Whole Gospel Ministries
September 30, 2019
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
“Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against God, bringing into captivity in the obedience to Christ.” 2 Cor. 10: 5.
Before it was an act, whether spoken or written, it was first a thought spawned in the womb of the mind. Words and actions are windows into the mind, providing a sneak peek as it were, into the current character of the person, beginning with ME.
Friday Morning Manna September 27, 2019 Nathaniel Fajardo
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God in His Divine Sphere and Man in His Human Sphere
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
2 Cor. 5: 21, N.K.J.V.
That, is, God the Father made His only-begotten Son who knew no sin, to be sin for us in order that we might become the righteousness of the Father that resides in the Son. The Creator, in becoming the last Adam through the incarnation, became the human-divine Sin Bearer—who never knew sin by experiment and experience—not even in thought and imagination—became sin itself—not became a sinner, like the first Adam who experimented with sin.
September 23, 2019
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
Are We A Saving Influence?
See 2 Cor. 2:15, 16 first. Savor means “aroma” and “influence.” Throw a pebble into a lake, and a wave is formed, and another, and another. As they increase the circle widens, until it reaches the very shore.
Beyond our knowledge or control it tells upon others in blessing OR cursing. Character is power.
Friday Morning Manna September 20, 2019 Nathaniel Fajardo
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The Power of the Last Adam to ‘Lay Down His Life and Take it up Again”
“And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness that God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.” 1 Tim. 3: 16, N.K.J.V.
1 Tim. 3: 16, N.K.J.V.
“Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared [partook, K.J.V.] in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.”
Heb. 2: 14
September 16, 2019
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
Pray For More Wisdom, Patiences & Grace.
“The prayers you offer in loneliness, in weariness, in trial, God answers, not always according to your expectations but always for your good.” Gospel Workers 258. Paul prayed 3 times that the “thorn in his flesh” be removed.
God’s answer: “My Grace is sufficient for you.” 2 Cor. 12: 7-10. “Where sin abounds, Grace much more abounds.” Rom 5:20. Pray sincerely, trustingly “without ceasing” but also intelligently.
Friday Morning Manna
September 13, 2019
Nathaniel Fajardo
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The Purpose and Source of Grace in the Gospel and the Two Adams
My King James Version Bible mentions grace 38 times in the Old Testament and 128 times in the New, a total of 166 times. The untranslated Hebrew is chen, meaning, “graciousness, i.e., subj., kindness, favor or obj., pleasant, precious.” In the New Testament grace is the untranslated Greek charis, meaning, “the divine influence upon the heart, and its manifestation in the life.” Strong’s Greek Lexicon.
Take note of the latter fuller meaning of grace that is so strangely missing in the still continuing contentious debates over the phrase, “By grace are you saved, not by works.” I’ve experienced a few in the past (as some of you have), and come away dismayed by those unpleasant encounters. There was no edification because the Spirit of grace wasn’t guiding the discussions. Rather, it was/is one another’s long-held traditional points of view and opinions, often self-serving, thus myopic, that sadly continues to drive such discussions.
September 9, 2019
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
Possessing the Peace that Passeth Understanding.
“Great peace have they who love Thy law and nothing shall offend them.” Ps. 119:65. See Matt. 8: 23-34; Mark 4: 35-41; Luke 8: 22-39.
Like the first disciples we are all aboard the same boat that is negotiating the turbulent sea of life headed towards the destination called heaven and eternal life. “How often the first disciples’ experience of forgetfulness and lack of faith is ours today!
Friday Morning Manna
September 6, 2019
Nathaniel Fajardo email:[email protected]
From Whom Did the Second Adam Obtain His Humanity? His Divinity?
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 1: 1. 4, N.K.J.V. “And the Word became 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.” v 14.
“He is the [visible] image of the invisible God, He is the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through [by, KJV] Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.” Col. 1: 16.