An Assembly of Jesus Christ Ministries Inc.

An Assembly of Jesus Christ Ministries Inc. Pastor and Overseer: Elder Jeffrey Barginear

09/02/2026

“ARE YOU A WITNESS unto and for The Lord Jesus Christ?”
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8)

Speaking with other Tongues as the Spirit gives the utterance is the INITIAL SIGN that the Holy Spirit (or The Holy Ghost) has come into your heart and body. (this is noticed instantly)







But the EVIDENCE of the Holy Spirit (or the Holy Ghost) in you is the Fruit of the Spirit (this is noticed over time) and Being a Witness unto and for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.



Fruit is Not Only Your Actions and Deeds but Also Your Words, Speech etc... That start from the inside: thoughts, heart and so on

Galatians 5:22-25; Ephesians 5:8-10

Matthew 7:15-20; Matthew 12:33-37; Hebrews 13:15

Add Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Justice, Holiness and Godliness (which includes a life of Prayer and Reading the Scriptures etc.)



ARE YOU A WITNESS?

In your Godly Lives and Lifestyle, Actions, Reactions, Responses, Speech (words), Deeds and Attitude, in the music or other stuff you listen to, the things you watch and read, the things you laugh at etc.

Also Verbally telling people the Gospel of Jesus Christ.



In the Old Testament Israel was called to be God’s witness.



The Book of Isaiah



43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.



44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.



Israel failed in being Witnesses.

However, in prophecy it is told of the Lord’s Servant



49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.



Jesus Christ is that Servant of the Lord, the Son of God, who is God manifested in Flesh, the Word made Flesh, He will fulfill being the Witness God Desired.



Jesus Christ’s Ministry is extended to His Disciples and to the Church of the Living God, the pillar and ground of the truth (the Church that God purchased with His own blood when He manifest as Jesus Christ), the body of Christ.





Jesus Christ told the leaders in Israel:





Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. (Matthew 21:43)



The Church of the Living God is that nation>But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, AN HOLY NATION, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)



But first Jesus Christ the Son of God had to deal with Sin, so Man can be Reconciled unto God.



The Gospel is the Good News but First the Bad News: “ALL” (Jew, Gentile, Black, White, whatever you identify with) have SINNED and come short of the Glory of God. The wages of Sin is Death (total separation from God forever, torment and suffering in the Lake of Fire Hell – for eternity).



“BUT”



Good News (the Gospel): the “GIFT” of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. “GRACE”. Jesus Christ the Son of God (God manifest in Flesh), the Lamb of God Shed his Blood, Died on the Cross for OUR SINS and the SIN of the World, was Buried and Resurrected from the Dead the Third Day for our JUSTIFICATION



People are to Believe this. It is Applied by getting Born Again: Receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior By Grace through Faith REPENT, get water Baptized(immersion) in the name of Jesus Christ (invoked) for the Remission (forgiveness, remitting) of sins and receive the Holy Ghost (the Holy Spirit) with the initial sign of Speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives the utterance.



This is to be Reconciled unto God, delivered from the Bo***ge and Penalty of Sin, Given Eternal Life, imputed and imparted the Righteousness of God even Jesus Christ.



It is the Church of the Living God, that God purchased with His own blood when He manifest as Jesus Christ, continues in the Apostles’ Doctrine, being Ambassadors of Christ Jesus.



It is through us (The Church, The Holy Spirit and the Holy Scriptures rightly divided) that God’s Kingdom Come and Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven. Also, the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the water covers the sea.



God’s Mission is being Done. For many Sons and Daughters are being made in the Image (Nature and Character) of God’s Son Christ Jesus (see Romans 8:29), implementing the Kingdom of God in everyday life, being the Salt of the Earth and the Light of the World (Matthew 5:13-16). Also, the Rivers of Living water flowing out of us, out to this World. Being Witnesses unto and for Jesus Christ- God Almighty.



In the book of Matthew during Jesus Christ’s earthly Ministry, Peter before receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit which happened in Acts 2. In the Gospels we see Jesus Christ “WITH” His Disciples in Acts we See Jesus Christ “IN” His Disciples as the Holy Spirit.



