THE
SPIRITUAL GIANTS:
ATONEMENT
ADOPTION
AND WITH JESUS IN THE
HOUSE.
MAN OF MANY
MISSIONS.
INDEPENDENT
BAPTIST DOCTRINE:
FAITH: IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH.
THE SPIRITUAL
GIANTS:
How Did They Become
Giants
When he was numbered among the unredeemed, and
finally realized that he was lost and without hope he
turned to Christ and ask forgiveness for his
sins,then asks Jesus to come into his heart,and be
the master of his soul.
Jesus Said:
Matthew 11/28
28.Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy
laden and I will give you rest.
The above verse should not be miss understood.Jesus
was not saying that everything would go just as we
would like and that heartbreak,sorrow,disappointment
sickness and rejection would never come.He promised
that He would give us rest,That is to say from our
burden of sin.
Jesus said:
Mark 10/21
21.Then Jesus beholding him loved him,and said unto
him,one thing thou lackest:go thy way,sell whatsoever
thou hast,and give to the poor, and thou shall have
teasure in heaven:an come,take up the cross,and
follow me.
So
We find in the above verse that there are things that
are expected of us.plus we are to take up the cross
and follow Jesus.Have we ever thought about what that
might really mean.Ofcourse that means we are to walk
in the foot steps of Jesus where ever they lead.So
shall we follow the foot steps of Jesus through a few
of His problems during His earthly ministry.
Before we trace a few of the things that happened to
Jesus,let us look and see where Jesus was before He
came.He was in a place of peace,joy and contentment
without a care or worry.And just to think He knew if
He came all the following would happen.But He came
anyhow.
Matthew 2/13
13.And when they were departed,behold,the angel of
the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream,saying,arise,
and take the young Child and His mother,and flee into
Egypt,and be thou there until I bring thee word:For
Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.
Yes when Jesus was just hours old Herod the king
hated Him and wanted to kill Him.
Matthew 13/55 thru 57
55.Is not this the carpenter's Son? is not His mother
called Mary? and His brethren,James,and Joses,and
Simon,and Judas.
56.And they were offended in Him.But Jesus said unto
them,A prophet is not without honour,save in his own
country,and in his own house.
Yes Jesus was rejected by His own countrymen and in
His own house.
Mark 14/10
10.And Judas Iscariot,one of the twelve,went unto the
chief priests,to betray Him to them.
Mark 14/44 & 45
44.And he that betrayed Him had given them a token
saying,whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is He; take
Him,and lead Him away safely.
45.And as soon as He was come,he goeth striaghtway to
Him,and saith,Master,Master;and kissed Him.
As we all know Judas Iscariot did in fact betray
Jesus,and betrayed Him with a kiss.A kiss was and
still is a sign of love and affection.Sure he was one
of the twelve.
Matthew 26/69 thru 74
69.Now Peter sat without in the palace:and a damsel
came unto him,saying,thou also wast with Jesus of
Galilee.
70.But he denied before them all,saying,I know not
what thou sayest.
71.And when he was gone out into the porch,another
maid saw him,and said unto them that were there,This
fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth
72.And again he denied with an oath,I do not know the
man.
73.And after a while came unto him they that stood
by,and said to Peter,Surely thou also art one of
them;for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
74.Then began he to curse and to swear,saying,I know
not the man,And immediately the cock crew.
Here we find that even Peter one of the twelve denied
Jesus,Yes Peter denied Jesus.three times and even
denied Jesus with an oath.
Matthew 26/56
56.But all this was done,that the scriptures of the
prophets might be fulfilled.That all the disciples
forsook Him,and fled.
Just think how discourage that Jesus felt after
Judas Iscariot betrayed Him,and Peter denied Him.And
now the other diciples forsook Him and fled.Now think
just how discouraged we would be with all this if
it happened to us.
Matthew 26/57
57.And they that had laid hold on Jesus led Him away
to Cai'a-phas the high priest where the scribes and
the elders were assembled.
Matthew 26/59
59.Now the chief priest,and elders,and all the
council,sought false witness against Jesus.to put Him
to death.
In the above two verses we find that the religious
leaders had turned their backs on Jesus and sought
His death.
Luke 23/13 thru
15
13.And Pilate,when he had called together the chief
priests and rulers and the people,
14.Said unto them,ye have brought this man unto me,as
one that perverteth the people:and,behold,I,having
examined Him before you,have found no fault in this
man touching those things whereof ye accuse Him.
