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06 July 2016

ZIKA ???



Zika.

If you've been listening to the reports from the CDC, even hearing the name can be enough to make you want to run inside and hide.

Obama's billion-plus Zika-prevention bill (with some extras that got slipped in by Congress) will be up again when the Senate resumes a short session this week. And Big Pharma's experimental Zika vaccine is now heading into human trials.

Pregnant women across the country are in panic mode -- and the summer has only just started.

But recently, some top experts have come forward and said "not so fast."

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Apparently there are at least four authorities in the field of mosquitoes and infectious diseases who didn't get the CDC's memo.

You know, the one that said to drop everything and start ringing the Zika alarm bells.

Dr. David Freedman from the University of Alabama is among those who are not concerned about a widespread Zika outbreak occurring in the U.S.

The professor, who is also a part of the World Health Organization Emergency Committee on Zika, said that what's needed for an epidemic is a combination of a "dense population" of both mosquitoes and people, along with poor sewage and garbage facilities.

In other words, Third World conditions.

The chances of a "widespread mosquito outbreak" in the United States is "not high," Dr. Freedman said.

And he's not the only one.

There's also Dr. Chris Barker, who specializes in mosquito diseases at the University Of California School Of Veterinary Medicine.

He believes that the risk of Zika getting established in the continental U.S. is "near zero."

Another is Dr. Laura Harrington, who happens to be chair of entomology at Cornell. She points out that the CDC is saying Zika mosquitoes (called Aedes) are in areas of the U.S. where "there's no way you're going to find them."

That, she said, is causing "hysteria" in locations where there are more important issues to fund and worry about, such as Lyme disease.

Then there's Dr. Amesh Adalja, with the University of Pittsburgh, who notes that the areas we should be focused on are the Gulf states, such as Florida and Texas -- not the entire U.S.

Despite that, it looks like most every state is on red alert. New Jersey, for example, has started up a 24/7 Zika hotline!

But there's a very good reason -- and a lot of money at stake -- in keeping the Zika panic snowballing.

A little over a month ago I told you how passage of that Zika bill -- the one that will be up again when the Senate returns midweek -- would gut some hard-won pesticide regulations.

It's so sneaky, in fact, that it's being called the "Pesticide Trojan Horse Act."

And when it hitches a ride along with the billion or so to "fight" the virus, it would do away with a special permit the EPA requires before pesticides can be sprayed on or near lakes and streams.

That alone could put millions of babies at risk for things like autism and cancer.

And then there's the Zika vaccine, something that's being fast-tracked into trials and then straight to the FDA at a speed we've never seen before. That billion-dollar shot will have women lined up around the block.

The bottom line, according to the experts I mentioned, appears to be that if you don't live in places like Florida or Texas, the chances of your city or town having a Zika crisis are pretty slim.

So forcing the entire U.S. to spend the summer months in a haze of pesticides that will be hitting us from both the ground and air is neither safe nor logical.

And that, not Zika, may be where the biggest danger to moms and babies will be coming from.

To Your Good Health,

Jenny Thompson

05 July 2016



Luke 10:28-29 - "And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?"


Just as with this lawyer, pride causes many people to resist the truth of justification by faith in the grace of God. This lawyer loved himself and the public recognition his "holy acts" gave him. He was not willing to love God first and his fellow man ahead of himself. His was not a sincere question but rather an evasive question to shun responsibility. This man was seeking to be justified in the sight of God through his actions. He knew he had not loved everyone as he loved himself, so he is tried to interpret the scripture (Lev. 19:18) in a way that would conform to his actions. He wanted to define "neighbor" as just his close friends whom he had treated well.

Self-justification always produces excuses, while repentance and faith toward God produces obedience.

The basis of our salvation is grace - that is, God's undeserved, unmerited favor toward us as expressed in providing redemption through Christ Jesus.
The means of God saving us is through faith. Through faith we accept God's free gift of salvation, which was provided by grace. So we are saved "by grace ... through faith. "Notice that we are not saved by grace alone. We are saved by grace through faith. Faith grants us admission to God's grace. Without faith, God's grace is wasted, and without grace, faith is powerless. Faith in God's grace has to be released to receive what God has provided through Christ.

