Weekly Bible Study – November 28, 2016

Study: The Doctrine of Imputations. Part 2.

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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]; we call this REBOUND, read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. REBOUND

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 3:16, 5:24, 6:47, 20:30, 31.

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 3:14-15, 16, 17, 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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STUDY TITLE:

The Doctrine of Imputations. Part 2.

Terms & Abbreviations used:

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

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Unless otherwise noted, scripture quotes and references are from the NASB – New American Standard Bible. However, a few may be corrected translations developed from the exegetical study of the original languages.

The Doctrine of Imputations. Part 2.

We are looking at the Doctrine of Divine Imputations.

Point 1. Definition: Imputation is used as an act of God whereby either condemnation or blessing is ascribed, attributed, reckoned, given, or imposed on the human race.

Point 2. There are three factors in imputation – the source, the nature, the recipient.

The source, which is God Himself.
b. The nature of the imputation–which refers to what is being imputed.
c. The recipient of the imputation–which in our study refers to a human being in a specific status quo.

Under this point there are also two different categories of imputations: The first category of imputations is known as Real imputations; the second category are called judicial imputations. A real imputation means that there is something in us that has a relationship between what is being imputed and where it is being imputed to. In other words, there is a home or an affinity or a resemblance between that which is being imputed and where it is being imputed to.

Real imputations include:

1.human life to the soul. The soul is a place that God imputed life to —- there is a home for life, that is the soul.

2. Adam’s original sin to the old sin nature. Adams sin has a home or a target where it is comfortable with, the OSN.

3. Eternal life to the human spirit. The human spirit is that part of man that God created where He impute eternal life to because it has been created to handle that type of lie, an unlimited capacity within man.

4. Blessings in time to the perfect righteousness in man. +R is used to being blessed.

5. Blessings in eternity to the resurrection body. The resurrection body created by God can handle blessings for all of eternity, unlike the human body with its limited capacity.

Then there are judicial imputations which have nothing to do with where they are being imputed to. For example, our sins imputed to the Lord Jesus Christ and His righteousness imputed to us.

Point 3. The Working Equation of the Plan of God when it comes to Divine Imputations.

Wednesday evening I introduced the importance of this principle that each imputation demands a divine solution.

And the main principle behind this point that we noted is that Every imputation has a divine solution which is found in the word of God.

The equations I gave were based upon three letters = X + Y + Z.

X radical stands for God’s will for the unbeliever.

Y radical contains God’s plan for the believer to receive blessings in time which glorify God.

Z radical contains God’s plan for the mature believer.







Here is the first equation.

X [I. of H.L. + I of AOS = P1 + D = H1] + (I of EL)

This is God’s plan for all unbelievers.

X radical contains God’s will for the unbeliever.

The imputation of human life plus the imputation of Adam’s original sin to the old sin nature, both occurring simultaneously at birth equals the first potential: that being condemned we have the potential of salvation. This potential plus doctrine, here specifically the Gospel, equals the first hope: absolute confidence that once we believe in Christ we will have eternal life. The plus outside of the bracket is the point of faith in Christ when God the Father imputes eternal life to the human spirit created by God the Holy Spirit (regeneration).

Then next, there is Y radical = Y (God’s plan is based upon) [JI#1 + JI#2 = P2 + D = H2] which is the (I of BT)

This is God’s plan for all believers to receive blessings in time which glorify God.

Judicial imputation number one is the imputation of all the personal sins of the human race to Christ on the cross, plus judicial imputation number two, the imputation of God’s perfect righteousness to the believer at salvation. This equals the second potential: executing God’s the PPOG for the Church-age. Because we have the Judicial imputation #2 which is +R that sets us for logistical grace support which can result in blessing.

That’s the principle of Matt 6:25-34, the don’t worry passages but just seek the Kingdom of God first and all things will be added to you. Logistical grace is our equal opportunity under election to fulfill the predesigned plan of God. This potential plus doctrine equals the second hope: absolute confidence that at the point of maturity we will receive escrow blessings beyond our wildest imaginations from the justice of God, which glorify God. The “+” outside of the bracket is the point of spiritual maturity when we receive these blessings.

Then there’s Z radical – Z [IEL + IBT = P3 + D = H3] = Blessings in eternity at the JSOC.

Z radical contains God’s plan for the mature believer. The imputation of eternal life plus the imputation of blessings in time equals the third potential: to be rewarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ. This potential plus the pertinent doctrine gives us the third hope: absolute confidence that we will receive the most fantastic eternal rewards and blessings at the Judgment Seat of Christ. There are a number of passages where these three different hopes are used.

Rom 5:1-5, Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope [H1 or the elpis, the absolute confidence] of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope [H2 elpis – having this absolute confidence that comes from applying the divine solutions] does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Rom 8:24, For in hope we have been saved [that is H1], but hope that is seen is not hope; that we have should not have to be proven, should it?

But if we have the confidence of H1 or H2 or H3, we bring glory to God because we believe in the divine solutions that He has given us!

This principle of hope, not I hope so, but elpis, the absolute confidence, is described for us in Rom 12:10-12 where it says Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;

Rom 12:11-12, not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope [being happy whether it is [H1, H2 or H3,] persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

Rom 15:4 For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope [H2 and H3].

Rom 15:13, God is called the God of hope, Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope [H2 and H3] by the power of the Holy Spirit.

How important is this hope, well look at where hope rates in 1Co 13:13, But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. As you can see, hope, or elpis, the absolute confidence we need is very under-rated and not really known as it should be. Think about it, we are very familiar with the importance of faith….it is that which is the basis of Christianity; Eph 2:8-9. And we understand the importance of love, it is who God is as it says 1Jo 4:8 God is love. But how many believers are really familiar with the importance of understanding hope!

