322 responses to “Sweet Sunday Sermon – CALEB’S INHERITANCE”

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   GP

   October 27, 2019 at 5:15 am

   
   

   Some how David , the formatting has gone awry a bit, as if viewed by a Mac
   my projectionist up here does something or other on his Mac to get it right.

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   GP

   October 27, 2019 at 5:19 am

   
   

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   Piece the Legend

   October 27, 2019 at 5:37 am

   
   

   Good morning Dr. GP,

   If you have a Mac, go to the PowerPoint document and do a print

   But choose print to pdf.

   This will force your document to inherit the page settings of the original PowerPoint document WITHOUT THE FLAWS

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   GP

   October 27, 2019 at 5:40 am

   
   

   i dont have a Mac Piece. Normally what ever I send to David over the years comes up perfectly

   Here is the text

   CALEB’S INHERITANCE(Joshua 14)
   AND THE BELIEVER’S
   (1 Peter 1:3-5)

   Joshua 14 6-14
   6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
   7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
   8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.
   9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.
   10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
   11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
   12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.
   13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
   14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.

   Serious students of the Scriptures as are present today, have all heard the axiom that “THE NEW TESTAMENT IS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT CONCEALED, AND THAT THE OLD TESTAMENT IS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT REVEALED.”
   The OT is history that contains stories of people’s lives that
   Encourage the heart and teach the mind.
   We are reminded that 2 Timothy 3:16 teaches that ……..
     All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
   And that 1 Corinthians 10:11 teaches that ……..

   Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

   My favorite OT character is CALEB.

   He was one of those rare Bible characters whose lives were eminently holy, and free from public, moral deformities.
   e.g Enoch, Samuel, Daniel, Joseph etc.
   We know that no man is perfect, but of these there is no record of their sin.
   In the case of Caleb, so holy was he that God felt it necessary to give his own public estimate of the man.

   “But my servant Caleb because he had another spirit with him, followed me fully, Numbers 14:24

   Caleb does not have many verses dedicated to him in the Bible, but what we are told about him in these few words speaks volumes to who Caleb was as a dedicated servant of God.
   Bible passages about Caleb:
   Numbers 13:1-14:38; 26:65; 32:11, 12;
   Deuteronomy 1:34-38;
   Joshua 14:6-14; 15:13-19.
   Each time we see Caleb in the Scriptures we see it said of him that he “Wholly followed the Lord.”
   Six times in all we read that he “Wholly followed the Lord.”
   Deuteronomy 1:34-38
   Thrice in Joshua 14: 8,9,14
   Numbers 14: 24
   Numbers 32:12

   You will recall that Caleb, was the chief of the tribe of Judah and one of the 12 Israel spies whom Moses sent out in the second year after the Exodus on a reconnaissance mission to ascertain what the country of Canaan , the land that God promised to give to Israel, was like. (Numbers 13 ff).
   You will recall also that while the majority of the men sent out by Moses brought back an evil report, that only Caleb and Joshua, encouraged the people to go up and possess the land (Numbers 13:30; 14:6 ff).
   The spies reported that though the land was rich, and truly a land that flowed with milk and honey… that they saw giants in the land and they believed that they could not defeat the giants.
   They perceived that they were like grasshoppers in their own sight and that the giants perceived the same about them.
   But Caleb along with Joshua submitted a minority report that was determined to declare that they could conquer Canaan.

   You will recall also that because of the lack of faith of the ten other spies, all the people that had been numbered, from twenty years old and upward, perished in the wilderness when a plague broke out
   Caleb & Joshua alone were spared (Numbers 13; 14; 14:38; 32:12).
   CALEB CHOSE TO FOLLOWFULLYFAITHFULLYFEARLESSLY
   CALEB SAW
   THE GRAPES
   THE PROMISES
   A DEFEATED FOE
   FUTURE BLESSINGS
   While THE OTHERS SAW
   THE GIANTS
   PROBLEMS
   A DANGEROUS FOE
   FUTURE BATTLES

   We do not have the time today to do a full biography of Caleb, so we will instead point out the ……..
   HIGHLIGHTS OF CALEB’S LIFE
   The salient features about the life of Caleb were that
   1. GOD MADE HIM A PROMISE OF AN INHERITANCE
   2 GOD KEPT THE PROMISED INHERITANCE FOR HIM
   3 GOD KEPT HIM FOR THE PROMISED INHERITANCE
   4 GOD ENSURED THAT HE RECEIVED THE PROMISED INHERITANCE

   Joshua 14 is a short chapter that is actually an introduction to the next five chapters (Joshua 14:15-19), which records the apportionment of the Land of Canaan among the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
   This introduction:
   (1) gives the names of the principal persons who conducted the casting of lots; and
   (2) deals with a matter that was required to be taken care of before the casting of lots take place, i.e. the granting of Caleb’s claim to Hebron, based upon the prior promise given by Moses.

   GOD MADE HIM A PROMISE OF AN INHERITANCE
   Upon the conquest and distribution of the land by Joshua, Caleb reminds Joshua of the promise made by God to him through Moses as recorded in the following texts
   Deuteronomy 1:35-36
   35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers.
   36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.
   Joshua 14:9
   9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.

   Numbers 32:11-12
   11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
   12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.

   2 GOD KEPT THE PROMISED INHERITANCE FOR HIM- Joshua 14: 12-14
   In Joshua 14 we see that Caleb’s inheritance was still there 45 years after God’s promise to him, so that he could at this time come to Joshua and claim his inheritance.
   He said to Joshua in Joshua 14: 12”Therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.
   3 GOD KEPT HIM FOR THE PROMISED INHERITANCE- Joshua 14: 10&11,

   In Joshua 14 we see that Caleb had been kept alive by God for 45 years so that he could at this time come to Joshua and claim his inheritance.
   He was able to make this claim, only because God had kept him alive for the 45 years.
   Forty five years later after the promise was made to him, we find him as strong and valiant as men much younger than himself because GOD KEPT HIM FOR THE PROMISED INHERITANCE
   He told Joshua
   10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
   11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
   4 GOD ENSURED THAT HE RECEIVED THE PROMISED INHERITANCE Joshua 14:13-14 : Joshua 15:13-19
   Forty-five years after God’s promise, Caleb came to Joshua and claimed possession of the land of the Anakim at Kirjath-arba or Hebron, and the neighboring hill country.
   This was immediately granted to him, and the following chapter relates how he took possession of Hebron, as an inheritance for himself and his descendants after driving out from thence the three sons of Anak who were in possession of the city (Joshua 15:14).

