The Supernatural Nature of the Christian Gathering (Part 5)

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right in. Today we're going to continue in what

I have been teaching us about. And it is the

supernatural nature of the Christian gathering.

What is supernatural about our gathering? Praise

the Lord. Did we just gather to meet one another?

Did we gather to ensure that people see that

we are looking good in one of our best dress

or do we gather for something else what is supernatural

about this gathering Matthew chapter 28 verse

Matthew 28:18–20

18 to 20 And Jesus came and spoke to them saying,

all authority has been given to me in heaven

and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples

of all nations, baptizing them in the name of

the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to observe all the things I've

commanded you and know I'm with you always, even

to the end of the age. Amen. This is the mandate

of every believer This is the assignment of every

believer This is what God has called every believer

to do to go and make disciples To go and make

disciples in verse 19 He says we're teaching

them to observe all the things I've commanded

you and lower with you always even to the end

of the age to make disciples to teach praise

the lord to teach matatio we said it's m a t

h e t e u o it means teaching by the way of practice

praise the lord by the way of practice it means

to model something by teaching and also by exercise

that is by practice Teaching them to observe

all the things that have commanded you so making

disciples involves Being very practical praise

the Lord. It involves being very practical So

what Christ has called us to do is a practical

thing. It is a thing that involves a lot of exercise

It involves a lot of things It is by practice

it is modeling praised the Lord So and sometimes

which I mentioned the last time why we use some

of these maybe Greek or Hebrew words Is not to

confuse you praise the Lord is not to make us

look like we are smart Praise the Lord. It's

not to make us look like all these guys there

was no something different than what we know

praise the Lord is to help us Interpret to the

scriptures properly. Praise the Lord is to help

us interpret the scriptures properly because

without it we are not effectively able to interpret

the scriptures praise the lord if you don't pay

attention to the original language or the the

text of the scripture you will not be able to

effectively interpret it you will say something

that is not saying praise the lord because the

greek and the greek is The original effects of

the scriptures. It's not to confuse you. Praise

the Lord It's not to confuse you, but it helps

you to be able to interpret the scriptures properly

So when he says to teach them to observe all

the things I've commanded you he's saying that

What we do in the Christian gathering is that

you are taught the word praise the Lord or you

learn the word, right? you learn also to minister

the word and you also learn how to apply the

word in your life this is what discipleship is

about that you are as you are taught as we are

gathered here and the word of god is coming you

have been taught the word and then you also taught

that you also should minister the word and you

also should apply this word in your life Praise

the Lord that you are complete Without any reproach

that you are complete They are not somebody that

just had the world and you run away Praise the

Lord. You're not somebody who just received the

word and you run away. You're not in the place

of discipleship But as you come to the house

of the Lord as you have come and you have believed

is that also you learn How to minister the world

you participate in the things of the kingdom

You also learn how to apply the word in your

life because this word that you are applying

is that which is able to Transform your character.

Praise the Lord. The application of the word

is able to transform your character How people

break free from different things that they are

struggling most of the time is because they don't

have enough of the world They are struggling

for long because they don't have enough of the

world they have not applied it or they don't

even know it They don't know their position in

Christ They don't know what God has said consigning

them. They don't know what God has said consigning

their situation So when you apply the word in

your life as it starts you are transformed you're

renewed So that is what discipleship is about

is that you learn the world you minister the

world and you learn to apply it in your life

Therefore I said that the church is therefore

a Bible school The church is therefore a Bible

school. It's not a place of entertainment It's

not a place where there is a list of things to

do We have this we have that It's not a place

where people come and they do as they please

Praise the Lord. It is it is a Bible school.

It's a place where you are taught the word You

are taught how to apply the word. You are taught

how to minister the word It's a place where you

are fed the word It's a place of training So,

how do you decide a What church to attend? Right,

if you don't know maybe if you're confused because

as we know a most of us if not Everybody will

someday pack their bags and say they want to

leave Cyprus, right? So how do you decide where

you will go? Know for a lot of people Through

persuasion and through encouragement They were

able to stay in any CF. Initially they came and

they were looking for vibes Am I feeling it?

Is it appealed? Is it appealing to me? Do I?