In Matthew 16



Jesus asked a question



He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?



And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.



And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. MAT16.18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. MAT16.19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.



The Revelation to Those that get it, is: Jesus Christ is the Messiah, the Anointed One and God manifest in Flesh as a Man.



NOT the 2nd Person in the Trinity, Not Jehovah/Yahweh Jr.



The Spirit of your Father (Matthew 10:20); The Spirit of God; the Spirit of Christ (Romans 8:9, 1 Peter 1:11); the Spirit of his Son (Galatians 4:6); the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Acts 16:7, Philippians 1:19. The Spirit of the Lord, “The Lord is that Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:17).



And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you. John 14:16-17 –



Jesus said in verse 18: I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.



"The Holy Spirit (The Holy Ghost)"



…..no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, except by the Holy Ghost. (1 Corinthians 12:3c)



To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:19).



For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (Colossians 2:9).



And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. (1 Timothy 3:16).



Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)



There is Not Three Co-Equal, Co-Eternal Persons that is God. There is One (Eternal, Invisible) A Spirit, God the Father in Creation, the same One manifest in the Flesh as a Man - the Son (Visible), and the same One is the Holy Ghost in regeneration, in the Church etc...



Jesus Christ is the Son of Man and the Son of God; Jesus Christ is the One True Almighty God.



When we get to the book of Acts, it seems Peter is the Leader. After Peter received the Holy Spirit, he boldly Preached.



In John 3, John wrote under the inspiration of God, that Jesus said: that a Man must be born again to see the Kingdom of God. Then He said they Must be Born of water and of the Spirit to Enter the Kingdom of God.



Peter that is given the Keys, tell People of water and of the Spirit



In Acts 2 Peter Preached concerning the book of Joel about the Holy Spirit, in essence he preached the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus (Acts 2:22-32), Claimed He is made Both Lord and Christ (36)



He told what people must do: Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.



Acts 2:39 has Covenant language to it, and let us know the promise is not only for them there that day.

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.



Acts 2:39 For the PROMISE is unto you (the people there on the Day of Pentecost) to your children (their Children) and to all that are far off (Gentiles) even as many as the Lord our God shall call (Universal).



There is a difference in the Peter before receiving the Holy Spirit and After. Before, Peter denied Jesus Christ 3 times and cut off someone's ear. In Acts 2, He boldly Proclaims Jesus Christ. In Acts 4 He boldly Claims Jesus Christ. Peter was put in Prison, and I don’t see him pulling swords anymore but submitting to being persecuted for Christ Jesus’ sake.




The Witness carried on in Acts 8 Samaritans, Chapter 10 to the Gentiles. Apostle Paul will Continue on after he is Baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit Acts 9. The Light to the Gentiles continues by Apostle Paul.



For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. (Acts 13:47)



We must Notice that Apostle Paul is Preaching the same Gospel as Apostle Peter and how to Obey the Gospel.



Baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus and receiving the Holy Ghost that came with Speaking in tongues and prophesied.



In Acts 19:1-7 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. And all the men were about twelve.



In Acts 28 it ends with Apostle Paul in Rome Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.



This Book does Not have a Formal Conclusion; the Book of Acts continues Today.



We…. need the Spirit’s power to live holy lives. Our godly lives are the foundation for our verbal witness. If you are not denying ungodly lusts and growing in holiness (Titus 2:12), then please do not tell anyone that you are a Christian, because your life will bring disgrace to the name of Christ. I am not saying that you must be perfect before you bear witness. I am saying that you must be walking in the Holy Spirit, seeking to please God with your life, and forsaking all known sin.” – Steve Cole



A Witness: is a person who sees and experiences something important and then shares what they've seen.



A Christian Witness: To share what Jesus has done for them and how he has changed your life.



Are you a new Creation in Christ Jesus and it shows to others, especially those that knew you before being born again?



We are to be Witnesses unto the Lord Jesus and for Him thus causing people to get saved (born again) and becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.



Do people see Christ Jesus in you and through you?