   Joshua 14:13-14
   13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
   14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.
   Joshua 15:13-14
   13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
   14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

   WE REPEAT
   The salient features about the life of Caleb were that
   1. GOD MADE A PROMISE TO CALEB OF AN INHERITANCE
   2 GOD KEPT HIS PROMISE TO CALEB BY KEEPING THE INHERITANCE FOR CALEB
   3 GOD KEPT HIS PROMISE TO CALEB BY KEEPING CALEB FOR THE INHERITANCE
   4 GOD KEPT HIS PROMISE TO CALEB BY ENSURING THAT CALEB RECEIVED THE INHERITANCE

   So you might think, “What does these OT stories about Caleb have to do with us?”
   The legal fraternity would tell us “It sets up a PRECEDENT!” And so it does!
   Simple students of the Scriptures say “It is an example of God in the OT foreshadowing some great NT truths.”
   These OT stories about Caleb foreshadow the great NT truths found in 1Peter 1:3-5.
   So we will spend the remaining time delving deeply into these golden nuggets of truth.
   1Peter 1:3-5.
   3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
   4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
   5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

   The salient features about verses 4 &5are that
   1. GOD HAS MADE A PROMISE OF AN INHERITANCE TO US BELIEVERS
   2 GOD HAS KEPT/IS KEEPING OUR INHERITANCE FOR US
   3 GOD HAS KEPT/IS KEEPING US FOR OUR INHERITANCE
   4 GOD WILL/HAS ENSURED THAT WE RECEIVE OUR INHERITANCE

   POINTS TO PONDER
   Note that Caleb had to fight to obtain his inheritance, and that Caleb had to fight to maintain his inheritance.
   Ultimately his inheritance was lost when the Jews went in to captivity.
   Do we have to fight to obtain our inheritance?
   Do we have to fight to maintain our inheritance?
   Can we ever lose our inheritance?

   An inheritance is the acquisition of property by succession.
   By law an inheritance is usually land or property that becomes an heirs after the death of the present owner.
   An example of an inheritance in the Old Testament, is the country of Canaan. God gave Canaan to the Jews who were the people whom he chose (Numbers 26:54-56; Joshua 11:23).

   In the New Testament, inheritance means all that believers receive from God as his children, because of what Jesus has done for them.
   This includes eternal life now (John 5:24) and a new body when Jesus comes again (1 Corinthians 15:35-44).
   God will also give rewards to Christians in heaven (Matthew 5:12; 1 Corinthians 3:8; Revelation 22:12). But we do not know what these rewards will be.
   Christians receive only just a small part of God’s promises in this life

   Just as earthly fathers beget children who shall inherit their goods, believers receive an inheritance at the point of salvation by virtue of spiritual birth.
   God bases our heirship on sonship (Romans 8:16, 17).
   We are born into the family of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
   God places us into his family when we put our trust in the death of Christ to forgive our sins.
   A member of the family of God inherits heaven.

   Heirs to present estates have no assurance that they will receive their inheritance.
   They may die before they actually obtain their expected possessions.
   But it is a different story for Christians.
   God has one Son, and He is heir to all things (Hebrews 1:2).
   He is heir to God’s possessions. And we are joint heirs with Him.
   Hence our inheritance is assured.
   The inheritance is the believer’s already by title, being actually assigned to him; even though its possession is future, and hoped for it is “assured.”

   The Christian’s inheritance is not like anything in this world.
   Peter describes our inheritance by four adjectives
   In substance, it is incorruptible; It will not spoil or go bad. Sin cannot affect it. It will never wear out or get old. Nothing can destroy it.
   in purity,  it is undefiled;

   In beauty,  it is unfading”  It will not lose its beauty. It is not like metal that stops shining. Nor is it like a light that goes out.

   In security it is reserved God keeps this inheritance safe in heaven for each person who believes his promises

   1- Our inheritance is incorruptible
   “Incorruptible” means not liable to corruption or subject to decay.
   The New Testament uses the term Incorruptible” when speaking
   of God (Romans 1:23; 1 Timothy 1:17). He is not subject to decay.
   the raised dead at the rapture (I Corinthians 15:52),
   rewards given to the saints hereafter (“crown,” I Corinthians 9:25),
   the eternal inheritance of the saints (here),
   the Word of God, as incorruptible seed ( 1 Peter:23),

   Secular Greek used the term “incorruptible” for a state unravaged by an invading army. Many times alien armies invaded Palestine. That land was fought over, and destroyed.
   But the Christian possesses an inheritance that no invading army can ravage or destroy. It is beyond the reach of eternal death.
   Our inheritance cannot be destroyed by death.
   Our inheritance is not liable to corruption or decay.
   Our inheritance is incorruptible

   Our inheritance is incorruptible because
   it is free from corruption in itself;
   It can not be corrupted by others, by moth, or rust, or other things, as gold, silver, and garments may, which are a part of earthly inheritances;
   It can not be enjoyed by corrupt persons, who are either corrupted with sin, or clothed with frailty and mortality;
   Wherefore, in order to inherit it, corruption must put on incorruption, in every sense

   2- Our inheritance is undefiled-
   “Undefiled” means free from contamination, pure and holy, free from any defilement of sin, without flaw or defect.
   Our inheritance is in its nature unstained by sin as many earthly inheritance are, either in the acquiring, or in the using of them; unsusceptible of any stain.
   Even Israel’s inheritance was defiled by the people’s sins.
   But our inheritance is undefiled. 

