MARCH 2004

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

God has provided and protected freedom while Satan has had a plan to interfere and remove freedom from the beginning of the human race.

Wednesday, March 3, 2004

Whatever is true – doctrinal.

Honorable – semna = whatever is honorable, noble or respectful.

In order for the human race to be perpetuated under freedom so people can choose for or against Jesus Christ, and after salvation they can choose Bible doctrine over evil, there must be honor and respect – establishment principles.

The Lord has made it possible for each one of us to choose between the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

God the Father made sure that when man chose the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Satan’s policy, that after the fall, the human race would be perpetuated to the end of time, end of the Millennium, through the operation of man’s free will.

God has provided and protected freedom while Satan has had a plan to interfere and remove freedom from the beginning of the human race.

ECC 1:9c there is nothing new under the sun.

It is Satan’s objective to destroy freedom so that eventually no one will choose for faith in Christ and salvation, and no one will choose and commit themselves to doctrine after salvation.

God has preserved the gospel as the salvation part of doctrine.

Because he has an old sin nature and is spiritually dead, the unbeliever cannot comprehend gospel information properly and clearly, 1CO 2:14.

God the Holy Spirit, acting as a human spirit, makes it a reality so that he exhales faith in Jesus Christ – that is the point of salvation.

Man’s frame of reference is philosophical speculation, and human I.Q. is not a frame of reference for the perception of doctrine.

Our frame of reference for perception of doctrine is the human spirit and our residence in the PPOG.

“Bringing together spiritual truth to a spiritual apparatus.”

The stages in which the Holy Spirit enables receptive comprehension of doctrine in the human spirit from which point the doctrine moves to the left lobe as gnosis, academically understood but as yet having no spiritual value.

1CO 11:28, 2CO 13:5, GAL 6:4 – examine yourself and your own work.

MAT 7:20 So then, you will know them by their fruits.

The principle of honor, respect, freedom and establishment has made it possible for a volition to exercise itself in a non-meritorious way appropriate for salvation by faith in Christ and for the P.M.A. of B.D. after salvation.

There are times we can expect unjust and unfair treatment, but those are the times that we need to give it over to the Supreme Court of heaven and to the Supreme Court Judge, our Lord, Jesus Christ.

The royal priesthood must have privacy to fulfill its mission in this life.

COL 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

Throughout the Gospels the Lord dealt with the disciples privately, since much of what occurred was “family business,” MAT 17:19; MAT 24:3; MAR 4:34; 9:28, LUK 10:23.

MAT 18:15 And if your brother sins, go and reprove him in private;

Rieu translation – “Go and have it out with him privately.”

Paul respected the privacy of the leaders of the Jerusalem church when he presented his gospel to the Gentiles for their consideration, GAL 2:2.

Phillips translation – “Is that your business, your business is to follow Me!”

Violation of privacy means judging others, ROM 14:4, 10.

JOH 12:42-43, Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing {Him,} lest they should be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

Privacy includes the principle of live and let live, 2TH 3:11-12.

Apostates always violate the privacy of others, 1TI 5:13, And at the same time they also learn to be idle, as they go around from house to house; and not merely idle, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things not proper to mention.

Violation of privacy is similar to violations of other freedoms. Freedom means life, privacy and property,

1PE 4:15 By no means let any of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler;

Intrusion into the privacy of someone else is compared to stealing and murder.

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

No greater example exists of one being just while being treated unjustly than our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Thursday, March 4, 2004

Predicate nominative neuter plural – dikaios – divkaia = righteous, equitable, fair or just.

Dikaios = righteousness as the attribute and characteristic of God or righteousness in the sense of the fulfillment of that which God requires of men.

Neuter gender – denotes the obligation to be fair, just, and equitable = “everything that is just or fair or equitable.”

Supergrace capacity for life includes this sense of justice, the sense of fair play, a sense of right treatment toward all in the realm of one’s personal life.

People are going to be unfair and unjust and you must not lower yourself to their level and become unfair and unjust.

