Powerful keys to unlocking god's word
04 September 2022
When God gave His son to us, God meant for entire world to know that we are loved by Him.
Psalm 42:11
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.
Hope in God so I have the help to praise Him.
Difficult season in life, everything not going my way, I lost hope. In e midst of hopeless situation, God is telling me to hope in Him.
Romans 5:5
Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
I can hope coz God loves me
Remember Jesus' great love for me
There’s a good outcome, it only get better
He is the help of countenance and He is God who never leave me and He loves me
He loves every single one of us
He love the world, how can He not love me? It’s a special love for me, melt my heart. Let go of everything that’s holding me back, I’m set free by Heavenly Father, I can be a happy person because God loves me
God loves us, He gave His very best. In response we love Him, we give Him. Giving is express of our love.
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 everlasting life.
When God loves, He gives. He gives, He gives His dearly one and only Son. To love is to give
God loves with compassion. When He loves, he gives. He gives everything He have to me
Pastor Prince
When Jesus is on earth
Jesus borned in Bethlehem , preach in Jerusalem
Most Northern part Jesus preach is tyre
Tribe of Asher, tyre.
A woman daughter is demon possess. Not a Jew.
Gentiles are non Jews. We are gentiles.
God promise to Abraham that he will conquer of all Jews. Father of all Jews. His seed, Messiah will be a Jew. Born to king David. No input of his Heavenly Father Joseph . He was born as virgin.
Jesus said in Matthew 15:24
But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Only when He die, He fulfil the gospel to the world.
A woman came pretending she is a Jews but she is not. She is not the lost sheep of the house of Israel
Jesus have love and compassion for the woman.
Why was He there at tyre? The farthest place.
Because of the demon possess woman
Jesus will travel all the way for one soul even He is tire.
Jesus said in Matthew 15:26
But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
children bread => healing
Puppies: Jesus give her the loop hole even she don't have conversant with God.
Puppies are love in the house.
At that period people call gentiles dog.
Woman said in Matthew 15:27
And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
She came to Him not impersonate Jews, someone else (she came with her true self, when she say "Lord")
She is honest.
Lord don't want me to be pretentious person, dishonest, hypocrite.
Self righteous like so holy , looking down on others.
Jesus never use strong words on them (eg: tax collector…)
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Jesus don't want me to come to Him pretend to be someone else.
Jesus said: "If I love you and you are trying to be someone else, you will never feel love. Because you think that I love that you who is not you."
I can’t let people to love the fake me
Really feel love, let the person see me as who I am really are
When the person fall in love with me, then I will feel I’m loved
Only when I am myself
If sinner, no problem to Him because He came to be a Saviour. Title to the saviour
Act righteous, no title to the savior
I’m a better Savior than you are a sinner
You can’t outshine my grace
My grace is greater then your sin, bondage, addiction
Matthew 15:28
Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Jesus only commented great faith
Both gentiles: Roman soldiers and this woman
They don't know law but they know the law.
They see His heart will not grudge a small crumb that falls from the master table. With that crumb what a Royal dainty.
King David's mighty men soldiers guarding the lentils
The crumb drove the demon out of the body. She went home, her daughter was healed.
Deuteronomy 8:7-9 KJV
7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Word of God => have mountain, valley
Fountain goes through valley period, study the word, feel that there’s a spring that’s a gash out of my valley
Sow the seed. I can’t make the rain come. I just need to pray and trust God
In Israel, look up, trust God for the rain. Marin don't come, no harvest, I must look up.
I have to trust God in all things.
I can’t trust the norm
Bible talks a lot about famine, during this famine, they prospered. (Abraham and Isaac)
Isaac sowed in the period of famine and Lord blessed him and he reap hundredfolds.
Isaac are picture of Abraham's seed
Galatians 3:29
And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
I’m like Isaac because I’m Abraham seed
Read Isaac because I’m him
Open the bible, There’s always a now word
Meditate on it and God will give me more. There will be spring gash out from valley when I meditate. I will feel like:
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them,
And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;
For I am called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts.
First thing of God word is for eating and not what should I do
If ask: what do I do with it? It’s you see law
First thing enemy attack is the harvest
Judge 6:11
Now the Angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites.
Gideon threshed wheat to eat => like studying e word of God. Doing at night. did secret reaping, everytime have a harvest, enemy will come attack and steal the harvest.
God calls those who are studying the word.