   We cannot pollute God’s inheritance.
   No sin can taint it.
   It is unstained by evil.
   We cannot destroy our inheritance by our sinful nature.
   Since our inheritance is untainted by sin, it will not be possessed by any but undefiled persons, such as are made so through the blood and righteousness of Christ.
   3- Our inheritance is unfading
   “Fade away” means our inheritance is everlasting and forever undiminished.
   Extra-biblical Greek uses this term for a flower that does not fade. Some flowers are beautiful, but then they wilt after a very short time.
   But our inheritance is perennially fresh. Its beauty never fades or lose its brightness.
   It never dries up, and never becomes old and worn. It never wears out.
   Time does not impair our inheritance because it is imperishable.
   It is beyond the blight of change. It lasts forever.
   Our inheritance retains its wonderful pristine character.

   Our inheritance will not lose its brightness as do the world, and the glory of it, and all inheritances and possessions in it.
   It is unimpaired by time.
   Many earthly inheritances wither away before being received.
   But our inheritance is perpetual, imperishable, and preserved by God for fellowship with him.
   in this inheritance are durable riches, everlasting habitations, an house eternal in the heavens, glories in it that will never wither and die, and pleasures which will never end, and which will be enjoyed without decrease or loathing that fadeth not away
   Our inheritance is unfading

   4- Our inheritance is reserved
   The New Testament uses “reserved” 60 times. It may mean
   to guard (Matthew 27:36; Acts 12:6),
   to keep (John 2:10; I Peter 1:4),
   “Reserved” is a military term. It means to keep safe with a garrison. The word “reserved” means keeping as a result of guarding (John 17:11).
   to protect (I Corinthians 7:37).
   reserved–kept up ( Colossians 1:5 ,
   “laid up for you in heaven,” 2 Timothy 4:8 ); 

   Since God is guarding our inheritance, and since His guard never changes, no one will ever take our inheritance away from God (John 17:11,12; John 5:24).
   God protects the believer’s eternal destiny.
   God places a perimeter around the Christian (John 10:27-29).
   He is on duty 24 hours a day, so no one or no thing will defeat or disrupt God in providing salvation for us.
   Our salvation centers on God’s purpose (Romans 8:28-30) not on human merit.
   Our inheritance is in security, beyond risk, out of the reach of Satan, even though we for whom it is reserved are still in the midst of dangers.

   In this verse the verb is in  the perfect tense in the Greek expressing a fixed and abiding state, “which has been and is reserved.”
   The tense indicates that God reserved our inheritance in the past with the result that it continues to be reserved , and will continue to be reserved into the future.
   We can translate this phrase “which has been reserved” for us.
   The voice (passive) indicates that God put the inheritance in the reservation for us.

   Legislation protects those who have died and want their inheritance to go in a given direction.
   Very few people succeed in contesting a will through litigation because the courts have a high regard for the wishes of those who have died. God is no less committed to his promises.
   No force is able to sever the believer from God’s love (Romans 8:35, 38,39). This is an indissoluble bond.
   This is the effect of the power of God.
   Many people who expect to inherit something, die before they receive it, but God keeps the believer for his or her inheritance!
   Therefore Christians should not fear that they will lose their salvation, because our inheritance is secured by God’s promise (II Timothy 1:12).

   God lays up and keeps our inheritance for us.
   God laid up our inheritance at the point of our salvation and he has been ,and is personally keeping it for us into the future.
   The idea is he preserves it for us.
   Peter describes our inheritance of heaven as future yet secure.
   our inheritance is reserved because God wants us to have an appreciation in time for the provisions he gives us.
   He wants us to appreciate in time what will become our unlimited resources in eternity.
   He wants us to appreciate that our inheritance is reserved

   Children are sometimes cut off from their inheritance, but God guarantees in the Bible that none of his children will be cut off from inheriting eternity.
   But God promises to preserve our inheritance. God promises to preserve our inheritance. Our inheritance is salvation. No matter what may come our way, God himself will preserve our salvation. God has already given us the down payment on our inheritance (Ephesians 1:14).
   The indwelling Holy Spirit is the earnest of our salvation.
   God gives the Holy Spirit to each Christian.
   This proves that he will keep his promise (Ephesians 1:14).

   Proof texts of the giving of the Holy Spirit as earnest of salvation
   Ephesians 1:13  In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
   14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

   Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
   1 Corinthians 2:12  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
   2 Corinthians 1:22  Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
   22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
   2 Corinthians 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
   1 John 4:13  Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
   in heaven-
    “in the heavens,” where it can neither be destroyed nor plundered.
   It does not follow that, because it is now laid up in heaven, it shall not hereafter be on earth also. 

   for you—
   Alexandrian copy reads, “for us”; and the Ethiopic version renders it, “for us and you”; i.e for all the saints; for all who are the elect, according to the foreknowledge of God, and who are begotten again to a lively hope;
   It is for us that this inheritance is prepared, laid up, and secured in the hands of Christ who has it in trust for us, and for whom they are co-heirs; and
   It is secure so that no other can receive it in your stead.
   Our inheritance is safe for us “in heaven”; and out of the reach of men and devils
   This information encourages us because it serves both to commend the value , the safety and security of our inheritance.
   It is safe, being in heaven, and more so as it is in Christ’s hands there. `

   1 Peter 1:5
   “Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”
   Now we come to God’s lay-away plan. God lays our inheritance of heaven away with his guarantee that we will receive it.
   I Peter 1:5 is one of the greatest verses in the Bible on the full assurance of faith, and the eternal security of the believer.  

   Who are kept by the power of God“WHO”
   “WHO” is a description of the persons for whom the inheritance is reserved in heaven;
   These persons are not only chosen to salvation, and begotten again to an inheritance, but they are preserved unto it;
   Their inheritance is safe in heaven for them, and they are kept below, amidst a thousand snares and difficulties, till they safely arrive to the possession of that:
   They are kept, in the hands of Jesus Christ, where they are safe, and out of which none can pluck them;
   “WHO” is a description of the persons who are kept in the love of God, and on his heart, from whence they can never be separated, and in the covenant of grace, out of which they will never be put;
   “WHO” is a description of the persons who are in a state of justification, and who shall never enter into condemnation;
   “WHO” is a description of the persons who are in the family of God, and who being sons, are no more servants.

