BIBLE/SCRIPTURE – Page 7

Buckler

A buckler is a small, round shield, worn on the forearm or held by a handle.
God protected Israel:
2 Samuel 22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
1 Chronicles 5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
1 Chronicles 12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
2 Chronicles 23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the house of God.
Job rebukes his friends:
Job 15:26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
The Psalmist writes, God is our protector:
Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalm 18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Psalm 35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Again God is the protector:
Proverbs 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Song of Solomon 4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Jeremiah 46:3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Ezekiel 23:24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
Ezekiel 26:8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
Ezekiel 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Ezekiel 39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

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Sins Revealed

Moses issues a warning to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad: Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.

The Lord Jesus instructions to his twelve disciples as he sends them out:
Matthew 10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
Also recorded by Luke:
Luke 12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
By the sea side he, in a parable, traches them:
Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
Luke records the same event:
Luke 8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

The apostle Paul writes that all believer’s works will be tested:
Romans 14:11-12 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

And the apostle John warns, that all unbeliever’s will be judged:
Revelation 20:11-15 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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Which are You?

Romans 1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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The Most High

The Gentiles referred to God as the Most High. Later the Jews when dealing with Gentiles also referred to God as the Most High. This term means “there is none higher”.

Before Israel: Abram (Abraham) meets with Melchizedek.
Genesis 14:18-22 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. …And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
After Israel came out of Egypt: Balaam (the false prophet)
Numbers 24:16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
Moses, speaking to all of Israel:
Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
David praises God:
2 Samuel 22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
The Psalmist(s) refer to God as the most High:
Psalm 21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Psalm 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
Psalm 47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
Psalm 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Psalm 56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
Psalm 57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
Psalm 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Psalm 77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
Psalm 78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Psalm 78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Psalm 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
Psalm 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Psalm 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:
Psalm 92:8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
Psalm 107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

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Reveal

verb – 1. make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.

It became Paul’s calling to go to the gentiles and reveal these mysteries, the first being that salvation was now open to gentiles, who were to become the church (along with Jews who believed that Jesus was their Messiah), the body of Christ.

Romans 1:17-18 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
1 Corinthians 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians 3:13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
1 Corinthians 14:30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
Galatians 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Galatians 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Ephesians 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
Philippians 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
2 Thessalonians 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2 Thessalonians 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

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Exodus – Part 33

Chapter 34
Having gone through the Passover and witnessing the miracles of God that saved them from Egyptian slavery, the Jews have been following God’s demands continually up and to today concerning Passover. Those were God’s instructions, to the Jews so that they not forget the Passover. Not to mention the fact that the Torah, those first five books of the Old Testament, tells them again and again the importance of remembering the Exodus. God intervening forcefully and unequivocally on behalf of the Jewish nation was without doubt a unique moment in history.

One of the reasons why God instructed the Jews to always remember the Passover was so they could be happy. Heaven knows that with all the persecutions they have gone through over all these years they have not had a lot in their lives to be happy about. Remembering the good from the past gives people a good thing to concentrate on. Something powerful takes place when people assemble to express gratitude.

IF we are only grateful at the time something good happens, we may never be grateful again, unless good is done repeatedly. Remembering the good is a statement of faith, and it helps to maintain that faith. This must be the reason why the Lord instructed them to teach this to their sons and to celebrate seven days with only unleavened bread.

They were to take the time and trouble to educate their children about God and the Exodus. Can you even imagine if every father would fulfill the request to regularly teach their children about God and His teachings?

Verse 9 of chapter 13 says, “And this shall serve you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead -in order that the Teaching of the Lord may be in your month- that with a mighty hand the Lord freed you from Egypt. This is the main verse that led the Israelites to wear tef-ill-in.

The definition of tefillin is two small leather boxes that contain words from the Torah that are worn, especially during prayer time, hanging low on a person’s forehead and around a person’s arm. Actually the Torah does not mention the word tefillin.

In fact, the Torah does not specify that this “sign” must be an actual physical object. But archeological evidence has documented, tefillin have been physical objects for years. My curiosity about these phylacteries led me to check out more information on tefillin.

I learned these phylacteries consisted of small strips of parchment, on which are written certain passages from the Law which are then folded tight, placed in small boxes, and attached by bands to the left wrist and to the forehead at the hours of prayer. It is well known that a similar custom prevailed in Egypt; and this fact has made an objection to the Mosaic institution of phylacteries.

It has been thought that Moses would not have encouraged an Egyptian superstition. But the adoption of Egyptian customs, purged from their superstition, is in the spirit of the Mosaic institutions, and presumably in no way reprehensible.

If the Israelites were addicted to wearing amulets, like the Egyptians, it is explained, it would have been a wise provision to substitute for the magic charms of sorcerers to the solemn words of the Law, and in this way to turn a current superstition to a good account. And we know that man, even today chooses how they will display and worship God, or anything else.

It is evidenced by the fact of wearing crosses on a necklace, tattoos on our bodies, piercings on our head and clothing to signify who we are and what we believe. None of that is instructed in Scripture so we don’t have the Word of God to approve or condemn the custom.

But as humans we sometimes feel the need to show our righteousness. Right or wrong, we know tefillin cannot make or break us because: For by grace we are saved… not of works… lest any man should boast.

