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What and who is truth?
- John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
- John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
- John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth
In the Kingdom of God, who heals & delivers?
Jesus Christ does, through his ministers; born-again believers (for example: Acts 9:1-19). I believe all born-again believers who are inside of God's will for their life and are led by the Holy Spirit, heal & deliver. How they heal & deliver will differ based upon God's calling for their life, God's grace, and their faith (Romans 12:3, Ephesians 4:1-11, 1 Corinthians 12:25-30). Healing & deliverance doesn't only come through laying on of hands (evangelistic style), but also through teaching (literally, demons leave when there is repentance, and this comes by knowing the truth and accepting it). Likewise, pastors heal & deliver as they counsel, etc, and so forth and so on.
What must I do to have a relationship with Jesus Christ?
How does healing & deliverance work?
We are free from the Law of Moses by God's free grace, and our belief in Jesus Christ. We then become free from the bondage of sin (will explain shortly). Outside of God's will (recommended watch: what is faith?), sin is the open door to sickness & disease. Again, outside of God's will (recommended watch: S2E1 How are we to live as Christians?)
In John 8:31-36 Jesus says the following: "To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?” Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free." indeed.
- What makes one a disciple of Jesus Christ?
- Hold to Jesus's teaching and the result will be loving our brothers/sisters in Christ as Jesus Christ loves us (recommended watch: S2E3 How do we love Jesus Christ?).
- What freedom is Jesus referencing?
- This freedom that Jesus is referencing, is freedom from sin.
- Sin is what enslaves people, as it makes them unrighteous and separates them from having a relationship with God (2 Corinthians 5:11-21). When one is separated from God, they are close to sin and vice versa.
- What is the cure to sin?
- The cure to sin is God's grace, and our belief in Jesus Christ
- Romans 5:17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
- Thus, this frees us from the domination of sin (Romans 6:13-17).
In 2 Corinthians 3:13-18 the Apostle Paul wrote "We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."
- This freedom that the Apostle Paul is referencing is freedom from the Law of Moses, which is a law of sin and death (Romans 8:1-3).
So what does this have to do with healing & deliverance?
- Due to the grace of God, and our faith in Jesus Christ, when we submit to God, the Holy Spirit will resist the devil, and he will flee (James 4:7). For more information, watch: S1E7 How does God communicate?
- There are two reasons why people are diseased, sick and in poverty
- #1. God's will: Job under the Law of Moses, and the Apostle Paul under the Law of the Holy Spirit (covenant of grace). Recommended watch: Martha's Talk Moments│What are the reasons why believers are in trials and tribulations?
- #2. Choosing self-will over God's will (in sin): This allows the enemy to stay, instead of fleeing.
- It is very much possible to never ever sin under the Law of the Holy Spirit (covenant of grace)
- 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
- 1 John 2:1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- 1 John 3:9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.
How do we stay free?
Demons can come back again, if they find that you are still out of God's will (Matthew 12:43-45). So how do we stay free?
- God's grace and our belief in Jesus Christ. This belief, will lead us to obey him. Our obedience, will allow the Holy Spirit to resist the devil, so that he can flee.
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In today's episode we are going to speak about the worries of life. While some know me as Tasha, God changed my name to Martha. He also called me to be an Apostle. This simply means, that he commissioned me to go wherever he sends me to preach or teach the gospel, in truth and in love. Martha's Talk is a talk show in which I share the love of Christ for humanity, in Spirit and in Truth.In today's episode we are going to go over:
- What does the bible say about trials & tribulations?
- Why do we have trials & tribulations?
Focus scripture for today's episode:
- John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
What does the bible say about trials & tribulations?
- James 1:12-14 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
- 1 Peter 5:8-10 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
- Romans 12:11-13 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
- Romans 5:1-5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
#1. For righteousness sake [God is using us to overcome evil with good]
Jesus Christ who was without sin was in trials & tribulations because it was God's will that he suffer for our sakes, so that through the death and life of Jesus Christ, we may have eternal life, and no longer have sin dominate us.
- Luke 4:1-13 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’” The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’” The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’" When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
- Matthew 5:10-12 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
The Apostle Paul did not sin but to prevent him from sinning, he was in a trial & tribulation to prevent him from walking down the wrong path (Hebrews 12:9-14).