We are to Bear Forth the Fruits of the Kingdom of God and Fruit of the Spirit, bear forth Much Good Fruit to the Glory of God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ via the Holy Spirit, Grace through Faith and the Holy Scriptures rightly divided.



“Are You a Witness unto and for The Lord Jesus Christ?”



We want to be like Apostle Paul before leaving this life on earth as it is now: For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.



Also hear from The Lord Jesus

Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

08/26/2026

"What Does God Want?” Deuteronomy 10:12- 22 (Part 2)
Subtopic: God wants Your heart, spirit, soul, mind, Body (All).

[In other words, we are to Love the Lord God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and our neighbors (others) as ourselves]

Some People treat God like Santa Claus, or a Fireman (to put fires out –in other words, get them out of trouble but after that, they live for themselves), They Pray when they want God to bless them, heal them or someone in their family etc. But when you are in a True intimate personal relationship with somebody, it's not all about what you want, Love seeks to give them what they want.



God the Father Love us First; He want us to Love Him back. God created us for His glory and pleasure. He wants an Intimate Relationship with us and to Live in His Life and Will in Us and Through Us in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by way of the Holy Ghost and the Holy Scriptures rightly divided.





Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: (Deuteronomy 6:4-6)

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:18).



And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. (Mark 12:29-31)

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. (Romans 5:5).



Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. (Romans 13:8-10).



Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. (1 John4:7-21).



For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2 Corinthians 5:21).



We believe what Jesus done for us and receive him as Lord and Savior and by Grace through Faith obey Acts 2:38.



In St. John Chapter 4

Jesus said the Father is seeking true Worshippers, those that would worship him in Spirit and Truth, we are the ones to do it in Christ Jesus.



As we recall in Deut. Chapter 10:16. Circumcise therefore the fo****in of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

God is not just looking for mere formalism but that which changes the heart and thus show up on the outside because it comes from the inside.



For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. (Philippians 3:3).



For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. (Romans 2:28-29).



Moses called on Israel to “circumcise [their] hearts” (Deut 10: 16; see Jer 4: 4), i.e., transform themselves in their inner persons so that they might obey God consistently. Ultimately, however, the human heart is so hard that only God can circumcise his people’s hearts. Moses therefore predicted that God would one day do just that (Deut 30: 6), and the prophets also stressed that God would one day replace his peoples’ “heart[ s] of stone” with “heart[ s] of flesh” by means of the work of his Spirit (Ezek 36: 26– 27). These promises are fulfilled in the new covenant inaugurated by Jesus’ Death and Resurrection and marked by the coming of God’s Spirit on his people with power (Acts 2: 1– 41). - By The NIV Zondervan Study Bible.



[By Grace through Faith: Repent, get water Baptized (Immersion) in the name of Jesus Christ (invoked) for the remission of sins and receive the Holy Ghost – Speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives the Utterance.]



The Love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us (ref. Romans 5:5). Therefore, we receive God’s Love for us personally, and the enablement to Love God and others. We are given a new heart and a new spirit. The heart of stone is taken out and we are given a heart of flesh (teachable, responsive to God’s wants). And the laws of God are written in our hearts. we are imputed and imparted the Righteousness of God and Jesus Christ. We are New Creatures, born again to see and enter the Kingdom of God. Reconciled to God. [“New Covenant” Promise to Israel in Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Ezekiel 36:25-27 also John 3:5 and Acts 2:38-39].



In an similar instruction to Israel in Deuteronomy chapter 7 (ref back to Part 1), we as Christians.



2 Cor. 6:14-7:1. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.



We… are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (1 Peter 2:9-11).



Matthew 5:13-16. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.



Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. James 1:27.



1 John3:17-18. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.



[We put emphasis in the wrong place when we try to develop rules to stop from sinning. The only law we really need is the law of love. If we should execute this law, seeking ways to increase our love at the same time, we would reduce our inclination to sin. Falling deeply in love with Jesus automatically means that we will develop an outright hatred for sin. We can be sure that sinning and loving God will not live in the Same heart; when one takes up his abode, the other will vacate. - Bishop Clifton Jones].