Just as sodium and chloride are poisonous by themselves, so grace or faith used independently of each other are deadly. But when you mix sodium and chloride together in the proper way, you get salt, which you must have to live.

 Likewise, putting faith in what God has already provided by grace is the key to victorious Christian living.

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*** To love your neighbor does not mean that you just surrender all you have to whom ever and say - I have loved my neighbor.

We are to Love the Lord our God first and foremost with all our heart, mind, soul and strength!
This is greatest commandment to which all the Prophets and Commandments point!
WE are to never support or love Evil or SIN!

Lessons from Elijah

Lessons from Elijah
Some of you will remember me saying that the Lord spoke to me through my own television
program back in October 2015. I was teaching that the Lord supplied all the food and air and
everything else Adam and Eve could ever need, before they were even created. He didn't
create them and then think, Oh, they will need something to eat and air to breathe, so I'd
better create those things. No, their supply was created before they had the need.

That's an awesome truth that is true for every one of us. The Lord always creates our supply
before we have the need. The Lord spoke that directly to me while I was watching my own
program. He told me that He has already supplied all the finances I need to accomplish His
instructions for building our new Charis Bible College campus.

The Lord never responds to us. He anticipates and creates the supply first, and then we
respond to Him. Faith is just our positive response to what He has already done.

I've been meditating on this principle for six months but felt like there was more to receive.
Then this last week, while I was preparing to teach on Lessons from Elijah on my television
program, I came across 1 Kings 17:9, which says,

Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I
have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
Notice that the Lord had already commanded this widow to sustain Elijah. This is
significant. The Lord had already told this woman to give before Elijah approached her.
You have to remember this as you read the rest of this story, or you could take this widow's
statement about her situation as unbelief. She said she was going to fix her last little bit of
food so that she and her son could eat it and die. But the Lord had already commanded her
to sustain someone else.

I don't believe this widow was expecting to die. She had a word from God, and she had
to live in order to fulfill that word. She knew the principles of giving, and that's why the Lord
chose her. In Luke 4:25-26, Jesus referred to her as being selected. This wasn't random, and
miracles like this aren't random. There are reasons some people receive miracles and others
don't. Faith is the key. She was believing God.

She had very little to give, but she had a word from God. Anyone with a word from God is
not broke. She had faith (Rom. 10:17). When asked by Elijah for her last little bit of food, she
told him the natural facts-but not in unbelief. She was sounding him out, wondering if he
was the one the Lord wanted her to sustain.

Although the Lord had spoken to this widow about sustaining Elijah, He didn't send the
widow to Elijah. He sent Elijah to the widow and told her to take that step of faith first and give.

I can just imagine the headline in the Jerusalem Post: "PROPHET TAKES WIDOW'S LAST
MEAL-DEATH IMMINENT!" That's the way most people look at giving. They see giving
as money that is lost. It's down the drain. But God looks at giving like a seed. When we
sow finances, they never leave our lives; they just enter into our future, where they grow
and multiply.

Elijah wasn't taking from this woman; he was giving to her. That's the way we have to look at
giving. What this woman had wasn't enough for her need, so she needed to turn it into a seed
and sow it. Elijah was anointed by God to be this woman's supply by getting her to give.

The headline in the Jerusalem Post should have read like this: "PROPHET SAVES WIDOW'S
LIFE BY TURNING HER NEED INTO A SEED!" But those who don't have faith never look at
giving that way.

Years ago I ministered in Decatur, Texas, at Pastor Greg Mohr's church. I prayed for a
woman who had a weekend pass to get out of a mental hospital so that she could go to
church. The following year, I went back, and that woman had been released from the hospital.
She was free! Praise the Lord! She was working as a custodian at the hospital, which provided
her with room and board, but she wanted out of there. She came up during the invitation and
asked me to pray with her that she would get a new place to live and a different job that paid
more money.

I had just preached from 1 Kings 17 about this widow and Elijah, so I asked her what she
had. She got her purse and counted out seventy-eight or eighty dollars. She said that this was
all the money she had until her next paycheck in ten days. I held out my hands and asked her
to give it to me. She said, "All of it?" I said, "All of it."

I took all of her money and gave it to the pastor so that people wouldn't think I was doing
this because I wanted her money. Then I prayed for her, and that was that. But the next week,
Pastor Greg told me the rest of the story.