- 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 "And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
#3. Godly Discipline, the motive is always love
According to the Apostle Paul in Colossians 1:15-20, Jesus Christ is the head of the church, and the head of the church disciplined the church in the book of Revelation. Jesus's discipline should show us what is important to him regarding his church.
- Revelation 2-3
- “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
- To the Church in Smyrna 8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. 9 I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown. 11 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.
- To the Church in Pergamum 12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. 13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives. 14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality. 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.
- To the Church in Thyatira 18 “To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. 20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. 24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you, 25 except to hold on to what you have until I come.’ 26 To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations— 27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’[b]—just as I have received authority from my Father. 28 I will also give that one the morning star. 29 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- To the Church in Sardis 3 “To the angel[c] of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[d] of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. 4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. 6 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- To the Church in Philadelphia 7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. 11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. 12 The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. 13 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- To the Church in Laodicea 14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. 21 To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
What must I do to have a relationship with Jesus Christ?
Welcome to S2E4 of Martha's Talk!
In today's episode, we are going to speak about Jesus Christ and how he lived. While some know me as Tasha, God changed my name to Martha. He also called me to be an Apostle. This simply means, that he commissioned me to go wherever he sends me to preach or teach the gospel, in truth and in love. Martha's Talk is a talk show in which I share the love of Christ for humanity, in Spirit and in truth.
In today's episode we are going to go over:
- What/Who is Christ/Messiah?
- Why do we need a Christ/Messiah (savior)?
- Why did Jesus come to earth?
- Jesus, who is he?
- How did Jesus Christ live?
- How do we know that Jesus is the Christ/Messiah?
- What are being saved from?
- What is Christianity?
- John 8:12-20 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.” Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going. You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true. I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.” Then they asked him, “Where is your father?” “You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.
- The word testimony (edah) in Hebrew means witness.
- 1 John 2:4-6 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.
- Recommended: The Life of Jesus Christ according to the book of John
- Recommended: The audio of the book of John
Q&A: What/Who is Christ/Messiah?
- The word Messiah is Hebrew and when translated in Greek it is Christ. This words mean "anointed one."
- When we use the word Messiah/Christ we are saying that Jesus is the anointed one, who would save the world from it's sins.
- 1 John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
- Jeremiah 31:31-40 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
Q&A: Why do we need a Savior?
- Ezekiel 28:11-19
- Revelation 12:7-14
- Genesis 2:15-25 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
- Genesis 3:1-20 - Adam & Eve choose self-will over God's will and thus sin is now in the world through satan, who establishes the kingdom of darkness
- Genesis 15-18 - Abraham & The Promise
- Genesis 22 - Abraham Tested
- Exodus 3-12 - Moses Sent to Abraham's descendants
- Exodus 19-20 - Law of Moses
- Joshua 1 & Joshua 23 - Joshua enters the promise land (which is a type and shadow of the Kingdom of God, that only became during Jesus's earthly ministry in the NT)
- Isaiah 40, 43, 53-55 - Descendants of Abraham called Israelite's, named after Abraham great-grandson are now awaiting a Messiah/Christ. Israel (the nation) had become so hardened and defiled by sin's deceitfulness, and sin itself that they were still serving God via the works of the Law of Moses as described in the whole book of Leviticus, but their hearts were far from God. Meaning what they were doing was done out of formalism and not because they desired to have a relationship with God. Their hardened hearts made them so formalist/religious/legalistic that they pick and chose which law to follow (the ones that promoted their self-interest, financial gain, own well-being) over the laws that promoted love for God and love for their neighbor. Thus, they killed anyone (including God's chosen prophets, kings, etc) who spoke against their lifestyle (see Mark 12:1-12).
1 Corinthians 15:12-19 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
- We are free from the Law of Moses by God's free grace, and our belief in Jesus Christ. We then become free from the bondage of sin (will explain shortly). Outside of God's will (recommended watch: what is faith?), sin is the open door to sickness & disease. Again, outside of God's will (recommended watch: S2E1 How are we to live as Christians?)
- In John 8:31-36 Jesus says the following: "To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?” Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free." indeed.
- This freedom that Jesus is referencing, is freedom from sin.
- Sin is what enslaves people, as it makes them unrighteous and separates them from having a relationship with God (2 Corinthians 5:11-21). When one is separated from God, they are close to sin and vice versa.
