EPHESIANS- INTRO- CHAPTER 1

Ephesians 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Ephesians 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

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Ephesians 1 Videos-
https://youtu.be/6R_QugaoG74
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uve5l1dh546zxcp/11-21-17%20Ephesians-%20Intro-%20chapter%201.mp4?dl=0
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhCrMCv6eqngiL5Ew
https://ccoutreach87.com/11-21-17-ephesians-intro-chapter-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/11-21-17-ephesians-intro-chapter-1-2/

ON VIDEO-
.Butterfly
.Background on the city of Ephesus
.Sovereignty
.Paul’s prayer
.Plymouth Rock
.Mayflower
.Jamestown
.Puritans
.Reformation
.Church of England
.Some history of the Puritans and their rejection of the Church of England [Anglican] keeping some of the High Church practices of the Catholic Church

TEACHING- [Past posts- corrections? Below]
Intro- Ephesus was the capitol city of the Roman province of Asia- it was one of the top cities of the day [Like Rome- Corinth- Alexandria- etc].
It was a major commercial center because of a port to the Aegean sea- [Now silted up]
And if you remember my Acts study- the famous temple of Diana was located there- which was considered to be one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world- https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/08/09/acts-19/
Paul spent more than 2 years there and he probably penned this letter while sitting in jail at Rome [House arrest]
I actually just covered the history of this in my study on the book of Acts- so I thought it fitting to now start a new study on the letter the apostle wrote to this Christian community. [Some sites see here https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/ephesians-1-6 ]

John 21

John 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
John 21:23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

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John 21 video’s-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxgf1hypxipoll2/10-28-16%20JohnJonah.mp4?dl=0

https://youtu.be/KUzR8ng9Fjs

https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/10-28-16-johnjonah.zip

ON VIDEO-
.Peters promise to get martyred for the cause
.Strange way to end a gospel
.Was it Preterism?

TEACHING – [Past links- verses below]
As I finish this study on John- I won’t cover the whole last chapter here- I’ve taught it already.
But I’ll hit on the ending of this chapter- which I always thought was a bit strange.
The chapter ends with a sort of debate about what Jesus said [or meant].
Which is indeed a strange way to end such a riveting gospel.
Jesus tells Peter that he will die for the cause –
John 21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
John 21:19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
And then Peter asks Jesus about John
John 21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
John 21:21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?

Jesus says ‘If I let him live- till ‘my coming’- what’s that to you’?
John 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

Then- the disciples started a rumor about John ‘wow- Jesus said he will never die’.
John 21:23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
Meaning- if John actually lives until the return of Christ- then yes- he would have never died.
Yet- the passage says- Jesus never said John would not die- but that if he ‘lives’ until the coming- what’s the big deal. [Some sites see the rest here https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/john-21 ]
Ok- many believers have looked at the 2nd coming verses- and have rightfully shown that there are

Sunday sermon

Acts 10:42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

Acts 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

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Sunday sermon videos-

https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhUSNCZq8_1_ZYKLX

https://www.dropbox.com/s/23jmppnibwfyozt/4-1-18%20Easter.mp4?dl=0

ON VIDEO [Verses from the Mass and Church Unlimited]

.Story from a dead man

.The dreams

.Giving to the poor

.The angel had a message

.Peter sees a vision

.Apologetics https://ccoutreach87.com/atheism-apologetics-links-added/

.Review of Passover

.A quote from the movie- Dead Poets society- Carpe Diem

Note- I talked about Easter- and Christmas- December 25^th– I know Easter is not on December 25^th– I was speaking about the ‘pagan’ backgrounds to these Christian holidays and wanted to say that God- thru Jesus [Logos- Word] is able to redeem all things- even the past ‘pagan holidays’ and change the remembrance of them to the Birth and Resurrection of Jesus- that was my point- http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/2009/april/was-easter-borrowed-from-pagan-holiday.html

TEACHING-

Today I taught on the verses from the Catholic lectionary for this Easter Sunday,

