These are only very brief notes, not a full transcript. Followed by a testimony of a miracle that occurred during the sermon, and then followed by more history of the bible.
Matthew 11:28-30 The Yoke of Jesus is easy.
John 7:37-38 At the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus said that if you are thirsty, you can be filled. Water is refreshing, nourishing, and gives life.
Without water, no life.
6:53 Passover communion required.
4:7-14 Woman at the well. (See miracle report at end of sermon notes!)
14:1, 27 Peace
Philippians 4:7 Peace which surpasses all comprehension
Hebrews 4:15-16 Boldly to the throne of Grace because of our kinsman redeemer.
Deuteronomy 11:26-28 The commandments are both blessings and curses, depending on whether you obey or disobey.
The threat of curses is only to wicked people who refuse to obey God. Punishment for the wicked should give us peace.
Romans 6:23 Wages of sin, compared to the gift of God that is given only to the people who are worthy.
Concern: Abused or done wrong in previous churches/cults.
Get back on the bicycle and ride it anyway. Just because there are many false prophets doesn’t mean that there are no true prophets. Millions of satanic churches/pastors doesn’t mean that there’s no true church/pastor.
God doesn’t want you to give up on being part of the true body of Christ.
He doesn’t want you to be alone. Fellowship is extremely important, and even required, even if just online, Hebrews 10:25
Concern: “What if we’re wrong?”
Answer: God corrects people. If we are willing to look to him for help and direction, and if we are willing to listen to him, and accept his correction, and if we are wiling to sincerely test and examine the truth and test and examine ourselves, then He will direct our paths.
There is a 2nd Resurrection after the 1,000 years. The bible is very clear about that.
There will absolutely be another life that Jesus spoke about, “the regeneration” as it is translated in other bibles in order to hide what it means.
We are not like other religions/churches that teach hell fire and brimstone eternal torture. Instead, we teach the truth of the resurrections, which is much more merciful and is a much more perfect plan of salvation. We don’t teach that God is a monster as do most of the other churches.
The truth of the 2nd resurrection should be giving you much more peace!
The lies will be exposed in the 2nd resurrection.
Isaiah 65:20 Revelation 20, 2nd resurrection, 100 years of next life of Matthew 19:28.
And the miracles that we eyewitness in many of the sermons and live worship services should also give us much more peace than what you would have with the false churches.
Miracles, healings, baptisms, salvation, and divine revelations. Divine confirmations. And more.
What more could you possibly ask for, to show you that you are on the right path, but that you need to be more active on the right path.
The one group/people who have the most accurate bible, The Alpha & Omega Bible, should automatically by default also have the most correct doctrine! That should be a strong reassurance!
https://most-accurate-bible.com
Organization should also give you peace. Not chaos as we see in their churches.
Striving: There are expectations & requirements in every segment of society. Employment, school, home, family, stores and businesses, social groups, etc.
Religion is no different than any of those.
They all have requirements and commandments and do’s and don’ts. And repercussions for breaking the rules and responsibilities.
Authority. Leaders. Demands. Law. = All part of nature and life. No escape thereof.
What are you going to do when The Great Tribulation actually starts?
Bury your head in the sand? Stay in your mommy’s house playing video games?
Abstain and hide from life?
Not take any responsibilities?
Recent sermon: “Toughen Up Buttercup”!
Reminder: Next “High Holy Day” or “High Sabbath” is September 15, 2023.
(3 weeks away.)
Then The Day of Atonement 9 days later.
Then The Feast of Tabernacles beginning 5 days later.
Divine/Heavenly Miracle:
Last night, brother Jared posted on Parrhesia Christian Social Network, the bible verse of Amos 4:1.
Earlier today, he mentioned to me that the bible using the word “heifers” as an insult.
Then again during the sermon, he mentioned the word “heifers”.
Then in the sermon, I read in John 4 about the Samaritan woman at the well, and how that Jesus asked her for water, because as a Master, He was accustomed to other people getting his drinks for him.
At the time, I didn’t “get” the connection to Amos 4, because Amos 4 wasn’t in my mind. And I didn’t remember reading it.
But later, after the sermon, brother Jared pointed Amos 4:1 out to me and I read it afresh, and wow! My mind is amazed! Amos 4 speaks of the people of Samaritan, as was the woman in John 4! And Amos 4:1 also says that those Samaritan women would require/expect their masters/husbands to get the drinks! WOW!
