Sunday, May 26, 2019

Weekly Bible Study – May 27, 2019; Study: The Doctrine of the Mental Attitude, Part 7.


The Doctrine of the Mental Attitude, Part 7.

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

1 John 1:9 says: "If we confess our sins, He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (known sins) and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [unknown or forgotten sins]." NKJV (New King James Version) [italics added]; 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, that He is the Son of God, the promised Messiah, 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 simply exercise faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life; when you do, you will instantly receive 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

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The Doctrine of Mental Attitude. Part 7


Point 6 in our doctrine of mental attitude: The importance of understanding the Battle in the Soul.

The apostle Paul dealt with this principle in 2Co 10:3-6. We are involved in a warfare and that warfare takes place in the soul where we do our thinking. The most fundamental of Sun Tzu’s principles for the conduct of war is that “All warfare is based on deception”. That’s why the Bible prepares us for deception in many passages.

Our real warfare in the spiritual life is neither physical nor fleshly; it is mental and spiritual and therefore found in the mentality of our soul. As our enemy and the god of this world, Satan’s goal is to keep us off guard and deceived. Only the mind or the mental attitude of Christ can protect us from this deception. And that’s why we are told in 2Co 2:11 “in order that no advantage be taken of us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.” This is why in 2Co 11:3, the apostle Paul said “But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray [deceived] from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.”

No one understands the advantage of sowing discord and causing confusion and disorder more than Satan and the kingdom of darkness. James 3:16 “For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder [confusion] and every evil thing or every form of evil.”

When your soul is united with doctrine, Satan and the kingdom of darkness will do what it can to divide your thoughts and confuse your mental attitude. When a local assembly is united and preaching the Gospel and teaching doctrine, Satan and the kingdom of darkness will try to cause divisions and attack and divide.

The quote from Sun Tzu’s “The art of war: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting,” has a perfect analogy with the principles found in the word of God such as;

Eph 6:11 “hold your ground against the strategies of the devil.”

Or Eph 6:13 “hold your ground in the day that evil attacks you

Don’t always look for the easy way out, realize if you are going to live for God, there will be a battle and a fight. Paul said to Timothy in 1Ti 1:18, 1Ti 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

So that you can say in 2Ti 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;

A major victory can only be obtained by positive measures aimed at a decision, never by simply waiting on events.

It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being. So, one of the great factors in the believer who is advancing spiritually is a phenomenal mental attitude.

This mental attitude is reflected by using; (click to open the following link): The Doctrine of the 10 Problem-Solving Devices of the PPOG [predesigned plan of God].

It is a system of thought you carry regardless of circumstances.

It is the same consistency of thinking that provides true capacity for life, so that when you face undeserved suffering, you are just as happy as when you are in fantastic prosperity.

Doctrinal thoughts have been thought thousands of times but to make them truly ours, we must think them over and over again until they take root in our personal experience.

This leads us to Point 7 in our doctrine: The Mental Attitude can be a Source of Bondage or the Source of Liberation.

Thinking is simply the talking of the soul with itself. Our mind can be a source of bondage and also the source of liberation.

In Psa 119:43, the psalmist says And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I wait for Thine ordinances.

Psa 119:44 So I will keep Thy law continually, Forever and ever.

Psa 119:45 And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Thy precepts.

Gal 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong. The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward liberation to which we may have grown at a given moment. if this is a correct view of freedom, our chief energy must be concentrated on achieving liberation from within.

And this means how you think about yourself.

To be bound to the things of this world is bondage, to be free of them is true liberation and your mental attitude can be a friend of the soul or an enemy of the soul. If a believer’s mind is on that which is eternal, his mental attitude and his intellect will grow.

Spiritual winners are those who see that the spiritual is stronger than the material and that thoughts rule the world.

Thoughts lead on to purposes; Purposes go forth in action;

Actions form habits; Habits decide character;

And character fixes our destiny.

Character is the result of two things, Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Remember that our life is what our thoughts make it. Most people think of their lives in terms of the pleasure or the fun they can have, or something they associate with happiness.

However, the happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. And that you should make sure that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and integrity. If you allow negative thoughts to get into your soul, they will produce strange results.

Strange thoughts bring about strange deeds.

Heb 13:9 Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, thought is a tremendous living force. And thought gains strength only by repetition. Thought molds your character and shapes your destiny. in Matt 22:42 thought determines your eternal destiny, “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?”

For example, from our thinking comes our motivation. From our motivation comes our decisions. From our decisions comes our lifestyle. What we think depends upon our attitude toward Bible doctrine.

a. Priority number one in the Christian way of life must be Bible doctrine with emphasis on the mystery doctrine for the Church-age.

b. You concentrate on your number one priority, which means effective, Spirit-filled, perception, metabolization and application of Bible doctrine.

Because John 8:32 and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

c. You organize your life around your number one priority, your relationship with God through the study of His word.

d. Once you begin to organize your life around priority number one, then you come to organize your thinking around priority number one. “As a man thinks in his right lobe, so he is.”

e. When you begin to organize your thinking around Bible doctrine, then not only do you have cognition, but you begin to advance on the broad front using the ten problem-solving devices of the PPOG [predesigned plan of God], and you finally reach the objective of spiritual maturity. Metabolized doctrine circulating in the soul through the filling of the Spirit is the basis for divine viewpoint thinking. You can have doctrine in your soul and be out of fellowship and be incapable of utilization of divine viewpoint. Therefore, applying the doctrine of Rebound [1Jo 1:9] is how you get back in fellowship as well. So, you have to learn doctrine before you can think doctrine. You have to think doctrine before you can apply doctrine. You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.

