Copyright 2012
Unless otherwise
noted all scripture is quoted from the
King James Version
Of The
Holy Bible
Scripture is in RED
Author’s Comments are
in Black
Introduction
Read this before you continue in this book, if you do not
understand this introduction you may not understand the rest of this book.
Scripture is in Red and comments are in Black.
Only the King James Version Bible is quoted in
these books.
As it is written in: Amos 8:
11 Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor
a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: More
precisely this famine is of hearing the TRUTH of God’s word. If anything taught about the word of God is
not true or has been corrupted then it is not the word of the Lord. In some cases the word of God has been
corrupted in the very Bibles we read and are taught from. This is happening
now and proof will be found in these studies.
There are hundreds of Christian churches and denominations and
most everyone believes their church holds the truths. Most churches do hold the basic truths;
however, many false teachings have crept into nearly all churches. According to Jesus every church and Christian
should hold the same doctrines if everyone and every church are listening to
and following the Spirit of Truth: John 16:12 I have
yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew
you things to come.
The Spirit of truth will never lead anyone to different
truths and since this is true the only reason for different doctrines is
because mankind is not fully listening to the Holy Spirit, thus the
discrepancies. We ALL should agree as
one, just as the trinity is one. The
exact truth is of utmost importance to God.
We will be guided to the truth; that is one promise straight from
Jesus but the promise from Satan is that EVERYONE will be tested with
lies, so beware. God is so serious
about this that He says He will send strong delusion to those that ignore the
Spirit of Truth whereby they will believe the lies of Satan (2 Thessalonians 2:10 -11). It is
happening all over the world right now.
Between churches and denominations and peoples there are
many disagreements about many doctrines and this should not be so according to
Jesus in John 16: 12-13. These include: the “rapture”, speaking in
tongues, baptism, the trinity, and the list goes on.
In the past I have attempted to dispel false teachings in
simple short studies so as to avoid a lengthy discourse, only to have someone
quote other false teachings in an attempt to support the original false
teaching. I was not prepared for the
domino effect that false teachings create.
For this reason I decided to dispel all the false teachings I could
think of in deep detail. This will
require that the studies be as in depth as necessary to bring all the evidence to
light and dispel ALL the misconceptions.
This series of books will start with easily dispelled
misconceptions and gradually go into the misconceptions that are more difficult
to disprove.
Many readers may have a hard time adjusting to releasing
what they have learned and opening their minds to the Spirit of Truth but once
you do, an entirely new excitement for the word of God will refresh your
outlook.
I know your question to me may be something like: “How do
you know you are correct?” My answer to
that is only God knows for sure. Read
ALL the studies with an open mind to the Spirit of Truth use some common sense
and decide for yourself. I am not
perfect nor do I claim any special gifts from God. The only thing I can say is that I believe
that I have listened to the Spirit of Truth and I believe this book is what I
was guided to understand and write. I can also say since I am human I am not
perfect and there are many questions to which I do not have an answer but I
learn every day.
The most important question is: do you desire the truth or
do you want to be a pew potato, absorbing whatever is fed to you?
Prayers and love to all humanity.
Ned Adams
Chapter 1
Imperfect
Bibles
The Lies and Corruptions Have
Begun
Scripture is in Red and comments are in Black
In this study I will make a few statements that are
important for every Christian to think about.
1. God is perfect, no one else is.
2. God’s word is perfect as it was written by the
prophets of God in the original manuscripts.
3. Perfection cannot be changed because perfection cannot be
improved upon; therefore, any change to the Word of God creates imperfection
and corruption.
4. The first corruption of the word of God came while Satan
was talking to Eve in the Garden of Eden.
5. In the English language the closest thing we have to the
original manuscripts is the KJV Bible.
6. Shocker for many Christians: New translations of the
Bible are badly corrupted. If you love
God you will read the following with an open mind. I write this with love for God and all
Christians.
7. Most importantly: use the entire Bible when studying any subject in order to avoid misunderstanding a quote or action. You will find a few examples of this listed in this book.
