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We need to understand the meaning of two words Commitment and Conversion.

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All of us have heard from the platform when making an altar call, “it is now time for you to make a commitment to Christ”. All of this has been done for all the right reasons, and of course with in mind that a person will become a follower. I know I have done this in the past too.

Jeremiah 50; 9 (part D) Their arrows shall be as those of a skillful, mighty man; none shall return in vain.(MKJV)

The Lord has given us arrows to use, which means we need to see the target, once we have then for us to take aim and fire. If we have been trained and prepared well with sequential and logical teaching our arrow will hit the target.

Teaching will place arrows in your quiver.

We need to understand the meaning of two words Commitment and Conversion.

Matthew 18:2 And Jesus called a little child to Him and set him in their midst, 3 and said, Truly I say to you, Unless you are converted and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven. (MKJV)

Jesus called for people to be converted. (True or False)

Both words are used in Christian literature and in some cases are used incorrectly. Some people have the wrong understanding and definition of these words, which clouds the perspective.

Commitment

The word Commitment does not appear in the MKJV Bible.

Commit is mentioned 46 times in the MKJV

• 40 times relating to committing sin.
• 6 times as a pledge to give or do something and Christ surrendered His Soul to God.

Committed is mentioned 58 times in the MKJV

• 54 times in regards to abomination and Sin
• 2 times as action of defence
• 2 times for a Calling in God

Committing appears 3 times in the MKJV

• All are in regards to sin.

Committal does not appear in the MKJV

The evidence is overwhelming that the words of commit, committing and committed is in the most parts related to sin, but never is it related to salvation, that does not mean that it is a bad word.

We can see that it is also used for a calling, defence, a surrendering and pledge to do something, but this only happens 10 times out of 107 times.

Psalm 31:5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Jehovah, the God of truth. (MKJV)

Commitment is an obligation to something, it is a process of committing oneself to make a pledge or give an undertaking to: one person or a group. Also it can be that, I have made a decision to do something or make a change.

The word commitment in the Bible in most cases is related to the act of sin.

To be committed to something and someone is a good place to start but it should not end there it needs to develop.

Psalm 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. (KJV)

Commitment is the beginning of trusting God and when we commit our dreams, plans, desires and hopes for our life and ministry to God in prayer and mediation we will see them come to pass in time.

Proverbs 4:26 Ponder the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established. (MKJV)

In the above scripture we see the process of pondering which means to meditating, thinking and to mule over.

Joshua 1:8 This book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it by day and by night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall act wisely. (MKJV)

It is a big thing for some people to hand over their life to a God they cannot see, and I do not mean salvation. I mean their everyday life where will I go, who will I see, and which Church should I get involved in? 

Ephesians 4:13 And this until we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 so that we no longer may be infants, tossed to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine, in the dishonesty of men, in cunning craftiness, to the wiles of deceit. (MKJV)

It is sad to say that some who have not surrendered their personal life over to God have wondered around the Body of Christ looking for a place of fellowship and have fallen into groups who follow heresies.  We need to take a certain amount of responsibility for our own Christian walk. It is a disappointment to see people who approach their walk just based on a feeling because they are the first to be trapped in cults.

Some look at a commitment to a local Church based on a Supermarket mentality, I will only take what I want and not what I need. They want the music and the worship but not the teaching because the teaching may bring correction into their life and they do not want that. They want to make their life difficult and not get set free by sound teaching.

2Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (KJV)

When we attend a church we should see if it is manage according to the Word of God. Is it a Church committed to sound teaching and does it have worship that leads you into His presence.

2Timothy 2:2 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. (MKJV)

Look to see if the leaders are faithful to God’s Word and are they faithful to the people. Is the teaching bringing growth is it releasing people into ministry and if it does not question why and possibly move on.

1Timothy 1:18 This charge I commit to you, my son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before about you, in order that you might war a good warfare by them, (MKJV)

Our commitment to local Church must be consistent so that we can grow and develop to the maximum of our potential. One week in this church and one week in that church will not develop a logical sequential teaching in the Christian but produce a flake of snow, which will melt under pressure. Lack of commitment is a good indication about a person who has difficulties with submission to leadership.

2Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (KJV)

After a long period of commitment to one local Church we see a change take place in the person, they develop to a place where they become converted into the doctrine of the teachings of Jesus Christ taught in that Church.

This conversion is not to be confused with the conversion we should have experienced at salvation.

Conversion

When we are making an altar call in the local Church for people to come to Christ, we are not calling for commitment to Christ, but we are seeking those who want to experience conversion.

