BIBLE DOCTRINE WITH PASTOR ROBERT R. MCLAUGHLIN

BIBLE DOCTRINE WITH PASTOR ROBERT R. MCLAUGHLIN

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  • Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
    Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
    Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
    Oh were you there when they crucified my Lord?
    (Ohh, sometimes it causes me to tremble)
    Tremble
    Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
    Were you there when they nailed Him to the cross?
    Were you there when they nailed Him to the cross?
    (Ohh, sometimes it causes me to tremble)
    Tremble
    Were you there when they nailed Him to the cross?
    Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
    Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
    (Ohh, sometimes it causes me to tremble)
    Tremble
    Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
    Well, were you there when the stone was rolled away?
    Were you there when the stone was rolled away?
    (Ohh, sometimes it causes me to tremble)
    Tremble
    Were you there when the stone was rolled away?
    4 min
  • The Healing Hand of God

    "Healing Hand Of God"

    I have seen the many faces,
    I fear in the pain.
    I have watched the tears fall plenty,
    From heart ache and strength.
    So if life's journey, Has you weary and afraid.
    There's rest in the shadow of his wings.
    I have walked through the valleys,
    The mountains and plains.
    I have held the hand of freedom,
    It washes all my stains.
    If you feel the weight of many trials,
    And burdens from this world.
    There's freedom in the shelter of the Lord.

    [Chorus:]
    I have seen,
    The healing hand of God,
    Reaching out and mending broken hearts.
    Taste and see the fullness of His peace,
    And hold on to what's being held out.
    The healing hand of God.

    I have touched the scars upon His hands,
    To see if they were real.
    He has walked the road before me,
    He knows just how I feel.
    When you feel there is not anyone,
    Who understands your pain,
    Just remember all of Jesus' suffering.

    [Chorus]

    Cast all your cares on Him,
    For He cares for you.
    He's near to the broken and confused.
    By His stripes,
    Our spirit is renewed.
    So enter in the joy prepared for you.

    [Chorus]

    The healing hand of God [x2]
    And hold on to what's being held out [x2]
    The healing hand of God
    Oh Oh Oh Oh