What does the Bible (KJV) say about changing the Word of
God? One example is in:
Deuteronomy 4
2 Ye shall not add unto the word
which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep
the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you
This is simple as it can get, do
not add to or take away from the Word of God.
Once again perfection cannot be changed else it is no longer perfect and
imperfection cannot be the Word of God.
We receive another warning about
this in Revelation:
Revelation 22: 18 For I testify
unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man
shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are
written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take
away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his
part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things
which are written in this book.
From beginning to end God does not
want anyone changing His Word. Not even
a single word change is acceptable because that changes the meaning of
scripture however; some new Bible versions even leave out entire verses.
Example:
In the KJV Holy Bible 1 John 5:
7 For there are three that bear
record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are
one.
8 And there are three that
bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these
three agree in one.
Here is an example of the same two
verses from the New Revised Standard
Version (most new translations are similar):
1 John 5: 7 There are three that
testify:*
8 the Spirit and the water and
the blood, and these three agree.
Losing verse seven removes a testimony of the trinity and
the fact that Jesus is God. I believe
that to be very important information.
Read most of the new Bible translations of these verses and you will
discover verse seven essentially does not exist in them. It is gone.
Man has done what Satan did in the Garden of Eden; change and corrupt
the Word of God, which caused the first sin!
May God have mercy on those who are responsible for these translations!
Of course this is not the only change, there are many more changes and every
single change corrupts the Word of God even more.
In a recent new translation of the Bible it gets worse. One example that stands out is where the word
“virgin” was changed to “young girl”. I
can safely say that is not a miracle for a young girl to give birth but it
certainly is a miracle for a virgin to give birth. This change effectively removes one prophecy
that Jesus was to fulfill: His virgin birth.
Has the Christian world gone mad?
How can an important verse and a miracle be deleted from a bible and
anyone trust that bible? It certainly
cannot be called a Holy Bible because there is nothing holy about corrupting
the word of God.
This is serious business to
God. Man has changed the Word of God
just as Satan did! The verse 1 John 5:7 has basically vanished from many new
Bible translations and therefore perfection has been lost and the lie has
entered in. These changes may not have
been malicious but they have corrupted the Word
of God nonetheless. .
We read in: 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Amen. It is time all Christians learn
the truth.
Chapter 2
Finding the Truth in Scripture
Is Jesus Truly God, Not Just “a”
god?
All scripture is from the KJV
Bible.
Comments are in Black, Scripture
is in Red
Oh my how man has corrupted the Bible. The truth will be learned and proven here beyond a
shadow of a doubt. It is VERY important
to fully understand this before much of scripture can be completely understood
so if you love God pay attention. Many
religions believe Jesus was a god but not The God. Some believe He was just a prophet or a
teacher. Some believe in the Holy
Trinity and some do not. Some preachers
even lower the deity of Jesus by misunderstanding scripture. This last point will become clear in a future study.
Here proof begins:
First we have:
1 John 5:7 For there are three
that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these
three are one.
Here we have the Father (God) the Word (Jesus) and the Holy
Ghost (the Comforter and Spirit of Truth) and ALL THREE are ONE, not three
gods, not separate, one being with three separate duties. This complete verse has been greatly altered
in most new Bible translations. It is
not there. Leaving this verse out is
Satan at work.
Secondly:
John 1:1 In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Here is where a lot of confusion and false ideas come
from. There have been people who mistake
the Greek here in that the Greek language uses no identifiers such as “the” or
“a” and some interpreters claim this verse leaves out an “a” where it says “the
Word was God” which would change the meaning to “the Word was “a” god”. 1 John 5: 7
contradicts that claim.
Third:
Hebrews 1:1: God, who at sundry
times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets,
Hebrews 1:2: Hath in these last
days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by
whom also he made the worlds;
Hebrews 1:3: Who being the
brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all
things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat
down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Hebrews 1:4: Being made so much
better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent
name than they.
Hebrews 1:5: For unto which of
the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?