On Monday, a man gave her a car. She didn't even ask for that. On Wednesday, she got a call
from her mother, whom she'd been estranged from since she was committed to the mental
hospital. The mother found out she had been released as a patient, apologized for cutting her
off, and asked her to move back home. Then on Friday, she got a new job that paid twice as
much. Wow!

I wasn't taking from that woman. I was giving to her by receiving her seed. This is profound!

The Lord could have kept providing for Elijah at the brook Cherith, but He didn't. The Lord
could have sent this woman to Elijah, but He didn't. The Lord could have let this woman feed
herself first, but He didn't.

The Lord had Elijah go to this woman and ask for her last little bit of food.

I don't know all of the reasons for the Lord doing things this way, but I do know that
"without faith it is impossible to please him" (Heb. 11:6).


 God is a God of faith. He lives by
faith and wants us to live by faith. It took faith on this widow's part, and it also took humility
and faith on Elijah's part to do this.

The Lord has spoken very clearly to me through this. He told me that He has spoken to
people about helping me build these buildings, but I need to place a demand on them just
like Elijah did-not for my sake but for theirs. Because Elijah got this woman to give, not only
was her food miraculously supplied for three years, but also her son was raised from the dead
(1 Kin. 17:17-23).

If the Lord had just continued to have the ravens supply Elijah's need, this woman and
her son would have died. The Lord supplied Elijah's need through this woman for her sake.
Likewise, the Lord has shown me that He wants to meet my need through you because He
wants to bless you.

I know many of you have desired to be a part of what the Lord is doing in and through
Charis, but like this widow, you think you don't have enough to give. The Lord is saying give
what you have to Him first, and He will miraculously multiply it back to you (Matt. 6:33).

The Lord gives seed to sowers; i.e., money to people who are givers (2 Cor. 9:10). Join with
us through a special gift. Or become a Grace Partner-a person who gives at least $1 per
day or $30 per month. If what you have isn't enough for your need, turn it into a seed and
watch the Lord miraculously multiply it back to you.

One hundred thousand people giving just $1 per day would allow us to complete The
Auditorium and parking garage by the summer of 2017. Without these buildings, we would
have to limit enrollment at Charis in the fall of 2017. I know that's not God's will. I know the
Lord has spoken to enough people to get this done.

When you call our Helpline: 719-635-1111, be sure to request my Lessons from Elijah teaching. I'm making it my gift to all of you who sign up to become partners today (this offer not available online). You can request this teaching in CD, DVD, book, or study guide format. The book is also available in Spanish. This teaching will go into more detail than I was able to cover in this letter, and it will build your faith and take you to a whole new level in your walk with the Lord.

I'm excited because I know the Lord is going to use this to get our buildings built so that we
can take the Gospel as far and as deep as possible. But I'm even more excited for you. As you
take this step of faith with me, we are going to see God's miraculous supply in your life like
never before. I believe it. Mix your faith with mine and get ready for increase (Is. 54:2-3).

We love you,
Andrew & Jamie Wommack

P.S. If you want to be blessed, you need this. If you are poor, you really need this. God says
that He'll supply all your need (Phil. 4:19)! And it's not going to be according to this world's
system. When you learn to make God your source, you will have not only a supernatural
prosperity but also a peace that people of the world don't have. Learn how to do this so you
can live in abundance today!






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We can all learn from hard knocks, but it's a lot less painful to learn by example. First Corinthians 10:6 and 11 say that the experiences of those in the Bible were recorded for our examples. Elijah's story is full of great examples, both good and bad.

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If you see this woman run for your life




“I believe in the second amendment and our constitution more than anything in the world, and I think that Adolf Hitler – for example — when he wanted to annihilate the people of Germany — the first thing he did was to take away their guns.

And the right to bear arms wasn’t just to protect the people from foreign invaders, it was to protect them from evil governments, and anyone that would violate their inherited rights as human beings.”
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He continues, “I believe that, and I hate to say this, a lot of these mass murders and all this funny stuff that’s going on, I believe a lot of this is engineered.”
The conspiracy theory surrounding domestic false flag shootings conjures intense emotions on both sides. “Truthers” claim the government uses either CIA operatives or patsies controlled by MKULTRA style psyops in order to foment violence so abhorrent that Americans will be forced to embrace gun control legislation. They believe the end-game of such an insidious scheme is to disarm the general population in advance of extensive martial law or indefinite FEMA detention.
While the mechanism by which domestic shootings could be “engineered” is still unknown, the MKULTRA program is an established historical fact. Researchers are still uncovering CIA connections from this time period, but we do know experimental subjects included Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.

