"What Noah, Paul, King David, and Christ Have in Common"
Let us start with Noah. Noah was a man who lived at a time when there was complete lawlessness on the earth, just like today as a matter of fact. But for some reason, God the Father gave him the instructions on how to build a specifically designed ark, that would endure the wrath to come, in the form of the great flood.
We should take note, that God did not build the ark for Noah, and say, hey Noah, look at this great ark I have built for you, just go in, and you will be saved. This is not how salvation works, even though many Christian organizations teach along these lines. I bring this up because the Christian world misinterprets the gift of salvation, they simply do not know what it really means.
The gift, is that God gave us His Holy Word, and if we speak this Holy Word ourselves, then we will keep this Holy Word ourselves too. Why is this so? Romans 10 v 17, "Faith comes by Hearing."
One must realize that the Father's word is all powerful, as in, Creation powerful. All things were spoken into existence through the spoken word. This means that for us to become a, "New Creation," we must too speak the Fathers word, because His word always creates something new when it is spoken, always. In other words, let us speak His word and Create a New Us. Oh I like that, and how that works.
But now I ask, what made Noah so special from everyone else on the earth during his day. What did he do that made him find that special favor, (Grace), from God the Father. I mean Noah must of been doing something that set him apart from all others, (Sanctified), this is the only conclusion we can come to, as only 8 people out of the entire population of the earth was saved. I call that a remnant. Ever look up that word, Remnant?
It means, "What is Left Over." As in, the flood came, and Noah and his family were the remnant, what was left over, from this great destruction. We know fire is set to destroy the earth as we know it today, and again, only a remnant will be saved. So how is the remnant saved, including Noah? We must find out.
Believe it or not, Noah was doing something special, he was set apart from the rest of civilization during his time here on earth. What was Noah doing that no one else was doing? In 2nd Peter 2 v 5 we read, "Noah was a Preacher of Righteousness."
Yes, Noah was Preacher of Righteousness, unlike the rest of mankind. We can all see that this one thing benefited him greatly, as he was the one who received the favor, the grace, from God the Father. He was given the early warning of the things to come, and a way of escape too. He was saved.
Now I ask, what was this Righteousness that Noah preached? We can find our Fathers provided answer in Psalm 119 v 172, we see it says, "My tongue shall speak of Your Word, For all Your Commandments are Righteousness."
Yes, that is right, Noah was the only one preaching to others the Keeping of the Commandments of God during his day, and this is why he found favor, (Grace), with God the Father. This is why he was saved.
Now, what about the apostle Paul, did he speak of Righteousness to others? We can read where Paul was speaking to the governing authorities, (Proverbs 18 v 16) and speaking of very specific things, important things. We see in Acts 24 v 25, we see it says of Paul, "Now as he reasoned about Righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid, (Convicted), and answered, Go away for now."
Yes this is how most react when they know someone is speaking the truth, but they do not want to keep it, much less hear it. The important thing is, Paul also spoke of Righteousness, in fact this is what he preached. We see Paul tells us in 1st Corinthians 15 v 34, "Awake to Righteousness and do not Sin." What is sin? 1st John 5 v 17 tells us, "All Unrighteousness is Sin."
Makes sense right, if Righteousness is the Preaching and Keeping of the Commandments of God, then the preaching against and breaking of them is Unrighteousness. One can also read 1st John 3 v 4 to get clarity of what Sin is too. I point this out about Paul, because many twists his writings to mean what they want them to mean.
Well, guess what people, Paul's writings make up about 5 to 7% of the entire Bible. This means that people need to stop trying to make the rest of the Bible, 93 to 95%, fit into Paul's writings, and make Paul's writings, fit into the vast majority of the rest of the text, the 93 to 95%. I hope it is clear, Paul Preached Righteousness.
Now I ask, what about King David? Did King David Preach Righteousness? Many know that King David committed a sin when he took the wife of another and slept with her. When God the Father, through the prophet Nathan, brought it to David's attention, he was very sorrowful. We can read his repentance in Psalm 51. We learn many things in this Psalm, but what we want to concentrate on, is what David promised to do, after he asked forgiveness.
In Psalm 51 verses 12-14 we read David say, "Restore to me the joy of Your Salvation. And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. 13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You. 14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of Your Righteousness." It seems that it is an exact replica of Psalm 119 v 172, when it says, "My tongue."
Kind of prophetic too, with the asking of taking away the guilt of bloodshed. That guilt of bloodshed he wanted forgiveness for, was for Christ blood, as he knew of the coming of the Messiah. He knew that the sin he had just committed would require the Messiah to die for it. And he was terribly sorrowful, terribly. What is important though, at least relating to this article, is that King David too was a Preacher of Righteousness.
So what about the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God? Did He speak of Righteousness too? We read about Christ in Psalm 40. If we will now read Psalm 40 verses 7-10 we can read the very words of Christ, they say,
"Then I said, Behold I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of Me. 8 I delight to do Your will, O My God, And Your Law is within My heart. 9 I have proclaimed the Good News of Righteousness in the great assembly; indeed, I did not restrain My lips, O Lord, You Yourself know. 10 I have not hidden Your Righteousness within My heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your Salvation."
Yes, oh yes, Christ proclaimed the Righteousness of the Father, His Commandments. If there is any doubt on anyone's part, I point them to John 18 v 37, here Christ told us, "For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the TRUTH."