Point 8. Rapport in the Royal Family Is Based on Divine Viewpoint in Thought and the Honor Code in Practice.

Rapport in the royal family of God is based on divine viewpoint.

This is the greatest rapport that can exist, especially in light of the fact that no two of us are alike, no two of us will ever have the same personality or anything else, no two of us are equal, but there is a bona fide rapport. Phil 2:1-2. Since therefore there is encouragement in Christ, since there is comfort from virtue-love, since there is fellowship of the Spirit, since there is tendernesses and compassions, Bring to completion my happiness by thinking the same things,

Happiness is a series of thoughts, not function or emotions. Perfect happiness is a thought, not an emotion. Emotion comes from thought, but thought is never derived from emotion.

We can’t love all believers with a personal love, so this refers to our impersonal love toward all, our relaxed mental attitude toward all as part of the royal family honor code. All true friendship is based upon thinking and thinking is the source of honor and integrity.

Phil 2:3-5 Do nothing motivated by contentiousness or ambitious pride, but with humility of mind [by means of grace orientation] let each of you keep on considering one another as more important than himself; do not merely be regarding your own personal interests, but also for the personal interests of others. Keep on thinking this [doctrine] within yourselves which was also resident in Christ Jesus,”

Since doctrine is the mind of Christ as per 1Co 2:16, our attitude towards doctrine determines our attitude toward TLJC [The Lord Jesus Christ] and our viewpoint in life. Now, to have a mental attitude that Jesus Christ had while on earth sounds impossible because Christ was perfect and because He was unique.

So, Phil 2:5 “Keep on thinking this [keep on having this mental attitude] in you which was also in Christ Jesus.”

The mental attitude of our Lord Jesus Christ can be our mental attitude. Now, our Lord’s development of power in His humanity came from mental attitude, not personality functioning.

He was full of grace, grace orientation and doctrinal orientation, John 1:14. And so magnificent was the power of His mental attitude that when He was on the cross receiving the judgment for every sin, past, present and future, of every member of the human race….. He still had the happiness of God.

Phil 3:15 says: Therefore, as many as are spiritually mature, let us have this attitude or think objectively; and if in anything you have a different mental attitude, God will reveal that also to you;

Col 3:2 “Keep thinking objectively about the things above.

What your mental attitude is under normal circumstances should continue under great pressure or great emotional circumstances.

If it’s not, then as Phil 3:15 says….if in anything you have a different mental attitude, God will reveal that also to you;

God reveals your wrong mental attitude to you through the teaching of the pastor. And the problem is easy to solve.

The problem-solving devices, (click to open the following link): [The Doctrine 10 Problem-Solving Devices] are application skills of the spiritual life.

This application goes in three directions: toward God, toward people, and toward self.

(1) Toward God, Fellowship with the Holy Spirit, Personal love toward God the Father, and occupation with Christ are the problem-solving devices directed toward God.

(2) The problem-solving devices directed toward people include: grace orientation, doctrinal orientation, impersonal love for all mankind.

(3) The problem-solving devices directed toward self include rebound, a personal sense of destiny, doctrinal orientation, the faith-rest drill, sharing the happiness of God.

Phil 4:6-7 says Stop worrying about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the prosperity from God which transcends human comprehension shall garrison your right lobes and thinking by Christ Jesus.”

Phil 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.

Point 9, Giving is a mental attitude, 2Co 9:7-8.

2Co 9:6 Now this I say, he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully.

Now, why does Paul say this? Because we are back to the importance of attitude. Giving graciously or sacrificially produces an attitude in the individual which allows God to pour more blessing to the one who gives.

Giving produces capacity for receiving.

2Co 9:7 Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful or grace-oriented giver.

With this attitude, God will provide you with the money you need to give. You may not have a lot now, but if that’s your attitude the Bible says God provides the money for you to do what is right.

2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

God graciously provides extra finances for grace givers to give.

2Co 9:10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, we are the sower, God gives us the financial seed.

2Co 9:10 Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness;

God supplies extra money to grace givers.

Result, 2Co 9:11-12 you will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God. For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God.

When we give, we’re to fully supply the needs of God’s people, but it is also overflowing in many expressions to God.

Don’t give from mental pressure or compulsion of emotions, for God loves a grace-oriented giver. You are not to give because someone embarrasses you, or because you make a pledge or tithe.

Everything you give always comes from God. The person who gives with the proper mental attitude will always have more to give; his resources never dry up. In giving, the believer supplies the mental attitude, and God provides the rest. The person who has the right mental attitude is well kept in funds to express his attitude in worship. It is not what you give, but what you are thinking when you give that counts. A confident mental attitude is the divine viewpoint from the perception of Bible doctrine.

However, giving is also for your benefit.

The correct attitude is that of David’s in 1Ch 29:14 “But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from Thee, and from Thy hand we have given Thee.”


Paul’s attitude, 1Co 4:7 For who regards you as superior? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Haggai’s attitude, Hag 2:8 The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord of hosts.

Our Lord’s attitude Luk 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

These doctrinal principles and having this mental attitude in the realm of giving will lead you to immense blessing in your life. having this mental attitude in the realm of giving is a vital principle for our benefit, our prosperity and our blessing.

Paul said in Phil 4:17 Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account.

Look at 1Ch 29:1-14

But I want you to notice David’s attitude in 1Ch 29:1….for the temple is not for man, but for the Lord God.

Or again look at David’s attitude in 1Ch 29:2 “Now with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God.

Then David’s attitude again in 1Ch 29:12 “Both riches and honor come from Thee, and Thou dost rule over all, and in Thy hand is power and might; and it lies in Thy hand to make great, and to strengthen everyone.

