Internet Church Service – May 13, 2018; The Third Commandment. Do not take the name of the Lord in vain. Part 4.
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The Third Commandment.
Do not take the name of the Lord in vain. Part 4.
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from - Romans 8:38-39
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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 or participating in a Communion Service, 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); 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 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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Sermon: The Third Commandment.
Do not take the name of the Lord in vain. Part 4.
The Third Commandment which is found in Exo 20:7 which says “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.
The Doctrine of Ambassadorship.
Point 1. Definition and description.
Point 2. The Profile of the Ambassador.
1. An ambassador does not appoint himself. We are appointed by God Himself at the moment we believe in Jesus Christ. God also gives use the power and ability to handle the job.
2. The ambassador does not support himself. The Church-age believer, as an ambassador for Christ, is provided for by logistical grace.
3. The ambassador’s instructions are always in written form, so he has no doubt as to what he should do. We have the policies, problem solving devices, instructions, principles, doctrines, and concepts in written form in the scripture.
4. The ambassador does not belong to the country to which he is sent.
Our citizenship and home is in heaven.
We are also citizens of a client nation to God.
5. The ambassador does not live in the foreign country for his own personal interest. We live here on earth solely to serve in the interest of our Lord.
6. The ambassador does not treat any insult to himself as personal or most important. This is the royal ambassador’s function in both spiritual self-esteem and impersonal love for all mankind.
7. When an ambassador is recalled, his recall is tantamount to a declaration of war. This is analogous to the Rapture of the church. The Tribulation is analogous to the period of war.
Point 3 is where we pick it up. The Royal Ambassadorship is Specialized and Intensified in the gift of pastor teacher.
All communication gifts (evangelists, apostles, pastor teachers) become critical and specialized functions of the royal ambassadorship because they communicate spiritual truth.
Point 4. The Royal Ambassadorship is Directly Related to the Evangelism of the believer, 2Co 5:20.
We are not to witness only through our lifestyle – but more importantly through our words.
This is why I say to those who say “I don’t say I’m a believer, I live like I am one” = stop being a coward!
An atheist can be moral.
A Muslim can quit certain sins.
A Buddhist can refrain from immorality.
For many it means, “I don’t have enough courage to live like I should”…..
The apostle Paul asked the believers at Ephesus again in Eph 6:19 to pray on his behalf, that utterance [expression, articulation, verbalization] may be given to him in the opening of his mouth, to make known with boldness [confidence] the mystery doctrines of the gospel,
Point 5. The Royal Ambassadorship mandates the function of spiritual self esteem and impersonal love, Philemon 9.
Philemon 9 “Yet for love’s sake, I rather appeal to you, since I am such a person as Paul, the ambassador, and now a prisoner of Jesus Christ.”
Virtue love is the greatest of all problem-solving devices.
When your momentum takes you to personal love for God, you now have spiritual self-esteem. And with this spiritual self-esteem comes impersonal love for all mankind.
While personal love for God is the function of our royal priesthood, spiritual self-esteem and impersonal love for man are the function of our Royal ambassadorship.
Every believer, therefore, makes a pulpit out of his circumstances in every area of life.
Your ambassadorship is basically made up of two factors: How you live, and what you say as a result of what you think.
In private, you function under your priesthood;
In public, you function under your ambassadorship.
Point 6. The Royal Ambassadorship is also related to the Angelic Conflict.
Angels observe and rejoice when ambassadors lead others to Christ, Luke 15:3-10.
Fallen angels are organized to resist and oppose your ambassadorship and your growth in grace, Job 1:6, 2:1-3; Eph 6:12.
The fact that angels are watching you as an ambassador is also found in 1Co 4:9 For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle or a theatron] to the world, both to angels and to men.
The isagogic translation would look something like this: 1Co 4:9 “For I think God has exhibited us apostles last of all as men condemned to death [last ones into the coliseum], for we have become an amphitheater to the world, both to angels and to men.”
Eph 3:10 “In order that the manifold wisdom of God might be made known through the church to rulers and authorities in the heavenlies [angels].”
1Ti 5:21 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality.
1Pe 1:12 “Things into which angels are watching intently.”
Point 7. The concept of the believer ambassador.
While the priesthood of the believer emphasizes the daily function of PMA of BD and advance to spiritual maturity, the ambassadorship of the believer emphasizes the production of the Christian way of life.
The priesthood is the means by which you advance; the ambassadorship is for the purpose of production.
Since maximum production involves spiritual maturity, it is obvious that the attainment of spiritual maturity results in maximum effectiveness in the area of your royal ambassadorship.
The filling of the Spirit is an absolute necessity in the function of the ambassador.
Any Christian service or works apart from the filling of the Spirit is human good, the enemy of the procedure and policy of the royal ambassador.
Everything the believer does in life becomes a part of his ambassadorship, for in effect the believer makes a pulpit out of his circumstances.
Every believer is in full time service; this is a decision god made, not one that you make.
Your circumstances are your full-time Christian service whether you work in the military, in labor, or in management.
Every believer is in the plan of God and lives his life under the principle of full-time Christian service.
Prov 13:16-17 “Every wise believer acts with knowledge of doctrine, but a fool [believer] spreads foolishness.
An evil messenger falls into adversity [the law of volitional responsibility], but a faithful ambassador brings healing.”
Point 8. The prerequisites for the function of the royal ambassadorship.
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.
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