A person could make a commitment to Christ as many have, but is some cases they never come to the place of conversion. The crowed followed Jesus but not all of them became a disciple to Jesus.

Jesus asked for people to be converted. (True or False)

Matthew 18:2 And Jesus called a little child to Him and set him in their midst, 3 and said, Truly I say to you, Unless you are converted and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven. (MKJV)

The evidence is that 100% of the use of the words convert, conversion, converting and converted is related to salvation.

Is commitment to Jesus wrong? “No”. It lacks potency and does not bring about true repentance. Commitment simply means I will walk with you as long as it works for me and I do not have to face the difficult issues.

Conversion on the other hand is an act, process, legal standing and our literal state simultaneously.

ACT

The act is that through the presence of the Holy Spirit, a sinner can see the depth of his or her own sins and how that separates them from a loving God. At the same time they see the saving grace of a loving God through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ His Son as the atoning sacrifice for sin of man.

This can be termed as the act of Justification, simply meaning, “just if I never sinned”

PROCESS

The process is again by the power of the Holy Spirit. The newly converted saint starts on a journey of Regeneration; this is where the Holy Spirit through the quickening of the Word of God brings about steady and progressive change in the believer until the day of resurrection.  We all go through the remoulding process being shaped into the likeness of Christ

This can be termed as the Process of Regeneration.

LEGAL STANDING

The legal standing of the newly converted believer is immediately at the moment of salvation. We have been transformed and are now legally in the Kingdom of God seated with Christ. The knowledge of this is librating because we now can confirm that we are set free of sin and we belong to God. Old things have passed away behold all things are new.

Our New Legal Standing

LITERAL STATE

The literal state is that we know by the presence of the Holy Spirit and by what the Word of God says. We are saved legally and we are bound for heaven, but we are still on this earth to walk around serving God until we are taken home to with Him. We still need to face temptations knowing that when we have endured and overcome we will receive a Crown of Glory in heaven.

Our New Literal State

Conversion is a more powerful word than commitment and it has all the connotations that God wants to express in a person’s salvation. The Word of God must strike like a hammer into the heart of man to bring about true repentance, which in turn brings the gift of eternal life.

We do not have to wait for the glory of eternal life to have the knowledge of conversion, but we can have it now through the act, process, legal standing and our literal state which are there instantaneously at the moment of salvation.

Areas where Commitment is good for us

• To wife or husband for it will for you now
• To your family for it will for you now
• To a local Church for it will for you now
• To a Bible study for it will for you now
• To your job for it will for you now
• To Jesus for it will for you now
• To a Bible teacher for it will for you now
• To a not sin for it will for you now
• To the mission field for it will for you now
• To becoming a servant of God for it will for you now
• Etc.

2Timothy 2:2 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.18 This charge I commit to you, my son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before about you, in order that you might war a good warfare by them, (MKJV)

There are many things that we can make a commitment too and they will be of great benefit to us and I believe that we should be committed to such things. Some are weakened in their faith by travelling around the different Churches without making a commitment to any one church. Their movement can of course be for many reasons but commitment to one home can be the beginning of healing and deliverance.

Ephesians 4:14  so that we no longer may be infants, tossed to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine, in the dishonesty of men, in cunning craftiness, to the wiles of deceit. 15 But that you, speaking the truth in love, may in all things grow up to Him who is the Head, even Christ; (MKJV)

Commitment is good to build maturity, but commitment cannot get us to heaven, although at the end of a Christian’s life we can commit our soul into God’s hands. Giving at the end is the key factor.

Luke 23:46 And crying with a loud voice, Jesus said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit. And when He had said this, He breathed out the spirit. (MKJV)

Psalm 31:5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Jehovah, the God of truth. (MKJV)

1 Peter 4:19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing, as to a faithful Creator. (MKJV)

The only thing that can get us to heaven is to be converted to follow Jesus walking in a different direction to destruction.

God give us salvation when we have been converted to Christ through repentance.

Areas where Conversion is good for us

Salvation- It has eternal consequences

Psalm 51:13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways; and sinners shall be converted to You. (MKJV)

As we teach the Word of God faithfully, people will be led by the Holy Spirit to repent and this will cause a person to be converted. It must not be by persuasive words, because you may only get a commitment. A person who has come through to conversion will find making commitments easy to handle.

Acts 28:27 For the heart of this people was fattened, and they have heard with their ears dully; and they closed their eyes; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.” (MKJV)

When God hears the heartfelt prayer of repentance He is quick to forgive, heal and save man. Still after all this some may still come to Church via commitment and that should not be a major problem, because under the teaching of Jesus conversion may still take place.

