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2005 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2005
Learning the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15

"I AM's" are "STILL IS's"
Part II
Living WITH Christ, one must KNOW Christ, not just know about Him!
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:
he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 11:25
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6

Rightly Dividing the word of truth will lead you to the real Christ

Warning of False Christs:
Matthew 24:24  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mark 13:22  For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
II Corinthians 11:13  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
Revelation 2:1,2  Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;  I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

Warning of Antichrists:
I John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
I John 2:22  Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
I John 4:3  And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
II John 1:7  For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.


Review:
I.   I am the bread of life.
II.  I am one that bears witness of himself.
III. I am from above.

I AM THAT I AM!
God
Exodus 3:14  And 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.
Jesus
John 8:56-58  Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.  Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?  Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
John 14:10,11  Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.  Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
John 17:16  ... I am not of the world.
John 18:36   Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
John 13:13 - Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

All of what Jesus says He is for us in the Kingdom of God today,
that is what our King James Bible must be to us!

Our final authority must be the King James Bible today!


IV.  I am the Light of the World

John 8:12  Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 12:46  I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
John 1:5  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 3:19  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Not in the world today...
John 9:4,5  I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

He sends us the Comforter through the Book!
John 14:26; 16:13,14
Psalm 119:105  Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

The World is darkness!
Ephesians 6:12: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Proverbs 4:19: The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Blinded
II Corinthians 3:14  But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
II Corinthians 4:4  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
(hey kids... Proverbs 20:20  Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.)

Paul turns us towards light!
Acts 26:18  ...  To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, ...
Acts 26:23  That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
I Corinthians 4:45  For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

We are to put on the Light!
Ephesians 1:12-14That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.  In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Romans 13:12  The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Psalm 18:28  For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Galatians 3:27  For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Ephesians 4:24  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Ephesians 5:14  Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Colossians 3:10  And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Ephesians 6:11  Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Today, we "are" to be the children of light spiritually!
Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Ephesians 5:8   For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
I Thessalonians 5:5   Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
II Corinthians 4:6  For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Stay away from darkness
II Corinthians 6:14  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Ephesians 5:11  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Tomorrow, we "will be" the children of light physically!
Rev 21:22,23
Rev 22:5
Phil 3:20,21
II Cor 3:7-11
II Cor 3:18
Exodus 34:29
I Cor 15:41
Daniel 12:1-3
I John 3:3

False light
Matthew 6:23  But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!


Do you deny Jesus Christ as they denied Him?
Do you deny the Book as they denied Christ?

Peter denied Him: John 18:17, 25,26 - cock-a-doodle do!
The chief priests denied Him: John 19:21.

They reacted to Jesus when He identified Himself -  "I am he..." John 18:6

They equally react to our statement of the King James Bible being God's inspired and preserved words and word of God as we also preach the real Christ and do not deny His name!
II Corinthians 12:15 - they love us less.
Galatians 4:16 - we become their enemy
I Timothy 6:3-5 - they are...
II Corinthians 2:17 - they corrupt the word of God
I Corinthians 1:18,21 -  foolishness to the lost
Mark 6:25,28 could cost you your head. preacher!

Popes, his priests as well as all catholics along with all the vines from the main weed...
...deny the true Christ!
They always have; still do and always will!
Well - not quite forever... For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.
Romans 14:11

They Deny the King James Bible as the Word of God!
They always have; still do and always will!
Well - not quite forever... For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.
Romans 14:11

Do You?

(Do you think we make too much of the Word of God? - see Psalm 138:2)