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Part 37 The Story Of Our Great Redemption: The Birthing of Jesus from the dead

This is the last podcast in this series of 37 on this magnificent subject. No subject in the Scripture is more important than seeing what Jesus actually did for us through His great and awesome sacrifice. That is why when I saw I missed the final two podcasts in this series that I interrupted the series we started recently that got more downloads than at any other time in the history of these podcasts! These last two podcasts were extremely important to "clinch the nail on the back of the board" of these 37 podcasts on redemption. 
Did you know the Bible calls the resurrection of Jesus from the dead a birthing from the dead, not to be confused with the virgin birth of Jesus in Bethlehem? We discuss this under a really precious anointing of the Holy Spirit together with the Word of God. Be blessed!
 
Listen to the whole series if you have questions. Download the book free of charge below. 
 
THE STORY OF OUR GREAT REDEMPTION is the greatest story ever told! This book will open your eyes to what Jesus did for us to depths seldom tread by Christians, pastors, and ministers. Jesus was and is the greatest hero ever born! All other man-made heroes pale in comparison. It is sad that so many try to draw parallels between Jesus and , for example, the fictional character Superman. The truths about Jesus' sacrifice make the Superman fiction look like child's play. Brace yourself for Biblical truths that your pastor probably never taught you. I promise you, that if you will receive the Word on this mighty subject in this book, it will be transformational.  
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ew2qp7/The_Story_of_our_Great_Redemption.pdf
Be extraordinarily and powerfully blessed!

Part 36 The Story of our Great Redemption: Justified in the Spirit!

This is one for the "books" in eternity! It will either curl your hair or straighten it! It is goose-bump and fire from heaven territory! If you can listen to this podcast and stay the same, then you need to be raised from the dead!
Jesus was justified in the Spirit according to the Scripture and God called His own son, God, when He raised Him from the dead out of hell. Never heard of that before? We explore it by the Word (and not by personal opinion) in this podcast.
Remember that this is part 36 of a 37 part series on the Story of Our Great Redemption. Listen to the whole series if you have questions. Download the book free of charge below. 
 
THE STORY OF OUR GREAT REDEMPTION is the greatest story ever told! This book will open your eyes to what Jesus did for us to depths seldom tread by Christians, pastors, and ministers. Jesus was and is the greatest hero ever born! All other man-made heroes pale in comparison. It is sad that so many try to draw parallels between Jesus and , for example, the fictional character Superman. The truths about Jesus' sacrifice make the Superman fiction look like child's play. Brace yourself for Biblical truths that your pastor probably never taught you. I promise you, that if you will receive the Word on this mighty subject in this book, it will be transformational.  
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ew2qp7/The_Story_of_our_Great_Redemption.pdf
Be extraordinarily and powerfully blessed!

Part 3: Faith in Jesus, or is it Faith in Something else?

Are you self-deceived? I hope that you are not. No, I did not ask you if you are deceived. I asked you about self-deception. It is one thing to be deceived by the enemy, and some are, but it is another thing to deceive your self!
Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves (James 1:22 MEV).
Self-deception is the result of hearing the Word and not doing it. You heard a good Bible message, for example, concerning generosity and honoring God with the tithe, said amen and “glory hallelujah,” and then did nothing to obey the Scripture. That, my friend, is self-deception. You go to church, hear good Bible teaching, take reams of notes, and don’t do any of it. The next verses in James reveal that only the doers are blessed.
But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deeds (James 1:25 MEV).
What a great way to refer to God’s eternal Word: THE LAW OF LIBERTY! It works ALWAYS and for all because it is law that brings liberty to the doer of it. Wow!
Here is where I get back to our subject matter in these podcasts. 
Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it (2 Corinthians 13:5 The Message). 
Self-examination or self-testing reveals where you stopped doing what God said in His Word. That is what is so critical about testing yourself to see whether you are in the faith. It brings conviction, exposition, reproving, and even rebuke so there can be correction to self-deception.
I trust that this is a word from the Lord for you in due season. Be blessed with Part 3 of these messages.
 

Part 2: Faith in Jesus, or is it Faith in Something else?