I’m hungry, feed myself with true bread, spiritual hunger.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
Why labour on that that’s will not satisfy, why spend labour on that which don't Satisfy
Lord loves honesty
Realised I’m hungry. Enemy always attack my food
2 Samuel 23:8-39 King David's mighty men
They hold e sword on hand. The sword was clave to the hands and like bible scripture. They guard the center of the harvest ground lentils, they refuse the energy to steal their harvest. "This is my harvest you ain’t taking it."
I sow it, I water it
Bible says, Stand there, stand for your food, don’t let anything rob me on my time when I spend time with God
Little piece in Bible like small crumbs that can heal
Eat until there’s a joy and rejoicing springing up
The joy of Lord is strength
Spirit soul and body
Joy of Lord: I eat them
God said in John 6:35: "I’m the bread of life,"
So when I eat, I received life
Everyday we leak life, death comes in, eg: aging.
Jesus said in John 10:10: "I come that you have life and have it more abundantly"
Deuteronomy 8:7-9
Rich land every part of it is blessings.
Take a verse meditate until it gives me iron, gold
There’s time I’m eating fig, pomegranate
Manifold grace of God
Psalm 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
More to be desired than gold is the word of God
God gave me a tongue with many taste.
Study shows: We only use 10% of our brain, The gift of Holy Spirit is exactly it comes when I filled with Holy Spirit and it comes to my mind
Fig: sweet but people with high cholesterol eat fig is good it does not spike sugar
Good for the taste as well as health
Pomegranate: very good for me, a lot of seeds. Helping me.
Matthew 11:15
He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Deuteronomy 34:1-3
1 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land of Gilead as far as Dan,
2 all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,
3 the South, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
Sometimes read Bible like microscope. Sometimes like telescope. Sometimes General reading.
Jordan Moses last stand for.
Ruth: beautiful story, can read in 1 sitting
Ruth and Boaz, great grandparents of David. David is Jesus' father
Read bible, enjoy those I understand
Don’t understand the Bible it’s ok. Just study and read the bible. It washes me clean.
Don't try to understand the components, just enjoy. Enjoy what I do understand. It have purifying effect. God will speak to me directly from things from e past.
First thing I want to see => Jesus in scripture
Words of law to make it word of Christ
Jesus did that the same day He rose from the died, He walk the 2 disciples who are discouraged. They kept their eyes from seeing who He was. How He brings them out
O fools and slow of heart to believe
Luke 24:25-27
25 Then He said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?”
27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
All scripture is God’s breath.
The people are just writer. God is the author.
God is not God of the died, God is God of the living. God says "I am the God of Abraham, Jacob and Isaac" Matthew 22:32
"Am" is present tense. Isaac and Abraham is with me. They understood they knew inspiration of scripture
Paul in Galatians 3:16: in your ‘seed’ will I give all this promises
Galatians 3:16
Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ.
Paul argued for 1 letter, they understood.
John 17:17 KJV
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Jesus thy word is truth
Sanctify them truth by truth
Separate them from the world
2 Timothy 3:14-17
14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them,
15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Paul writing to Timothy.
Part of mother: Read a bible story. Best way to sleep. Last word is God’s word. Read bible story before children sleep. Most important part of life
Timothy learn scripture from his mother and grandmother, Lois and Eunice. Father is gentile.
Salvation is a rich word.
Wise for protection
Wise for healing
Wise for wholeness
Deliverance
Shalom is wholeness
No part of me is broken.
Genesis, Leviticus, Deuteronomy
Moses first 5 books. Jesus is there.
He is there in tabernacle
Blood at Passover door
Genesis 22:2
Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
God said to Abraham: "take your only son, the son that you love" (God is talking about His only son : John 3:16)
Abraham have 2 sons. Isaac and Ismir
The Son He gave up at the cross, is the Son He loved. I’m greatly loved by him.
Primary way to see Jesus
Sometimes heavy, is not about me
Luke 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
Restrained the eyes for the 2 disciples
God said: "More important for them to see me in scripture than to see me in person. He see me in person and believe, then you will say you never have the chance to see me in person."
He give all of us equal opportunity to see Him
Cure for ignorance and slow to believe
My Faith will grow
Without faith it’s impossible to please God
2 Corinthians 3:13-18
13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away.
14 But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.
15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there isliberty.
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
I am Transform by beholding him , where? In scripture
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See Jesus : the more I see Jesus, I will be more like Him
Emmaus: hot bath
Joy and rejoicing in my heart
Hot bath, dip themselves
Healing process in reading and seeing Jesus in scripture
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Old Testament: types and shadow
New Testament: general
Deuteronomy 25:4
“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain."