2Co 3:12, this hope gives us the absolute confidence in what and how we speak; “Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,”

Eph 1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

Eph 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;

Over and over again this hope gives us the absolute confidence of what we have been called to.

Phil 1:20-21, according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ shall even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

The third Hope, H3 is found in Col 1:3-5, We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints; because of the hope laid up for you [where?] in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel,

Notice that hope is also related to the mystery doctrine of the Church-age in Col 1:27, to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory [all three hopes, salvation, blessings in time, blessings in the eternal state]. This hope is also related to the Rapture in Tit 2:13, Looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus;

Heb 3:6, but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope [H1, H2 and H3] firm until the end.

This hope also gives us the assurance that we need and desire in Heb 6:11, And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,

Heb 6:18-19, in order that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge in laying hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,

Heb 10:23, Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;

That, my friends proves the importance of hope! It is God’s plan for all unbelievers. These hopes are the anchors for momentum in the Christian life. These hopes, when acquired, give great confidence toward the present and the future.

Point 4. Imputation as it relates to Selection and Election.

Since God knew in eternity past that you were going to be a member of the human race, and He knew simultaneously in His omniscience that you would believe in Jesus Christ, God selected you before He elected you. Selection must precede election. Selection is a technical term related to the divine imputation of human life and Adam’s original sin at the point of physical birth. God is the inventor of human life, just as He is the creator. The point is that selection begins at your physical birth when God imputes to your soul human life just like election begins for you at your spiritual birth, when God imputes to you eternal life. And so remember those different translations I gave you concerning this principle of selection such as Isa 44:2.

Isa 44:2, “Thus says the Lord who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you, ‘Do not fear, O Jacob My servant; And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen.’”

When it says the Lord made you and formed you from the womb the phrase from the womb is mi beten is translated not in the womb, but out from the womb or even ever since your birth. This is why the HCSB (Hebrew Christian Standard Bible says Isa 44:2, This is the word of the Lord your Maker who shaped you from birth;

The point that I want to see is that selection begins at your physical birth when God imputes to your soul human life just like election begins for you at your spiritual birth, when God imputes to you eternal life. So it is vital for you to understand when your first imputation began it was at your physical birth not your conception. Now, this means that every member of the human race has been selected by God to be alive and that God has a purpose for their life. However, there’s a tremendous difference between a purpose and a destiny…just like there’s a tremendous difference between selection and election.

At selection, you have a purpose, 2Pe 3:9.

At election, you have a destiny, Eph 1:5.

Because of the character and nature of God and the imputation of sin at birth, God must provide salvation for everyone to whom He gives soul life to at birth. Therefore, He provides redemption for all. This is called the doctrine of the unlimited atonement. And though I have stated this principle many times, it could never be over-stated.

For God to impute Adam’s original sin to our genetically formed OSN that was given to us by God and then He condemned us at birth because of that and then not to provide salvation for everyone is to say that God is unfair and unjust. It is a direct attack upon the character and nature of God. It is to agree with Satan that God is not just and He is not fair nor is He a God of love. However, God is just and He is fair and He is a God of love which is why He provides salvation for every member of the human race which is called theologically the doctrine of the unlimited atonement. In other words once God imputes to you human life you fall under the doctrine of selection and from then on His desire for you is to fall under the doctrine of election.

Isa 44:24, “Thus says the Lord [Jehovah], your redeemer, the One who formed you [again the phrase is mi beten] outside or out from the womb, `I, the Lord, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, And spreading out the earth all alone,”

He is the redeemer and the maker of all things. Therefore, under selection, He provides salvation for the entire human race. So, only God has the power to create human life, a power He has not delegated to anyone else. It is the epitome of arrogance to think we have the power to bring forth human life. I mean two twelve year olds can have sex and the female can conceive but only God can give that fetus life. Man’s ability is limited to the formation or creation of biological life in the womb. However, human life does not exist until God creates soul life and imputes it to biological life after the fetus has left the womb.

Psa 100:3, Know that the Lord [Jesus Christ] Himself is God; it is He who has made us [the real you is your soul and that’s what He made], and not we ourselves;

He made us is a reference to the entire human race after Adam and the woman. It refers to the origin of human life, the creation of human life by God. So God makes each one of us by creating soul life and imputing it to biological life at the point of birth. Listen to what the KJ’s Bible says Isa 57:16, For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

Notice God made the souls not the physical body, man did that. Now you know why when you look into the mirror you see what you see. Your parents were the artist behind that reflection, unless, of course, you have had a lot of plastic surgery. And so when Psa 100:3 says, Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us [the real you is your soul and that’s what He made], and not we ourselves; And we also know that this refers to the Lord Jesus Christ because Jesus Christ is the Creator of everything, John 1:3; Col 1:16; Heb 1:10.

John 1:3, All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

Col 1:16, For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things have been created by Him and for Him.

So, the fact that you have human life means that you have a purpose from God under selection from the sovereignty of God. I mean by His desire for you which ultimately brings Him glory, the purpose of selection and election. And this opens the door for the greatest opportunity ever known to man. Selection can be turned into election which reveals your personal sense of destiny and means that you can capitalize on your escrow blessings that are on deposit. Therefore, that any person is given a personal sense of destiny is a motivational challenge which you cannot ignore.

The purpose of the sovereignty of God at birth is followed by the personal sense of destiny of the sovereignty of God at the point of regeneration. You have been given the greatest opportunity and privileges ever conveyed to any member of the human race. Therefore, the dynamics of the ordinary life in the Church-age become extraordinary.

