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Follow Messiah Jesus and Become Part of His Family

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An excerpt from “The Holy One Called Isa,” by Pastor Ward Clinton:

2:13  And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.

2:14  And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

Slowly but surely the synagogue door was shutting on Jesus He could have smoothed things over but He is forcing the guardians of Jewish orthodoxy to make some personal decisions and take sides.  He is going to keep stirring things up and He is the one who is actually in control, not they.  Now He is teaching by the lakeside and letting the Synagogue simmer.

As He was walking by the lakeside He was teaching.  This was a common way for the Jewish Rabbis to teach.  As they walked the roads from one place to another their disciples grouped around them and walked with them and listened as they talked.  Therefore Jesus was doing what any Rabbi might have done.

The tax collector’s booth where Jesus found Levi was on the major international road that went from Damascus through Capernaum to the Mediterranean coast on to Egypt.

It was a saying that “Judea is on the way to nowhere; Galilee is on the way to everywhere.”  The great Road of the Sea led from Damascus, by way of Galilee, through Capernaum, down past Carmel, along the Plain of Sharon, through Gaza and on to Egypt.  Another road led from Acre on the coast across the Jordan out to Arabia (Petra not Mecca) and the frontiers of the empire, a road that was travelled by the regiments and caravans.

Capernaum was by its very nature a frontier town; because of that it was a customs center and the import and export taxes were collected there.  That is where Levi worked.  While it is true that he was not like Zacchaeus, working directly in the service of the Romans; he was working for Herod Antipas, and therefore he was a hated tax-collector, also referred to as a publican.

Levi was not a good person or he would not have been a tax-gatherer.  Still Isa choose to call this person to be part of His core group.  This does serve to demonstrate to us that Isa can change the character of anyone if they will only commit themselves to Him.  The Scripture tells us about another person who was also chosen by Jesus but who offered excuses for waiting until a more convenient time and therefore he lost out on his unique opportunity.  Levi did not risk the chance of having the offer pass him by to become a disciple of Jesus but responded immediately, wholeheartedly, and without reservation.

2:15  And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

In 1st Kings 19:21 Elisha gave a farewell feast for his friends when he went to follow Elijah.

Of all the disciples Matthew is the one who gave up the most at the very outset in his making the commitment to follow Jesus.  Matthew in giving a farewell feast for all his friends shows thereby that with cheerfulness and thankfulness to God he has committed himself completely, and without reservation, to Christ.

Andrew and Simon and James and John could easily go back to their boats but Matthew had burned his bridges behind him as far as his livelihood was concerned and could never go back.  He left everything but his pen.  He did try to invite his friends to join him in the journey and maybe some of them did later on but probably not at that particular point in time.  Some of Matthew’s friends may have been among those converted at Pentecost; we won’t know until after our own arrival in heaven.  His friends were no doubt curious and some of them would have tried to talk him out of this move even as they may have themselves wondered whether there were any hope for them and Jesus’ presence and demeanor at the feast no doubt gave them a glimmer of hope that they also were eligible to be included in God’s forever family.

Do not be a disbeliever in Messiah Jesus

Those who don’t know history are doomed….

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For my Non-American friends; An American  Liberal is part of the Lunatic Left.

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Brother Rachid’s Video Message to Obama Regarding Islam

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Brother Rashid a former Muslim speaks to Obama about what ISIL really is.

Unfortunately I believe BHO already knows the leader of ISIS has a Phd in Islamic Studies and that the members of ISIL are the true, not radical, Muslims following in the footsteps of Mohammad.  If one does not want to call them Moslems, then perhaps you should call them “Mohammedans” because, as Brother Rachid states, they are imitating Mohammad in every way that they possibly can.

–Pastor Ward Clinton

ISIS/Islam Where’s the Difference?

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The One True God is the God of Father Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

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That ain’t allah…Don’t like it?  Tell it to the God of Father Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob…or are you afraid to because you are afraid to know the truth?

–Pastor Ward Clinton

Follow Isa not Muhammad

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The call to discipleship is definite and requires a personal choice be made to either accept or reject.  The call to believe or to disbelieve in Messiah Isa, the holy one actually comes to each one of us in one way or another.

1:18  And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

1:19  And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

1:20  And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

Jesus didn’t call the big shots nor did He call those who were sitting around waiting for opportunity to come knocking.  These were average people who were faithfully and diligently going about their business but they were also noble in that they didn’t cling to the world or the traditions of the others; they obeyed the Savior.