And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
Hebrews 1:6: And again, when he
bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels
of God worship him.
Hebrews 1:7: And of the angels he
saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Hebrews 1:8 But unto the Son
he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of
righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
As you see this is the Father
confirming that the Son (Jesus, Emmanuel which being interpreted is, God
with us) IS IN FACT God. There can
be no higher proof than from God the Father.
Jesus was God and because of that
His will could not be bent. Jesus did
not change from being God at any time, Perfection cannot change. Jesus did NOT inherit the sin nature of man
because God placed the fetus which held the Spirit of God (Jesus) in the womb
of the Virgin Mary. Mankind had nothing
to do with the conception of Jesus. Mary
nurtured Jesus through the umbilical cord but Jesus may not have shared her
DNA. Jesus was literally God in every
fiber of His being. There is no weakness
in God, no fear, no regrets, no lust, no mistakes and no changing, only
perfection. God the Father had
everything planned before humans were formed and nothing can or will divert
that plan.
The reason for this discourse is
to prepare the reader for some studies to come.
Without total understanding of whom and what Jesus was understanding of
some scripture will be lost and lies can enter in. We need to avoid that problem.
In all things allow the Holy
Spirit to guide you in your search for the truth and understanding will become
clear. Never rely on man, not even
myself. Rely on the Spirit of Truth to
guide you.
John 16: 12 I have yet many
things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew
you things to come.
Some readers may think these
studies are more detailed than necessary but I have found there is a domino
effect from false teachings where question after question arise to confuse the
Truth, therefore all the questions need to be answered to curtail this problem.
Chapter 3
Metaphors
and Figure of Speech in the Bible
Scripture is in Red and Commentary is in Black
We will start with one of the first metaphors in the KJV
Bible which is the serpent in the Garden of Eden. This is not an actual serpent so why did God
use a serpent to represent Satan? This
was done so as to begin our understanding of the parallels between the spirit
and flesh bodies, between the heavenly and the earthly.
A serpent has venom in its mouth which can kill a flesh body
while the poison from Satan is the lies from his mouth which can cause the soul
to perish if we listen to him and follow his lies. This is demonstrated elsewhere in the Bible
such as:
Psalm 140:3 They have sharpened
their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulcher (an open grave, death);
with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps (serpents) is under
their lips:
James 3:8 But the tongue can no
man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Lies are the enemy of God and are also the corruption of His
Word and they should be the enemy of every Christian.
Now back to other metaphors and figures of speech in the
Bible:
The first prophecy of the Bible is a figure of speech and this
is found in: Genesis: 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and
between thy (Satan) seed and her seed; it (Jesus) shall bruise thy (Satan’s) head, and thou (Satan) shalt bruise his heel.
This is the prophecy of Jesus versus
Satan. There is much more meaning where
this verse speaks of the seed of the woman will bruise Satan’s head and the
seed of Satan shall bruise his (Jesus’) heel.
Satan’s seed will not literally
bruise the heel of Jesus, Satan’s seed will cause Jesus to hang on the cross to
die and in doing so he will think he has hindered the plan of God to save
humanity; however, Jesus will resurrect and in doing so will “bruise the head”
of Satan. This bruise again is not
literal, here is the explanation: We
make plans by our thoughts which come from the brain and our brain is in our
heads. In a way this is saying that
Jesus will crush the plans of Satan by offering all humans a way to avoid
eternal death by His sacrifice and resurrection (the bruising of His heel) to
cover our sins and destroying death (Satan).
The following verse is here only
to introduce us to Jesus being the Living Word so as to help us understand the
metaphor in John 6:51:
John 1:14: And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Here the
Word (Jesus, God) became flesh by being born of woman.
