Introduction and First Devotional Thought From The Geneva Bible.
Introduction
and First Devotional Thought
From The Geneva Bible.
This series was originally started especially for
Vulcan Council
(a Conservative Political Yahoo chat group)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VulcanCouncil/
by internet Pastor Willam Mazzulla III
PastorBill3rd@JesusAnswers.com
Introduction:
Ann Matos (the founder/owner of the Vulcan Council and the Vulcan Anvil blog ) has asked me to do a a Sunday devotional or sermon.
I posted lessons of this series in the Vulcan Council and the Vulcan Anvil.
I believe Ann asked me to do this because she, like myself. recognizes that faith was a strong principle of our founding Fathers.
In fact the first original form of government in America
was done by Christians with strong Convictions.
This people were the Pilgrims and there government was based on the Mayflower Compact which they wrote when they realized that they were not going to land in an established southern colony.
It is said that the Mayflower Compact is
the foundation of all Western Democracies.
"What does all of this have to do with a devotional?"; you may ask.
Please be patient with me and you will see in a few moments.
By way of introduction I am reviewing history of the Pilgrims
because they used the Geneva Bible
which was before the King James version.
The Geneva Bible was first published 1560 and every so often republished after that.
That is about 51 years before the King James Version.
I find the translation of the King James Version Bible
to be very similar to the Geneva Bible.
Probably their was some influence of the
Geneva Bible upon the King James.
Also, I think both translations used the same source manuscripts,
the Textus Receptus (meaning the Received Text, the accepted text).
I purchased a copy of the Geneva Bible from
American Vision
The copyright allows exceptions like "brief quotations in articles, reviews and broadcasts" so each lesson I will include the link back to
American Vision
http://www.americanvision.com/
That way it should be OK for me to quote a little each week from the republished Geneva Bible.
This copy, I acquired is from the 1599 Geneva Bible and has modern text to make it readable. In the old original manuscripts "S" looked like an "f", "U" looked like a "V" and some spellings were different like "old" is spelled "olde". Other then that and a few grammatical updates which is all explained in the Foreword and/or Preface; this newer printing is the same as the 1599 Geneva Bible.
This 1599 Geneva Bible has a poem about the importance of scripture and also a page that is a Bible Study page about spiritual profiting when reading the Holy Scriptures.
Both were in the original 1599 Geneva Bible which the Pilgrims used!
I think... what better way then to acknowledge our "Founding Fathers" then to Study the Bible from their (the Pilgrims) perspective?
Since I am very busy; I will start with only the first verse from the poem with the corresponding scripture references that were provided in this Geneva Bible, and also include the concluding prayer
Next lesson, depending on my busyness I may do more then one verse from the poem.
Each lesson I will include the verse of the past lessonss so you can see the progression of the poem as we go.
Instead of just the references I will include the Bible verses
so that they are there for you.
----------------------------------------
This page that the pilgrims wrote
and included in their Geneva Bible is titled:
"Of the incompatible treasure of the holy scriptures,
with a prayer for the true use of the same."
This is the first verse, the corresponding scriptures provided and the concluding prayer at the end of the poem:
Here is the spring where waters flow,
to quench our heat of sin:
(Isa 12:3 and 49:10; Rom 5:16 and 6:17)
Therefore with joy shall ye draw waters out of the well of salvation.
Isaiah 12:3
They shall not be hungry,
neither shall they be thirsty,
neither shall the heat smite them,
nor the sun,
for he that hath compassion on them, shall lead them;
even to the springs of water shall he drive them.
Isaiah 49:10
Neither is the gift so,
as that which entered in by one that sinned;
for the fault came of one offence unto condemnation,
but the gift is of many offences to justification.
Romans 5:16
But God be thanked,
that ye have been the servants of sin,
but ye have obeyed from the heart
unto the form of the doctrine,
whereunto ye were delivered.
Romans 6:17
O Gracious God and most merciful Father which hast vouchsafed us the rich and precious jewel of they Holy Word.
assist us with thy spirit, that it may be written in our hearts to our everlasting comfort,
to reform us, to renew us according to thine own Image, to build us up,
and edify us into the perfect building of thy Christ,
sanctifying and increasingin us all heavenly virtues.
Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.