   “are kept” c.f Philippians 1:6 , 4:7 
   The word translated “kept” or “guard” is a military term meaning to keep by guarding, to guard with a garrison. to guard from attack and to prevent escape.
   It means to throw a military garrison around. God throws the military garrison of his power around our salvation.
   The tense indicates that God continuously guards the Christian’s salvation, so that we can never lose our salvation because God keeps it under guard.
   God throws the garrison of his person around the believer. God guards us throughout our earthly pilgrimage.
   There is never a moment when God does not guard our inheritance.
   God always keeps those he saves. We can never lose our salvation. If we are a Christian, we are eternally secure, because the onus for keeping our salvation is upon God.

   kept–Greek, “who are being guarded,” in a calm secure haven just as our inheritance is “kept” ( 1 Peter 1:4 ) safely
   “We are guarded in the world just as our inheritance is kept in heaven.” This defines the “you” of 1 Peter 1:4 .
   While we are tossed in the world as on a troubled sea in the midst of a thousand wrecks, we are kept.
   We must be “guarded” so as to be sure of reaching our inheritance.
   The inheritance, remember, belongs only to those who being “guarded” by, or IN “the power of God, through faith.” .
   God Himself is our sole guarding power.
   “It is His power which saves us from our enemies. It is His long-suffering which saves us from ourselves” C.f Jude 1:1
   This guarding is effected, on the part of God, by His “power,” the efficient cause; on the part of man, “through faith,” the effective means. 

   by the power of God
   meaning, the perfection of his power; by which we are kept, as with a guard, or in a garrison, as the word here used signifies;
   God guards us by his omnipotent power.
   It is God’s power that guards the believer’s eternal security.
   This is the same power that raised Jesus from the dead (Romans 1:4; I Corinthians 1:18; 5:4; 6:14; 13:4; Philippians 3:10).
   This work is strictly God’s work.
   Our salvation is not maintained by our personal power but by the power of God,
   The same power that delivered us from the penalty of sin delivers us from the power of sin and ultimately from the presence of sin.

   through faith unto salvation
   The human qualification for our salvation is faith.
   But it is the object of our faith–Jesus’ death on the cross–that saves us, since only He has the power to forgive our sin and give us eternal life.
   Salvation is through faith, not feeling. It is through faith, not through fiction.
   Faith trusts the guarding garrison of God’s omnipotent power for our salvation.
   Faith is a non-meritorious system of perception.
   It is through faith that salvation is both received and kept. 

   Ephesians 2:8,9 says God saves us through faith, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.”
   Romans 5:1 God declares us righteous as he is righteous by faith, “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
   Galatians 2:16 argues that our status quo before God is by faith, “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.”
   Galatians 3:26 declares that we enter the family of God through faith, “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.”

   “unto salvation”;
   The salvation for which the saints are kept is, salvation that is already obtained for them, by the obedience and sufferings of Christ, and is applied to us in conversion, by the Spirit of Christ; but the full enjoyment of it, which is here intended, is reserved for us in heaven until the day of salvation, or the time of Christ’s return.
   It is for this reason that we are kept, being heirs of salvation which we shall certainly possess
   This “Salvation,“ is not merely accomplished for us in title by Christ, and made over to us on our believing, but will actually be manifested, and finally completed, when Jesus returns the second time. 

   ready
   is ready
   it is “ready”, because it was prepared from the foundation of the world,
   it is “ready”, because it is a salvation obtained by the blood of Christ,
   it is “ready”, because the salvation is already accomplished, and only waits the Lord’s time to be manifested
   it is “ready”, because it is a mansion of glory made fit for the redeemed, through the presence and intercession of our Redeemer

   to be revealed-
   When Christ shall be revealed, it shall be revealed.
   In a short time it will be made manifest
   At present it is much out of sight; eye has not seen, nor ear heard the full glories of it; saints themselves as yet do not know what they shall be, and have:
   C.f I John 3:1-2

   “in the last time”
   When Christ shall come a second time he will raise the dead bodies of his saints; and then this salvation shall be fully manifested to them; and to those that remain
   We shall enjoy it both in soul and body to all eternity.

   Like Caleb
   1. GOD HAS MADE US A PROMISE OF AN INHERITANCE
   2 GOD HAS KEPT/IS KEEPING OUR INHERITANCE FOR US
   3 GOD HAS KEPT/IS KEEPING US FOR OUR INHERITANCE
   4 GOD WILL/HAS ENSURED THAT WE RECEIVE OUR INHERITANCE

   ‘Peter wants to encourage Christians who are suffering for being Christians.
   All Christians must continue to trust God until Jesus comes again. This is when they will receive their complete salvation (the inheritance in verse 4).
   Until then, as well as their inheritance. are “kept” (the same Greek word , John 17:12 ) by Jesus safely ( 1 Peter 1:5 ). 

   Conclusion
   In conclusion, I quote Paul in Acts 20: 32, where in his farewell to the Ephesian elders he states
   “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”

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   Piece the Legend

   October 27, 2019 at 5:53 am

   
   

   It is an awesome thing to be firm in one’s belief founded on

   “My soul wait upon The Lord, for the expectation is in Him”

   The thing about Caleb and being confident in Caleb’s expectation is “relationship” Dr. GP.

   If I don’t have a “genuine relationship” with God then, as the years pass, and the human eyes DO NOT SEE WHAT IT FEELS TO BE GOD’S PROMISES, people get dissuaded.

   It’s much like going to a cinema to see a Bruce Lee movie and when you sit down up comes The Song of Music!

   Humans who see with the physical eye see their “promise” as house, car, wife, husband, money, kids, power, adulation etc.

   It takes time Dr. GP, time to move from those transient expectations to understand what the Greatest Promise and Expectation should be AND IS.

