What saith the Scripture

 I  have been doing these on this platform for now on 4 years.  Before I used other platforms since 2010 or thereabouts.  I have never had one question and only one comment in all those years.  I did have one correction when one reader observed that I had referenced 1 Corinthians when actually I should have used 2 Corinthians, that was about six or seven years ago.    I now place my thoughts and understandings on Facebook  In His service;   James Brown    

  1 Thessalonians 1:4 [Authorized King James Version]   “But as we were allowed by God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.”   All passages are taken from the Authorized King James Version unless otherwise noted. “But as we were allowed by God”   Who were/are the “we”?   “Allowed by God” to do what and how?   “God is all wise, in grace wisdom, love and faithfulness can either hide from {Luke 18:34] or be seen of those who by faith believing {Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11 and Hebrews 10:38}.   “But without faith it is impossible to please him : for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6.   So how does that saving faith come?   “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”   Romans   10:17.   “to be put in trust with the gospel” ...

  “The heart  is  deceitful above all  things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”J eremiah 17:9   “ He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.” Psalm 24:4   All scripture references are taken from the Authorized (King James) Versions unless other wise noted. There was a man who once lived alone, he was what is often called a hermit a vagabond.   He had never been told of God, Jesus or the gospel as given from the Bible. He knew in his heart, that there was something, something outside himself, something was needed to make himself complete.   Several years previously while scrounging and looking for anything useful he discovered a Bible.   He put it away, safely where he lived and forgot about it.   Some years later there was a harsh winter storm, frozen deep snow had completely shut him in.   Although secure in his abode and safe from the destr...

 "And if Christ be not raised, your faith is  vain; ye are yet in your sins"  1 Corinthians 15:17 "Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification."  Romans 4:25 Salvation is believing the whole package; His death, His burial, and His resurrection.

" I have glorified thee on earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do ."  John 17:4  Authorized King James Version [AKJV]. "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said,  It is finished : and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.  John 19:30 [AKJV]. Note: all passages reference are from the Authorized King James Version In John 17:4 it is written that "I have finished the work" but the crucifixion wasn't completed until John 19:30.  To me, God, the Lord Jesus Christ shows His omniscience.  He, Jesus being the incarnation of the only true God knows the future from the past as He lives in our now.  All I have is the memory of the past, the trials of the present, and the hope of the future.  So then, when I read passages as Ephesians 1:3 although I'm in the present, after believing the gospel 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, God now sees me in my future, in Him.  "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of...

  "He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? " Matthew 16:15, Authorized King James Version [AKJV]. Peter [Matt 16:16], Martha [John 11:27], the Ethiopian Eunuch [Acts 8:37], and Saul [9:20]; but is that for us today? I think not. In those passages, there wasn't mention of His death, burial, and resurrection as there now is for us [humanity] today. We are instructed now to believe?  But to believe what then, do you have a scripture passage for that?  Yes, yes I do. "Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he arose again the third day according to the scripture."      1 Corinthians 15:1-4. I say in...

"Wherefore art thou  red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat."  Isaiah 63:2 [in context read 63:1-6]  " A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it , and digged a place for the winefat,"  Mark 12:1b and c.   While listening to a recent TV minister I observed what I thought at the time a miss-spelling in the text of the Bible I currently use, in which I have found several.  It's a King James Version "Authorized", and have often wondered what's the difference between the given as "authorized" and the other not.   After some research and consideration, I saw this.  Thinking it was a textural error I checked several other KJV authorized and non-authorized finding they all used the word winevat.  But the authorized used both "vat" and "fat".  So why the disparity in the spelling and only used in those two places in scripture? To me, it was getting interesting.  I have lear...

 Some know but most don't and even fewer believe.  The Gospel that saves in this "the dispensation of the grace of God"  Ephesians 3:2 which was given Paul [Romans 2:16] to give to us in this time we now live.   "Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he arose again the third day according to the scripture"  12 Corinthians 15:1-4 AKJV Believe God, what he has said of you:  "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23.  That "For the wages of sin is  death,  but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."   I plead with you, be...

"This is a faithful saying, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners;" 1st Timothy 1:15a Authorized King James Version [AKJV]. So if in Christ ["Therefore if any man be  in Christ,  he is  a new creature", not born again [Jeweish] but a "new creature old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new"] 2 Corinthians 5:17.  So then do you do what you do as if paying a debt or from thankfulness?  And how is that debt paid if you deem payment due?  Likewise, if by thankfulness how is that thankfulness shown.  Again why do you do what you do?      To consider:  "K nowing that a man is not justified by the  works  of the  law , but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the  works  of the  law : for by the  works  of the  law  shall no flesh be justified."  Galatia...