These things they are saying does it make sense

to me? That's not what you look for. Praise the

Lord or you don't go and then you say are they

young people here? is this church full of old

people i will not stay here because there are

a lot of people of my age here or do you go there

and then you're looking for different different

things to to maybe apply to you for you to be

able to stay how you decide where to go is that

is that place a bible school do they teach the

word praise the lord not 20 minutes okay i remember

pastor t was telling us of Somebody who is experiencing

20 minutes of teaching praise the Lord you will

not grow by 20 minutes of teaching Praise the

Lord it might you might You might be motivated

you might jump up you might shout you might run

around but you are not going to grow Praise the

Lord is not sufficient for you because your spiritual

being praise the Lord Your spiritual being if

you give yourself maybe if you need hundred percent

of food, right? I'm not saying all the food that

is that For you to be able to be effective in

your day. You need hundred percent food, right?

Whatever that is you and you take twenty percent

Right, you're going to start having problems

Praise the Lord. So he's saying with a spiritual

being Right? Somebody who is spiritual. Somebody

who by the Word is saved. Praise the Lord. Somebody

who by the Word is saved. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse

1 Peter 1:23

23. Sorry not of corruptible seed but incorruptible

through the word of God which leaves and abides

forever Praise the Lord. How did we become born

again? We became born again right not by corruptible

seed The word that you receive is incorruptible.

He said it is the word of God. He said he leaves

and abides forever So how is there somebody who

is who is born again is receiving less of the

thing that will continue to keep them Or the

thing that will continue to enable them to grow

Praise the Lord so you need the world so how

you decide a place that you are going to attend

is not by you know It's not by now. We have a

lot of good into interior designers They can

design a place and you will come and so people's

like this place feels like heaven Because maybe

the reception how people treat you how they greet

you, you know the music the lights nowadays Red

lights and green lights in church, right? So

there's so many things going on and you just

like wow what a place Praise the lord is not

by these are how you decide where to stay Are

they teaching the world? Is it a place? Where

the word of god is taught? Is it a place where

you are taught to the world? Where you are taught

to minister the world where you are taught to

apply the world in your life? Praise the lord

Where you are taught to apply the world in your

life The reason why I said is not a It's not

a place of entertainment is because he does not

what a spiritual being needs Praise the Lord

We rejoice in the Holy Ghost. Our joy is not

a standard. Praise the Lord Our joy is not a

standard. You're not looking for something to

make you happy Praise the Lord, you know, I've

been around different type of people and some

people they come alive when there's a drink,

you know when you bring up they just from there

it just brings them you just see them they're

very happy they're very social they're very praise

the lord they are so glad to see you all of a

sudden somebody is just happy to see you but

you don't know the influence is that because

he does smoke something or he drank something

praise the lord our joy is not external it's

not from the things that we can get we'll see

that much more later on it's not but he thinks

that is a standard So you decide to go to a church

because the word is taught Time is given to the

teaching of the word of God. It is a Bible school

People learn praise the Lord So because sometimes

you find a place where maybe the word is not

taught then other activities are created so many

things Like you're jumping from one activity

two activity three activity at the end of the

day, you know, you're just waiting Can the world

just come let's go and some people are used to

because I also grew up in such backgrounds Do

that the world comes and is very short. He just

You know, did you hear what he said today? He

said you should love your neighbor. Praise the

lord and that's what we went with Praise the

lord Why should you pay attention to the place

where the word of God is taught? first Timothy

1 Timothy 3:15

chapter 3 verse 15 First Timothy chapter 3 verse

1 Timothy 3:15

15 But if I am delayed I write so that you may

know how you ought to conduct yourself in the

house of God Which is the Church of the Living

God the pillar and the ground of truth Praise

the Lord. Why is it important is because the

church is the pillar and the ground of truth

It means that it is a place where people come

and learn the truth Praise the Lord. It is the

place where people come and learn the truth.

It is a pillar and the ground of truth It is

a Bible school so you you ought to conduct you

ought to know how to conduct yourself in that

place he says You teach the world right it is

a place of training So how do we conduct ourselves

in the house of God we know that it is a place

of teaching it is a place of training Acts chapter

Acts 2:42

2 verse 42 And they continue steadfastly in the

apostles doctrines and in fellowship and in the

breaking of bread and in prayers. Praise the

Lord. They continue steadfastly in what the apostles

doctrine and in fellowship and in breaking of

bread. They continued. The word of God is important.