    5 min
  • The Healing Hand of God
    Healing Hand Of God
    I have seen the many faces,
    I fear in the pain.
    I have watched the tears fall plenty,
    From heart ache and strength.
    So if lifes journey, Has you weary and afraid.
    Theres rest in the shadow of his wings.
    I have walked through the valleys,
    The mountains and plains.
    I have held the hand of freedom,
    It washes all my stains.
    If you feel the weight of many trials,
    And burdens from this world.
    Theres freedom in the shelter of the Lord.
    [Chorus:]
    I have seen,
    The healing hand of God,
    Reaching out and mending broken hearts.
    Taste and see the fullness of His peace,
    And hold on to whats being held out.
    The healing hand of God.
    I have touched the scars upon His hands,
    To see if they were real.
    He has walked the road before me,
    He knows just how I feel.
    When you feel there is not anyone,
    Who understands your pain,
    Just remember all of Jesus suffering.
    [Chorus]
    Cast all your cares on Him,
    For He cares for you.
    Hes near to the broken and confused.
    By His stripes,
    Our spirit is renewed.
    So enter in the joy prepared for you.
    [Chorus]
    The healing hand of God [x2]
    And hold on to whats being held out [x2]
    The healing hand of God
    Oh Oh Oh Oh
    5 min
  • BY FAITH ISAAC BLESSED JACOB AND ESAU, EVEN REGARDING THINGS TO COME. PART 2
    By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. Part 2
    Friday, March 20, 2009
    When God the Holy Spirit covers a man’s life in a passage like Heb 11 in one sentence like this, there’s got to be a lot in the sentence.
    There are some individuals who think that if the truth is not right out on the surface then it’s not for us to know.
    MAT 13:10-11 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables? And He answered and said to them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.”
    PRO 23:23 Buy truth, and do not sell it [don’t sell out on it like so many have], buy wisdom and instruction and understanding.
    HEB 11:6 And without doctrine resident in the soul it is impossible to please Him, for he who is occupied with the God must be convinced by resident doctrine that He is, and that He becomes a rewarder to those who diligently seek Him.
    “Those who seek Him” - pres-act-part - ekzetousin = diligently or earnestly seek, a verb of obsession.
    It means that something becomes so important in your life that it crowds out other things just like an obsession would.
    It also means to seek out, to search for, to continually habitually seek in its participial form.
    The verb therefore is used for consistent positive volition toward Bible doctrine.
    Static present used for a condition which perpetually exists. It represents the importance of being consistent with your positive volition toward doctrine.
    “Seeking Him” is gutting it out, day in and day out with doctrine.
    HEB 11:6 And without doctrine resident in the soul it is impossible to please Him, for he who is occupied with the God must be convinced by that resident doctrine that He is, and that He becomes a rewarder to those who diligently seek Him.
    DEU 4:29 “But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.”
    PSA 34:10 The young lions do lack and suffer hunger; But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.
    PRO 28:5 Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the Lord understand all things.
    Ekzetousin - the verb to seek = to investigate, to scrutinize, to crave and desire for something, therefore P.V.T.D.
    MAT 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.”
    COL 2:3 in whom [Jesus Christ] are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
    There are spiritual treasures, physical treasures,
    mental treasures, social treasures, sexual treasures etc.
    all kinds of treasures that need to be dug up.
    MAT 13:45-46 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
    COL 3:1 If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
    The pure milk of the word means the unadulterated, unpolluted, unspotted, untainted teaching of the word of God.
    MAT 18:3 “Unless you are converted and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
    1CO 14:20 Brethren, do not be children in your thinking, in evil be babes, but in your thinking be mature.
    There is a desire for Bible doctrine or the word of God placed in the believer’s life; however, every believer does not have this desire fulfilled.
    HEB 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.
    COL 3:1 If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
    The pure milk of the word means the unadulterated, unpolluted, unspotted, untainted teaching of the word of God.
    MAT 18:3 Unless you are converted and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
    1CO 14:20 Brethren, do not be children in your thinking, in evil be babes, but in your thinking be mature.
    There is a desire for Bible doctrine or the word of God placed in the believer’s life; however, every believer does not have this desire fulfilled.
    COL 3:1 If then you have been raised up with Christ [and you have] keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
    To seek - pres-act-imp - zeteite = to search for, to pursue, to endeavor to obtain, to investigate, to examine, to desire to possess, to look for.
    Present tense =
    Keep on searching for,
    Keep on pursuing,
    Keep on endeavoring to obtain,
    Keep on investigating,
    Keep on examining,
    Keep on desiring to possess,
    Keep on looking for.
    MAR 12:30 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your
    strength.”
    PRO 2:4 “Seek her [wisdom] as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures;”
    JER 29:13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for me with all your heart.
    “By faith” - instrumental singular - Pistei = “by means of doctrine resident in the soul”
    Isaac - noun Isaak = laughter.
    GEN 17:17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
    GEN 18:12 And Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
