; so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, (EPH 3:14-17)

EPH 6:11 says, Pick up and put on the full armor from God, that you may be able to hold your ground against the schemes or the strategies of the devil.

EPH 6:13-15 goes on to say, Because of this, pick up and put on the full armor from God, that you may be able to hold your ground in the day when evil attacks you, even after you have achieved or accomplished everything, hold your ground. Because of this, hold your ground, [after you] have buckled on your combat gear around your waist by means of doctrine, and [after you] have put on the breastplate of righteousness, [hold your ground] after you have put on your combat boots on your feet with readiness, preparation, or the equipment of the gospel of peace.

How can you hold your ground against the enemy if you do not even know what your ground is? What God wants is a man or a woman who is prepared to stand and hold their ground and whose feet are prepared with the equipment of the gospel. The Lord knows that He can rely upon such a believer, and that they will stand no matter what is happening around and about them.

So, are you standing? Do you plan to stand? Are you ready to stand? Are you living in the PPOG, opening up the door of your heart with the result of having fellowship with TLJC or do you have one foot in the world, - the cosmic system, and one foot in the Church? Only you can answer that question for yourself.

And so the open door of REV 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; is an open door concerning restoration of fellowship with our Lord an Savior, Jesus Christ.”

There is not one passage in the Bible that talks about asking Jesus into your heart to live. It is EPH 16:31, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved,”

It is not “ask Jesus into your heart to live!” By the way, if you did that you were not saved until you truly believed on the Lord Jesus Christ. The average pastor doesn’t want to admit to his congregation that he’s been wrong when it comes to something as serious as salvation so what he does is this: He has his mind made up that he is going to find a passage to back up what he believes and therefore he violates hermeneutical principles, the theory and methodology of interpretation of scriptural text.

For example in 1CH 28:9b the word of God says, If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

Then in HEB 13:5, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”

Which one is true? They're both in the Bible.

Or in PRO 23:31, Do not even look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly;

In DEU 14:26 the Lord says to His people, “And you may spend the money for whatever your heart desires, for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever your heart desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household.”

ROM 4:2-3 says, For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about; but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”

Then we read in JAM 2:21, Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

How about EPH 4:26 which says, Be angry, and yet do not sin;

But in EPH 4:31 it says, Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you,

The point is that you can go to the word of God, take scriptures out of context to try and back up your erroneous views! This is what a lot of individuals do. They take scriptures out of context, and then say that they have found a passage that agrees with what they believe! Many individuals have used this passage in REV 3:20 to say that Jesus is on the outside of your heart, knocking and hoping that you will let him in! There’s many things wrong with this view! The most obvious one is that the Lord is not talking to unbelievers in this passage he is talking to lukewarm believers, REV 3:16. Secondly, there is no reference to the word heart in this passage nor is there a reference to salvation.

REV 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me.”

You can make the Bible say almost anything you want if you take scriptures out of context! The principle here is we should not go to then word of God to back up our personal beliefs, we should go to the word of God to develop our personal beliefs.

So, this passage has nothing whatsoever to do with salvation. It has everything to do with believers who are lukewarm and who are in the cosmic system. We will all fall from time to time.

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, (PRO 24:16)

When we do PSA 37:23-24, become a reality, The steps of a man are established by the Lord; And He delights in his way. When he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down; because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.

But the most dangerous part of apostasy or withdrawal and forsaken the truth is falling from grace; GAL 5:4, You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

So, a warning is given about falling away in HEB 3:12, where it says; Take care, brethren, lest there should be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, in falling away from the living God.

So in REV 3:20, “Behold, I stand”…we have the demonstrative particle idou meaning to behold or to pay attention. Then the verb to stand is very important to note because it tells us something that we do not see brought out in the English language. “Stand” is the per-act-ind of histemi which is hesteka and the perfect tense should be translated I have stood or I have been standing. The reason we translate it like an English present is because the intensive perfect emphasizes the existing results from the completed action of the verb. This is the emphatic method in the Greek of presenting a fact that is! The fact that is pointed to is warning discipline.