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*Alcohol consumption which damages brain neurons (even in moderation)
*Electromagnetic radiation emitted by cell phones which can disrupt the DNA of your delicate brain cells and cause brain dysfunction
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"God's Wondrous Deeds of Governing All Things"


God Himself, the Unique VII
Story 1. A Seed, the Earth, a Tree, the Sunlight, the Songbirds, and Man


A small seed fell to the earth. After a great rain blew by, the seed grew a tender sprout and its roots delved slowly into the soil below. The sprout grew tall in time, braving winds cruel and rain deep, seeing the changing of the seasons as the moon waxed and waned. In the summer, the earth brought forth gifts of water so that the sprout could endure the scorching heat. And because of the earth, the sprout did not feel the heat and thus it survived the heat of summer. When winter fell, the earth enveloped the sprout in its warm embrace and they clutched one another tightly. And because of the warmth of the earth, the sprout survived the bitter cold, passing unharmed through the wintry gales and snowfall of the season. Sheltered by the earth, the sprout grew brave and was happy. It grew tall and proud from the selfless nurturing the earth provided. The sprout grew happily. It sang as the rain splashed down and it danced and swayed as the wind blew. And thus, the sprout and the earth depend on one another.
Years passed, and the sprout was now a towering tree. It had grown stout branches tipped with countless leaves and stood strong upon the earth. The tree’s roots dug into the earth as they had before, but they now plunged deep into the soil below. What had once protected the sprout was now the foundation for the mighty tree.
A ray of sunlight shown down on the tree and the trunk shook. The tree reached out its branches wide and drew deeply from the light. The earth below breathed in rhythm with the tree, and the earth felt renewed, and just then, a fresh breeze blew among the branches, and the tree trembled in delight, bursting with energy. And thus, the tree and the sunlight depend on one another.
People sat in the cool shade of the tree and they basked in the brisk, fragrant air. The air cleansed their hearts and lungs, and it cleansed the blood within. The people no longer felt weary or burdened. And thus, the people and the tree depend on one another.A flock of songbirds chirped as they alighted on the branches of the tree. Perhaps they were evading some foe, or they were breeding and raising their young, or maybe they were just taking a short rest. And thus, the birds and the tree depend on one another.
The roots of the tree, twisted and tangled, dug deep into the earth. Its trunk sheltered the earth from the wind and rain and it stretched out its great branches and protected the earth below it, and the tree did this because the earth is its mother. They live together, depend on one another, and they shall never dwell apart.


So, the story is at an end. You may open your eyes now. I told a story about a seed, the earth, a tree, the sunlight, the songbirds, and man. The story only has a few parts to it. Having told it this way, do you understand it? (We understand.) You may talk about your feelings. So, what do you feel after hearing this story? I shall first tell you, all of the things I mentioned you can see with your own eyes and they can be touched by your own hands; these are real things, not metaphors. So go ahead and think about what I discussed.

Nothing I covered was profound, and only a few sentences form the main point of the story. (The story we heard paints a beautiful picture: The seed comes to life and as it grows it experiences the four seasons of the year: spring, summer, fall, and winter. The earth is like a mother in the way it nurtures. It gives warmth in winter so that the sprout may survive the cold and it gives water in summer so that the sprout may survive the heat. After the sprout has matured into a tree, a ray of sunshine touches upon its branches, bringing the tree much joy. We see that the earth is alive and that it depends on the tree. We also see that the sunlight brings so much warmth to the tree, and even though birds are common things to see, we see how the birds, the tree, and the people all come together in harmony. So, all things of God’s creation are alive.) Well said! Does anyone have anything else to add? (In the story as the seed sprouts and grows into a towering tree, we see the wondrous things that God has made. God made all things live and depend on one another and they are all connected to serve one another. We see God’s wisdom, His wonder, and we see that He is the source of life for all things.)
from "God Himself, the Unique VII" in A Continuation of The Word Appears in the Flesh


Recommendation: Hymn of God's Word "God's Wondrous Deeds of Governing All Things"

03 July 2016

6 facts which disprove Everything said



Six facts that disprove EVERYTHING liberals say about gun control

 
 If you want to actually learn something about guns, the mainstream media is the last place you’ll want to look. The American public’s perception of the firearms debate has been completely warped by the media already.