It is a place the church ought to teach it, ought

to give time to it. This is what the church should

be a place of teaching a place of training Mark

Mark 16 · chapter mention

chapter 16 from s 15 to 18 Mark chapter 16 And

Mark 16 · chapter mention

he said to them, go into all the world and preach

the gospel to every creature. He who believes

and is baptized will be saved, while he who does

not believe, he who does not believe will be

condemned. And these signs will follow those

who believe. In my name they will cast out demons,

they will speak with new tongues. They will take

up serpent, and if they drink anything deadly,

it will by no means hurt them. They will lay

hands on the sick, and they will recover. Praise

the Lord. So when a person or when a man is born

again, his purpose changes. Praise the Lord.

He has a different purpose. He has a different

view about life. Praise the Lord. He's no longer

going the way he was going. He's no longer following

the things that he's following now. He becomes

somebody who is what a teacher of the world He's

discipled. So he also disciples people His mandates

becomes to announce God to teach praise the Lord

to announce God as King What is he saying to

them? What is he announcing? What God has done

right right what God is doing at this time and

what God would do praise the Lord His teaching

is announcing God as King He's announcing what

God has done That is what he's teaching. He's

announcing what God has done You're telling people

the things that Christ has done Praise the Lord.

I was listening to someone and he was just talking

about the scriptures. And the thing that I picked

more in what he's saying is how he's presenting

it. Like how, for example, he's telling you about

the gospel as though you never had it before.

as though you were never in church. There was

excitement in his voice. He has said it thousands

and thousands and thousands of times and he's

saying it everywhere. It's something that he

does all the time. But when he comes again to

say it, he comes to say it again with the same

level of gladness. Praise the Lord. Because it

is the good news. He knows how important it is

for you to hear the gospel. Praise the Lord.

so when you are what you are doing is that you

are now seeing what God has done the good tiding

of what Christ has done praise the Lord and what

he is currently doing praise the Lord and what

he will do or what he's planning to do that is

what you are preaching That is what a believer

does. That is what somebody who is born again

does is that you are excited about the things

that have happened to you. Praise the Lord. And

if you're not excited, it also means that there

is need for or if you're not doing this, it means

that there's need for more training. Praise the

Lord. It means that you need to know the world

more. Praise the Lord. So it means that the believer

is able to explain the scriptures. You're not

somebody who is, you know, you just maybe quote

one, two, three, four places. And then you keep

going. Maybe just to make your point. Is that

you are able to explain the scriptures. You are

able to share the gospel. So like I said your

life changes your purpose is changes when you

become a believer So you no longer measure your

life by the things that you have achieved in

the natural Praise the Lord. You're no longer

defining your life But you measure your life

but the gospel you preach by the practice of

the gospel praise the Lord By the ministry of

the gospel I Know many people they want to they

want to buy this I want to buy that which is

great And you should buy that praise the Lord,

but you're not you're not defining your life

by them Praise the Lord. You will not come and

say I'm not sure if it's bad or not. For example

now you just bought a big car You don't say,

ah, see what God has done. Praise the Lord. It

is important for you to have a big car if you

need it, praise the Lord. But you're not, you're

not, your joy is not that, praise the Lord. Your

joy is that you are preaching the gospel, that

as a result of your life, people are transformed

as a result of your obedience to the things of

god people's life are being transformed praise

the lord when you see a person healed you say

this is what god has done praise the lord because

god says what that he would provide for you the

things that you need he's going to provide it

praise the lord that is already guaranteed by

god that he will take care of you So you no longer

have to be boasting about all. Praise the Lord.

You are boasting about the things that you are

doing for the kingdom. That you are a minister

of the kingdom. That you practice the things

of God. You measure your life by the gospel that

you preach. The practice of it. The ministry

of it. Not by your natural success. You know,

maybe they don't put doctor on your name as a

PhD holder. You just scatter the place praise

the Lord maybe they call you to preach somewhere

and then Mistakily, they did not complete the

names who have seen that viral video of that

woman. There's an apostle and a doctor who is

good Praise the Lord. So if if they don't say

something it's like no, no, no, praise the Lord

You understand what success is Because your purpose

is different John chapter 20 from this 21 to

John 20 · chapter mention

22 So Jesus said to them again Peace to you as

a father has sent me I also send you And when

he has said this, he breathed on them and he

said to them, receive the Holy Spirit. If you

forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If

you retain the sin of any, they are retrained.