So, every church age believer has a double destiny: First under the PPOG. Secondly in the eternal state. Hence, the believer has a destiny for both time and eternity. We learn about our destiny only through the perception, metabolization and application of Bible doctrine. For example, through physical birth, we have a purpose in life, for God gave to us soul life when He created us and then imputed our soul-life to the human body that He decided for us.

That in itself indicates that God has a purpose for every human being. So, we must distinguish between purpose and destiny.

Isa 42:5, Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and its offspring, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk in it,

The word breath is the Hebrew noun neshamah which means breath and when God gives breath, neshamah, the spark or life or the breath of life, He has a purpose for your life. So there is no soul life until God gives it. Therefore, the very fact that you are alive signifies that God has a purpose for your life. Through physical birth, the purpose exists. However, the purpose is meaningless without regeneration. Therefore, through physical birth, God has a purpose for your life, through regeneration or spiritual birth, God has a destiny for your life. And that destiny is designed to go with the purpose. The purpose comes from physical birth. The destiny comes from spiritual birth.

Therefore, you have a two-fold destiny.

First, a destiny in time which is the execution of the PPOG.
b. A destiny in the eternal state in which God has willed His highest and best for you as a part of your escrow blessings.

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 –– November 27, 2016

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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 directly to God the Father. This will assure that you are in fellowship with God the Father and the Holy Spirit’s convicting ministry, also called the convincing ministry will then be able to teach you as the Holy Spirit is the real teacher and the pastor’s message is the vehicle the Holy Spirit uses to convince you what you are learning is true or not.

1 John 1:9 says—“If we confess [simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins].” 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 to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life and you will be saved the very second you believe in Him:

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 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 Doctrine of the Pivot. Part 37.
Listen to what the Spirit says to the Church.
Celebrate the Lord’s Supper.

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
The Holy Spirit said it seven times in Rev 2:7 2:11; 17; 29; Rev 3:6; 3:13; 3:22.

All you have to do is check on it yourselves and whether you disagree or agree with the interpretation, the main issue is what the subject is.

According to Isa 11:1-2, the seven Spirits of God refer to the sevenfold ministry of God the Holy Spirit which was upon the Lord Jesus Christ who is speaking.

The sevenfold ministry of the Spirit is found in Isa 11:2 which says And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

1. Indwelling of the Spirit
2. Filling of the Spirit.
3. Spirit of understanding – ability to receive doctrine.
4. Spirit of counsel which is the guidance of the Spirit.
5. The spirit of strength to sustain the humanity of Christ.
6. The spirit of knowledge which gave Him discernment.
7. The spirit of the fear of the Lord meaning His awe and respect for His Father.

The word translated angels is angelos which is really a transliteration which means a word brought over into another language using the exact letters of each of the alphabet.

The translation describes what the word actually refers to and in Rev 1:20, angelos means a messenger not an angel.

Rev 1:20b the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches it refers to the messengers or the pastor-teachers over the churches like Sardis and therefore it refers to the pastor-teachers who are the messengers over those type of churches.

Rev 3:1 “And to the angel [or angelos – the P-T today] of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God [the sevenfold ministry of God the Holy Spirit] and the seven stars [a reference to the completed number of messengers or pastors in every generation],

He is talking about those who need to change their attitude at the time that He is ready to come back.

He is talking about the days of Noah when God was getting ready to judge the world and people were laughing at and mocking Noah just before the judgment came.

Do not be like the Jews who ignored their responsibilities before the first Christmas or before the first advent or the first time our Lord came on the earth.

2Co 13:5 Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus
Christ is in you unless indeed you fail the test?

The main issue = If TLJC is in us then how should we live?
Gal 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me or through me;

One way or the other, we make choices every day either through omission or submission.

Sometimes not doing anything at all is doing something whether you know it or not.

Again, it is the principle that – As goes the believer, so goes the nation.

There were periods of apostasy in Israel in the Old Testament and God dealt with them, and the apostle Paul tells us not to think that
God will not do the same to us.

One day when the Lord comes back and sets up His Millennial kingdom both Jews and Gentiles will live in peace and prosperity with Him for 1,000 years.

Our biggest problem that we are facing as a nation today is not ISIS or ISIL, it’s not terrorism, or Russia, China, or North Korea but our biggest problem the church is facing is fallen away from God into apostasy.

Apostate believers ignore passages like Jam 1:22 which says “Prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

They ignore passages like Jam 1:25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man shall be blessed in what he does.

They ignore Jam 4:17 Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin.

They ignore Heb 4:11 Let us therefore be diligent or study to enter God’s rest, lest anyone fall through following the same example of disobedience. as the Jews did

They ignore what Peter said on his dying bed in 2Pe 1:10 Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;

Apostasy has always been around in every generation, but it’s the size of apostate believes that is the real important issue.

I’m not talking about unbelievers but believers being used by Satan to discredit doctrinal teaching and the believer’s commitment to the daily intake of God’s word or literally our “Daily Bread.”

There are people who make it seem like you’re a fanatic if you listen to the word of God daily, or that you are getting puffed up because you’re getting of too much knowledge.

Neh 8:18 Ezra read from the book of the Law of God daily, from the first day to the last day.

Pro 8:30, wisdom {Heb. chokmah is speaking} Then I [doctrine] was beside Him, as a master workman; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him,

Doctrine also promises blessings to those who listen to it daily in
Pro 8:34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts.


TLJC made it crystal clear that we would need the word of God daily to survive in Matt 4:4 and LUK 9:23.

Luk 9:23 And He was saying to them all, “if anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross [when?] daily, and follow Me.

TLJC not only learned doctrine every day in Luk 2:40, 52; but in Luk 19:47 And He was teaching daily in the temple; [and that is why] and the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,

Acts 16:5 So the churches were being strengthened in the Christian faith [the Christian doctrines], and were increasing in number daily.
Because life has changed drastically and knowledge has increased so rapidly – through technology it is possible for you today to have some sanctified time every day when you can fellowship with God by listening or reading His word.