Part 2: Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless, indeed, you fail the test! (2ndCorinthians 13:5 NET) 
Examining yourself under a spiritual magnifying glass may not be as fun as shouting and praising God, but it is absolutely necessary as part of the devoted Christian life. 
The test and examination of yourself is to clearly see if you are in the faith, genuinely (truthfully and honestly), and by fruit production. What does that mean?
What did Paul mean when he stated this examination was to be about whether or not we are in the faith of the Lord Jesus? The good news is we do not have to guess. 
But some days later Felix arrived with Drusilla, his wife who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.  But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you.”(Acts 24:24, 25 NASB)
Paul explained “faith in Christ” to Felix and Drusilla as: righteousness, self-control, and judgment to come. It made Felix shake and tremble. It’s time for people to shake and tremble by the power of the Holy Spirit as we minister faith in Christ Jesus as Paul did. 
Jesus said the Holy Spirit was sent to convict concerning those things.   
And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment (John 16:8).
We begin to look at these closely. These are powerful and revealing, and they are the very definition of faith in Christ. Faith in Christ is to include righteousness, self-control, and judgment to come, or it is something else. I don’t mean that every message preached or taught has to be specifically about these three subjects, but there needs to be an underlying current of truth in each message. We should never relegate to a backburner righteousness, self-control, or judgment to come. 
I understand how foreign that sounds to our ears today because much of the modern church has gone after fluff and cotton candy preaching that RARELY mentions or teaches anything concerning these subjects. Yet, it is precisely what the Holy Spirit was sent to minister through the Church.
I will tell you this in advance. Each of those three things mentioned by Paul are vast in scope. You could probably preach on each one until Jesus returns and never run out. For example, did you know righteousness includes ALL Jesus provided for you and me through His awesome and mighty sacrifice? Righteousness includes every benefit of redemption, but did you know it also includes our moral behavior?  
So, are you ready to be challenged and “rudely” interrupted from the traditions of men? Here is part 2!
 

Part 1: Faith in Jesus, or is it Faith in Something else?

 
 
 
If anyone thinks I was exaggerating or lying about the podcast increase last November, my stats on this particular message, and the stats I published by letter about it are all there and still available. Podbean doesn't erase them, and I still have copies of the emails I sent. I was more shocked than anybody by 11.4 thousand downloads from 6 continents (129 countries) in a 3 day period! It was unprecedented for me. I've never had something like that happen before. You would think everybody would rejoice over it, but some didn't seem to rejoice much. Go figure! Some may have thought I was "evangelistically" exaggerating (lying) about the numbers. No, it was all true and you can verify the podcast stat on this page that it happened. Note the little numbers for downloads below the title- 11.4k. The stats are legit. They don't lie. Why and how that happened is another story, one I did not have anything to do with. 
 
In Part One, we look at a verse not mentioned often enough in many Christian circles, yet it was penned by the Paul, the apostle, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit: 
Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves [not Christ]. Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected? (2ndCorinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible)        
When was the last time you examined yourself? Did you run a test on yourself? What did the honest and brutal evaluation bring back? Was the evaluation, “I am holding firm to my faith in Christ Jesus, or am I slipping, need to repent, and get it right before God? Do you realize and know that Jesus is in you, or have you become a counterfeit Christian?
We have counterfeits today. They talk a good talk and have learned the language of faith. Others are impressed, but is God impressed? Is God actually pleased with your faith? (See Hebrews 11:6.)
Read it again from a more concise translation.
Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless, indeed, you fail the test! (2ndCorinthians 13:5 NET)
To get what Paul means by being “in the faith” we must see the context. 
Get ready for traditional ideas to be shattered. If you want to stay the same, and be the same as you have always been in dead religion, then don’t listen to these messages. Run! If you want more of God and His Spirit, then listen up, and get ready to be obedient to the Lord and His Word of life.
This is life-changing Word for you today. No fluff or cotton candy here! Just the meat of the Word!
 

