Psalms 103:1-2 David tells his soul to bless the Lord, and then tells his soul not to forget the benefits, it is important for us to learn to talk to ourselves, and remind ourselves of God’s goodness to us especially in trials.
The benefits that are listed here are as follows.
(1) He forgives all our iniquities, and heals all our diseases.
(2) He redeems our life from destruction, crowns us with lovingkindness and tender mercies.
(3) He satisfies our mouth with good things: so that our youth is renewed like the eagles.
(4)He executes judgment and righteousness for all those who are oppressed.
(5)He has not dealt with us after our sins or rewarded us according to our iniquities.
(6)His mercy is great toward those who fear Him.
(7)As far as the east is from the west so far Has he removed our transgression from us.
As we speak to ourselves the word of God and remind ourselves of the benefits of this new life in Christ we will stay encouraged in a place of faith,
No matter what goes on around us we will rise above it, and we will know that He is daily loading us with benefits,and will be always praising Him.
I do not pretend to know all the answers to this subject but these things are an important consideration in the study of hell, I am not even speaking concerning a certain doctrine nor siding in with any one group the message i preach is very clear it is The Revelation of Jesus Christ and it matters not who agrees or disagrees It is a person not a doctrine.
So this is for consideration in the light of what we have been taught by others.
Hell-
It has been used by religion’s to confuse,torment,take away peace,cause untold numbers to grieve over loved ones some have gone insane with fear while religion is distorting God’s character and limiting his power but Jesus defeated Hell at the cross when He cried it is finished and the graves opened up.
He is the God of all Hope…
7 things you may not know about Hell.
(1)—The word hell comes from a German term meaning to cover and used by the Scot’s in the covering over of potatoes for the winter.
The KJV translators picked this up to describe the grave (the Greek word Hades) and the Hebrew word Sheol it is also called Gehenna or the Valley of Hinnom in another place.
It is used by Jesus to describe the place of punishment familiar under the O.T. for the Judgment of Judah, Peter used the word tarturus (from Greek Mythology) to describe the chains for angels that sinned.
(2)—-Jesus used the word Gehenna (the garbage dump) because he was dealing with the the judgment of the nation of Israel, and their rejection of Him as the Messiah.
Gehenna speaks of a national judgment not an individual judgment, He used hades 4 times, the rest of the time He used the word Gehenna and was never used afterward except by James to describe the tongue in James 3:6
(3)—- The Apostle Paul only mentioned hades or hell one time and never mentioned Gehenna
1 Cor. 15:55 ”Oh death where is thy sting and Oh grave “hades” where is thy victory” Hell has no victory.
(4)—-In Lk 16 we have The story of the rich man and Lazarus. This is a parable of the Jews (the rich man) and Lazarus (the Gentiles). Both systems died. One was carried into Abraham’s bosom the other went to hades the “grave”. There are many thoughts here that are to numerous to mention.
One interesting thought is the rich man had the presence of mind to call Abraham his father,and only wanted Lazarus to put his finger in some water to cool his tongue He didn’t ask for a river of water, but only a dip of his finger.
This is a parable because Jesus was speaking to the Pharisee’s and He only spoke to them in parables concerning the mysteries of the kingdom. It is just one in a string of five parables he had just spoken there is much more that can be said on this subject.
(5)—- Do you know that the lake of fire that burns with brimstone is where death and hell are eventually thrown into?
The word “lake” is better translated “body”. The word “brimstone” comes from the Gr. word “Theion” from where we get our word “Theos” translated “God”. Death and hades (hell) are thrown into a body of fire burning with God himself.
(6)—-Do you know that God said through Jeremiah that burning His children in the fire of Gehenna (Valley of Hinnom), had never even entered into His mind? (Jer. 32:35) He is a good God
(7)—-Jesus said He has the keys of death and Hades, Satan is not the jailer nor does he hold the keys to hell.
The apostle Paul asked the question of the ages to death and hell; Oh death where is thy sting? death was silent for it had no answer so he turns to the grave and ask the grave where is thy victory? again the grave (hades) could not answer so he answered for them both by saying Thanks be unto God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
(I Cor.15:55)
7 things we should know about death!
