JOHN 3V16
Lesson 1 - What Being Born Again Means
Lesson 1 - What Being Born Again Means
PASTOR DAVID. means 'Compare Passage'Jesus said "...except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." (CP Jn 3:1-7). Being born again expresses the change wrought in the life of a repentant sinner by the Holy Spirit after being converted to Christ. It means the sinner has died unto sin and has been born anew unto righteousness. How this happens is that when the gospel is preached the Holy Spirit works through the word exposing sin to awaken in the hearts of those open to receiving the gospel, a consciousness of guilt and the need for forgiveness. This leads them to repentance and to acknowledge their need of a saviour (CP 2 Cor 7:9-10). Repentance is that divinely wrought conviction of sin in the heart that the soul is guilty before God, and a resolute turning away from sin. It involves both a change of mind about sin and a change of heart-attitude toward sin. It is at the time a renunciation of sin and an acceptance of the Holy Spirit's enabling power for holy living. Repentance is both God's gift, and man's responsibility (CP Ac 5:31 with Lu 15:11-24). The parable of the prodigal son emphasises the character of true repentance: a complete turn-around and return to our heavenly Father is required. Truly repentant sinners have a deep conviction of their lost state, and earnestly seek to be reconciled to God. They determine to be partakers of the kingdom of God and all the salvation benefits Christ purchased for us with His blood on the cross of Calvary (CP Mt 11:12).
That is what Jesus means in Jn 3:3 when He says "...except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." Seeing the kingdom of God is actually perceiving it and its realities through the salvation that can only be obtained through abiding in Christ and having His word abiding in us (CP Ac 4:10-12). As they hear the gospel, repentant sinners are made aware by the Holy Spirit of God's standard of righteousness in Christ and they turn to Christ for salvation (CP Jn 16:7-11; Rom 1:16-17; 2Cor 4:6). Being born again means literally being born anew, begotten from above, from God (CP Jn 1:12-13; 2Pe 1:1-4; 1Jn 2:29). This is one of the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith: the doctrine of regeneration, or the new birth. It is not limited to the initial act of renewal when we are first converted to Christ, but is a continuous work of the Holy Spirit renewing and transforming our lives as we surrender ourselves to the Lordship of Christ and the authority of His word throughout the entirety of our Christian walk (CP Ro 12:2). Once we have committed our way to God we are no longer to be conformed to a world system that is without God, but be transformed by a renewed mind committed to the ideals of the kingdom of God. "Prove" means to test, to prove by practice in everyday life that God's will for us is good and acceptable and perfect. Our minds must be conformed to God's way of thinking. Our plans, goals and ambitions must be determined by heavenly and eternal truths, not by this evil, temporal and transient age (CP Eph 4:20-32). There is a teaching within the teaching here. Note in V28 that the first motive for a believer to earn money is that he may have something to give to someone else. The occupational enterprise of Christians is not simply to make a living for themselves but to also be a channel of blessing for others in need.
We learn from scriptures that man sets himself apart unto God to be holy and God accepts him, forgives him and cleanses him, making him holy by the truth and by faith (CP Lev 20:7-8; Eze 18:30-31; Jn 17:17-19; Ac 26:18; Tit 3:3-6; 1Pe 1:15-16). The word conversation in 1Pe 1:15 means behaviour - it is our behaviour that sets us apart unto holiness before God. But we can only maintain that state of holiness by the empowering of the Holy Spirit, and for that empowering to be effective in our lives we must always be yielded to the Holy Spirit's leading (CP Ro 8:5-17; Ga 5:16-25; 6:7-9). Grieving the Holy Spirit leads to resisting Him (CP Ac 7:51); this in turn leads to quenching the Spirit (CP 1Th 5:19), and finally to despising Him (CP He 10:26-31), which will damn us for eternity. "Renewing of the Holy Ghost" in Tit 3:5 refers to the constant impartation of divine life to believers by the Holy Spirit after we surrender our lives to God (CP 2Pe 1:3-4). We must always continue willing to follow Christ in strict obedience to His word unto the end of our earthly life. Salvation is only assured to those sowing to the Spirit at the end of their life on earth. Whatever we are in life when we die is what we will be throughout eternity (CP Jude 21; Rev 22:11-12). Regeneration involves a complete transformation of our moral nature - a complete change of heart which expresses the change from the person we were to the person we become in Christ (CP Eph 2:1-8; Col 3:1-10). If we have made the way of Christ our way of life it will very plainly show (CP 2Cor 5:17; Ga 6:15). A great many Christians erroneously believe that we can never attain to righteousness and true holiness in this life but if it were not possible God would not have commanded it. It can only be done though through the blood Jesus shed for us at Calvary. None of us could ever stand before God in our own righteousness but all in Christ are made the righteousness of God (CP Ro 5:8-21; 2Cor 5:21).