15.No,nor yet Herod:for I sent you to him;and,lo,
nothing worthy of death is done unto Him.
Luke 23/23 & 24
23.And they were instant with loud voices,requiring
that He might be crucified,and the voices of them and
of the chief priest prevailed.
24.And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they
required.
In the above verses we find that Pilate sentenced
Jesus to death knowing all the time that He was
innocent.
Matthew 27/27 thru 31
27.The soldiers of the Governor took Jesus into the
common hall,and gathered unto him the whole band of
soldiers.
28.And they stripped Him,and put on Him a scarlet
robe.
29.And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they
put it on His head,and a reed in His right hand:and
they bowed the knee before Him,and mocked Him,saying,
Hail,King of the Jews!
30.And they spit upon Him,and took the reed,and smote
Him on the head.
31.And after they had mocked Him,They took the robe
off from Him,and put His own raiment on Him,and led
Him away to crucify Him.
Oh yes the governors soldiers seemed to enjoy the
torturing of Jesus.The above verses is only a small
part of the torture,cruelty,torment,and persecution
that those soldiers had done to Christ.
We could just keep on and on with this list,However I
think we have plenty above to prove the amount of
pain,both physical and mental.I feel we all can
easily realize that Jesus's life and ministry on
earth was no bed of roses.
So if we are to walk in the foot steps of Our Lord
Jesus Christ we can not expect a bed of roses
either.So let us remember what Jesus said to the rich
young ruler:
Jesus Said
Mark10/21
21.Then Jesus beholding him loved him,and said unto
him.One thing thou lackest:go thy
way,sell whatsoever thy hast,and give to the poor,and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up
the cross, and follow me.
So we find we are not promised a bed of roses.suppose
we look at a few Christians that all of us know of
and the hardships,sufferings that some of them went
through to become Spiritual Giants.We all know great
list of Christian that have had storms of life,and
become Spiritual Giants.The following is just a short
list of the things that the Spiritual Giants have in
common.
1.Every one is a person of the Bible.
2.Then they are persons of Prayer.
3.They all take the promises of Jesus seriously,such
as the following and much more:
Jesus Said:
John 11/25 & 26
25.Jesus said unto her:I am the
resurrection and the
life:he that believeth in me,though he were dead,yet
shall he live.
26.And whosoever liveth and
beliveth in Me shall
never die,Believeth thou this?
Romans 5/3 thru 5
3,And not only so,but we glory in trubulations
also:knowing that tribulation worketh patience.
4.And patience,experience;and experience,hope:
5.And hope maketh not ashamed;because the love of God
is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which
is given unto us.
Jesus Said
John16/33
33.These things I have spoken unto
you, that in me ye might have peacee.In the world ye
shall have tribulation:but be of good cheer;I have
overcome the world.
Faith is the key word in obtaining salvation,And
faith is the key word in the joy of our christian
life.If we simply trust the lord and his word.The
following is just a few of the promiises He made to
add to our joy,and strengthens our faith.
Hebrews 10/23
23. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith
without wavering;for he is faithful that promised.
1 Peter 3/14
14,But continue thou in the things which thou hast
learned and hast been assured of,knowing of whom thou
hast learned them.
1 Peter 4/12 & 13
12.Beloved,think not strange concerning the fiery
trial which is to try you,as though some strange
thing happened unto you.
13.But rejoice insomuch as ye are partakers of
Christ's sufferings;that when His glory shall be
revealed,ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Yes I feel sure that most all Spiritual Giants have
used at the least most of the above verses and no
doubt many-many more such verses like them and there
is a great number here in the Bible.Then of course
did
the following things:
1.Studied and learned God's word.
2.Without fail all became people of prayer.
3.Growed greatly in the faith.
4.And without fail all Spiritual Giants,took great
pains to walk in the foot steps of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ every day,every where!!
I feel safe in saying that we all have the same
Saviour,and an invitation from the Lord Jesus Christ
as any of the Spiritual Giants of today and of the
past to become Spiritual Giants.Yes we have the same
Lord and Saviour and the same invitation:
Just what we do with this invitation is simply up to
us individual
THE CHOICE IS TRULY YOUR'S
AND MINE!!
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ATONEMENT
When useing a word that I am not sure about the full
meanings,I go to the following Dictionaries:
Webster's New World Dictionary
Of the American Language
Second College Wdition
And
Davis Biblical Dictionary.
