Sermon Notes

(Youth Retreat) In Luke 12:31, Jesus said, “But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.” There are two Kingdoms. The Kingdom of God is the Son’s Kingdom. Then, there is the Kingdom of Heaven, and that is the Father’s Unbegotten Kingdom. Luke 17:20,21,says that the Kingdom of God is within us. When man sinned, the Kingdom of God became what is now called that old City of Pride. But it was not the City of Pride at first; it belonged to the LORD. What is the Kingdom of God? It is God’s Begotten Name of LORD.

This message reviews what is said in Romans 5:20,21 about sin abounding and Grace much more abounding, and it discusses God’s Way. The word for way, in Hebrew, is deh-rek, which means a well-trodden way. God Himself, the Heavenly Father, the Infinite, Unbegotten God, before He had His Son, walked up and down in His Purposive Will thinking and meditating about how He was going to create and how He would allow Creation to go astray and how He would beget a Son, the Word of God, the Wisdom-Word, that would come down and redeem a lost world. So the Way was the LORD’s Purposive Will. Then, when God brought His Son to birth, God began to reveal His Master Plan through Truth.

Romans 5:20,21 tells us that where sin abounds, Grace much more abounds. The Hebrew word for Grace in this Scripture is kheh-sed, which pertains to God’s Love. We know that God’s Word says this: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.” God’s Word talks about the Christ, the Wisdom-Word, being the Beginning of God’s Way. The Hebrew word for Wayi s deh-rek, which means a well-trodden high-way.

The text of this message is found in Romans 5:1-10 and Luke 2:40. The First Adam missed it in the Garden; he sinned. The Bible says, “[B]y one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Romans 5:12). So by one man, sin entered into the world, and it reigned until the Second Adam came. Then the Second Adam, Jesus Christ, had to take on Humanity. Christ, the Son of God, the Wisdom-Word, was begotten, and Christ was “Truthed up” by the Father. So the Wisdom-Word knew all His Father’s Purposive Will and His Master Plan. The Divine Son could not come and be our Redeemer and our Saviour and take our place because He could not die. But He came and took on Humanity, and that Humanity was called “Jesus.” The Christ took on holy Humanity.

The text of this message is in Matthew 27:27-54 and Exodus 17:2-7. Before Jesus Christ died on the Cross, the scene in the seventeenth chapter of Exodus literally happened, giving us a prophetic picture of the Power of the Father’s Water, which is full of Resurrection Power. Before Jesus Christ’s Blood was raised from the dead, the LORD pictured the Power of His Waters of Death through the scene on Mount Horeb. It was the Resurrection Power from the Waters of His Name that empowered and enabled Christ to go around and pick up every drop of His Blood.

This message begins with a review of Isaiah 51:1, which says: “Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock [tsoor] whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.” In Hebrew the word for hewn, khaw-tsab, means to split, to cut, to square. The Hebrew word for digged, naw-kar, means to bore, to penetrate, to quarry, to dig, to pick out, to pierce, to put or to thrust out. Are is a present tense verse. So we are, present tense, being hewn and digged.

Maw-shee-akh is the Hebrew word for Christ. It is the Name of God’s Only Begotten Wisdom-Word Who was brought to birth and clothed with Glory before God created anything. All things were made by Christ, the Wisdom-Word. Isaiah 53:5 says: “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”

Maw-shee-akh is the Hebrew word for Christ. It is the Name of God’s Only Begotten Wisdom-Word Who was brought to birth and clothed with Glory before God created anything. All things were made by Christ, the Wisdom-Word. Isaiah 53:5 says: “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”

Isaiah 51:1, says: “Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock [tsoor] whence ye are hewn [khaw-tsab, in Hebrew, means to split, to cut, to square], and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged [naw-kar, in Hebrew, means to bore, to penetrate, to quarry, to dig, to pick out, to pierce, to put or to thrust out]. ”We were hewn and digged out of the Rock of the LORD’s foursquare Name, His tetragrammaton. The LORD’s Name is a City. The Bible says that the Kingdom of God is within us (Luke 17:21). This is our City. When man sinned in the Garden of Eden, Lucifer converted it into a City of Pride, with a Wall of Blasphemy, a Pleasant Sin Fort, a Fort of Midnight Darkness, and a Fort of Rebellion and Defiance. This is the Kingdom of God that Jesus came to Earth and died on the Cross to reclaim.

This message begins with a review of Isaiah 51:1, which says: “Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock [tsoor] whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.” In Hebrew the word for hewn, khaw-tsab, means to split, to cut, to square. The Hebrew word for digged, naw-kar, means to bore, to penetrate, to quarry, to dig, to pick out, to pierce, to put or to thrust out. Are is a present tense verse. So we are, present tense, being hewn and digged.

Isaiah 51:1 says: “Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock [the tsoor Rock] whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.” If we are following after righteousness and seeking the LORD, then we can look to the Rock. It is important that we follow after righteousness and seek the LORD because righteousness will lead us to the Name of the LORD.

After we have grown in the Spiritual Stature of Jesus Christ, then the Purpose of Jesus’ Stature within our hearts is to lead us to the Father. This message shows how the Father’s tetragrammaton, His Holy foursquare Name fits with God’s Feather Government. In the Wisdom Corner of His Name, there are the Dove Feathers, which is what the Father gave to Jesus when Jesus was baptized. When Jesus arose from the dead, He put on the Eagle Feathers and flew, as it were, to the highest mountain, Mount Zion, up in the regions beyond. There are the Cherubim in the Knowledge Corner. The Seraphim are in the Prudence Corner. The Seraphim are above the Cherubim and the Ark, and they watch an Altar.

Everything must be covered. After everything has been covered by God’s Love, we cover His Name with thanksgiving and praise and blessing. Then, the LORD’s Name covers it all. When we are in the Son’s realm, we learn from the Crucified Christ how to grow spiritually by crucifixion of our flesh. In the Father’s realm, we learn from the Resurrected Christ how to cover.

In the Son’s realm, we go on for God by crucifying our flesh. In the Father’s realm, everything must be covered through Love. The Principle of dwelling and abiding in the secret place is mentioned in the first verse of Psalm 91. This Psalm has twelve pairs of scales that fit with the twelve Governmental Names. If we dwell (yaw-shab, which means to sit and judge) in the secret place of the Most High, then our reward will be to abide under the shadow or vail, the vail-shadow. Then, there is the shadow that goes with the Hebrew word maw-veth, which is the Shadow of Death that is mentioned in Psalm 23:1-4. The Shadow of Death is the Shadow of God’s Hands. His Hands are personified by wings, which has to do with His Feather Government.