Redemption from the Curse and What that Means for you Today- Part 3

The earth groans until the day this curse is removed. (Romans 8:21, 22)
When death and Hades are finally removed from all contact with human beings (Revelation 20:14) there will no longer be any more pain, weeping, or death (21:4), and no more curse (Revelation22:3). Hallelujah!
All of this brings us to some important conclusions that we will study in today's podcast:
(1.) The curse cannot be God's will because, if it is His will, then why remove it? 
(2.) The curse cannot be God's will because Jesus Christ redeemed us from it. (Galatians 3:13) Jesus came not to redeem us from something God was doing but from something the devil was doing. (1 John 3:8, Hebrews 2:14). Death is the enemy of God, of the earth, and of us (1 Cor. 15:26, 27). That is why it will finally and for eternity be removed from all contact with the new heavens and new earth and human beings. 
(3.) The curse was the direct result of disobedience to God's commandment. It is associated with sin, disobedience, and rebellion. It is not for the righteous or those who serve God. The curse is removed from the Godly and obedient (as they take a stand in faith on their redemption), and the curse has free reign upon the ungodly and disobedient. See Deuteronomy 28:1-3, an 15ff.
(4) This leads us to the conclusion that the curse cannot be God's work.
The devil is the murderer from the beginning (John 8:44). Death was under the devil’s rule. (Hebrews 2:14). He is THE THIEF (John10:10). The devil is the killer. These curses cannot be God. Hurting, killing, and destroying are the enemy's work. It cannot be God who robs or steals. That would be a violation of His own commandment: "Do not steal."
The destroyer and the exterminator are not God. (Revelation 9:11, 6:8) Notice in those Scriptures that hell follows death VERY closely. They are part of each other. They are inseparable. If you say "death" you talk about the work of hell. If you say "hell" you talk about the work of death.
If God were the killer and destroyer, then why did not Paul instruct the church of Corinth to turn over to God the man caught in adultery and incest? Instead, Paul orders them to turn the adulterous/incestuous man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh! (1 Corinthians 5:5)
How readest thou?
How come Jesus never put the curse of sickness on anybody? Did you notice that? He never made anyone sick for the glory of God either! Everybody He healed was oppressed by the devil! 
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and He went about doing good and healing ALL that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. (Acts 10:38)
Out of the multiplied thousands He healed during His ministry, none were afflicted by God! Not one time did Jesus turn to one and say, "Look, I can't heal you because God made you sick!" NEVER! 