Then there’s the mental attitude test when it comes to giving,

1Ch 29:17 “Since I know, O my God, that Thou triest the heart and delightest in uprightness [notice the test in the mental attitude concerning giving], I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Thy people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to Thee.

So, David said 1Ch 29:14 “But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from Thee, and from Thy hand we have given Thee.

If all things come from God, then why does God want us to even give to Him? Why does He desire for us to give graciously, and not only to Him, but even to others who are in need?

Even the Apostle Paul brought out the fact that all things come from God in the New Testament, when he reminded us in 1Co 4:7 that everything that we have been given has been given to us in some way by God. A lot of times we think we are something and that we have received it or earned it, that’s not what the Bible says.

David also said in Psa 24:1 “The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.”

What about the money and the riches on Earth? Hag 2:8, the Lord says it all belongs to Him. objectively in the mental attitude of your soul, if all this is true, and it is, if everything belongs to the Lord, even all the silver and all the gold belongs to the Lord, if everything that’s in the Earth belongs to the Lord and the cattle on the thousand hills and every beast of the field, then why does God even call us to give graciously and sacrificially? We know that He does because passage after passage in the Word of God tells us that God wants you to have a gracious attitude, not when it just comes to giving in a local assembly, but giving to people in your life that God brings in your path who have legitimate needs and who need help.

Giving to those who provide doctrinal information, such as the pastor, or those who work behind the scenes to make the word of God available, Gal 6:6.

Giving to those who are of the household of faith and are in need, Gal 6:10.

You see this is an attitude. It may be a sacrifice on your part to give them that help or fulfill that need, but if you don’t, you’ll be shocked at what the Word of God actually says. In fact, you can improve your finances and your financial blessing, which even helps you to improve your own personal life as well as your spiritual walk.

Now, if you believe the Word of God, the Bible says “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” (Acts 16:31).

The Bible also says that if you sin, and you name and cite your sin and confess your sin to God that God will forgive you and cleanse you from all unrighteousness.

The Bible teaches that “there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” in Romans 8:1,

The Bible says that in Heb 8:12, 10:17 “God doesn’t remember our sins anymore.

The Bible says that He’ll never leave us or forsake us in Hebrews 13:5.

If those passages are true, and they are, and you believe that they are true, then it follows common sense and follows spiritual thinking that you would believe what the Word of God has to say concerning anything else in life. If you are going to trust God for the greater, which is your eternal destiny and where you’re going to spend eternity, then you should ask yourself, “Do I trust God concerning such an important subject as my finances or my financial blessing?”

When we don’t give graciously and sacrificially, that produces an attitude that stops the blessing of God from coming into our lives.

How many of God’s people offer things to God that cost them nothing, those things being leftover. This is a reason that many people have a lack of blessing in their lives in many realms.

Giving reflects our attitude of thankfulness and gratitude, as Paul says in 2Co 9:15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

What is this gift? God so loved the World that He gave His uniquely born Son.

What did this cost God?

His Son and His life.

Therefore, giving is to reflect our attitude and gratitude towards all that God has done for us.

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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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 Dispensation of the Hypostatic Union.


Paul identifies himself as in Eph 3:1, where he changed his name from Saul meaning king or powerful or Paul, the insignificant one or the Little one .

Paul had his name changed to identify and claim who he was before salvation, which was a murderer of Christians; 1Ti 1:12-17.

1Ti 1:13 = he was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor because the Lord was using Paul’s sins and failures to reveal His mercy because he acted ignorantly in unbelief;

The “faith” refers to the doctrines that Paul had learned under the principle of faith known to us as the “Christian faith” and the love” which refers to the filling of the Spirit, Gal 5:22; Rom 5:5.

oikonomia = administration, dispensation, or stewardship, referring literally to a time or a home where family members enjoy each other being at home with one another as they live in the same dispensation.

The apostle Paul, the messenger to every Church-age believer, tells us what really happened in Eph 3:3 that by revelation .

Revelation = refers to the new doctrines that were not taught in the OT but are now taught in the NT with the spiritual food or the mystery doctrines of the Church-age coming up next.

Revelation = ‎‎apokalupsis = the appearing, the coming, the manifestation, but most of all it is correctly translated revelation or doctrines needed to hear as part of the mystery doctrines of the Church-age.

Those individuals who say that there is absolutely no need for rebound also teach there is no need for recovery because they mistranslated John 19:30.

Remember that last phrase in John 19:28 when our Lord said; “I am thirsty.

He used the perfect-passive-indicative of the Greek verb teleo which means to end, to complete, to conclude, or my favorite, to perfect and finish the task or the work before us.

1. You don’t need to rebound

2. You don’t need to repent

3. There are no winners in the spiritual life

4. There are no losers in the spiritual life.

It means to deny us the blessings that we could have received had we become winner believers [overcomer believers] and not loser believers [unfaithful believers]; 1Co 3:11-15.

Winners and Losers, my friends, are taught how to be a winner believer as a member of the Royal Family of God or how one becomes a loser believer in that same plan.

You are either becoming a mature believer who can glorify our Lord or you are in the process of becoming a loser believer, who has brought shame to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

We are also protected and defended in the spiritual realm because the real battles that a winner believer must face is the battles that are invisible to all of us; Eph 6:12.

Our Lord has provided everything that His people would ever need in the realm of logistical grace which provides everything that a believer or unbeliever would need in the natural realm.

Our Lord also supplied everything we would ever need in the spiritual realm so that we could become a winner or a winner believer identified in the Word of God as winners; the Greek word eusebeia is the Greek noun translated godliness, and it is also translated holiness; devotion; dedication, or the one I prefer, eusebeia means living the spiritual life.

