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GOD'S VIEW ON THE SPIRIT AND SOUL'S HOUSE

By Walt Giddings

August 25, 2019

Greetings kindred and fellow sheep. We are on a first name basis here. My name is Walter. In Indiana the ministry given to me is family coach. I coach families to be good soldiers with these old fallen bodies on this side of life subsequent to the Fall of Adam in the Garden. On our plantation of a decimal point less than an acre my wife and I minister to families at the cottage. At the end of the day, after helping people deal with their lusts, I go up to the house and deal with mine. On this side of life, it is far too easy to throw something down the hatch that is no good for us. Is it just like sheep to lust for the no good!?

This is our second lesson on Bible Biology. After God dragged me to His Son Jesus Christ, the thought occurred to me to re-examine a four year course of four thousand six hundred twenty hours of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, lab analysis, pathology, diagnosis, and clinical work using the Scriptures as my road map, template, and light unto my path.

GOD'S VIEW ON THE SPIRIT AND SOUL'S HOUSE

By Walt Giddings

The Bible contains accurate information on Adam's biology, even in the fallen state.  These lessons are an introduction to discerning between the image of the earthy and the image of the heavenly.

DO YOU BELIEVE?

Copied from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore

August 18, 2019

Scripture Reading: Exodus 33:16

IN THE NEWS

Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his jail cell at 7:30 am in the morning last week, according to police. He was under “suicide watch,” which was of course a designation placed on him roughly two weeks ago to set up the back story for what just happened. Jeffrey Epstein was murdered for the simple reason that dead men don’t talk. And Epstein had a lot to say that would have implicated Bill Clinton and dozens of high-profile global power brokers who happily raped young boys and girls that were provided by Epstein as part of his blackmail-based wealth creation scheme.

The Clinton Body Count is already about 70 dead; people who have mysteriously died after possessing potentially damaging information about the Clintons. Think about this for a little bit. From the two teen age boys who were supposedly killed by a train while they were lying down on the tracks in a drug stupor, to the suicide of Epstein, there has been about 70 others murdered in mysterious ways. Found dead in a car, killed in a plane crash, found dead after supposedly jumping off a high building, found dead at home with a gun shot wound, etc

A RACIAL REVELATION

James N. Jester

August 11, 2018

Scripture Reading: Revelation 1:1-3

Introduction

This sermon will not be a study of the Book of Revelation. There is much symbolism and controversy regarding the meaning of the book. Of course, it depicts the great struggle between good and evil. The chasm between the good and the evil continues to grow larger. America needs a racial revelation to dissuade us from the current trend.

There are the various views of interpreting the book: Preterism, Historicism, Futurism, Idealism; and there are various combinations and mixtures of these systems of thought. Because there is controversy surrounding the book does not mean we should not read it. In fact, it is the only book in the Bible that grants a blessing to those who read, hears, and keeps the things written in it. That alone gives us more reason to take notice of this book.

CONSTANT UNENDING BATTLES

Copied from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore

August 4, 2019

Scripture Reading:  Leviticus 20:13 

The late Pastor Mark Downey ran for a political office when he lived in the state of Washington. During his candidacy, he and the other candidates were at a question and answer session held at a local high school sponsored by the local election committee. The purpose of this meeting was for the voters to get an idea of which candidate they would vote for in the upcoming election. So, after they gave their introductory remarks, the student body could ask the candidates questions.

During this meeting, Mark was asked the following question by a high school female student, “Mr. Downey, what is your position on homosexuals?”

Mark gave what I think was the perfect answer. He didn’t tell the young student what he thought, or what the founding fathers thought, or what anyone else thought—except his LORD God. He just quoted from memory Leviticus 20:13, our introductory verse. He gave what the LORD God of Israel thought. He said, “Leviticus 20:13” and then he quoted the entire verse, word for word.

What do you think was the reaction from the full auditorium of high school students? It was like it is in our nation. Half of the audience cheered, and the other half of the audience booed. It was a split decision. Why was the reaction so contradictory?

GOD'S VIEW ON THE SPIRIT AND SOUL'S HOUSE

By Walt Giddings

July 28, 2019

Scriptural Reading:   I Corinthians 9:27

In I Corinthians 9:27, what kind of example is Paul setting? What is he saying about the house for his spirit and soul? What does “keep under my body” mean? What is this “subjection” into which he brings his body? “Keep under” is translated from the Greek verb “to subdue. “Bring into subjection” is translated from the Greek verb “to enslave”, or “be a slave driver”.

There is a second witness in the Scriptures to our bodies being slaves. I am almost daily amazed at the understanding of God’s Word the men of King James appointment brought to the Authorized Version 1611. In Revelation 18 God’s servant John heard a voice from heaven list the Bible Biology.

Merchandise of Mystery Babylon. This list of merchandise begins with the most highly valued, and descends to the cheapest.

Revelation 18:12-13: "The merchandise of gold and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots and slaves and souls of men."

The “slaves and souls of men” are dead last. “Slaves” is translated from the Greek word for body, soma. The Greek word “soma” appears in our English expression “psychosomatic” and “somatopsychic” indicating the soul-body connection.

This lesson is Bible Biology.  In sharing this lesson together, our hope is we will be much more alert to matters of biology in The Scriptures, and we will have more of the mind of Christ in being good soldiers with these fallen bodies.

