God, Jesus

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.” 

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.”

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  (rst-ränt, -tr-nt)

n.

A place where meals are served to the public.

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[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.