Redemption from the Curse and What that Means for You Today Part2

 
"Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced in the law." (Galatians 3:13 NLT)
The disobedient to God, His Word, and His commandments will live under this curse that came into the earth because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. God gave Adam and Eve one commandment, and it was the violation of that one commandment that allowed sin and death to enter the world.
And of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'  (Genesis 2:17 YLT)
The author of Young’s Hebrew and Greek Bible Concordance was also the author of the Young’s Literal Translation quoted above. Most translations say, "You will certainly die." In Hebrew mut t'mut (the phrase in question) is literally, "in dying you will die." It is death on every level and in every area of human existence. Nothing was left unaffected by the entrance of sin and death into this planet because of Adam and Eve’s disobedience.
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned. (Romans 5:12 NET)
Betrayal of Adam opened the door for the entrance of sin and death. That sin and death was and is the curse that inhabits the earth.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. (Genesis 3:17 KJV)
Genesis 3:17 is better translated in the God Speaks Today version: "The earth will be under curse because of you."
The New English Translation (NET) says: “Thanks to you.” God was speaking to Adam here! In other words, “Adam, it’s YOUR fault the earth has come under a curse!”
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. (Genesis 3:16 KJV)
Genesis 3:16 does not say in Hebrew "I will greatly multiply your sorrow" as though it was God's fault, but almost all English and Spanish translations translate it that way or in a similar manner. That was NOT a translation, but an opinion injected by most translators. Only two translations that I found agree with the Hebrew text:
Contemporary English Version: "You will suffer terribly when you give birth."
The Living Bible- "You will give birth to your children with intense pain and suffering."
In Hebrew transliteration and in translation it literally says:
"ha-ishah amar" – to the woman said
"har-bah ar-beh" - in (the) increase will increase
"itz-bonech" - your pain
So God was saying:
To the woman (He) said. "Your pain will greatly increase..." 
That is a better translation. There was no mention of God saying "I will increase your pain." 
When one combines Genesis 2:17 and 3:17 you begin to see that God is calling this death that would affect all people and all the earth—THE CURSE. The word "curse" describes all the activity of death in all areas of human life. Everything on earth came under this devastating curse. The curse came through the fault of Adam. It was neither God’s fault nor His plan.
Centuries later, we see how this truth was changed and it was no longer that the curse came because of what man did, but because God caused it and He was to blame for it!
He named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed.” (Gen. 5:29 NET)
The earth groans until the day this curse is removed (Romans 8:21, 22).
When death and Hades are finally removed from all contact with human beings (Revelation 20:14) there will no longer be any more pain, weeping, or death (21:4), and no more curse (Revelation22:3).
All of this brings us to some important conclusions:
(1.) The curse cannot be God's will because, if it is His will, then why remove it?
(2.) The curse cannot be God's will because Jesus Christ redeemed us from it. Jesus came not to redeem us from something God was doing but from something the devil was doing. (1 John 3:8, Hebrews 2:14). Death is the enemy of God, of the earth, and of us (1 Cor. 15:26, 27). That is why it will finally and for eternity be removed from all contact with the new heavens and new earth and human beings. 
(3.) The curse was the direct result of disobedience to God's commandment. It is associated with sin, disobedience, and rebellion. It is not for the righteous or those who serve God.
(4) This leads us to the conclusion that the curse cannot be God's work.
The devil is the murderer from the beginning (John8:44). Death was under the devil’s rule. (Hebrews 2:14). He is THE THIEF (John10:10). The devil is the killer. These curses cannot be God. Hurting, killing, and destroying are the enemy's work. It cannot be God who robs or steals. That would be a violation of His own commandment: "Do not steal." The destroyer and the exterminator are not God. (Revelation 9:11, 6:8) Hell follows death VERY closely. They are part of each other. They are inseparable. If you say "death" you talk about the work of hell. If you say "hell" you talk about the work of death.
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Has anyone ever told you that God loves you and that He has a wonderful plan for your life? I have a real quick, but important question to ask you. If you were to die this very second, do you know for sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you would go to Heaven?
Let me quickly share with you what the Holy Bible reads. It reads “for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” and “for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”. The Bible also reads, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”. And you’re a “whosoever” right? Of course you are; all of us are.
I’m going to say a quick prayer for you. Lord, bless the person reading this and his/her family with long and healthy lives. Jesus, make Yourself real to him/her and do a quick work in his/her heart. If If you have not received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, I pray you will do so now.
If you would like to receive the gift that God has for you today, say this after me with your heart and lips out loud.
"Dear Lord Jesus, come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Wash me and cleanse me. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that You are risen from the dead and that You’re coming back again for me. Fill me with the Holy Spirit. Give me a passion for the lost, a hunger for the things of God and a holy boldness to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. I’m saved; I’m born again, I’m forgiven and I’m on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart."
As a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ, I tell you today that all of your sins are forgiven. Always remember to run to God and not from God because He loves you and has a great plan for your life.
Contact me and let me know you received Jesus as Lord and Savior!
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Part 2 podcast in this series follows:

Redemption from the Curse and What that Means for You Today Part 1

 
Look at Galatians 3:13 in a few translations:
NTV- "Christ has rescued us from the curse dictated in the law."
NLT- "Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced in the law."
TLA- "But Christ preferred to receive for us the curse that falls upon him who disobeys the law."
Redeemed means to be rescued, bought back, to pay a ransom, and rescue from loss. It is important to define this term because “redemption” has often become a theological term that means little. We don’t want the meaning to be watered down or changed.
Literally, redemption is to rescue from loss, but it is used in the sense of paying a ransom. It is as though kidnappers (the devil and his cohorts) took humanity captive and demanded payment of a ransom to get humans back. Jesus was THE Christ that paid the price with His own life when He went to the cross, died, was buried, went to hell as our substitute, was raised from the place of death called Hades, rose from the dead, and presented the tokens of our redemption before the Father in heaven! The job was finished, justice satisfied, and Jesus sat down in all authority and power at the right hand of the Father in Heaven! [1]
There is another word we must define. It is the word 'curse.' Most people know intuitively that a curse is something bad! There is nothing good in a curse, just as there is nothing bad in a blessing. In Hebrew there are two words, arar and kalal, for the English word curse and they are both used in the most extensive list of curses in the Bible found in Deuteronomy 28:15-66. Basically, anything and everything evil in that terrible list refers to the curses. It is all very, very, BAD stuff. None of it is the blessing, or a blessing in disguise!
Read a list of blessings in Deuteronomy 28:1-14, also the most extensive list of blessings in the Bible. Notice how the blessings are the exact opposite of the curses. Don’t let the separation between blessings and curses get by you unnoticed. The fact is that after reading that chapter, you could never mix them up again! Blessings do not crossover into the list of curses and curses do not dance over into the list of blessings! There is clear demarcation line between them, and there is no confusion as to which one goes where! Using sickness and disease as an example, there are NO sicknesses and diseases under the blessings, and there is NO healing or health under the curses. Notice that there is no prosperity under the curses, and that there is no lack or poverty under the blessings! Only in gutless, puny, traditional, dead churches that believe contrary to the Scripture do you find that there is confusion about this, but never in the Bible! The Bible always makes a clear distinction between blessing and curses and good and evil. There are no crossovers!
Jesus stated it like this:
The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows]. (John 10:10 AMP)
The thief is the devil. Jesus is the giver of life, and the two don’t get mixed up, there is no crossover between them, and the devil doesn’t work part-time for God! Some ignorant souls think the devil is God’s unwilling servant! As we study this, you will see just how ridiculous, and frankly blasphemous, that type of thinking really is! Is there divine judgment? Yes, there is, but it is another subject we will discuss at some length later on in this series. Don’t miss this series!
NOTE:
[1] If you don’t know that Jesus went to hell or Hades for you, read and study my free books in English and Spanish, “The Story of our Great Redemption”, and “3 Días y Tres Noches en el Corazón de la Tierra.” Info is below on these life changing books. 
 
