Easter 2012

Matt 16: 15. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, (anointed, i.e. the Messiah) the Son of the living God.
Who do you say HE is?
　
　
Easter
Why do we have Easter
Celebrate the resurrection of Jesus the Christ
The day that Jesus rose from the dead.
The day our eyes were opened to the fact that He was resurrected
and was the Messiah, the Christ of Old Testament Prophecy
The stone across the door of the tomb was rolled away, and why was it rolled away.. Did Jesus need the stone moved to come out when resurrected? NO.. more than one time He appeared in a room with solid walls…the stone was moved so that we could see that HE WAS NOT THERE…..and open our eyes to the fact that He was resurrected for US.
The day HE went to take keys of
Rev 1: 18. I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
“from the enemy”
Brought Freedom to those in Paradise as they came out of Paradise and it is no more!
Matt 27: 51. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52. And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53. And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
The Beginning of Total Forgiveness
A BIG TRUTH that you will have to understand and remember is that the payment for DEATH can only be accomplished through giving LIFE and this LIFE is in the BLOOD (because without BLOOD there could be no LIFE). As such without pouring out this BLOOD, there could be no payment for SIN (which is Death).
"If No Blood is Shed, No Sins Can be Forgiven." - Hebrews 9:22
Heb 9; 11. But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Jesus took HIS Blood to the heavenly Holy of Holies and put it on the Mercy Seat for our total forgiveness…and that we can be Totally Forgiven and also to enter bodly into the presence of our Father.
IF WE SIN THAN!
1 John 1: 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
The Day of Forgiving
Mark 11: 25. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Matt 5: 23. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
24. Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
IT is time for all of us to begin a new book in our lives, Start living the Path that Jesus has laid out for each of us….AMEN!

The Power to get

God wants you to remember that HE bought your last meal. God has instructed me to remind you that HE purchased your clothes. It is GOD who pays your bills and GOD who will bless you with a home. GOD said you will never lack, even for a loaf of bread. (Deuteronomy 8:6-14)
THERE IS ONE ANONINTING THAT GOD GIVES THAT MOST PREACHERS ARE EMBARRASSED TO PREACH ABOUT!
“But thou shalt remember the LORD thy GOD: For it is HE that giveth thee POWER TO GET WEALTH, that HE may establish HIS covenant which HE sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.” (Deuteronomy 8:18)
Did you know that GOD has an anointing that will bring you wealth? There is an anointing to get wealth and there are six words that tell us why GOD gives this ability:
“THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH HIS COVENANT”
There is a DIVINE purpose in prosperity.
Now, here are three powerful facts as to why this power is available to you as a Christian, today!
GOD DOES NOT CHANGE!
WE ARE THE SEED OF ABRAHAM AND HEIRS TO THE PROMISE.
THE COVENANT OF GOD IS ETERNAL.
God spoke to the prophet Malachi these words:
“FOR I AM THE LORD, I CHANGE NOT:” (Malachi 3:6)
If God said in Deuteronomy 8:18, HE gave power to get wealth some three thousand years ago, then, since HE cannot change, HE STILL GIVES THAT SAME POWER TODAY!
God promised Abraham and all the fathers of the covenant certain blessings. What Abraham received in promise and what Moses and the children of Israel were reminded of by the covenant, is still true today! GOD CANNOT CHANGE!!!
The apostle Paul taught that the Christian’s inheritance was part of the promise given to Abraham in covenant.
“KNOW YE THEREFORE THAT THEY WHICH ARE OF FAITH, THE SAME ARE THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM.”
“THAT THE BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME ON THE GENTILES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST: THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH.”
“AND IF YE BE CHRIST’S, THEN ARE YE ABRAHAM’S SEED, AND HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE.” (Galatians 3:7, 14, 29)
Well, I am not ashamed to say that I am Christ’s. Plainly, the New Testament teaches that Christians are the “CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM” and we are the “HEIRS” of GOD’S covenant in Deuteronomy 8:18!
The cries of the damned are louder in the ears of GOD, more than the selfish pleas for cars, diamonds, and money that many claim are their right. GOD does not mind you having things or HIS children prospering, but the ultimate purpose is to ESTABLISH HIS COVENANT IN THE EARTH!
JESUS admonished us of the direct link between HIS return and the establishing of the kingdom through the preaching of the gospel in every nation.
“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in ALL THE WORLD for a witness unto ALL NATIONS; and THEN SHALL THE END COME.” (Matthew 24:14)
GOD GIVES WEALTH AND THE POWER TO GET IT THAT THE GOSPEL MIGHT BE PREACHED IN ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD!

