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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Thanksgiving Special! Leo Martin, David Knight, Recapturing The Reins/Reigns 2020

 





Reins are items of horse tack, used to direct a horse or other animal used for riding. They are long straps that can be made of leather, nylon, metal, or other materials, and attach to a bridle via either its bit or its noseband.

Read through, meditate, on https://biblehub.com/topical/r/reign.htm

Perfect Example of reins/reigns

President Trump, Rona, Election, Solution, Our Father Thy Will Be Done
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www.MiraclesTheMovie.com Leo Martin is an expert historian on the Pilgrims and their landing at Plymouth Rock. In his tours he makes it a point to highlight the fact that the Pilgrims trusted in God, watched for, and relied on His Miraculous Hand in preserving their lives. Mr. Martin recently authored a new book called "Pilgrim Pursuit of Promise". He is also the Director of Education of Jenney Museum, Produced / Directed / Edited by Ken Cromar of www.BlueMoonProd.com

Presidential Election 2020, Lockdowns, The Rona, Tyranny, confusion, etc. War between "powers". All comes from Greed, sin men breaking the Ten Commandments of God. Who can help us have peace. How can we contribute to Shutting it all down? The opposite of what we see in the news, the North to the South, The East from the West. We turn from men to God For Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace who calms the Storm. Peace Be still!




Pic. Act of Faith not a gamble. The New Nation, 1783–1815 

https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/essay/new-nation-1783%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%9C1815


Why? How? Did a perfect government get so corrupt? 
Perfect government is based on God's word who created government to be without sin. Just like he made humans to be without sin. The 

Founding Fathers were seeking a perfect honest, Union/government. See: Part 2 Great Awakening is Great Reformation October 31th, 1517 2017, 500 years.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DJhSnTTY_E

ALEX JONES (Full Show) Tuesday - 11/23/20.. Brighteon

https://www.brighteon.com/32a448bd-0bd9-4c82-be36-c675c3ebbf99
18:58-23:00  Education...
education, indoctrination into socialism communism, dependents the State, Taxes>>everyone putting their money together in one big fund>>government is socialism. The direct opposite of Independence with complete dependence on God. Limited taxes, limited government.

They Don't Want Us To Know This | David Icke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NhmNYiQmiA

David Icke is saying the same thing as David Knight

Created by Divine Design is a place where people can with God's help work and get their Freewill back. Full of the Truth free from lies. It is that easy.  

Isaiah 58 Ministries                           JAMES CHAPTER 3

Sunday Sermon                                                                                    November 22, 2020

Transportation, Quarter Horses, Working Horses

By Faith in God's forgiveness, I was forgiven by God, his spirit turned me into a Saint, Anointed by God, filled with Love, (Gospel of Jesus Christ, God loves me), which is God's power. By birth 5th child born of Ralph and Patricia

In Jesus Christ Name : Father, Son, and Holy Spirit 

The Holy Spirit is my comforter.



There are great new medicines and tech·no·log·i·cal

powers, even spiritual, psychological powers. It is called Wizardry, witchcraft, voodoo, spells, drugs, potion, inventions of men, etc.
There will always be side effects causing you to be ill in other ways, if it isn't God healing you. Through God leading you to the truth, by his spirit of Truth, the truth that is from heaven, divine truth. Divine Holy Spirit love and power's truth that sets you free and you turn to GOD's LOVE, POWER, kingdom within you asking for forgiveness.
After doing this everyday you start to see God. Soon you are face to face to God. You directly talk to God and God directly talks back.





See history, the Bible, The Pilgrims, Many many more Saints, William Penn, George Washington, John Adams, Martin Luther, 1517, 95 theses. Men who are free start
Convicting others of their sins and separation from those who sin. Separate from the institutions, kingdoms of Satan, men who keep other men under them in bondage. Dictators. Through God's forgiveness and leadership separate from those who are at war with them trying to enslave them, trap people with/in their lies, darkness and oppression.