Jesus Christ is the only man who ever lived who was without sin. Every other person has sinned and come short of God's glory (CP Ro 3:10, 23; 5:12; He 4:14-15). That is why Jesus is the only one who can save us, and why we need to be born again to be saved. But we must always remember that whilst we become born again believers on our way to heaven from the moment we first become converted to Christ, that is only the first step in our life-long Christian walk. As we learned earlier regeneration, or the new birth, is an ongoing work of the Holy Spirit within us that requires our complete surrender to the Lordship of Jesus and the authority of His word (CP Jn 3:5). Many Christians believe that the water Jesus refers to here alludes to water baptism, but it does not. If it did Jesus would be teaching baptismal regeneration - that we can only be saved through water baptism - but He is not teaching that at all. Scriptures teach that we are saved by the word, not water (CP Psa 119:9). We are born again by God's word, and it is only by continuing obedient to the word and resisting all the immoral influences characterising the ungodly world system in which we live that we can cleanse our way (CP Isa 55:1-7).
This is an open invitation for whosoever will to partake of the salvation benefits God has provided for us, but an essential prerequisite is a genuine spiritual hunger and thirst for forgiveness and a right relationship with God (CP 1Cor 1:17-18, 21). Paul clearly teaches here that it is the word of God - the gospel -that saves, not water baptism. Paul is not minimising Jesus' teaching concerning water baptism but rather is stressing the fact that he was ordained of God to preach the word for salvation, not to baptise new converts (CP Eph 5:25-26). We get a much clearer understanding here of what being born of water means. Christ is sanctifying the Church, setting it apart and cleansing it, making it pure and holy unto Himself by the word - the gospel. So we can see that it is not being immersed in water that saves, but being immersed in the word (CP 1Pe 1:23-25). This is virtually the same teaching as Eph 5:25-26. Men are saved by the word alone. Every human endeavour, and the corrupt world system will be judged by God's word CP Rev 21:5-6). This is Christ Himself speaking. He promises that whoever thirsts for knowledge of Him, He will give them to drink of the water of life. (This is a similar teaching to Isa 55:1-7. All who hunger and thirst for Christ will be saved (CP Jn 4:5-14).
The water given by Christ means spiritual life (CP Isa 12:3). But to partake of the spiritual life in Christ we need to be continually drinking of the living water. The word drinketh is a present tense continuous action verb (it is called a present imperative in the Greek). It means that drinking of the water is not a momentary single act but is a progressive or repeated drinking. It is an action in progress, or repeated. It is very important to know that because what it teaches us is that drinking of the water of life requires regular communion with the source of the living water, Jesus Christ Himself. No one can continue to drink of the water of life if he or she becomes severed or separated from its source. That means we are not eligible for the salvation benefits in Christ if we are no longer abiding in Him, or His word is abiding in us. To sum up, our membership in God's family remains conditional on our love for Christ demonstrated by a life of sincere obedience to His word throughout our earthly existence (CP Jn 14:15, 21-23 with 1Jn 2:3-6). Just as we can be born again unto everlasting life by the Spirit of God, we can also extinguish that life by ungodly choices and unrighteous living (CP Ro 6:1-23; 8:12-14; 2Ti 2:11-12).