Something so simple but so profound is at your fingertips as Psa 145:2 puts it when it says… “Everyday will I bless thee”

Something so simple but so profound is at your fingertips when you live in Psa 61:8… “I will perform my vows or my responsibilities daily”

Psa 119:164 Seven times a day I will praise Thee because of your righteous judgments.

1Co 3:13 each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire; and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.

For the believer who is not involved with apostasy it says in Psa 1:2 “But his delight [the adult believer] is in the Law of the Lord, and in
His law he meditates day and night.”

Even through simple prayer we read in Isa 8:9 “My Lord, I have called daily upon you.”

The apostle Paul ceased not to warn the early church night and day in Acts 20:31 “Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears. Paul tells us in 2Co 4:16 that our inward man the new creature is renewed day by day, 2Co 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
cts And day by day continuing with one mind in the temple,

In ACT 5:42 they ceased not to preach and teach about TLJC daily in the temple, Acts 5:42 And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

In 2Ch 8:14, The Levitical priests would praise and minister daily.

In 2Ch 31:16, They would enter the house of the Lord for their daily obligations.

In Ezra 3:4, they offered burnt offerings daily, according to the ordinance, as each day required.

Apostasy in a client nation is always a cancer.

They were taking ground from the kingdom of darkness and they were boldly speaking the truth and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ.

They were a great threat, so they had to be silenced.

That we are bold and may be uneducated and untrained, but others realize that we have been with Jesus.”

That plan is alive and well today.
Why?

Because Peter and John were unafraid.

2Ti 3:12 And indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Hymn #3

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.

Weekly Bible Study – November 21, 2016

Study: The Doctrine of Imputations.

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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]; we call this REBOUND, read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. REBOUND

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 3:16, 5:24, 6:47, 20:30, 31.

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 3:14-15, 16, 17, 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

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STUDY TITLE:

The Doctrine of Imputations.

Terms & Abbreviations used:

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

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BEGIN BIBLE STUDY
Unless otherwise noted, scripture quotes and references are from the NASB – New American Standard Bible. However, a few may be corrected translations developed from the exegetical study of the original languages.

The Doctrine of Imputations.

Imputation is used as an act of God whereby either condemnation or blessing is ascribed, attributed, reckoned, given, or imposed on the human race. Therefore, an imputation is the function of the justice of God directed toward mankind and related to the plan of God for mankind. Imputation functions as an act of condemnation or blessing from the Integrity of God to mankind. This means that in the plan of God there are times that God imputes to us things that condemn us and other times things that bless us.

There are three factors in imputation:

a. The source, which is God Himself.

b. The nature of the imputation–which refers to what is being imputed.

c. The recipient of the imputation–which in our study refers to a human being in a specific status quo.

Under this point there are also two different categories of imputations:

The first category of imputations is known as Real imputations, where the justice of God imputes under the principle of the importance of understanding that there is a similarity or a relationship between what is being imputed and where it is being imputed to. What is imputed has an affinity or a home for that to which it is imputed. For example, Real imputations include:

1. human life to the soul.

2. Adam’s original sin to the old sin nature.

3. Eternal life to the human spirit.

4. Blessings in time to the perfect righteousness in man.

5. Blessings in eternity to the resurrection body.

All of these imputations from God, human life; Adam’s original sin; eternal life; blessings in time; blessings in eternity — all have a home or a place to go in man for the imputation. For example, in the first category of imputations there is the fact God imputes or gives to the soul human life. This falls under the principle of not election but selection. At the point of physical birth, you come under the concept of selection not election. God “selected” you to be a member of the human race.

Job 33:4, “And the breath from God has created me [that is created him as a human being], and the breath of the Almighty gives me [human] life.”

The “breath of God” is life, it is the source of life. The Hebrew phrase is ruach El which is equivalent to the Greek word pneuma meaning breath, spirit, life, and lifestyle. Please note that this statement by Job is after the fall of man in the Garden and states the principle of the origin of human life, which is from God. And that life begins after the human body is formed not before. As we noted concerning the first mention principle in Gen 2:7, Adam’s body was created before God breathe into him the breath of life and then Adam became a living being.

Gen 2:7, Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, [and then after God formed man out of the 16 elements found in the ground then] God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and then man became a living being.

The same thing is still true today, the body is formed before God gives it neshamah, the breath of life.

Job 33:4, “And the breath from God has created me [a human being], and the breath of the Almighty gives me [human] life.”

Job does not say that the copulation or the sexual relationship between a male and female gave him life, does he?

No!

Why?

Because human life comes from God not SEX. Only God has the power to create human life.

This is why the prophet Isaiah said in Isa 44:2, “Thus says the Lord who made [created] you, who formed you [the Hebrew says out from] from the womb, who will help you, ‘Do not fear, O Jacob My servant;”

The Hebrew prepositional phrase translated from is the phrase mi beten and should be translated out from the womb. This means that God formed you or gave you life out from the womb, separated from the womb, outside the womb, or away from the womb. GNT (Good News translation) says Isa 44:2, I am the Lord who created you; from the time you were born, I have helped you. Do not be afraid; you are my servant, my chosen people whom I love.

The Lord is saying I helped you ever since the day you were born not since the day you were conceived. Why? Why does He say I helped since the day that you were born? He said that because He could not help you in the womb because you did not exist in the womb? How do we know that? Well again, look at Job 3:11-16, “Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire? Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck? For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest, With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves; or with princes who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver. Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light.”

Job 10:18-19, “Why then hast Thou brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me! I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.”

