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THE EVER PRESENT GOD
[10 pages of a study
inspired by a teaching given by Annette Lindsey, with the added help of side
notes of The Companion Bible, by E. W. Bullinger, shared partially in
the house of Tim on Dec 28, 2003]
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
"It's the presence of God that makes
life wonderful."
"Very Present" = Found (near).
Psalm 50:15
And call upon Me in the day of trouble:
I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify
Me.
"This is a God that is always
present."
Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the
righteous:
But the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
"We need to walk with God, we will have
afflictions, but God delivers."
"God is for his people."
Psalm 34:22
The LORD redeemeth the soul of His servants:
And none of them that trust in Him shall be
desolate.
"Redeemeth" = delivereth (from
bondage, by power).
"God has been present in the past, is
present today,and will be present in the future to help and protect everyone
that believes on Him."
Genesis 39:2
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a
prosperous man;
And he was in the house of his master the
Egyptian.
"This is a history of prosperity in the
midst of adversity, Joseph just have been sold as a slave by his envious brothers
that hated him, and have been bought by an Egyptian. He was only between 17 or
18 years old"
Genesis 39:3
And his master saw that the LORD was
with him;
And that the LORD made all that he did to
prosper in his hand.
Genesis 39:21
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him
mercy;
And gave him favour in the sight of the
keeper of the prison.
"Mercy" = Kindness.
"Joseph through the rest of his life
stays in Egypt
(93 years, added to the 17 that he had lived with his father = 110 years the
total years of the life of Joseph). He was not consumed with bitterness, he
kept his heart towards God."
Genesis 41:51-52
And Joseph called the name of the first-born
Manasseh: For God said he:
"Hath made me forget all my toil, and
all my father's house."
And the name of the second called he Ephraim:
"For God hath caused me to be fruitful
in the land of my affliction."
"Joseph had two sons in Egypt and in
the names that he put to them is shown the ever presence of God in Joseph's
life."
"But; How to get your mind stayed?"
Psalm 105:1
O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon His
name:
Make known His deeds among the people.
"1) Actively giving thanks to God
- willingly make your own mind to do it"
"2) Call upon His name, He is always
there for you"
"3) Make known His deeds (then see what
he does for you!)"
Psalm 105:2
Sing unto Him, sing psalms unto Him:
Talk ye of all His wondrous works.
"4) Sing!!! unto Him"
"5) Talk of all His wondrous works (and
that also is talking with Him, talking to Him, because of the context)"
Psalm 105:3
Glory ye in His holy name;
Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the
LORD.
"6) Your Glory is in Him, not in your
own power, strength, or riches"
"7) Your Rejoicing is in Him, also"
Psalm 105:4
Seek the LORD and His strength;
Seek His face evermore.
"8) Seek the LORD, His strenght, His
face evermore."
Psalm 105:5
Remember His marvellous works that He hath
done;
His wonders and the judgments of His mouth;
"9) Remember Him, His marvellous works,
His wonders, His words of His mouth"
"Judgments" = Just decisions.
Psalms 63:3
Because Thy lovingkindness is better
than life;
My lips shall praise Thee.
"10) Praise the LORD because His
lovingkindness is better than life"
"Lovingkindness" = Grace.
"Praise" = Commend, or extol.
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without
covetousness;
and be content with such things as ye have:
For He hath said:
"I will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee."
"Conversation" = Manner (of life),
bent.
"Without covetousness" = Without
love of money (Gr. Aphilarguros)
"He" = Himself.
"Never" = By no means (Gr. Ou
me).
"Leave" = Let... go.
"Nor" = Nor by no means (Gr.
Oud' ou me, the strongest negative possible).
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not,
nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God,
He it is that doth go with thee;
He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Joshua 1:5
There shall not any man be able to stand
before thee all the days of thy life:
As I was with Moses, so I will be with
thee:
I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
"Not fail thee", this
promise first made to Jacob (Gen. 28:15), and was passed on by Moses (Deut.
31:6).
Genesis 28:15
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep
thee in all places whither thou goest,
and will bring thee again into this land; for
I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken
to thee of.