We are not to judge a person but we should understand and teach the difference between commitment and conversion.

Type of Psalm

Psalm 22 is a typico-prophetic Psalm, which is historically fulfilled in Christ. As we look at the life of Christ and then relate it to Psalm 22 we see an unquestionably striking resemblance.

God did not abandon Jesus. Jesus was quoting Psalm 22 to show that the prophecy was being fulfilled.

The Historical Setting

The historical setting of Psalm 22, which was written some 1000 years before Christ came, is detailed in 2 Samuel 22:4-7, 17-20, 49-50, and clearly attests David’s authorship. Jesus also fulfils prophecies in Zechariah 12:10, Isaiah 53:5, Luke 23, Matthew 27:39-

40 and John 19.

After Christ came, the writers of the Talmud, when discussing Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22 disagreed with Christians’ Messianic comparisons, but it was worthy of their efforts to discredit the Christian perspective. But it also needs to be noted that the many Talmudic Rabbis recognizes Isaiah 53 as referring to an individual Messiah and not a nation. .

Messianic Application

The second half of Psalm 22 deals with the messianic application as it details all that would be accomplished by the coming Messiah. The first half deals with the torment, disfigurement and demise of a certain soul. The reason I say a certain soul (person) is that the Jews dislike the concept of a suffering and crucified Messiah. They therefore tried to disprove this as a Messianic Psalm.

(Comment: Even today Isaiah 53 is the one chapter of their Bible that is never read in the synagogue when they are referring to Talmud¹⁴ (In study of doctrine) as it is

¹⁴http://jewishroots.net/library/prophecy/isaiah/isaiah-53/isaiah-53-talmud.html

Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 98b): “Messiah …what is his name? The Rabbis say, ‘The leprous one’; those of the house of the Rabbi (Jehuda Hanassi, known as “the guilty conscience of the synagogue”.) It is abundantly clear that both elements (i.e. the suffering Messiah and he the triumphant Messiah) are relating to the treatment of the Messiah. Jesus underwent all that was outlined here as he also fulfilled other prophetic criteria. It has a tremendous parallel to what David had written 1000 years before.

When we look at the details that David outlined, with the reality of what took place with Jesus on the cross, we see a strong indication of the divine inspiration of Scripture. In this one short passage, we see that through the crucifixion, not only one but also all elements were fulfilled. It is mathematically astronomical at something in the order of about 10 to the power of 15 (that is 10 with 15 zeros after it) of all these things happening by co-incidence 1000 years later.

The author of the Mishna, 135-200) say: ‘Cholaja’ (The sickly), for it says, ‘Surely he has borne our sicknesses’ etc. (Isa.53,4).”

Babylonian Talmud, (Sanhedrin 98), p.2 “Rabbi Yochanan said, The Messiah-what is his name?… And out Rabbis said. “the pale one”… is his name, as it is written “Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows-yet we considered him stricken by G-d, smitten by him and afflicted.”

Talmud-Mas.Sanhedrin 98b What is his [the Messiah’s] name?… The Rabbis said: His name is ‘the leper scholar,’ as it is written, Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of God, and afflicted. (This was in direct reference to Isaiah 53:4).

Psalm 22 outlines in detail the requirement of scripture to be fulfilled. Whoever the Messiah was or is He must fit the following descriptions.

1/ He must be a male child because the Hebrew text specifically uses a 3rd person, singular, masculine pronoun—”he”), will be born of the seed of the woman.

2/ He will be a Jew specifically from the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

3/ He must be a great prophet like Moses.

4/ He will be mocked, and people will cast lots for His garments while He suffers.

Jesus fits the criteria in every detail, so the Psalm accurately states that Jesus fulfills the requirement of the Messiah.

Details of Parallels Psalm 22

1. David said in Psalm 22:1, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus said these exact words in Matthew 27:46.
2. David said in Psalm 22:7-8, “All who see me mock me. They hurl insults, shaking their heads” Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked. Luke 23:11 says, “The rulers even sneered at Him”. Luke 23:35; “The soldiers mocked Him” (Luke23:35-38) the criminal (Luke 23:39) and the crowd (Matthew 27:39, 40).

• David, by saying in Psalm 22:8, “He trusts in the Lord; let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him” relates to what Jesus said in Matthew 27:43.
• Psalm 22:14-15, “I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax. It has melted away within me. My strength is dried up like a potsherd…” relates to John 19:28- 34.
• David said in Psalm 22:16, “Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet” (Isaiah 53:7). This relates to John 19:15-18 where Jesus is hung on the cross.
• David said in Psalm 22:17-18, “I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing“. This is what happened to Jesus and thus fulfils Zechariah 12:10, Isaiah 53:5 as outlined in John 19:23-24, Matthew 27:35.