Oppressions by others equals
Men always is perpetual debt, always ill, mad, sad, unhappy, miserable, suffering. Always pretending to smile and be happy outwardly free and happy. But they are outside the Kingdom of God. Separated from God's great love and power and peace in their/our souls.

Never free. Every breathe, second, oppressions has your mind, your hands, thoughts, your whole being working for Satan or other men. A great Storm or cloud of doom hangs over your entire family.

God blesses his/the Saint, freeman with a farm! Marriage, good health, Happiness, lots of children to share your love, power, PEACE, God's has given you with.

1. Everyone should be completely for medicine. Go to doctor if you need to but...
The Goal of God

Outside the real true one God there will be side affects. Criminal activity and no justice. rampant crime. Outside of God, what we use today. Is Pharma witchcraft, voodoo, magic, etc. Humanitarianism offers people:

Break the Ten Commandments we will heal you. Where will all those suffering children healed miraculously by witchcraft end up when they die. Now that "men" and technology are their god? So? will you have a lot of healed very healthy criminals.

What about their eternal souls? Will their bodies never, will their eternal souls never have to face how they lived their lives on this earth. Santa Clause: be good because Santa's watching will not help children but
hinder their growing up, maturing into adulthood, sound minded.

I sought to be forgiven by God. When forgiven, you turn from the sin or sins done to you and you turn to God's love, his love power, peace. People, the Saint starts to heal. A goodman/woman will have, life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. A sound mind from filling our minds with the Truth.. Truth is light from God, wisdom, understanding and knowledge, turning from all darkness.. LIES.

These Mean justify the End sound mind and body.
Jesus came to save mens souls!

I have been accused of being like a child before. Many times actually.


Writing a Will: You need "salvation" to honestly sign...**I ..name... being of sound mind and body...***

Lies make us a little off mentally, physically ill some how. A child well versed in the knowledge of the World. "Street smart". All based on shifting sand. Lies.
You see it everyday. The media, globalist build everything you see today based on lies. Fiat paper is backed by gold so is equivalent to gold. Lie!

You don't need to obey The Constitution or God's monetary system. Here we made up a monetary system out of our bag on
schemes, scams, cons, black magical illusions of law and order, right and wrong, religion, tradition, morals throw them out the window with truth. We don't need them.
2. Our Constitution was written so men can seek God, Proclaim Liberty, Leviticus. Liberty a gift from God for those who seek God and obey him. Then God, in with his spirit men, men can be Liberated, forgiven, healed, have life, pursue happiness.

People, A country Breaking all the Ten Commandments always getting sick and keeping coming back to Witch Doctors. Big Pharma, Big AG, Big Tech.
I completely believe in doctors, finding ways to help people heal. John Locke was a physician, so was Luke. (Gospel)

Both also told people to get their lives right with God. They were ill because someone was harming them, oppression or they were sinning. John Locke: Liberty Declaration of Independence freedom from oppression and sin. Luke the kingdom of God is within you. Jesus is King.



3.But God is the easiest and the best road for all men! As we turn from sin we are healed, by God. Stay healthy! With Medicine, technology you might keep some from knowing and having a personal relationship with God and from going to heaven. Now they will be dependent all "Pharma", "witchcraft", not independent. You sin or are sinned against causes illness.





You turn to God for justice and for forgiveness or justice, (someone sinned against you), trespassed, and are healed. Simple.





Christ is King, Jesus: Love Your Great Grandparents, MAGA Million March PACKS DC


Land of Pleasure

The Gold Reserve Act of 1934 made gold clauses unenforceable and authorized the President to establish the gold value of the dollar by proclamation. Immediately following its passage, Roosevelt changed the statutory price of gold from $20.67 to $35 per ounce, thereby devaluing the US dollar, which was based on gold. Executive Order 6102 - Wikipedia
Let's not compromise the Constitution not tempt the people to sin. Only gold and silver coins are money. Psychological: holding a gold coin in your hand or silver real money equals self-respect. Like dressing up. You feel and act different. Honesty, sinlessness. God created gold and silver to be melted down and turned into coins to easily carry. Why is it in the Bible thousands of time if it isn't important to have it in your possession? Why?
The Fox and Deceiver