Don't muzzle the ox, he have the right to eat as he work
If I’m smart, well fed ox work more
Work more means profit
When ox goes around and around, put grain in circle all around the floor.
God's words benefits and profits me
1 Corinthians 9:7-11
7 Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
8 Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it oxen God is concerned about?
10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?
Paul: Who goes to war with own expenses? Everything is sponsor by the country.
God is not concern about the oxen.
Law if given for us to dig deep.
10: go deeper, ‘for our sake, no doubt, that is written’
Read Old Testament to
1: see Jesus
2: whatever Jesus have, I have. I see Jesus' doing, I behold Him, I can do.
Jesus when I see him, I feed. I feed on him.
Bible is photo album, God's photo album of His beloved Son.
God loves to show me Jesus. Holy Spirit have been send to glorify jesus. He will be there to help me.
He who have the Son (Jesus) have everything
Rich man, collect expensive art. He have a very dear son, thee son have died in the war. He died without heir. Will is written.
Father have an art piece of his late son.
Auction the art piece. Auctioneer says: first art piece is the son. Elderly man says he will take it, the buckler of the house, he loves this boy. Auctioneer says auction is over. Base on the father's will, during action. He who gets my son, he get everything.
I have God, I have everything
I see Jesus, I get everything
I joined heir in Jesus. I get identify with him. He is my new identity
He is my redemption, my holiness, wisdom, righteousness
Read Old Testament see God’s love and concern for me.
Take care of the people who are serving the Lord. I should not muzzle them. They should prosper
1 Timothy 5:17-18 NLT
17 Elders who do their work well should be respected and paid well,[a]especially those who work hard at both preaching and teaching.
18 For the Scripture says, “You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.” And in another place, “Those who work deserve their pay!”
Double honor: double salary
Ephesians 5:25
Husband loves your wife as Christ love the church
it’s general , self sacrifices way.
Dying for her at the cross
God wants to give me new covenant in the inner spirit
Is dangerous to tell people:
This is the 7 things you must to do as husband , some times sabotage you- this is self righteous
Easier to tell me what to do then to see
Positional truth
Genesis
Wealth of believer
Walk chapter 4 Ephesians
Warfare can’t be good unless I understand the wealth I have
Indicative
You are taught by God to love one another
Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness
God give room to Holy Spirit
God teach me how to love others
I’m taught by God how to love others
Child will feel love when I corrected them
Correct child at the wrong time not lead by God will hurt the child.
See Old Testament see the love of God
Paul teaches The light of love of God
Psalm 136:1
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 136:1-26 verses is all punctuated His mercy endures forever
1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2 Oh, give thanks to the God of gods!
For His mercy endures forever.
3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords!
For His mercy endures forever:
4 To Him who alone does great wonders,
For His mercy endures forever;
5 To Him who by wisdom made the heavens,
For His mercy endures forever;
6 To Him who laid out the earth above the waters,
For His mercy endures forever;
7 To Him who made great lights,
For His mercy endures forever—
8 The sun to rule by day,
For His mercy endures forever;
9 The moon and stars to rule by night,
For His mercy endures forever.
10 To Him who struck Egypt in their firstborn,
For His mercy endures forever;
11 And brought out Israel from among them,
For His mercy endures forever;
12 With a strong hand, and with [a]an outstretched arm,
For His mercy endures forever;
13 To Him who divided the Red Sea in two,
For His mercy endures forever;
14 And made Israel pass through the midst of it,
For His mercy endures forever;
15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,
For His mercy endures forever;
16 To Him who led His people through the wilderness,
For His mercy endures forever;
17 To Him who struck down great kings,
For His mercy endures forever;
18 And slew famous kings,
For His mercy endures forever—
19 Sihon king of the Amorites,
For His mercy endures forever;
20 And Og king of Bashan,
For His mercy endures forever—
21 And gave their land as a [b]heritage,
For His mercy endures forever;
22 A heritage to Israel His servant,
For His mercy endures forever.
23 Who remembered us in our lowly state,
For His mercy endures forever;
24 And rescued us from our enemies,
For His mercy endures forever;
25 Who gives food to all flesh,
For His mercy endures forever.
26 Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven!
For His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 136:13-15
God did all this might acts His great love is shown.