Capacity for righteousness and just treatment of others causes the believer to avoid divisiveness, conspiracies, vengeance, cruelty to others.

No greater example exists for us of one being just and righteous while being treated unjust and unrighteous than our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the only celebrity of the Christian faith.

JOH 15:20 Remember the word that I said to you, “A slave is not greater than his master.” If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

1TI 6:13 I order you in the presence of the God, who preserves alive the all things, and of Christ Jesus, who has testified the honorable confession before Pontius Pilate,

With the exception of one short interrogation, these six trials were unfair and unjust in every way.

Who was on trial?

The unique Person of the universe, undiminished deity and true humanity combined in one Person forever, the Lord Jesus Christ.

One of the greatest systems of jurisprudence was used to condemn this One who was not only innocent, but who in His humanity, was also absolutely perfect.

COL 3:2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

The first trial was before Annas, the father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the high priest, JOH 18:12-14.

MAT 26:15 “What are you willing to give me to deliver Him up to you?” And they weighed out to him thirty pieces of silver.

MAT 26:16 Judas began looking for a good opportunity to betray Him.

LUK 22:51b But Jesus touched his ear and healed him.

Annas was not a judge, therefore, this was an illegal trial; this was unfair and unjust treatment.

Annas was engaged in gangster activities connected with every system of corruption in Jerusalem, as well as with the bands of robbers in the Negev, who owed their protection to him.

The people who brought the Lord to him and to trial were all self-righteous religious people, the chief priests, scribes and Pharisees.

It was the Sanhedrin, the religious organization in which all Judaism centered.

Annas, the most religious of them all, approved this case, and following the counsel of Caiaphas, he said, “Take Him in and kill Him!” JOH 18:14.

MAT 23:23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

From the palace of Annas, our Lord was taken to the palace of Caiaphas, the legitimate high priest at the time.

MAT 26:57 And those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

Caiaphas had said, “It is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation do not perish,” JOH 11:50.

Caiaphas was merely a practical man who recognized the need of finding a scapegoat for all the anti-Roman activities that were being performed in Israel.

Caiaphas knew that Rome was getting ready to demand that the lawlessness in Palestine be rectified by the death of a culprit.

The perfect Son of God is to be presented as a master criminal by the criminals themselves.

The chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death,
MAT 26:59.

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

Every moment the Lord Jesus lived, He lived in the moment-by-moment Sabbath, the faith-rest-life.

Friday, March 5, 2004

Grace Bible Church
Pastor/Teacher
Robert R. McLaughlin
Friday,
March 5, 2004

PHI 4:8 From now on, members of the Royal family of God, whatever is true [doctrinal], whatever is honorable [noble or worthy of respect], whatever is just [fair or right],….let your mind dwell on these things.

There are a lot of injustices in life and unfairness, and if you let your mind dwell on those things, they will drive you mad.

As you go forward in the spiritual life, from supergrace to ultra-supergrace, or from S.M. to the qualification to be a witness in the historical phase of the angelic conflict, you need to let your mind dwell on those things which are just and fair.

If you endure by letting your mind dwell on those things which are just, and concentrate on TLJC, you will gain the objective of ultra-supergrace and not lose your supergrace status.

The first trial was before Annas, the father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the high priest, JOH 18:12-14.

PHI 4:8 whatever is just…, let your mind dwell on these things.

We are not to let our minds dwell on these things because it would cause us to become angry.

In the first trial, Annas, the most religious, approved this case, and following the counsel of Caiaphas, he said, “Take Him in and kill Him!” JOH 18:14.

Caiaphas had said, “It is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation do not perish,” JOH 11:50.

The chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death,
MAT 26:59.

At least two eyewitnesses of the same act or event or sin –
DEU 19:15 “A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.”

NUM 35:30 “If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.”

1. It was held at night, which was contrary to Jewish jurisprudence, MAT 26:31,34.

The fact that the Passover spoke of Jesus Christ dying for their sins was a point which, even if they had understood, would have mattered little in their evil calculations.

