The Church and The Kingdom | The Fellowship of God's Covenant People

2017 Sermons

by Dr. Everett Ramsay

November 5, 2017

Scripture Reading: Matthew 16:13-19

13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

We all agree...

According to the Septuagint, God created Nephesh/man in Genesis 1
- Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make (create) man (nephesh) …
God formed white Spirit/Adam/Man in Genesis 2
- Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man (Adam) of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath (spirit) of life; and man became a living (spirit) soul.

Bible about That Adam

Genesis 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Bible about Adam's descendants: Seth to Noah to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Israel

God made an exclusive covenant with Israel and no one else, no other race

Exodus 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be unto you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God

Exodus 19:5-6 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people, for all the earth is mine. And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.

Lev 20:26 Ye shall be holy [separate] unto me, for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

Deut 4:7-8 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them what nation is there so great that hath statutes and judgements so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day.

Deut 4:37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them

Deut 7:6 For thou art an holy [separate] people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all the people that are upon face of the earth.

ROM 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

ROM 11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.

Adam was a son of God, born from above.(John 3:3)

Luke 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

Adam was God's Israel Elect

Adam ruled with God

After the flood, God refined the race by electing Abraham and His seed.

Genesis 17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

That seed was restricted to Isaac, the only seed of Abraham to be acceptable

Genesis 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Romans 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Hebrews 11:18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Israel was and are the sheep, the elect, the children of God, even when they were lost and out of covenant.

Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

EPH 2:11-18

11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

Jesus came to redeem only His elect, His sheep, Israel.

Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The Old covenant of Israel was replaced with a new covenant for Israel only.

JER 31:31-33

31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

HEB 8:8-10

8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

John the Baptist and Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom

Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

Matt 9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Mark 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

Jesus reorganized and restructured and empowered the Old Covenant Synagogue/church before He left and on the Day of Pentecost.

Old Testament leaders, ruling class of every tribe were the Called out, the Ekklesia

Acts 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

It's very interesting that God only spoke to Moses and the called out at the mount, the church. Not all Israel was part of the church then or now.

In the old Covenant, Moses did the calling out./Election

In the New Covenant God calls out /elects and God adds to the church

Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

ACTS 15:13-18

13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

17 That the residue of men(spirit Adamites) might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

The Difference in the Kingdom and The Church and their Relationship

The Kingdom

All the tribes of Israel make up the Kingdom

Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

All to be redeemed/saved

Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

Romans 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

All Spirit Adam (uncorrupted Seed) to be incorporated into the Israel Kingdom

1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

12 gates of the New Jerusalem were the 12 tribes.

Revelation 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

1Cor 7. Marriage of Israelites to non-Israelite Adamites (of uncorrupted seed) believers and unbelievers

Old Covenant Israel was the Bride of God.

Jeremiah 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:

Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

New Covenant Israel to be the Bride of Christ.

Revelation 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

The New Jerusalem

Revelation 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Church

Is the Body of Christ

Ephesians 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

Ephesians 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Ephesians 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Christ is the head of the body

Ephesians 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

The church will rule in the Kingdom, not all of Israel or Adam will rule.

Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

Rom 8:18-23:

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

The Relationship of the Church to the Kingdom

The kingdom will be the area nation/country of the habitation of the people of God.

The church/the body will be the ruling class

The Bride will have responsibilities to the Body and the head.

Purpose of the Kingdom

Pattern of rule under the Law of God,

America was started as such

Purpose of the Church

To rule with Christ in the kingdom , keep the Kingdom on tract with the Laws of God, and teach and rule the rest of the world.

Started out that way

Teach the Law of God

Enforce corporate worship

Evangelize to Sheep

To judge offenders in the church and thru the kingdom.

The Church, the Body has power to Bind and Loose and Confront the Gates of Hell

MAT 16:13-19

13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Gates of Hell resist
Bind on earth
Gospel of the Kingdom
Today Kings and Priests in training.

The Church's Identity

Body of Christ

Israel is the bride

Israel broader than the church

Its Power and Authority

Holy Spirit

The Word of God

The prayers of the Saints

The presence of Jesus the Christ

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

We have His power and authority.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Problem with the Kingdom Today

Strayed from the laws of God

Church and priests failed to do their job.

Parents failed to educate and train kids

Church stopped confronting sin and the gates of hell.

HOW DO WE GET IT BACK?

Must be repentance and return to the Laws of God by the people of God

Not those outside the covenant.

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

God is not waiting on the wicked.

Must pray for forgiveness for ourselves and our fathers.

Daniel and other prophets did this

DAN 9:3-19

3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

Must return to proper membership in churches

Spirit Born from above, not again.....

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

The term, “Again” is suspect

anothen {an'-o-then}

from 507

(1) from above, from a higher place

Spirit quickened

John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

~By Grace Through Faith

Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

1 Timothy 6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Repent

Commitment to priesthood and Kingship

Must be baptized to be priests and Kings

Single minded obedience to the Laws of God.

May Lose family, friends and country

Must return to confronting the gates of Hell.

The Gates of Hell cannot win, so why do we tremble?

Imprecatory prayer against wickedness and as Elijah did, we must bring pastors to accountability for diminishing the power and application of God's laws and not preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom.

Our tools

2CO 10:3-6

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

Repent

Cry out to God and confess our sins and the sins of our fathers.

Preach the whole counsel of God

Attack the gates of hell.

The Biggest Error of Christian America

Most ministers call Abraham a “Jew” without justification or Scriptural evidence. Preachers refer to Moses and the ancient Israelites who came out of Egypt as “Jews.” Why? It is because they are taught to do so in their colleges and seminaries (controlled by jews). The book of Exodus calls them Israelites, the House of Jacob, Hebrews, Israel, and the children of Israel. Never are any of this race called “Jews.”