Did God give the idea of "Gold backed" to his prophets or to Jesus Christ who actually held gold coins, and was sinless. Isn't holding gold and silver a test of God? How do you think when you have it. Sinful, to you give into pride, lust or are you pure, holy when you have the real metals. Anything outside God's word is a sin. Sin means death. The punishment for sin is death. Cancer, multiple illness skyrocketed became pandemic since the gold standard. No one can break God's word and not be harmed. Sin bequeaths death.
They laugh at People
Believing  their lies
Fiat, Rona bug, 
Life  of Pleasure

We should all feel like Pinocchio, It started at the turn of the 20th Century. Great idea. Turn gold and silver coins into paper backed money. We shaved the worth of those pieces of paper off right from the start. FDR to cheat! Gold was worth $35 instead $10 silver dollars. Little by little the money was debased by criminals. The American people did not stop this criminal actions. We became corrupted like Pinocchio justifying crime more and more. Now our entire system is so corrupt that the most murderous Satanic child sacrificing, human traffickers, human slavery, sex trade evil high Priest of Satan, Lucifer Run the entire World. The corrupt destroyed our Liberty. We need to be like Pinnochio and return to our Father. Be changed from sinners to Saints by Jesus Christ. ​
A House, A Nation of Prayer

Alive! Reunite to God Our 
Father

Our country was born by God to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To proclaim Liberty to everyone on earth! Declaration of Independence and The Constitution. All laws are under God come from God. Each person needs a personal relationship with God,. Be reconciled to God and be, through God's spirit and Word All men are expected to be Honest good men. America our country made of Honest men. Prove yourself brave, truthful, and unselfish, and someday, you will be a real boy.” ―The Blue Fairy to Pinocchio
Stop being Puppets on Strings
Stop being Liars

Pinocchio is the titular protagonist of Disney's 1940 animated feature film of the same name. He is a wooden puppet created by Geppetto and brought to life by the Blue Fairy. In order to become a real boy, Pinocchio must prove himself brave, truthful, and unselfish, with the help of Jiminy Cricket as his conscience. Trailer...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBgyV..

William Penn stated that Religion and Government are the Same. The Founding Fathers said they are Twin Sisters, working together, compliment each other.
SGT REPORT: "Your Power", a Man's "Solution" against Lockdowns/ A Tyrant's decrees. With legal forms you can use in a man's court of law to protect your rights and the rights of others using "Man's Court" which is not Civil, a Service Corporation/ organization, procedures but before Man and God.

THIS IS THE KEY TO BRINGING IT ALL DOWN common law

Saturday, January 25, 2020

End of The Game God Said Do Not Suffer A Witch, Mind Control Part 4

Blogs

Noah: "A Flood is Coming" God said Jesus, Peter, Abraham, Part 1

Annihilate, Anti-Matter, God said to; Jesus, Peter, Abraham, Moses 

Part 2

Mocking Jay, Catch the Fire, God Said Hear His Voice Part 3

End of The Game God Said Do Not Suffer A Witch, Mind Control Part 4

https://isaiah58ministries.blogspot.com/2020/01/end-of-game-god-said-do-not-suffer.html
Videos
Noah: "A Flood is Coming" God said Jesus, Peter, Abraham, Part 1