- What is the cure to sin?
- The cure to sin is God's grace, and our belief in Jesus Christ
- Romans 5:17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
- Thus, this frees us from the domination of sin (Romans 6:13-17).
- This freedom that the Apostle Paul is referencing is freedom from the Law of Moses, which is a law of sin and death (Romans 8:1-3).
Jesus, who is he?
- Hebrews 2:17, Matthew 1:1 100% human-being while he lived on earth, from the line of King David
- Son and eldest brother
- Carpenter before his earthly ministry; his dad was carpenter and most like did the same before his earthly minister
- Luke 1:35 The Son of God
- Romans 6:23, Romans 10:9 The Lord
- 1 John 4:14, 1 John 2:11-13, 1 John 2:2 Savior
- John 1:40-42, John 4:25-26 Messiah/Christ
- 1 Peter 1:19, Revelation 5:9; Revelation 5:12; Revelation 13:8; Isaiah 53:7 Eternal sacrificial lamb
- Hebrews 3:1 Thee Apostle of our faith
- Ephesians 1:22, 5:23, 1 Corinthians 11:3, Colossians 1:18 The Head of the Church
How do we know that Jesus is the Christ/Messiah?
- Acts 5:28-32, Acts 1:1-10, 2 Peter 1:12-21 The witnesses of the 12 Apostles
- 1 Corinthians 15:12-19, Acts 22:13-16, Acts 26:13-19 The witness of the Apostle Paul
- John 15:26 The witness of the Holy Spirit
- John 1:19-34 The witness of John the Baptist
- John 1:14 The witness of the written word of God
- John 17:23, John 13:35 The witness of Jesus's agaph love in born-again believers for one another
- Matthew 5:17-20 and Luke 24:44-45 The prophets prophesied about the coming of the Messiah/Christ. Jesus who is the Christ, fulfilled the prophesies of the prophets of old.
- What is a prophet?
- A prophet is a man or woman appointed by God to do God's will. God's will for a prophet will very per individual, but often includes telling the future via the power of the Holy Spirit (not demonic power/spirits).
- Abraham
- Genesis 22:1-18 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.” So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together. Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.” And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.” Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
- The Prophet Moses:
- Deuteronomy 18:15-18 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die.” The Lord said to me: “What they say is good. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him.
- Isaiah the Prophet:
- Isaiah 53 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
- The Apostle Peter:
- Acts 3:22-23 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you. Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.’
- The Apostle Paul:
- Galatians 3:15-20 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ. What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise. Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.
Why did Jesus come to earth?
- #1. God's love
- John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- #2. One eternal sacrifice for sin (Hebrews 10:1-18) which allows us to receive
- Eternal life - John 17:3
- Righteousness - Romans 5:17
- Grace - John 1:15-20 S1E10 What is the grace of God?
- #3. Authority (is obedience)
- Bad things happen to good people because people choose self-will over God's will. This dominoes effect of choosing self-will over God's will started with Adam & Eve in Genesis 3, and it is still happening now-a-days, and this has allowed evil to multiply. Jesus Christ came to show us that we do not have to choose self-will, and that with his help, we can choose God's will, which btw, is not always comfortable but it will guarantee that good is overcoming all evil.
- Now that we have God's grace, and the gift of righteousness, because of Jesus Christ, when we believe in him, we are able to rule over sin with the help of the bible, and the Holy Spirit (truth). - Romans 6:12-23
- #4. Identity (born-again)
- Genesis 2:15-17 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
- John 3:1-20 We are now able to be in the image of our creator (God the Father, God the Son - Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Spirit). After Adam and Eve sinned, they died spiritually, and eventually physically. Only after Jesus Christ's resurrection did the promise of the Holy Spirit become available for anyone who believe in Jesus Christ, to receive.
What is Christianity?
Acts 11:26 The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
- Luke 9-10 Christians are disciples of Jesus Christ. Thus, Christians believe in Jesus Christ as Lord & Savior, and their belief in Jesus Christ leads them to obey the truth (the word of God which is the bible, and the Holy Spirit). Being a disciple of Jesus Christ means, that they follow Jesus Christ despite the cost of following Jesus Christ. There is a cost of following Jesus Christ. The cost is denying lustily desires (Galatians 5:16, 1 John 2:16, 1 Peter 2:11), and because we choose to do so, demons will use people to persecute us in this age (on earth), as stated in 2 Timothy 3:12, John 15:18, 1 Peter 4:12-14, Matthew 5:44 and as stated in many other chapters. We overcome because of the grace of God and our belief in Jesus Christ (1 John 5:3-5).