   I am convicted that RELATIONSHIP IS a personal thing, my brother in Christ AND UNLESS AND UNTIL, a person can attain that position IN GOD’S MERCY all else becomes tainted with those human “expectations” which are not INCORRUPTIBLE, UNDEFILED, UNFADING AND SECURE in His Almighty Being

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   Piece the Legend

   October 27, 2019 at 5:56 am

   
   

   Psalm 62:5-7 King James Version (KJV).

   5.My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
   6.He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
   7.In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

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   GP

   October 27, 2019 at 6:12 am

   
   

   Piece
   The thing that impressed me most about Caleb when I first read about him as a teen is that whereas both he and Joshua gave a good report, Joshua was chosen to succeed Moses. However this did not bother Caleb as it would bother most folk, because Caleb’s interest and motivation was to wholly follow the Lord

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   Mariposa

   October 27, 2019 at 6:18 am

   
   

   A relationship with God means living by the fruits of the Spirit
   Galatians 5 .22.23
   Love ,joy peace ,forbearance kindness ,goodness,faithfulness gentleness and selfcontrol
   If your daily live is filled with all of the above and demonstrated in your every action then you can count yourself as having a relationship with
   Until those actions are achieved one can considered self as messengers of hypocrisy or sheep in wolves clothing

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   GP

   October 27, 2019 at 6:29 am

   
   

   that “THE NEW TESTAMENT IS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT CONCEALED, AND THAT THE OLD TESTAMENT IS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT REVEALED.” is a most profound statement!

   We read about David adopting Mephiboseth in 2 Samuel 9 as an illustration of the doctrine of the adoption of sons in Galations 3 &4

   We read in Ruth the only illustration of the concept of the kinsman redeemer. in Ephesians 2 & Hebrews 2 we see this teaching advanced to the maximum

   We read in Numbers about the brazen serpent being set up to prevent the death of those bitten by snakes. In John 3:15 we see that this was a type of Christ, and that whereas the brazen serpent was but a mere prophylactic, Jesus is the cure.

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    GP

    October 27, 2019 at 6:39 am

    
    

    As a chorister at CH CH PARISH CH i first came into contact with 1 Peter 1:3-5 in the singing of Wesleys anthem presented her by the choir of Salisbury Cathedral
    

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    GP

    October 27, 2019 at 6:42 am

    
    

    James 4:7 teaches Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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    Mariposa

    October 27, 2019 at 6:44 am

    
    

    Caleb not only talked but he did
    He demonstrated his faithfulness for God and the Israelites
    God saw in Caleb a person who would not bend or cower under fear but would press forward even if it meant having to give his own life and God rewarded him accordingly
    Today many so called christains try to avoid the challenges of the the christain walk but expect to be glorified and rewarded with heavenly splendor

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    David

    October 27, 2019 at 6:51 am

    
    

    @Doc GP

    The text per slide overflowed, too much text.

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    GP

    October 27, 2019 at 6:54 am

    
    

    Jude 1:24

    24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
    WHAT A WONDERFUL SCRIPTURE!

    THE LORD WILL PREVENT US FROM FALLING
    THE LORD WILL PRESENT US AS FAULTLESS

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    GP

    October 27, 2019 at 7:05 am

    
    

    BU DAVID
    RE The text per slide overflowed, too much text.

    NO MORE TEXT THAN SAY THE PPTS ON MEDICINE PRESENTED IN THE PAST THROUGH YEARS
    IN THIS CASE I THINK THE DEVIL IS LITERALLY IN THE WORKS………..BUT THE WORD WILL GO FORTH NEVERTHELESS
    THE WORD IS GOING STILL

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    Piece the Legend

    October 27, 2019 at 7:21 am

    
    

    @ Mariposa

    You said AND I QUOTE

    “…If your daily live is filled with all of the above and demonstrated in your every action then you can count yourself as having a relationship with

    Until those actions are achieved one can considered self as messengers of hypocrisy or sheep in wolves clothing…”

    I suspect that you have inserted the qualified “EVERY” as a dig at whomever you will heheheh.

    But I would caution you that David, “beloved by God”, was a sinner, a coveter of another’s wife, a man who put that husband in the din of battle, so that he might die, AND DAVID TO COHABIT WITH HER.

    My point is that, SAVE FOR JESUS THE CHRIST, no man living, who has lived, or will live can achieve that superhuman life of which you speak.

    All, including you, are hypocrites or WOLVES IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING (not the other way around as you said)

    Let me try to explain my understanding of the instruction we are given by using another verse

    48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. King James Version (KJV) Matthew 5:48

    The dichotomy that is man CANNOT BE PERFECT without the Absolute Permeation of God.

    However having clearly confirming the impossibility of man being perfect, what I do believe is that Christ’s instruction is for us to strive WITHOUT CEASING TOWARDS THIS GOAL cognisant that, we will fall short, but that we continue to run The Race, in the Certain Knowledge that He Triune GOD, is our reward

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    Piece the Legend

    October 27, 2019 at 7:47 am

    
    

    As an aside, this is part of my early morning commune (conversation) with My God.

    My spirit often imparts things to me in these hours AND HERE IS ONE SUCH IMPARTATION.

    I know you will not understand because but I will share it no nonetheless…

    “…48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”

    King James Version (KJV) Matthew 5:48

    When Deity of Whom Jesus the Christ is Part of the Triumvirate, when Diety Speaks whatever is spoken IS!

    I do not expect you to understand this nor do you comprehend when it is recorded “…and GOD SAID ,let there be light, and there was light…”

    Suffice it to be, for your limited understanding that , WHAT GOD COMMANDS MUST BE, WAS, AND IS,

    most marvellous a concept is it not? But de ole man will confuse you no longer with that CAUSATION.

    I will however confuse you with the IMPERATIVE TENSE which Jesus the Christ invoked when he said

    “…48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect…”

    And in so doing He, The Christ, commanded into being Our Hope and Destination.

    That Imitateo Deo is going to be list on you BECAUSE YOU DO NOT STUDY GOD, and you read little AS IS EVIDENCED HERE BY YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS.

    Please do not think I am passing any comment about you, or your spiritual acumen, I cannot do that, because you, like me, are also seeking to be washed whiter than snow.