    GEN 17:19 But God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac [Jitschak - laughter];”
    Isaac was born about 2061 B.C., Abraham was about 100 and Sarah was about 90.
    So around 2021 B.C. when he was about 40 years old, father Abraham decided to help him out, and so he sent one of his trusted servants to go and pick up a wife for him, GEN 24:4.
    Isaac was by character and disposition inclined to be passive and unaggressive, especially since his mother died.
    Abraham did not want Isaac to leave the land of Canaan, not even for the purpose of choosing a wife, lest he should be tempted to stay there.
    The servant found a woman called Rebekah who was a fascinating woman and he took her back to marry Isaac.
    Her name Rebekah, Rivqah means to chain or shackle by beauty.
    Gaze - sha’ah = to be stunned, to be astonished, it has the idea of becoming lightheaded or overwhelmed.
    GEN 11:27 Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran;
    GEN 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah,
    GEN 22:23 And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah:
    ECC 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
    He has been mourning for three years, GEN 21:5; GEN 23:1; GEN 24:67; GEN 25:20.
    52 min
  • BY FAITH ISAAC BLESSED JACOB AND ESAU, EVEN REGARDING THINGS TO COME
    By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.
    Thursday, March 19, 2009
    HEB 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.
    On the surface what Isaac is said to have done doesn’t seem to be a qualification for making God’s hall of fame in Heb 11.
    HEB 11:4 By means of doctrine [resident in the soul] Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, through which [offering] he received confirmation that he kept on being righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through it [the doctrine resident in his soul], though he is dead, he still speaks.
    He was the first member of the human race who was ever killed because of his relationship with God.
    HEB 11:5 By means of doctrine [resident in the soul] Enoch was transferred so that he should not even see death; and he was not found because God had transferred him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.
    HEB 11:7-8 By means of doctrine resident in the soul, Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, in reverence constructed a ship for the deliverance of his family, through which he condemned the world or the cosmos, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to doctrine. By means of doctrine resident in the soul, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.
    HEB 11:17 By means of doctrine resident in the soul Abraham, when he was being tested, offered up Isaac; and he who had received the promises went right on offering up his uniquely born son;
    HEB 11:11 By means of doctrine resident in the soul even Sarah herself received sexual ability for the deposit of sperm, even though she was beyond the proper time of life for conception, because she considered Him faithful who had promised;
    HEB 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.
    Doctrine changes people for the better.
    HEB 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.
    When God the Holy Spirit covers a man’s life in a passage like Heb 11 in one sentence like this, there’s got to be a lot in the sentence.
    There are some individuals who think that if the truth is not right out on the surface then it’s not for us to know.
    MAT 13:10-11 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” And He answered and said to them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.”
    55 min
  • MEET REBEKAH - ANOTHER WOMAN HAVING TO OVERCOME PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES
    Meet Rebekah - another woman having to overcome problems and difficulties.
    Friday, March 13, 2009
    This is a reference to the previous case history of Ishmael and Isaac.
    Human viewpoint might object to the first case history.
    It might object on the basis of the fact that Ishmael, the firstborn of Abraham, was also a bastard or born illegitimately.
    Neither physical birth nor the character of the mothers, nor any other human factor, is the issue.
    The eldest twin is a Gentile, Esau; the youngest twin is a Jew.
    The difference between them was not in their natural birth, their personality, or anything related to their human birth. Their difference was in their spiritual birth or lack of it.
    In eternity past the omniscience of God knew that the firstborn, Esau, would reject Christ as Saviour.
    This means that his printout includes condemnation for all eternity and many types of discipline for time.
    Omniscience fed into the computer of divine decrees information, resulting in the election of Jacob and the condemnation of Esau.
    Rebekah - becca -
    “a heifer, a young cow” =
    a symbol of fertility.
    Jacob - “he who grabs for something” = either his brother’s heel at the moment of birth, or his brother’s inheritance later on.
    Esau was nicknamed Edom, which meant “red” either of complexion or hair; Esau was born with a ruddy complexion, then spent most of his time outdoors in the sun, so his face and skin may have been unusually reddened.
    This story shows the gradual fulfillment of the promise made by God that Sarah and Abraham would have many descendants, enough to become a nation.
    GEN 26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
    - KJV
    The New King James -
    GEN 26:8 Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, showing endearment to Rebekah his wife.
    The RSV -
    GEN 26:8 When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac fondling Rebekah his wife.
    The Living Bible -
    GEN 26:8 But sometime later, King Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out of a window and saw Isaac and Rebekah making love.
    Isaac is 137 years old, GEN 47:9; GEN 41:46; GEN 31:38; GEN 25:26.
    Listen - Qal imperative - shama = to obey.
    Smooth - adjective chalaq = although it refers to his skin, its basic meaning is to be smooth with the tongue.