CINCINNATI'S REDEEMER HAS DIED

Compiled from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore

July 21, 2019

Scripture Reading:  1John 3:10:  “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.”

there was the headline in the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper on July 11, 2019 which said that Cincinnati’s Redeemer had died. Cincinnati’s redeemer…did Cincinnati have one? Was their redeemer a he, she, or an it? I quickly scanned the article and I found that they were referring to Marian Spencer who had died on July 8th. She lived from 1920 till 2019—99 years.

She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, home of the Bob Evans farm which later became a restaurant chain, and she was descended from a former slave named Henry Walker Alexander. Her parents were Harry Donal Alexander and Rosanna (Carter) Alexander. But she grew up in her grandfather’s home, a freed slave with her brothers and twin sister and her parents. There was very little information available about her family tree, except for the fact that she was a mongrel. She was a mixture of Scottish, Indian and Negro seed. I couldn’t find out what ethnic group the Scottish man was, whether he was Ashkenazi Jew or not, or about what tribe of Indian—but that “if she had one drop of black blood in her, then she would claim to be black.” So, she called herself “black.”

She was named “Cincinnati’s redeemer” by United States federal judge, Nathaniel Jones in the 1970s.

HEBREWS ARE HEIRS

By James N. Jester

July 14, 2019

Scripture Reading: Hebrews 1:1-4, 14; 2:1-4

The book of Hebrews was written during the last half of the first century. We do not know for sure who wrote this Epistle. The mention of Timothy (Heb. 13:23) has led some to think that Paul or one of his associates wrote it. Our friend, Bill Fink, an Internet C. I. teacher at Christogenea.com, believes Paul did write it.

The church of Alexandria appears to have been the first to consider that Hebrews was written by Paul or reflected his thought. Clement of Alexandria (c. A.D. 150-215) named Paul as the author and that he wrote it in Hebrew, but argued that Luke translated it into Greek. Origen (c. A.D. 185-253) concluded that the thoughts were of Paul but that the phraseology and composition were those of someone who was recalling the apostle’s teaching (e.g., Clement of Rome, Luke, or Priscilla). Most say it was written during the last half of the first century.

The Jamison, Fausset, Brown Commentary also believes Paul wrote it:

“The writer, though not inscribing his name, was well known to those addressed (Heb 13:19). For proofs of Paul being the author, see my Introduction. In the Pauline method, the statement of subject and the division are put before the discussion; and at the close, the practical follows the doctrinal portion. The ardor of Spirit in this Epistle, as in First John, bursting forth at once into the subject (without prefatory inscription of name and greeting), the more effectively strikes the hearers. The date must have been while the temple was yet standing, before its destruction, A.D. 70; some time before the martyrdom of Peter, who mentions this Epistle of Paul (2Pe 3:15, 3:16); at a time when many of the first hearers of the Lord were dead.” –JFB

As to who the Book of Hebrews was written to, there is plenty of confusion in judeo-Christianity.

By Alan Breitenstein

July 7, 2019

Scripture Reading: Joshua 24:15

Christ said he who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of Heaven, and he who loves father, mother, daughter, son more than me cannot be My disciple, is not worthy of Me.

Don’t look back.  It was a command.  It was issued by a supernatural being.  

Lot and his wife had 4 daughters; 2 married... and the sons-in-law mocked him.  Lot would not have been able to take his daughters from them if they were already married. Had they had Lot’s grandchildren, I, being a grandfather, would have had those servants of God put their hands on them and remove them from the city also.  Lot’s wife quite likely looked back longing for the other daughters, and she could have been longing for her home life. Ever try moving someone out of a place that they have been in for a while? It is not easy. Now Lot’s wife, because she looked back, was turned into a pillar of salt.

In Lot's wife's situation, looking back was irrational, it was also rebellion.  Maybe it was not for her daughters (or merely for her daughters), but the life of Sodom, other friends, etc.  It is hard to lose family, but when the choice is “life” or “death” and your death will accomplish nothing for the others, only a fool thinks death is something to be sniveled at or ignored.  What if the others followed...?  Her looking back was death and so she would have died, and the others would have had to leave her corpse behind.

DOES GOD WELCOME ALL? 

Copied from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore

June 29, 2019

Scripture Reading: Genesis 19:24-25

Zoar was the smallest of the five cities that were on the same very fertile plain of the Jordan River. It was there where Lot begged the two angels that his family could go instead of into the mountains. As soon as they entered the city (minus his wife because she died when she disobeyed God’s command and looked back, and his two married daughters who remained in Sodom) the destruction quickly followed. The smoke from this fire and brimstone was so great that Abraham could see the smoke from where he was living which was in Hebron (Mamre).

Maybe Zoar had 10 or more righteous people living in the city? Maybe the 10 or more righteous individuals referred to each city separately not collectively? If it had, then it could have been spared by Abraham’s intercession given in Genesis 18:23-33. Anyway, Zoar continued for many centuries, not because of Abraham’s request only, but no-doubt also because it was not as ripe for judgment as the other cities. But Lot and his two remaining daughters did not stay in this small city very long. They very quickly left town and went to the mountains. All their cattle were destroyed—they were homeless and desolate.