1. These wildflowers in Palestine recall the words of Jesus to His followers: Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow (Matt. 6:28).

2. The Great I AM 5/10/0914And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. GE 3:14 3. The Great I AM 5/10/0914And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. GE 3:14 4. Good Morning/ Bon Jono Opening Prayer 5. 1 Co 15:1-4 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keepin memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 6. 1 Co 15:1-4 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keepin memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 7. Jack Van Impe On New Age False Teaching 8. GENESIS CHAPTER 1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 9. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 10. 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree, the yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 11. 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the dayfrom the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day the lesser light to rule the night: he, and made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 12. 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 13. 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and25 And God made the beast it was so. of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 14. 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that movethupon the earth. 15. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearingseed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and toevery fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is lifehave given every green,I herb for meat: and it was so. 16. 31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. CHAPTER 2 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created made. Verse and 17. Genesis 2:4 quot;These are the generationsof the heavens and of theearth when they werecreated, in the day that theLORD God made the earthand the heavens,quot; 18. Genesis 2:4 quot;These are the generationsof the heavens and of theearth when they werecreated, in the day that theLORD God made the earthand the heavens,quot; 19. So the name Jehovah really comes from two Hebrew words, the quot;Jahwequot; that most heard and the second Hebrew term is quot;Havahquot;. Now the definition for the Hebrew Deity name quot;Jahwequot; was the I AM. 20. When Moses was at the burning bush and he said, quot;When I go back to the children of Israel and tell them that God has sent me, they are going to ask me quot;What is his name? What shall I tell them. quot;You tell the children of Israel that I AM hath sent you.quot; The I AM THAT I AM. That was the definition of quot;Jahwequot;. The eternal preexistent I AM. 21. The contraction of Jahwe Havah then as we see it in our Old Testament becomes the name quot;Jehovahquot;. And that is what it is, it is a contraction of Jahwe Havah. Jehovah then is the I AM who is to be more and more revealed. 22. So this is a continuing revelation of the eternal I AM. Exodus chapter 3. To show that now with Adam on the scene, the eternal preexistent I AM, God the Son, is going to be the one that is going to be more and more revealed as we come up through the human experience. 23. All you have to do is to stop and think about it for a minute. First He walked with Adam in the Garden in the cool of the day. Then in a further revelation, we see Him reveal Himself to Abraham. And, if you want to see a good example of God appearing in human form in the Old Testament, all you have to do is read Genesis chapter 18. 24. That is where Abraham prepared the fatted calf and prepared the meal and the I AM, the Jehovah of the Old Testament, actually sat down and partook of that meal. Then to Exodus chapter 3 and we find Him in the burning bush. In the burning bush He doesnt appear in human form but He appears by way of a human voice. And as Moses is standing there on that holy ground where he was told to remove his shoes, then verse 13: 25. Exodus 3:13a quot;And Moses said unto God,...quot; Theres that term again. Even though we have separated Him out of the Godhead as the Jehovah, as God the Son, yet He is still God. Which brings us to something thats hard to believe. 26. So the word LORD could be interchanged with Jehovah. So he says, I am Jehovah. Now verse 3. Exodus 6:3 quot;And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not know to them.quot; But now He is. The name Jehovah has been put out in plain language. Now lets follow that up into the New Testament when theologians will say that Jesus never claimed to be God and that they dont believe in His Deity. You see when they say that, then they have to throw Scripture away! 27. In Johns gospel chapter 8 Here in this portion of Scripture the Pharisees are literally testing Jesus [as Jack Van Impe mentioned]. They are trying to drive Him into a corner. And, to them whenever He would claim to be God, it was pure blasphemy, you know that. So this is what they really wanted to hear. 28. They wanted to hear Him say in no uncertain terms that He was the God of Abraham. Then they would have every cause to put Him to death. That was as blasphemous as they thought a person could get. So after all this conversation going on between Jesus and these religious leaders of Israel, verse 52 says: 29. John 8:52-53 quot;Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou has a devil. (or a demon) Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying he shall never taste of death. 53. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? And the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?quot; 30. John 8:52-53 quot;Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou has a devil. (or a demon) Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying he shall never taste of death. 53. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? And the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?quot; 31. John 8:54 quot;Jesus answered, If I honour my self, my honour is nothing; it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:quot; You talk about caustic! Thats what weve got here. Look what He says to these religious leaders in verse 55. 32. John 8:55-56 quot;Yet ye have not known him; but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you; (now that is harsh words. Thats coming from the Lord Jesus Himself.) but I know him, and keep his saying. 56. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it and was glad.quot; 33. In Genesis 18, the Lord actually sat down in human form and had that meal of fatted calf with Abraham and God shared His covenant with Abraham. So Abraham knew all about the coming of this Son of God, one day, to the nation of Israel. So Jesus rightly said, Abraham saw my day and rejoiced! Now look at the response of the religious Jewish leaders in verse 57. 34. John 8:57 quot;Then said the Jewsunto him, Thou art notyet fifty years old, andhast thou seenAbraham?quot; 35. How long ago did Abraham live? Abraham was about 2000 BC. And what they were aghast at was that here was Jesus only thirty some years old is claiming that He knew Abraham that has lived 2000 years before. 36. Thats what they were saying. You mean to tell us that you KNEW Abraham? See their unbelief! But now look at Jesus reply. John 8:58 quot;Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you before Abraham was, I am.quot; 37. Thats what they were saying. You mean to tell us that you KNEW Abraham? See their unbelief! But now look at Jesus reply. John 8:58 quot;Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you before Abraham was, I am.quot; 38. Whats He claiming? Hes the I AM! He is the pre-eternal, self existent, I AM who would be more and more and more revealed. We have already seen Him revealed coming up through the Old Testament in various ways. Now He comes on the scene, born of Mary, in the flesh. Presents Himself to the nation of Israel. 39. He goes to the cross. He is risen from the dead. And again He presents Himself to His followers for 40 days after His resurrection. It was the same one, but now Hes in that resurrected body. Hes in that body fashioned like the body we will one day have. It was a further revelation. 40. Then, we go on through the Scriptures and Paul begins to reveal Him as the God of all Grace. The Lord Jesus, who loved us and died for us and gave Himself for us. Oh, thats a further revelation of the very person of Christ. His compassion, His love for us, that He actually went to the Cross in order to purchase our redemption. 41. Then in the Book of Revelation,. Its a revelation of Jesus Christ. And we see Him now coming in the clouds of Glory, to be King of Kings and Lord of Lords. And we see, this constant reveling? We get more and more and more of who He is as we come through the Word of God. 42. Genesis 2:7 quot;And the LORD Godformed man of the dust ofthe ground, and breathedinto his nostrils the breathof life; and man became aliving soul.quot; 43. Genesis 2:7 quot;And the LORD Godformed man of the dust ofthe ground, and breathedinto his nostrils the breathof life; and man became aliving soul.quot; 44. That just puts the frosting on the cake! Man was created out of the natural elements and thats all our flesh really is. Its just water and the elements that are taken in the ground. When we die we go back to those same elements. But, the crowning act of creation was when the LORD God breathed into that new creation, the breath of life. 45. He made man in His own image, by giving him a mind, will and emotion. He gave him three invisible entities that were all attributes of God as well, and that was all put in when God breathed into man the breath of life and he became a living soul. 46. The word quot;livingquot; is more than 70 or 80 or 90 years. This means ETERNAL. It can never be emphasized enough, that every human being is an eternal being. He is going to live in eternity someplace. This is why it behooves us to understand the plan of salvation that God has made so available and so free. That by simply believing Pauls GOSPEL, we can live eternally in Gods presence. 47. Whereas by rejecting Pauls GOSPEL, by being disobedient, we are going to live forever separated from God. It is that separation from God that is by definition, the Second Death. We will be separated from God, unless we are united to Him by Faith in Pauls Gospel. 48. And for that Gospel, To memorize it, if possible. And realize that The Gospel that we are responsible for believing is most clearly put in I Corinthians 15, those first four verses. You cannot find another portion of Scripture where it is so simply put and so plainly put that there is no room for argument. 49. This is The Gospel, or as Paul says in different passages, quot;My Gospelquot; Denominationally, there may be differences, but on one point there can be no difference. No matter what our background, what our handle is, there is only one Gospel of salvation, and here it is laid out in I 50. 1 Co 15:1-4 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keepin memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 51. Now heres our hope that everyone, will be skilled enough in the Scripture that God can use us to present this Gospel to anyone who may be searching and looking for the plan of salvation. 52. Thats The Gospel! You cant add anything to it! You cant take anything from it! Thats The Gospel! Romans chapter 10 verse 9. Paul is writing to the predominately Gentile congregation at Rome and he said. 53. Romans 10:9 quot;That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, (here it comes) and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, If you will believe with all your heart that God has raised Him from the dead) thou shalt be saved.quot; 54. Now to I Corinthians chapter 1 verse 18. Paul writes: I Corinthians 1:18 quot;For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; (whats the preaching of the cross? That Christ died, was buried, and rose again. Thats it! But isnt that what the world says? 55. How can I believe that somebody 2000 years ago has anything to do with me today. But, oh, thats the preaching of the cross.) but unto us which are saved (remember, we are precious few any more) it (the preaching of the cross or the preaching of the Gospel) is the power of God.quot; 56. It can be put this way. It took greater amount of Gods power to save one of us sinners than it did to create the universe. And if people could just get a glimpse of this. That the very power of God has to become instrumental in our salvation. Thats why we cant work for it, thats why we cant merit it. It takes the very power of God. How do we release that power? By believing the Gospel 57. Its the power of God unto salvation, as Romans chapter 1 verse 16 puts it, to everyone that joins the Church? No. That is baptized? Takes communion? No. But to everyone that believeth. Remember, faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. 58. And thats the preyer of this lesson that all would be capable of using a few of these verses that where just shown : I Corinthians 15: 1-4. Romans 1:16, Romans 10:10 and I Corinthians 1:18 and show others how to be saved!! 59. Jim Nabors [Gomer Pile] Sings the Old Rugged Cross