Keep your eyes on HIM

Keep your eyes on HIM
IN FAITH BELIEVING
Exod. 3: MOSES
11. And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12. And he said, Certainly I will be with thee;
14. And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
3/11-2 Moses asked who is he that he could persuade Pharaoh to let the Israelites go and God said that I will be with you!
HE would go with Noah to supply all that was needed to make the order (mission) a success!
Exodus 4
1. And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.
2. And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
10. And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
14. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
4/2 What ever you have that you are willing to let God use HE will and Moses Rod is a good example..
5/10 Excuses as to why HE/WE can not do what God has called us to do.
5/11 We have no excuse as God will provide what we are (or think we are lacking) lacking in.
I AM! (3/14) who is or what does I AM mean?
Here is what came forth in a vision.
I am the life that is in Creation. I am even the life in my enemies. All that exists does so through ME! I am the Alpha and the Omega, I am the Beginning and the God of all things, there is no truth or reality apart from me. It is not just the reality of this place, that you seek but the reality of my presence.
Judges 6: GIDEON
12. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
14. And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
15. And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?
16. And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
36. And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
37. Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor;
Chapter 7: Gideon had an army of over 32,000 and God told Gideon that the army was too large and put them to a test and of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. Than God had Gideon give the 10,000 an drinking test and all but 300 were sent home!
7. And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you,
Sometimes God gives you a task that seems impossible to you, but if we listen to what He is telling us and obey, it will work out to our good. But we must keep our eyes and our faith on Him, not on our own ability.
Matt; 14 PETER
Matt 14; 28. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
29. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
30. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
32. And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
Again as in the case of the other two, the Lord called Peter, and like us we start foreword and somewhere along the line we take our eyes off HIM and start to sink…
There are two choices (three if you consider not getting out of the boat to start with), than we can sink, and many do, or we can reach out to Jesus as Peter did
What is God trying to tell us by these three stories??
Remember this to start!
Matt: 9: 26. But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Attention, to what this is saying…
YOU ARE-
Small and inadequate, you will never be able to speak or hear me, if you are looking to yourself. You will always be unworthy for what I have called you to do>
IT will never be your areaway or worthiness that causes me to use you, you must not look at your inadequacy But look at MY Adequacy, Stop looking at your won unworthiness and look at m Righteousness. When you are used, it is because of Who I am, not who you are.
His requirement is your availability not you abilities!

Seeds

Success by the Word
A seed is the beginning of all things!

1. Deception is the birthplace of all pain!
What is the one way that the enemy attacks us? That is deceiving us in our minds…..
Pain?? Is anything that causes us stress or discomfort. Real or mental!

2. Every Loss is a seed for restoration.
That seed is the desire to regain the thing or things we have lost.

3. Asking is the seed for receiving.
James 4; 3. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. IF you never ask you will never receive
Even though our Father knows what we have need of (Matt 6:3 2)

4. Every seed has a different Future!
Each seed is planted to fulfill a certain need or desire. Therefore we need to beware of the types of seed we plant. The wrong seed will bring forth WEEDS and THORNS.

5. Giants are not a sign of our exit from Egypt---Giants are proof of our entry into Canaan.
Phil 3; 13. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus
Don’t look back to our sorrows, our disappointments, or failures but look ahead toward the new challenges, victories and REWARDS.

6. Mercy is the seed for Change.
Without mercy there can be very little or any change in a relationship. (unconditional forgiveness)

7. What you keep is your harvest, what you sow is your seed.
What you keep is for your personnel use, and those close to you.
You sowing is like what we call “Paying Foreward”. It comes back to you not added but multiplied.

8. Words are the Seeds for Change.
All words have power and ability in them .
Prov 18: 21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

9.Your seed can go places you can not go….
Think of all the places your tithes and offerings can go that you probably never go.. We as well as Chapel of Victory (our church) pay tithes that go forth and gives offering that benefit others and gives them the ability to sow even further. Than we even reap from their harvest.

10. Whatever you are you reproduce.
Like seeds produce like seeds… if you are a good producing seed your seed will produce good seeds etc. There are things that can also improve or corrupt any seed that we have to watch out for and protect.

Could you??

We have all seen pictures, articles, and even movies about the Jewish Holocaust. We have drawn our own ideas about what the German people did or didn’t know about what was going on and what we would have done if we had been there! Could we have done some of the thing that we know happened to the Jewish and other people? Have you ever thought “I could never have done that, even under orders from an authority figure”
MAYBE?? HUMMMMMMM OK? Think on this!\
An experiment was done with 40 people, an authority figure (in a white coat to show authority) and an actor!
The actor was behind a wall with the authority and the other one (student) on the other side. In front of the student was a dial and switch, that showed Electric Voltage from 15 to over 450 volts (450 and it is death to the person receiving the voltage
The student tuned the dial up and hit the switch, piped in electric noise followed with a yell from the actor as in pain. After the dial had been turned up a ways and the screams got louder. Some of the students started to protest and didn’t want to go on.
The person in authority kept encouraging them. With thing as “ you need to go on” and as they protested (the students) the suggestions become more forceful.
Such as “ it is important that you continue with the experiment”
The last one was a command “ YOU HAVE TO DO IT”
One refused to go any higher than about 100 volts.
NOW guess what out of 40 students 25 went on to the 450 volts that would have killed the actor..
Still think you would be like one of the others or would you have went on

Our Past

Do not live in the Past!