Paul answers those false critics who are always running away from their battles of life because they don’t like confrontation and think that if they ignore their battles long enough their problems will go away.

What really matters is for you to know what dispensation you are in and what your roll or function is.

Hypostatic Union or the Dispensation where the Lord Jesus Christ is the main attraction and the center of all worship in the dispensations that are found in the Word of God.

“Hypostatic union” = the theological term for the incarnate person of Christ, the union of God and man, also known to our ministry as true humanity and undiminished deity in one person forever, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Question: What do all of these dispensations have in common?

Answer: All the dispensations have been created by the Lord to bring glory to our God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

They are all under a divine purpose which is revealed by the word incarnation referring to the time that Jesus Christ, the second Person of the Trinity, dwelt on earth in hypostatic union.

Incarnation which refers to the expense of time that our Lord Jesus Christ, the second Person of the Trinity, dwelt on earth in hypostatic union.

Incarnation = the day our Lord was born as a member of the human race died in our place and therefore the definition reveals how the incarnation is closely related to our subject of the hypostatic union.

1. Hypostatic Union = in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ are two natures, deity and humanity, which I like to call Undiminished Deity and True Humanity in one person inseparably united forever.

The two natures are without mixture or loss of the two separate identities.

This is why our Lord would speak from His deity at times and then from His humanity at other times and then a very unusual principle, our Lord would speak from His nature of the Hypostatic Union (e.g. John 14:6).

TLJC [The Lord Jesus Christ] is just as much God as God the Father and God the Holy Spirit…..and He is also just as much human as you and I. He is undiminished deity and true humanity in one person forever.

Tthe two natures of Christ maintain their complete identity through being joined in personal union forever.

The characteristics of His human nature belong to the human part of Him, the characteristics of His divine nature belong to the God-part of Him.

The Lord is never half-God and half-man or half man and half-God. the Lord is undiminished deity (God) and true humanity (just like us).

Sometimes our Lord operates from His human nature only.

Sometimes He operates from His divine nature only.

Sometimes He operates from both natures together but not mixed.

Satan is very deceitful and he is a liar, in fact, in John 8:44, Satan is called the father of all lies.

John 19:28 “After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”

Only humanity can become thirsty, God cannot.

Our Lord also said some things like John 14:28 “For the Father is greater than I.”

Sometimes our Lord operates from His divine nature only and so He would turn around and say John 10:30 “I and the Father are one.”

John 5:23 in order that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.

Sometimes He operates from both natures together but not mixed when He says such things like John 14:6 “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.”

The point is that the human nature in Christ always remains the human nature and the divine nature always remains the divine nature.

This is why we can also refer to Him as the God-man; 1Ti 2:5.

The two natures are united without transfer of attributes or qualities.

It is impossible to transfer an attribute of one nature to the other nature without destroying that nature.

If you add God to man then man is no longer true humanity.

If you add man to God then God is no longer undiminished deity.

There is no change in the essence of deity or the essence of humanity.

Beginning with the incarnation of Jesus Christ, a human nature was inseparably united forever with the divine nature of Jesus Christ.

This means that the two natures remain distinct, whole, unchanged, without mixture or confusion, so that Jesus Christ is true humanity and undiminished deity in one person forever.

There’s God.
There’s angels.
There’s humans.
There’s the God-man.

All the attributes of deity adhere to His deity and never cross over and become humanity.

All the attributes of humanity adhere to the humanity of Christ and never become deity.

Jesus Christ had to become perfect humanity to be our Savior, to be our high priest, to be the mediator between God and man, and to fulfill the promise of the Davidic covenant that David’s son would rule forever.

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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.

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Weekly Bible Study – May 20, 2019; Study: The Doctrine of the Mental Attitude, Part 6.


The Doctrine of the Mental Attitude, Part 6.

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Prepare yourself for learning the Word of God!

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

1 John 1:9 says: "If we confess our sins, He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins (known sins) and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [unknown or forgotten sins]." NKJV (New King James Version) [italics added]; 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, that He is the Son of God, the promised Messiah, 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 simply exercise faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life; when you do, you will instantly receive 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:


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The Doctrine of Mental Attitude. Part 6


Point 5 in the doctrine of mental attitude: Thought, Speech, and Action are a Reflection of Your Mental Attitude and Motivation in Life.

We have noted how mental attitude relates to your personality and character why your mental attitude is so important. A part of that is your vocabulary for it takes words with which to think. The more limited your vocabulary the less developed your personality. You must think to have character and personality. Any spiritual system which demands technical thought improves your mind, personality, character, and if you are humble, it eventuates in honor, integrity, and occupation with Christ. Doctrine is so important because words are stored up in the right lobe of the soul.

Isa 50:4, “The Lord God has given Me the tongue of disciples, That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens {Me} morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.”

Vocabulary is a reflection of your mental attitude and is divided into two categories generally.

Non-technical which you need to get along in life and technical which is required to participate in the profession areas of life.

To acquire a technical vocabulary in any field requires studying. Studying is one of the most important functions in life, not just Bible study or the function of perception and metabolization of doctrine. People who go to college take many, many technical courses and they acquire nothing more or less than a technical vocabulary. When you mention different technical things in different areas, those who have taken the course and have learned the terms know that there is a technical vocabulary.

The point is that there is a technical vocabulary in Theology, in the study of God and the Bible, and once you are born again, you cannot get along with non-technical vocabulary.