2. There was no defense attorney, which was illegal.

3. The court also sought false witnesses, obviously illegal.

4. The court was prejudiced, and there was violence in the court.

He had not been talking about the actual Temple building; He was referring literally to His death and resurrection.

ISA 53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.

There was a time to speak, and there was a time to be quiet, ECC 3:7.

The Lord Jesus Christ put the whole matter in the Father’s hands, revealing His perfect orientation to grace and to the plan of God.

“Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord,” ROM 12:19.

Gossiping and maligning, returning evil for evil, whether it is the truth or not, are among the worst sins a believer can commit.

Every moment the Lord Jesus lived, He lived in the moment-by-moment Sabbath, the faith-rest life.

While these religious people could not see the uniqueness and power of His life, a brilliant Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, would soon perceive the truth concerning Jesus.

Religion is blind, and these people were blind to the Person of Christ.

Why must we wait for Pontius Pilate to say, “He is a just man”?

Why must we wait until a Roman centurion looks up at the Cross and says, “Truly, this is the Son of God,”MAT 27:54?

Here in his court is the eternal High Priest, after the order of Melchizedek, HEB 5:5-10!

He is so loaded with religion and self-righteousness and legalism that he could not see the grace of God.

Su eipas – the strongest of all affirmatives = “Emphatically yes!”

He added –
resurrection, ascension, session, and the Second Advent.

In Jewish jurisprudence – no one can condemn himself by his own statements, apart from a confession of guilt.

Caiaphas took a clear statement of fact, which in reality did not condemn our Lord, and said it was a confession of guilt, which it was not.

This was a courtroom under one of the best systems of court procedures that has ever been set up – procedures which God Himself set up in the Mosaic Law.

ISA 52:14 His appearance was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men.

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The day our Lord and Savior died was the darkest day in history of time yet it was the brightest of all days.

Sunday, March 7, 2004

PHI 4:8 From now on, members of the Royal family of God, whatever is true [doctrinal], whatever is honorable [noble or worthy of respect], whatever is just [fair or right],… let your mind dwell on these things.

Just – dikaios = righteous, equitable, fair or just.

There are a lot of injustices in life and unfairness, and if you let your mind dwell on those things, they will drive you mad.

People are going to be unfair and unjust and you must not lower yourself to their level and become unfair and unjust or filled with MAS such as bitterness, hatred, revenge, anger, etc.

No greater example exists for us of one being just and righteous while being treated unjust and unrighteous than our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the only celebrity of the Christian faith.

Six = the number of man or humanity; the entire human race was involved in these trials in some way, including you and me.

HEB 12:2-3 Be concentrating on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose heart.

A paradox is a seemingly contradictory statement but is true nonetheless.

The day our Lord and Savior died was the darkest day in the history of time, and yet strangely the brightest of all days.

The injustices that nailed Him to the tree, satisfied, strangely enough, the justice of God.

The sinful activities that caused men to turn against Him with a murderous plot that would end His life, proved they were mere instruments in the hand of a sovereign God whose purposes were being carried out, precisely as He planned.

ISA 53:10 But Jehovah was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,

There has never been a series of trials conducted in the history of jurisprudence more illegal, unfair, unjust, biased, or shameful.

Because He died, we can live forever.

Because of those unfair treatments leveled against Him, we have the hope and the promises of eternal life, and our sins forgiven.

Any study of our Lord’s death is a bittersweet study, for it represents that which is cruel and ugly and unfair and unjust, yet at the same time that which gives us forgiveness and righteousness and eternal life.

ISA 52:14 Just as there were many who were appalled at Him – His appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and His form marred beyond human likeness –
– NIV

ISA 52:14 They shall see my Servant beaten and bloodied, so disfigured one would scarcely know it was a person standing there.
– TLB

Caiaphas was the ruling high priest whose single agenda was to find Him guilty, not prove him guilty.