Warning discipline is correction from God. It is not punishment, suffering or pain as we bring upon ourselves through wrong decisions, nor is it retribution or payment for sin. It is a teaching aid. So the intensive perfect presents the fact of warning discipline as a serious issue.


So REV 3:20, “Behold, I have stood with the result that I'm still standing at the door”

The active voice means that the Lord Jesus Christ produces the action of the verb through the administration of warning discipline. He is warning the believer that if he doesn’t begin to make positive decisions certain things will begin to happen in his life! And the indicative mood states the reality of warning discipline.

Sometimes the only way to distinguish between warning discipline and pain that you have brought upon yourself is through understanding the law of volitional responsibility. Certain decisions lead to certain types of pain. And there may be some area where you can hurt in a very intensive way that is not related to the hundreds of decisions that you have made in a given period of time. Therefore it will be something special that hurts in a very sharp and special way in your life as a teaching aid. And by a teaching aid I mean something to teach you with!

REV 3:20, “Behold, I have stood with the result that I'm still standing at the door.”

The following link is to a good news message describing how one can receive eternal life:
Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.

Internet Church Service – September 28, 2014

Sermon title:
Your mental attitude is what
you think at any given time. Part 3

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Your mental attitude is what
you think at any given time. Part 3
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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is— you have trusted in Him for eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to take-in God’s Word so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge your sins privately to God the Father.

1 John 1:9 says—“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” NKJV (New King James Version)

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is faith alone in Jesus Christ alone:

John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life.” NKJV

Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 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.” NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

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The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart. (Heb. 4:12) GNB-UK

All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living, so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed. (2 Tim. 3:16-17) GNB-UK

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Study to show yourself approved to God!

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Robert McLaughlin - Grace Bible Church
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Your mental attitude is what
you think at any given time. Part 3

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Heavenly Father, we pray that the Holy Spirit will make what I’ve learned today clear to me, for I pray this in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’s name. Amen

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The following link is to a good news message describing how one can instantly receive eternal life: Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.

Weekly Bible Study – September 22, 2014

The Doctrine of The Open Door. Part 5

PLEASE READ FIRST

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Prepare yourself for learning the Word of God!

Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge (confess) your sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father).

1 John 1:9 says: "If we confess our sins, He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (known sins) and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [unknown or forgotten sins]." NKJV (New King James Version) [italics added]

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is to have faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life:

John 6:47 says: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." NKJV [italics added]

Notice again what Jesus said in John 6:47: "…he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." It doesn't say, "will have"; it says, "has." Therefore, the very moment you believe in Jesus Christ for His promise of everlasting life, you have it (it's really just that simple; nothing more and nothing less), and it can never be taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift (Ephesians 2:8c) of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: "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 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." NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God's Word. If there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

Study to show yourself approved to God!

Grace Bible Church
Robert R. McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The Tree of Life is a weekly teaching summary:
God’s Word is Wednesday, Friday and Sunday mornings

STUDY TITLE:

The Doctrine of The Open Door. Part 5



OPTION: If you would prefer to go directly to the Grace Bible Church website to read this study message, all verse reference links are active there (but not hover active) and Enlarged Text is also an available option – right click the above link then left click “Open Link in New Window” or “New Tab”

Terms & Abbreviations used:

PPOG = Predesigned Plan of God
Human Good = Evil + Good Deeds while not in fellowship with God
OSN = Old Sin Nature
TLJC = The Lord Jesus Christ
SSE = Spiritual Self Esteem
PVTD = Positive Volition Towards Doctrine
+H - The Happiness of God
NVTD = Negative Volition Towards Doctrine
Doctrine = Bible Truth

To look up other “terms”, go to:

Alphabetical Listing

BEGIN BIBLE STUDY
Unless otherwise noted, all scripture quotes and references
are from the NASB – New American Standard Bible

The Doctrine of The Open Door. Part 5

Point 1. Definition. An open door refers to the grace opportunity related to giving meaning, purpose, and definition to your life. When it comes to the doctrine of the open door, it can be summarized by three verses in the epistle of Ephesians.