    All three verbs here are in the imperative mood = obey, go, and get them.
    Here we see Rebekah doing the same thing that Sarah did, trying to achieve the divine promise by human viewpoint.
    Human viewpoint never can assist divine plans but merely complicates matters even more.
    When you get into the ginger bread stuff and the dog and pony show like most believers today, you get involved with all that nonsense and you end up rejecting doctrine.
    You get out in ginger bread land, the fluffy stuff, all the nonsense and you become a stereo type Christian.
    47 min
  • MANY TIMES PROSPERITY IS AN OPEN DOOR THROUGH WHICH WE GO ASTRAY
    Many times prosperity is an open door through which we go astray.
    Thursday, March 12, 2009
    Under spiritual blessings, the supergrace believer also has the ability to correctly interpret contemporary history, to evaluate current events in the light of the Word of God.
    The mature believer is the greatest innovator in time of historical disaster because he has grace orientation, freedom orientation, authority orientation, common sense, a total sense of security, whether in prosperity or disaster.
    His first wife was a witch who threw her son’s foreskin at his feet and complained about his calling, EXO 4:25-26.
    Technical prosperity or mental prosperity = the ability to think and concentrate increases.
    This will give you a greater capacity for life and you will have a great deal of interest toward life.
    Cultural prosperity = maximum enjoyment of drama, art, literature, music, history.
    Establishment prosperity includes enjoyment of freedom, privacy, protection of life and property from criminals and reprisal. There is also prosperity in the area of health.
    Blessings by association.
    There are also geographical blessings to the supergrace believer’s city, state, and nation. Historical blessings,2TI 1:5.
    They are the MAT 5:13-14 individual, the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
    Undeserved suffering. Only in time does God have the opportunity to give us pressure, disaster, and undeserved suffering to prove to Satan and the fallen angels that Bible doctrine can handle any situation.
    God gives us the ability to handle suffering and turn suffering into blessing, ROM 8:28,
    DEU 23:5.
    Undeserved suffering is also used by God to help you keep your eyes on God and your focus on eternity, REV 2:10;
    2CO 12:9-10.
    Undeserved suffering also teaches us the value of Bible doctrine,
    PSA 119:67-71.
    He allows those who live in their flesh to afflict us to bring us back to Him.
    It’s like the prodigal son seeing all who forsake him, but eventually we all ought to come back.
    If we knew what was best for us, we should realize that it is just what God is doing for us.
    Under the principle of acrostic psalms, this is the file which reveals that every believer has a mysterious relationship with God.
    Astray-shagag = to wander away from something you already have.
    Many times prosperity is an open door through which we go astray.
    Charles Spurgeon -
    “Why is it that a little ease works in much disease,” 2SA 11:1.
    Knowledge - something we use under normal circumstances
    discernment = ability to think correctly while under pressure.
    PSA 119:66 teach me - piel imperative - lamadh = to learn the hard way (a goad).
    Piel stem = learning under intense situations.
    Imperative tense - command = he is ready to learn his lesson the hard way.
    1. Our faith must believe God’s commands are for our own good.
    2. A belief in the commands will lead to obeying them.
    Judgment - taam = discernment, taste.
    30 min
  • THE REAL CHARACTER OF OUR FAITH IS DETERMINED BY OUR PATIENCE
    The real character of our faith is determined by our patience.
    Wednesday, March 11, 2009
    1. The barrenness of Sarah mentioned in GEN 11:30, and 15:2, continues in Gen 16 to see if Abraham and Sarah will claim the promises of God, apply the appropriate doctrine, and wait upon the Lord.
    2. Specific promises have already been given to Abraham that he will have an heir,
    GEN 13:14-17; GEN 15:4-5; therefore, Abraham needs to trust in the character and nature of God and wait for God’s timing.
    3. No matter how impossible the situation becomes, Abraham and Sarah can enjoy each day by believing the promises of God regarding the heir, applying doctrine, and not worrying about the future.
    4. Faith is believing at the moment that promises are received or the moment that the doctrine is perceived that patience is needed before the promises will be fulfilled.
    MAR 11:24 “Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they shall be granted you.”
    The real character of our faith is determined by our patience.
    A patient person will wait upon the Lord.
    A patient person will be slow to anger.
    Patience gives us the power and the gracious system of thinking to have great understanding and sensitivity toward others.
    PRO 14:29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts foolishness.
    Patience with others will also help us resolve and reconcile differences -
    PRO 15:18 “A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but the slow to anger pacifies contention.”
    Patience also gives the believer fantastic strength under pressure -
    PRO 16:32 “He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.”
    Patience will also allow us to be discrete and overlook the sins of others -
    PRO 19:11 “A man’s discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression.”
    Patience allows us to rest in the Lord and let the supreme court judge handle any unfair or unjust treatment -
    PSA 37:7 “Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.”
    Many of you are going to find yourself in a very confusing situation like Sarah did as you go forward in the spiritual life.
    The last statement in verse 13 is only true for a special kind of believer called the supergrace or the advanced spiritual believer like Sarah.