For example, at first, we may not know words like the Hypostatic union, dispensations, A fortiori, Angelic conflict, anthropopathisms, anthropomorphisms, Cosmic one, Cosmic two, dichotomous, trichotomous, FLOT, Heart, Kenosis, Lapsarianism, PPOG [predesigned plan of God], rebound, Volition. After studying doctrine for a period of time these words become a common part of your vocabulary storage in your right lobe. We know these words and can use them as a part of our technical vocabulary as follows: “During the dispensation of the Hypostatic union, the angelic conflict took its greatest blow when The Lord Jesus Christ operated in kenosis so that we could live in the Pre-Designed Plan of God, rebound, and stay out of Cosmic one and Cosmic two, by using the Problem Solving Devices on Forward Line of Troops of our soul. This was all a part of the correct order of lapsarianism when God ordained mankind to go from a dichotomous being to a trichotomous being and to glorify God from the volition of his soul by loving God with all their heart. Therefore, God uses anthropopathisms and anthropomorphisms to reveal His love toward us.

The point is that we are to continue to develop words because we have to develop technical words for things that exist. How important is your mental attitude or your system of thinking?

Psa 138:2 “I myself will worship toward the temple of Your holiness [heaven], and I will be motivated to praise Your person because of your grace and your doctrine, because you have magnified Your doctrinal teaching over Your reputation.”

Simply put, doctrinal teaching should be the highest priority in your life. Remember what God is after, 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.

The book of Proverbs constitutes the philosophic writings of our Bible. We must make a distinction when we speak of philosophy in general, and the philosophy of the Bible.

Prov 8:1-36 answers the very question which Pilate asked Jesus: John 18:38 “Pilate said to Him, What is truth?”

Hebrew philosophy did not begin with a question.

It began rather with an affirmation. It affirmed God, and as a result of that affirmation, it further assumed that all wisdom is to be found in Him. From these positions it drew a deduction, namely, that for man, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”

Prov 8:1 “Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift up her voice?”

Without the teaching of the word of God, there can be no real wisdom. Without perception, metabolization and application of doctrine there can be no real wisdom.

Throughout our lifetime, there will be certain periods of time when wisdom is calling out to us.

Receiving knowledge or understanding doctrine gives you a voice, it gives you a vocabulary and gives you an impact.

In this passage wisdom is being personified, it does not refer to The Lord Jesus Christ but to that which He thinks, although in reality the two are inseparable. However, the Holy Spirit has chosen in this chapter to make a distinction between the two.

Prov 8:2-3 On top of the heights beside the way, Where the paths meet, she takes her [wisdom] stand; Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she [wisdom] cries out:

In Prov 8:22 “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.”

In Prov 8:24-36 “When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.”

Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was brought forth; While He [TLJC] had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world.

When He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed, When He set for the sea its boundary, So that the water should not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth; Then I was beside Him, {as} a master workman; And I was daily {His} delight, Rejoicing always before Him, Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And {having} my delight in the sons of men. Now therefore, {O} sons, listen to me, For blessed are they who keep my ways.

Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts. For he who finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the Lord. But he who sins against me injures himself; All those who hate me love death
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In all of these verses, wisdom is a noun “chokmah” referring to Bible doctrine which has been metabolized in an individual’s life. This is wisdom which calls on us to change our Thoughts, Speech, and Actions which are a Reflection of our Mental Attitude and Motivation in Life.

No matter what type of attack is made against it, wisdom will keep on proclaiming truth and calling the sons of men.

Only a change in your mental attitude from Bible doctrine resident in your soul will ever give you the experience of true freedom and liberty. But we have to know that doctrine or that wisdom. “know” the truth and the truth will set you free.”

However, truth doesn’t set every believer free because although truth is calling out, very few believers “know it.”

Prov 8:1-36 brings out the importance of mental attitude as it relates to thought, speech, and action.

The first 11 verses show the principle of the importance of the communication of the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom. The longsuffering and the compassion of God will see to it that every member of the human race has the opportunity to have faith alone in Christ alone as well as the opportunity to have the mind of Christ or the wisdom of God,

Only the believer with the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom resident in the soul will ever have the ability to discern a situation properly.

Believers don’t need counseling, they need the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom or doctrine resident in their soul. Where is doctrine taught? Where is it available?

Back in Prov 8:2 “On top of the heights beside the way, where the paths meet, she [wisdom, the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom] takes her stand;”

The divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom is in easy to find places, accessible places. Look at how easy technology has made truth to be accessible. It is not found in the ministry of one man or one denomination or one style of teaching, it is found all over the world.

The availability of divine wisdom isn’t hidden.

Wisdom or doctrine always causes us to take a doctrinal stand, though many believers refuse to do so.

Our divine viewpoint mental attitude will station itself and post itself over you for guidance and protection.

Prov 8:3 Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she [wisdom] cries out:

Now, always in the gateway in the ancient world there was an auditorium that served as the media, or as a newsroom to let people know what was going on. Our divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom will let you know what is really going on in your life. You will not be confused.

You will have questions from time to time concerning why certain things are happening in your life, but ultimately if you are faithful with your intake of doctrine, those questions will be answered. 1Co 14:33 for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

The conception here in Prov 8:3 is that wisdom is available even though the majority rejects it.

Prov 8:4-5 “To you, O men, I [the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom] call, And my voice is to the sons of men or, all members of the human race. O naive ones or ignorant ones discern prudence learn wisdom; And, O fools, discern wisdom.

Notice to whom this is addressed, those who are naive and fools. A fool is someone who thinks that they know so much and they know so little.

Prov 8:6 “Listen, for I shall speak noble things; And the opening of my lips {will produce} right things.