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Inside the Gates
PASTOR DAVID
Inside the Gates
God, in His infinite mercy and grace, permitted me to go to that beautiful place called heaven. The logistics of my trip to His home and back to earth are unclear to me, but I cannot be mistaken about the reality of it.
How were the incomparable wonders of heaven revealed to a mere mortal like me? Let me start at the beginning.
One night the Lord appeared to me and told me I was chosen for a special assignment. He said, “My child, I will manifest Myself to you to bring people out of darkness into light. I have chosen you for a purpose: you are to write and make a record of the things that I will show and tell you."
I submitted myself to God completely, and astounding things began to happen. I was taken from where I was at the time and transported into hell itself. I was aware of all five of my senses: I could see, feel, hear, smell, and taste. Yet, this was a supernatural happening. I realized that the impact it made on me was for a purpose.
For days after I was taken by the Lord into hell, I was very grieved in my heart. My heart was sad and burdened because of the horrors I saw. I had viewed the judgment of God on sin and on the people who had gone to hell. I prayed earnestly to God and sought His comfort.
On the thirty-first night after these events began, the power of Almighty God fell on me again. At two o’clock in the morning, a mighty angel stood beside my bed. Jesus Christ was standing behind the angel. As I looked on the face of the Lord standing there, He smiled at me, but He did not say anything.
The mighty messenger of God said, “God has given me a special mission. I am sent here to take you to heaven and to show you parts of it."
After a moment, he spoke again, “Come and see the glory of God!"
At once, I was supernaturally transported from my home and found myself standing out side one of the gates of heaven with the heavenly angel.
The overwhelming beauty of what I saw around me was breathtaking! The clothing the heavenly being wore looked like a brilliant garment of light. The angel had triangular-shaped wings that glistened with the colors of the rain bow. Although I wasn’t surprised, I was amazed at the indescribable beauty of God that was evident all around.
The next thing I knew, the angel repeated an exclamation that I would hear many times:
“Behold, the glory of God!"
The magnificent gate that stood before me in splendor was made of a solid pearl. In awe I took in everything I could of this most beautiful sight. At this point, I could not see the Lord anywhere, but I was totally enraptured by the glory of heaven.
ENTERING HEAVEN
When we arrived there, two very tall angels were standing outside the gate. Both of them wore glistening robes and had swords in their hands. Their hair was like spun gold, and their faces gleamed with light.
The angel accompanying me moved over to speak to the two angels guarding the gate, and I was left standing alone. In amazement, I thought, “Oh, how glorious are the gates of heaven! How wonderful it is to see this one for myself!" Suddenly, I realized that I was actually going to enter into heaven.
As I watched the angels of the Lord, I could hear some of the conversation they were having. One of them went inside the gate and returned almost immediately with a small volume. The book had a gold cover, and the printing inside was also in gold. It seemed to be a book about my life’s history. My name was stamped on the cover:
(Revelation 21:27)
PASTOR DAVID
Exodus 32:32 But now, please forgive their sin--but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written."
Isaiah 52:1 Awake, awake, O Zion, clothe yourself with strength. Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again.
Ezekiel 44:9 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live among the Israelites.
Zechariah 14:21 Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD Almighty.
Mark 7:2 saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed.
Luke 10:20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
1 Timothy 1:10 for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers--and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
2 Peter 3:13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
Revelation 3:5 He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.
Revelation 21:8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
Revelation 22:14 "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. FROM TRIUMPHANT FAITH EMBASSY.
Isaiah 52:1 Awake, awake, O Zion, clothe yourself with strength. Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again.
Ezekiel 44:9 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live among the Israelites.
Zechariah 14:21 Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD Almighty.
Mark 7:2 saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed.
Luke 10:20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
1 Timothy 1:10 for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers--and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
2 Peter 3:13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
Revelation 3:5 He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.
Revelation 21:8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
Revelation 22:14 "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. FROM TRIUMPHANT FAITH EMBASSY.
