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Passover or The Lord’s Supper?

by Rev Jim Jester

April 6, 2025

SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 26:30-32

“And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, ‘All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.’”

INTRODUCTION

I have subtitled this lesson “Passover or The Lord’s Supper,” because the Gospel accounts of these occasions report many things happening, so much so that sometimes we might wonder what exactly is going on. Which is most important: Passover or the Lord’s Supper? Let’s just say for now, that it’s not so much one event or the other, but that both of these events are a part of our history as Christian Israelites.

by Brian Jones

March 30, 2025

The world tells us that "love is love", but there are all kinds of love; some of which God approves and some that He does not.

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By Walter Giddings

March 16, 2025

2 Chronicles 29:10  
“…it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel.”   

In Lesson 4, Covenantkeepers, from The Light and the Glory, pp. 207-208, authors Marshall and Manuel quoted from the Puritan Pastor Rev. Thomas Hooker’s Sermon, “The Sum of Church Discipline”?  

“Mutual covenanting and confederating of the saints in the fellowship of the faith according to the order of the Gospel, is that which gives constitution and being to a visible church...”
                                             Marshall and Manuel.  The Light and the Glory.  pp. 207-208.

On the basis of this quote from Hooker’s Sermon, we faced this Question:  What must happen first before “mutual covenanting and confederating of the saints in the fellowship of the faith according to the order of the Gospel” can occur?  Before we could struggle long with that Question, one of our Elders, here, in Fellowship of God’s Covenant People answered “Separation”!  Can we have “mutual covenanting and confederating of the saints in the fellowship of the faith” outside “the order of the gospel”???  Do we recall the Pilgrims becoming the Pilgrims when they separated themselves from the Church under control of the Monarchy?  From that point on The Counterfeit persecuted the Genuine Remnant Church!  Does The Counterfeit always persecute The Genuine?!!  Is American Israel willing to fulfill its Destiny in dwelling alone?

First Missionary Journey

Copied from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore

March 9, 2025

Galatians 3:27, 28:

Where did the Kenites, Canaanites, and Edomites dwell? The Kenites (Cain’s offspring) originally were in what is known as India (land of Nod) today. They spread over the land nearby and many of them intermarried with the Canaanites, who began in the “promised land of Israel." In fact, it was called the Land of Canaan before Israel went there. The Canaanites, through the Hittites, alsohad, an Empire in what is now the modern country of Turkey and other lands that surrounded the nation of Israel, like Lebanon and Syria.

God of the Covenant

by Rev. Jim Jester

March 2, 2025

SCRIPTURE READING: Acts 7:2-5

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 105

The first 15 verses of Psalm 105 are also found in I Chronicles 16:8-22 and presented there as a composition of David, written and sung for the bringing of the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem. We can conclude then, that though this psalm is not here specifically attributed to King David, he is the author of it.

The history of God’s grace to Israel described in Psalm 105 is the history of Abraham, Joseph and Moses. This same topic is covered in the address of Stephen in Acts chapter 7:

First Missionary Journey

Copied from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore

February 23, 2025

Scripture Reading: Galatians 3:28:  “

Saul was in his youth a member of the Jews’ religion  (Judaism) and “…persecuted the church of God and wasted it” (Galatians 1:13). But when it pleased God to reveal His Son to Paul, that he might preach among the lost tribes of the former divorced House of Israel, Paul, to prepare for this task, spent three years in Damascus and Arabia. From there he thwarted an attempt to murder him by the Jews in Damascus, and went to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him for fifteen days (Galatians 1:18) until he escaped another plot by the Jews to murder him. He then went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia for about five years. (Galatians 1:21). Saul later was found by Barnabas in Tarsus and was brought to the church in Antioch, Syria, where they both taught for over a year. It was to Antioch in Syria that a host of Christian Judeans in Jerusalem and nearby areas fled after the death of Stephen.

God’s Wonders & Israel’s Rebellion

by Rev. Jim Jester

February 9, 2025

SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 78:1-4

INTRODUCTION

This psalm is titled, “A Contemplation of Asaph.” The author Asaph was the great singer and musician of David and Solomon’s era, and he was a prophet in his musical compositions. Psalm 78 is the longest of the historical psalms.

The purpose of the psalm is to teach God’s family lessons from the past; to warn them not to fall into the same mistakes as their forefathers, and to encourage them to commit to faith in God. This history also shows what God is capable of despite our failures. History must not repeat itself.

Copied from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore

February 2, 2025

Scripture Reading: Galatians 3:28  

“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

This is one of the verses in Scripture that is used the most to destroy the continuity of the Old Testament with the New Testament. It is used by many to say that there are different kinds of people addressed in each of the two Testaments:

• The Old Testament: the Jews. In Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College, December 2024, page 2, “We read in the Old Testament of God’s special covenant with the Jews, who are repeatedly described as a ‘chosen people.’”

What book in the Bible, chapter, and verse?

• The New Testament: Everyone in the world, including the non-Jews, who are called the Gentiles, or Greeks. In the Hillsdale College’s previous article, page six, it says that in Christianity, “salvation was open to every human being.”

Again, what book in the Bible, chapter, and verse?

The purpose of this sermon is to show that it is the literal descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that are the people of both Testaments. I should add that it is not “Testaments” but should be “Covenants.” Israel is the only people of the Old Covenant and the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31 and Hebrews 8:8).

By Garry Maddux

January 26, 2025

The Truman Property, located in Grandview, KS, near Kansas City, holds historical and spiritual significance. Originally owned by President Harry S. Truman, this 50-acre property ties his legacy to the work of the International House of Prayer in Kansas City (IHOPKC). IHOPKC purchased the land from a Jewish couple, intending to develop it as a hub for prayer, worship, and support for the nation of Israel. This story reveals how mainstream Christian organizations have supported the nation of Israel through financial contributions, prayer, and personal involvement. As Baldwin (2008) explains, this is an example of how organizations are often led into false teachings about modern Israel and its place in biblical prophecy.