Whole Bible Christianity

Bruce S. Bertram, the guy with no influence or reputation from The Word of God Ministries and http://www.wholebible.com, talks some more about helps that God has given us in His Word for how to get the most out of His Word. We could talk about hermeneutics or interpretation. We could talk about translations. Or we could talk about practical guidelines for applying His Word given to us by the person who wrote the Book. God didn't leave us in the dark about how to figure out which parts of His Book apply to us and how they apply. We've picked twelve principles or guidelines from Him that help us apply His Word in daily living. This video is about the third guideline. One of the things we have to do is hold it still. Leave it like God gave it. The Bible warns us in a number of places not to add to His words, and not to take away from them. This is not as easy as it sounds. How many times have you heard of a law that you can't find in the Word? And how many times are you tempted to subtract something? How many times are you tempted to "give a command" that isn't in the Word? Like "stop drinking alcohol" or "cigarettes are unlawful?" There are lots of good rules to live by that don't show up in the Word, but that doesn't mean the same as stuffing words in God's mouth. For more information our books Whole Bible Christianity: Blessings Pressed Down and Overflowing, Nicolaitan: Lords of Hypocrisy and Whole Bible Prophecy: Horror and Hope are available on Amazon.

Bruce S. Bertram, the guy with no initials from The Word of God Ministries and http://www.wholebible.com scores again talking about the application of the Word to daily living. God gives us easy guidelines in His Word, and Bruce starts on numbers one and two of 12 in this video. Simply put, a whole Bible walk with God starts with reading and doing. Seems like it should be more complicated, but all we really need to do is read and heed. For more information our books Whole Bible Christianity: Blessings Pressed Down and Overflowing, Nicolaitan: Lords of Hypocrisy and Whole Bible Prophecy: Horror and Hope are available on Amazon.

Bruce S. Bertram, the guy from The Word of God Ministries and http://www.wholebible.com who doesn't have any initials after his name validating his message in the eyes of the world, wraps up the discussion of blessings from following the Law with three final thoughts. Following the Law helps prayer because God hears a righteous person. Some might argue that since Christ is the believer's righteousness (and He is) that we don't have to have any of our own. This is no the biblical case at all. God has taken away the obstacles to a relationship with Him in Christ, so that means we should be showing and copying that righteousness in our lives. We put on Christ as we practice each command. As we've discussed before, there are many concepts wrapped up in accepting and practicing His Law, not the least of which is humility. Just as He put on a human body and was tempted in all ways as we are, we put on His body through living out all of His Words. Accepting the Law as a lifestyle and discipleship method restores the integrity of the Word, and puts it back into a central place in daily living. Instead of picking nits, sitting in judgment on the living oracles, we embrace them and thereby validate His character and love. When we accept all of what God is and says, the blessings never stop flowing. For more information our books Whole Bible Christianity: Blessings Pressed Down and Overflowing, Nicolaitan: Lords of Hypocrisy and Whole Bible Prophecy: Horror and Hope are available on Amazon.

That nobody Bruce S. Bertram from The Word of God Ministries and http://www.wholebible.com is back again with more blessings from following the whole of His Word. This time we are buried under by the Love in the Law, Worship in the Law, and Sharpened Hearing from the Law. Jesus says that we love Him when we abide in His commands, and that His Words or commands are the same as the Father's. Of course. When we obey, we abide. When we abide we love. When we love the Father we give Him back just a little of the love He has given us. Worship is not, at its heart, about music or droning prayers or rolling around on the floor. Worship first and foremost is doing what He says. Anything short is just circus histrionics or lip service. When we abide in His Law we get to worship Him minute by minute in everything we do and say. Abiding in His marvelous discipleship system helps us practice and refine our hearing so that we hear His voice in other places (outside of the Word) accurately. His voice will resonate with us wherever we hear it because we've been conditioned by abiding in the written Word. For more information our books Whole Bible Christianity: Blessings Pressed Down and Overflowing, Nicolaitan: Lords of Hypocrisy and Whole Bible Prophecy: Horror and Hope are available on Amazon.

