IS REBELLION SIN? IS STUBBORNNESS SIN

January 25, 2015gap_ministriesBible Studies, Uncategorizedbibly studies

IS REBELLION SIN?
IS STUBBORNNESS SIN

(REBELLION IS WITCHCRAFT)
(STUBBORNNESS IS IDOLATRY)
Do you think much about REBELLION and its consequences today? Have you ever stopped and been very honest with yourself and thought about how stubborn we often are – and how much it hurts us? STUBBORNNESS: makes us do things we shouldn’t do, and cuts us off from others (even those who want to help us) – simply because we insist on our own way and won’t admit we might be wrong. But STUBBORNNESS: also cuts us off from God, because it makes us refuse to seek His will or listen to His Word. Instead, we insist on going our own way – regardless of the consequences. Read in the scripture of the people of Jeremiah’s day, who stubbornly refused to listen to God’s warnings and told him: – we will continue with our own plans; each of us will follow the STUBBORNNESS of heart” (Jeremiah 18:12). STUBBORNNESS has its roots in pride – and because of this, it’s a spiritual problem.
Q. Why did God remove King Saul from the throne? (see 1 Samuel 15)
In scripture we learn that King David deliberately plotted murder against one of his loyal subjects in order to cover-up his sin of adultery, yet God forgave him. But God did not forgive King Saul! Why was King Saul not forgiven by the Lord God?

A. King Saul wasn’t rejected because of his sin; it was because of his REBELLION and STUBBORNNESS:
*1 Samuel 15:22-23 says And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

Mark it down on the table of your heart, the fore front of your mind: GOD CALLS REBELLION WITCHCRAFT – STUBBORNNESS IDOLATRY. That is, STUBBORNNESS is idol witchcraft worship, and idol worship is a complete breakage of the 1st commandment. That’s why God hates STUBBORNNESS, yes God hates it. As Christians we don’t want to be a part of ANYTHING God hates!

On the surface, at face value King Saul didn’t look rebellious and stubborn. He didn’t seem to have done anything really bad. It didn’t really come out until Samuel – the spiritual authority addressed it and confronted it to see what would come out. God’s Word is clear that REBELLION is a great way to find yourself in dry land spiritually:

*Psalms 68:6, “...the REBELLIOUS dwell in a dry land.”

CD#86 Let His Acts Move you!

January 23, 2015gap_ministriesBible Studies, UncategorizedBible Study

CD#86 Let His Acts Move you!

Just because we see someone’s acts, their exploits does not mean we know them personally. We know of their actions, their exploits but that’s not all of them. Their exploits are only a part of which they are individually.

God Almighty wants us to come to Him and become His friend. We can only be God’s friends by being placed by Him in the Rock, which is the Way. Point being made is we must move past God’s “acts” and know His “Way”!

Exodus 33:11 says And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

What does the name Moses mean if you fully translate it instead of only transliterating it?
Moses means a drawing out of the water, drawn from the water.

Moses was drawn from the water literally and God spoke to him as you and I would to a friend. This was God’s plan from the Garden with Adam and Eve. You and I were created for a close intimate relationship with our Father God Almighty! Think about that: God spoke to Moses as a friend.

What is the qualification for being God’s friend?
WE have a study tape #75 “To be God’s Friend” that goes into great depth write us for a copy. Let’s turn to John 15 for the answer to our question:

John 15:14 says Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

“If” you and I have accepted God’s grace as in Ephesians 2:8 then we have been drawn out, drawn out of the waters, meaning peoples if you’ll study Revelation 17:15 in your home study time.

As Long As You’re Doing Your Best…

November 25, 2012knproctorBible Studies, Quotes, Uncategorized

Originally posted here. “As long as you’re doing your best God’ll see to the rest.” – K.N. Proctor Trust in the Lord and He will see you through. Do His will and you cannot lose.

No Matter What, Trust In Him

November 25, 2012knproctorBible Studies, UncategorizedBible, devotionals, Jesus Christ, trust in Him

Originally posted here. “No matter how things seem, God is still in control and He will see you through!” — K.N. Proctor Sometimes circumstances seem so dark, but the sun always rises with the new day. Sometimes things seem so impossible in our own lives and that there is no hope, but God will always see us through!

GOSPEL Lighthouse (CD#740) ”COMING to Truth CAUSES the Coming Out”

November 19, 2012gap_ministriesBible Studies, Uncategorizedbible studies, CD#740

11/18/12 P.M. Location: GOSPELLighthouse (CD#740)

”COMING to Truth CAUSES the Coming Out”

STARTERQUESTION: Let the title sink down through your ears to you SEED-BED! As we read our text: KEEP in mind there are only 2 people listed here – 2 types that is – 1 serving the Lord – and the other serving the devil! Remember the devil is as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour – note “MAY DEVOUR” – he can’t devour everybody!