"I will not leave thee",
this promise first made here to Jacob, for covenant grace; to the People (by
God speaking to Moses), for journey (Deut. 31:6); to Joshua, for conflict
(Josh. 1:5,8); to Solomon (by David, his father), for work (1 Chron. 28:20); to
us, for daily provision (Heb. 13:5).
Deuteronomy 4:31
For the LORD thy God is a merciful
GOD;
He will not forsake thee, neither
destroy thee,
nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which
He sware unto them.
"Not forsake thee", first
occurrence of this promise. Repeated in Deut. 31:6 for the journey. Repeated to
Joshua for conflict (Josh. 1:5,8); to Solomon for work (1 Chron. 28:20); to us
for daily provision and confort (Heb. 13;5).
1 Chronicles 28:20
And David said to Solomon his son:
"Be strong and of good courage, and do it:
Fear not, nor be dismayed:
For the LORD God, even my God, will
be with thee;
He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee,
until thou hast finished all the work for the
service of the house of the LORD."
Hebrews 13:6
So that we may boldly say,
"The LORD is my Helper, and I
will not fear what man shall do unto me."
"Helper" = Succourer.
"Not" = Gr. Ou, no,
not; expressing full and direct negation, independently and absolutely; not
depending on any condition expressed or implied.
Psalm 118:6
The LORD is on my side, I will not
fear: What can man do unto me ?
Psalm 56:4
In God I will praise His word,
In God I have put my trust;
I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
"Flesh", put by Fig. Synecdoche
(of Part), for "man", as seen in Ps. 56:11.
Psalm 56:11
In God have I put my trust:
I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
"Put my trust" = Confided.
"Man" = A man (no Art.)
Romans 8:5
For they that are after the flesh do mind the
things of the flesh;
but they that area after the Spirit the
things of the spirit.
"Are" = i.e. Live.
"Do mind" = Set affection on (Gr. phroneo)
Romans 8:6
For to be carnally minded is death;
but to be spiritually minded is life
and peace.
"To be carnally minded" = The
minding (Gr. phronema) of the flesh.
"is" = i. e. Results in.
"To be spiritually minded" = The
minding of the spirit.
"Here we have the two natures in the
Child of God: carnal versus spiritual"
"To walk by the spirit is to walk: 1) By
the written Word of God and 2) By His revelation"
Colossians 3:2
Set your affection on things above, not on
things on the earth
"Set your affection on" = Mind (Gr.
phroneo).
Philippians 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto
God.
"Careful" = Anxious.
Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
"Which passeth" = Surpassing.
"All understanding" = Every mind,
or thought (Gr. nous).
"Keep" = Garrison.
"Minds" = Thoughts (Gr. noema).
"Through" = In.
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and
if there be any praise, think on these things.
"Honest" = Honourable, venerable,
grave.
"Think on" = Take account of (Gr. logizomai).
Philippians 4:9
Those things which ye have both learned, and
received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with
you.
Romans 15:5
Now the God of patience and consolation grant
you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus.
"Consolation" = Comfort.
"Mind" in "Likeminded" is
Gr. phroneo.
"One... another" = Among
yourselves.
"The purpose of the adversary is to
separate us!"
Romans 8:11
But if the Spirit of Him That raised up Jesus
from the dead dwell in you,
He That raised up Christ from the dead shall
also quicken your mortal bodies
by His Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Romans 8:16
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are the children of God.
"Spirit itself" = Spirit Himself.
Romans 8:17a
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,
and joint-heirs with Christ...
"Then heirs" = Heirs also.
"Heirs of God" = Heirs indeed of
God.
"Joint-heirs" = Gr. sunkleronomos,
as in:
Hebrews 11:9
By faith (believing) he (Abraham) sojourned
in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in
tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
"Tabernacles" = Tents.
"Heirs with him" = Joint-heirs, Gr. sunkleronomos, also
as in:
Ephesians 3:6
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and
of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel.
"That the Gentiles" is the subject
of the revelation of "The Mystery" that God had hidden from eternity.