Annihilate, Anti-Matter, God said to; Jesus, Peter, Abraham, Moses 

Part 2

Mocking Jay, Catch the Fire, God Said Hear His Voice Part 3

End of The Game God Said Do Not Suffer A Witch, Mind Control Part 4


End of Part 3:
The knowledge that God gives people makes the mind, thoughts, emotions cleaner, and clearer.  Men with knowledge that comes from God understand better when their thoughts are exposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 
The only thing left in a person's mind are the things that will last forever!
Like the Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, Martin Luther's 1517 Reformation, Those who win souls!  Shine like the stars because they are on fire!
Those on fire burn all the evil around them down! 
Throughout history!
Jesus established his kingdom of this earth that will never be destroyed!
Coinage Act is Anointed by God! It is from God! No one can change it or destroy  it even though they try so hard.   It is the very voice of God. The truth!
Evil, Satanists, the devil worshipers, the fearful, come in and say, "I'll just shave a little gold off a gold coin, or silver off a  silver coin and replace it with another metal." Rock, "matter", cotton, electricity but "their",(matter),  purpose and existence is not for money.  Everything on earth exist for a "good" healthy reason. Used outside it's purpose it is weakened, evil, broke.  Many President have done, "a little shaving off", evil, corruption, cheated. See above picture with dimes and quarters. They are called junk coins now? Why? would a great country make junk? Corruption. Where is the Silver that is missing? It has been stolen.
God doesn't agree with gold backed fiat, it is still fiat! It is mind control, Witchcraft! 
Part 4  Begins
    A broken heart causes a person a lot of pain in their souls but lies cause just as much pain in their souls. Most of the time people are not aware of it.  People get sick ask God, "what did I do wrong?"

 
     Lies cause pain and suffering.  Men do all kinds of things to kill the pain in their minds, drown it with anger, hatred, bitterness, revenge, Drink alcohol,  over eat, become addicted, fill their lives with distractions, the list is endless.  The natural remedy for the pain and the cover up is =  turn to God and meditate on the Gospel the pain and suffering will heal and go away!  







A lot of people put their hope in men. Somehow men will help fix and heal their problems and the world's problems. Men are going to make their life and others lives better!  

How AI can help us clean up our land, air, and water

The potential of AI to clean up the environment is enormous — here’s how AI will accelerate sustainability efforts
How?  Just a little lying, cheating, stealing, enslavement of all mankind, That's all it will cost! 
Technology enslaves the Masses. We are in a Feudal System!  Because of Technology. 

EU CRISIS! Protests EXPLODE Throughout France as Macron’s Support IMPLODES!!!


1:38 Minutes to 3:47 minutes


In order to not trust God evil men, to save the masses,   just have to shave off, debase,  how much gold and silver is put in a money! Real money is 99% pure gold coin and silver coin.  All these leaders are criminals. Corrupt.    
 When anyone cheats everyone suffers and the people get sick, fall prey to every kind of evil.  This is what an evil fearful leader does to his country.

   No one can cheat the laws of God!
   God created the earth, the universe and the laws that keep them turning. The laws that govern their very existence.   
Gold and silver were not created by God or designed in the universe to use  inside cell phones. That isn't why they were created.    They were created by God for the use as money.
"Coinage act of 1792"
Why should someone suffer, ["loss of life, Liberty and Pursuit of happiness"] if they shave off a little gold or a little silver and debase and devalue the coins?    
  It causes world wide suffering, pain.  
The Declaration says, "history as proven men are more apt to suffer when evils are sufferable."  Sufferable means tolerated. When people tolerate anything other than the best, people are going to suffer. Best meaning: the right correct way for anything created by God, governed by his universal laws.   
Any man who turns his back on God and on God's laws that govern all of us has become a witch! Witchcraft is the sin of rebellion!
In Witchcraft women dominate men. (Macron is a perfect example, his wife, Merkel, or Hilary Clinton). Witches
   Men make a covenant with Witches, Satan, the devil and they do the opposite of right. They do wrong. 
Men lose their God given Power and authority God gives them freely through Jesus death and resurrection! Their minds are darkened by the lies of the devil, the lies they tell themselves and they truly go insane. They are forced to  succumb to sins and  witches power over them.   

Succumb | Definition of Succumb by Merriam-Webster



Mind Control over Masses
using technology, 
sorcery
yield, submit, capitulate, succumb, relent, defer mean to give way to someone or something that one can no longer resist. yield may apply to any sort or degree of ...

The Bibles says women should not dominate men.  As in witchcraft. The head of every man, person, is Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is  the very word and laws of God. Jesus died to save men's minds/souls from the darkness of lies.