Forgiveness is a major part of Love. Love advocates for Unity.



"God is the foundation for Love; the love that God is, is allowed to circulate when the object of God’s love receives His love and keeps it flowing to others. These are the grounds on which the Lord accepts our love when we freely allow the love He sends us to flow out of us into the lives and needs of others. It is sad, but, true, our selfishness and personal pride has…. Closed the door of love in the face of multitudes, but at the same time we are proclaiming love for God. When we love God, we cannot neglect to let His love be expressed toward one another because loving others is the fulfillment of loving God."- Bishop Clifton Jones.



Hebrews 10:24-25. And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.



"Love that urges to Action. We need to find every possible way that we may put a charge in each other

Let us spur one another to stay out of sin. We must not get so busy dealing with our private world that we forget that others may be struggling worse than we are. If we are having any measure of success, we need to share with others some of the things that helped us to victory."- Bishop Clifton Jones.



Hebrews 3:13. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.



"We sometimes delay too long before exhorting one another. By the time we get enough courage repeated sinning has hardened the person. Had we exhorted them the moment we saw them drifting, they would have had a better chance at recovery." -Bishop Clifton Jones.



Galatians 6:10. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

"We are obligated to do good unto all men. However, we are required to put forth-special effort for those of the household of faith. One reason the household of faith should be given special treatment, is that we are all tide to the Lord, so whatever we do for each other, we also do for the Lord." - Bishop Clifton Jones.





We are the People of God born of the Spirit of God, washed in the Blood of Jesus Christ, we are the Body of Christ we are connected.

We are to Fear the Lord, Love the Lord, Obey the Lord, Worship Him, and Love our neighbors, In the name of Jesus Christ via the Holy Ghost.

In the theme of What God wants, it seems from Genesis that God daily had fellowship with Adam and the Woman before the Fall. Gensis 3:8 state: And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

Sin had caused them to run from God. Sin brought death in their relationship with God and physical death. But The Seed of the Woman, Jesus Christ the Son of God, the Lamb of God shed his blood, died on the Cross for our sins and the sin of the world, was buried and rose again the third day for our justification. In obedience to John 3:5 and Acts 2:38 we are reconciled unto God, forgiven of sin, given eternal life etc....

We Must Nurture an intimate Personal Relationship and Fellowship with God the Father even the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Motive is Faith and Love.

We Should have a DAILY Life of Prayer (Pray with the understanding; Pray in Tongues often; there are times we don't know what to pray for as we ought, the Holy Ghost will make intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered), add Fasting sometimes. Also DAILY: Read, Study and Meditate on the Holy Scriptures (The Bible), Praise and Worship unto God, gather often with other People that are Born of the Spirit of God.

08/19/2026

"What Does God Want?” Deuteronomy 10:12- 22 (Part 1)

Some People treat God like Santa Claus, or a Fireman (to put fires out –in other words, get them out of trouble but after that, they live for themselves), They Pray when they want God to bless them, heal them or someone in their family etc. But when you are in a True intimate personal relationship with somebody, it's not all about what you want, Love seeks to give them what they want.



God the Father Love us First; He want us to Love Him back. God created us for His glory and pleasure. He wants an Intimate Relationship with us and to Live in His Life and Will in Us and Through Us in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by way of the Holy Ghost and the Holy Scriptures rightly divided.



We are to Love God and Have Faith in God, Trust God and His Word



For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. (Genesis 18:19).



“Abraham made it his care and business to promote practical [Faith and Worship to God] in his family…... he taught them to keep the way of the Lord, and to do judgment and justice, that is, to be serious and devout in the worship of God and to be honest in their dealings with all men…… Abraham, herein, had an eye to posterity, and was in care not only that his household with him, but that his household after him, should keep the way of the Lord, that [Faith and Worship to God] might flourish in his family when he was in his grave” - Mostly by Matthew Henry



“What Does God Want?” Deuteronomy 10:12- 22 (Part 1)



Subtopic: God wants Your heart, spirit, soul, mind, Body (All).