Job is saying that as long as he was in the womb he was not a human being but now that he is out of the womb, he is a human being. Job had no human life until God imputed it to his soul. Job is asking why God ever let him become a human being.

Job 10:19, “I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.”

Job describes the limits of life as: out from the womb and to the tomb. Human life exists out from the womb (birth) to the tomb. The limits of human life are from birth to death. This is the sphere in which the angelic conflict is being resolved. There is no resolution to the angelic conflict inside the womb or inside the tomb. God gives human life at birth, and takes it away at death. We were given life to resolve the issue of the angelic conflict.

The womb is not a part of the angelic conflict because the womb does not contain human life. At birth, God creates soul life and imputes it to biological life. At death, God removes soul life from biological life, and for the believer, takes that soul life to Heaven.

This is why Ecc 12:7, then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

If God does not give soul life at birth, there is no soul life, there is no existence. This is why Job says, “As though I had not existed.” Job also recognizes in the last half of verse eighteen that he would have been automatically saved if he had died as soon as God gave him soul life. Job 3:11, “Why did I not die at birth, separated from the womb and then die?” This clearly says that you cannot die as a human being in the womb, because no one is a human being in the womb. Job could not die before birth, because he was not a human being prior to birth.

Job 1:21, “The Lord gave [soul life at birth], and the Lord has taken it away [at death]; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

The life that the Lord gives at birth, He takes at death, and that life goes on forever. Biological life is only temporary. Soul life is permanent.

John 1:3, “All things came into being through Him. And apart from Him, nothing came into being that has come into being.”

So, two things happen at birth: God the Father creates soul life and imputes the soul life to biological life and a human being is then formed, and simultaneously the judicial imputation of Adam’s original sin to the old sin nature. These two actions of God demand a spiritual birth or regeneration. Spiritual death demands a divine solution, since mankind is condemned in total separation from God and helplessness to do anything about it. The solution from God is unlimited atonement.

The volition of soul life demands a non-meritorious decision regarding becoming born again. The solution is faith alone in Christ alone. Only God has the power to create human life, which emphasizes the soul of mankind. Man’s ability is limited to reproduction of biological life. Biological life resides in the womb under mother dependence. Biological life in the womb includes an inactive sin nature, transmitted through the male sperm in copulation. However, since there is no human life in the womb, the sin nature is not activated until birth.

Two things occur at birth: the creation of human life (which means God created soul life and imputed it to biological life) and spiritual death. Spiritual death is condemnation from God, total separation from God, and total helplessness to perform any human work by which we could enter into relationship with God. Therefore, the grace policy of God solves the problem of spiritual death. The doctrine of regeneration dramatizes the salvation work of Christ on the Cross. Just as God created soul life and imputed it to biological life at birth, so God, in His grace, provides His very own eternal life at the moment of faith in Christ.

The Holy Spirit creates a human spirit and God the Father imputes eternal life to it–the mechanics of regeneration. Soul life or human life is a gift from God at birth. There is no soul life or human life in the womb. Biological life in the womb is minus soul life, therefore, not human life. While biological life begins at conception, soul life does not begin until after birth. At birth, biological, that is life out from the womb, and soul life, created by God, merge to form human life. The conflict between the genetically formed sin nature and the human soul created by God does not exist until after birth. The conflict between the sin nature and the soul begins after birth, when the human beings comes into existence through the imputation of soul life to biological life.

Biological life minus soul life is not human life. Biological life begins at conception and human life begins at birth when God creates it and imputes it to biological life outside the womb. Biological life begins with mother dependence in the womb and soul life begins with God dependence outside the womb. The sin nature is transmitted through the twenty-three male chromosomes which fertilize the female ovum. The two imputations which occur at birth form human life similar to Adam and the woman after their fall.

Back in Isa 44:2, Thus says the Lord who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you, ‘Do not fear, O Jacob My servant; And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

HCSB (Hebrew Christian Standard Bible) Isa 44:2, This is the word of the Lord your Maker who shaped you from birth;

TEV Today’s English Version Isa 44:2, I am the Lord who created you; from the time you were born,

Notice God created you from the day you were born not when you were in the womb. You cannot hold God responsible for the deformity of the human body. It is the sin of man that is responsible for that. Even in the New Testament they recognized that.

John 9:1-2, And as He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?”

Now, it is true that in this case our Lord said something that shocked them when in John 9:3, Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was in order that the works of God might be displayed in him.

In this case, this was an exception, however, the norm and standard is that when Adam and the woman sinned even nature was affected by it and that is where the majority of physical deformity comes from, Rom 8:18-21. The point is that God is not held accountable for what takes place in the womb, man is because of the OSN. And so those different translations I just gave you concerning Isa 44:2 to let you know that “mi beten” is translated not “in the womb” but “out from the womb” or even “outside of the womb” or “ever since you were born” or “ever since your birth.”

The point that I want to see is that selection begins at your physical birth when God imputes to your soul human life just like election begins for you at your spiritual birth, when God imputes to you eternal life. Though you were elected before the foundation of the world, Eph 1:4.

So it is vital for you to understand when your first imputation began it was at your physical birth not your conception. This is why we read in Psa 22:9, Yet Thou art He who didst bring me forth from the womb; Thou didst make me trust when upon my mother’s breasts. Not when inside my mother’s womb.

Now, you’re either going to have believe what some people say about what they believe is inside of their body because of their experience or you’re going to have believe what the word of God says whether you like it or not, Gal 4:16!

Psa 22:10 goes on to say what the thoughts of our Lord was after His physical birth when it says, Upon Thee I was cast from [when? Conception?] NO birth [again mi beten]; Thou hast been my God from [mi beten again] out from my mother’s womb.