   Each of us bring men to the light of the truth of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the light of the Truth and his spirit leads men into all Truth.  Then a man's wisdom comes directly from God!
Lies cause just as much
 pain in our souls.
Most of the time
we are not aware of it. 
Why dose the Bible say do not allow a witch to "Be Alive"?
  Men suffer when Jesus isn't the head of every man and woman and child. 
Witches want to control men's minds and in so doing take away their God given freewill!
Hypnotize.      Put people under spells of Satan.  "Using voices" or frequencies!
   
Click on picture to see all the ways evil people manipulate everyone. The title of the picture is Secret//SI//Rel to USA/FVEY
These Secret Intelligence people label it "Magic" Techniques, Experiments.
On your souls! On the Population!
Witchcraft!Religion is very important in everyone's lives. Religion is the NEWS, POLITICS WAR! 
    When people hear the right voices full of the truth AND  the anointed of God IS on their words  THESE VOICES sets them free. Men have to seek out Anointed words from men who have the fire, the power, the wisdom that was given to them by God.   DIVINE WISDOM


Coinage Act of 1792 had a profound effect on my soul. It is very anointed, John Locke second treaties of Government, The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States of America
Any "State's" original Constitutions
You'll hear your great great grandfathers voices.  The Holy Spirit. Filled with truth. 
You'll be obeying many commands or universal laws of God. Like: submit to Godly leadership, honor your father and Mothers, love your grandparents,  love God, have no idols, etc.
Psychopaths, sociopaths, ANTI-CHRIST, are many voices, witches, advertisers,  trying to get in people's heads, many already in there

Take every thought and throw it in the fire of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!  
God loves me, he sent Jesus to die on the cross to shed his blood, TO SACRIFICE HIS BODY, his life, to die for my sins! *Jesus Spirit went to heaven*.
He was an innocent man even so he was willing died in my place!  
 It pleased God for this to happen!  
God did not leave Jesus' body to decay or see corruption.  
God brought his body back to life!
God made Jesus King over the entire earth, not President Trump. 
 Jesus Christ is King over the inhabitants on the earth and all that is on it.
   
Now Jesus' name has all power and authority over everything!  
To heal, restore, rebuild, recreate, deliver, 
set men free from witchcraft, sin, other voices that are not from God, trying to control them. 
Men can live free. Freely love God, reverence God, worship God. 
Give their solemn word to obey God's voice and God's voice Only!
Now that's an honest man! A mighty man!



Put everything into the fire! If it burns up? If it does,  it isn't real.
Please take time to read all of 2 Corinthians copied below out of the 1599 Geneva Bible it pretty much says what this 4 part series say. Also, Take explanations from the study notes. 

To throw something in the fire:  
*Paper contracts are worthless they will catch on fire and burn!
 Instead, a hand shake is on the inside, one to one before your Maker! That will last. God keeps that contract. 
God did with the children of Israel and with Abraham, David, etc. 
*Marriage is also done on the inside, it is impossible to "make " someone marry you. Only God can do that and it is on the inside. 
Contracts made before God must be the right thing to do. Self-evident written on the inside of everyone. 
Contracts have to be made with a person free from any other influences, free from hypnotism, spells of witchcraft. A person having his own freewill, not of compulsion
A free person has taken captive every thought exposed them to the Gospel of Jesus Christ; to the love, power, and fire of God's judgement. free from sin. A person who freely loves, worships and reverences God's Holy Word.  The person lives by all the laws of God written on the inside of him!   