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The Most High Part 2

Lucifer (Satan) claims he will be like the Most High:
Isaiah 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Jeremiah uses the term:
Lamentations 3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
Lamentations 3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Nebuchadnezzar speaks of the most High:
Daniel 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, ….
Daniel 4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it ….
Daniel also speaks of the Most High:
Daniel 4:24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
Daniel 5:18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
Daniel 5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Daniel 7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Daniel 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given ….
Daniel 7:27 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
God speaking thru Hosea speaks of Israel’s sin:
Hosea 11:7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

There are 5 mentions of MOST HIGH in the New Testament:
Mark 5:7, Luke 8:28, Acts 7:48, 16:17 and Hebrews 7:1

The Old Testament reminds us that there is only ONE GOD, especially in Isaiah: 30:15,43:3,48:17,54:5,60:9

And the New Testament teaches us that He became Man (John 1:1-4) and died on the cross for our salvation.

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Personal Standards for Music Part 6

My Personal Standards for music are my own. Many people, especially Christians will disagree with me. I know that all people have different levels of sensitivity to music, therefore everyone will have different standards. But the issue of music is not whether you and I agree, it is whether I am right with my God. If a man can truthfully stand under God’s gaze and his standards are right according to God, than no man should judge him for them. But I also believe that there is a line concerning music that no man should cross. This line is crossed daily by people who claim to love God and call themselves Christians. There is no question why the world laughs at the Christian faith, they see Christians listening to the exact same trash that they do. Christians have allowed Satan to use them through music, therefore their influence over the unsaved has been watered down, polluted and almost destroyed.

written by Lyndsey Cunningham (my granddaughter)

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Personal Standards for Music Part 5

Music in the Home
I believe that Music in the home can differ from music in the church to a certain extent. There is a time and a place for everything. You would not play Happy Birthday at a funeral just like you would not play certain songs in church. I do believe that there are songs that can be played in one’s home that are not songs about God.
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.” Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Classical music is an example of music I deem appropriate in the home. There is nothing sinful about the structure of classical music, and studies have proven that it increases the creativity of the mind. I also believe that certain romantic songs are appropriate for a husband and wife to listen to at certain times. Bluegrass, Southern Gospel (with discretion) and songs with acoustic guitars are also acceptable music for home listening.
Music in the Heart
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9
I believe that God created music not only for His own worship, but also for man’s souls. Music can comfort and uplift the spirit. It can change a grumpy attitude into a joyful one. The power of music over the mind is amazing and terrifying at the same time. Music has driven men to do great things. It can empower a person’s mind to create, excite a person to compete, but it can also compel a person to destroy. There was a young boy who listened to dark violent music all day long, and then he took a knife and murdered his aunt in the kitchen. When the boy was asked why he would do such a thing, he replied that he felt as if he had been driven by an inward force that demanded bloodshed. God never intended for music to be used in such a way, but when sin entered the world, it allowed way for many corrupt things. Christians should not permit music to seduce their heart to evil. Therefore we should take care to always keep a Godly song in our hearts.
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16
If Jesus Christ dwells in a Christian’s heart, then shouldn’t praise for Him also dwell there as well?
“Sing unto God, sing praises to His name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.” Psalm 68:4
I believe that we should wake with a song in our heart praising God, and sing it all day long. If a Godly song indwells us, then the Devil will not be able to use his music against us.

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Personal Standards for Music Part 4

One way the Devil has accomplished this in modern day is through the use of Rock and Roll. The genre of Rock n’ Roll music got it’s start in the late 1940’s, through such artists as Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Brenda Lee, and the Everly Brothers. Since that time many other types of music have become popular, music genres such as Pop, Country, Dance, Jazz, Punk, Blues, Rap and the list goes on. All of these music types differ just a little, but they have one strong bond. They are all the Devil’s tool to corrupt a Christian’s mind, his heart, his body, and ultimately his ability to do anything for God.
I strongly believe that music is a drug. It is the most addicting and destructive force in this world. Music is used more often, and reaches more people than caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, weed, heroine, gambling, porn, sex, and any other addiction known to mankind. The average amount of time a person spends listening to music is twenty to forty hours a week. Unlike alcohol or drugs, music can reach every age. Rap music blares through the car speakers as an infant is strapped in the back seat, and the parents think nothing of it. Pop music is running rampant through the headphones of America’s youth, and the police force, Alcoholic’s Anonymous, and rehab centers are doing nothing about it. These people who spend so much of their time trying to help people with their addictions are taking no action, because they don’t know that they have to. They do not realize that music is killing the souls of every single person on planet earth.
Music in the Church
I believe that Music in church should be sacred. The easiest way to put it would be that I believe all churches should only use a good old fashioned hymn book. However, that will not satisfy most people. These days people want to know why we can’t use projectors, and why the choir can’t sway back and forth, and why Chuck can’t play his electric guitar in the orchestra. My answer to all of those questions is why should we? Why would independent, fundamental, soul-winning, Bible believing, separated, Baptist Christians want to resemble the world in any way? John called out for Christians to be set apart from the things of the world.
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” 1 John 2:15
No one can refute that the verse clearly states that if we love the world and wish to be like them, than we do not love God. So if you want to bring contemporary music into the church, you must not love God, so why do you even go to church? However, my belief of old fashioned music in the church goes far beyond just that point. The old hymns were written by Godly men and woman such as Fannie Crosby, John Newton, and Charles Wesley. These people knew God, they walked with him daily, they had life experiences that God brought them through and they wrote about these experiences through songs. They praised God and brought glory to God. The types of songs we should sing in church are hymns such as “Holy, Holy, Holy,” “Amazing Grace,” and “Nearer my God to Thee.” These songs are what bring people to their knees at an altar instead of just waving their hand back and forth in a pew.

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