Now, this means that every member of the human race has been selected by God to be alive and that God has a purpose for their life. However, there’s a tremendous difference between a purpose and a destiny…just like there’s a tremendous difference between selection and election. At selection, you have a purpose, 2Pe 3:9. At election, you have a destiny, Eph 1:5.

Because of the character and nature of God and the imputation of sin at birth, God must provide salvation for everyone to whom He gives soul life to at birth. Therefore, He provides redemption for all. This is called the doctrine of the unlimited atonement. And though I have stated this principle many times, it could never be over-stated. For God to impute Adam’s original sin to our genetically formed OSN that was given to us by God and then He condemned us at birth because of that and then not to provide salvation for everyone is to say that God is unfair and unjust. It is a direct attack upon the character and nature of God. It is to agree with Satan that God is not just and He is not fair nor is He a God of love.

However, God is just and He is fair and He is a God of love which is why He provides salvation for every member of the human race which is called theologically the doctrine of the unlimited atonement. In other words once God imputes to you human life you fall under the doctrine of selection and from then on His desire for you is to fall under the doctrine of election.

2Pe 3:9, The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

This means Selection precedes election.

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 –– November 20, 2016

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The Doctrine of the Pivot; Part 36.
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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 directly to God the Father. This will assure that you are in fellowship with God the Father and the Holy Spirit’s convicting ministry, also called the convincing ministry will then be able to teach you as the Holy Spirit is the real teacher and the pastor’s message is the vehicle the Holy Spirit uses to convince you what you are learning is true or not.

1 John 1:9 says—“If we confess [simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins].” 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 to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life and you will be saved the very second you believe in Him:

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 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 Doctrine of the Pivot; Part 36.
A government that controls buying and selling.

5. How strong and influential is the RCC especially with the Pope today?
Answer: She is by far the strongest religious-political power in the world.

A. Nearly every major country consults her before making major policy moves. Her “large diplomatic corps maintains relations with more than 150 nations = U.S. News and World Report.

B. They took credit for the demise of communism, saying that Mary, Jesus’ mother, guided the pope’s strategy that brought down communism – “Handmaid or Feminist,” magazine (Dec 1991.

His goal is to unite all religions together to bring peace to the earth.

The first three and a half years of the Tribulation period will be a time of peace but really a pseudo-peace.

The seven-year period will begin when a peace agreement is reached between Israelis and Palestinians with the support of the International Community.

It will Create a Palestinian State which I hope that most of you understand does not exist today, that’s what all the fighting is about in the Middle East against the Jews.

The agreement will be an interim agreement that creates a Palestinian state within temporary borders. This new Palestinian state will include most of the West Bank in Israel, which is biblical Judea and Samaria.

The peace agreement will be an interim agreement because the two sides will not be able to agree on the status of Jerusalem.

The Palestinians say Jerusalem must be the capital of their newborn Palestinian state.

The Israelis have already claimed Jerusalem to be theirs and therefore this peace treaty will not last.

C. The aim of the Pope is to unify the Christian world under the leadership of the papacy during this decade. Pope Francis visited Christian, Muslim and Islamic nations in Africa for the first time in human history.

To construct or put together an ecumenical religion with all religions participating together with each other to go along with a one world government.

A government, which by the way will be ruled by Satan, because it is his way of getting in control of the world on account of the fact that he cannot do it on his own.

He is not omnipotent, he is not omniscient, and he is not omnipresent, so he needs help from both the human race and the fallen angelic race to rule the world.

Eph 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world;

D. The worldwide response to the Vatican, (RCC and the papacy) has been almost overwhelming.

“Everything which took place in Eastern Europe in recent years would have been impossible without the Pope’s efforts and the enormous role, including the political role, which he played in the world arena.

The papacy which formerly referred to Protestants as “heretics,” is now calling them “separated brethren” and graciously suggesting that all work and pray together for peace and God’s presence.

They are praying and promoting unity to the extent of saying some popular phrases like “Let’s put all of our doctrinal differences aside and love each other.”

Several Protestant denominations have had official dialog with the papacy to try to settle the differences that caused the Reformation which was the time when those who believed in the Bible rebelled against the RCC.

Answer = The Vatican led by the RCC and the papacy is by far the strongest religious and subtle political power in the world.

6. How strong and influential is the United States today?
Answer: The United States is still regarded as the world’s number one military power and center of military influence.

A. “America is still the world’s #1 superpower.”

B. There is really only one power (Russia) in the immediate future to rival the United States. However, China and North Korea are coming on strong.

C. Many Arab leaders have labeled America a vital part of “the New Roman Empire” because, as the old Roman Empire was the undisputed superpower of its age, America is still now number one in the political realm.

D. America’s power will still determine all major global events.” Although Russia is moving hard to replace her.

Russia’s entry to the Syrian conflict draws suspicion because its military capability is designed to combat threats far beyond those posed by ISIS.

Designed for aerial interception, others are for ground support, suggesting that the ambition of the Russian operation is wider than the war against ISIS that Russian officials have officially admitted to.

One of the Russian air force bases comprise of at least 32 fighter jets – including 12 Su-25 Frogfoots, 12 Su-25 Fencers and four SU-30’s, some of the most powerful jets in the world.


Also 24 advanced Military attack helicopters and anti-aircraft systems.

There are also over 50 jets getting ready to launch airstrikes. A large number of battle tanks, armored personnel carriers with enhanced armor protection and artillery pieces.

More airfields are being built in Syria as the Russian Navy is on its way! There are missile cruisers and several warships.

You don’t bring this much military power to Syria without your intentions to use it and stay there.

Isa 17:1 THE MOURNFUL, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Damascus [capital of Syria, and Israel’s bulwark (wall) against Assyria]. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins.

