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Rev.C.Joe McKnight

God, the Supreme Being. Yet it takes much more to properly define his true person. There are millions of entity that are worshipped in this world depending on the country and culture. All are called God. The God of the Bible reveals himself through his name. That name is a triune name revealing his very nature and being.The Father Proclaimed his name to be LORD (or Jehovah, the self-existent one, from the root word havah: to be or being). He is eternal, he is the very essence of life. Isa.42:8. How emphatic the words that is my name. Moses desired to know his name. Ex. 3:13-14. Again the response of the Lord is very positive.

Rev.C.Joe McKnight

May 25 – November 3, 2002

THE OPENING OF THE SEVEN SEALS. The seven seals are eventful times that are designed for the end of the age. Their opening may be evidenced by the consequence of events that are to be experienced by the earth and its inhabitants. Each seal will all span a period of time. The earliest opened will be in effect for a longer period of time than those which will be opened later. When a seal is opened it does not require an immediate fulfillment. The conclusion and the expanse of time involved in the completion of the seals we will see later. 

Rev.C.Joe McKnight

ONE BODY.1 Cor.12:13 Can there be a diversity of interpretation when all have been baptized by, of and into one Spirit? If there are divisions in the body they are not of the Lord. The Spirit of the Lord is to guide us into all truth. The Spirit is the power which will bond the body of Christ into one. The spiritual man will strive for harmony. The carnal man is quarrelsome, argumentative, contentious, divisive and will insist on having his own way. If we consistently drink of the one Spirit, how is it possible not to be of one accord and one mind?Rom.12:10

Rev.C.J.McKnight

Maret 30,2002

THE SEED THAT FELL ON GOOD GROUND. Seed that was to be productive and yield a crop. It is the seed which was received into a hearing and understanding heart. There are three different groups or percentages of the harvest presented by Matthew. Mt. 13:23 Their disparity is the theme of this study. Some thirty percent, some sixty percent and someone hundred percent. Luke stated that the seed on good soil was the individual who was noble and of a good heart. Those who, when they hear the Word of God, retain it, allowing it to produce a good crop. Lk.8:15 

Rev. Clyde Joe McKnight

Christmas 2002

      The secrets of the Lord are made known to those who are walking with Him. Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants, the prophets. Amos 3:7 As we search the scriptures, we find, there were those who most definitely knew of and recognized the birth of the Son of God. Beyond a shadow of a doubt they knew that He was the Messiah. We will review them here.

Rev.C.J.McKnight

THE WILDERNESS IN ISAIAH. In order to consider the wilderness as found in Isaiah, we must first understand why that term is used and the importance of the experience. Rev. 12:6 It is the Bride of Christ who is delivered to a place of protection. Whether it be a wilderness or a desert or just a solitary place to which she is taken, Isaiah will give us a full picture of that locale. She fled, not in fear, but to escape or vanish from sight. She is brought to a place prepared by the Lord. Can there, even remotely, be any lack or discomforting circumstances there? The time element of her sojourn is listed as a thousand two hundred and threescore days. The Amplified Version lists the other two measurement of time found in the book of Revelation here. That is forty-two months and three and one-half years. They are all one and the same period of time and the only measurement of the tribulation given in the book of Revelation.

Rev.C.J McKnight

The cross means total surrender, even unto death. No only for Christ but for all who would follow Him. 

Mt. 10:37-38. The cross life demands total surrender, total commitment, total love of Christ, or we are unworthy. Are we willing to bear our cross, it will be at great cost. 

Rev.C.J.McKnight

JESUS SCOURGED. There was no justice to be found in Pilates court of justice on this day. The man who had proclaimed Jesus to be faultless, innocent and one who had not broken the Law, now ordered that He be beaten or flogged. This was an illegal act on the part of Pilate and he knew it. This was simply an attempt to appease and quit those who were demanding that Jesus be condemned to death. Jn.19:1 In that day they incorporated into their whips stones and fragments of bone which would tear the flesh. The back of Jesus must have appeared as a plowed field according to Ps. 129:3 Each blow He received purchased healing for us. For by His stripes we are healed. Isa. 53:5 1Pet. 2:24 Forty was the full number allowed by the law. Forty is the number of consecration. The dedication of Jesus was more than abundant to satisfy the demands of a Holy and Just God for healing and salvation. Who forgiveth ALL our iniquities, who healeth ALL our diseases. Ps. 103:3 Jesus paid the full price of our salvation and healing.

C.J.McKnight
March 27,2002

BY THE SPIRIT. This statement is the key to understanding what transpired when Jesus gave up His spirit at Calvary. 1 Pet. 3:18 The gospel was, past tense, preached to them that are dead. 1 Pet. 4:6 That is a very positive statement showing that the Word of God HAD been declared unto them. Once again, the prophetic utterances of the Old Testament prophets who ministered to the people giving direction and warning was, < by thy spirit in thy prophets>. Neh. 9:38 It was not necessary for Jesus to make a special visit to hell. Those who were in prison were visited by the prophets who spoke BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, in the days of their sojourn on earth. Simply put, those in prison were ministered to, by the spirit, while they were still alive. 

Rev.C.Joe McKnight

LUCIFER, Brightness. The son of the morning, morning star or sun of the dawn. Day star in the margin of some Bibles. Isa.14:12 This name comes from a root word meaning; to be clear, to shine, hence to make a show, to boast, and thus to be clamorously foolish, to rave. Lucifer is Satan the Devil. We see here his appearance and his nature and character. Lucifer is not what he tries to appear to be.