Bruce S. Bertram the nobody from The Word of God Ministries and http://www.wholebible.com furthers the glory of the Word of God by discussing even more blessings from following the Law. Of course, if you've been regularly viewing our videos or reading the draft of our book Whole Bible Christianity (on our website) then you know the Law is everything God speaks. Living the new covenant (the Law written on a heart of flesh by the Spirit in love) conveys all sorts of blessings pressed down, overflowing, and without measure. Jesus is in there, for one thing. Every tiny command that we discover and put into our daily living sheds abroad the love of God and shows His glory. His Word has Him in it. When we look into the perfect Law of liberty we see ourselves clearly, and the Spirit helps us conform our minds and bodies to the will of God. This is not always a comfortable process. It is needed, however, for love to flow and transform us from glory to glory. The law is the key to understanding God and His Word. The whole process involved starts with recognition of His kingship and requires submission. Submitting brings more understanding, and more blessing. We find out that resisting God is what causes all the suffering in the world, but accepting the whole of His living oracles is life and peace and health to our being. For more information our books Whole Bible Christianity: Blessings Pressed Down and Overflowing, Nicolaitan: Lords of Hypocrisy and Whole Bible Prophecy: Horror and Hope are available on Amazon.

Bruce S. Bertram, a nobody from The Word of God Ministries and http://www.wholebible.com, continues his discourse on the many blessings of the Law with it's Still a Tutor, and The Fruit of the Spirit. Just because we might be mature (and there is some question about that with many believers!) that does not mean the principles taught by the tutor go away. Nor does it mean that other people don't need a tutor. As we live His Law, the Spirit tutors us and through our example tutors other people as well. Many believe that the fruit of the Spirit and the Law are incompatible. But that is not the Bible's teaching. In truth, fruit and Spirit and Law are inseparable. When we receive Christ, we receive the Words of God. If we reject any part of His Words, do we really have the Christ? For more information our books Whole Bible Christianity: Blessings Pressed Down and Overflowing, Nicolaitan: Lords of Hypocrisy and Whole Bible Prophecy: Horror and Hope are available on Amazon.

Bruce S. Bertram from The Word of God Ministries and http://www.wholebible.com serves up another healthy helping of wonderful blessings coming from a whole Bible believer's observance of the Law - it Teaches Children, helps us Esteem God, and encourages us to Draw Near and Touch Him. God's traditions in the Law, in particular the feasts or holidays, helps us teach our children. It gives us and them some concrete things to hold onto, things simple enough that even a child can understand and participate. Once we get a handle on His living oracles in our own lives, we can easily demonstrate God's love and provision to our children. The helps knit us all together into one big happy family. Self-esteem is preached by the world; God esteem is preached by His Law. Practicing all of His Word allows us to show God how much we esteem Him, love Him, and want to implement every tiny little letter of His Law in every area of our lives. As we obey each command we touch our Lord and Master and Friend and He touches us. From this flows worship, thanksgiving, praise and testimony to His provision and blessed love. It is no big deal to incorporate all of God's requirements for holy living, because He doesn't ask very much of us. As our Father, of course, He's not going to leave us hanging after making us new creations. He shepherds us with tender loving care, making boundaries and warning us away from dangerous situations. Sit back and enjoy more of the radiance of His glory blessing us through our whole Bible living. For more information our books Whole Bible Christianity: Blessings Pressed Down and Overflowing, Nicolaitan: Lords of Hypocrisy and Whole Bible Prophecy: Horror and Hope are available on Amazon.

Bruce S. Bertram from The Word of God Ministries and http://www.wholebible.com continues describing the wonderful blessings granted by the grace in God's Law with a look at the blessings of Justice, Protection, and moving us. God's justice is mixed together with all the other benefits of a relationship with Him. His Law measures justice, and requires us to be just in our dealings with others. We cannot have grace without justice. God's Law protects believers not only in administering justice (ultimately) but also protects us from the opinions and philosophies of men. We can follow His Word with complete peace, knowing that tradition or plausible sounding arguments cannot move us away from the life in His living oracles. Following His wonderful laws moves us toward the Christ, because Christ is the goal of the law. We have some simple, concrete steps we can take to complement the renewing of our minds by the reading of His Word with a heart of flesh written with the Law by the Spirit. Believers can easily follow the laws, and work back and forth between the simple things like avoiding pork and shellfish to more intangible fruit of the Spirit. Keep going with us as we continue to examine all of the 24 blessings, and more, available to believers abiding in His loving Words. For more information our books Whole Bible Christianity: Blessings Pressed Down and Overflowing, Nicolaitan: Lords of Hypocrisy and Whole Bible Prophecy: Horror and Hope are available on Amazon.