1:21  And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.

Synagogue – a very important place for the assembly of persons for worship.  Not less than ten persons of respectability composed a synagogue.  Jerusalem is said to have had 480 of them plus the Temple.  Isa (PBUH) took advantage of the custom that allowed visiting teachers to participate in the worship service by invitation of the synagogue leaders.

1:22  And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

Mark frequently reports the amazement that Isa’s teaching and actions produced.  The Scribes tended to teach the words of other teachers and the traditions of men.      Part of what was happening with the teaching from Jesus was that He was teaching Scripture, not tradition of men; He was teaching them what God said, not what some famous Rabbi of bygone days had said.  When a man teaches that a Hadith or a fitnah supersedes something in the Quran is he not claiming the Quran is mistaken?

Part of what was happening with the teaching from Isa was that He was teaching Al kitab, not tradition of men; He was teaching them what God said, not what some famous Rabbi of bygone days had said.  When an Imam teaches something contrary to the Al kitab ul muqaddas then he is acting exactly like the Rabbis who were opposing Isa and he is not one iota less corrupt than they were. – an excerpt from my book “The Holy One called Isa”

Don’t be afraid to follow the holy one of God, Jesus for he cares about you. –Pastor Ward Clinton

Messiah feeds a Multitude

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6:30  And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

6:31  And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

6:32  And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

They head out for some R&R (rest and relaxation) on the north east side of the lake near Bethsaida.  The wind may have been calm or they experienced a bit of a headwind which gave those who guessed or may have even overheard their intended destination a chance to go around the head of the lake and arrive shortly before or about the same time as Jesus and the disciples.  As they were going, the numbers have swelled.

6:33  And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.

6:34  And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

When Jesus stepped ashore, He could have been annoyed, instead, He recognized their need and began to minister to them.

6:35  And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:

6:36  Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

After Jesus has been teaching for a few hours, the disciples tell Jesus that He better let these people go so that perhaps they may be able to go find some food.  Jesus says, “You feed ‘em.”  Actually, He is reminding them that they need to perform the duty of hospitality.  The disciples probably all blanched and experienced something akin to a panic attack at this point.  The mission they had been on expected them to depend on the law of hospitality and Jesus has just told them that it applies now, with and for these people.  They know He has spoken accurately.  Therefore, it is a wide-eyed, nervous, response that is uttered when they tell Him it would take six month’s, or more, wages to be able to pay for the food to feed all these people.  Additionally the nearby villages most likely could not have accommodated this crowd.  As for the food, all they have been able to come up with is one person’s lunch consisting of 5 small buns and the equivalent of two sardines.

6:37  He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

6:38  He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

6:39  And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

When Jesus told them to have the people sit down the disciples, probably hesitated, thought about some of the things they have already seen Jesus do as well as what He has enabled them to do, and then they followed His instructions.

6:40  And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

6:41  And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

Jesus did not distribute the food Himself.  He allowed His disciples to do this.  He allows and desires that we should do (Eph 2:10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them”).  He’s still got this habit of allowing us to be participants in the work He does on this earth and in our fellow man.  We are expected to do good works for the glory of God and the benefit of our fellow man.

6:42  And they did all eat, and were filled.

They had plenty to eat.  Attempts to explain away this miracle by those who harbor disbelief in their heart are completely inadequate.  If Jesus really was who He claimed to be then the miracle presents no difficulties whatsoever.  God had promised that when the true shepherd came the dessert would become a rich pasture where the sheep would be gathered and fed (Ezekiel 34:23-31), and here the Messiah feasts with followers in the desert (Isaiah 25:6-9).  Jesus is the Shepherd who provides for all our needs so that we lack nothing (Psalm 23:1).  The Holy One Called Isa

–Pastor Ward Clinton

Islam – religion of peace or pieces?

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Many on the Left were devastated Wednesday when it turned out that the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California did not (as originally reported) happen at a Planned Parenthood clinic, nor was it perpetrated by “three white men.”

San Bernadino Islamic murderer told at least one of those he murdered that Islam is a peaceful religion.  Why won’t people believe that Islam is a peaceful religion?

Perhaps it has something to do with “By their fruit you shall know them.”

Keep your spiritual Sword sharp and your powder dry. –Pastor Ward Clinton