John 6:51: I am the living bread
which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for
ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the
life of the world. Of course Jesus is not actually bread. Jesus is actually using bread here as a
figure of speech. Jesus is the living
Word and we use bread as food. When
anything enters the stomach it goes into the blood which circulates throughout
the body and thus nourishes us and actually becomes part of us and it sustains
our flesh bodies. Jesus is saying digest
the word of the Lord, study it deeply, and allow it to become part of us,
believe it and the word will give us eternal spiritual nourishment after this
flesh body has passed on. The sacrifice
of Jesus, which was Him offering His flesh life to pay the sin debt that we all
owe to save our spiritual lives, is what is meant by the phrase: “and the bread that I will give is my flesh.”
John 6:52: The Jews therefore
strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
John 6:53: Then Jesus said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of
man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. If we refuse to study and digest the Word then we cannot
understand and therefore we cannot follow the teachings of Jesus and therefore
we cannot follow Him. We have to believe
and understand heart, mind, body and soul before spiritual salvation can occur
for us, if not, our spiritual lives may also end.
John 6:54: Whoso eateth my flesh,
and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last
day.
John 6:55: For my flesh is meat
indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
John 6:56: He that eateth my
flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. This verse
says it all: If the Word does not dwell in us then Jesus is not with us and we
could have no hope to dwell in Him or with Him in Heaven.
As we begin to understand how to
separate literal from metaphorical the beauty and deeper meanings of the Bible
create mental pictures that allow us to see how lowly our minds are compared to
the majesty and wonder of the thoughts of God.
My poor explanations cannot even come close to describe it. I praise God that I even have a clue. There are hundreds of examples so watch for
the metaphors and figures of speech.
Chapter 4
The Sacrificial Lamb
Scripture is in red
and comments are in black
Did God the
Father forsake Jesus or separate Himself from Jesus because Jesus took on the
sins of the world when He died on the cross?
What is the truth about this?
This was a huge stumbling block for me because I was taught at an early
age that Jesus took on the sins of the world but I was mistaken about what that
meant.
We must first
discover where the Bible says God cannot look upon sin. I may be wrong but I have heard it said that
it is from: Habakkuk 1:13:
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity:
wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy
tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? Jesus was
not evil nor was Jesus guilty of iniquity. Jesus was perfect and sinless so
this verse can never apply to Him. Jesus
took away the sin of the world so how can that be evil? The only thing I can think of is that in
times past someone read the verse: Matthew
27:46: 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? This person probably could not understand why
God would forsake His Son and the only explanation he could find was Habakkuk
1:13. If so this is an example of taking
a verse out of context. For others that could not explain this verse it made
sense and they spread the idea also. It
is time to learn the truth. Let us learn
about this subject.
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. Yes Jesus
took away our sins because He became the Sacrificial Lamb and offered Himself
to die in our place, to pay the wage we owed because of our sins, which was
death.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Death in this case
is the second death, the death of the soul.
Once the debt of a sin is paid the sin no longer exists, it is
not transferred anywhere. Jesus took on
the sins of the world by paying the debt, not by physically absorbing the sins
onto Himself. It would be the same as if
a rich man paid the monetary bills for everyone on earth; he would take on the
debt in the sense that he decided to pay the bills but the debt was never his
and therefore could not be transferred to him because the debt would no longer
exist, it is paid in full, gone completely.
That is why the Father will remember our sins no more as quoted in: Hebrews: 8:12 : For I
will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities
will I remember no more.
If that does not convince you there is another aspect about the
wages of sin. The punishment for a sin
is not satisfied until there is a death of the guilty party or death of the
sacrifice or forgiveness is given. Since the wages of sin is death how could
Jesus take on or absorb any sins? If
death pays the price of sin then Jesus would be dead before the Father would
have reason to forsake Jesus. Common
sense denies the teaching that the Father could forsake or be unable to look
upon the Son because of sin.
I know that many will quote: 2
Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; Jesus could not literally be made sin because sin is not a
physical thing, it is an act, a thought or a vocalization; there is no
substance to sin, no physical manifestation to it except the actions of the
guilty. This is a metaphor to emphasize
that the sins died with Jesus.
There are two verses
many preachers and scholars point to and proclaim that prove the Father did in
fact separate Himself from or forsake Jesus and they always point out that God
cannot look upon sin as the reason. I
believe we have proved this hypothesis incorrect in the preceding paragraphs,
however; it is still necessary to explain what was actually happening for
better understanding.