- Luke 14:15-24 The Parable of the Banquet
- Recommended Watch: S2E1 How are we to live as Christians
- Recommended Watch: S1E2 What does Jesus Christ really want from us?
How did Jesus Christ live?
What must I do to have a relationship with Jesus Christ?1 John 2:1-10 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining. Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
Jesus Christ lived by faith, in which the following followed:
- Led by the Holy Spirit - Matthew 4:1
- Full of grace - John 1:9-14
- Full of mercy (compassion) - John 8:1-11, Mark 6:34
- Full of truth - Matthew 23
- Loving unconditionally - Matthew 23: 37-39
- Overcoming evil with good (Doing God's will, despite trials & tribulations and persecution) - Matthew 26-27, John 6:29
- Humility - John 5:19-20
- Content - Matthew 8:20, Luke 9:58
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In today's episode, we are going to speak about faith, hope, and the American Dream. While some know me as Tasha, God changed my name to Martha. He also called me to be an Apostle. This simply means, that he commissioned me to go wherever he sends me to preach or teach the gospel, in truth and in love. Martha's Talk is a talk show in which I share the love of Christ for humanity, in Spirit and in truth.
In today's episode we are going to go over:
- What is faith, and what is our faith used for? What is hope?
- My Testimony: God's grace helped me overcome my desire of the American Dream
Our focus scripture comes from:
- Revelation 21:1-5 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
- If a born-again believer does not understand what faith is, what it is used for, or what our hope is in, it maybe very hard for them to understand why evil is happening to them, even though they are in God's will. Like myself, I've heard Christians say "but God, I've done all that you've told me to do, I waited to marriage to have sex, and my husband or wife cheated on me." "I raised my kids up in church, and they are now in the world." "I have been faithful in tithing, and ministering to the Lord, and now I am homeless." How can a good God to allow this to happen to me, as I am serving him?
Faith is trusting that God's will is best for our lives, even when he allows us to be in situations that are uncomfortable. It is standing firm in the trials and tribulations that he wants us to be in, despite our natural circumstances believing that we are in God's will despite our circumstances. Faith is overcoming evil with good in this age (on earth), believing that in the age to come (heaven or the new earth) there will no longer be any evil, only good.
- Hebrews 10:19-39 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.” And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.” But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
- Hebrews 11:1-40 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. .... There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground. These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
Where is our hope? What is it in?
- Revelation 21:1-5 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
My Testimony:
If I ever desire anything outside of the things above (Philippians 4:8);
- Loving God (in times, tithe, and love) and then loving my neighbor (family, friends, enemies, etc)
- Overcoming evil with good
- Reading the word of God and attending church
- Going to heaven in God's timing and as God's will
- Food to eat, drink to drink, and clothes to wear (see S1E4 Got worries? Get this!)
Where am I now?
I am 32, and I am not married. I do not have children. I do not have my own home, neither my own apartment, nor a car. Actually, when I got into God's plan for my life, is when I went further away from this "American Dream," that I had and was close to getting. If I chose the American Dream, then millions of people would not have been impacted positively by the teachings, prophecies that were given to me by Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit. I am crying tears of joy because like Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul (see 2 Corinthians 6:3-13, and Luke 9:58), I am poor (naturally), but because of the grace of God, I've made many many rich (spiritually). I have peace that surpass understanding. I do not have worry. I am not anxious. I have rest. God's peace guard my heart and mind in the Lord. Most importantly, I know Jesus Christ, God the Father and the Holy Spirit (John 17:3). I actually have a relationship with God, and I believe that one day, that I'd never have to be in another trial & tribulation. I will be with Jesus Christ, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit. The new earth that descends from heaven will only have good.
- In Philippians 3:7-20, the Apostle Paul wrote "But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained. Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,"
- In 1 Thessalonians 3:18, the Apostle Paul wrote "Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words."
What must I do to have a relationship with Jesus Christ?
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