Paul mentions Psalm 22 in Hebrews 2.12 referring to Jesus as the One to bring eternal life. Psalm 22 is a powerful Messianic prophecy and, as we have seen it was fulfilled in Christ.

A Chiasm is when a passage of Scripture that mirrors itself pointing to it purpose found at the center.

In this study we will look at five points coming from two directions concluding at the center where X marks the spot. The central point in this study is the main meaning of the passage.

Point A. (To work the ground)

• A. God places man in the garden to WORK and GUARD IT (To work it)

Gensis 2:15  And Jehovah God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. (MKJV)

• A. God sends or puts him out of the Garden to work the land

Gensis 3:23  therefore Jehovah God sent him out from the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he had been taken. (MKJV)

Point one of the story starts and ends with man working the ground

Point B. (Eat from the Trees)

Gensis 2:17  but you shall not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. For in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die. (MKJV)

• (B)         Man eats from the tree of knowledge of good and evil

Gensis 3:22  And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man has become as one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever, (MKJV)

(B)          Man is not to eat of the tree of life

Point 2 starts with man eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and ends with man being forbidden to eat from the tree of life but this leaves us with a question, “What is wrong with eating from the Tree of Life

God had passed judgment on sin so we can see if man had eaten of the Tree of Life he would never have to face any of his own actions. Finally, he would have no need of God.

Point C. Adam names his wife 

Gensis 2:23  And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Woman because she was taken out of man. Gensis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife and they shall be one flesh. Gensis 2:25  And they were both naked, the man and his wife; and they were not ashamed. (MKJV)

  (C ) Adam names his wife Woman.

They were naked and felt no shame

Gensis 3:20  And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.  Gen 3:21  And for Adam and his wife Jehovah God made coats of skins, and clothed them. (MKJV)

(C ) Adam name his wife EVE and now they felt shame and needed God to cover them

Point D. Conversations

Gensis 3:6  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasing to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make wise, she took of its fruit, and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Gensis 3:7  And the eyes of both of them were opened. And they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made girdles for themselves. Gensis 3:8  And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God in the middle of the trees of the garden. (MKJV)

            (D ) Conversation between the snake and Eve

Conversation of deception starts with the snake. The snake talks to Eve and Eve talks Adam and gives him the fruit. Eve took the fruit to her partner Adam and showed it to him saying, “It is beautiful, good for food and good for gaining knowledge”. These desires don’t look wrong when taken out of this context. However, it was against God’s command. The serpent knew if he could get Adam and Eve to take their eyes off God and think of their own desires, he was in with a good chance.

Even though her husband had told her not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, she fell into another area and that was of manipulation of her partner. This was an act of her free will. She could have eaten by herself, but she wanted a partner in her disobedience. She knew that Adam was her partner in the Garden and, if she ate the fruit by herself, the outcome of her disobedience would have a consequence, which she didn’t want to face on her own.

Now we have Adam who came on the scene, having been told not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil by God Himself. This point in time has always been one of great meditation by me. Here Eve was telling him how great the fruit was, and she ate it and gave it to him and he ate. As we know, Adam has a free will, but he doesn’t say, “No, no, God has told us not to eat it,” But he made the decision to eat. It appears he made the decision more quickly than his wife. No discussion, just straight in.

               (D  ) Conversation between God and Adam

Gensis 3:9  And Jehovah God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you? Gensis 3:10  And he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid myself. Gensis 3:11  And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree which I commanded you that you should not eat? (MKJV)

Adam demonstrated his change of position or his new defiled spirit (a sinful nature). What is hidden will be uncovered. Adam said four things to God and God asked two questions, even though God knew the answer He was waiting for something and Adam still didn’t give it to Him.

• Firstly I heard you in the Garden
• Secondly I was afraid because I was naked; Accusations were to follow
• Thirdly The woman you put here with me he pointed the finger at God.
• Fourthly She gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Now Adam was pointing at Eve. Eve was pointing at the Devil

Still they were in God’s presence, so what was God waiting for?

Genesis 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate. (MKJV)

Now God moves His attention towards Eve and she points the finger at the serpent, “He deceived me and I ate.”

Genesis 3:13 And Jehovah God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate. (MKJV)

Finally, we have Adam and Eve in a state of DENIAL. They wouldn’t say that they had weakened. What was God waiting for? He so much wanted for man to stay in the Garden to be in fellowship with Him.

