Isaiah 58 Ministries January 31,2013
Pastor: Leah Svensson
Songs: Battle Hymn of
the Republic, (Not Democracy)
Scriptures: Romans 1:16, Acts 5:26-29 , 1 Corinthians 1:17-30, Luke
16:13-18, Proverbs 4: 13-27,
John 6:25-29, John
6:32-35, John6: 34-59, Isaiah 55:1-8
Accountability: Every word written here after has scripture
references to bear witness of it authenticity: it is from God.
Theme
Words are
food. You are either eating gourmet
words or spoiled food, covered with mold.
Ever heard of a spoiled rotten child?
That is someone who thinks, does, acts in a “moldy, rotten way”. Through Christ our minds, thoughts, and
actions can be gourmet, clean, healthy to everyone who listens to us. You see
mankind does not live by bread alone but by every wholesome, pure, clean word
of God..
Deuteronomy 8:1 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the LORD promised on oath to your forefathers. 2 Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. 3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. 4 Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. 5 Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
The Temptation of Jesus
Matthew 4:1 Then
Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.2 After
fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The
tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to
become bread.”
4 Jesus
answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word
that comes from the mouth of God. ”
“Jesus died for me!” That I
might live free and independent of the laws made up by sinful men!!
Sermon
God’s Power!!! 1 Corinthians 1: 23 but we preach Christ
crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
Romans 1:16
16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes:………………….: “The righteous will live by faith.”
16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes:………………….: “The righteous will live by faith.”
What is the gospel? It
is the power of God! So if you want God to move, if you want to
have a sound mind, morals, to be good and free from all “personal struggles or
weaknesses, vices, needs,” a mind content full of peace and divine love, joy
and happiness, if you want to see
miracles, if you want God’s blessings, if you want to defeat the devil and
destroy the works of wicked evil men and women you must use the Gospel….. (side note: God will not bless you with
money. It is paper, worthless. God gave
you the right to own property, a farm, a blacksmith shop, furniture shop, etc.
“even Gold”, (it’s in the constitution), he will bless the work of your hands,
fields, children, animals. Men live free under “Jesus Only”, the guidance of
the Holy Spirit”, to work for themselves, free. God’s blessings are tremendous,
he multiplies If you know God you do not need a job, for God provides for you,
God makes you, “Independent” of the need to have others being your boss,
provider. (Declaration of “Independence”, from greedy evil men and women,
oppressors, corrupt governments, to the freedom to obey God, to obey him alone,
his laws and ordinances.) Constitution, Article I, section 10:
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
“Jesus died for me!!” So when someone like President Obama, the Supreme Court, or the Congress try and “make” you do what they want you to do, you have to tell them: “Jesus died for me”.
You must tell everyone, “Jesus
died for me”.
I am sure as soon as you read that you thought, “that is
foolishness", "That is dumb", "that is stupid", etc. When you think that the gospel is
foolishness, you can rest assured that
the world, or sinful people, or the devil is controlling what you think….
Because to God and the
devil, those are the most “powerful
words” in all the earth!!!: "Jesus
Died for Me!"
You
will be able to freely tell the men and women of this earth what Peter said:
Acts5:26-29
27 Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. 28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”
27 Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. 28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”
29 Peter and the other
apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than men!30 The God of our
fathers raised Jesus from the dead—whom you had killed by hanging him on a
tree.
That scripture goes on to say God gives his power to those
who obey him. You cannot obey the
principles and powers, (men and women who tell others what to do and think), of
this earth who only serve the god of ‘Money” and obey God at the same
time. To have God’s power you must tell
those people, President Obama the Supreme Court, The Congress, “Jesus died for me” I will not obey the laws of sinful men. I must obey God rather than men!
The Laws of God:
I must obey are the Ten Commandments.
That is why American citizens shot other Americans who lied 100 years ago. If you lie to me and I believe your lie, I
will lose the power of God and turn towards evil instead of God. God will stop blessing me, I would lose my
free salvation…freedom, liberty, life, happiness, I would lose my mind, also sickness would
come upon me. A sound mind equals a sound
body!! Health.