THE STORY OF OUR GREAT REDEMPTION is the greatest story ever told! This book will open your eyes to what Jesus did for us to depths seldom tread by Christians, pastors, and ministers. Jesus was and is the greatest hero ever born! All other man-made heroes pale in comparison. It is sad that so many try to draw parallels between Jesus and , for example, the fictional character Superman. The truths about Jesus' sacrifice make the Superman fiction look like child's play. Brace yourself for Biblical truths that your pastor probably never taught you. I promise you, that if you will receive the Word on this mighty subject in this book, it will be transformational.  
 
Get the completely free PDF of THE STORY OF OUR GREAT REDEMPTION by using this link.
 
Documento portátil (PDF) es completamente gratis.
Tres Días y Tres Noches en el Corazón de la Tierra debe ser una parte necesaria en la vida de todo Cristiano. El libro enseña específicamente acerca del sacrificio de Jesús. Esto incluye la cruz, resurrección, y especialmente lo que tomó lugar durante las horas en que el espíritu de Jesús dejó Su cuerpo, y cuando su cuerpo fue resucitado de entre los muertos. El mundo tiene sus héroes, pero lo que Jesús hizo por nosotros lo hace el Supremo y Máximo Héroe y Conquistador de todo el universo. La derrota de Satanás, y la potestad dada a la iglesia en el Nombre de Jesucristo, fueron actos sin igual en la eternidad. No te pierdas este libro GRATIS. Ninguna película ha mostrado el verdadero sufrimiento del Maestro en el Calvario y en el centro de la tierra. Prepárate para una aventura gloriosa. Descarga el libro PDF completo usando este eslabón.
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Has anyone ever told you that God loves you and that He has a wonderful plan for your life? I have a real quick, but important question to ask you. If you were to die this very second, do you know for sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you would go to Heaven?
Let me quickly share with you what the Holy Bible reads. It reads “for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” and “for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”. The Bible also reads, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”. And you’re a “whosoever” right? Of course you are; all of us are.
I’m going to say a quick prayer for you. Lord, bless the person reading this and his/her family with long and healthy lives. Jesus, make Yourself real to him/her and do a quick work in his/her heart. If If you have not received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, I pray you will do so now.
If you would like to receive the gift that God has for you today, say this after me with your heart and lips out loud.
"Dear Lord Jesus, come into my heart. Forgive me of my sin. Wash me and cleanse me. Set me free. Jesus, thank You that You died for me. I believe that You are risen from the dead and that You’re coming back again for me. Fill me with the Holy Spirit. Give me a passion for the lost, a hunger for the things of God and a holy boldness to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. I’m saved; I’m born again, I’m forgiven and I’m on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart."
As a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ, I tell you today that all of your sins are forgiven. Always remember to run to God and not from God because He loves you and has a great plan for your life.
Contact me and let me know you received Jesus as Lord and Savior!