    All I suggest is that you read more so that you wont be barely able to discourse on simple concepts in the Vastness that is Our God.

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    GP

    October 27, 2019 at 7:49 am

    
    

    PIECE
    RE But I would caution you that David, “beloved by God”, was a sinner, a coveter of another’s wife, a man who put that husband in the din of battle, so that he might die, AND DAVID TO COHABIT WITH HER.

    NOT ONLY DAVID—BUT HIS SON SOLOMON , SAID TO BE THE WISEST MAN THAT EVER LIVED HAD IN TOTAL 1000 WOMEN WHO CORRUPTED HIS THINKING AND LIFE TOTALLY

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    Mariposa

    October 27, 2019 at 8:01 am

    
    

    I would also refence with the same authority that is in the bible
    That David a man of God reconciled and acknoweldge his sinful nature repented and asked forgiveness
    Hence his writings compiled in his psalms and the pouring out of his Spirit which also revealed a new birth and discarded soul
    A man acknoweldging a relationship with God now seeks refuge under the sinful nature of David who do you think you are
    Jesus in the New and living testament said that by their fruits ye shall know them
    You cannot claim a relationship with God and be storing new wine in old bottles
    David understood and accepted the forgiveness of God and walked in the ways of God

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    GP

    October 27, 2019 at 8:09 am

    
    

    FURTHERMORE PIECE GOD CALLED DAVID A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART!
    DAVID LIKE CONTEMPORARY BELIEVERS BELIEVE AND OBEY THE TENETS OF THESE VERSES FROM 1 JOHN

    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    1 John 2
    2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

    2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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    Miller

    October 27, 2019 at 8:16 am

    
    

    @ GP October 27, 2019 6:29 AM
    “We read in Numbers about the brazen serpent being set up to prevent the death of those bitten by snakes. In John 3:15 we see that this was a type of Christ, and that whereas the brazen serpent was but a mere prophylactic, Jesus is the cure.”
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    Good ‘Sunday’ to you Pastor GP!

    We know you see the miller as one of Satan’s children; just like you saw Bush Tea and continues to see Pachamama.

    But we come this blessed morning to join your Sunday school class for enlightenment; not for abuse.

    So, please teacher, please, tell us if the “Brazen Serpent” of healing is the same Serpent of Chaos as depicted in the Genesis fable of the temptation and fall of Adam and the apple of his eye that wo(e)man Eve; the symbolic embodiment of temptation and sin.

    Is this same “Brazen Serpent” the same symbol or embodiment of human prophylaxis so well represented in the medical profession for which even you have the honour to promote and advertise?

    Please Master GP, please do not ridicule or seek to castigate Mrs. Miller only ‘wayward’ son but show him the spiritual way so that he can figure out this conundrum of puerile paradoxical confusion.

    Please doctor, please, do not prove Mariposa right. Instead, please let Imhotep be your guru in guiding you in arriving at your enlighteningly healing response.

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    Mariposa

    October 27, 2019 at 8:22 am

    
    

    Forgiveness is demonstrated by a renewing of the spirit
    old things pass away (discarded) and all things become new
    A proof that a new spirit lives and dwell within the soul of mankind
    Many want to be inheritors of the things of God without doing God’s will and purpose for their lives

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    John

    October 27, 2019 at 8:24 am

    
    

    Piece the Legend
    October 27, 2019 5:56 AM

    Psalm 62:5-7 King James Version (KJV).
    5.My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
    6.He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
    7.In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

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    Given the numerous place names in Barbados in which the word “Rock” appears is it reasonable to conclude that the origins of those place names were Biblical?

    I would say for sure and I would add that the origins of those names date from the 17th century … Quakers!!

    Then take place names in which the word “Hope” and “Content” appear and see if you can discern a pattern.

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    GP

    October 27, 2019 at 8:39 am

    
    

    Miller

    The incident recorded in Numbers when the children of Israel had been bitten by poisonous snakes and were instructed to look at a bronze serpent on a pole is a good example of a type. God had promised that those who did so would be healed. The entire experience is a type.

    It was an actual, historical event that portrayed a New Testament truth. Here is what Jesus said about this incident in John 3:14-16: “And, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

    At first it might seem strange that of all things, a serpent should be a type of Christ and His saving work on the cross. But it makes sense when we read what Paul wrote in his second letter to the Corinthians, which reads “Now, then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us; we beg you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He hath made Him, who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians. 5:20-21).

    We identify a serpent with sin, and brass or bronze in the Bible speaks of some aspect of God’s judgment. The bronze serpent, therefore, was a fitting portrayal of the Lord Jesus being made sin for us (bearing God’s wrath to pay the price for our iniquity). He made it possible for us to be saved by simple looking to Him in faith.

    That Old Testament incident was therefore an outstanding type of the redemptive work of Christ.

    Hope this helps

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    GP

    October 27, 2019 at 8:43 am

    
    

    John

    re Given the numerous place names in Barbados in which the word “Rock” appears is it reasonable to conclude that the origins of those place names were Biblical?

    “Rock”“Hope” and “Content” CERTAINLY expresses the fact that the owners or namers of these places had a knowledge of, or belief in or understanding of or faith in the WORD OF GOD.

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    David

    October 27, 2019 at 8:45 am

    
    

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    John

    October 27, 2019 at 9:14 am

    
    

    A few of many examples.

    Rock Hall, St. Thomas – close to the Spring Quaker Meeting

    Rock Hall St. Lucy – Close to Pumpkin Hill Quaker Meeting

    Rock Hall, St. Philip/Christ Church – Close to the Mangrove Quaker Meeting

    In St. Andrew, Walkers Plantation originally consisted of three smaller plantations, Hope, Content and Sandy Hill.

    No prizes for guessing where Sandy Hill was!!!

    The Walker surname became associated with it when George Walker bought it in 1708!!

    There was even a Caleb Rous in 1683 who lived next to The Hope in St. Andrew.

    An instance where a first name was chosen from the Bible, clearly somebody’s favoured Bible name from the 1650’s when their son was born and a name chosen for him.