The first issue is entrance into the spiritual life or salvation and therefore we read in EPH 2:8-9, For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.

After that door is dealt with, the next issue is Living the spiritual life, EPH 2:10, For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Point 2. The First Open Door of Opportunity in Scripture is the Door of Salvation.

“I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” (JOH 10:9)

Point 3. The second Open Door is door of opportunity in life is the door of communication of truth; COL 4:3, praying at the same time for us as well, that God may open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;

Point 4. There is the third door of service, 1CO 16:9, For a wide door, even effective service has opened to me and there are many adversaries.

Point 5. The fourth door of opportunity in life is the provision of the PPOG and its resultant historical impact; REV 3:8 I know your deeds [your production]. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power or faith as a mustard seed, and have kept or guarded My word, and have not denied My name.

Point 6. The next Door of Opportunity in Life is the Door of Rebound and Recovery from the cosmic system through the rebound technique. God has created a door of opportunity for the believer who falls away from Him and into apostasy. We will all have times when we fall away from the Lord called biblically falling into apostasy. It’s just that most of us don't really know what apostasy is.

We begin with the passage in Rev 3 having to do with fallen away or fallen into apostasy or withdrawing from the truth which is rejection of perception, metabolization or application of Bible doctrine.

REV 3:14-17-21, “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I would that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. Because you say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich, and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; be zealous therefore, 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 will dine with him, and he with Me.”

Notice what our Lord says about these type of believers first in REV 3:19, “Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; be zealous therefore, and repent.” He said this to believers who had fallen away into apostasy. This is a form of discipline that is given by God because of love.

For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives. It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons." (HEB 12:6-8)

The Biblical definition of apostasy or withdrawal and forsaken the truth which is rejection of perception, metabolization or application of the truth. Many believers fall into apostasy when the teaching of doctrine gets difficult, as noted in the Gospels;

As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew [fell into apostasy], and were not walking with him anymore. (JOH 6:66)

1. Fallen into apostasy or withdrawal and forsaken the truth is an act of turning away from doctrine or a state of being so turned. As believers we were designed to live in God’s plan for our life or the PPOG. However, in fallen into apostasy or withdrawal from the truth, believers turn away from the truth and cannot be distinguished from their pre-salvation status.

2. Apostasy is also the function of regressing to a former state, habit, belief, or practice. It’s almost as if 2PE 2:22 becomes a reality, It has happened to them according to the true proverb, A dog returns to its own vomit, and, a sow returns to wallowing in the mire.


My heart throbs, my strength fails me; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me. My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. (PSA 38:10-11)

Sure they do, he is under intensive discipline from God and is now is very hypersensitive and acting as a moron. So, naturally they're going to avoid him. Aloof means that they detached themselves from him. They remained at a distance and were indifferent toward him. Many of his friends and loved ones withdrew from him. Remember that when you are in apostasy and under intensive discipline from God, you are so preoccupied with yourself that you become suspicious of everyone around you. Therefore, you develop a paranoia, and this was David’s paranoia. So much so that even his countenance testified against them.

The shew of their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves (ISA 3:9) (KJ's).

Once a believer falls into apostasy, even his personality changes. No personality ever remains the same, it changes constantly....for better or for worse. This is why PRO 4:23 tells us to be cautious and attentive concerning what we allow in our hearts because that's where the abundant life begins. Worry weighs us down; but a cheerful word picks us up. PRO 14:30 says, A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.

This means that a sound mind makes an energetic body, but runaway emotions corrode the bones. PRO 15:13, A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken. A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face; a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day.

A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones. (PRO 17:22)

A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bones weary and tired and feel worn out.

