GIVING THANKS!

 Giving Thanks!

Psalm 30:11-12

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

1Thess 5:14-18

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

 Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Whatever the mountain you are facing, Grace will empower you to make it a plain. In the same way giving thanks will change the attitude of your life into the expression of the Father, The life of God manifested through you.

Psalm 42:11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?

hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

As I give thanks to him, it quickly turns to praise, and my soul xan no longer be cast down, but lifted up into the heavenly realm.

You can search for these words all over the Bible, Thanks, Thanksgiving, Thankful(ness), and Praise. It is the attitude of thanksgiving which brings us to the remembrance of all the good things he has done for us.

The Salvation of God

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. Exodus 14:13-14

This great declaration occurs as the children of Israel are standing with the sea in front of them and the armies of Pharaoh pursuing them from behind. Their response is to remind Moses how they never wanted to leave, they told him he brought them out here to die. What a faithless response. They were "sore afraid". Fear has torment, it will cause someone to be irrational, to get carried away with false understanding. But God, and in this case his man Moses, step up. Moses believed, and God performed.

We see a similar story when Jehoshaphat stood facing the Moabites and the Ammonites in 2Chr 20 and he declared the salvation of God.

Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you. 2Chr 20:17

It is the Lord who stands ready to fight for us, to deliver us, even as He did Israel over and over again; when they repented and called upon the name of their God. When they would put their fear aside and trust Him.

Isaiah declares (chapter 52) the salvation of God in the face of numerous oppressions, just before the description of the servant of God who comes to suffer and be rejected, beaten and killed. As we know, Jesus, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

John the baptist testified of this, the lamb of God. He also declared in Luke 3:4-6

As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

The salvation of God has come. Not wrought by man, but performed by God. The Father sent his son, Jesus, who tasted of death for every man, that whosoever would believe on him would not perish, but have everlasting life.

Hear the word of Jesus, Mark 5:36b, Be not afraid, only believe.

The Name of the Lord

 Exodus 34:6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

(Also Number 14:18)

The name of the Lord, His character, all that He is summarized here as well as Psalm 86

Psalm 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

He is the Lord

Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

Gen 1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Rev 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

He is Merciful, or full of mercy

Psalm 145:8 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Prov 14:21 He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

1Pe 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

He is gracious or full of Grace

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.

1Pe 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious

He is longsuffering

Ron 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

He is abundant in goodness and truth

The word for goodness here is also translated kindness or lovingkindness as well as mercy

Psalm 5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Psalm 25:6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

1Sam 12:24 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

Jer 10:10 But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

He keeps mercy

1Chr 16:34 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

Prov 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

He forgives

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

Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

He will not clear the guilty, Sin still has its effects even unto the third generation

1Cor 11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

Rom 3:19-20 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Rom 6:15-16 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Truth in the inward parts

God demands truth in the inward parts

Psalm 51:6

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Prov 20:27-30

The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,
searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Jer 31:33

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel;
After those days, saith the Lord,
I will put my law in their inward parts,
and write it in their hearts;
and will be their God,
and they shall be my people.

Job 38:36

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?
or who hath given understanding to the heart?


2Tim 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Luke 13:27; Matt 7:23

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Prov 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged:
and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

Psalm 6:8

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity;
for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

Romans 1-16

Just wanted to post this older video of a reading of Romans 1-16 with commentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbecAYohQjo&t=3279s

Daniel 2 video

This is a short video describing Daniel chapter two and the geography of the empires mentioned in that interpretation

The Seed of the Woman

Many have said that the whole of the word of God is about Jesus. This is undoubtedly true. One of the threads which is fairly easy to follow is the promise of the redeemer which begins with Adam and Eve. As you follow this promise throughout the Bible you will find that how God dealt with man surrounds these promises. There are promises to many of the faith worthies of the Old Testament, but these are the highlights of the seed of the woman which was to come, and even now has come, His name is JESUS!

Gen 3:14-15
"And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 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."

From that time forward the seed can be followed through the descendants of Adam until we get to the final fulfillment; Jesus.

Gen 4:25
"And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."

Gen 7:1
"And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation."

Gen 9:8-9
"And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;"

Gen 9:25-27
"And he (Noah) said,
Cursed be Canaan;
A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
And he said,
Blessed be the Lord God of Shem;
And Canaan shall be his servant.
God shall enlarge Japheth,
And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;
And Canaan shall be his servant."

Gen 12:1-3
"Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."

Gen 15:4
"And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him (Abram), saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir."

Gen 15:6
"And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness."

Gen 17:7-8
"And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."

Gen 17:19
"And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him."

Gen 21:3
"And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac."

Gen 22:15-18
"And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice."

Gal 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Gen 25:33
"And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob."

Gen 26:3-5
"Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee (Isaac), and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

Gen 27:28-29
Blessing of Jacob by Isaac
"Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven,
and the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of corn and wine:
Let people serve thee,
and nations bow down to thee:
be lord over thy brethren,
and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee:
cursed be every one that curseth thee,
and blessed be he that blesseth thee."

Gen 27:36
"And he (Esau) said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing."
(Of course the blessing was never his, it was Jacob's from the start; Gen 25:23 And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.)

Gen 35:9-12
"And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land."

Gen 46:2-3
"And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:"

Gen 48:20-22
"And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."

Gen 49:10
"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
until Shiloh come;
and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."

Heb 7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

Isa 11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations,

and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel,

and gather together the dispersed of Judah

from the four corners of the earth.

13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart,

and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off:

Ephraim shall not envy Judah,

and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

Ezek 37;15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.