[In other words, we are to Love the Lord God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength and our neighbors (others) as ourselves]



[The book Deuteronomy is to provide a restatement of the covenant between God and Israel to the generation assembled in the plains of Moab prior to the crossing of the Jordan and conquest of Canaan under Joshua. Most of the people in the generation that had heard and accepted the covenant at Sinai 38 years earlier (Deut. 2: 14; cf. Num. 14: 34) had died. Their sons and daughters now needed to hear it for themselves and to make their own affirmation of loyalty to it (Deut 4: 1– 2; 5: 1– 5). – by Dr. Eugene H. Merrill].



Chapters 1-4 of Deuteronomy. Moses reminds Israel of their History, in Chapter 5 Moses begins to review the Sinai Covenant, he tells them to keep the 10 commandments, and their future depends on their faithfulness to the Covenant.



In Chapter 6 of Deuteronomy

Moses in this sermon to Israel gave them what is called the Shema. Deut. 6:4-9 including Deuteronomy 11:13-21 and Numbers 15:37-41.



He Said: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.



Deuteronomy 6:4-5 The “Shema” (English “HEAR” is the first word in the verse) is one that is on the lips of orthodox Jews morning and night, and one they wish to be on their lips when they die. To this verse, Jewish practice dictates that they also add Deuteronomy 11:13–21 and Numbers 15:37–41. Twice over, the covenantal name Yahweh or Jehovah appears in this verse. But the emphasis is on the Hebrew “echad”, meaning “one” Since God is the one and only God, verse 5 commands us to “love” him (one of fourteen times in Deuteronomy). We are to love him with “all [our] heart,” which in this case refers to our mind and intellect (Jer. 5:21; Hos. 7:11), and with “all [our] soul,” which refers to our total being, life, and vitality. [Heart is also with all our affections, desires etc.]



A full twenty verses were included in this prayer. Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:13-21; Numbers 15:37-41.



Read also: Matthew 1:21,23,25; Mark 12:29-34; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Titus 2:13; John 20: 28; Romans 9: 5;

1 John 5:20. (Jesus Christ is that One True God and a Man [both])



In Chapter 7 of Deuteronomy Vs. 1-10,



He (Moses) tells them When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgash*tes, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

8 But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.



In an similar instruction to Israel, we as Christians



2 Cor. 6:14- 7:1. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.



In Chapter 8 of Deuteronomy Vs. 2-3, 10-11,14, 17-19



[he tells them to remember and not to forget]



thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.



When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.



11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:……



Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bo***ge;



And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. 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.

19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.



[ Read: Hebrews 10:24-25. Love that urges to Action.

We need to find every possible way that we may put a charge in each other.

Let us spur one another to stay out of sin. We must not get so busy dealing with our private world that we forget that others may be struggling worse than we are. If we are having any measure of success, we need to share with others some of the things that helped us to victory. Read: Hebrews 3:13.

We sometimes delay too long before exhorting one another. By the time we get enough courage, repeated sinning has hardened the person. Had we exhorted them the moment we saw them drifting, they would have had a better chance at recovery. - Bishop Clifotn Jones]



Deuteronomy Chapter 9 V. 5

He tells them it is Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.



Now to our Scripture Text Deuteronomy Chapter 10 v 12



Let me first go back a little. God made a Promise in the form of a Curse in Genesis concerning the seed of a woman bruising the head of the serpent and in doing that, he would bruise his heel. Then that seed promise is heightened in the Abrahamic Covenant (cf. Gen 12:1-3, 22:18); in Exodus, we have the Mosaic Convent at Sinai- the Law, in Deuteronomy is the renewal of that covenant later there is the Davidic covenant.

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"The Protevangelium

Genesis 3: 15 has long been referred to as the “Protevangelium,” the first announcement of the good news of the gospel. It contains the earliest promise of Christ’s coming— a prophecy that his appearance will be the climax of an extended conflict. Notice how this is expressed:



a) I will put enmity between you and the woman,

b) and between your offspring and her offspring;

c) he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

• In the first statement (a) God declares enmity between the Serpent and the woman.

• In the second statement (b) God indicates that this will continue beyond the lifetime of Eve and involve the offspring (seed) of the Serpent and the seed of the woman.

