Grace Bible Church
Basic Training in Doctrine
April 7, 2009
RELIGION HATES GRACE, AND BETWEEN THE TWO, THERE ARE NO SIMILARITIES AT ALL.|
apokrinomai / apokrinomai
TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION PROPOSED, TO ANSWER, TO BEGIN TO SPEAK, BUT ALWAYS WHERE SOMETHING HAS PRECEDED (EITHER SAID OR DONE) TO WHICH THE REMARKS REFER.
BY SAYING, ‘MY FATHER,” THE PHARISEES KNEW THAT OUR LORD WAS MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD.
THE WORD “WORKING” USED IN THIS PASSAGE
(JOHN 5:17 ) IS THE GREEK WORD: ergazomai
AND IT IS IN THE
PRESENT MIDDLE INDICATIVE.
THE SABBATH DAY IS MERELY A MEMORIAL TO THE GRACE OF GOD TO US IN THE CHURCH AGE.
EROGOZOMAI MEANS: TO WORK OR TO LABOR. ALSO; TO EXERT ONES POWER.
NOTE: IT ALSO MEANS TO CAUSE TO EXIST.
IT WAS UNLAWFUL TO CARRY FOOD FROM ONE HOUSE TO ANOTHER ON THE SABBATH DAY.
IF LIGHTS WERE ON WHEN THE SABAATH CAME, YOU COULDN’T TURN THEM OFF. IF THEY WERE OFF, THEN YOU COULDN’T TURN THEM ON.
nIF A LADY GOT MUD ON HER DRESS, SHE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL IT DRIED, AND THEN SHE WAS ALLOWED TO WRINKLE UP THE DRESS ONCE IN HER HANDS AND CRUSH IT, AND AFTER SHE CRUSHED IT SHE WAS ALLOWED TO SHAKE IT OUT ONCE.
GRACE IS WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US, AND LEGALISM IS WHAT MAN TRYS TO DO TO PLEASE GOD
ALWAYS REMEMBER:
PRIDE IS A SORRY
SUBSTITUTE FOR
INTELLEGENCE.
YOU MUST KEEP THE SABAATH!
HE IS BEFORE ALL
THINGS AND IN HIM
ALL THINGS HOLD
TOGETHER
nHEBREWS 1:3 AND HE IS THE RADIANCE OF HIS GLORY AND THE EXACT REPRESENTATION OF HIS NATURE, AND UPHOLDS ALL THINGS BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER, WHEN HE HAD MADE PURIFICATIONOFSINS, HE SAT DOWN OF THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MAJESTY ON HIGH
/ MATHEW 4:6 IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, THROW YOURSELF DOWN; FOR IT IS WRITTEN, ‘HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU’; AND ‘ON {THEIR} HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.’ “
PSALM 91:11 FOR HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE CONCERNING YOU, TO GUARD YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS. 12 THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP IN THEIR HANDS, THAT YOU DO NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE
PSALM 91:11 FOR HE WILL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE CONCERNING YOU, TO GUARD YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS. 12 THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP IN THEIR HANDS, THAT YOU DO NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE
WHITE LIES PROMOTE COLOR BLINDNESS
PMA = PMA
PERCEPTION METABOLIZATION & APPLICATION OF BIBLE DOCTRINE = A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE.
HMMM….WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT??? HE IS WORKING, AND THE FATHER IS WORKING??????