The very reason He was born and came into the world, to bear witness of the Truth to us. Now look at what we read in Proverbs 12 v 17, it says, "He who Speaks Truth Declares Righteousness."
Oh yes, the Fathers word is in perfect unity. We could go to Psalm 119 v 151 and read, "You are near, O Lord, And ALL Your Commandments are Truth."
The evidence is in the Word of God, all of these great examples show us the way to salvation, by Preaching and Declaring Righteousness, the Fathers Commandments. We must take notice of Psalm 40 v 8 where we learn that the Law of God was within Christ Heart. Why is this important?
Because Christ told us in Matthew 12 v 34 and again Luke 6 v 45, "From the Abundance of the Heart the Mouth Speaks." The Law was on Christ heart, and therefore that is what He spoke, just like all the others. What is the New Covenant promise from the Father? That His people, would have His Law, put in their minds, and written on their heart. Jeremiah 31 verses 31-33
Read more about this in the article entitled, "God's Plan For Us All."
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=330049
I hope it is clear what we must be preaching out of our mouths to others, the Keeping of the Commandments of God. In fact, what most do not know, even those who think they are very wise by Christian standards, is that if a person is not doing this, Preaching the Commandments of God to others, they will not be saved.
Wow, some might say, those are some pretty strong words. I say, they should be, they are the Fathers, spoken by Christ Himself. Many have read the parable of Sowing the Seed. The seed being the Word of God. Christ gives the explanation to the disciples after they inquire of its meaning. The ones by the wayside is what we want to pay close attention to, very close attention to.
In Luke 8 v 12, Christ said, "Those by the wayside are the ones who hear, (Those Reading and Hearing This Now), then the devil comes and takes away the Word/Law Out of their Hearts, lest they Should Believe and Be Saved."
Now some may try to explain this away, because I put Law after Christ said Word. But I ask, what is the Word of God? Is it not His Commandments (Psalm 119 v 172), which put all together make up His Law? Why yes, this is what the Word is, His Law, the very thing that He promised to Write on the Hearts of His people."
The important thing here is, to be saved, the Word/Law must be on a persons Heart. The devil knows this all to well and does everything he can to keep the Word/Law from being wrote on a persons Heart, because he does not want people to be saved, he is here to steal, kill and destroy. John 10 v 10
Why does it have to be on a persons heart to be saved? "For Out of the Abundance of The Heart The Mouth Speaks." Oh yes, now we all know why, because if it is not written on our Hearts, we will not be speaking about it, (Preaching It), to others, and as we have already learned, all of these men did just that, they Preached Righteousness, the Keeping of the Commandments of God. It was on their Hearts.
And they did it, because they knew, "That Faith Comes By Hearing." Romans 10 v 17 The more one preaches them, the more likely one will keep them. And what does Deuteronomy 6 v 25 say? It says, "Then it will be Righteousness for us, (You and Me), IF we are careful to Observe all these Commandments before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us."
Ask yourself this question, "Why do the Sunday keeping churches never read the Ten Commandments Word for Word in their services?"
Because the devil does not want them to get on the peoples heart, the devil knows Romans 10 v 17, and therefore one will never hear the Ten Commandments read Word for Word in a Sunday church. Sunday of course is the 1st day of the week, which is not the day of the week God commanded us to keep holy.
Read more about this in the article entitled, "What Day Is The Lord's Day."
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=352591
The devil knows they must get on a persons heart, Word for Word, to be saved, because once they are written on a persons heart, they will thus speak them out loud to others from the abundance of their hearts, and thus their faith will be in what they hear. Oh how I pray that those who have been led by the Father to read these truths accept it as just that, the truth.
Please all, check every scripture, this is not my teaching, but the Fathers. If at the very least, please all, accept the very examples of all the great men talked about in this article, they all did the same thing, they Kept the Commandments of God, by Preaching the Commandments of God to others, because they knew that is the only way one can actually keep them too.
This is why Paul told us in Romans 1 v 16, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, (Truth), for it is the Power of God to Salvation." It is, in fact, the only way to salvation.
Notice I put Truth by Christ name? I did this because He Himself said He was the Truth, John 14 v 6. He is the truth because he is also, "The Word made flesh", John 1 v 14. And again He told us in John 17 v 17, "Thy Word is Truth." And of course the Word of God is His Commandments, and they are the truth too, Psalm 119 v 151, and then of course all of His Commandments make up His Law, which is also truth, Psalm 119 v 142.
And believe it or not, as I have written many times, at the request of the Father, His Spoken Word is also His Spirit, John 6 v 63, and that Spirit/Word is the truth too. 1st John 5 v 6
My Fathers word is in perfect unity, I see it, can anyone else see it? I know I speak the truth to people, because as it said in Proverbs 12 v 17, "He who speaks truth declares righteousness." This is what I do, and I cannot help it, He has written it on my heart, I have become His person, and He has become my God.
Will you please let Him become your God too, He truly wants to be, He really does. 1st Timothy 2 v 4 The decision is one that has to be made soon, as the return of the Christ is fast approaching. I leave all with this last truth. If one is sowing anything but the Keeping of the Commandments of God, His Righteousness, they will not be in the Kingdom of God, but in the lake of fire. Revelation 21 v 8
But as we can plainly read, we are told in Proverbs 11 v 18, "The wicked man does deceptive work, but he WHO SOWS RIGHTEOUSNESS will have a SURE REWARD." Yes, it is called salvation.
May the Father lead those who have read this, not only to hear it, but to accept it. Amen
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