Have you done thing(S) that you are not proud of? Things that keep coming back to haunt you? Things that makes you think at times, stop or at least make you slow down and wonder if you should or can do them in your walk (Callings) with the Lord? Was this before you were born again? Are you born again now, are you a Christian?
Note:
2 Cor 5; 17. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

What does this speak to you after you accept Christ as your Savior and your Lord? It says that any thing (any, all) you did before you became a Christian is no more, the NEW you did none of those thing and THEY are not recorded in your book of Life!!

Now that you are a Christian (Blood Bought) and you mess up than what? ‘If we ask for forgiveness and repent (turn from) the Words says!
1 John 1: 9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
It is as if we have started over again, there should be nothing holding us back from doing the Callings of ( Jehovah) God on our lives.
Do we now understand that God holds nothing against us to keep us from doing what HE has called us to do?

Phil 3; 13. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Do we truly forget those things that were behind us? Do we remember the time that we prayed for some little thing and we felt like we didn’t get the answer? Did we never or seldom pray for that type of prayer again? Maybe NO!
WHY NOT? Is it because we are not able to forget those past prayers or past deeds, past (we consider) failures or does the enemy keeps bringing the past up to us. Remind the enemy and EVEN more IMPORTANT ourselves that all these (negative things) are in the PAST. They are no more in our lives or have any effect on our Prayers, Authority, or Power that we have received from the Birth, Death, or Resurrection of Jesus, the Christ.

The only thing that does is ourselves, and our ability to forget and forgive ourselves, and press on toward that HIGH CALLING OF GOD for us. YOU AND I !!
And the enemy‘s (satan) ability to convince us that
1. Our past is in the road
2. Those things have been done way with such as
A. healings
B. miracles
C. our authority, power, and ability
Through the Holy Spirit.
Matt 17: 20; If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

STAND AND BE BOLD IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER AND HIS SON, JESUS




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Prophecy fulfilled by Jesus

Prophecies of Jesus

Isaiah foreshadowed the virgin birth of Jesus
Bible prophecy: Isaiah 7:14
Prophecy written: Between 701-681 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 5 BC
Isaiah 7:14:
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (God with us)

The Messiah would be born in Bethlehem
Bible prophecy: Micah 5:1-2
Prophecy written: Sometime between 750-686 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 5 BC
In Micah 5:2, there is a prophecy that reveals that Bethlehem would be the birthplace of the Messiah.

The Messiah would come from the tribe of Judah
Bible prophecy: Genesis 49:10
Prophecy written: As early as 1400 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 5 BC
Jesus was born about 2000 years after Jacob died. Jesus' ancestry is traced back to Jacob's son, Judah, in Luke 3:23-34 and in Matthew 1:1-16.


The Messiah would be a descendant of King David
Bible prophecy: Jeremiah 23:5
Prophecy written: Sometime between 626-586 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: By the birth of Jesus about 2000 years ago
he New Testament books of Matthew and Luke trace back Jesus' genealogy to King David.

Jesus was betrayed by a friend
Bible prophecy: Psalm 41:9
Prophecy written: About 1000 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
Matthew 26:47-50, Jesus was betrayed by Judas, one of the 12 apostles\



Zechariah foreshadowed the betrayal of Jesus for 30 pieces of silver
Bible prophecy: Zechariah 11:12-13
Prophecy written: Between 520 and 518 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
Matthew 26:15, Judas was paid 30 silver coins for his betrayal of Jesus.

Jesus was spat upon and beaten
Bible prophecy: Isaiah 50:6
Prophecy written: Between 701-681 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
Isaiah 50:6:
I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.
In Matthew 26:67 (NIV translation), for example, it says: Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him and said, "Prophesy to us, Christ. Who hit you?"



God's servant would be silent before his accusers
Bible prophecy: Isaiah 53:7
Prophecy written: Between 701-681 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
Matthew 27:12-14, which was recorded about 700 years after the time of Isaiah, this is what happened to Jesus.

God's servant would be "numbered with the transgressors"
Bible prophecy: Isaiah 53:12
Prophecy written: Between 701-681 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
the book of Matthew, Jesus, though sinless, was "numbered with the transgressors" and crucified along with two criminals. -

God's servant would be buried in a rich man's tomb
Bible prophecy: Isaiah 53:9
Prophecy written: Between 701-681 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
About 700 years after this was written, Jesus was put to death along with two criminals and was buried in a tomb owned by a wealthy man,