Note that it is divine wisdom which speaks noble things or virtuous things. Wisdom will speak “noble things.”

When Wisdom speaks to a man, she always tells him the truth about himself.

The voice of wisdom invades the realm of human nature, and interprets the actual facts.

In Prov 8:7 “For my mouth will utter truth; And wickedness or evil is an abomination to my lips.

Wickedness is the Hebrew noun resha, and it doesn’t mean sin, but it means anything that is opposite of the character and nature of God.

Wickedness can be legalism, self-righteousness, moral or immoral degeneracy.

Wisdom is the voice of God to the soul of man, declaring the facts.

Wisdom introduces herself in verse 7. “For my mouth is the personification of wisdom or the divine viewpoint mental attitude will utter truth; And wickedness or evil is an abomination to my lips.

Abomination is the noun tow`ebah meaning detestable, disgusting, loathsome, horrible.

Prov 8:8 “All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.

Bible doctrine is right to the point. It pulls no punches.

Many times, verses are taken out of context to back up false doctrine, but Bible doctrine taught categorically protects from crookedness and perversion.

Prov 8:9 “They [the utterances of my mouth] are all straightforward to him who understands, the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom gets right to the point. And right to those who find knowledge.

The divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom is very understandable to those who have spent enough time learning it. The principle is that wisdom is built upon wisdom, knowledge is built upon knowledge.

Now, notice that the next part of this address of Wisdom is that in which she puts herself into comparison with things that men hold valuable, and declares that there is nothing that has any value at all by comparison with Wisdom.

The things named are silver, gold, rubies, all things held to be valuable by men.

Concerning these, she, wisdom, says Prov 8:10 “Take my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

The word take is the Qal imperative of laqach which means to seize with power and enthusiasm, or with interest and strong motivation. It means that doctrine is the number one priority in your life. It means that nothing is more important to you than learning God’s word and that the reality of your life is found there. It means that you are willing to lose your life for the cause of Christ rather than constantly coming up with excuses as to why you will not do it.

Prov 8:11 “For wisdom technical understanding of doctrine or metabolized doctrine is better than jewels; And all desirable things cannot compare with her.

Whatever things of this world are pleasing to your eyes cannot compare to the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom. The divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom is more important to the soul than any form of materialism.

Money, success, prosperity, pleasure, friends, loved ones, social life, sex, status symbols etc.

The first eleven verses (Prov 8:1-11), we have the principle of the communication of the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom, that’s the first paragraph.

In the second paragraph, verses Prov 8:12-21, we have the production of the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom in your life. What will the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom produce in your life?

Prov 8:12 “I, wisdom, that is divine viewpoint dwell with prudence, or I have a lifestyle of caution, sensibility.

The word for prudence is the Hebrew noun armah which means that you have your priorities right.

The divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom will do two things in your life. It will give you a purpose in life, such as a personal sense of destiny. It will serve as a red-alert system to protect you from the influence of evil.

Prov 8:13 “The fear or respect for the Lord is to hate evil;

And by evil remember that it could mean moral degeneracy or immoral degeneracy.

The greatest sin among believers and the worst sin in the universe is pride and arrogance. Pride and arrogance turns self-righteous prissy Christians into evil people.

The perverted mouth here is perverted speech. Perverted speech always puts people down. Trying to be a little smarter and slyer than others is perverted speech.

The perverted mouth is the Hebrew word tahpukah which means a perverted mind, which means that you listen to perverted things. It also means a perverted heart which means that you believe perverted things.

Prov 8:14 “Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; counsel is simply God’s answers to man’s problems.

Notice also that the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom gives you power.

Prov 8:15-17 “By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice.

Rom 8:16 “By me princes’ rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly. I [the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom] love those who love me;

And doctrine will always respond and love you back.

Prov 8:17 I love those who love me; and those who diligently seek me will find me.

Notice the word diligently. It takes effort to search for truth once you find it. Bible doctrine is not going to force itself upon you, it requires some aggression on your part [In other words; Tinkerbell will not be there to give you your daily shot of mental attitude wisdom from God, you’ll need to intake bible doctrine daily yourself].

Prov 8:18 “Riches and honor are with me,

Notice that it says riches and honor are “with me” not in other places. Riches speaks of materialistic success; honor speaks of fame and prominence through achievement.

This means that you have the capacity for it first.

Success doesn’t ruin you. Having capacity you can handle it.

Prov 8:18-19 “Riches and honor are with me, Enduring wealth and righteousness.” My fruit or my production, what I produce is better than gold, even pure gold, and my yield or my profit than choicest silver.

The profit of the escrow blessings stagger the imagination.

Prov 8:20 “I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,”

However, the word walk is the Hebrew word halak and it is a walk against intensive opposition.

What is the opposition of the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom?

1. Legalism

2. Works

3. Details of life

4. Hardness of the heart

5. Passivity

6. Laziness.

Rom 8:20-21 “I [wisdom, the divine viewpoint mental attitude] walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice, To endow those who love me with wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.”

Endow is the Hebrew verb nachal which means to get or take as a possession.

In other words, the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom causes escrow blessings to be released in time little by little.

It is through knowledge of doctrine that the believer receives his inheritance.

Then in the third and final paragraph in Rom 8:22-36, we have the dynamics of metabolize doctrine.

Beginning with a reference to Bible doctrine possessed by the Lord in eternity past.

Prov 8:22 “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, before His works of old.”

Notice that a distinction is made between “way” and “works.”

Prov 8:23 From everlasting or from eternity past I wisdom was established, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth. As we think of these things, our minds travel from Genesis 1:1 to John 1:1.