• In the third statement (c) God says that the enmity will come to a climax when the offspring (“ he”) of the woman bruises (or crushes) the head of the Serpent. The conflict ends in the victory of the seed of the woman.



So there is a development in this verse, from enmity between two individuals (the Serpent and Eve), to enmity between two family lines (their offspring), to a final dénouement: the woman’s offspring or seed (singular) will crush the head of the Serpent.


..the prophesied ongoing conflict between the seed of the woman and the seed of the Serpent and its final outcome. This is the underlying plotline of the whole of the Bible. It appears in embryo in the very next chapter of the book of Genesis. One brother (Cain) is in conflict with another brother (Abel) because the latter’s sacrifice was acceptable to God. Jealousy and murder result as the seed of the Serpent (Cain), seeks to destroy the seed of the woman (Abel). The same plotline makes its way through the tower of Babel as man seeks to build his kingdom over against God’s. But in sovereign power God pulls down that kingdom and destroys its unity. This is also the story of Egypt against Israel. It is the story of Goliath against David. It is the story of Babylon against Jerusalem, of Nebuchadnezzar against Daniel. It is the story of Satan against Jesus, and of Pontius Pilate and Herod seeking to destroy the Savior. It is the story that runs through the Gospels and beyond. The Jews seek to destroy Jesus during his ministry: “You are of your father the devil,” he says. It is the story of how the enmity then turns on the Christian church.



Satan? There is no reference to Satan in Genesis 3. But when the rest of the Scriptures reflect on what happened there, it is clear that behind the Serpent stands the figure of Satan. Paul echoes Genesis 3: 15 when he tells the Christians in Rome that “the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” He is picking up this ancient promise and applying it to the Christians in Rome. The implication is that the Serpent in Genesis 3 is the mouthpiece of Satan, and that the conflict referred to there has now come to a climax. Christ overcomes him— and therefore so shall we. This is even more vividly expressed in the book of Revelation. Revelation 12…



Gal. 4: 4. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. (1 John 3:8b)"



- By Dr. Alistair Begg and Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson

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In Jeremiah, there is an important statement about a new Covenant in 31:31-34.



Jesus Christ fulfills the seed of the woman, the Abrahamic covenant- he is the seed of Abraham (cf. Gal 3:16), the Mosaic Covenant – the Law he completely obeyed (also Jesus is the Word made Flesh , God manifested in the flesh) and the Davidic covenant, he is the son of David.



We are a part of the People of God of the New Covenant in Christ Jesus.



Salvation come to us by Jesus Christ the Son of God who Shed his Blood, Died on the Cross for our sins was Buried and Resurrected from the Dead the Third day for our justification. Deemed Defeated sin, death and the devil.



Psalm 130:3-4. In states: If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.



We are Justified freely by God’s Grace it is Not by our righteousness, or goodness that we are saved, reconciled to God, delivered from the bo***ge and penalty of sin, promise of resurrected glorified bodies to rule and reign with Jesus Christ in the New Heaven and New Earth.



Romans 5: But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.



For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21



We believe what Jesus done for us and receive him as Lord and Savior and by Grace through Faith obey Acts 2:38.



After the people are Pricked in their heart they ask What must we Do? (cf. Acts 2:37)



The First thing Peter say is: “REPENT”



“REPENTANCE”

The Grace and Goodness of God leads us to Repentance (cf. Romans 2:4).



By Grace through Faith: Repent, get water Baptized (Immersion) in the name of Jesus Christ (invoked) for the remission of sins and receive the Holy Ghost – Speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives the Utterance.



We Must Nurture an intimate Personal Relationship with God the Father even the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Motive is Faith and Love.



We Should have a DAILY Life of Prayer (Pray with the understanding; Pray in Tongues often; there are times we don't know what to pray for as we ought, the Holy Ghost will make intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered), add Fasting sometimes. Also DAILY: Read, Study and Meditate on the Holy Scriptures (The Bible), Praise and Worship unto God, gather often with other People that are Born of the Spirit of God.

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