Here are the two verses: Matthew
27:46: 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? And:
Matthew 26:39 And he (Jesus) went a little
farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou
wilt. You
may say that these two verses do seem to clearly show that Jesus thinks or is
afraid that He will be separated from the Father. First; using a single verse as proof of
anything without knowing and understanding what the subject of that verse is
would be foolhardy and loses all understanding.
Secondly, in these verses, understanding that Jesus is God should direct
the reader to question the idea that Jesus and God could ever be separated in
the first place. Finally; what does
Jesus say about being separated from the Father? The answer is found in: John 16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that
ye (apostles) shall
be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not
alone, because the Father is with me. This is the truth from the lips of
Jesus. So what do these verses actually
mean?
We will start dismantling the structure of lies and the
corruption of God’s word Satan has created.
In the next two chapters both verses will be explored and the truth of
what these verses mean will be revealed.
Chapter 5
Finding
the Truth in Scripture
Scripture is in Red
and Comments are in Black
For the beginning of this series we will start in Matthew 27
where Jesus is hanging on the cross:
Matthew
27:46: 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? Did
God forsake Jesus on the cross? The
answer is no. How can I make that
statement? It is because I know what
Jesus said about this question. Jesus
said it in: John 16:32 Behold, the hour
cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and
shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. How much
more plain can it be? When Jesus
was arrested and hung on the cross was the only time the apostles scattered.
Ah, but you
say Jesus had taken the sins of the world on himself and God cannot look upon
sin. That was answered in chapter three
and shown to be a misconception. Jesus
never received any sin; he paid the debt for those sins.
So
what is the truth? It’s simple, Jesus was still teaching while hanging on the cross showing
that prophesy was being fulfilled at that very moment. Jesus was teaching in His agony just as He
did when tempted by Satan in the wilderness where once again Jesus (God) was
facing sin (Satan). Proof is to follow:
Psalm
22:1
My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my
roaring?
This was written hundreds of years before Jesus came to
earth in a flesh body. Psalm 22
describes a huge portion of what Matthew 27 speaks about. If the Jews know their Scripture AND LISTEN
to Jesus they would recognize this statement and remember what Psalm 22 is all
about. Even in His agony Jesus was
teaching, hoping some in the crowd would understand that prophecy was being
fulfilled at that very moment. Now back
to Matthew:
Matthew
27: 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments
among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. Important
Note: this says: “that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet”. This is more proof Jesus was
teaching.
Here is where it is “written by the
prophet”:
Psalm 22: 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture.
Now more from: Psalm 22: 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they
shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him:
let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Most of the crowd was this way
toward Jesus on the cross. (There is sarcasm from the crowd here) In Matthew the crowd even thought Jesus was calling for Elias. These people were blind to the truth.
Psalm 22: 4 I am poured out like
water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in
the midst of my bowels. His shoulders were pulled out of joint and His heart is
failing. Jesus shed blood and water when
He was thrust through with the spear ergo; poured out like water His life
escaped Him.
Psalm 22: 15 My strength is
dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast
brought me into the dust of death. His strength was leaving Him and He was thirsty and they
gave Him vinegar mixed with gall.
Psalm 22:16 For dogs have
compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my
hands and my feet. The dogs mentioned here are enemies and the wicked which
were all around (those of Satan). No one
can miss the connection of Jesus being pierced in His hands and feet.
Psalm 22 tells exactly what Jesus was going to experience
when He would be placed on the cross, prophecy fulfilled once again. Of course most of the crowd missed this
teaching because their eyes and ears were closed to the truth. Are YOUR eyes and ears closed?
Chapter 6
Is There Imperfection in God?
Some Biblical Scholars and Preachers Would Have Us
Think So
Commentary is in Black, Scripture is in Red
There are Christian scholars and
preachers who, hopefully, are unknowingly and unintentionally teaching that the
Father and Jesus are imperfect. I am not
accusing anyone but I am about to prove this is the truth and that it is
rampant in churches today.