Praise the Lord. So Pasifreda has taught us a

lot about this message. You can go and check

it out on our... Spotify and many other platforms

about the forgiveness of sins Praise the Lord

So God has sent us right or go sorry God sent

us so that We will do his will He says as a father

has sent me I also send you Jesus is saying that

he's me your that his mission has become your

mission praise the Lord His mission now has become

your mission You have inherited something. Praise

the Lord. You have inherited a mission to forgive

sins. Praise the Lord. You have inherited mission

to forgive sins. As we know, as Pastor Astotus,

He said, God is the one who forgives sins. It

is God who forgives sins. Praise the Lord. It

is God who forgives sins. Psalms, chapter 103,

Psalms 103 · chapter mention

from verse one to three. He said, bless the Lord,

all my soul, and all that is within me, bless

his holy name. Bless the Lord, all my soul, and

forget not his benefits. who forgive all your

iniquity, who heals all your diseases. So it

is God that is forgiving sins. It is God that

forgives sins. My catch of the seven from verse

18 to 19. My catch of the seven from verse 18

to 19. M I C A H Micah, chapter 17, from verse

18 to 19 says, who is a God like you, pardoning

iniquity and passing over the transgression of

the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain

his anger forever because he delights in mercy.

Exodus, chapter 20. Exodus chapter 34 from verse

Exodus 20 · chapter mention Exodus 34 · chapter mention

6 to 7. It says, And the Lord passed before him

and proclaimed, The Lord the Lord God, merciful

and gracious, long -suffering and abounding in

goodness and truth. Keeping mercy for thousands

for giving iniquity and transgressions and sins

by no means and by no and by no means clearing

the guilty Visiting the iniquity of the father

upon the children and the children's children

to the third and the fourth generation I read

this thing so that you will go to pastor Victor's

teaching Praise the Lord. These last parts. Okay,

so that you go and listen to Pastor Victor's

teaching. So he's not saying that God is not

going to forgive their sins. We learn that, okay?

So you go back to that and listen to that message.

So God is the one that forgives sins. But what

we do is that we partner with him. Praise the

Lord. When we become believers and disabled,

We partner with God to forgive sins So when you

preach to somebody and the person believes what

you just did is that you partnered with God and

their sins are forgiven? Praise the Lord When

you preach to somebody and they believe Right

and the person believes what you just did is

that you partnered with God and their sins are

forgiven You are an agent of God. Praise the

Lord. You've become an agent of God So even in

our lives, right? Somebody offends you. Somebody

does something bad to you. Praise the Lord. We

are taught that as well. How forgiveness of sin

is rendered. So when somebody offends you and

you forgive them, what you are doing is that

you are an agent of God. Praise the Lord. You

are giving forgiveness. So you are acting, so

God is acting through you, right? And you are

showing God's nature of forgiveness. So when

you forgive sins, somebody offends you, or you

preach the gospel, right? God is acting through

you. And you are showing the nature of God by

forgiveness. Praise the Lord. You are showing

that you belong to God. The person that forgives

him is just declaring that I am of God Praise

the Lord. The person that forgives him is declaring

that he is of God So when you hold a grudge against

somebody right that unforgiveness is seen Right

because you don't believe You are you're showing

like I said when you forgive sins when you preach

or when you forgive somebody that offends you

Right what you are showing is that you're showing

God's nature like through your life by forgiveness

When you don't you are showing unbelief Praise

the Lord why because God has forgiven so we forgive

Praise the Lord because God has forgiven so we

forgive So when you don't forgive it means that

you don't you are showing that you don't believe

the forgiveness of God That's what you're showing.

You're showing that you don't believe the forgiveness

of God Colossians chapter 3 verse 13 Colossians

Colossians 3:13 Colossians 3:13

chapter 3 verse 13 Bearing with one another forgiving

one another If anyone has a complaint against

Eloda, even as Christ forgave you, so you also

must forgive. Praise the Lord. Why do you forgive?

Because you are forgiven. Praise the Lord. You

have the ability to forgive because you are somebody

who is forgiven. You are somebody who is forgiven.

