Unveiling the Greatest News on Earth

Old Testament Scripture Reading Daniel 9:20 – 27 (NASB) Dan 9:20  Now while I was speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God, Dan 9:21  while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering. Dan 9:22  And he gave me instruction and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding. Dan 9:23  “At the beginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision. Dan 9:24  “Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place. Dan 9:25  “So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. Dan 9:26  “Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. Dan 9:27  “And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate.” New Testament Scripture Reading Romans 5:1 – 11 (NASB) Rom 5:1  Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Rom 5:2  through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. Rom 5:3  And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; Rom 5:4  and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; Rom 5:5  and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Rom 5:6  For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom 5:7  For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. Rom 5:8  But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Rom 5:9  Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. Rom 5:10  For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Rom 5:11  And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. Study Notes Transforming Power Statements: #1) In the times of the Older Testament there were many things veiled in prophecy that were unknown by most people who sought a right relationship with God and much was the distortion of God’s plan for salvation as man degraded God’s standards and substituted tainted good works in place of divine pardon mostly due to a lack of revelation. #2) Looking back after having a full blown open statement from God through the Christ and the Apostles, under girded by the Law and the Prophets, the Gospel of peace which boldly proclaims man’s incompetence and God’s never changing perfect love, is made plain for all mankind to see and for the Church to boldly proclaim to all the Earth. #3) Although there still remain elements of prophecy that are yet veiled for future times, we know that right now is the time allotted for extraneous proclamation of God’s position i.e. He is at peace and offers peace to all His enemies who approach Him by faith alone in the shed blood and righteousness of His Son Jesus which was demonstrated by His resurrection from the dead.

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Realizing The Reign of Righteousness

Old Testament Scripture Reading Hosea 13:12 – 15 (NASB) Hosea 13:12  The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is stored up. Hosea 13:13  The pains of childbirth come upon him; He is not a wise son, For it is not the time that he should delay at the opening of the womb. Hosea 13:14  Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion will be hidden from My sight. Hosea 13:15  Though he flourishes among the reeds, An east wind will come, The wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness; And his fountain will become dry, And his spring will be dried up; It will plunder his treasury of every precious article. New Testament Scripture Reading Romans 5:19 – 21 (NASB) Rom 5:19  For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. Rom 5:20  And the Law came in that the transgression might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, Rom 5:21  that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Study Notes Transforming Power Statements: #1) What could never be done by man at any time was done by Jesus Christ once and for all who believe, that is to satisfy God by righteousness. #2) God’s quest for mankind, since He loved them, was to give them that which He required and that which they could not ever produce as a means of a “Free Gift”. #3) Only through Jesus Christ is it possible for righteousness to reign which is greater than the reign of death that still exists from Adam to present for all who do not receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

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Raised To A New You

Old Testament Scripture Reading Jeremiah 1:4 – 10 (NASB) Jer 1:4  Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, Jer 1:5  “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jer 1:6  Then I said, “Alas, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth.” Jer 1:7  But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, And all that I command you, you shall speak. Jer 1:8  “Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD. Jer 1:9  Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. Jer 1:10  “See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To pluck up and to break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant.” New Testament Scripture Reading Romans 6:1 – 7 (NASB) Rom 6:1  What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? Rom 6:2  May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Rom 6:3  Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Rom 6:4  Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. Rom 6:5  For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection, Rom 6:6  knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin; Rom 6:7  for he who has died is freed from sin. Study Notes Transforming Power Statements: #1) One of the main reasons for God saving us is to make us holy so that through the extreme renewal that we present to the world in the new way we are living becomes a great testimony of the love and grace of God, thus drawing others to Him. #2) Since the ‘old you’ is still in tact, such conclusions as the thought of continuing in more and more sin are natural fallen conclusions to and endless amount of grace, however, God the Holy Spirit will never allow us to be content with the fallen behavior of the previous life. #3) Being baptized by God the Holy Spirit, that is, immersed into the death of Jesus makes the old life void in God’s sight, and brings into the ‘new you’ a new desire to obey the truth and produces a state of discontentment against living in sin; this transaction makes us a “new you”.

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Psa 32:1 (A Psalm of David. A Maskil.) How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! Psa 32:2 How blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! Psa 32:3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. Psa 32:4 For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. Psa 32:5 I acknowledged my sin to Thee, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”; And Thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin. Selah. Psa 32:6 Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they shall not reach him. Psa 32:7 Thou art my hiding place; Thou dost preserve me from trouble; Thou dost surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
New Testament Scripture Reading Romans 7:7 – 13 (NASB)
Rom 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “YOU SHALL NOT COVET.” Rom 7:8 But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead. Rom 7:9 And I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died; Rom 7:10 and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me; Rom 7:11 for sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me. Rom 7:12 So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Rom 7:13 Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
Study Notes
Transforming Power Statements: #1) The holiness of the law of God amplifies the existence of sin within all the human family, and therefore cannot ever be a means of salvation, but is a revealer of the truth about the fallen sinful heart of man. #2) The holy law of God is a mirror to reflect the deep seated inner lack of every human being to meet God’s standard of perfection and is designed to send us running to God for mercy as children often do to their parents. #3) It is not the fault of the law that we are sinners, but it is the work of the law to convict us that we are sinners who always need redemption, grace, and salvation that only God has provided in His Son Christ Jesus.

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How Sin Affects Believers

Rescued From Indwelling Sin Old Testament Scripture Reading Zechariah 3:1 – 9 (NASB) Zec 3:1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. Zec 3:2 And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” Zec 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and standing before the angel. Zec 3:4 And he spoke and said to those who were standing before him saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal robes.” Zec 3:5 Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments, while the angel of the LORD was standing by. Zec 3:6 And the angel of the LORD admonished Joshua saying, Zec 3:7 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘If you will walk in My ways, and if you will perform My service, then you will also govern My house and also have charge of My courts, and I will grant you free access among these who are standing here. Zec 3:8 ‘Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you– indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch. Zec 3:9 ‘For behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the LORD of hosts, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. New Testament Scripture Reading Romans 7:13 – 25 (NASB) Rom 7:12 So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Rom 7:13 Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful. Rom 7:14 For we know that the Law is spiritual; but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. Rom 7:15 For that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. Rom 7:16 But if I do the very thing I do not wish to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that it is good. Rom 7:17 So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which indwells me. Rom 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the wishing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. Rom 7:19 For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I practice the very evil that I do not wish. Rom 7:20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not wish, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. Rom 7:21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wishes to do good. Rom 7:22 For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, Rom 7:23 but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. Rom 7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Rom 7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin. Study Notes Transforming Power Statements: #1) The holiness of the Law of God when presented reveals to the transgressors thereof the carnality of their nature and is designed to amplify sin and draw the sinner to accountability before God. #2) The saved individual has been given a deep inner desire to please God and really wishes to live in accordance with the Law of God and is often found in conflict with God in that there is yet the presence of indwelling sin. #3) The only deliverance from such a fallen condition is by the blood of Jesus Whom God has sent forth to deliver all who believe in Him from eternal wrath and endless judgment.

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