THE END

1 Corinthians 3 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)

1 He yieldeth a reason why he preached small matters unto them: 4 He showeth how they ought to esteem of Ministers: 6 The minister’s office. 10 A true form of edifying. 16 He warneth the Corinthians, that they be not drawn away to profane things, 18 through the proud wisdom of the flesh.
And [a]I could not speak unto you, brethren, as unto spiritual men, but as unto [b]carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
I gave you milk to drink, and not [c]meat: for ye were not yet [d]able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as [e]men?
For when one saith, I am Paul’s, and another, I am Apollos’s, are ye not carnal?
[f]Who is Paul then? and who is Apollos, but the ministers by whom ye believed, and as the Lord gave to every man?
[g]I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
So then, neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase.
And he that planteth, and he that watereth, are one, and every man shall receive his wages, according to his labor.
For we together are God’s [h]laborers: ye are God’s husbandry, and God’s building.
10 According to the grace of God given to me, as a skillful master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon: [i]but let every man take heed how he buildeth upon it.
11 [j]For other foundation can no man lay, than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 [k]And if any man build on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay, or stubble,
13 [l]Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by the fire: and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
14 If any man’s work, that he hath built upon, abide, he shall receive wages.
15 If any man’s work burn, he shall lose, but [m]he shall be saved himself: nevertheless yet as it were by the fire.
16 [n]Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man [o]destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which ye are.
18 [p]Let no man deceive himself: If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him be a fool, that he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God: for it is written, He [q]catcheth the wise in their own craftiness.
20 And again, The Lord knoweth that the thoughts of the wise be vain.
21 [r]Therefore let no man [s]rejoice in men: for all things are [t]yours.
22 Whether it be Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the [u]world, or life, or death, whether they be things present, or things to come, even all are yours,
23 And ye Christ’s, and Christ God’s.