When man sinned he lost his spiritual dynamic of direct communication with God and now the consequence of this is that all the descendants are spiritually inert or dead without spiritual inspiration. The veil of sin had been put between us and God. Adam had died or been defiled in the spirit reducing him to a defiled triune being, thus being defiled in the spirit bowing to the desires of the body and soul. “But” this does not mean that man has no conscience, but that his conscience is not impacted by the Holy Spirit as it is in the believer. By way of example; we could take some elements like a clear glass of water at room temperature and we can see though it, but if we drop another element in like some ink into the water it becomes cloudy and less transparent. The sin in man is like the ink clouding his thinking.

Point E. Eyes were opened X marks the spot

The central issue in this scenario is their Eyes were opened

Genesis 3:7  And the eyes of both of them were opened. And they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made girdles for themselves. Genesis 3:8  And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God in the middle of the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:9  And Jehovah God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you? (MKJV)

  (E  ) Their eyes were opened and they hid from God ashamed and resisted taking responsibility for their actions. How can you hide from a omnipresent God?

God was waiting for a repentant heart from Adam, but it didn’t come because of their lack of responsibility for their actions. Through the entry of sin, plus the lack of repentance, we now have the fallen state of man, who would pass on the teaching and the spiritual sickness of sin to his offspring and a spirit that is dead to things of God.

Because of this new feeling of nakedness they tried to hide from God. However, God being God knew where they were but He still asked the question, “Where are you?”

At this point they had:

1. Eaten the fruit and the eyes of their understanding were open.
2. Succumbed to temptation.
3. Began building their self-justification.
4. Started fulfilling their desires.
5. Given way to manipulation.
6. Committed acts of disobedience.                  

Hebrews 4:13  Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight, but all things are naked and opened to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.  (MKJV)

Still God was looking for them and calling to them and finally He walked with them.

They were now in a fallen state. Adam and Eve knew that they had done wrong, and they knew of what they had to do to make things right, but still they chose to deny their action and not to take responsibility. Their hearts were hardened by their action, and they didn’t want to lose face.

Repentance is stronger than sin.

Repentance opens the door of restoration with God.

Repentance brings about the transformation of the New Creation in Christ.

Repentance brings about justification, the new legal position.

Repentance starts the process of regeneration, in our literal state.

The act of repentance by man and acceptance of Jesus as Lord and Saviour, we have passed from spiritual death to spiritual life. Our spirit can now eat of the Tree of Life in the form of Jesus and we can live forever. It is only a matter of time before our mind and body will follow.

Repentance is the only way to the Tree of Life once a person has seen the depth of his or her own sin.

        (E  ) X marks the spot

The central point in this scenario and the whole purpose of this encounter with God was “Their Eyes were opened and they felt shame”.

They resisted taking responsibility for their actions and they were trying to hide from an omnipresent God?

We believe in teaching students a firm foundation of the Word of God and in this process many become saved. Therefore we have a suggested reading order for beginners to help with the understanding of the Bible.

The Bible is not a storybook it is an account, reading from the front to the back can be heavy going. Please follow this order and you will grow quickly in the understanding of God.

A suggested reading order

Start in the New Testament with:

1,2,3, JOHN

JOHN

Matthew, Mark, Luke

Then the remaining books in the New Testament except Revelation. Leave it till last.

Old Testament all books inclusive

New Testament, the book of Revelation

Explanation of reading order

1/ Epistles of 1,2 & 3 John

These letters portray Gods nature, a nature of love

2/ Gospel of John

By reading John you get an account of Jesus the Lamb of God, the Son of God, that He is God, that He is the King and He is I AM. John takes great effort to portray Jesus in the divine John starts of by dealing with the Deity of Jesus

3/ Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke

Matthew and Luke put a human face on Jesus then Mark puts a superhuman face on Jesus. This all helps to develop a picture God with us.

4/ The remaining books of the New Testament.

The remaining books of the New Testament except Revelation, because the metaphoric language of Revelation is difficult to understand at first. The remaining epistles descried how the Church and the believer are to act and how to live as a Christian.

5/ The Old Testament

The Old Testament outlines the type of the Christ to come, Once the reader has read the previous steps 1 through to 4, they will see Jesus foretold in the Old Testament.

6/ Revelation

Once a reader has read the rest of the Bible they will see that Revelation is an encoded account of the Kingdom of God. (Past, present and future.)

This is only a suggestion to help the reader in giving a starting point.

Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering (for He is faithful who promised), 24 and let us consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

We are called by God to help in the development of the new Christians so they don’t wander back to the World. Therefore, we have developed a set of teachings, which can also help in understanding the Bible for you to use and follow with the hope you will continue your study in the word of God and grow in strength.