Don Elmore Sermons

Compiled from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore

July 17, 2016

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.”

There are many verses that contain the phrase “Jew and Gentile”, or “Jew and Greek.” Look at this one from the book of Romans:

Romans 1:16: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

What is the meaning of Jew and Greek? This message will go  into the differences of what most Judeo-Christian churches teach and  what we believe is the truth. One must identify the pronouns that are used in various verses; one must find the antecedents of the  pronouns.

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July 3, 2016

Scripture Reading: Galatians 3:28

Let’s look at these two Bible verses:

Leviticus 20:13:  “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination:  they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”

What does this verse say? Fill in the blank:

• Homosexuality is ______________.
  1. Something to take pride in.
  2. An abomination.
• The two participants in this act are _________.
  1. To be mourned if they are killed.
  2. To be put to death by the righteous government.

But many Christians take the position that there is something wrong with Christianity. It’s called the Old Testament.  Are you familiar with that homophobic, murdering text?  Most Christians called it the Jewish text and say that it does not apply to Christians.  It was part of another dispensation.  But it is right there with the Ten Commandments!

So, let’s look at a New Testament verse:

Revelation 21:27: “And there shall in no way enter into it [New Jerusalem] anything that defileth, neither he that worketh abomination, or maketh a lie, but they who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”

What is he doing that works an abomination?  One abomination is the practice of sodomy or homosexuality.  The Bible says the LGBT—the lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered will not be in the New Jerusalem.  

If the Bible teaches that all LGBTs are an abomination to the LORD, then how are they the choir directors, pastors, assistant pastors, or even members of local churches?  How are the so-called “Christian” churches reacting?  Let’s look at some of the churches on both sides of the argument. 

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June 19, 2016

Scripture Reading: Galatians 3:28

The vast majority of the world, including the Christian world, believes that the words “Jew” and “Greek” in Galatians 3:28 means Jews and then all the races who are not Jewish.  In other words, the entire world.

As the Creation Ministries International (CMI) answered the letter from a person who seemed to understand some of the Christian Identity doctrine:

“Leviticus 19:19 was no doubt prohibiting the crossing of horses with donkeys, but given that this law was intended to represent the spiritual separation of Jews from Gentiles, and that in Christ ‘there is neither Jew nor Greek’ (Galatians 3:28), such a prohibition is not binding on Christians today any more than we are prohibited from wearing shirts made of a cotton/polyester blend.

The problem was clearly that the Moabite and Midianite women were causing the Israelites to worship and sacrifice to idols, not the issue of race.”

That is 100% heresy.  The problem is race.  For no one outside of the covenant people of God were His people.  Once individuals from the race of Adam intermarried with the Canaanites or other races, their offspring were no longer God’s people.  

All people of other races are not Christians and that is one reason why interracial marriages are wrong.  This is true even today.  There cannot be a Christian black person or a Christian Asian person or a Christian Polynesian or a Christian mixed-blooded offspring.  True Christians are the New Testament pure-blooded sons of Jacob/Israel: 

“Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed” (Acts 3:25). 

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June 5, 2016

Scripture Reading: Galatians 3:28

There is a lot of confusion in the Christian world. What does a Christian really believe?  Do all races originate from Adam?  Is the oldest thing in the world only about 6,000 years old?   Did the early descendants of Adam live almost 1,000 years?  And there are many, many, many more.  These three questions are just the minute tip of a massive iceberg.

And it is certainly true in the interpretation of this verse.  One can get almost any doctrine that he wants from someone who teaches what he thinks this verse means.  But let’s raise some questions in regards to this verse in Galatians 3:28:

• Are the “Jews” the covenant people of God or are they imposters?
• Are the “Greeks” all the other races besides the Jews in the world or are they just the Greek speaking peoples?
• Are the “Jews” mentioned in this verse the House of Judah; and the “Greeks” the House of Israel?
• Can a New Guinea savage be considered a “Greek”?
• Is the “Jew” in this verse an Ashkenazi Jew or a Hassidic Jew? 
• Does this verse teach unity or equality?
• Catherine Booth (one of the Salvation Army founders) claimed that this verse gave women the right to preach and to fulfil clerical offices. 
• The interpretation of this verse changed in the nineteenth century when Enlightenment concepts of equality began to be imported into the text. 
• This is the one text that is used to prove wrongly the ordination of women. 
• Does this verse mean that these distinctions between people should be eradicated or does it mean that these distinctions are irrelevant as far as God and the church are concerned and thus Christians need not bother about them?

by Pastor Don Elmore

Part 1:  Galatians 3:28 is a very controversial verse.  When it says "there is neither Jew nor Greek...", who is meant by the "Jews" and who is meant as the "Greeks"?  We hold to a consistent Biblical position, for we denounce the popular position of Jews and non-Jews.

Part 2: Almost all people who believe that the Bible teaches interracial marriage is okay, say that there were a few exceptions to God's covenant people; in that Rahab (who they say was a Canaanite), and Ruth (who they say was a Moabite) and Moses' wife (who they say was a African black).  These three foreigners, they say, changed their way of thinking to Israel's way of living.  But these three woman in the Bible were not foreigners.