Bruce S. Bertram from The Word of God Ministries and http://www.wholebible.com reveals yet more blessings from following the whole of God's Word, including the Law. Here we look at life abundant, that observance of the law marks His children as His, and that the Law is the best discipleship system ever devised. The Words of God are life. The more of His Words we take in and obey or abide in, the more life we have. Adam and Eve turned their backs on life by doing their own thing. Many people since have done the exact same thing. The Law (every Word God speaks) is life and health to our body and soul. There are many ways to mark something, and not just with ink or paint. Our behavior marks us more surely than any graphic. The mark of the Beast is simply an outward symbol of an inward condition, a sort of notary stamp on what has already been shown by selling out to the deceiver. Following God's Laws marks believers in a way that no pigment or dye could change. The best discipleship system ever devised comes straight from our Father and needs no improvement. It helps condition and train us to win the race; following His regimen guarantees success. For more information our books Whole Bible Christianity: Blessings Pressed Down and Overflowing, Nicolaitan: Lords of Hypocrisy and Whole Bible Prophecy: Horror and Hope are available on Amazon.

Bruce S. Bertram of The Word of God Ministries and http://www.wholebible.com delightedly presents the first of 24 blessings pressed down and overflowing from following the whole of God's Word, including the Law in all its glory. A school of thought handed down from the Greek philosophers has most western Christians afraid of the Law because it is too material. They prefer to "feel led" to do things rather than simply obeying the plain meaning of God's Word. Bruce agrees with Paul's teaching that we present our bodies as living sacrifices, and points out that believers do not need to wait to feel led because God is leading with His Word out of the blocks at the starting gun. Some of this "material or physical is bad" thinking snuck into the Church from '60's Jesus people following the false Christ of Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar. But instead of being conformed to God's ways they simply Christianized pagan philosophy such as transcendental meditation. Instead of "ohm," now they just sing songs over and over and over and over. To maximize the fruit of the Spirit, we have to pursue changes with a whole effort. Inside and out. Heart, soul, mind and strength. God's Law is the perfect method of tying it all together. For more information our books Whole Bible Christianity: Blessings Pressed Down and Overflowing, Nicolaitan: Lords of Hypocrisy and Whole Bible Prophecy: Horror and Hope are available on Amazon.

If you don't like honest talk about the increase of suicide and some of the causes then you might want to skip this video. Contains some personal testimony and experience with the connections between divorce, homosexuality, and the silence surrounding them. Includes stories of a friend and a relative who both took their own lives. I don't think it is a coincidence that the rise in depression and suicides is in proportion to the rejection of God in society and God's Law in the church. But Christians are not allowed to say that divorce or homosexuality increase the chances of suicide (or are generally destructive period), or warn people who participate in such behavior of what is likely to happen to them. Our silence allows people to fall into tar pits of sin and we don't even mark the trail as hazardous. To be politically correct is to be practically useless. One survey says divorced people are three times more likely to die from suicide as married people (National Institute for Healthcare Research). Children of divorce are more at risk for depression and other behavior problems (such as homosexuality) because they often blame themselves for the breakup or they just don't have the stability that two parents (of opposite gender) bring. Homosexual men are six times more likely to attempt suicide than straight men (highest of any group). These facts people will dismiss as coincidence. We can't talk about it. We don't like the fact that there are connections between selfishness, divorce, homosexuality, depression and suicide. We don't want to be reminded that our choices have consequences, which is at the heart of our silence, and silencing others. We're not allowed to explore the potential causes in order to stop the self-slaughter. Many would rather the depressed person just off themselves and be permanently quiet. They are making too much noise. However, I for one am taking the duct tape off and speaking out. P.S. When I titled this video/article, I did not know there was a rock band in California somewhere that used this name. For more information our books Whole Bible Christianity: Blessings Pressed Down and Overflowing, Nicolaitan: Lords of Hypocrisy and Whole Bible Prophecy: Horror and Hope are available on Amazon.