    Believers who have reached supergrace or the advanced spiritual believer like Sarah have a phenomenal gracious mental attitude.
    They can take their minds off their own problems and focus on the needs of others, and they give graciously and sacrificially.
    Supergrace believers or the advanced spiritual believer like Sarah get out of the way and let God work all things together for good.
    The supergrace or the advanced spiritual believer like Sarah is instructed to let this fantastic mental attitude be known.
    One of the most difficult tests of the spiritual life on earth is supergrace or the advanced spiritual life like Sarah had to go through.
    It reveals the beginning of living in no man’s land between supergrace and ultra-supergrace, where we finally experience what living in the minority is all about.
    Both of them were geniuses and reached ultra-supergrace where their lives were enshrouded with continual pressure and suffering.
    These are the believers who wear the highest honor that can come to the human race, to have total blessing and wear a shroud of pressure and disaster all the time they’re in that total blessing.
    The highest dignity ever bestowed upon any born again believer is the shroud of pressure and suffering which belongs to the ultra-supergrace believer.
    Ultra-supergrace provides everything found in the blessings of supergrace plus the intensification of these blessings completely enshrouded in maximum pressure and persecution from the satanic forces of evil.
    This doesn’t mean he was perfect; supergrace and ultra-supergrace believers sin too,
    1JO 1:8-10.
    David made his mistakes and tells us of the resulting discipline while in operation Bathsheba, Psa 38 and Psa 51.
    David was a supergrace believer before operation Bathsheba and after operation Bathsheba.
    0 min
  • WAITING ON THE LORD IS FAITH PLUS PATIENCE
    Waiting on the Lord is faith plus patience.
    Sunday, March 8, 2009
    The answers from the reversionist are not worth recording.
    Reversionistic Abraham has treated Pharaoh unjustly while the unbelieving Pharaoh does not treat Abraham unjustly.
    They are liars, cheats, very critical, thieves, gossip-mongers, slanderers, hypocrites, and to be avoided at all cost.
    When life is more important than loyalty, faithfulness, honor and integrity, when life is more important than freedom, when life is more important than the will of God and the word of God, then you are a walking reversionist.
    Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees as a noble man. Then he left Haran and arrived at Shechem in GEN 12:6 which represents the place of spiritual advance and momentum.
    In GEN 12:6, he also went to a place called Moreh which represents the place of basic doctrine.
    In GEN 12:8, he went to Bethel which represents the place of advanced doctrine.
    You can be honorable and great one day as a believer, and in a very short time thereafter, disciplined and dishonorable through reversionism.
    1. To make sure that nothing more happened to Abraham or Sarah.
    2. To make sure that the weasel Abraham left his country.
    Here is a situation that Sarah went through that could have hindered her spiritual growth if she did not have the ability to overcome any bitterness that she had because of being mistreated by her husband.
    ECC 7:12 For wisdom is protection {just as} money is protection. But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.
    2TH 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil.
    1PE 1:5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
    When any man starts taking orders from a woman, especially when a woman gives him orders he wants to hear, like go out and fornicate with Hagar and get her pregnant, he’s had it.
    GEN 3:17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.”
    GEN 16:1 - the continual barrenness of Sarah, lots of sex but no pregnancy, which is what would be considered by many intelligent people in this century, the ideal situation.
    1. The barrenness of Sarah mentioned in GEN 11:30, and 15:2, continues in Gen 16 to see if Abraham and Sarah will claim the promises of God, apply the appropriate doctrine, and wait upon the Lord.
    2. Specific promises have already been given to Abraham that he will have an heir, GEN 13:14-17; GEN 15:4-5; therefore, Abraham needs to trust in the character and nature of God and wait for God’s timing.
    3. No matter how impossible the situation becomes, Abraham and Sarah can enjoy each day by believing the promises of God regarding the heir, applying doctrine, and not worrying about the future.
    4. Faith is believing at the moment that promises are received or the moment that the doctrine is perceived that patience is needed before the promises will be fulfilled.
    MAR 11:24 “Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they shall be granted you.”
    The real character of our faith is determined by our patience.
    A patient person will wait upon the Lord.
    A patient person will also be slow to anger.
    Patience gives us the power and the gracious system of thinking to have great understanding and sensitivity toward others.
    PRO 14:29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts foolishness.
    Patience with others will also help us resolve and reconcile differences -
    PRO 15:18 “A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but the slow to anger pacifies contention.”
    Patience also gives the believer fantastic strength under pressure -
    PRO 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.
    Patience will also allow us to be discreet and overlook the sins of others -
    PRO 19:11 A man’s discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression.
    Patience allows us to rest in the Lord and let the supreme court judge handle any unfair or unjust treatment -
    PSA 37:7 Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
    Many of you are going to find yourself in a very confusing situation like Sarah did as you go forward in the spiritual life.
    The last statement in verse 13 is only true for a special kind of believer called the supergrace or the advanced spiritual believer like Sarah.