Matthew 26:39
And he (Jesus) went a little
farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou
wilt.
I understand how most people teach
this verse: It is said Jesus asked that
this cup be taken away because when He received the sins of the world the
Father and He would be separated or the Father would forsake Him (briefly
stated). Of course chapter three shows
this idea is a misconception however we need to understand what is truly
happening in this verse. Let’s
listen to what Jesus says about this:
John:12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth
his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. This is what Jesus is trying to get across to Peter.
John:12:26 If any man serve me,
let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man
serve me, him will my Father honour.
John: 12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father,
save me from this hour (question): but for this cause came I unto this hour.
Jesus is basically saying here that
even if my soul is troubled (he does not say why He was troubled) why should I
ask the Father to save me from this hour when this is the reason I came in the
first place. Since Jesus says this why
would He pray about this same thing in the Garden
of Gethsemane
1: Now for some common sense
folks: If Jesus is not teaching by this prayer it means Jesus has suddenly
realized He is going to be separated from the Father and had no clue about this
fact until this very moment. Of course
verse John 12:27 proves that Jesus did know. The prophecy of the event was in Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou
shalt bruise his heel (this will be explained
in another study). Are the Father and
the Son perfect or not? We know God and
Jesus are perfect so what is the true answer?
Answer: The subject of Matthew 26:39 has been misunderstood.
A few more points to ponder:
2: Jesus was fully God therefore
His will could not be bent. Either
sitting on His heavenly throne or walking this earth in a flesh body Jesus is
God. Jesus did not change from being God
at any time; Perfection cannot change.
Jesus did NOT inherit the sin nature of man because The Father placed
the spirit of Jesus along with the fetus in the womb of the Virgin Mary, which
is why it had to be a virgin birth.
Mankind had nothing to do with the conception of Jesus. Mary nurtured Jesus by the umbilical cord but
Jesus probably did not even share her DNA.
Jesus was literally God in every fiber of His being. His Spirit was God and therefore a perfect
spirit, unlike man whose spirit is imperfect.
There is no weakness in God, no fear, no regrets, no lust, no mistakes
and no changing, only perfection. God
had everything planned before humans were formed and nothing can or will divert
that plan. God cannot forsake himself
nor leave part of His self behind. The
trinity cannot be separated. A house
divided against it’s self cannot stand.
3: Jesus cannot fear separation
from the Father or fear anything else because as it is written in: 1 John 4:18 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. If Jesus had
fear about being separated from the Father he could not be God in the flesh
because He would be imperfect and Jesus (God) is perfect love.
4: How did Jesus pray to the
Father?
He went to a secluded place to be alone
to pray. The exceptions: when He was teaching
those around Him. Example: John 11: 41 Then
they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus
lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest
me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may
believe that thou hast sent me.
This is the only example I will
give here but there are more.
5: What does Jesus say about being
separated or forsaken by the Father?
John 16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall
be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not
alone, because the Father is with me. Even though
the apostles scattered once Jesus was arrested and crucified Jesus knew the
Father was going to be with Him through all the pain and agony. This is truth straight from the lips of
Jesus. Now we are able to discover the
truth starting from the beginning:
Matthew 26: 31 Then saith Jesus
unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is
written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be
scattered abroad. Jesus was the target of
attack as long as He walked with the apostles.
After He was arrested the apostles scattered and Peter in particular
would deny Christ. This is the subject of the prayer in Gethsemane ;
the apostles denying Jesus, as Peter will do.
32 But after I am risen again, I
will go before you into Galilee .
33 Peter answered and said unto
him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be
offended. Peter later failed his claim three times. If we deny Christ to men Jesus
will deny us to the father (Mathew 10:33 ). Jesus does not
want that to happen to the apostles and in particular Peter but Jesus knows it
will happen.
34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I
say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me
thrice. This is a warning about the
future. Still the same subject which
will become clear soon.