4. Apostasy or withdrawal is the status of the believer who fails to execute the PPOG for the Church-age.

5. Fallen into apostasy or withdrawal and forsaken the truth also is manifested by maximum control of the old sin nature over the life of the believer. This results in the believer functioning under the dictates of the sin nature exactly as he did as an unbeliever.

6. Fallen into apostasy or withdrawal and is also lack of spiritual growth, failure to attain the different stages of spiritual growth.

7. Apostasy is the believer's retrogression because of negative volition toward the mystery doctrine of the Church-age, which both defines and reveals God's plan, will, and purpose for your life.

8. Fallen into apostasy or withdrawal and forsaken the truth is characterized by negative volition to doctrine, being influenced by evil, and results in perpetual carnality causing a life of perpetual discipline.

9. And finally, fallen into apostasy or withdrawal and forsaken the truth is a technical theological term used for rejecting absolute truth, and drawing into your mind or accepting relative truth.

“Be constantly alert, and strengthen the things that remain [the remnant], which were about to die; for I have not found your accomplishments or production deeds completed in the sight of My God.” (REV 3:2)

You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier. (2TI 2:1-4)

Now, as believers we have been commanded to fight the good fight of faith under the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. Look at what Paul said in 2TI 4:7-8, I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.

The point is that every believer has been enlisted in the spiritual army of God as a spiritual soldier of Jesus Christ.
It is true that most believers have not been listening. They have not been digging. They have not been sensitive and respectful to God's book. They have not been learning from His truths. In fact, they have fallen into apostasy and forsaken the truth. They have been side-lined or put on the injured list. They have not been acting like a soldier.

The average Christian soldier has gone AWOL because of no humility, and this is especially true when it comes to keeping his place in the body of Christ. Staying with his training. Staying with his commitments. Staying with the intake of doctrine and the execution of the PPOG. Why do you think the majority of believers are apostate believers?

They've been deceived by the craftiness and policy of Satan. They get involved with apostasy and withdraw and quit.

A good soldier of TLJC will not turn his back upon the enemy. In other words, he will not go AWOL. He will not turn his back to flee from the enemy and depart from the truth, no matter what happens.

In GAL 1:6, we read, I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him [you have fallen into apostasy or withdrawn and forsaken the One] who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel;

There is a solution and that solution is found in the open door of REV 3:20, 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; this speaks of the believer who withdraws for anyone of a number of reasons. Remember that the apostle Paul warned us about the fact that in the latter days many of God’s people would fall into apostasy and withdraw and fall away from the truth in 1TI 4:1, But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,

Notice that it says that they will fall away into apostasy or fall away from the faith meaning that they were once into the faith. In Paul’s day they withdrew and fell into apostasy because of the pressure to stay with doctrine.

for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher. For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day. Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you. You are aware of the fact that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains; but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me, and found me 1:18 the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on that day - and you know very well what services he rendered at Ephesus. (2TI 1:11-18)

In REV 3:20, the Lord says to these believers who have fallen into apostasy, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me.”

Now, here the open door is a door that the believer controls because it has to do with the free will of the believer because this is not, repeat not a salvation verse. This is a verse that has been used and abused by scores of believers to try an offer salvation to someone and it is not a salvation verse. Allow me to illustrate what happens. Many pastor’s have erroneous Biblical concepts and false doctrines that they simply refuse to deal with. They are afraid to admit that they may have been wrong in a certain area for years. For example, most of you have been subject to that nonsense of having to “ask Jesus into your heart to live” for salvation.

The problem with that is that it is not Biblical and it is not found in the Bible. There is not one passage in the Bible that talks about asking Jesus into your heart to live. It is ACT 16:31, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved,” It is not to ask Jesus into your heart to live! And by the way, if you did that you were not saved until you truly believed on the Lord Jesus Christ.