You forgive because God has forgiven your sin.

forgiveness comes from God and you are born of

God praise the Lord you forgive because God has

forgiven you forgiveness comes from God and you

are born of God you have the ability to forgive

because you are born of God so God giving us

a spirit right as we saw in the Jones of the

20 is to partner with him is to partner with

him to bring about his forgiveness on the earth

is to partner with him let's go back to Matthew

Matthew 20 · chapter mention

chapter 20 20. Matthew 28 verse 20. It's a teaching

Matthew 28:20

them to observe all the things that have commanded

you and know I'm with you always even to the

end of the age. So this teaching here we said

is the word disaster right d -a sorry d -i -d

-a -s -k -o right it means that discipleship

involves teaching it involves instruction it

means to give instructions right it means to

educate it means to educate he means to teach

so he said that teaching them to observe the

things that he has commanded you so jesus has

taught his disciples some things praise the lord

and he's saying that you should teach other people

the things that i taught you so what did he just

what did you just teach them what did jesus teach

his disciples or where did he teach them from

the teaching that he was teaching them where

did he get it from did they just come from the

stars from the moon from his ideas from what

he thinks about life praise the lord or did he

come from his experience where did he come from

luke chapter 24 luke chapter 24 verse 25 to 27

Luke 24 · chapter mention Luke 24:25–27

then he said to them all foolish ones and snow

of heart to believe in all that the prophet has

spoken or not the Christ to have suffered these

things and and to enter his glory and beginning

at Moses and all the prophet he expounded to

them in all the scriptures the things consigning

himself verse 44 Then he said to them These are

the words which I spoke to you while I'll stay

with you that all Things must be fulfilled which

was written in the law of Moses and in the prophets

and in the Psalms consigning me the rest verse

And he opened the understanding that he may comprehend

the scriptures praise the Lord So he said that

what he espounded the scriptures to them In all

the scriptures the things concerning himself.

So Jesus was teaching them from the scriptures

Praise the Lord. Jesus was teaching them From

the scriptures when he say espound, right? It

means to interpret to explain Is a word I manual

D I E R M E N E U O It means to interpret to

explain so Jesus was explaining the scriptures

to them and showing them that he was talking

about him praise the Lord, he did not say believe

in me and Just believe in me praise the Lord

just believe what I'm saying to you Or he will

use the phrase that my wife does not like when

I use I will lie for you. Right? Jesus was also

saying to them, I will lie for you. Just believe

me. No. He went to the scriptures to show them

the things concerning himself. Praise the Lord.

He's going to prove. He's also saying, you know,

I'm your senior. You know, I know these things

more than you. I'm spiritual, you are not. You

cannot understand it. You're too dull of understanding.

Do you understand? that's all he was saying to

them he said he went to the scriptures like come

let's go and research together praise the lord

so so if somebody is having doubts about the

scriptures about their faith about you don't

you don't say why you have you have tarried on

this mountain too long praise the lord you have

stayed there for too long you should have understanding

no you go again and you open the scriptures Praise

the Lord. So Jesus touched the touch them from

the scriptures. He explained he interpreted So

when he says that he opened their understanding

the last time we're here I said it was not that

he lay hands on them as they receive understanding

Praise the Lord is by explanation The way that

you understand the course by your teacher taking

the time to explain to you right he went and

he taught them the scriptures were saying things

consigning him and they believed not because

he was the one saying it but because they saw

the explanation as he was explaining they were

seeing it praise the lord from the scriptures

so it's also an attitude that you should have

like i said when you are deciding where you want

to worship praise the lord that somebody is able

to explain the scriptures They're not just saying

believe it believe it believe it Praise the Lord.

They are able to explain the scriptures. Praise

the Lord and they know that in the explanation

is The Holy Spirit also working to also help

you understand to also help you comprehend Praise

the Lord If he did not explain scriptures for

you, there's no there's no work that would be

done in you. Praise the Lord So again So that

is what Jesus was doing to them he expounded

the scriptures he explained to them, right So

it therefore means that we need to handle the

scriptures with a skillfulness, praise the Lord.

You need to give yourself to learning the scriptures.