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is from Life Truth Sanctuary. a.k.a. Triumphant Chapel.
ReplyDeleteTHE BLESSING OF BUILDING GOD A SANCTUARY.
Exodus 25:1-8
God presses an emphasis when it comes to building His house! God will emphasize how exactly His house ought to be. The house of God is not built anyhow and if you build anyhow God will reject that house.
Gods eyes are on his House and whenever you violet the house of God you violet the sight of God.
The house of God is not to be used for stealing from the people of God or to trample on the children of God but the house of God is to be used as a worship place for the people of God.
Whenever you give to the work of God you must never be discouraged because there is a big blessing that comes with building God a house.
Haggai 1:5-6).
“Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Consider your ways! You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes’"
WHY MUST WE BUILD GOD A SANCTUARY?
1. So that God's presence of God can dwell with us.
A sanctuary raises a place where people can pray 24/7.
2. So that your relationship with Christ might move forward.
If we refuse to build God a sanctuary you will withhold the salvation of many people who are suppose to be born again.
3. So that you can call the place a place of prayer
People will come to seek miracles from God in the house of God! The house of God is going to be a house of restoration!
THE VIEW OF GOD ON HIS SANCTUARY
1. God is committed to His building
2. God is moved by what you have built
When you build God a house, God is going to respond! When you make God smile, God will make you smile forever!
The centurions servant who Jesus healed was not a Christian but he had built the temple of God and so Jesus responded to his call and by speaking a word God healed the servant to this centurion.
3. God attaches His glory to buildings
The Shekkinah glory of God only came down after Solomon had built God a temple.
HOW ARE WE TO BUILD A SANCTUARY?
1. With our resources
2. Sacrificially - Solomon built the house of God sacrificially and he saw the hand of God.
Fire will always come down were their is a sacrifice
3. On a land that God has chosen
THE BLESSING OF BUILDING GOD A HOUSE
1. The attention of Jehovah God will come to you
The Roman centurion attracted the attention of Jesus. If you are attracting God in your life you are attracting growth
2. You provoke the Visitation of God by force over your life!
Solomon provoked the visitation of God through the act of building God a Sanctuary and offering thousands of burnt offerings! If you want God to visit you, please God.
3. God will reward your life greatly
Psalm 126:5 those who sow in tears shall harvest in joy!
4. God will end all your battles
Proverbs 16:7. In his reign Solomon never fought any battles because God had silenced the enemies of Solomon through the sacrificial offering Solomon had made when building God a house
5. God will give you financial increase!
2 Chronicles 1:15
6. God will bless you with longevity of life!
7. God will restore your honor
Psalm 126.
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PRAYER POINTS FOR THE FAMILY Thank the Lord for His redemptive power which neither fail none diminish Oh Lord walk back to the foundation of my life and carry out the necessary surgical operation. By the power of God, I release myself from every marital and ancestral curse in Jesus name. Oh Lord, I take authority over principalities and bind every strongman attached to any area of my life in Jesus name. In the name of Jesus, I break all marital curses placed on my family by any household enemies, in the name of Jesus I fire back every arrow of family idols affecting my marital breakthrough, in the name of Jesus. All family idols from both sides of my parents, release me in the name of Jesus In the name of Jesus, I refuse to allow any evil pattern programmed by any of my ancestor to hinder the promises of God in my life, in Jesus name. By the power of God, I renounce all hidden soul ties covenant, in the name of Jesus. Every cycle of hardship in my family, break in the name of Jesus. Oh Lord, I decree my family will make progress, in the name of Jesus Oh Lord, Let every evil power trying to re-design my destiny be put to shame in Jesus name. Every generational trouble in my family,disappear in the name of Jesus. Oh Lord, I release myself from every dream pollution, in the name of Jesus. My father, My father,I command every evil plantation in my life to come out now in Jesus name Every evil mark on my family,be erased in Jesus name. Oh Lord, Let all negative material circulating in my blood stream, be evacuated, in the name of Jesus Thou power of God,go into my family and deliver everyone who are in chains today,in Jesus name Every witchcraft challenge of my destiny, die in the name of Jesus. Oh Lord, in my family,I cancel untimely death in Jesus name I claim our Family deliverance from the spirit of poverty and suffering, in Jesus name Oh Lord, as a person,I claim divine prosperity; I must shine in the name of Jesus. Oh Lord .as a person, I receive the miracle of supernatural promotion, in the name of Jesus. O God arise and do a new thing in my family, in the name of Jesus Thou sword of deliverance, cut down the tree of family affliction, in the name of Jesus Every evil power from my father’s house, perish in the name of Jesus. Every evil power of my mother’s house, perish,in the name of Jesus Every power that pursued my parents, release me in the name of Jesus. Every evil power pursuing me from my father’s house, perish, in the name of Jesus Every evil power pursuing me from my mother’s house, perish., in the name of Jesus Every witchcraft tree binding my placenta, wither in the name of Jesus.
