Bread Breakers Ministry

The 7 Apophthengesthai of Christ

Virtual Sunday Message
By Rev Deb
10-5-09   
 
Apophthengesthai is a Greek word meaning "to speak out".  Jesus spoke out 7 vital sayings while He hung upon the cross to pay for humanities sin. 

Psalms 22 was written by king David as a prophecy concerning his greater Son - Jesus.  Psalms 22 was written about 1000 years prior to Christ's birth.

"Like lions they open their jaws against me, roaring and tearing into their prey.  My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint.  My heart is like wax, melting within me.  My strength has dried up like sun baked clay.  My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.  You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.  My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me.  They have pierced my hands and feet.  I can count all my bones.  My enemies stare at me and gloat."

THE ARK OF THE COFFIN (Arks prt 3)

Virtual Sunday Message
9-27-09
By Rev Deb


In the message of Noah's ark we found a duel meaning.  In the first implication we saw the tribulation being portrayed.  In Matthew's account Jesus said, that His 2nd coming would be "JUST LIKE THE DAYS OF NOAH BEFORE THE FLOOD". Not like the days, but "JUST LIKE" !  So, what was a major event that took place just before the flood came??? 

SAVED BY CATTAILS (Arks prt 2)

Virtual Sunday Message
9-13-09
By Rev Deb

THE ARK OF BULRUSHES  

Last week we learned about Noah's ark; this week we turn to Moses and the ark of bulrushes.  When Moses was just an infant, king Pharaoh sent out an edict to have all Israelite male babies killed.  Moses is perhaps, one of the greatest types of Christ in the word of God.   From his lowly birth, the virtual silence of his adolescence, his adulthood, his being raised up to lead Israel, his priesthood, his ministry and so on...  These are just a few that make Moses' life such an important study!

OH BROTHER WHERE "ARK" THOU? Prt 1

Virtual Sunday Message
9-6-09
By Rev Deb

With all the talk in the news about the ark of the covenant, I thought it would be God timely to teach on the different arks in the Scriptures.

There are three arks that the bible mentions. 
   1.  The Ark Noah's        2.  The Ark Of Bulrushes

  3.  The Ark Of The Covenant

The 1st ark was built by a man and made of gopher wood.  The 2nd ark was built by a woman and made of bulrushes.  These two are given the same Hebrew word "tebah", which means "chest or box for keeping valuables safe".  (Gen. 6; Exod. 2) 

TODAY'S THOUGHT~ PROPITIATION

1 John 4:10

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Love is a 5 letter word, ~ Jesus Eternally Saves Us Sinners

The word PROPITIATION is the Greek word HOILASMOS which is translated atonement.  It means "to remove judgment by paying the penalty.  It can rightfully be understood as "MERCY SEAT".

This verse is an awesome demonstration of Christ taking the place of the sinner and paying the awful price the law demanded for our sins.  We as the Holy Scripture bares out deserve death, but Christ took our place by offering up His own body on a tree (as was the Roman way at the time) as a perfect sacrifice for our sins and thus becoming our MERCY SEAT!!!

If God so loved you enough to take your place, would you, could you love Him enough to accept His free gift of eternal life, so as not to make His death for you in vain? 

Sin is an ugly vice and someone has to pay.  Whether it was an animal covering the sins of the people of old  or man paying for his own immoral behavior or Christ taking our place.  Someone has to atone !  Jesus Christ fulfilled ALL the requirements of the law and suffered in your place so you don't have to - Will you let Him love you?  You are only a prayer away.  CLICK HERE

Figurative Language

Interpreting the Word of God
Virtual Sunday Message
7-19-09

I have made a list of word definitions to help aid in a deeper study of God's word-
May these definitions and examples help bless your studies...

1.   Literal interpretation:  Understanding a word or phrase in its ordinary customary usage. 

• Example: 2Ti 1:11  for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.