That's why we're teaching sometimes the way we

teach is so that you also begin to learn how

to handle the scriptures. Praise the Lord. You

will not dismiss things. You will not just be

quoting scriptures here and there. join this

join that join that you you keep going you keep

going there is no explanation what is that place

saying how does he how does it he how does it

tally with what you are trying to say praise

the lord so quoting scriptures is not teaching

i'm quoting it here here here is not you that's

you you're not teaching praise the lord you're

just saying you're just saying so many things

So the way you handle the scriptures also give

an indication of the church that you offend Praise

the Lord the way you handle the scriptures the

way you you look at the scriptures the way you

pay attention to the scriptures the skillfulness

that you have in Interpreting or in explaining

the scriptures shows the kind of church that

you offend So you must know how to explain the

scriptures. You must strive to explain the scriptures

praise the lord don't be happy to be just let

and just give me the word me i'm just a receiver

praise the lord i'll keep receiving just keep

saying it i'll keep writing just keep saying

also learn how to explain it praise the lord

it takes time it takes a lot of effort praise

the lord but also learn how to explain the scriptures

so that your children example let's bring it

very close we know that God's mandate is for

you to do around the world but let's bring it

closer right so your children will not be 16

and then they had the scriptures for the first

time somewhere praise the Lord they say wow is

this the explanation I'm just hearing it for

the first time and apparently their father or

their mother is a confessing believer Praise

the Lord. It means that you have left the work

of the Lord. You left you let you forgot the

nations You forgot your family. Praise the Lord

It means that that mandates that is saying go

and preach to all the world. You did not take

it up It means you left it It means you were

not practicing it It means that you have a refused

to allow yourself so that God can walk through

you Praise the Lord To strive to be able to explain

the scriptures verse 44 to 45 of that place Luke

Luke 24 · chapter mention

chapter 24 44 to 45 He said then he said to them

These are the words which I spoke to you while

I was still with you That all this all things

must be fulfilled which was written in the law

and in the prophets and in the sons concerning

me and he opened the understanding that he may

comprehend the scriptures he did that by explanation

so jesus was teaching from the scriptures and

as he said the scriptures or the bible that jesus

had was not matthew mark luke and john he did

not have those he did not have the acts of the

apostles praise the Lord what he had was Genesis

to Malachi praise the Lord what Jesus had the

explanation he was giving them was Genesis to

Malachi so the context of Jesus explanation the

context of his walk on earth is what Genesis

to Malachi that's what he was explaining to them

that's where he he did his walk The volume of

the books written concerning him was not Luke.

It was Genesis to Malachi. Praise the Lord. It

means that God was saying was saying was already

saying so many things from there. The things

that were there were sufficient enough. Praise

the Lord. so We also can observe that sometimes

that the book of the Old Testament were called

the prophets Right in that same place where we

read Luke chapter 24 verse 25 Luke chapter 24

Luke 24:25 Luke 24:25

verse 25 He says and then he said to them all

foolish ones of snow had to believe in all that

the prophet has spoken praise the Lord In all

that the prophets have spoken verse 27 It's a

beginning and beginning at Moses and in all the

prophets He has founded to them in all the scriptures

the things for assigning himself verse 44 Then

he said to them these are the words which I spoke

to you while I was still with you that all things

must be fulfilled which was written in the law

of Moses and in the prophets and in the Psalms

consigning me. Praise the Lord. So the scriptures

were called Psalms. They were called prophets.