  Romans 2:14-16   Authorized (King James) Version:   “For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and  their  thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another; in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.” Rest assured that Paul’s gospel wasn’t “come to Jesus”; “accept Jesus and be saved”; “Just pray this prayer, Jesus: and then repeat whatever the one telling you to say says.   “Jesus died for all your sins, believe and be saved”.   On and on it goes but rarely does one hear the gospel let alone read for themselves what Paul teaches in scripture of the gospel.   The gospel also isn’t the first four books of the new testament.   The gospel isn’t John 3:16.   But what is...

  Matthew 27:45-46 Authorized King James Version [AKJV]:   “ Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.   And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”.   Comparative scriptures from the gospels: Mark 15:41-32; Luke 23:26-49 and John 19:17-27 Sidebar: Different writers of the gospels [so called not as we have now in this the dispensation of the grace of God Ephesians 3:1-7] wrote from different perspectives as the Holy Spirit directed [2 Timothy 3:16-17].     Sidebar:   Could the Centurion of Matt 27:54, Mark 15:39 and Luke 23:47 be the same as recorded in Acts 10 by Peter?   It is most possible.   Sidebar:   The darkness as I understand it is the absence of Gods presence as seen in 2nd Thessalonians 1:8-10. Also concerning g darkness see Exodus 10:21-29, Matthew 6:23 concerning both...

 Acts 13:48   Authorized (King James) Version [AKJV]:   “And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.” Why were the Gentiles glad when they heard?   “ Wherefore remember, that ye  being  in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;    that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:    but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.” Ephesians 2:11-13 [AKJV]   Imagine “no hope”.   What was it that the gentiles heard?   “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye ...

  Colossians 1:5-6   Authorized (King James) Version:   “ For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; which is come unto you, as  it is  in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as  it doth  also in you, since the day ye heard  of it,  and knew the grace of God in truth:” “for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,”   I am blessed in all spiritual blessings in Christ [Eph 1:3].   This world is not my home I’m just passing through, if heaven’s not my home L ORD what would I do? your angle’s beacon me from heaven's open door and I don’t feel at home in this world anymore.   When did I hear the word of truth of the gospel” that I now hope in?   I don’t know but am sure that I did, for now, I say with conviction; “For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuad...

 1st Timothy 1:12 [Authorized King James Version]:   “But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” Who was the first woman    US Mayor, Susanna M. Salter; Argonia, Kanas,   1887                                             US Congress & first federal office holder:                                             Jeannette Rankin, Montana, 1916                                             US Senate, Rebecca Felton, Georgia, 1922                                             Vice Pr...

1 Corinthians 15:1-4  [AKJV]: "Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;  By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he arose again the third day according to the scripture." Until one believes God is and that He is the answer to the human need nothing else matters.  Try as hard as we would it won't work until God is believed and is made first in all we say and do.  "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."  Proverbs 3:5-6.  God has said by all that "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."  Romans 3:23  Also in Rom...

  2 Timothy 2:14-16     Authorized (King James) Version:   “ Of these things put  them  in remembrance, charging  them  before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit,  but  to the subverting of the hearers. Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane  and  vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.” There is in the military a directive that when one receives conflicting orders one will follow the last order given.   Really that makes a lot of sense to one who has sense, but therein lies the rub. Background:   the phrase above in verse “15” reads “rightly dividing the word of truth”.   Modern versions will read “rightly handling” instead of “dividing”.   Those two words have different meanings as seen in Hebrews 4:12 “even to dividing asunder”.   If a person d...

  2 Corinthians 5:17    Authorized (King James) Version:   " Therefore if any man   be   in Christ,   he is   a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." How does this verse come to be in a person's life? Pathway to Salvation [Passages from the Authorized King James Version;   AKJV] Hebrews 11:6   “But without faith  it is  impossible to please  him:   for he that cometh to God must believe that he is , and  that  he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 9:22    “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission .” Romans 3:23  “For all have sinned , and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 6:23   “For the wages of sin  is  death ; but the gift of God  is  eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:22   “   For as...

  December 25th, 2020 Galatians 4:4 Authorized King James Bible [AKJB]:   “ but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,” When it was the perfect time God!   Accept or reject, God is sovereign, there isn’t nothing He doesn’t know.   Man showing his ignorance will guess at, spin scripture trying to make himself something that he isn’t [as satan Isa 14:11-15].   It isn’t sufficient for man to love God and believe that He is [Heb 11:1-6].   It’s not enough to believe God and what He has said in His Word of Himself or of us.   What He has done on our behalf, giving us all that is needed to be made a new creature [2 Cor 5:17] is in Him.   Man will either totally reject Him, by trying their hardest to confuse and re-write the scripture that He hath given us to better in their own eyes.   God has made it as simple as possible in revealing the mysteries of God unto Paul sinc...

  John 3:16   Authorized King James Version [AKJV]:   “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”                   Believe what about Him? 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 [AKJV]:   “Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.   For I delivered unto first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he arose again the third day according to the scripture;” Had a person tell me that these two scriptures were the same and that if one is “born again”   [John 3:3-7] he’s also a new creature [2 Cor 5:17], but that isn’t right, how can it be?  ...