It was illegal because it was held at night and based on false witnesses, and because violence and prejudice were allowed in the court.

TLJC was now a pawn in the hands of an unjust prejudiced group of people and a religious system that was determined to take Him to the cross.

70 men who were like our Supreme Court Justices, at least in public.

All charges must be supported by the evidence of two witnesses, independently examined.

For acquittal, a majority of one was all that was necessary. For condemnation, there must be a majority of at least two.

Sentence of death could never be carried out on the day in which it was given. A night must elapse so the court might sleep on it and perhaps their condemnation might turn to mercy.

With blasphemy on their minds, they parade him before Pilate for trial number 4, LUK 23:1-7.

Pilate served as governor of Judea from 26 to 36 AD. He was appointed by Tiberius, the current emperor of Rome, the ruling emperor at the time of the crucifixion of Christ.

Not once do they mention blasphemy when they brought Him before Pilate, because for the Romans blasphemy meant nothing because the Romans had many gods.

MAT 22:21 “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

Treason was a basis for capital punishment under Roman law.

TLJC treated him with the ultimate insult, not in rebuking him, but in simply ignoring him.

It was the Father’s plan to bring Him to the cross, that is the paradox of it all.

All the wickedness and all the wrong reasons from the people behind the trial and behind the crucifixion, were merely pawns in the hands of a sovereign God.

PRO 16:4 The Lord has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.

They thought they were putting an end to His life when in fact they were giving His life to the world.

MAT 27:19 Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.

*39** He drags the crossbeam along the Via Dolorosa, His route from Pilate’s judgment hall to Calvary.

The victim was pinned to crossbeam. The cross was then lifted up and dropped in a hole and left as he hung there.

Like the thousands of other lambskins stretched in the mid-morning sun that day to prepare for the Passover, so the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, lay stretched beneath the burning skies of Judea.

MAT 27:46 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”

2CO 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

God took all of our sins, past, present, and future, and poured them out in that moment upon His Son.

As we believe in Him by faith, God takes all of his righteousness and pours it into us.

Such an extreme price for our salvation, calls for such extreme gratitude and obedience to our Lord.

ACT 16:31 Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved,

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The six trials and the crucifixion.

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

The first trial was before Annas, father-in-law to Caiaphas, the high priest, JOH 18:12-14 – it was an illegal trial.

The second trial – Mat 26 – the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death.

PSA 56:4 In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?

PSA 56:5 All day long they distort my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.

1PE 2:21 For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,

1PE 2:22-23 who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;

ISA 50:6 I gave My back to those who strike {Me,} And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard; I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting.

They have portrayed a skinny figure with ribs sticking out, scrawny shoulders and bony frame.

Drove – aor-act-ind – exebalen – e*xevbalen = to throw out, to use violence against someone.

An artist painting Jesus Christ as He hung upon the Cross, should depict a powerful body and neck beneath a faceless mass of saliva and blood, His features completely mangled.

ISA 53:5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being {fell} upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed.

His physical death signified that His work was finished and formed the basis for resurrection.
He must suffer spiritual death in order to pay for your sins and mine.

MAT 26:53 Do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

His restraint was very significant, for if He had lost His temper, there would be NO SALVATION!

JOH 2:23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, beholding His signs which He was doing.

JOH 2:24-25 But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men, and because He did not need anyone to bear witness concerning man for He Himself knew what was in man.

The third trial was held early the next morning by the Jews.

The first two trials, the one before Annas and the one before Caiaphas were both held at night, which made them illegal trials.

“Led away” – aor-act-ind – apegagon – a*phvgagon = to lead someone to prison or punishment, to lead for the purpose of destroying.

MAT 7:6 Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Realizing that it was a feast period (Passover and Unleavened Bread) and they could not sentence someone on a holy day according to their law, they said, “Let’s pass Him off to the Romans.”

The fourth trial – the first trial before Pontius Pilate, where Jesus witnessed or testified an honorable confession,
1TI 6:13.