ReplyDeleteALSO READ: Prayers For Exams Success SECTION B PRAYER POINTS 1. Father, I thank you for the biological parents you gave me; I thank you also for you are my new birth parent. 2. I thank you for the blood of Jesus that redeems me from every ungodly parentage and inheritance. 3. I therefore claim my new birth parentage in Abraham through Christ Jesus; I declare that I am a blessed seed of Abraham. 4. I repent of the sins of my parents that opened the door for generational battles; I ask you Lord to forgive us and have mercy on us, in Jesus name. 5. Father, I petition against every unfinished and transferred battle from my parents. Let the battles and the forces responsible for them depart from me right now, in Jesus name. 6. By the blood of Jesus, I reject and renounce all satanic transfers and handovers from my parents. 7. I command every unfinished parental battle to terminate in my life, in Jesus name. I decree that these battles will not be transferred to my own children, in Jesus name. 8. By the blood of Jesus, I release myself from the powers of my parent’s spiritual failures. 9. I decree that the powers that stopped my parents will not be able to stop me, in Jesus name. 10. I declare that by the grace of God, I shall win this battle. 11. Because I am born of God, I shall overcome the world and every battle in it, in Jesus name. 12. By the blood of Jesus, I blot out every evil family record that may be speaking against me. 13. Like Joseph, I receive the anointing to terminate generational battles. 14. Like Jephtha, I receive the grace to rewrite my family history positively. 15. Like David, use me to kill the Goliath my seniors could not kill. 16. Father, empower me to defeat the forces that defeated my parents. 17. Lord, give me power to win the battles my parents could not win. 18. Because I am a seed of Abraham, I shall always possess the gates of my enemies, in Jesus name. 19. Let the anointing of prevailing prayer fall on me now, in Jesus name. 20. I receive power to travail in prayer until I win this battle. 21. I command the spirit of prayerlessness and slothfulness to get out of my life and family now, in Jesus name. 22. Father, open my eyes to see the battles confronting me and give me strategy to defeat them, in Jesus name. 23. Father, give me revelation and insight that will lead to my victory, in Jesus name. 24. I receive the biblical wisdom and strategy to defeat my enemies and win this battle, in Jesus name. 25. Battle of (mention it), expire in Jesus name. 26. Ancient battles of my father’s house, I terminate you by fire, in Jesus name. 27. Powers assigned to stop me; I stop you in Jesus name. 28. Let the present battles of my life expire now, in Jesus name.
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ReplyDeleteOld Testament Prophecies of Jesus
Before we dive in and answer the question of where the Old Testament predicts Jesus’ birth and death, let’s take a moment to answer another question: How can you trust biblical prophecy? The answer is found in the very Scripture itself:
“You may say to yourselves, ‘How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?’ If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed” (Deuteronomy 18:21-22).
You can test the prophetic accuracy of Scripture by asking this one question: Did it come to pass? This is really the only way to know if something that is prophesied is true or not. Let’s consider some of these prophecies from the Old Testament.