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:1 Having declared the worthiness of heavenly wisdom, and of the Gospel, and having generally condemned the blindness of man’s mind, now at length he applieth it particularly to the Corinthians, calling them carnal, that is, such in whom as yet the flesh prevaileth against the spirit. And he bringeth a double testimony of it: first, for that he had proved them to be such, insomuch that he dealt with them no otherwise than with ignorant men, and such as are almost babes in the doctrine of godliness; and secondly, because they showed indeed by these dissensions, which sprang up by reason of the ignorance of the virtue of the Spirit, and heavenly wisdom, that they had profited very little or nothing.
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:1 He calleth them carnal, which are as yet ignorant, and therefore to express it the better, he termeth them babes.
  3. 1 Corinthians 3:2 Substantial meat, or strong meat.
  4. 1 Corinthians 3:2 To be fed by me with substantial meat: therefore as the Corinthians grew up in age, so the Apostle nourished them by teaching first with milk, then with strong meat, which difference was only but in the manner of teaching.
  5. 1 Corinthians 3:3 By the square and compass of man’s wit and judgment.
  6. 1 Corinthians 3:5 After that he hath sufficiently reprehended ambitious teachers, and their foolish esteemers, now he showeth how the true ministers are to be esteemed, that we attribute not unto them, more or less than we ought to do. Therefore he teacheth us, that they are they by whom we are brought to faith and salvation, but yet as the ministers of God, and such as do nothing of themselves, but God so working by them as it pleaseth him to furnish them with his gifts. Therefore we have not to mark or consider what minister it is that speaketh, but what is spoken: and we must depend only upon him which speaketh by his servants.
  7. 1 Corinthians 3:6 He beautifieth the former sentence, with two similitudes: first comparing the company of the faithful, to a field which God maketh fruitful, when it is sowed and watered through the labor of his servants: next, by comparing it to a house, which indeed the Lord buildeth, but by the hands of his workmen, some of whom, he useth in laying the foundation, others in building of it up. Now, both these similitudes tend to this purpose, to show that all things are wholly accomplished by God’s only authority and might, so that we must only have an eye to him. Moreover, although that God useth some in the better part of the work, we must not therefore contemn others, in respect of them, and much less may we divide, or set them apart, (as these factious men did) seeing that all of them labor in God’s business, and in such sort, that they serve to finish one selfsame work, although by a divers manner of working, insomuch that they need one another’s help.
  8. 1 Corinthians 3:9 Serving under him: Now they which serve under another, do nothing by their own strength, but as it is given them by grace, which grace maketh them fit to that service. See 1 Cor. 15:102 Cor. 3:6, and all the increase that cometh by their labor, doth so proceed from God, that no part of the praise of it may be given to the under servant.
  9. 1 Corinthians 3:10 Now he speaketh to the teachers themselves, who succeeded him in the Church of Corinth, and in their person, to all that were after or shall be Pastors of Congregations, seeing that they succeed into the labor of the Apostles, which were planters and chief builders. Therefore he warneth them first, that they persuade not themselves that they may build after their own fantasy, that is, that they may propound and set forth anything in the Church, either in matter, or in kind of teaching, different from the Apostles which were the chief builders.
  10. 1 Corinthians 3:11 Moreover, he showeth what this foundation is, to wit, Christ Jesus, from which they may not turn away one iota in the building up of this building.
  11. 1 Corinthians 3:12 Thirdly, he showeth that they must take heed that the upper part of the building be answerable to the foundation, that is, that admonitions, exhortations, and whatsoever pertaineth to the edifying of the flock, be answerable to the doctrine of Christ, as well in matter as in form: which doctrine is compared to gold, silver, and precious stones: of which matter, Isaiah also and John in the Revelation build the heavenly city. And to these are opposite, wood, hay, stubble, that is to say, curious and vain questions or decrees: and besides to be short, all that kind of teaching which serveth to ostentation. For false doctrines, whereof he speaketh not here, are not said properly to be built upon this foundation, unless peradventure in show only.
  12. 1 Corinthians 3:13 He testifieth, as indeed the truth is, that all are not good builders, no not some of them which stand upon this one and only foundation: but howsoever this work of evil builders, saith he, stand for a season, yet shall it not always deceive, because that the light of the truth appearing at length, as day shall dissolve this darkness, and show what it is. And as that stuff is tried by the fire, whether it be good or not, so will God in his time by the touch of his Spirit and word, try all buildings, and so shall it come to pass, that such as be found pure and sound, shall still continue so, to the praise of the workman; but they that are otherwise, shall be consumed, and vanish away, and so shall the workman be frustrated of the hope of his labor, which pleased himself in a thing of nought.
  13. 1 Corinthians 3:15 He taketh not away hope of salvation from the unskillful and foolish builders, which hold fast the foundation, of which sort were those Rhetoricians rather than pastors of Corinth: but he addeth an exception, that they must notwithstanding suffer this trial of their work, and also abide the loss of their vain labors.
  14. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Continuing still in the metaphor of a building, he teacheth us that this ambition is not only vain, but also sacrilegious: For he saith that the Church is as it were the Temple of God, which God hath as it were consecrated unto himself by his Spirit. Then turning himself to these ambitious men: he showeth that they profane the Temple of God, because those vain arts wherein they please themselves so much, are as he teacheth, so many pollutions of the holy doctrine of God, and the purity of the Church. Which wickedness shall not be suffered unpunished.
  15. 1 Corinthians 3:17 Defileth it, and maketh it unclean, being holy: and surely they do defile it, by Paul’s judgment, which by fleshly eloquence defile the purity of the Gospel.
  16. 1 Corinthians 3:18 He concludeth by the contrary, that they profess pure wisdom in the Church of God, which refuse and cast away all those vanities of men, and if they be mocked of the world, it is sufficient for them that they be wise according to the wisdom of God, and as he will have them to be wise.
  17. 1 Corinthians 3:19 Be they never so crafty, yet the Lord will take them when he shall discover their treachery.
  18. 1 Corinthians 3:21 He returneth to the proposition of verse 2, first warning the hearers, that henceforward they esteem not as lords, those whom God hath appointed to be ministers, and not lords of their salvation, which thing they do, that depend upon men, and not upon God, that speaketh by them.
  19. 1 Corinthians 3:21 Please himself.
  20. 1 Corinthians 3:21 Helps, appointeth for your benefit.
  21. 1 Corinthians 3:22 He passeth from the persons to the things themselves, that his argument may be more forcible, yea, he ascendeth from Christ to the Father, to show us that we rest ourselves no not in Christ himself, in that that he is man, but because he carrieth us up even to the Father, as Christ witnesseth of himself everywhere, that he was sent of his Father, that by this band we may be all knit with God himself.