35 Peter said unto him, Though I
should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the
disciples. They all were all wrong because they did not yet understand
the weakness of the flesh. We need to
understand this because we may be tested also.
36 Then cometh Jesus with them
unto a place called Gethsemane , and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go
and pray yonder. The teaching is about to begin so open your minds to the Holy
Spirit.
37 And he took with him Peter and
the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Point:
Whenever Jesus went to pray to the Father He went to be alone as He instructed
us to do in Matthew 6:6. Therefore why did Jesus take Peter, James and John with
Him? Jesus did not need them for
protection because He knew when the enemy would arrive to arrest Him. The
answer is that by this prayer Jesus was about to teach and Peter in particular
needed to hear.
38 Then saith he unto
them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch
with me. Yes
Jesus was sorrowful but not for of Himself, God cannot be self-pitying, that is
a human trait and if we lower God (or Jesus) to human standards we have already
failed God. Jesus was sorrowful because
of the tribulations and temptations His apostles were to go through after His
arrest, death and resurrection because they would follow Him and become targets
and WOULD follow the weakness of the flesh and deny Him as stated above in Matthew 26:31. Proof will
follow if you have patience.
39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying,
O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as
I will, but as thou wilt. Note: Someone overheard this prayer or it would not have
been written here and Jesus knew it would be heard and recorded. As a side point: the only time Jesus prayed with an
audience was for instruction and edification for those listening such as when
He raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:41 -43). The decision that Jesus would hang on the cross for our
sins was made millenia ago. To believe that at the last moment Jesus (God)
would have second thoughts about the main reason He came to the earth is
ludicrous and that thought takes away from the Godhood and perfection of Jesus.
Jesus may have been in a flesh body but His spirit was still God. This was
God’s plan from the beginning and only Satan could make it sound as if Jesus
had second thoughts or pitied Himself.
SHAME on anyone who could believe Jesus could be weak. He came here for us voluntarily, Jesus was
PREPARED and KNEW what was to happen and ACCEPTED that fact from before the beginning
of this earth.
40 And he cometh unto the
disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not
watch with me one hour? (Note: Jesus talks
to Peter in particular here because Peter was the one that would deny Him three
times). Jesus wanted the apostles to
remain awake so they would hear the prayer and understand that they would go
through times that would try their souls and whatever was to happen God would
understand if they were afraid but nevertheless they should follow the will of
God beyond their fleshly impulses and NOT deny Christ. Hold with me, proof is still to come.
41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the
spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. As we know
Peter will deny Christ three times, which is where Peter enters into
temptation. The apostles need to understand
they will be tempted to deny Christ so as to avoid torture and death but they
still must follow the will of the Father irregardless. This is why Jesus said the spirit is willing
but the flesh is weak. This is clarified elsewhere as in Galatians 5:
16 This I say then, Walk in the
Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth against
the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to
the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. The
temptation of the flesh in this instance is to deny Christ to avoid persecution
or death if they openly follow and teach Christ. The spirit wars with the flesh because the
flesh seeks safety and preservation; the Spirit seeks God’s will and
truth. As proof Peter denied Christ even
before he was threatened. This is why
Jesus said the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak and pointed out this
fact to Peter.
We are not to blindly follow what
we are told by governing church bodies, man’s traditions or Satan. It is God’s truth we need to search for;
anything else is a lie and a denial of God and perhaps a cause for our
destruction. It is up to each individual
to search for and learn the truth. If we
believe the lies then we are following Satan and we may receive Satan’s
reward.
Afterword
As stated in the Forward this is the first in a series of
books. Deeper studies and more detail
will be used in the following books.
Answers for questions such as “where did Cain’s wife come
from” and “Actually how old is the earth”, and many others will be answered as
closely as the Bible allows. But the main subject of every book will be to
reveal false teachings that man has created and correct them.
I am simple man and there are hundreds of teachings I do not
yet know about the Bible; however, I am struggling to learn as much as the
Spirit of Truth can guide me to understand.