All of this is leading up to the fulfillment of prophecy which is not designed to scare but to prepare.

Vladimir Putin is doing a lot, using a more subtle aggressive approach, doing what he can to expose the weakness and the lies of America’s present administration.

Most world nations are still looking to the United States for protection and support.

Whether or not the U.S.A. will play a vital role in the last days of biblical prophecy. = Could it be that “It is”?

Either through omission or submission
Or inclusion or exclusion.

Sometimes not doing anything at all is doing everything when you evaluate the big picture of things.

As goes the believer, so goes the nation.

Negative Volition to Bible doctrine destroys a client nation.

Jam 1:22-25, But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

Jam 1:25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man shall be blessed in what he does.

Jam 4:17 Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin.

2Ti 2:15 Study to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth.

Heb 4:11 Let us therefore be diligent or study to enter that rest, lest anyone fall through following the same example of disobedience.

2Pe 1:10 Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;

2Pe 3:14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,

In Neh 8:18, a revival was taking place in Israel because of the desire for doctrine from their teacher, Ezra, the priest.

Neh 8:18 And he read from the book of the Law of God daily, from the first day to the last day.

Prov 8:30 Then I [doctrine] was beside Him, as a master workman; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him,

Prov 8:34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts.

TLJC made it crystal clear that we would need the word of God daily to survive in Matt 4:4 and Luk 9:23.

Luk 9:23 And He was saying to them all, “if anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Luk 19:47 And He was teaching daily in the temple; and the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,

Acts 16:5 So the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily.

Psa 145:2 …”Everyday will I bless thee”

Psa 61:8 …”I will perform my vows or my responsibilities daily”

Psa 72:15 … “Daily shall He be praised”

Psa 119:164 Seven times a day I will praise Thee because of your righteous judgments.

Psa 1:2 “But his delight [the mature believer] is in the Law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.”


Isa 8:9 “My Lord, I have called daily upon you.”

Acts 20:31 “Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears.

2Co 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
Acts 2:46 And day by day continuing with one mind in the temple,

Acts 5:42 And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

In 2Ch 8:14, The Levitical priests would praise and minister daily.

In 2Ch 31:16, They would enter the house of the Lord for their daily obligations.

In Ezr 3:4, they offered burnt offerings daily, according to the ordinance, as each day required.

Jer 7:25 “Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all my servants the prophets, daily rising early and sending them.

In Acts 19:9, the apostle Paul taught doctrine and reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

In Heb 10:11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering

Heb 10:25 Not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, Apostasy in a client nation is always a cancer.

Obad 1:15 “For the day of the Lord draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head.

In every case of Jewish apostasy both the clergy and the politicians of Israel are indicted along with the negative volition of the people.

In context, the wall refers to the political lies of politicians.

“behold, they plaster it over with whitewash” = the false solutions to the problems of the client nation.

Hymn #3

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.

Weekly Bible Study – November 14, 2016

Study: The Tremendous Doctrinal Analogies
between the first Adam and the Last Adam.

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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]; we call this REBOUND, read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. REBOUND

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 3:16, 5:24, 6:47, 20:30, 31.

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 3:14-15, 16, 17, 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

Doctrinal Statement

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

STUDY TITLE:

The Tremendous Doctrinal Analogies
between the first Adam and the Last Adam.

Terms & Abbreviations used:

PPOG = Predesigned Plan of God
Human Good = Evil + Good Deeds while not in fellowship with God
Old Sin Nature = Old Sin Nature
TLJC = The Lord Jesus Christ
SSE = Spiritual Self Esteem
PVTD = Positive Volition Towards Doctrine [Bible Truth]
+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, scripture quotes and references are from the NASB – New American Standard Bible. However, a few may be corrected translations developed from the exegetical study of the original languages.

The Tremendous Doctrinal Analogies
between the first Adam and the Last Adam.

Rom 5:15-16, For if by the transgression of the one [Adam] the many died [the human race] much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many But not as that transgression [Adam’s original sin], so also is that gracious gift [the work of Christ]. For if by the transgression of [that] one [Adam] the many died [spiritual death], much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, by the one man, Jesus Christ, who has provided superabundance for the many. And the gift [salvation and TLJC] is not like that which came through the one who sinned [our Lord’s gift is different then what Adam gave us]; for on the one hand the judgment [of Adam’s original sin] arose from one transgression [Adam partaking of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil] resulting in condemnation [that is condemnation of the entire human race], but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification [anyone who believes in TLJC receives +R and is justified before God].

In other words, the last Adam is not like the first Adam but there are similarities and dissimilarities between the two Adam’s which have to do with our main subject of the justice and righteousness of God and they fall under the principles of biblical typology.

First of all, one of the first similarities is found in Luk 3:38 where Adam is called the son of God as our Lord is called the same-Adam is the only member of the human race other than our Lord who is called the son of God. Now, we are all called sons of God or children of God but Adam was literally called a son of God in Luk 3:38. So that is our first analogy because as all of us know that one of the titles of our Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

Another similarity and analogy under the doctrine of typology is that Adam’s sonship is physical. He was created by God out of the dust of the earth. Therefore in the physical sense, God is Adam’s father. In Gen 2:7, Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. It’s interesting and more proof of the Word of God being divinely inspired that when reduced to its basic elements, man’s body is found to be composed of sixteen elements; carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, sodium, magnesium, silicon, sulphur, phosphorus, chlorine, potassium, calcium, manganese, iron, and iodine. All which are found in the dust of the ground! It is also interesting that man’s life depends upon the heartbeat, the pulse, and the brain waves, and the brain is nourished by the blood which is put in motion by the oxygen from breathing. Therefore, man still needs the breath of life to live.