 Consider this: there are half as many gun murders per-capita today as there were in the early 1990s, but only 12 percent of Americans are aware of that fact.
By contrast, 56 percent think it’s increased, and 26 percent think it’s about the same.
You better believe the solutions proposed by those in Congress is faulty when most don’t even completely understand the nature of the problem.

Here are just six facts courtesy of Breitbart News that you won’t see on MSNBC anytime soon…

1. Background Checks Do Not Stop High Profile Attackers–Although gun grabbers relentlessly push background checks as the solution to stopping high profile attacks on innocent Americans, the facts are that background checks do not hinder high profile attackers in the least.
 Alleged Orlando attacker Omar Mateen passed a background check for his guns, as did UCLA gunman Mainak Sarkar and almost every high profile attacker in the past 10 years. You can find a complete list here.


2. More People Killed With Clubs, Hammers Than Rifles–Amid the push for an “assault weapons” ban following the Sandy Hook attack, Breitbart News consulted FBI numbers for the years 2005-2011 and found that the number of murders by hammers and clubs constantly topped the number of murders by rifle.
 For example, In 2005 the number of murders committed with a rifle was 445, while the number of murders committed with hammers and clubs was 605.
In 2006, the number of murders committed with a rifle was 438, while the number of murders committed with hammers and clubs was 618.
In 2011, there was 323 murders committed with a rifle but 496 murders committed with hammers and clubs.

3. AR-15s Are Not “Automatic” Rifles–Although politicians like Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, celebrities like Seth MacFarlene, and too many media pundits to number have referred to the AR-15 as an “automatic” weapon during last few months, the fact remains that AR-15s are semiautomatic firearms. They shoot one round–and only one round–each time the trigger is pulled. This means an AR-15 shoots no faster than a Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm handgun, or a Glock or Sig Sauer .40 caliber handgun, or an H&K or Ruger .45 caliber handgun. Claims to the contrary are either based on ignorance or are part of a focused attempt to demonize the AR-15.

4. Guns Are Legally Used For Self-Defense Purposes Approximately 760,000 A Year–Staggering isn’t it?
Especially when you consider the way the mainstream media covers gun crime after gun crime, giving the impression that guns are just bad things which bad people use to hurt good people.  Yet Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck has demonstrated that guns are used for defensive purposes approximately 760,000 a year in the United States.


5. Gun-Free Zones Are Killing Fields
The Orlando terror attack to place in gun-free zone. Result? Approximately 50 dead.
The attack in the Umpqua Community College gun-free zone (October 2015) left 9 dead, the attack on the gun-free Chattanooga military offices (July 2015) left five dead,
the attack in Fort Hood’s gun-free zone (April 2014) left 3 dead, the earlier attack in Fort Hood’s gun-free zone (November 2009) killed 13, the attack in the gun-free DC Navy Yard (September 2013) killed 12, the attack on gun-free Sandy Hook Elementary (December 2012) killed 26, the attack in the gun-free Aurora movie theater (July 2012) killed 12, and the attack on the gun-free Virginia Tech campus (April 2007) killed 32.

 Think about it–Eight gun-free zones, 207 firearm-related deaths.

6. More Children Under 10 Killed By Fire, Drowning Than Accidental Gun Deaths— In 2010 the number of children under the age of 10 unintentionally killed in fire-related deaths was over seven times higher than the number of children killed in unintentional gun-related deaths, and the number of children killed in unintentional drowning deaths was sixteen times higher than the number of children killed in unintentional gun-related deaths.  The raw numbers were as follows:
Number of children killed in unintentional fire-related deaths was 262, the number of unintentional drowning 609, the number of accidental gun-related deaths was 36.

Obama has already passed countless Executive Orders on gun control.
 Don’t you think if gun control worked we wouldn’t be in the perpetual state of needing “just one more” gun law?