John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

In each of these passages we have the phrase “In the beginning.” In John the declaration is made that “The word was God.” Proverbs says that Wisdom was with God.

And of course this is a reference to (TLJC=The Lord Jesus Christ) who created the Heavens and the Earth in Col 1:16.

Prov 8:23-24 From everlasting or from eternity past I wisdom was established, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth. When there were no depths or no oceans I wisdom was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.

Long before the creation of the universe, this divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom was in existence.

It preexisted every form of creation. It was around before the creation of the angels.

Prov 8:25 “Before the mountains were settled into place, before the hills I wisdom was brought forth;”

When you look out and see the magnificence of the mountains, just remember before those hills were settled in place, the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom existed.

Prov 8:26-27 While He [TLJC=The Lord Jesus Christ] had not yet made the earth and the fields, nor the first dust of the world.”

Prov 8:27 “When He (TLJC) established the heavens, I wisdom was there, when He Jesus Christ inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,”

TLJC is the one who created all things, and in this passage, wisdom is saying When He established the heavens I wisdom was there!

Prov 8:28-30 When He made firm the skies above, when the springs of the deep became fixed, When He set for the sea its boundary, so that the water should not transgress His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth;

Then I wisdom was beside Him, {as} a master workman;

Prov 8:31 Rejoicing in the world, His earth, and {having} my delight in the sons of men.

Prov 8:32 “Now therefore, {O} sons, listen to me,

Prov 8:33 “heed or listen to my instruction and be wise, and do not neglect {it.}

Instruction is musar which means correction and discipline which results from and to education. It speaks of oral correction.

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

Prov 8:35 For he who finds me doctrine finds life, or capacity for life and obtains favor or grace from the Lord.

Prov 8:36 But he who sins against me or misses me, that’s the loser….injures himself; and that’s the law of volitional responsibility.

That’s the story of people in life, they injure themselves by rejection of the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom.

All those who hate me [NVTD=negative volition towards doctrine] Love death.”

Death here means no life and enjoyment in time and then ultimately, the sin unto death.

Now that should bring out to you the importance of the divine viewpoint mental attitude of wisdom.

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.

Friday, May 17, 2019

Internet Church Service – May 19, 2019; Sermon: GOD has a plan for our lives, and it is revealed to us by GOD the Holy Spirit.

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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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PPOG = The predesigned Plan of God

PSD = Your Personal Sense of Destiny which is a plan designed by the Lord Jesus Christ and tailored just for you.

Fret is the Hebrew verb ‎charah meaning to blaze up, to be angry, to be jealous, or to covet.

Hebrew verb anag translated trust but the basic meaning is to be intimate, to make love, to be close to someone.

He almost fell and slipped because he had become jealous and envied the prosperity of the wicked.

Are you thinking in the realm of human viewpoint which really has no solution to your problems or are you thinking with Divine Viewpoint which has a solution which is the mind of Christ.

The writer Asaph saw what the wicked had as far as blessings are concerned and as a musician, he also functioned with the talent that the Lord had given him and others.

Your talent is given by God to all members of the human race whereas our spiritual gift is the supernatural ability that God the Holy Spirit has in given us whatever He sees fit.

All we have to do is learn the doctrine and God the Holy Spirit will bring whatever we learned to our memory center.

We know that because of what our Lord said to His disciples just hours before His death on the cross.

The predesigned plan of God is revealed by God the Holy Spirit who is our Mentor or teacher in John 14:26.

The Lesson = They saw what God had given them.

Psa 73, the author Asaph saw the outward display of prosperity that those who live for themselves like the wicked or the wrongdoers have as well.

A New car, new home, better job, fine clothing, no problems with the finances, everything is going right.

You look at what they have but you only see their outward display not the inner changes.

What we see may not be real or at all.

We do not see the discomfort and lack of contentment in the wicked soul.

We do not see when they go to sleep at night even though that they have all these riches and all these things and all this form of prosperity, there’s something missing in their soul.

Ecc 3:11 He has made everything meaningful in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart or set the desire for eternal things that are eternal without which [the setting of the desire for eternal things] mankind will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

For the believer who spends his life in the cosmic system, death is horrible.

Better an end with horror than horror without end.

Anytime you become critical or upset, blaming God for whatever it is like the departure of a loved one, you’re in a state of blasphemy.

It isn’t a matter of when we think the death should be; it is a matter of what God has decided; Psa 68:19-20 .

If God decides to take you out by some terrible disease, all the health food and vitamins in the world won’t help you; you will die of disease.

The point is that nothing will prolong your life beyond God’s time for you to die.

Asaph can only guess what is happening but he has no idea what is really going on because no one knows the day or the hour of anyone’s death.

This man doesn’t know whether or not there are “no pains” in the death of the wicked , only God knows the details that are involved concerning what the individual is going through.

Isa 57:1 The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart; And devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from evil,

Asaph has no idea of what happens to the wealthy or the wicked at death.

Asaph doesn’t know whether or not there are “no pains” in the death of the wicked, only God knows the details that are involved concerning what the individual is going through.

This man will learn and apply concerning WHY the wicked prosper while the believer always seems to be in need, one way or another.

All believers who understand these principles realize the fact that the answers will come but they may not be the answers we expected or the blessings you thought — +H or inner happiness and contentment.

We want those blessings in “our time,” or “under our timing” rather than waiting for the Divine Timing of our Lord to act on our behalf according to His timing and not ours.

We need to perceive the “Word of God” under the “power of God the Holy Spirit” so that we are always “able and ready” to worship our Lord according to His Word.

Luk 12:40 “You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you
do not expect.”