Let's look at 11 places where the Old Testament accurately predicts Jesus’ birth and death. In answering the question of where the Old Testament predict Jesus’ birth and death, I want to divide the listings into two categories. We will first start with those pointing to his birth, and then those pointing to his death.
Old Testament Predictions of Jesus' Birth
old testament prediction of jesus birth
1. Genesis 3:15
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
From the very beginning, right after Adam and Eve disobeyed God, he gave indication that a savior would be coming from the seed of the woman, Eve. God revealed right away that this seed would be the one that would crush the head of the serpent. We know that seed pointed to Jesus. Moses is credited as the author of the book of Genesis. The time of his writing isn’t one hundred percent certain, but is estimated to be about 1500 years before Christ was born.
2. Genesis 12:3
“I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
In this verse, God is making a promise to Abraham that he would make him into a great nation. As part of that promise he tells him that all people on earth will be blessed through you. This blessing of all mankind points to the one who would redeem peoples from every tribe and tongue on the face of the earth. The blessing of salvation was for all who would believe.
3. Isaiah 7:14
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”
This Scripture points to the manner in which he will born, and also to one of the names given to Christ: Immanuel, meaning God with us. This was pointing to both his human birth and his divine nature. This was written over 700 years before Christ was born.
4. Micah 5:2
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
We know Jesus was born in Bethlehem and this Scripture tells us in advance the place Jesus would be born. This prophecy was written by Micah approximately 800 years before Christ was born.
5. Hosea 11:1
“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.”
This prophecy was written by Hosea also approximately 800 years before Christ was born. This verse looks backward and forward. Remember the Israelites were slaves in Egypt when God brought them out. Also remember that Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt with the baby Jesus to avoid the slaughter by Herod. This verse can apply to both of those situations. However, it was referred to by Matthew in his writings (Matthew 2:14-15).
Dr David S.
Old Testament Predictions of Jesus' Death
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One place we can turn to that accurately predicts Christ’s death is Psalm 22. I will highlight a few verses from this Psalm.
6. Psalm 22:1
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
7. Psalm 22:7-8
“All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads. ‘He trusts in the Lord,’ they say, ‘let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.’”
8. Psalm 22:16-18
“Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet. All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.”
This Psalm was written by David approximately 1000 years before Christ came. I just want to highlight within this Psalm the many references to the actual crucifixion of Christ. I will include the New Testament reference for each of these:
Jesus cried out “My God, my God why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34)
They mocked and hurled insults shaking their heads at Jesus (Matthew 27:39, Mark 15:29)
They shouted “He trusts in the Lord, let the Lord save him” (Matthew 27:41-43)
They nailed him to a cross piercing his hand and feet (Matthew 27:35)
They divided his clothes and cast lots for them (Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:24, Luke 23:34)
The accuracy and specific nature of David’s prophecy has caused some skeptics to believe it was written after the crucifixion had already taken place. But the evidence shows this was written about 1000 years before. If someone should ever ask you where the Old Testament predicts Jesus birth and death, this Psalm should be included in the conversation. Especially if you are talking about his death.
Another great passage to turn to is Isaiah 53. The whole chapter refers to Christ, but I want to highlight a few verses.
9. Isaiah 53:5
“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.”
10. Isaiah 53:7
“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.”
11. Isaiah 53:9
“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.”
Again, when you read the scriptures, it is amazing how accurate and reliable Bible prophecies are. If you consider the test of the truth of prophecy, mentioned in Deuteronomy, then the Bible passes with flying colors.
What Does All This Mean?
As we have looked back to consider Old Testament prophecies, there is one thing I want you to take away from all this. The Bible can be trusted. It is the living active word of God and you can depend on what God has spoken in his word. What has been predicted has either already come to pass or it will. It’s just a matter of time. I want to leave you with two truths about Scripture that Jesus stated about the word of God:
“For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished” (Matthew 5:18).
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away” (Matthew 24:35).
When it is all said and done and every prophecy has been fulfilled, God’s word will still be standing. You can count on that. Hallelujah glory be to God.
De'Prophetic Eagle