Excerpts From My Paper, “Verse-by-Verse Studies Of Selected Prophecies From The Book Of Jeremiah,” Part 3

Excerpts From My Paper, “Verse-by-Verse Studies Of Selected Prophecies From The Book Of Jeremiah,” Part 3
By Karl Kemp

We will continue the verse-by-verse study of Jeremiah chapter 30, starting at verse 12, then we will go on to a verse-by-verse study of Jeremiah chapter 31.

I want to repeat what I said at the beginning of Jeremiah chapter 30: This chapter is very important, so I didn’t want to skip it here, but the format used here (without my being able to use bold lettering for the verses that we are studying, or footnotes, italics, etc. may make it a little difficult to read for some readers. For one thing I had quite a few footnotes in the original paper, and I get into a lot of details. If you prefer you can go to my website and read this chapter (or the entire paper) in a format where I was able to use bold lettering, footnotes, italics, etc. (more…)

A Convenient God

By Steve Countryman

To be a true believer, as a Christian should, you cannot place conditions on God. Serving God cannot be accomplished on your terms. You can’t decide to serve Him today but not tomorrow. You don’t get to pick and choose when, where and how to serve God. The many religions of this world will tell you otherwise. A convenient god is a man made god. A convenient god is a god created in man’s image. It is a god that is only here to serve you. You bring him down from the shelf when you need his help, then return him when you don’t. He places no demands on you or your time. He is more like a magic genie than a god. You only think of him when you are in trouble or when you want something. You think that by doing some good deeds from time to time you will earn “heavenly points” that will all be added up when you die to help get you into heaven. That is the kind of deception that will keep you out of heaven, out of your blessings that God has for you and land you in hell instead. (more…)

TREASURE JESUS (PT 1)

By SIXTUS ONYEANUSI

Vs1:

Treasure Jesus above all things

Let Him be the Lord of your all

Let Him be your heart’s sweet delight

Be not ashamed to lift Him up (more…)

Secret Altars

In a recent teaching, “Secret Things in High Places” at http://godsrevivalarena.org/sermons/secret-things-in-high-places , we studied how the devil wants us to have secret high places in our lives habits, addictions, secret strongholds and sins that he can use to destroy us. The Lord revealed that the devil would like to laugh at us in the corner as we are religiously fine in front of others, singing on the choir, preaching, shouting, and doing other “churchy” things, but privately having “secret altars”. He can use those secret altars to completely undermine our spiritual lives. Just as Israel worshiped at the altars in high places, religiously following after the traditions of Judaism, but also practicing the ungodly rituals of the nations around them, many believers are sacrificing their lives at secret altars. (more…)

HEAVEN NEEDS YOU

By SIXTUS ONYEANUSI

Vs1.
As you go by the road and street
Heaven sends men for you to meet
Don’t you see the mercies of God?
It does show that the Lord is true
It does show that Heaven needs you (more…)

Knowing Our God Given Purpose; No Ordinary Knowledge

By Dale Linton

Knowledge that is derived from truth that feeds our spirit; which is our source of life, is referred to as “the bread of life”.

John 6:47, 48 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

I am that bread of life.

John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Our tendency, as Christians, is to feel as if we already have a “full knowledge” of truth, when the reality is that we may have only experienced truth in an “introductory phase” of God given knowledge. This is exemplified extremely well in the story of Nicodemus. (more…)

Faith Like a Child

By Cortney Whiting

Matthew 18:2-4 – He (Jesus) called a little child to him and placed the child among them. And he said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (more…)

Preparing The Bride

By Steve Countryman

Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. We who are called His children, His church and who Christ is the Head are also known collectively as the bride of Christ. Jesus Christ is the Bridegroom who is coming back to get His bride that has been promised Him by God the Father. That will only happen when the bride is prepared and ready. (more…)

” Victors And Not Victims”

By willie mikell

Romans 8v37 begins, Nay,in all these things. all these things is saying something,1 Peter 4v12 Beloved,think it not strange concerning the fiery trials which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you.Not if, but when trials come, know that we are more than conquerors because of our LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST and his victory at the cross. (more…)

“Wait Upon The Lord”

By Steve Countryman

Nothing can separate you from the love of God. God who cares enough about you that He not only knows you better than you know you but God wants to be involved in EVERY decision you make. Not just the big ones but ALL of them. When Jesus lives within you it is in every day living. It is the habitation of the Holy Spirit, Jesus and the Father. Not visitation like on most Sundays but a daily habitation. “But I’m not worthy of God’s habitation?” Jesus makes you worthy and deserving. Sin and un-forgiveness are the two things that will remove you from God’s presence in your life. I said His presence not His love. The truth about removing God’s presence is that God doesn’t remove Himself from us but by our sin and un-forgiveness that we remove ourselves from His presence. (more…)

The most astonishing statement ever made

By Jack Vorster

THE WORLD HAS BEEN OVERCOME

The most astonishing statement ever made was when Jesus said to His disciples, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

What did He mean by that? It certainly begs an analysis for it has far-reaching consequences. (more…)

How God Identifies Himself

By Cory Tucholski

“It’s interesting how God defines himself. He told Moses that he is the God of your fathers; the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. He did not define himself by his omnipotence or his omniscience but by his personal relationships with these common men.” (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11747) (more…)

God of Infinite Love

By Ron Quinlan

I heard a sermon recently by my pastor. He talked about the imagery of God in the Old Testament as a God who disciplines whereas the God of the New Testament is seen as a God of Love. He also stated that surveys reveal that those over fifty tend to see God as a God who disciplines. We need to focus more on the God of Love. (more…)

THE OBSCURE TEACHINGS OF PAUL

By Robert E Macklin

So the early Christian church was divided into two “camps”, unlike today.The followers of Jesus, led by his brother James, in one that took the very Jewish message to the Jews and the diaspora of Israel, proselyting Gentiles on the way; whereas Paul carried a very simple message of the Christ to the Gentiles and accepting Jews..no special observance of the Law, no circumcision, no special keeping of the sabbath, no concern for “unclean” food..making it easier for Gentiles to accept his teaching. (more…)

The Mid-Week Rapture #24

By Karl Kemp

Holy Father, we humble our hearts before you. We want to understand your word, and we want to live in line with your word. We want to be fully ready to stand before you at the end of this age. We pray in Jesus’ mighty, holy name! Amen!

I’ll always quote from the “New American Standard Bible,” 1995 edition unless otherwise noted. When I quote from my book, “The Mid-Week Rapture,” it uses the 1977 edition. (more…)