I also taught some about the Passover- and how Jesus fulfilled what the Passover stood for-

The passage from Corinthians-

1Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:

The Jewish feast of Passover was a reminder of God’s great deliverance- the Blood of the spotless lamb was put over the doors- and the death angel [the price for sin is death] passed ‘over’ those homes-

Exodus 12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,

Exodus 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. [Some sites see here https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/sunday-sermon-165

GALATIANS 3

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 1

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Galatians 3 videos-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/evk7t0ex9oc3rpw/1-3-17%20Galatians%203.mp4?dl=0
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMg2IJprKceVayQpmQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhA-O_mb3Y8&t=20s
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/1-3-17-galatians-3.zip

ON VIDEO
.Abrahamic covenant
.Fulfilled thru Christ
.Law [covenant] came later
.1st promise stands
.Law revealed sin
.Faith in Christ justifies
.Began in Spirit [faith] don’t go back to law [works]
.Christ took the curse of the law on the Cross [tree]
.Law was tutor- to bring us to truth
.Jesus is the Truth
.No more need for the tutor
.Father of many nations
.Legal and actual justification
.Luther- Trent [16th century]
.Legal fiction?
.Mercy seat

TEACHING [Past posts below]

Paul makes the argument that God promised Abraham that he would bless [save- justify] the whole world thru one of his sons.

Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Ultimately that Son was Jesus- who came down the line- from the offspring of Abraham-
Galatians 3:16
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Then Paul says –
The law [10 commandments and entire Old Covenant system] came 430 years after God gave Abraham this promise-
Galatians 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Paul says ‘the scripture foresaw that God would justify the heathen thru faith- preaching the gospel beforehand’- [Some sites see here https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-32174320 ]
Galatians 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached

GALATIANS 2

Galatians 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

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Galatians 2 videos-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld07s54F3M4&t=1s
https://www.dropbox.com/s/51oq3yxf26meyi3/12-27-16%20Galatians%202.mp4?dl=0
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhGBeGlLV_fJjxjdV
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/12-27-16-galatians-2.zip

ON VIDEO-
.What Jerusalem visit was it?
.Did Peter quote Paul in Acts 15?
.Hearing and believing justifies
.Paul rebukes Peter
.God chose us
.The faith itself is a gift
.Justin Martyr
.Legalism
.Law versus grace
.God rested the 7th day
.The ‘Way’
.Catholics and Protestants
.Great Schism- 1054 ad
.Reformation- 16th century
.We all have ‘traditions’

TEACHING [Past posts below]
As Paul makes the argument that ‘his gospel’ is the true message of grace-
He recounts a story about Peter.
One time Peter visited the gentile Christians of Antioch [the region] and when Peter was with them he ate and fellowshipped with them-
Galatians 2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
Galatians 2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
Galatians 2:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Then Paul says when some from ‘James’ came down- he separated himself from the gentiles- and started going back to the old ways of the law [The Jews saw the gentiles as unclean].
Paul says he withstood Peter- to his face- and said this-
Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Ok- it looks like Peter learned a lesson this day.
The same lesson God himself showed him in Acts chapter 10-
Acts 10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Acts 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Now- we read about a visit Paul made to Jerusalem- ’14 years’ after the encounter he mentioned in chapter 1 [of Galatians]-
Galatians 2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
Galatians 2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
I don’t want to get too much into the weeds here- but bible scholars have different views on the visit to Jerusalem mentioned in this chapter.
Some think this is talking about a visit we read about in Acts 11- others think he is speaking about the acts 15 council.
On the video I talk about the different reasons why this is so- but it really makes no difference-
The main point Paul is making is the fact that the leadership of the Jerusalem church knew he was preaching grace to the gentiles- and they were ok with that.
He spends a lot of time in chapters 1 and 2 defending himself- and talking about his interaction with the leaders of the church at Jerusalem.
The reason he is doing this is because the Judiazers [the believing Pharisees out of Jerusalem] were going around behind Paul’s back and telling his converts that Paul was teaching in rebellion of the ‘main church’ at Jerusalem.
Acts 15:1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
Acts 15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. [Some sites see here https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-22772291 ]