    Walkers, St. Andrew – Hope

    BMHS “Richard Steele’s W.I Pltn” by Rae Blanchard – Folder

    1662 2/554 Judith Pourey, widow of Richard Pourey, dec’d, sells to John Barurick, whom she is about to marry, ½ of 200 ac pltn in St. Andrew called “The Hope”
    Bounders: Lt. Whitehead, John Ford

    1674 Ford

    1680 John Foord, 280 ac, St. Andrew [Bridenbaugh NPBTL 299 – 250 ac, 4 freemen, 2 white servants, 2 tenants, 120 Negroes]

    1683 12/496–498 John Farmer of St. Thomas sells to John Ford of St. Andrew, 2 pltns, formerly the property of John Farmer’s father, Hon. Samuel Farmer, dec’d, 1) “Sandy Hill pltn”, for 60,000 lbs sugar, 100 ac, St. Andrew
    Bounders: (E) The sea, (N) John Jeeves (Boscobel), (W) Thomas Beresford
    2) A pltn of 120 ac, St. Andrew for 400,000 lbs sugar, now in possession of John Ford, jnr
    Bounders: (N) River dividing pltn from pltn of Thomas Beresford, (W) John Ford, snr, (S) land possessed by Caleb Rous, (E) pltn formerly the property of Col. Richard Bayley but now in possession of John Lewis

    1685 15/178 The Governor confirms title of “Hope”, 80 ac, to Thomas Gibbes and wife Mary, lands formerly of John Poury, late in possession of John Ford
    Bounders: (N) a river, (E) John Ford, (S) Dr. Ed Lamming, (W) John Bromsdon and Richard Morris

    1685 PFC, 17th Century Church, 134 – Thomas Gibbs bought 80 ac, now part of Walkers

    1705 Steele marries Margaret Ford Stretch, widow, who had fallen heir to the estate of her brother Maj. Robert Ford

    1707 Mrs. Steele died – Jan

    1707 Sept Steele writing to his future mother-in-law just before his 2nd marriage explains the estate had been conveyed to him by his late wife, that it had debts of £3000 and was let at £850 p.a., 700 ac – Ford’s or the Content – 458
    Sandy Hill – 111
    “Ye Hope” – 80
    unnamed – 13 and odd pieces
    200 slaves and some white servants

    1708 Bought by Goerge Walker, tenant who had leased from Robert Ford @ £800 pa. – see 1732
    Hope claimed by Thomas Gibbes, relative by marriage of the Fords, £9300 which includes £2500 to clear Gibbes (the 1st Mrs Steele’s step father)

    1721 Walker

    1723 Will 6/532
    George Walker of St. George. Bequeaths “Scotland” pltn to son, George Walker

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    Mariposa

    October 27, 2019 at 9:21 am

    
    

    John this is a bible lesson discussing times and events in the bible
    Nothing to do with barbados and how when and where these names originate
    How about people who have similar names of those in the bible
    Stop making a big deal out of nothing
    There is even Bathsheba
    Go count some eggs if u have nothing to do
    Have a bless day

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    SirSimpleSimonPresidentForLife

    October 27, 2019 at 9:21 am

    
    

    @GPOctober 27, 2019 7:49 AM “SOLOMON , SAID TO BE THE WISEST MAN THAT EVER LIVED HAD IN TOTAL 1000 WOMEN WHO CORRUPTED HIS THINKING AND LIFE TOTALLY.”

    Solomon CHOSE to put himself with the 1,000 women did he not? So how is it that you blame the women for corrupting him? Perhaps it was his feelings (note i did not say thinking) perhaps it was his own feelings which corrupted him and led him in the first place to feel that having 1,000 women was a good thing.

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    SirSimpleSimonPresidentForLife

    October 27, 2019 at 9:24 am

    
    

    @GP “Plymouth Brethren Assembly that I attend here in Central Florida, the 16 Sundays in June through September are devoted to one of the MEN in the church giving a talk…”

    The women in your church don’t talk?

    Can’t talk?

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    Vincent Codrington

    October 27, 2019 at 9:37 am

    
    

    @ Miller at 8: 15 AM

    Why don’t you behave yourself ,before you get put out of GP’s Sunday School class ?

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    Miller

    October 27, 2019 at 9:38 am

    
    

    @ John October 27, 2019 8:24 AM
    “Given the numerous place names in Barbados in which the word “Rock” appears is it reasonable to conclude that the origins of those place names were Biblical?
    I would say for sure and I would add that the origins of those names date from the 17th century … Quakers!!”
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    Of course those “place names” would date from the 17th century when the English decided to make ‘Barbadoes’ a place of permanent settlement and a penal colony for the rebellious and unwashed Welsh, Irish and Scottish after getting rid of its indigenous population.

    Isn’t Barbados full of ‘great’ British and Biblical names from Hastings to Land’s End to the Scotland District to Flat Rock to Jamestown to Content Cot to Liverpool Road to King Edward Road back to Fort George to Worthing in Christ Church onto Newcastle to St. Margaret’s to Jericho to Bathsheba?

    Man, even Bim was nicknamed “Little England”. Only thing missing is the Cape of Good Hope, Ayres Rock and the many people of Contentment of the British West Indies.

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    SirSimpleSimonPresidentForLife

    October 27, 2019 at 9:43 am

    
    

    JohnOctober 27, 2019 8:24 AM “Given the numerous place names in Barbados in which the word “Rock” appears is it reasonable to conclude that the origins of those place names were Biblical?…Then take place names in which the word “Hope” and “Content” appear and see if you can discern a pattern.”

    Barbados is a big limestone Rock in the Atlantic. Scratch Barbados’ soil almost anywhere and within 14 inches or so you will come to Rock. I will bet anything that that is where the Rock place names come from.

    As for the Hope and Content place names. When the English settlers were trafficking in people and stealing their labour I would bet anything that they were Hope(ful) of becoming rich, and Content when they had become rich.

    Just like the English people traffickers are still doing today. Getting rich and praising their God even while exploiting the children of that same God.