(1)–Jesus destroyed the source of death the natural body came from the first Adam the spiritual body comes from Christ. (Heb. 2:14-15) (1Cor.15:35-58
(2)–Jesus abolished death through the gospel when the gospel is preach death cannot stay. (2 Tim.1:9-10)
(3)–Jesus tasted death for every man. (Heb.2:9)
(4)–Jesus loosed us from the appointment we had with death. (Ps.102:20)
(5)–Jesus Himself is the resurrection out from among the dead. (Jn.11:23-25)
(6)–Resurrection means to stand upright; We have risen from the dead in spirit, out from among the dead in soul, and we will yet know the resurrection of the body. (Coll.3:1, Ph.3:10,I Cor.15:42)
(7) Jesus has the keys of hell and death. (Rev.1:18)
Heb. 9:13-14 –For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
There are three things to point out in this passage of scripture, The blood of Jesus, The ashes of a red heifer, and The cleansing of the conscience from religious dead works.
The ashes of the red heifer under the old testament were used in behalf of anyone who had came in contact with death, “the very presence of death caused worship to cease.”
The scripture reference of the red heifer is found in Numbers 19
“Spiritual revelation found in the ashes of the red heifer”
This was an offering to restore us back to fellowship from any contact with death, the very presence of death caused all worship to cease.
Jesus is the fulfillment of the red heifer and when the soul is seated in the finished work of Christ on the 3rd day we rise and enter into rest on the 7th day where all fellowship is restored.
1—- Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke, the pure red speaks of the blood of Jesus Christ.
2—-The red heifer never had a yoke placed upon her; this speaks of Jesus having no sin and being the perfect sacrifice without blemish in order to redeem man’s soul from death.
3—-This was the only female offering; in scripture the spirit is in the masculine gender while the soul is in the feminine gender thus the red heifer typifies the cleansing of the soul ( mind, will, and emotions)
4—- Verse 9 “A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp they shall be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing, it is for purification from sin.
This offering was kept for future use all of the others were for the present need of mankind, The blood was sprinkled toward the tabernacle seven times…. this speaks of the blood giving us perfect fellowship.. the purpose of the future offering was to show while our spirit is cleansed instantly our soul is in a progressive work, this speaks of the continual power of the blood of Jesus Christ to cleanse our conscience from dead works and negative influence.
5—-When the heifer was burned it was to be burned totally; speaking to us of the total sacrifice of Jesus and his total provision for our thinking, emotions and will.
6—- Verse 6– The priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer; cedarwood, hyssop, and scarlet, were to be placed in the fire with the heifer, this speaks to us of Gods presence ( cedar wood) humility (hyssop) sufferings of redemption (scarlet) , again all of this is for the soul and removes from us the influence of religious dead works.
7—- 17 “For the unclean person; the ashes from the burned purification offering were put into a jar and poured fresh water over them.
The ashes were to be kept in an earthen vessel and applied with running water.
This speaks of His provision within us “we are the earthen vessel” in us He continually cleanses our conscience applied by the moving of the Holy Spirit “running water”.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to (in) us. Romans 8:18
This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting, weight of glory, far beyond any comparison. 2 Cor.4;17
I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Jn.12;24
10 Things About Suffering
1- Jesus suffered for us at the cross so we can enter into those sufferings by faith.
2- We suffer as a result of in- justice because of the greed, hatred and selfishness of others, this we can endure or bare up under for the cause of Christ and His kingdom.
3- Suffering may come as a result of following the Lamb into unknown places possibly away from family and those we hold dear. (Notice its the lamb and He is sacrificial most don’t mind following the lion) Rev.14
4- We suffer because of what we believe or what we preach whether it be right or wrong, We also may find people who love us and we love them, but will hate us or turn on us because we don’t just don’t believe like them.
5-We suffer because we refuse to compromise our principles in the fires of adversity and choose to love even when it is unpopular.
6- We suffer from no fault of our own but are in the wrong place at the wrong time,or we were born into poverty,sickness,abuse etc. etc.
7- We suffer because of the anointing in our life and the mission we have in the earth, the anointing provokes adversity.
8- We suffer willingly because we see the reality of laying down our lives for the sake of others.
9- We suffer because we choose to fight for a cause or our religious dogmas and refuse to humble ourselves and walk in love and it may be because we are just hard to get along with and we project our attitudes upon others.
10-We suffer because of our desire to know Him, for this it is not enough just to say He suffered for me, but to be able to say to Him I want to feel what you felt so I can love as you loved and be a voluntary love slave unto the death.