This was the day the memorial supper, the Passover, would be eaten.

Eating the lamb was a picture of believing in the Messiah, TLJC, yet they had rejected Him.

The Jews took Jesus to the Roman governor in an attempt to avoid Jewish law concerning the holy days because the Law stated that they were not to try someone in court on a Sabbath or holy day.

LUK 23:2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

The Romans had only one type of worship – Caesar worship! Caesar is Kurios (God), they said!

Their lies are generally to try to destroy others with their tongue.

MAT 22:21 Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.

They were implying that He was setting Himself up as a King and trying to lead a revolt against Rome.

Here was a rival to Caesar and a dangerous revolutionary!

1TI 6:13 Christ Jesus, who has testified the honorable confession before Pontius Pilate,

Pilate had the discernment to observe the innocence of Jesus, but not the character to free Him.

The Jews USED the law, but they did not execute the law.

HEB 12:2 for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame,

They would have stoned Him. Crucifixion was not a Jewish punishment.

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

To be so close to Christ and yet reject Him, is to be far away for all eternity.

Thursday March 11, 2004

They would have stoned Him because crucifixion was not a Jewish punishment.

The Jewish people did not use a cross or a tree for capital punishment – consider the odds of the Lord Jesus Christ having to die on a cross by the hands of the Jews.

The prophecy of the blood on 2 sides of the door-posts and over the door speaking of the cross.

EXO 12:7 “Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the top of the door frames of the houses in which they eat it.”

1CO 5:7 “For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed.”

The prophecy of the brazen serpent being lifted up – NUM 21:9 “And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it came about, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.” This was fulfilled by the Lord Jesus Christ, JOH 3:14; JOH 12:32, HEB 12:2.

JOH 3:14 “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up [the cross].”

JOH 12:32 “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”

The prophecy of certain events which took place around the Cross, PSA 22:6-8.

LUK 23:35 And the people stood by, looking on. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, slaying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen one.”

The prophecy of His hands and feet being pierced, PSA 22:16.

This was fulfilled throughout the gospels when they nailed His hands and feet to the cross, MAT 27:31,
MAR 15:24.

There was the prophecy of casting lots for His garments. MAT 27:35 “And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots;”

The prophecy that not one of His bones would be broken – PSA 34:20 “He keeps all His bones; not one of them is broken.” JOH 19:34 “But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water” JOH 19:36 For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled, “not a bone of Him shall be broken.”

The prophecy of the false witnesses – PSA 35:11 Malicious witnesses rose up; they ask Me of things that I do not know. MAR 14:57-58 And some stood up and {began} to give false testimony against Him, saying, We heard Him say, “I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.”

The Old Testament prophecy of the betrayal of Judas Iscariot – PSA 41:9 Even My close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate My bread, has lifted up his heel against Me.

LUK 22:47-48, While He was still speaking, behold, a multitude came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was preceding them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him. But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of man with a kiss?”

The prophecy that they would offer The Lord Jesus Christ gall and vinegar –
PSA 69:21 “They also gave Me gall for My food, and for My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink.” MAT 27:34 “They gave Him wine to drink mingled with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink.”

The prophecy of the physical abuse and humiliation of Jesus –
ISA 50:6 “I gave My back to those who strike Me, and My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard; I did not cover My face from humiliation and spiting.” MAT 26:67 “Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him.”

The prophecy that He would come to die for our sins to save us –
ISA 53:5 “But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed.” This was fulfilled throughout the entire New Testament,
ROM 5:6-8.

The prophecy that He would be silent as He approached the cross – ISA 53:7 “He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth.”

MAR 15:4 And Pilate was questioning Him again, saying, “Do You make no answer? See how many charges they bring against You!” MAR 15:5 But Jesus made no further answer; so that Pilate was amazed.

The prophecy of His crucifixion – ISA 53:12 “And He was numbered with the transgressors; yet He Himself bore the sin of many, and interceded for the transgressors.”