I didn’t plan this connection to Amos 4:1 to today’s sermon! I didn’t even connect the dots during the sermon. I didn’t understand any connection until after the sermon was finished and brother Jared had to point it out to me! But yet, Jesus was working a divine miracle, manifestation and display of his wonderful power during the sermon! How incredible! Amazing! ELELUJE!
Brother Jared didn’t know last night that I would preach from John 4 today!
More on the history of the bible:
I’ve said many times that the KJV was based upon the Geneva Bible, not upon the original scriptures. And that’s true. But today, I need to also share that the publication of the KJV was also just really an edit of both the Bishop’s Bible and the Geneva Bible.
The Coverdale Bible, compiled by Myles Coverdale and published in 1535, was the first complete Modern English translation of the Bible (not just the Old Testament or New Testament), and the first complete printed translation into English (cf. Wycliffe's Bible in manuscript). The later editions (folio and quarto) published in 1537 were the first complete Bibles printed in England. The 1537 folio edition carried the royal license and was therefore the first officially approved Bible translation in English.
Coverdale based his New Testament on Tyndale's translation. For the Old Testament, Coverdale used Tyndale's published Pentateuch (Torah) and possibly his published Jonah. He apparently did not make use of any of Tyndale's other, unpublished, Old Testament material (cf. Matthew Bible). Instead, Coverdale himself translated the remaining books of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha. Coverdale used his working intermediate knowledge of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek; not being a Hebrew or Greek scholar, he worked primarily from German Bibles—Luther's Bible and the Swiss-German version (Zürich Bible) of Huldrych Zwingli and Leo Jud—and Latin sources including the Vulgate.
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale.
So what we are really seeing is that the KJV was based upon the Geneva and Bishop, not the original languages. And those bibles were based upon Cloverdale, who worked primarily from Martin Luther’s Bible and other German bibles, NOT the original languages, although he worked a LITTLE with the older languages.
So we need to look farther back in history to find a dependable bible.
Before Cloverdale, there was William Tyndale.
“William Tyndale was born in Gloucestershire around 1490. Like Wycliffe before him, he was a true scholar.” “Tyndale quickly showed a talent for Hebrew, Greek, Latin and several modern European languages including German, French, Italian and Spanish. As a scholar and a linguist, it was natural for him to want to translate the Bible into English. But translating the Bible into English was still regarded as heresy, and the Bible in English was still a banned book. Tyndale told the Church leaders of the day about his desire to translate the Bible into English, and he was met with hostility, animosity and bitter hatred. In a clash with an ordained clergyman, Tyndale issued his immortal words:
‘I defy the Pope, and all his laws, and if God spare my life, ere many years, I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the Scriptures than thou dost. (William Tyndale).”
“Tyndale translated from the Hebrew and Greek printed editions. Tyndale used Erasmus' 1522 edition of the Greek New Testament, Erasmus' Latin New Testament, Luther's German Bible, as well as the Latin Vulgate. His source of the Hebrew Old Testament may have been the Complutensian Polyglot.”
Although Tyndale's Bible was gladly received by the common people who were now able to read God's Word for themselves, the reaction of the Catholic Church was as furious and violent as it had been in the days of John Wycliffe's Bible. The Church understood that allowing ordinary people to read the Bible would undermine their own authority, and their wealth and power would be challenged. Tyndale's Bible was condemned in England. His work was banned and all copies burned when found. Tyndale himself was betrayed to Church officials in 1536, whereupon he was strangled to death and burned at the stake.
https://biblemanuscriptsociety.com/Bible-resources/English-Bible-History/Tyndale-Bible
If you examine this bible family chart, you’ll see that Wycliffe, before Tyndale, translated from the Latin Vulgate, which comes from the Greek. And you will also see that the KJV and Bishop’s Bible came from a line of what’s called “The Received Text” which is “Byzantine” which is the line of the Eastern Roman/Islamic/Turkey Emperor Constantine, who is the one who outlawed the 7th Day Sabbath and changed it to Sunday! How can anyone claim/think that the “Received from Constantine Text” is the best, more accurate?!
Whereas, we see in the chart that the NIV, NASB (and AOB) and others are based upon the “Alexandrian Text” which is the same bible line as the LXX Greek Septuagint that Jesus primarily used! (AOB/LXX is not listed in the chart, but are Alexandrian.)
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