ALL ABOUT YOU: GIDEON - CHAPTER 49BE YE FILLED WITH THE HEART OF JESUS, THE LIVING WORD09-19-04
(Eph 5:25-27) Husbands,
love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself
for it; That he might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water
by [with]
the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not
having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should
be holy and without blemish. THE HEART OF JESUS
CHRIST
(Ezek 36:24-28)
For I will take you from among the heathen [a foreign nation; a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts: Gentiles],
and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own
land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all
your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A
new heart [the feelings, the will, the intellect: mind, understanding, wisdom]
also will I give you, and a new spirit
will I put within you: and I will take
away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of
flesh [“And the Word (logos: seed)
was made flesh” John 1:14]. And I will put
my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye
shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your
God. 1.
One minus thing = God will take away from you the stony heart 2.
Four plus things = God will give you a new heart, a new spirit,
an heart of flesh, my spirit 3.
Then = you shall walk in my statutes, keep my judgments, dwell
in the land, be my people, and I will be your God. A
HOLLOW ROCK
(John 1:35-42) Again
the next day after [John the Baptist
baptized Jesus Christ] John stood, and two of his disciples [stood
with John]; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold
the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they
followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What
seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi,
(which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? He saith unto
them, Come and see
[10x]. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day:
for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two which heard John speak, and
followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth his own brother Simon,
and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the
Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Cephas, which
is by interpretation, A stone [petros;
a (piece of) rock]. 1.
Simon = Heb: hearing /// to hear intelligently (often with the impl. of
attention, obedience). 2.
Peter = Gk: petros; a (piece
of) rock. 3.
Jonah = Heb: a dove (appar. from the warmth of their mating):--dove,
pigeon /// to effervesce; wine (as
fermented [expansion, increase]); by impl. intoxication:--banqueting, wine,
wine [-bibber]. [the Holy Spirit] 4.
Cephas = Chald: Kephas, kay-fas'
; the rock /// a hollow rock:--rock. THE NEW TESTAMENT: THESE WANTED (NEEDED) THE WINE OF THE WORD(WATER INTO WINE;
SEED INTO FRUIT; LOGOS INTO RHEMA)
(John 2:1-9)
And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother
of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the
marriage. And when they wanted
wine [lacked, suffered need, (be in)
want, be the worse], the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no
wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is
not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith
unto you, do it. And there were set there
six waterpots of stone, after
the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots
with water. And they filled them up to the brim [with
water]. And he saith unto them [the
servants], Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And
they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the
water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants
which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 1.
(Heb 4:12) For the word [logos] of
God is quick [zao; living: life, alive, lively, quick], and powerful, and sharper
than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart. 2.
(Luke 19:19,20) And he said
likewise to him, Be thou also [in
authority] over five cities. And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is
thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: [i.e.
no wine; no expansion, no increase, no “gain” for the kindgom – water in,
water out] THE OLD TESTAMENT: THESE WANTED (NEEDED) THE WATER OF THE WORD(Exo 17:1-7) And
all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the
wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink [no wine for the people to drink in the New Testament]. Wherefore
the people did chide [grapple;
wrangle: complain] with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may
drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt [test]
the LORD? And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured
against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of
Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst [why
have you brought us here to this marriage feast with no wine]? And Moses
cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost
ready to stone me. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and
take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the
river, take in thine hand, and go. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon
the rock in Horeb [desolate (the
Siniatic mountains)]; and thou shalt smite
the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may
drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. And he called
the name of the place Massah [a
testing], and Meribah [strife
/// grapple, wrangle, complain], because of the chiding of the children of
Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? 1.
(John 16:7) Nevertheless I
tell you the truth; It is expedient [for
good (beneficial)] for you that I go away [i.e. die]: for if I go not away, the Comforter [intercessor,
consoler: advocate] will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him
unto you. THE ROCK OF AGES IS A LIVING STONE, AND YOU ARE LIVELY (LIVING) STONES (1 Pet 2:1-10) Wherefore
laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all
evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere [undeceitful,
unadulterated] milk of the word [logos],
that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye
have tasted [eaten, experienced] that
the Lord is gracious. To whom coming,
as unto a living stone [zao;
living: life, alive, lively, quick], disallowed [rejected] indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Ye
also, as lively stones [zao;
living: life, alive, lively, quick], are
built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual
sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in
the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a
chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall
not be confounded [disappointed or put to shame]. Unto you therefore which believe
he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone
which the builders disallowed [rejected],
the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble
at the word [logos], being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. But ye
are a chosen [selected] generation, a
royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth
the praises of him who hath called you
out of darkness [of
not understanding and disbelief] into
his marvellous light [illumination]:
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had
not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy [i.e.
forgiveness because you now believe and understand -
synonymous terms, and therefore obey]. Amen |