My devotional comments on the above:
Water is the source of life.
A person and most animals can go without food much longer then we can go without water.
Jesus told the woman at the well that He had water which would make her never thirst again.
In another place in the Gospels Jesus proclaimed that all who thirst shoudl come to Him for springs of Living Water.
Jesus is the source of the water of the wells of Salvation.
Jesus is the source of Living Water to eternal life.
Ponce De Leon and others were looking for a spring that would give eternal youth in the New world.
When he and others should have been looking to the Word of God not for "eternal youth" but for "Eternal Life".
Also, Psalm 121, along with our reference from Isaiah, tells us that the Lord will not allow us to be smitten by the sun (by the heat from the sun).
There are many other verses that talk about the Lord being our Rock, our shade, our shield, our protection from harm.
In Hebrews Jesus promised to he disciples and to all who would believe in Him that He would "never leave nor forsake us".
The gift that those verses in Romans are talking about is that Jesus Christ died on the Cross and shed His Blood for our sin so that we could have His free gift of eternal life.
Then as final proof of His authority to cleanse us of our sin to cleanse us by His Blood, Jesus Christ rose from the grave on the third day. Jesus is now in Heaven making intercession for us (praying for us).
One more thing.
There is nothing I can add to the prayer
because it is definitely inspired
and still as beneficial to pray now
as it was over 400 years ago.
Sincerely in Christ,
internet Pastor Bill
Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch
http://ezekiel37biblewatch.faithweb.com/
EPW - Ezekiel's Prayer Warriors
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EzekielsPrayerWarriors/
OLBC · Online Bible Church
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OLBC/
Bible Watch Bible Studies and Bible Resources
http://www.geocities.com/revbill3rd/BibleStudies.html
Vulcan Council
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VulcanCouncil/
PS
The copyright allows exceptions for review.
The 1599 Geneva Bible
Copyright 2006 by Tolle Press
I acquired my copy through:
American Vision
http://www.americanvision.com/
Geneva Bible verses are copied and pasted from:
http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html
Further lessons are found at the:
Vulcan Anvil blog
http://vulcananvil.blogspot.com/
and First Devotional Thought
From The Geneva Bible.
This series was originally started especially for
Vulcan Council
(a Conservative Political Yahoo chat group)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VulcanCouncil/
by internet Pastor Willam Mazzulla III
PastorBill3rd@JesusAnswers.com
Introduction:
Ann Matos (the founder/owner of the Vulcan Council and the Vulcan Anvil blog ) has asked me to do a a Sunday devotional or sermon.
I posted lessons of this series in the Vulcan Council and the Vulcan Anvil.
I believe Ann asked me to do this because she, like myself. recognizes that faith was a strong principle of our founding Fathers.
In fact the first original form of government in America
was done by Christians with strong Convictions.
This people were the Pilgrims and there government was based on the Mayflower Compact which they wrote when they realized that they were not going to land in an established southern colony.
It is said that the Mayflower Compact is
the foundation of all Western Democracies.
"What does all of this have to do with a devotional?"; you may ask.
Please be patient with me and you will see in a few moments.
By way of introduction I am reviewing history of the Pilgrims
because they used the Geneva Bible
which was before the King James version.
The Geneva Bible was first published 1560 and every so often republished after that.
That is about 51 years before the King James Version.
I find the translation of the King James Version Bible
to be very similar to the Geneva Bible.
Probably their was some influence of the
Geneva Bible upon the King James.
Also, I think both translations used the same source manuscripts,
the Textus Receptus (meaning the Received Text, the accepted text).
I purchased a copy of the Geneva Bible from
American Vision
The copyright allows exceptions like "brief quotations in articles, reviews and broadcasts" so each lesson I will include the link back to
American Vision
http://www.americanvision.com/
That way it should be OK for me to quote a little each week from the republished Geneva Bible.
This copy, I acquired is from the 1599 Geneva Bible and has modern text to make it readable. In the old original manuscripts "S" looked like an "f", "U" looked like a "V" and some spellings were different like "old" is spelled "olde". Other then that and a few grammatical updates which is all explained in the Foreword and/or Preface; this newer printing is the same as the 1599 Geneva Bible.