[Note: This post was authored by The Analytical Economist]

02 July 2016

3 by 5 - plant flowers



3 Problems Monsanto Causes that Bayer Treats
  1. Pesticides and Blood Pressure – The pesticides Monsanto uses in genetically modifying the foods we find at our grocery store, have repeatedly been shown to raise the risk for hypertension. Meanwhile, two of Bayer’s top selling drugs, Xarelto and Adalat, were created to treat high blood pressure specifically.
  2. Herbicides and Blood Sugar – Monsanto uses herbicides to keep weeds away from its produce, but according to this 2009 studythese same chemicals damage the pancreas’s ability to sense blood sugar levels – destroying your body’s natural ability to sense when there is too much sugar in your system. However Bayer will be ready to sell you its Contour Next system and Glucobay to monitor and drug your body should you become diabetic.
  3. High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity – Monsanto’s biggest and most damaging addition to the world diet has been its corn crop and its contribution to the manufacture of High Fructose Corn Syrup. Seriously, there are not enough bad things to be said about the damage this product has brought upon the way we all eat, and too many of us are carrying around extra weight because of this cheap addition to nearly everything we eat. And as we’ve seen, Bayer will be happy to take your money should any more serious conditions develop.
5 Ways to Fight Back!
Fortunately, a community of concerned citizens around the world is beginning to form in an attempt to block the merger, but there are still things you can do personally to show these companies that you can’t be bought and sold by their greed.
  1. Buy Local – Monsanto thrives on business from people willing to settle for food imported from around the world because the labor is cheaper and the production costs are lower. Buying from local farmers at your famer’s market ensures that you know where your money is going
  2. Buy Organic – Search out USDA Organic and GMO-Free verified labels so that you know you will not be ingesting the damaging chemicals that have seeped into your food as it grew. Unfortunately, this caution should be taken at your farmer’s market too because another huge part of Monsanto’s business comes from selling farmer’s cheap GMO seeds.
  3. Buy Natural Sweeteners – Now, in a perfect world, we would prefer it if you avoided sugars all together, but we understand that every once in a while, you want a little sweetener in your life. Stay away from High Fructose Corn Syrup at all costs! There are far too many natural sweeteners, raw sugars, and naturally produced honey for you to give yourself a sweet little treat. Just go easy on it, OK?
  4. Buy Flowers – …and plant them everywhere – especially if you want to keep plants growing naturally. One of the reasons for the rapid decline of the honeybee population across the world is the lack of their all natural food source. Monsanto’s chemical soup of single crop fields has done great damage to the bee population You may not like the idea of stinging bugs around, but if these natural pollinators are wiped out, there will be even fewer ways to keep an organic crop growing.
  5. Buy Consciously – All too often we find ourselves rushed, making mindless decisions in our purchasing. We buy the cheapest product, the one with the loudest advertisement, the one that is probably the worst for us. Slow down. What you consume has a great effect on how you live. If you want to live well, then you have to start by buying well.
At Primal Labs™, we make products with the conscious consumer in mind. All of our creations have been artfully formulated to meet our discerning customers needs - everything in the Primal Labs™ Store is NATURALLY developed using ingredients that are demonstrated to provide people (not animals) the support they need to stay on top of their health. Stop by our store today and see for yourself.

01 July 2016

THE OBJECT OF SAVING FAITH 39 of 48



LEVEL 3
LESSON 7

THE OBJECT OF SAVING FAITH
By Don Krow

Suppose that on a man’s wedding day as he stood before the pastor, the pastor suddenly
began to say these words:
 “Do you take this woman to be your personal cook, to clean your house, and do your dishes? Do you take her from this day forth to vacuum the floors and to dust the furniture as long as you both shall live?”
Suddenly his wife-to-be says, “Stop! If you want me as a person that only does things for you, you can hire a maid. I want you to love me and take me for who I am. If you take me for who I am, I will do all those things for you, but I want you to take me! All of me! I don’t want you to just take my benefits and not my person.”

A.W. Tozer said this,
 “Now, it seems odd that some teachers never notice that the only
true object of saving faith is none other than Christ Himself; not the ‘Savior-hood’ of Christ nor the ‘lordship’ of Christ, but Christ Himself. God does not offer salvation to the one who will believe on one of the offices of Christ, nor is an office of Christ ever presented as an object of faith.