    Believers who have reached supergrace or the advanced spiritual believer like Sarah have a phenomenal gracious mental attitude.
    They can take their minds off their own problems and focus on the needs of others, and they give graciously and sacrificially.
    Supergrace believers or the advanced spiritual believer like Sarah get out of the way and let God work all things together for good.
    The supergrace or the advanced spiritual believer like Sarah is instructed to let this fantastic mental attitude be known.
    One of the most difficult tests of the spiritual life on earth is supergrace or the advanced spiritual life like Sarah had to go through.
    It reveals the beginning of living in no man’s land between supergrace and ultra-supergrace, where we finally experience what living in the minority is all about.
    Both of them were geniuses and reached ultra-supergrace where their lives were enshrouded with continual pressure and suffering.
    These are the believers who wear the highest honor that can come to the human race, to have total blessing and wear a shroud of pressure and disaster all the time they’re in that total blessing.
    The highest dignity ever bestowed upon any born again believer is the shroud of pressure and suffering which belongs to the ultra-supergrace believer.
    Ultra-supergrace provides everything found in the blessings of supergrace plus the intensification of these blessings completely enshrouded in maximum pressure and persecution from the satanic forces of evil.
    This does not mean he was perfect; supergrace and ultra-supergrace believers sin too,
    1JO 1:8-10.
    David made his mistakes and tells us of the resulting discipline while in operation Bathsheba (Psa 38 and Psa 51).
    David was a supergrace believer before operation Bathsheba and after operation Bathsheba.
    Supergrace is maximum glorification of Jesus Christ complementing His strategic victory of the angelic conflict with the believer’s tactical victory and going through undeserved suffering.
    Supergrace is the status of spiritual maturity while ultra-supergrace is maximum growth and blessing attended by maximum suffering, which only intensifies the blessing.
    Under spiritual blessings, the supergrace believer also has the ability to correctly interpret contemporary history, to evaluate current events in the light of the Word of God.
    1 hr 8 min
  • SOLVING YOUR PROBLEMS THROUGH THE ENERGY OF THE FLESH ONLY MAKES THEM WORSE
    Solving your problems through the energy of the flesh only makes them worse.
    Thursday, March 5, 2009
    The Pharaoh that was involved in this fiasco was a very unusual person; he was an unbeliever and he puts Abraham to shame when it comes to the manner in which he handles life and the use of his justice.
    Abraham is trying to solve his problems in the energy of the flesh which is when we simply complicate our lives and add to the problem.
    Abraham tried to solve his problems by leaving Canaan and going to the Negev, the place of apathy and indifference toward doctrine or just simply neglect or some break in spiritual momentum due to many reasons.
    2JO 1:8 Watch yourselves, that you might not lose what we have accomplished [your momentum and your spiritual growth].
    Neglect of doctrine means rejection of doctrine.
    GEN 14:23 - Abraham actually refused a tremendous amount of wealth because it involved compromise, but he refused it as a mature believer.
    The difference lies in the fact that doctrine actually makes a man out of a wimp whereas reversionism makes a wimp out of a man, and at this point it is wimpy Abraham.
    While Pharaoh did not know that he had taken Abraham’s wife into his harem, Jesus Christ, the supreme court judge of heaven, did know it and the principle becomes quite obvious... ignorance is never an excuse for anything.
    Pharaoh’s volition was involved in taking Sarah even though his cognizance was not involved, and the point is that God holds us responsible for our volition, whether it is cognizant or ignorant.
    Logistical grace is defined as divine planning, divine support, divine provision, and divine blessing for the fulfillment of God’s will, purpose, and plan for your life.
    a. Life support is provided for every Church-age believer.
    b. Blessing is provided for every Church-age believer, both winners and losers.
    c. Divine provision for every Church-age believer to execute the PPOG.
    1. Since Sarah as the wife of Abraham is included in the Abrahamic covenant, logistical grace demands her protection.
    2. Until the promise is fulfilled nothing can happen to Abraham and nothing can happen to Sarah.
    3. The weakness and cowardice and deception of reversionistic Abraham does not remove Sarah from divine protection.
    4. Abraham turned against Sarah but God never turns against the believer.
    ROM 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
    ROM 8:26 And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;
    ROM 8:31-32 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
    ROM 8:34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.
    1CO 10:6 Now these things happened as examples for us, that we should not crave evil things, as they also craved.
    2CO 4:17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
    HEB 9:24 For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
    HEB 11:11 By means of doctrine resident in the soul even Sarah herself... since she considered Him faithful who had promised;
    5. When believers betray you or turn against you, like Abraham did to both Sarah and the Pharaoh, God remains faithful to you and sustains you with His logistical grace.
    6. God has a plan for Sarah’s life and the betrayal by Abraham cannot destroy that plan.
    2CO 13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth.
    7. Human weaknesses and failures do not change the plan of God.
    Reversionistic Abraham has treated Pharaoh unjustly while the unbelieving Pharaoh does not treat Abraham unjustly.
    1 hr 2 min

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