*TEXT: 2 Timothy 2:24-26 – Type 1 V.24 “SERVANT OF THE LORD” & Type 2 V.25 “THOSE THAT OPPOSE THEMSELVES”

Food 4 Thought: TROPHIES are a hunter’s hardest catch – You do not see heads of squirrels mounted on walls of the hunter’s trophy room You see bucks with large sets of antlers, indicating their age and wisdom and avoidance of many hunters before. TROPHIES are game that have been hard to hunt and capture. The Christian is a TROPHY to the devil if he can catch one we aren’t helpless animals we are more than conquerors!

CD#82 “The Road Map To The Eternity”

September 28, 2012gap_ministriesBible Studies, Uncategorizedbible studies, CD#82

“The Road Map To The Eternity”

(Transcript Of CD#82)

You and I are on life’s journey as we walk through this world. Our final destination will be determined by which road we travel. With that being strongly on our minds we need to make sure we are using the true map, the “Map of Life”!

Walk out your front door and get into your automobile. In your mind think of your destination and start the journey. Instead of going straight to that point turn just 10 degrees off the path.

Q. Are you going to make it to your planned destination?

A. No a chance, no way! We will get only as close as our planning will take us. It’s the same way in our daily lives; our first step of the day determines where we’re going. If we want the Lord in our lives then we must go to where He is daily and follow Him! This daily routine is what determines our final destination.

John 14:1-6 says, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2, In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3, And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4, And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5, Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6, says Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

CD#80 Thoughts=Speech=Actions

June 29, 2012gap_ministriesBible Studies, Uncategorizedbible studies, CD#80

REVISED on 6/ 23/ 05

“Thoughts=Speech=Actions”

(The process for a new direction!)

(Transcript Of CD#80

Today’s study is for anyone who is not satisfied with their life’s direction! Your life’s direction can be changed but you’re the one who has to make up your mind and change it! It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from you can have a life that’s full of peace of mind!

As my father-in-law say we are creatures of habit. We get in a routine, a habit of life slowly. Over time we tend to get our fill of disappointment and desire a new direction. The only problem is we don’t know how to accomplish the change we seek so diligently. The first thing we must realize is we cannot get different results doing the same things over and over again. The definition of a fool is someone who does the same things over and over again expecting different results.

CD#75 “To Be God’s Friend…”

June 28, 2012gap_ministriesBible Studies, Uncategorizedbible studies, CD#75

Thursday, June 7, 2001

“To Be God’s Friend…”

(Transcript of CD#75)

Q. Define the word friends. What is a friend?

A. The Old English word freond means lover, to love. From the Webster’s Dictionary: a friend is a person whom one knows well and is fond of; intimate associate; close acquaintance. Here is my personal favorite: a friend is a person on the same side in a struggle.

If we are going to have friends we must be willing to put out an effort to get to know them intimately. We have determined we must love them and are on the same side in this struggle called life!

CD#73 “By Faith…”

June 20, 2012gap_ministriesBible Studies, Uncategorizedbible studies, CD#73

5/4/01 10:19 AM

“By Faith…”

(Transcript of CD#73)

In today’s study we are going to look at the subject of faith, our faith. Our faith or lack of is the very thing that will keep us in Christ Jesus or cause us to fall away. Today’s study is just to make us think about growing in our faith. We are going to look at very familiar verses of scripture. We will see how faith will cause us to make sacrifices of love. We will see how faith will take us from this world to Heaven with our Father. Faith will give you and I rest as we live daily in it. That rest will allow us to follow God’s Voice in faith wherever He leads us in His harvest field. Hold those point fresh in your mind as we move through the text. My desire is that this will just make this subject fresh to our daily lives. It’s by faith that you and I are saved in the first place:

*Eph. 2:8-9 says, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9, Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

You and I have salvation because of our faith that we put into God’s gift, His Son Jesus Christ on the Cross! Satan knows that doubt is what separates us from our Lord, from our faith. He wants to take the Word out of our hearts (study Mark chapter 4) so doubt can come into action. Hearing Word of God and acting upon it is the seed of our faith:

*Romans 10:17 says, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

CD#71 “Blessed Ones”

June 20, 2012gap_ministriesBible Studies, Uncategorizedbible studies, CD#71

Friday, March 30, 2001

“Blessed Ones”

(Transcript Of CD#71)

Q. Do you want to be blessed? Do you want God Almighty’s blessings in your life?

A. Sure we do, that’s what we’re going to address today. We’re going to look at God’s Word and see how we can be blessed.

The first step in gaining God’s blessings is:

*Psalm 32:1 says, “A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.”

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