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Friday, February 22, 2008

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.


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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
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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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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts (Family E-store)


A few years back I started a webring that I founded called
E37BW Ministries and Friends.

A webring is in one-way a directory and in another sense it is something like a mini-internet of a particular subject or common ground.
Some webrings are sites about Conservative values, others about pets
and others are for anybody living in a particular state and so on.


The Patriotic items at Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts (Family E-store)
are exceptional and there is also free beneficial information on that website.
So here is the review I wrote and posted in the forum of our webring;
E37BW Ministries and Friends

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Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts (Family E-store)


This is the second member site of
E37BW Ministries and Friends
that I am highlighting.

This site I am reviewing today is:
Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts (Family E-store)


This is a very Conservative "God and Country" website store which is great!

The name of the website,
"Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts"
is very accurate.
There are many gifts of each of the categories in the title.
There are Christian items, knick knacks and other things of angels as
well as many excellent Patriotic merchandise.

There are even items specific to honoring those serving in the military.
What a way to say thanks to those or the one you know who is sacrificing for our safety and freedom!

Also, just looking at the titles there are many interesting articles and e-books, from spiritual to common-sense political to "How to Quit Smoking".
Definitely something for everyone!

So please visit "Christian gifts, patriotic gifts, angel gifts".


Sincerely in Christ,
internet Pastor Bill
aka bill3rd (webring owner)

E37BW Ministries And Friends webring



PS If you own a web-page website, web ministry, e-store etc that is family friendly then visit my webring, read the description and if you think you will fit in then please join our webring. Especially if you are a Biblical Christian!


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The OC blog - The Our Cockaktiels Blog

Please visit our newest blog

The OC blog - The Our Cockaktiels Blog

We are selling Cockatiels from our home.
Some of those birds we acquired this summer.
One we had for a long time, 4 were hatched here in our house..
We hand-fed them, helping the Father Cock when the hen stopped caring for her chicks and are selling 3 of them.
As a result of the hand-feeding they are hand-tamed.

We also have photos of our Cockatiels on our new blog
so please visit there.
The OC blog - The Our Cockaktiels Blog



Thank you.

Sincerely,
Internet Pastor Bill

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Sunday, February 10, 2008

President's Day

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"Gay Christian"? No!

Before you read this please know that God loves all of us... at the same time God makes a way out, a way of forgiveness and strength so we can stop sinning and with the sin forgiven and gone the guilt goes away. This is because God in the form of human flesh, as Jesus Christ, died for us, even though none of us deserved his dying for us. None of us deserved His dying for you and me. God, Jesus loved you that much!
After 3 days Jesus rose from the grave and is now in Heaven praying for us. Now unto the main points of my post.



Gay Christian"? No! Gay is not Christian and Christians are not homosexuals!

Google Ads promised to only put what is appropriate on my blog.
A "Gay Christian" website is not appropriate for those of us who are Biblical Christians. I have sent a message to Google and now I am re-editing because it appears that Google Ads has now removed the "Gay Christian" link from my site.

I am thankful for this.
However since it has already got me thinking about this I am still going to put this post up for all to read!


There really is no such thing as a practicing homosexual that is also a Christian.
That would be like a person into practicing Pagan religions claiming to be Christian.
The act of practicing either paganism or homosexuality/lesbianism makes such individuals not Biblical Christian therefore there really are no such thing as "Gay Christians" in the homosexual sense.

In fact homosexuality/lesbianism is not only against the Bible but also unnatural. If animals did not mate with their opposite sex they would all die out.


The Bible calls all sexual sin, sin.
In the Old Testament scriptures; God told Moses certain sins like idolatry
(which usually included sexual sin and/or human sacrifice) as well as all bestiality and homosexuality were abominations and required those involved to be stoned to death.
Those that were caught committing adultery would also be stoned to death under the Mosaic Law.

I am not advocating violence.
In fact when the religious leaders of Jesus day, took a woman caught in adultery to Him,
and mentioned stoning, Jesus reply was to tell them;
"He that is without sin cast the fist stone"

Slowly the religious leaders, left one at a time starting with the oldest first
until there was none left except the woman and Jesus.
Jesus asked the woman "Where are your accusers?".
Her answer was to the affect "None of them are left. My Lord".
Jesus told her; "Neither do I accuse you".
Now that is not an excuse to continue to be active in sexual sin
because then Jesus told the woman "to go and sin no more".
In other words do not sin anymore, do not be active sexually sex
unless it is with your husband and if not married, wait until you are married.

If it was a homosexual/lesbian he would have told that person "to go and sin no more" which would also mean stop being sexually active and even to stop all unnatural relationships of the same sex including to stop dating the same sex.

Now a few things:
As Jesus forgave the woman caught in adultery,
Jesus still forgives adulterers, fornicators, homosexuals and lesbians.
Once forgiving repentance is involved the turning away from that sin.
Sometimes instead of trying to become the complete opposite (like immediately dating the opposie sex); it might be best to just abstain from any thing that could possibly lead to temptation of your recent past sinful lifestyle and to spend lots of time in God's Word and the Bible. also helpful is to find a church that has a pastor or elder that is willing to help you in your spiritual change and spiritual growth.
The Bible promises that Jesus Christ, God's Word (the Holy Bible) , and the Holy Spirit will transform us, transform you.
The longer you live for Jesus, the more you fellowship with Bible-believing Christians, the more you read your Bible, the more you pray, the more you resist sin and resist temptations then the more your mind will become Christ-like and the weaker your past sinful habits will become in you life.... the easier it will become to resist sin and to resist temptation.

I know this is true because in 1975 I was depressed, bitter, angry, depressed, border-line suicidal, into the occult, and on top of all that reality was beginning to become a blur until I attended a prayer meeting in June 1975. In that summer of 1975; I went from cursing God and cursing Christians to praising God in a few weeks and thanking Jesus for His goodness before the summer was over. If Jesus can change me then he can change anyone. And oh yeah, reality became clearer and my depression was healed and the anger and bitterness left.
There were many other wonderful changes Jesus made in my life which started in the summer of 1975.

Sincerely in Christ,
internet Pastor Bill

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Christian Website Review & our webring

Review of
Gods Love for Us

web-ring member of
E37BW Ministries And Friends





James & Susan are owners of the site "Gods Love for Us"
within our web-ring "E37BW Ministries And Friends".

Here is their website description:
"Gods Love, How much does God Love us.
This page has many articles and links to help you find this out.
Included is an article by Ben-Ezra Bautista
where he tells his personal experience of Gods Love,
Also Bible Prophecies.
"


I, Pastor Bill, am more busy then when I first started our web-ring
so I only have time to quickly browse members websites.

I recently visited "Gods Love for Us"
and their are many uplifting and edifying pages on this site emphasizing God's love.
As with all of us; we sometimes have slightly different perspectives.
Even the few thoughts that are a little more unusual you will find challenging.
Overall "Gods Love for Us"; is a site glorifying Jesus and definitely worth your time.


Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Bill
aka bill3rd (web-ring owner id)
E37BW Ministries And Friends

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