Part 3:  What are the mainstream churches doing?  They are NOT against abortion, LGBTs, same-sex marriages, and third world immigration.  The United Church of Christ, Roman Catholic Church, Answers in Genesis, Southern Baptist Convention are leading the way in teaching that racism is a sin.  They have the exact same mission that the Girl Scouts have:  to eliminate racism.  

Part 4: What is the meaning of Jew and Greek? This message will go into the differences of what most Judeo-Christian churches teach and  what we believe is the truth.  One must identify the pronouns  that are used in various verses; one must find the antecedents of the  pronouns.

Part 5: What is it that most in Judeo-Christianity don't know?  Who do they say is a Jew?  Who was missing from the land of Judea? How much do non-Jews pay in Kosher tax?

Part 6:  Most Christians believe what the Muslims and Jewish religions about the origin of all the races.  They say that all humans come from Adam and Eve.  Some say that Adam was a black man, others reason that he was a tannish color.  They all conclude that there is only one race and interracial marriage should not be forbidden because we are all one race and of the same kind.  Why do Christian Identity students disagree with this belief and say that it is a major doctrine of our enemies?

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May 22, 2016

Scripture Reading:  Leviticus 20:26

INTRODUCTION

When God severed Israel from the other races, there is no indication that this severance was for any limited period, in fact the opposite is what the truth is.  The separation was to last for an eternity.  This separation is a racial expression.  We might just as well say that it is racism on the part of God.

Did it say that Israel separated itself from the other nations; or did it say that the God of Israel separated them from other races?  If it was God, how did He do this?   

He sent the seed of Jacob to Egypt, due to a famine.  There, they lived in a place in Egypt called Goshen, where they eventually became slaves to the Egyptians after Joseph had died. 

In the fourth generation, Israel was delivered from slavery by Moses.  He miraculously led them out of Egypt and they journeyed to the Land of Promise that God said He would give them.  That land was occupied by many families consisting of giants and the Canaanites.  They were bigger and stronger than the Israelites.

God told His people that the land of these Canaanites was the land that He had promised them.  They would live in the homes that the Canaanites had built, but they would have to destroy the way that they worshipped.  They were to destroy their altars, idols and temples and, of course, all the people who lived in the land too. 

It is important to notice that the Israelites were not instructed to send missionaries to them first to see if they would believe the truth, but to totally kill each and every one of them, no matter what their age or what their gender.  Why?  Because it was impossible for them to hear and understand the gospel.  They were genetically opposed to everything God instructed His people to do.

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May 8, 2016

Scripture Reading  Acts 15:9

Last month (April, 2016) California showed the world what is coming.  Azusa Now, the meeting in the Los Angeles Colisium was in remembrance of the Azusa Street Revival 110 years ago.  The theme was every one needs to be united:  Hispanics, Blacks, Jews, Native Amerians, Chinese, etc.  Forget about what the Bible says about His covenant people being separate.

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April 24, 2016

Scripture Reading:  Genesis 25:21-23

It had been twenty years since Isaac and Rebekah had been married.  And they had no children.  So, Isaac, the husband, went to his covenant God and asked Him to help his wife get pregnant.  Isaac was the only covenant child of his father, Abraham, so he had to have children, but he didn’t.  How could Abraham become the father of many nations if his one covenant son had no children?  God did answer his prayers; in fact, Rebekah became pregnant with twins. 

But Isaac’s wife had a problem with her pregnancy.  It seemed like the two future children in her womb were fighting.   So, she went to her covenant God and asked Him about this situation.  God’s reply was:

• She was carrying in her womb two boys who would become two nations.
• The descendants of these two nations would become two different manner of people.
• One nation would be stronger than the other one.
• The first born would serve the second born.

The first born was named Esau while the younger son was Jacob.  So, Esau would serve Jacob.  Both nations would have to be in existence for one to serve the other!

What nation did the descendants of these two twin boys become?  How different were the mannerism of these two nations?  And did Isaac and Rebekah love both twin boys equally?  The Bible answers that politically correct question with an absolute no!  For “…Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison:  but Rebekah loved Jacob” (Genesis 25:28).  It was a split household.

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April 10, 2016

Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 10:4-6

Just like these ancient Israel Baal worshippers, who lived in the kingdom of Judah, we are a society that is engaged in child sacrifice.  We call it “abortion”, but the motives are still the same.  If an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy comes along, we have a mechanism “for getting rid of it” just like they did. 

Since Roe vs. Wade was decided in 1973, we have slaughtered more than 24 million of our own children.  I would venture to say that the ancient Israelite Baal worshippers never got quite that much blood on their own hands.  In plain English, I do not think that they murdered as many babies as we have!

But what’s going on in this world?  The best-known account regarding Baal in Scripture is the showdown between his priests and the God-fearing prophet Elijah at Mount Carmel. It was in the kingdom of Israel, that Elijah challenged 450 of Baal’s priests—whichever god answered the call to send fire down from the sky would be declared the true God. When the LORD answered Elijah, sending enough fire to consume offering, altar, and the surrounding water, the people worshiped the LORD and put the prophets of Baal to death (1 Kings 18).

By Pastor Don Elmore

March 27, 2016

Passover was a special time for the special people known as the covenant people of God.  They were the ones, the ONLY ones, who experienced the first Passover.  Their time in Egypt was expressed in the covenant that God made with their father, Abram and later Abraham.