15:judgement. Good news for God's people
To focus on His mercy endures forever. Praising His grace.
If He didn’t throw pharaoh, they are so hard hearted, God gave chances after chances. 30 fold judgement, no one was hurt. People heart still harden. He refused to let god people go.
When I read judgement, where’s the mercy there?
In everyone judgement there’s mercy
God shows the mercy, grace to someone because He loves me. See the love of God
The one He protected for, the one who He parted the Red Sea for
If someone want to kill my little boy, God does something happen to the people, I will say mercy endures forever.
God is a God who make sure I have food to eat, I’m well paid.
Noah the true story by Pastor Prince
Beautiful truth: God says come into the ark He is the first one in
God says you all go out first, God is the last to leave.
Get the message
2 Corinthians 3:13-18
13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away.
14 But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.
15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there isliberty.
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
I behold the glory of God, I will be like Him, no one more beautiful then Jesus
18: little actions I see His love
Mark account: ‘He look around’
Peter says don’t go to the cross, Jesus rebuke him. Jesus turned around and look at all His people. "If I don’t go the cross, how about all this people"
Peter denied Jesus. Jesus was beaten and looked at Peter and Peter wept. "I forgive you and still love you."
There’s love in His look. Just 1 look. Look for love
Jesus see them: sheeps without shepherd.
Jesus prophesies His victory before His fall.
He saw the multitude as sheep without shepherd
Don't see people hard , see them hungry
Matthew 9:36
But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were [a]weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 15:32
Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
He have compassion on them because they were fainting
Jesus teach them because they r hungry
How patience is He? I become patience
Always look to the Lord, it’s easier to pick up what to do. It’s harder to unveil than to teach the law.
Holy spiritual leads me it’s life. Life for my spouse and children
How do I see glory of God?
Where do I see Jesus? I about to hear it, in this church. Where do I see Jesus? How do I know?
Most important principal => I must differentiate law and grace
2 Corinthians 3:6-9
6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away,
8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
See for myself first, God cares for me
I must differentiate law and grace
David was punished because he under law, I’m under grace
I don't scare people not to sin. Fear will cause people to sin even more.
The more fearful they are of falling, they will fall
Read Old Testament
Don't forget the gospel. Gospel is all about unveiling the righteousness of God in Christ
I’m under grace, God looks at me righteous in Christ
I’m the righteousness of God in Christ, Jesus died on the cross for me
To act like I’m a sinner when Jesus became sin, God put sin on Jesus so that I can take His place and He take my place
2 Corinthians 5:21
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
He is cast out, I’m accepted and loved
Read the Old Testament in the light of the finished work
Law: do do do
Grace: see what have been done and I receive it
We receive and walk out the salvation.
I walk out the salvation and it’s God works in me. God works in me and I walk it out
Unless I see so that I know how to walk.
2 Corinthians 3:7-10 commandments (ministry of death)
7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away,
8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?
9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
10 For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels.
Moses's face glory passing away, veil on its face because it’s fading, people see will ask where’s the glory. People won’t see his fading glory
If I put in self effort: it have glory at first but it’s fading glory
Under law: God demands righteousness from spiritual bankrupt man. God ask us to do but have no arm to do
Under grace: God gives arm. God supply righteousness
Receive abundance of grace and gift of righteousness, the abundance of grace will reign in life
Bring grace out of it and see Jesus when reading Old Testament
If I feel I’m condemn, this is e law.
Revival coming.
9: Glory keeps on increasing, never fading.
I’m righteousness of God in Christ.
God is with me, He will never leave me or forsake me. Under grace god never leave me. Under grace, God says He will never leave me, because Jesus hang at the cross and cried out God God.
So that I could say : My father my father why have you so blessed me. He left Him because He will never leave me.
2 Corinthians 3:13-18
13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away.
14 But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.
15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there isliberty.
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as [a]by the Spirit of the Lord.
14: the reading of the Old Testament
Christian read Old Testament, don’t see Jesus, Messiah, they will be lost and more lost.
15: when Moses is read, see Moses face at Old Testament. See Jesus' face at New Testament
Read New Testament:
See the wealth than I can walk
By the spirit of the Lord
God's part is to unveil and transform
My part is to read God’s word
16: Always turn to the Lord before reading bible
"Give me seeing eyes and hearing heart. Open my eyes to behold wonderous things out of the love" Solomon prayed
I have Jesus quality life: "I come that you have this life and have it more abundantly"
Thank you Jesus!