LUK 23:33 “And when they came to the place called the skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.” LUK 23:34 But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

The prophecy of the piercing of Jesus’ side – ZEC 12:10 They will look on Me whom they have pierced and they will mourn for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him, like the bitter weeping over a first-born.

JOH 19:34 “But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.”

The prophecy of the nailing of Jesus’ hands and feet – ZEC 13:6 And one will say to Him, what are these wounds between Your arms? Then He will say, those with which I was wounded in the house of My friends.

JOH 20:27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand, and put it into My side; and be not unbelieving, but believing.”

It would be impossible for Jesus to have a kingdom of this world until Satan’s defeat at the Cross.

The kingdom of Christ on earth awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ.

In the meantime, He has a kingdom of regenerate people – the Church or Body of Christ.

At present, the rulership of Christ is invisible and spiritual.

JOH 17:16 “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.”

Those who are the recipients of the truth of salvation, believers in Jesus Christ, hear the voice of the Son of God.

Spiritual blindness and lack of a human spirit make spiritual phenomena impossible to absorb, 1CO 2:14.

I find in Him – in Jesus – no guilt.

The fifth trial before Herod, LUK 23:8-12.

MAT 7:6 Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

The sixth and final trial before Pilate, LUK 23:13-25.

Pilate had said – not once but several times – that Jesus Christ was innocent.

Realizing that Jesus was innocent, Pilate would make it possible to release an innocent Person, get himself off the hook, and help the religious leaders save face.

Pilate was a good Roman governor and an excellent student of Jewish custom, and he knew that it was the custom of the Passover for the Roman government to release to the Jews some notorious prisoner, already condemned to death.

It backfired when the crowd demanded the release of Barabbas, one of the worst gangsters in Jerusalem.

“Don’t release unto us the most wonderful Person who ever lived … release unto us Public Enemy Number One – Barabbas!”

He was a habitual professional criminal, possibly the Number One man of the crime syndicate in that area.

Barabbas = “son of the father.”

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

The last words of our Lord are very important to us, because of Who spoke them and where they were spoken-the Cross.

Friday, March 12, 2004

These things could be classified as all the flaming missiles of the evil one, EPH 6:16.

Marx replied,
“Go on – get out! Last words are for fools
who haven’t said enough!”

These statements are very important to us, not only because of the Person who spoke them but also because of the place where they were spoken from – the cross.

1. LUK 23:34 “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”
2. LUK 23:43 “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”
3. JOH 19:26-27“Woman, behold, your son!” “Son, behold, your mother!”

4. MAT 27:46 “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”
5. JOH 19:28 “I am thirsty.”
6. JOH 19:30 “It is finished!”
7. LUK 23:46 “Father, into Thy hands I commit My spirit.”

Our Lord had just been the recipient of the worst type of treatment imaginable.

The direction of our Lord’s words – it begins with the word “Father.”

When our Lord entered into His suffering, and while our Lord was enduring suffering, and when our Lord emerged victoriously from His suffering, He spoke to His Father in heaven.

Whenever we react to unfair or unjust treatment and harbor any type of resentment in our souls and do not forgive others we lower ourselves to their level of antagonism and get out of fellowship with our Father.

JOH 1:11 He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.
MAT 9:34 “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”

MAT 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, “Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax-gatherers and prostitutes!”
MAT 26:66 They answered and said, “He is deserving of death!”

MAR 3:21 And when His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”
MAR 3:22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul”
MAR 3:30 “He has an unclean spirit.”
LUK 23:2 “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar,”

LUK 23:5 But they kept on insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people,”
JOH 7:12 – they said He was a cult leader and He leads multitudes astray.
JOH 8:48 The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

JOH 10:20 And many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”
His own disciples failed Him and fled, MAT 26:56.
The Father was willing for the Son to suffer, ISA 53:10.

If you want to be able to forgive others, here is the place to start – make sure you have a right relationship with your Father in heaven.

Imperf-act-ind – aphes – a!fe” = He said it more than once.