The physical body of Adam was created first but it did become alive until God breathed into his nostrils, not the breath of life, but the word life is in the plural and it means the breath of life (s) — soul and spirit.

Job 32:8, But it is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

This is how God became the literal father of Adam since He created his physical body directly from the ground and while at the grave the Bible says.

Eccl 12:7, then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

3. Jesus’ sonship, on the other hand, is spiritual. He is God’s only begotten son.

John 1:14, And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:18, No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

John 3:16, For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life

4. Adam was a created being, the Lord Jesus Christ is not a created being; He is the Creator — For by Him all things were created (John 1:3; Col 1:15-17).

Col 1:15, And He is the image [the Greek says — the exact image] of the invisible God, the first born of all creation.

Heb 1:3, And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, [not like a representation of the nature of God but the exact representation of God’s nature – you cannot get any clearer than that] and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Col 1:16-17, For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things have been created by Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Although both were sons of God the sonship of Christ is far superior.

5. Adam was miraculously born (Gen 2:7) and this is also true also of the Lord TLJC. Adam was formed out of the dust of the earth – God created him full grown, TLJC was conceived by the Holy Spirit, both were miracles.

Matt 1:18, Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows. When His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. – A miraculous birth.

6. TLJC, on the other hand, was born of a virgin, Isa 7:14, conceived of the Holy Spirit and therefore Adam’s birth was a shadow of Christ’s birth.

7. Adam loved his bride, the woman later on called Eve. He cared for her and was concerned (Gen 2:23-25). Just as Adam loved his bride Jesus loves His bride, the Church. Adam’s love for his bride is found in Gen 2:23-25, And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man. For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

8. Adam loved his wife because she was given to him by God. Christ loves His church because she was given to Him by God. Our Lord’s love for the church is given in John 17:22, And the glory which Thou hast given Me I have given to them; that they may be one, just as We are one;

9. Through the first Adam’s disobedience, sin entered the world. But through the last Adam, TLJC, salvation from sin has entered the world.

10. Because of the first Adam, spiritual death entered into the world whereas because of the Last Adam spiritual life came into the world.

11. The first Adam turned from the Father in the garden of Eden; the last Adam turned to the Father in the garden of Gethsemane.

12. The first Adam was naked and unashamed in the garden; the last Adam was naked and bore our shame on the Cross. In Gen 2:25, And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Whereas in Heb 12:2, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

13. The first Adam’s sin brought us thorns; the last Adam wore a crown of thorns.

Gen 3:17-18, Then to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you shall eat the plants of the field;

So, the first Adam brought the curse of thorns into the world while the last Adam wore a crown of thorns to remove the curse.

Matt 27:29, And after weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they kneeled down before Him and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

14. The first Adam chose himself over God whereas the last Adam was God substituting Himself for us.

Gal 3:13, Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree

15. The first Adam sinned at a tree; the last Adam bore our sins on a tree.

Gen 3:6, When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

Whereas in 1Pe 2:24, Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (KJV)

16. The first Adam died as a sinner; the last Adam died for sinners.

Gen 5:5, all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

17. The first Adam lost the tree of life; the last Adam is the tree of life; Pro 3:18, because the word is Christ then TLJC is the tree of life, Rev 22 .

18. The first Adam was the head of the old creation; the last Adam is the head of the new creation.

Cen 1:18, He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the first born from the dead; so that He Himself might come to have first place in everything.

19. The first Adam was created in God’s image; the last Adam is God’s image.

In Gen 1:27, And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Whereas in Col 1:15, He is the image of the invisible God, the first born of all creation.

20. The first Adam was to reign over all the earth; the last Adam will reign over all the earth forever and ever.

Gen 1:28, And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

But in Rev 11:15, And the seventh angel sounded; and there arose loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.

21. The first Adam was the first husband; the last Adam will be the ultimate, eternal husband.

Gen 2:23-24, And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man. For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Rev 19:6-7, And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude and as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.

22. The first Adam was alone and needed a counterpart, someone who is equal; the last Adam is alone and desires a counterpart, His bride.

Gen 2:18, Then the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him. Whereas in 1TIi 2:4, our Lord desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

23. The first Adam was seeking a natural wife; the last Adam is seeking a spiritual wife.

We know that the first Adam sought for someone because Gen2:20 says, And the man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. And yet we read in John 4:23, But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.

24. The first Adam was put to sleep to produce the woman; the last Adam was put to death to purchase the church; Acts 20:28.

Gen 2:21-22, So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place. And the Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

Acts 20:28, Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

25. The first Adam came out from the ground; the last Adam fell into the ground and died and was buried but rose again.

John 12:24, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

26. The first Adam died and his body returned to the ground; Eccl 12:7, the last Adam died and His body went to heaven.

1Pe 3:22, who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

27. The first Adam’s side was opened; the last Adam’s side was pierced.

Remember, in Gen 2:21, So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place.

Notice that our Lord opened up Adam’s side to bring forth His bride.

Gen 2:22, And the Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

Whereas, the Last Adam, TLJC, had His side opened in assure our salvation; John 19:34, but one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.

Speaking of our salvation and our Lord spilling forth blood and water to reveal that He was truly 1human Job 5:8 says, For there are three that bear witness, the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.

28. The first woman, Eve was taken out of the first Adam; the church was taken out of the last Adam.

29. Eve was brought to the first Adam without sin; the church will be presented to the last Adam without sin.

30. Eve possessed same nature and life as the first Adam, the church possesses is the same nature and life as the last Adam, TLJC.

2Pe 1:4, For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

So Rom 5:16, And the gift [the Last Adam, TLJC, is not like that which came through the one [the first Adam who sinned] on the one hand the judgment [of the entire human race] arose from one transgression [Adam’s] resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift [TLJC bring salvation] arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.

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.