Sunday sermon

Matthew 11:4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
Matthew 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them

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[Note- As I was reviewing this video- I usually pick a verse or story that relates to what I spoke on. I shared an ‘off the cuff’ [unplanned] story about a boy raised from the dead in Kingsville many years ago- so that’s why you see this verse at the top- when the kingdom is present you see the poor having the word preached to them- and you see the dead raised]

Sunday sermon videos-
https://youtu.be/tDzpORfBlg8
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgXuXo1-t0CKgZOfB
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0cznwj4hi5onhe3/3-25-18%20Palm%20Sunday%20%5BC.C.%20Cathedral%5D.mp4?dl=0

ON VIDEO
.Taught outside of the Cathedral downtown- and you see a Bethlehem christian at the start of the video
.Apologetics
.Objective- Relative truth
.Bluff stories- Kingsville too
.Triumphal entry
.The king riding a donkey
.The Palm branches
.Kenosis
.Maccabean revolt
.Hanukkah
.Christian unity

Teaching-

This Sunday I went to the Catholic Cathedral for Palm Sunday- though I actually never made it in to the Mass.
Instead I taught from outside while the service was going on.
I stopped out front and spoke to the Christians from Bethlehem- they come every year to sell some of the beautiful Christian art to support Christians living in that part of the world.
A few years ago I spoke with some of them on video as well [ https://youtu.be/3QiH9JSXn90 Here’s the video from 2105- also taken in front of the Cathedral]
So I simply taught today from the Mass verses that I reviewed a day or so earlier. [Some sites see the rest here https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2021/05/sunday-sermon-text.html ]

GALATIANS 1

Galatians 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Galatians 1:7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

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Galatians 1 videos-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/840brei12jiowq2/12-20-16%20Galatians%201.mp4?dl=0

https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhE_9lOKof6BzaK_A

https://youtu.be/Bk04o7nBlsE

https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/12-20-16-galatians-1.zip

ON VIDEO-
.Justification by faith
.Luther
.Paul’s controversy
.Damascus road
.Abraham’s faith
.The Jerusalem council
.Judiazers
.The church at Antioch
.Legalism
.God raised Jesus from the dead
.Grace and Peace
.There is no other gospel
.It’s not about the preacher
.The law cannot justify you
.Father to all who believe
.The dead don’t sin
.Antinomianism
.The message of the Cross

TEACHING- [Past links- verses below]
I wrote a brief commentary on this book years ago [pasted below] and will do a little background before we get to the chapter.
Paul the apostle was the missionary to the gentiles- we see his ministry told in the book of Acts. [Some sites see the rest here https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-16809491 ]

SUNDAY SERMON

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Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jeremiah 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Sunday sermon videos-
https://youtu.be/zLGkZUApk-0
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhSzqt0xFNQCKJwUn
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l3ikxy1no8sdzu4/3-18-18%20Sunday%20sermon%20CCCF-%20Mass.mp4?dl=0

ON VIDEO
.In the Bluff we call it ‘Bran New’- Huh?
.The canyon is closed today
.The moral law and the ceremonial law- its all ‘the law’
.3-18? 318
Genesis 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
.The Melchizedek priesthood
The Greeks seek Jesus [John 12]
.How did Jesus respond?
.The cross
.Jesus prayed to God to ‘save him from death’ [Heb. 5]Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;Hebrews 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
.How did the Father answer this prayer?
.He raised him from the dead

NOTE-
Today I talked from the verses that Pastor Don preached on [CCCF] as well as the verses from the Sunday mass.
They did fit together- and I will add my past teaching below.
I won’t try and write on the subjects I talked about- because I have taught them in depth in the past and it would be better for me just to post that below.
John [Some sites see the rest here https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2021/04/25/sunday-sermon/m ]