Now, what happens is that the average pastor especially doesn't want to admit to his congregation that he's been wrong when it comes to something as serious as salvation so what he does is this: He has his mind made up that he is going to find a passage to back up what he believes and therefore he violates all kinds of hermeneutical principles....,

For example in 1CH 28:9b the word of God says If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever. Then in HEB 13:5, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”

Which one is true? They're both in the Bible. Or in PRO 23:31, Do not even look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly; The tool of the cosmic evangelist is always arrogance.

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Internet Church Service – September 21, 2014

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Your mental attitude is what
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Your mental attitude is what
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Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is— you have trusted in Him for eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to take-in God’s Word so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge your sins privately to God the Father.

1 John 1:9 says—“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” NKJV (New King James Version)

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is faith alone in Jesus Christ alone:

John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life.” NKJV

Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 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.” NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

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Your mental attitude is what
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Weekly Bible Study – September 15, 2014

The Doctrine of The Open Door. Part 4

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Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge (confess) your sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father).

1 John 1:9 says: "If we confess our sins, He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (known sins) and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [unknown or forgotten sins]." NKJV (New King James Version) [italics added]

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is to have faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life:

John 6:47 says: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." NKJV [italics added]

Notice again what Jesus said in John 6:47: "…he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life." It doesn't say, "will have"; it says, "has." Therefore, the very moment you believe in Jesus Christ for His promise of everlasting life, you have it (it's really just that simple; nothing more and nothing less), and it can never be taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift (Ephesians 2:8c) of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: "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 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." NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God's Word. If there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

Study to show yourself approved to God!

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The Doctrine of The Open Door. Part 4



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The Doctrine of The Open Door. Part 4

Point 4 in our Doctrine: The open door of service and the cosmic opposition to the truth or the communication of Bible doctrine.

For a wide door, even effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. (1CO 16:9)

Please notice that there is much cosmic opposition called here many adversaries to the effective service or communication of the truth.

So far we have noted four basic biblical principles concerning the open door of service:

a. The open door of service is when you see a need and God gives you the opportunity of fulfilling that need.

b. The open door of service can also refer to rendering financial help to others, ACT 11:29; 2CO 9:12-13; ROM 15:31.

c. The open door of service can also refer to personal help rendered to individuals in leadership positions, ACT 19:22; ROM 16:1-2.


d. The open door of service is when God gives certain members of the body of Christ direction to identify the unmentioned needs involved in the local assembly and to do something about it.

The open door of service is accompanied by the many adversaries or much cosmic opposition to the truth or the communication of Bible doctrine. This is why every local assembly should have as one of it’s goals, the desire to hear what the apostle Paul said in 2TH 1:4, Therefore, we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure. That’s why Paul said in 2TI 3:12, And indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus [execute the PPOG] will be persecuted.

We noted these principles down concerning the type of believers who allow the details of life hinder them from the open doors of opportunity.

1. The type of believer who allow the details of life to hinder them from the open doors of opportunity become entangled with and distracted by public opinion.

“You shall not follow a multitude in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice;” (EXO 23:2)

Public opinion is only a force for good when it is related to truth in three categories: The laws of divine establishment, the Gospel, and Bible doctrine. The rise of the news media as a propaganda agent for communism and socialism means the public is constantly bombarded and inculcated with false concepts. The only protection the public has against the inculcation of evil propaganda is positive volition to the truth of the word of God. Whenever there’s a small pivot that means public opinion becomes a powerful evil weapon.

The Latin phrase "Vox populae (pop-u-lie) vox diabolus" means "the voice of the people is the voice of the devil."

One thing is never true, and that is another Latin phrase Vox populae (pop-u-lie) vox dei (dee-e), "the voice of the people is the voice of God." Public opinion never has the facts or the truth; it is irrational, irresponsible, emotional, and arrogant. So, this person becomes entangled with and distracted by public opinion or whatever a lot of people are presuming to be the truth.

PSA 19:13, Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

2. If they choose to go through the open doors of opportunity, usually their family, friends and society would not understand. What society or people do not understand, they reject and attack. Ignorance is the basis and normal function of society.