You do not have anything
if you do not have
your health… Mankind
has every right to defend their
minds from liars…….It is a crime to Lie!!! It
is a form of Stealing, killing and destroying the rights of others…
Without the "Jesus died for me on the cross, the gospel of Salvation loses it's power to save, heal and restore.
1 Corinthians1:17-30
but to preach the gospel—not with words of human wisdom,
lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Christ
the Wisdom and Power of God
18 For the message of
the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being
saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will
frustrate”.
20 Where is the wise
man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God
made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom
of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through
the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22 Jews demand
miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach
Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to
Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God
has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of
God. 25 For the
foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness
of God is stronger than man’s strength.
26 Brothers, think of
what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human
standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the
foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the
world to shame the strong. 28 He chose the lowly
things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to
nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may
boast before him. 30 It is because of him
that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness,
holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is
written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.
Luke 16: 13-18 “No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”
14 The Pharisees, who
loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.15 He said to them, “You
are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your
hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God’s sight.
Additional
Teachings: Conclusion
cont. Luke 16:16 “The Law and the
Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the
kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into
it. 17 It is easier for
heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of
the Law.
18 “Anyone who divorces
his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a
divorced woman commits adultery.
If you love money, which you do, public school does this to all of
us, you despise the “foolish things” that actually give you life, health and happiness from God, like working on a farm, milking cows,
hunting, plant crops, working outside, having children, cooking, cleaning,
laundry. You believe in slavery, you want a maid, you want a farmer or rancher, a restaurant, to do
that stuff for you.
Most divorces are caused by the “work ethic”, men and women
working apart from each other, separate, “the work force”, industry,
It is gay for a man to have someone else other than God provide
for him. Women are to be provided for by
the men in their family.
Restaurant: res·tau·rant (r
s
t
-ränt
,
-tr-nt)
st-ränt,
-tr-nt)
n.
A place where meals are
served to the public.
[French, restorative
soup, restaurant, from present participle of restaurer, to restore,
from Old French restorer; see restore.]
Restore, so you eat to
restore your strength.
God says he will
restore, everything in your life.. Partake, eat Jesus, have a meal of Christ…
“Jesus died for me”. Feeds everything in
your life and will put food on your table.
Words feed us and Jesus is the “Word”
of God. Take God into you, “Jesus died you me”.”
Proverbs 4: 12-27
12....when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to
instruction, do not let it go;
guard it well, for it is your life.
14 Do not set foot on
the path of the wicked
or walk in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it, do not
travel on it;
turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot sleep
till they do evil;
they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.
17 They eat the bread of
wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the
righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,
shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
19 But the way of the
wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what makes them stumble.
20 My son, pay attention
to what I say;
listen closely to my words.
21 Do not let them out
of your sight,
keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to
those who find them
and health to a man’s whole body.
23 Above all else, guard
your heart,
for it is the wellspring of life.
24 Put away perversity
from your mouth;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look
straight ahead,
fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Make
level paths for your feet
and take only ways that are firm.
27 Do not swerve to the
right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.
Jesus the
Bread of Life
John 6:25 When they found him
on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
26 Jesus answered, “I
tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous
signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food
that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man
will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
28 Then they asked him,
“What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29 Jesus answered, “The
work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
John 6:32 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:34 “Sir,” they said,
“from now on give us this bread.”
35 Then Jesus declared,
“I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who
believes in me will never be thirsty. 45 It is written in the
Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’Everyone who listens to the Father
and learns from him comes to me. 46 No one has seen the
Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. 47 I tell you the truth,
he who believes has everlasting life. 48 I am the bread of
life. 49 Your forefathers ate
the manna in the desert, yet they died. 50 But here is the bread
that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread
that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
52 Then the Jews began
to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Jesus said to them,
“I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his
blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh
and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last
day. 55 For my flesh is real
food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh
and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. 57 Just as the living
Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me
will live because of me. 58 This is the bread
that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who
feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59 He said this while
teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
Invitation to the Thirsty
Isaiah 55:1 “Come, all you who
are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on
what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to
me;
hear me, that your soul may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him
a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander of the peoples.
5 Surely you will
summon nations you know not,
and nations that do not know you will hasten to you,
because of the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.”
6 Seek the LORD while he may be
found;
call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked
forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on
him,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 “For my thoughts are
not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