SPECIAL ASPECTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Acts 1:4-5
Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me;for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

John 14:16
"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you
forever"

Since the day of Pentecost, the mission of the Holy Spirit has taken on a new level of interaction.  Jesus gave a promise to give the Holy Spirit to believers so that -

• He Joins  ~ Baptizes  ~ And seals the believer into a living organic union with Christ.
  

1. Because we are members of His body.  FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.  This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.  Eph. 5:30-32
2. "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit."  1Cor 12:13
3. "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise."  Eph 1:13

MOON ILLUSION

STAMPED IN EVERY BOOK

Jesus is the major theme of every book of the Bible:

In Genesis, He is the Creator God.

In Exodus, He is the Passover Lamb.

In Leviticus, He is the Anointed High Priest.

In Numbers, He is the Star of Jacob.

In Deuteronomy, He is the Great Rock.

In Joshua, He is the Captain of the Hosts.

In Judges, He is the Messenger of the Lord.

In Ruth, He is the Kinsman Redeemer.

In 1 Samuel, He is the Great Judge.

In 2 Samuel, He is the Seed of David.

In 1 Kings, He is the Lord God of Israel.

In 2 Kings, He is the God of the cherubim.

In 1 Chronicles, He is the God of our salvation.

In 2 Chronicles, He is the God of our fathers.


SNIPPET SERIES - The big difference!!!

WHY THE CHURCH WAS A NEW UNDERTAKING !!
By Rev Deb
3-20-09

Series 1

The church is a separate and distinct undertaking from the Nation of Israel.  The church does not  replace Israel nor is it a continuance of Israel; Israel and the church are two distinct and separate   entities.  

Several proofs of the church as a new undertaking are:

1.  The church had its birth on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2). 
2.  The promises that had been given to Israel in the Old Testament cannot be completely fulfilled in the church (Rom. 9:1-5).
3.  Jesus viewed the church as something future in Matthew 16:18.
4.  An essential element of the church—Spirit baptism—did not begin until the Day of Pentecost (compare 1 Cor. 12:13 with Acts 2, see also Eph. 4:4-5).
5.  Christ became Head of the church (not Israel) as a result of His resurrection (compare Eph. 4:15; Col. 1:18 with Eph. 1:19-23).

6.  The spiritual gifts associated with the church  (Eph. 4:7-12; 1 Cor. 12:11-13) were not given until the ascension of Christ.
7.  The “new man” nature of the church (Eph. 2:15) shows that the church is a NT organism and not something incorporated into Israel.
8.  The foundation of the church is Jesus Christ and the New Testament apostles and prophets
(Ps. 118:22, Isa. 28:16, Eph. 2:20, 1 Cor. 3:10,11)
9.  Luke, keeps Israel and the church distinct. “In the book of Acts, both Israel and the church exist simultaneously. The term Israel is used twenty times and "ekklesia" (church) nineteen times, yet the two groups are always kept distinct."

Israel -
Acts 1:6, 2:22, 2:36, 3:12, 4:10, 4:27, 5:12

Church-                                                        
Acts 5:11, 8:1, 8:3, 9:31, 11:22, 11:26, 12: 1  

THE GOD- MAN

The Two Natures of Jesus Christ
HYPOSTATIC UNION
A Doctrinal Teaching
By Rev Deb
3-3-09

Did You Know 
That the phrase "Hypostatic Union" is a theological term used to describe the two distinct or dissimilar natures of Jesus Christ.  Jesus is the only theanthropic person -Theo (God) anthropos (man).  "For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form," Col.2:9  Jesus Christ, the second person of the God-head took on a human nature  without ever giving up His divine nature as God.  
Isa 9:6; Matt. 1:20-24; Lk. 1:26-35; Jn 1:1,14, Phil. 2:5-8

After His incarnation, Jesus' divine nature became inseparable with His human nature. He will forever be God-Man!  These two natures have forever linked the gap between God and man. 

The hypostatic union (Greek: ὑπόστασις) once again means, two natures (human and divine) that are both united in the one personhood of Jesus Christ.