Neither are we exhorted to believe on the atonement, nor on the cross, nor on the priesthood of the Savior. All of these are embodied in the person of Christ, but they are never separated nor is one ever isolated from the rest. Much less are we permitted to accept one of Christ’s offices and reject another. The notion that we are so permitted is a modern-day heresy, I repeat, and like every heresy it has had evil consequences among Christians”
(The Root of the Righteous, pp. 84-86).

Do you get the point?
 Why do we emphasize a part of Christ (His benefits), an office of Christ,
and not Christ?
That’s like taking a wife in marriage as your personal cook and not for her person.

   ===================================================

1. Read John 1:12.
 As many as received:
A. Him (the Lord Jesus Christ)
B. Jesus as Savior
C. Jesus as Lord
D. Jesus as priest, to them gave He power to be come the children of God


JOHN 1:12 –
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe on his name.
2. Read Acts 16:31.
 We are to believe (that is, trust or entrust) ourselves to whom?

ACTS 16:31 –
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
3. Read Luke 6:46.
 What does the word “Lord” imply?


LUKE 6:46 –
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
4. Read Matthew 1:21.
 What does the word “Jesus” imply?


MATTHEW 1:21 –
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS:
for he shall save his people from their sins.
5. Read Luke 23:2.
What does the word “Christ” imply?

LUKE 23:2 –
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the
nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he
himself is Christ a King.

LUKE 23:2 –
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the
nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he
himself is Christ a King.
6. Read Romans 1:16.
 According to this verse, the Gospel, or Good News, is __________________ .

ROMANS 1:16 –
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first,
and also to the Greek.
 
7. Read Romans 1:1-3.
The Gospel of God centers around, or is concerning, __________________ .
Part of His Son or all of His Son?

ROMANS 1:1-3 –
1) Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto
the gospel of God,
2) (Which he had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
3) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was
made of the seed of David according to the flesh.
8. Read John 6:54.
 When you eat something, what does that imply?

JOHN 6:54 –
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life;
 and I will raise him up at the last day.

9. Read Galatians 3:27.
When a person is baptized into Christ, they put on __________________ .
What part of Christ do they put on?

 GALATIANS 3:27 –
 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.



10. Read Acts 9:5-6.
 When Saul was converted, what two questions did he ask Jesus?


ACTS 9:5-6 –
5) And he said, Who art thou, Lord?
And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute: it is hard for
thee to kick against the pricks.
6) And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt
thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and
go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
11. Read Romans 7:4.
 To whom are we to be married?
To what part of Him are we married?

ROMANS 7:4 –
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ;
 that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead,
 that we should bring forth fruit unto God.


12. Are you enjoying a good marriage with Christ?
Do you talk, communicate, love, and worship Him?

 
  -----------------------------------------------------------


1. Read John 1:12.
 As many as received:
A. Him (the Lord Jesus Christ), to them gave He power to become the sons (or children)
of God

2. Read Acts 16:31.
 We are to believe (that is, trust or entrust) ourselves to whom?
The Lord Jesus Christ

3. Read Luke 6:46.
 What does the word “Lord” imply?
Master, ruler, boss, the one who has the right to control our lives. This word also
implies deity

4. Read Matthew 1:21.
 What does the word “Jesus” imply?
Jesus as Savior

5. Read Luke 23:2.
 What does the word “Christ” imply?
Jesus as our King and Messiah

6. Read Romans 1:16.
 According to this verse, the Gospel, or good news, is
__________________.
Christ Himself, which includes all His benefits

7. Read Romans 1:1-3.
 The Gospel of God centers around, or is concerning,
__________________.
God’s Son, Jesus Christ our Lord
Part of His Son or all of His Son?
All of Him

8. Read John 6:54.
When you eat something, what does that imply?
That you take all of it in. In a sense, what you eat becomes your life, your strength

9. Read Galatians 3:27.
 When a person is baptized into Christ, they put on
__________________.
All of Him

10. Read Acts 9:5-6.
 When Saul was converted, what two questions did he ask Jesus?
Who are you, and what would you have me do?

11. Read Romans 7:4.
To whom are we to be married?
To the Lord Jesus Christ
To what part of Him are we married?
All of Him



12. Are you enjoying a good marriage with Christ?
Do you talk, communicate, love, and worship Him?

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