He could have prayed, “Father, judge them; vindicate Me,” PSA 7:8 Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.

He could have said – PSA 58:6 O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

He could have said – PSA 137:9 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.

MAT 26:53 “Do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?”

MAT 26:54 “How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen this way?”

MAT 26:56 But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.
MAR 15:28 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”

He told people in His messages, “If you do not forgive from your heart, God cannot forgive you.”

Nemesis, the god of revenge, was one of their goddesses.

PSA 96:5 For all the gods of the peoples are demons.

Our Lord Jesus was on the cross because God does forgive sinners.

LUK 5:20 – Our Lord said to the paralytic, “Your sins are forgiven.”

He said to the woman of the street who was brought to Him,
“Your sins are forgiven… Go in peace,”
LUK 7:48,50.

Forgiveness is not cheap, it is very expensive. It cost TLJC His life.

Those who do not forgive others actually tear down the bridge on which they have to walk themselves.

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

To err is human, to forgive divine.

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

Forgiveness means to give up resentment, excuse a guilty party, to release from payment, to forget an offense never bringing it up again not even to discuss it.

It also means that you never again recall what the individual has done to you or penalize the individual for doing so.

Arrogance has no ability to forgive.

ISA 44:22 I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud, and your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you,

HEB 8:12 For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.

HEB 10:17 And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.

MIC 7:18-19 Who is a God like Thee, who pardons iniquity and passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? es You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

March 14, 2004

Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries

Forgiving one another is not only a command, but it is needed for fellowship and unity in a local assembly.

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

1. LUK 23:34 “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”

MAT 7:12 “Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat them,”

Pres-mid-part – anerchomenoi = to bear with, put up with, tolerate, or to have patience with someone.

Middle voice – the believer produces the action of the verb but it actually benefits “self” more than it benefits others.

Forgiving – pres-mid-part – charizomenoi = to graciously forgive, to pardon, release from payment, give up resentment, excuse a guilty party, to forget an offense in the sense of never bringing it up again not even to discuss it!

“Graciously forgive” – middle voice = the believer produces the action of the verb which actually benefits “self” more than it benefits others.

Personal pronoun heautois – each other = a dative of advantage; it is to your advantage to do the forgiving.

MAT 7:12 “Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat them,”

“Forgiving each other” – pres-mid-part = the believer produces the action of the verb which actually benefits “self” more than it benefits others.

Believers are commanded to forgive one another with an imperative mood, EPH 4:32, the participle is used with an imperative verb making it an imperative participle.

Forgiving one another is not only a command, but it is needed for fellowship and unity in a local assembly.

ROM 12:19 Beloved, do not take your own revenge, but defer to the wrath of God. For it stands written
[DEU 32:35], “Vengeance is mine; I will repay,” saith the Lord.

Failure to forgive means no production of divine good.

If you do not forgive others, you cannot be filled with the Spirit and therefore everything that you do will be rejected by the Lord no matter how good it may appear overtly.

We are benefited by forgiving others, so that our prayers will be heard.

MAT 6:14-15 For if you forgive men for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.

MAR 11:25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your transgressions.

Lack of forgiveness advances Satan’s kingdom and takes the believer away from the PPOG.

2TH 3:14 And if anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of that man and do not associate with him, so that he may be put to shame.

Satan loves to cause divisions in local assemblies and he does so by accusing believers of sin so that those who have a trend toward legalism will not forgive the ones who have sinned.

Forgive – charizomai = to graciously forgive, graciously pardon, and to freely give grace with no conditions.

A lack of forgiveness can produce sorrow in others, verses 5-7.

LUK 7:47 For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.

Healing take place through forgiveness.

People of the world naturally want to be in charge. Henley – “I’m the master of my fate, I’m the captain of my soul”

MAR 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

There is your relationship to TLJC. Then there is your relationship with others.

1. All power comes from God. 2. All praise goes back to God.

“To dwell above with saints we love, Oh that would be glory, but to live below with saints we know, well that’s another story.”