ATONEMENT:
1.The act of Atoning.
2.Satisfaction given for wrong doing,injury,etc;
amends,expiations.
3.The effects of Jesus's sufferings and death in
redeeming mankind and bringing about the
reconciliation of God to man.
4.Agreement or reconciliation.
Atonement was achieved by the animal sacrifices under
the old covemant.
Exodus 29/36
36.And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin
offering for atonement: And thou shalt cleanse the
altar,when thou hast made an atonement for it,and
thou shalt anoint it,to sanctify.
Leviticus 6/6 & 7
6.And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the
Lord,A ram without blimish out of the flock,with thy
estimation,for a trespass offering,unto the priest:
7.And the priest shall make an atonement for him
before the lord:And it shall be forgiven him for
anything of all that he hath done in trespassing
therein.
The love,compassion,and grace that brought the
atonement under the New Covenant is completly beyond
human understanding,our minds are inncapable of
understanding the great of love.
Titus 2/11 thru 14
11.For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men.
12,Teaching us that,Denying ungodiness and worldly
lust,We should live soberly,righteously,and Godly,in
this present world.
13.Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious
appearing of the great God and our Saviour
Jesus Christ.
14.Who gave Himself for us,that He might redeem us
from all iniquity,and purity unto Himself a peculiar,
people,zealous of good works.
Jesus voluntarily died that we might find salvatioon
through His innocent blood.
Hebrews 13/12
12. Wherefore Jesus also,that He might sanctify the
people with His own blood,suffered without the gate.
1 John 3/5
5.And ye know that He was manifected to take away our
sins;and in Him is no sin.
1 John 4/10
10.Herein is love,not that we loved God,But that He
loved,and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our
sins.
The atonement that came through the sacrifice of
Jesus Christ was ordained by God Himself before the
foundation of the world.
Ephesians 1/4 thru 7
4 According as He hast chosen us in Him before the
foundation of the world, That we should be holy and
without blame before Him in love:
5.Having predestinated us unto the adoption of
children by Jesus Christ to Himself,according to the
good pleasure of His will.
6.To the praise of the glory of His grace,wherein He
hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7.In whom we have redemption throgh His blood,the
forgiveness of sins,according to the riches of his
grace;
Luke 24/46 & 47
46.And said unto them,thus it is written,and thus it
behoved Christ to suffer,and to rise from the dead
the third day:
47.And that repentance and remission of sins should
be preached in His name amoung all nations,beginning
at Jerusalem.
Because Jesus died,we have salvation through His
blood.
Hebrews13/12
12.Wherefore Jesus also,that He might sanctify the
people with His own blood,suffered without the gate.
ATONEMENT IS
ETERNAL:
John 3/6
6.That which is borned of the flesh is flesh; and
that which is borned of the Spirit is Spirit.
Atonement is for all mankind,and this atonement is
forever.
John 1/29
29.The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him,and
saith,Behold the Lamb of God,which taketh away the
sin of the world.
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ADOPTION:
A STRANGER NO
MORE
BUT A MEMBER OF
THE
FAMILY
John 1/12 & 13
12.But as many as receive Him,to them gave He power
to become the sons of God.even to them that beleived
on His name.
13.Which were born,not of blood,nor of the will of
the flesh,nor of the will of man,but of God.
Matthew 5/9
9.Blessed are the peacemakers:for they shall be
called the children of God.
Matthew 4/45
45.That ye may be the children of your father which
is in heaven:for He maketh His Sun to rise on the
evil and on the good,and sendeth rain on the just and
the unjust.
Galatians 4/5 thru 7
5.To redeem them that were under the law,that we
might receive the adoption of sons.
6.And because ye are sons,God hath sent forth the
Spirit of His Son into your hearts,crying Abba
Father.
7. Wherefore thou art no more a servant,but a son;
and if a son,then an heir of God through Christ.
Ephesians 1/5
5.Having predestinated uws into the adoption of
children by Jesus Christ to Himself,according to the
good pleasure of His will.
Revelation 21/7
7.He that overcometh shall inherit all things;and I
will be his God,and he shalll be My son.
I am a child of the King.
Therefore I will live on for ever in that
Celestial city.Built and prepared for all God's
children,before the foundation of the world therefore
I( will live forever in that Celestial City,Where
joy,peace and contentment reigns for ever and ever.
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