3. This person thinks more about people than he does about the Lord, therefore he fails people testing.
Many call this type of person sweet, nice and humble because they never rock the boat.

GAL 1:10, For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond servant of Christ.

1TH 2:4, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men but God, who examines our hearts.

JOH 12:43, for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

4. For these types of individuals, as long as there is no conflict, it is convenient to follow the Lord, but now that there is a conflict because of the open door, it becomes inconvenient.

The worst thing that could happen to a believer, especially a pastor is to be concerned about what others are saying about him. It is a huge satanic trap and plot to distract him from his calling.

5. There will always be a lot of negativity surrounding you whenever you are faced with the open doors of opportunity.

The reason being is because the majority of believers live upon human viewpoint even though they are born again, 2CO 5:7. These type of believers, who allow the details of life to hinder them from the open doors of opportunity, do not have the moral courage necessary to face the ridicule of their friends and the condemnation of society. They are distracted disciples. Never be ashamed of doctrine, it is the most valuable thing in life!

MAR 8:38, "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."

Many believers will fall apart when the open doors of opportunity and disaster comes in because they are distracted disciples. One area that the believer must really be on guard against when it comes to the open doors of opportunity is people testing and personality conflicts. The reaction factor in personality conflict becomes a source of great irritation and misery to most believers today. The reaction in personality conflict is generally expressed through the arrogance complex as hatred, bitterness, maligning, judging, revenge motivation and function, all a source of terrible unhappiness. When you react to people in some form of antagonism, they immediately have control over your life, so that you resort to either mental or verbal hostility or even violence. To recover control you must have impersonal love. Most believers never get this far. Therefore, you destroy the person who has control over your life, and at the same time you destroy your own happiness when you are frustrated and react from any phase of the arrogance complex.

Response and reaction to people can become a major distraction to the open doors of opportunity. Response results in cosmic evangelism, whereas reaction leads to motivational and functional evil. This means you must derive your happiness from God and from His plan. When that happens, then all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place and your relationships in life become wonderful. To avoid reaction in personality conflict, you must reside in your very own plan, the PPOG, under the enabling power of the Spirit, with momentum from metabolized doctrine. This will bring you to spiritual adulthood when you have great happiness even while suffering for blessing. When you can utilize impersonal love as a problem solving device in these stages, you have made the greatest stride in your spiritual life.

Impersonal love is the most obscure and underrated factor in the spiritual life today. Since happiness is the monopoly of God and His plan, you cannot depend upon people or circumstances for your happiness.

So if you surrender your happiness to someone else, you will blame that person for everything that goes wrong in your life. In personal love or hatred, the object controls your life. When you become upset with someone, you surrender the custody of your happiness to that person. When you blame them for your unhappiness, which is produced by your own volition, you have intensified the suffering in your life under the law of volitional responsibility. Grace disappears when you try to mold the life of those around you. This is true especially in the spiritual realm.

That's why PHI 2:12 says, So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; PHI 2:13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. PHI 2:14, Do all things without grumbling or disputing; you must learn to mind your own business and work out your own salvation. The apostle Paul also warned the Thessalonians about the seriousness of violating the privacy of others and not operating in the Royal family honor code in 2TH 3:11.

2TH 3:11, For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.

Notice here that an undisciplined life is one that violates the privacy and the freedom of others.....called in this passage, being a busybody. Then Paul goes on to say,

2TH 3:12 Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and eat their own bread.

"Eat your own bread" is a Greek idiom, which means mind your own business.

In 1TI 5:13, Paul actually tells us that violating the privacy and the freedom of others is something that people learn to do, being under the influence of Satan. 1TI 5:13 "And at the same time they also learn to be idle, as they go around from house to house; and not merely idle, but gossips and busybodies, talking about things not proper to mention." So you must work out your own salvation and mind your own business and not get sidetracked with people. When you do, you can no longer deal with your problems from the strength of your own priesthood and you will miss out on the open doors of opportunity.