They were called the laws of Moses. Praise the

Lord. So we see that the word prophet was repeated

so many times in these places that we read. So

one of the ways in which the scriptures is described

is as the prophets. Praise the Lord. the scriptures

is described as the prophets so the Old Testament

book is called the prophets we see that more

Acts chapter 2 verse 21 Acts chapter 2 sorry

Acts 2:21 Acts 2 · chapter mention

Acts chapter 3 verse 21 Acts chapter 3 You say,

Acts 3:21 Acts 3 · chapter mention

whom heaven must receive until the time of restoration

of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth

of all his holy prophets since the beginning,

since the world begun. Verse 22. For Moses truly

said to the fathers, the Lord your God will raise

up for you a prophet like me from your brethren,

him you shall hear in all things, whatever he

says to you. verse 24 to 25 the prophets so another

way to look at the scriptures is the prophets

so he already shows us the background of the

context of the scriptures the prophets Romans

Romans 16:25–26

chapter 16 verse 25 to 26 Romans chapter 16 verse

Romans 16:25–26

25 to 26 Romans 16 now to him who is able to

establish you according to the gospel and the

preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation

of the mystery kept secret since the world began

but now made manifest by the prophetic scriptures

made known to all the nation according to the

commandments of the everlasting god for obedience

to the faith praise the lord prophetic scriptures

Romans chapter one verse two which he promised

through his prophets in the holy scriptures his

prophets so the bible is called the prophet hebrew

chapter one verse one God who at various time

and in various ways spoken in time past to the

fathers by the prophets Praise the Lord. So the

Bible is therefore a book of prophets. It's a

prophetic book It's not a commercial book. Praise

the Lord. It's not a five -step book. Praise

the Lord is not a Just put the ETC there It is

a prophetic book. Second Timothy chapter 3 verse

2 Timothy 3:16

16. Second Timothy chapter 3 verse 16. He said,

2 Timothy 3:16

all scriptures is given by the inspiration of

God and is profitable for doctrines, for reproof,

for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

Right? That word inspiration is also another

way to say prophets. Praise the Lord. Peter chapter

1 from verse 10 to 12. 1 Peter chapter 1 from

1 Peter 1 · chapter mention

verse 10 to 12. Of the salvation the prophet

have inquired and sat carefully who prophesied

of the grace that will come to you. Such in what

manner of time the spirit of Christ who was in

them was indicating when he testified beforehand

the suffering of Christ and the glories that

would follow. To them it was a review that sorry

to them. It was a review that Not to them then

not to themselves But to us they were ministering

things which now have been reported to you through

those who have Preached the gospel to you by

the Holy Spirit sent from heaven things with

angel desire to look into Second Timothy sorry

second Peter chapter 1 of his 19 to 21 Second

2 Peter 1 · chapter mention

Peter chapter 19 to 21. And so we have prophetic,

the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well

to hit as light that shines in that place, in

that place until the day dawns and the morning

star rises in your heart. Knowing this first

and no prophecy of scripture, is of any private

interpretation verse 21 for prophecy never came

by the will of man but holy men of god spoke

as they were moved by the holy spirit praise

the lord so the entire old testament right is

called the world of prophecy it refers to it

as prophets praise the lord it refers to it Luke

Luke 11 · chapter mention

chapter 11, from verse 49 to 51. Luke chapter

Luke 11 · chapter mention

11. Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I

will send the prophets and the apostle, and some

of them they will kill and persecute. That the

blood of all the prophets which was shed from

the foundation of the world may be required of

this generation From the blood of Abel to the

blood of Zechariah who perished between the altars

and the temple Yes, I say to you it shall be

required of this generation Praise the Lord.

So Jesus is talking about the Old Testament or

the Old Testament So look who he called the prophet

Praise the Lord verse 51 look who we call the

prophet he said from the blood of Abel right

so Abel that we saw or that you might think of

as somebody who brought a firm product to God

as offering Christ is saying that he's a prophet

praise the Lord so he's not just that person

that was bringing the wonderful as you look at

it which we also saw in the church he's not somebody

that you look at as he's not just the person

you look at somebody who brought the sacrifice

of his farm product or his of the yield of the

land to god and his brother killed him that's

not just that man that man christ says he's what

the prophet he's or abel was a prophet hebrew

chapter 11 verse 4 Hebrews 11, they saw. They

said, by faith Abel offered to God a more excellent

sacrifice than Cain through which he obtained

witness that he was righteous, God testifying

of his gift. Through it, he, being dead, still

speaks. Praise the Lord. Abel was a prophet.

So the entire Old Testament was referred to as

the prophet, which means that if a book is called

a prophet, A way to see it contextually, that

is the word in it, the interpretation of it is

what? The prophet. So if the book, if something

is called the prophet, so the way you look at

it properly is the way you read it, the way you

interpret it is that is the prophet. So if you're

reading, if somebody writes, if a psychologist,

I don't know if we have a psychologist here,

if a psychologist writes a book, You know, you

can be sure that some of the things they wrote

would focus more on things concerning psychology

Praise the Lord. It will not be something relating

to something else right because this is their

field. Praise the Lord So if a Bible is written

by prophet, it means that the context of it right

would be the prophets Praise the Lord. It will

mean the prophets. So who is a prophet? Praise

the Lord. We're going to answer that on Wednesday

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