Book Of Mass Instruction Book 1

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 unless He was teaching?

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.