The tools of our trade aren’t for marketing or manipulation, but they are for demolishing any viewpoint from the Cosmic system.

According to the divine will of God which is for us and not against us, God ‘s timing is not like man’s timing which is why all of us need to be ready and prepared to face whatever the Lord desires for us.

Many believers think and say such thing like; “If you have money and prosperity all of your problems can be solved and that simply is not so.”

We should never covert or lust after what the wicked and the wealthy possess, especially in our day and age, with all the deception and lies from the cosmic system concerning such things as sensitive as money.

Psa 73:4 says that “their body is fat” it means that they enjoy blessings from the Lord but do not want the Lord Himself.

In the ancient world, prosperity was manifested by the strength of the human body being healthy and prosperous through the physical body.

In Psa 73:3, he almost slipped away from God.

He is saying “There’s no pain from their death like there is with others who are dying.”


This is a false truth because no one really knows what truly happens when an individual is in the dying stage of their life as well as the time and the manner of our death.

Psa 68:20 God is to us a God of deliverances; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.

Death has been overcome by the spiritual death of our Lord Jesus Christ who won the victory over death once and for all.

1Co 15:55-56 says “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1Co 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not {in} vain in the Lord.

Psa 116:15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His godly ones.

You can see a little bit of arrogance coming through those who have been blessed by God who think that “they” are the reasons why they are blessed.

We know that the truth and the blessings are not because of something you or I did to earn these Divine Blessings but because of what our Lord desires to give to whomever He wants to.

1Co 4:7 For who regards you as superior? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

The reason is given in 1Co 1:29 that no man should boast before God.

We all need to remind ourselves of something, which is the fact that you and I have something in our soul that money cannot buy.

One of those doctrinal principles is that you can go through a tragedy, or a disaster and still you can say, “I have learned to be content in whatever state I am in.”

We can handle anything that comes our way with happiness and joyfulness; Deut 28:27 “Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things;”

And this is why Prov 23:23 says Buy truth, and do not sell {it,} {Get} wisdom and instruction and understanding.

First of all, you can buy the truth, not with money but with your time and your dedication to the Living Word, TLJC [The Lord Jesus Christ], as well as the written word, Bible doctrine – John 1:1 .

You cannot buy contentment.
You cannot buy love.
You cannot buy truth.
You cannot buy God’s power.
You cannot buy eternal life.

This is the thinking of the individual that almost totally slipped away from that which was important, the plan of God.

There are some things about the wicked who prosper or people who have riches don’t have to be concerned about such things as where their next meal is going to come from.

They don’t have to be concerned about who’s going to pay for the insurance, for their health insurance, who’s going to pay the car payment.

They don’t have to worry about those things and the ordinary domestic and personal troubles that we would have as naturally minded individuals.

“what the Lord willed to have for us” — as well as “what the Lord desires from us” which is what we know and perceive those doctrines which are designed just for us.

They wear their own pride and their own violence as jewelry and they want everyone to see “Look what I’ve got.”

This is the thinking of the individual who almost totally slipped away from that which was important, the plan of God.

There are some things about the wicked who prosper or people who have riches do not do and that they don’t have to worry about the details of life.

They don’t have to be concerned about who’s going to pay for the insurance, for their health insurance, who’s going to pay the car payment.

They don’t have to worry about those things and the ordinary domestic and personal troubles that we would have as naturally minded individuals or people who are not rich.

This is the thinking of the individual that almost totally slipped away from that which was important, the plan of God.

There are some things about the wicked who prosper or people who have riches — They don’t have to be concerned about such things as where their next meal is going to come from.

They don’t have to be concerned about who’s going to pay for the insurance, for their health insurance, who’s going to pay the car payment.

They don’t have to worry about those things and the ordinary domestic and personal troubles that we would have as naturally minded individuals or people who are not rich.

When it says, “Their hearts run riot” it refers to fact whatever their heart wants, they get, because of their riches.

Ecc 2:10 And all that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.

Solomon was one of the most miserable person in the world at this time and he said, “All that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them.”


1. You can’t buy salvation or save yourself.

2. You cannot buy love.

When it says, “They speak from on high” it refers to their arrogance.

“How” or “What” is it that most of us need to “live on” or “what do I mean when I say YOU were handpicked and chosen by the Lord before the earth was created, to receive His Royal ambassadorship.

Gal 6:3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

“What they say parades through the earth”= It’s like a parade accepted as mankind’s tremendous wisdom because of their so-called success.

They ignore God.
They deny God.
They reject God.
They attack God.
They attack others.

They recruit more wicked people like themselves and teach them to do the same things and sometimes they do better than the ones who trained them.

Matt 23:15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel about on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

“These are the wicked; they’re always at ease, and they have increased in wealth (Even in the cosmic system, they keep increasing.).

This man actually thinks that those who try to live Godly have nothing but misfortune and those who are living wickedly and everything goes right.

In wickedness, there are times when everything is going wrong and they think they that they can get blessings from God by working and serving Him = C2.

“But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling; my steps had almost slipped. (Why?) I was envious or jealous and covertness of the arrogant, as I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”

There are times when it will seem by sight that if you lie and steal and cheat you can and get ahead and that you will be blessed because of something you have done.

In other times it seems that if you’re honest, you don’t get the job but if you lie and steal and cheat then there will be some blessings from God. = A Cosmic Lie

Some believers are tempted at times when they I try to love people and level with them and along comes this conniver, this deceiver and he just lies and he gets everything.

The author Asaph is saying: “Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure, and (surely in vain) I have washed my hands in innocence;”

“I’m trying to make godly decisions and everything’s going wrong.”

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.