This 1599 Geneva Bible has a poem about the importance of scripture and also a page that is a Bible Study page about spiritual profiting when reading the Holy Scriptures.
Both were in the original 1599 Geneva Bible which the Pilgrims used!
I think... what better way then to acknowledge our "Founding Fathers" then to Study the Bible from their (the Pilgrims) perspective?
Since I am very busy; I will start with only the first verse from the poem with the corresponding scripture references that were provided in this Geneva Bible, and also include the concluding prayer
Next lesson, depending on my busyness I may do more then one verse from the poem.
Each lesson I will include the verse of the past lessonss so you can see the progression of the poem as we go.
Instead of just the references I will include the Bible verses
so that they are there for you.
----------------------------------------
This page that the pilgrims wrote
and included in their Geneva Bible is titled:
"Of the incompatible treasure of the holy scriptures,
with a prayer for the true use of the same."
This is the first verse, the corresponding scriptures provided and the concluding prayer at the end of the poem:
Here is the spring where waters flow,
to quench our heat of sin:
(Isa 12:3 and 49:10; Rom 5:16 and 6:17)
Therefore with joy shall ye draw waters out of the well of salvation.
Isaiah 12:3
They shall not be hungry,
neither shall they be thirsty,
neither shall the heat smite them,
nor the sun,
for he that hath compassion on them, shall lead them;
even to the springs of water shall he drive them.
Isaiah 49:10
Neither is the gift so,
as that which entered in by one that sinned;
for the fault came of one offence unto condemnation,
but the gift is of many offences to justification.
Romans 5:16
But God be thanked,
that ye have been the servants of sin,
but ye have obeyed from the heart
unto the form of the doctrine,
whereunto ye were delivered.
Romans 6:17
O Gracious God and most merciful Father which hast vouchsafed us the rich and precious jewel of they Holy Word.
assist us with thy spirit, that it may be written in our hearts to our everlasting comfort,
to reform us, to renew us according to thine own Image, to build us up,
and edify us into the perfect building of thy Christ,
sanctifying and increasingin us all heavenly virtues.
Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.
My devotional comments on the above:
Water is the source of life.
A person and most animals can go without food much longer then we can go without water.
Jesus told the woman at the well that He had water which would make her never thirst again.
In another place in the Gospels Jesus proclaimed that all who thirst shoudl come to Him for springs of Living Water.
Jesus is the source of the water of the wells of Salvation.
Jesus is the source of Living Water to eternal life.
Ponce De Leon and others were looking for a spring that would give eternal youth in the New world.
When he and others should have been looking to the Word of God not for "eternal youth" but for "Eternal Life".
Also, Psalm 121, along with our reference from Isaiah, tells us that the Lord will not allow us to be smitten by the sun (by the heat from the sun).
There are many other verses that talk about the Lord being our Rock, our shade, our shield, our protection from harm.
In Hebrews Jesus promised to he disciples and to all who would believe in Him that He would "never leave nor forsake us".
The gift that those verses in Romans are talking about is that Jesus Christ died on the Cross and shed His Blood for our sin so that we could have His free gift of eternal life.
Then as final proof of His authority to cleanse us of our sin to cleanse us by His Blood, Jesus Christ rose from the grave on the third day. Jesus is now in Heaven making intercession for us (praying for us).
One more thing.
There is nothing I can add to the prayer
because it is definitely inspired
and still as beneficial to pray now
as it was over 400 years ago.
Sincerely in Christ,
internet Pastor Bill
Ezekiel 37 Bible Watch
http://ezekiel37biblewatch.faithweb.com/
EPW - Ezekiel's Prayer Warriors
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EzekielsPrayerWarriors/
OLBC · Online Bible Church
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OLBC/
Bible Watch Bible Studies and Bible Resources
http://www.geocities.com/revbill3rd/BibleStudies.html
Vulcan Council
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VulcanCouncil/
PS
The copyright allows exceptions for review.
The 1599 Geneva Bible
Copyright 2006 by Tolle Press
I acquired my copy through:
American Vision
http://www.americanvision.com/
Geneva Bible verses are copied and pasted from:
http://www.genevabible.org/Geneva.html
Further lessons are found at the:
Vulcan Anvil blog
http://vulcananvil.blogspot.com/
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