"Of the same body" =
Members-of-a-joint-body. Gr. sussomos (only here). Not joined on to an
existing Jewish body, but a new body "of the twain."
"Partakers" = Joint-partakers.
"His" = The, as all the texts.
"Christ", the texts read Christ
Jesus.
"Fellowheirs" = Joint-heirs, Gr. sunkleronomos,
finally also as in:
1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them
(their respective wives) according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife,
as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life;
that your prayers be not hindered.
"Dwell with" = Gr. sunkoieo (only
here).
"Giving" = Dispensing.
"Honour" is part of the wife's daily
portion.
"The weaker vessel", read "The
female vessel as weaker."
"Heirs together" = Joint-heirs, Gr.
sunkleronomos.
"That" = To the end that.
Romans 8:17b
...if so be that we suffer with Him,
that we may be also glorified together.
"Him" is in italics,
so it was added by the translators.
E. W. Bullinger (in The Companion Bible,
page. 1678) studied, regarding that "suffer with" (Gr. sumpascho),
that the "suffering together with" (Him) here, is that of Rom.
6:3,4,6,8,11, and noth the "sufferings (Gr. pathema, a different
word than sumpascho) of this present time" of the next verse
(Romans 8:18).
Romans 6:11
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead
indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
"Also yourselves" = Yourselves
also.
"Through" = In.
"With Christ identify ourselves in his
past sufferings but also in his upcoming glory, so do we need to do it with any
other member in the body of Christ."
The Greek word sumpascho ("suffer
with") is also present only in another verse:
1 Corinthians 12:26
And whether one member suffer, all the
members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with
it.
"Whether" = If at least.
"Suffer with it" = Suffer together
(Gr. sumpascho).
"Honoured" = Glorified (as Christ,
our head, the first member of the body of Christ, of which we are members).
"With it" = Together.
Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought:
but the Spirit Itself maketh intercession for
us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
"Infirmities", the texts read
"Infirmity" (in singular, is one infirmity being emphasized here
"for we know not what we should pray for as we ought").
"Groanings" = Gr. stenagmos.
Only here and in Acts 7:34 ("I have seen the affliction of My people which
is in Egypt,
and I have heard their groaning (groanings, is plural), and am come down
to deliver them...").
"Which cannot be uttered" =
Unutterable. Gr. alaletos (only here). According to the careful reading
of scriptures, V. P. Wierwille deducted that these specific "Groanings
which cannot be uttered" (the groanings of the Israelites in Egypt where
uttered, but these specific, mentioned in Rom. 8:26, "cannot be
uttered") are the potential of every born again believer to speak in
tongues (as 1 Corinthians chapters 12-14 and many other places in the Epistles
does indeed teach).
Romans 8:27
And He That searcheth the hearts knoweth what
is the mind of the Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the saints
according to the will of God.
"And" = But.
"He" = i. e. God.
"Mind" = Gr. phronema (as Rom. 8:6,7).
"This "Intercession for the
saints", which is perfect, can only be done "by the spirit within
us", which is manifested when we speak in tongues for them and
their needs."
"At any moment, when we speak in
tongues, the ever presence of God is reminded to us by the gift of the spirit
of God that is holy and that dwells in us."
Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things?
If God be for us, who can be
against us?
"Be" = Is.
"Can be" = Is.
"God is FOR us."
Romans 8:35
Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ?
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution,
or famine, or nakedness or peril, or sword?
"Distress", rendered
"Anguish" in Rom.
2:9 ("tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth
evil...")
"Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ?, is not him from us but us from him"
"Tribulation" = Mental pressure.
Romans 8:36-37
As it is written, "For thy sake we are
killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." NAY;
In all these things we are more than
conquerors through Him That loved us.
"As" = Even as.
"For thy sake" = On Thine account.
"For the" = Of.
"More than conquerors" = Gr. hupernikao,
only here.
Romans 8:38
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come,
"Neither... nor" = Gr. Oute.
Romans 8:39
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
"Creature" = Created thing (as in Rom
8:21 ("...the creature itself also shall be delivered from the
bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God").
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