As the believer grows spiritually in the PPOG, he becomes aware of this pattern, rebounds quickly, and any suffering left over he can scoop up for blessing, and he moves on. The real solution is related to virtue-love as a problem solving device, which is for spiritual adulthood only. Believers in spiritual childhood do not have personal love for God or impersonal love for all mankind.

With the attainment of spiritual autonomy through spiritual self-esteem plus providential preventative suffering, you begin to peak out in the use of virtue-love as a problem solving device. Up until you reach spiritual adulthood, you become aware that you are a person with a relationship with God. You realize God intends for you to be blessed, and for you to be strong in every situation in life. without being sustained by impersonal love, all human relationships are vulnerable to the tragic flaw syndrome. The influence of those whom you love can be detrimental and distracting unless you advance to spiritual self-esteem and spiritual autonomy.

There are very few people who actually have control of their own lives; yet that is normal Christianity. Their lives are controlled by the objects of their affection. So there are very few believers who are spiritually self sustaining. You make your own decisions in your choice of friends and loved ones. After that they begin to make all the decisions for you unless you have the function of impersonal love.

Ladies find devious ways to make a man feel guilty because of his neglect, his failure, or his fading love. The woman is not using impersonal love, nor is the man who succumbs to her. Remember these passages:

1CO 15:33, "Be not deceived, evil companions corrupt good morals."

We create evil companions, by being intimate with those who distract us from Bible doctrine, by allowing them to control our life and happiness.

PRO 13:20, "He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the friends of fools will suffer evil."

2TH 3:14, "If anyone does not obey our doctrine through this letter, take special note of that person and do not associate with them."

JER 17:5 8 teaches the importance of personal love for God and spiritual self-esteem in people testing, "Cursed is the man who puts his trust in mankind; and makes flesh his strength; and whose heart turns away from the Lord."

PRO 9:7-12, "He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man {gets} insults for himself. Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you, Reprove a wise man, and he will love you. Give {instruction} to a wise man, and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man, and he will increase {his} learning. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you. If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

PRO 10:8, "The wise of heart will receive commands, But a babbling fool will be thrown down."

PRO 10:12, "Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions."

PRO 10:22, "It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it."

PRO 11:17, "The merciful man does himself good, But the cruel man does himself harm."

So, impersonal love does not function effectively until the believer attains spiritual independence. No one really becomes spiritually mature until his relationships are all handled by impersonal love from being spiritually independent from others. The best thing that you can do is pray for your friends and hope that they reach spiritual adulthood because the sooner your friends reach spiritual autonomy, the more tranquil your life will be because they will tolerate you as you are. Impersonal love is the sum total of the believer's honor, integrity, and objectivity first acquired in attainment of spiritual self-esteem, but becomes strong in spiritual independence.

So, people testing is a part of cosmic evangelism by those you either love or hate. Cosmic evangelistic appeal is generally based on some form of arrogance, which may be disguised in the form of flattery, intellectuality or affection or even passion. The moral cosmic evangelist is affectionate without being passionate, and with affection lures you into the cosmic system. The immoral cosmic believer is passionate without being affectionate, and with passion lures you into the cosmic system. In either case, friendship or sex become more important than Bible doctrine. Cosmic evangelism never attracts you through capacity for love, or honor or integrity or virtue. The tool of the cosmic evangelist is always arrogance.

The following link is to a good news message describing how one can receive eternal life:
Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.

Internet Church Service – September 14, 2014

Sermon title:
Your mental attitude is what
you think at any given time.

Today’s Sermon Message:
Your mental attitude is what
you think at any given time.
Video & Audio

Please join us as we fellowship in the Word of God, listen to
Christian Music, Pray in Christ’s Name and Praise the Lord
in our Hearts and Minds.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!

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from - Romans 8:38-39

Thank you for joining us for today’s worship service. Please enjoy the music before you watch and|or listen to today’s message.

TIP to enlarge the print hold down the “Ctrl” key on your key board, while it is being held down, move your mouse forward until the desired print size is just right for you. To return to normal screen size, reverse the process (some will see a % in the lower right corner of your screen, normal is 100%)

The lyrics have been provided so you can sing along with the artist in your mind and soul; imagine that the artist’s voice is your voice. I’m not a very good singer myself so I often get the lyrics for some of my favorites and sing along in my mind and soul, this way it’s as if I’m doing the singing to the Lord; try it.

Hymn #1

The Servant King – Lyrics in Video
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Hymn #2

There is a Redeemer – Lyrics in Video
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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word

Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is— you have trusted in Him for eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to take-in God’s Word so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge your sins privately to God the Father.

1 John 1:9 says—“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” NKJV (New King James Version)

If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins; the issue for you is faith alone in Jesus Christ alone:

John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life.” NKJV

Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me (Jesus Christ) has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.

John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 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.” NKJV

Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for worship and learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:

Lectionary

The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart. (Heb. 4:12) GNB-UK

All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living, so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed. (2 Tim. 3:16-17) GNB-UK

Do your best to win full approval in God's sight, as a worker who is not ashamed of his work, one who correctly teaches the message of God's truth. (2 Tim. 2:15) GNB-UK

Study to show yourself approved to God!

Opening Prayer
(Do your best to make it your own – below is a sample prayer)

Heavenly Father, we pray that we will all be richly edified by Your Word today and that You will make what we study today clear to us. We pray that all participants in this service as well as those who review it at a later date will be edified and blessed by today’s message. We pray this in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen

Our guest Pastor-Teacher is:

Robert McLaughlin - Grace Bible Church
and Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

Doctrinal Statement

This ministry is non-denominational and is dedicated to teaching the Word of God from the original languages and making it available at no charge throughout the world.

Today's Sermon

Your mental attitude is what
you think at any given time.

TO VIEW THE SERMON: Right click the link above, a small window will open then left click either “Open in New Window” or “Open in New Tab” and the church service notes page will open, it has three options in the upper right side of the page, right click the link titled “download mp3” and just like before, select either Open New Window or Open New Tab to open the MP3 player, this will leave the notes page open so you can move back to it, so go back to the notes page to follow along in the notes, the streaming audio should begin automatically in your default audio/video player (like, Windows Media Player).

If you need to leave the service, when you come back, to move the MP3 player forward, press and hold the left click down on the player progress bar where you see the little arrow under the time on progress bar and move your mouse forward

OPTIONAL: On-line Bible – NASB95

If you wish to use it, right click the link and in the drop-down box, left click the "Open Link in New Window"; when the new window opens, reduce the window size of both the on-line bible and the slideshow and configure them to be side-by-side. Also, the window opens to John 3:16, click the word “more” below the verse, you will then see two online bible columns, Use the column on the left as it is set for the NASB95, at the top of the column where you see John 3:16 in the search box, type the book and verse the Pastor asks you to go to a particular Bible verse, e.g., 1tim 5:21, or eph 3:10, etc., then click “Enter” on your key board. You can use the “right column” if you wish for a different bible version but you’ll need to type in the verse you want each time as I directed you for the column on the left side.

Hymn #3

There is None like You – Lyrics in Video
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CLOSING PRAYER:
(Again, below is a sample prayer, do your best to make it your own)

Heavenly Father, we pray that the Holy Spirit will make what I’ve learned today clear to me, for I pray this in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’s name. Amen

If you have any questions that are pertinent about today’s message, please don’t hesitate to ask, you are welcome to ask them via a private message or by a reply in today’s post. However, sometimes questions can be real short but require a much longer answer in order to give an adequate answer. If I don’t think that the question is able to be answered quickly I’ll reply back telling you that I’ll research it and get to you with the answer (it may even be a few days as I’m a little slower than I used to be). Please don’t let what I’ve just said make you hesitate to ask questions.

I want to thank all of you who have attended this Sunday service as well as those who will view it at a later time or date.

The following link is to a good news message describing how one can instantly receive eternal life: Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about their eternal future.