    Police have so far arrested 5 british people. Nobody has yet been arrested for trafficking millions of Africans across the Atlantic. But a lot of British people and other Europeans became rich from that trade. Your British Christians and Quakers were no better, in fact far worse that today’s very worse bad by on the block.

    Stupssseee!!!

    https://www.foxnews.com/world/truck-driver-charged-manslaughter-england-human-trafficking
    [British] Truck driver charged with 39 counts of manslaughter in British human trafficking case

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    Vincent Codrington

    October 27, 2019 at 9:54 am

    
    

    Mariposa

    Is the lesson to be learnt from the Caleb story is that the Christian must do God’s will in order to get a reward?

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    John

    October 27, 2019 at 9:56 am

    
    

    Mariposa
    October 27, 2019 9:21 AM

    John this is a bible lesson discussing times and events in the bible
    Nothing to do with barbados and how when and where these names originate
    How about people who have similar names of those in the bible
    Stop making a big deal out of nothing
    There is even Bathsheba
    Go count some eggs if u have nothing to do
    Have a bless day

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    The wife of Caleb Rous was Nazareth, Quaker married Quaker … clear understanding of the Bible on which Barbados was founded.

    Their lands were sold to Richard Edwards, another Quaker with a clear understanding of the Bible.

    He names his friends as Thomas Lake, Abell Alleyne, William Dottyn (also spelled Dottin), John Holder Esq, & Capt. Elisha Mellowes Sr.

    Friends as in Society of Friends!!

    A network of Christians spread throughout Barbados each member with a sound knowledge of the Bible.

    GP often throws his hands up in frustration at the lack of knowledge of the Bible but the naming of places and people shows that earliest Bajans had no such problem.

    How did we get to this stage?

    So Mariposa, this is a lesson to Barbadians who once took knowledge of their Bible as a given and knew of the times and events in the Bible.

    I am showing how closely linked Barbadians were to the Bible.

    It is perhaps just serendipity that a man named Caleb was alive in Barbados and he lived next to “The Hope” with his wife Nazareth!!

    Here is a will extract for Richard Edwards who bought the lands of Caleb Rous and his wife Nazareth.

    The deed will have his name spelt properly.

    EDWARDS, Richard
    St Andrews Parish, 27 Sep 1689, RB6/41, p. 220
    Sons Richard and Nicholas Edwards* both at 21 – land bought of Basill Gibbs & Cabed (also spelled Cubeb) Rous & Nazareth Rous* his wf; land bounded by John Cot & Maj. Thomas Morris formerly the land of Edward Bunney Esq; land bounding on William Merreck & Col. Richard Bryley deed; dau Margret Edwards* at 15; mentions Capt. John Gibbs; wf Sarah Edwards and son Richard Edwards to manage estate; wf Sarah Edwards and friends Thomas Lake, Abell
    Alleyne, William Dottyn (also spelled Dottin), John Holder Esq, & Capt. Elisha Mellowes Sr – Xtrs; legacy given to son Nicholas by his uncle Gilbert Galaspey; sis in law Elizabeth Whittochor & her chn that are now alive Robert Whittocher, Sarah Whittochor, Elizabeth Whittochor, & Benjaman Whittocher all at 21. signed Richard Edwards
    Wit: John Ford, John Rogers, John Court, John Cox, Henry Ward
    Proved 21 Jan 1689

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    John

    October 27, 2019 at 10:01 am

    
    

    SS

    Barbados is a big limestone Rock in the Atlantic. Scratch Barbados’ soil almost anywhere and within 14 inches or so you will come to Rock. I will bet anything that that is where the Rock place names come from.

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    Have you ever heard of the Scotland District?

    You will dig forever and never come across any limestone!!

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    Miller

    October 27, 2019 at 10:04 am

    
    

    @ SirSimpleSimonPresidentForLife October 27, 2019 9:21 AM
    “Solomon CHOSE to put himself with the 1,000 women did he not? So how is it that you blame the women for corrupting him? Perhaps it was his feelings (note i did not say thinking) perhaps it was his own feelings which corrupted him and led him in the first place to feel that having 1,000 women was a good thing.”
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    SS, you are just envious that you are simply a plain Jane merely suited to the field of hard labour and could never grace the confines of the inner sanctum of the glory hole of royal pleasure.

    Maybe that wise guy the son of the Sol of man was endowed by his Father Above with a serpentine member craved by a 1,000 wo(e)men.

    After all, Pastor GP the doctored Georgie Porgie might kiss and suck from their oil wells of beauty but can never run away from such a harem of beautiful sweet-smelling meat which his one and only god Asclepius could have given him for his sole use as helpmeets.

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    Mariposa

    October 27, 2019 at 10:29 am

    
    

    Vincent CodringtonOctober 27, 2019 9:54 AM

    Mariposa

    Is the lesson to be learnt from the Caleb story is that the Christian must do God’s will in order to get a reward?

    Yes. God is not a person who must be mock
    The bible has many examples of those who pretend to be belivers of God and was chastized or received harsh judgements
    The biblical story of Ananias and Sapphira comes to mind

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    SirSimpleSimonPresidentForLife

    October 27, 2019 at 10:51 am

    
    

    @JohnOctober 27, 2019 10:01 AM “Have you ever heard of the Scotland District? You will dig forever and never come across any limestone!!”

    Yes I have heard of the Scotland District. Yes there is little or no limestone there. Not many places in the Scotland District called Rock anything though.

    I know, I know, there is a Rock Hall, which overlooks the Scotland District, but which is mostly NOT in the Scotland District.

    How do I know this? My family from my mother’s side were enslaved by the people who owned the Rock Hall, St. Peter plantation. I spent a lot of my childhood at Rock Hall, NOT at the plantation house though.

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    SirSimpleSimonPresidentForLife

    October 27, 2019 at 10:57 am

    
    

    @MillerOctober 27, 2019 10:04 AM “SS, you are just envious that you are simply a plain Jane merely suited to the field of hard labour and could never grace the confines of the inner sanctum of the glory hole of royal pleasure.”

    Don’t believe all the nonsense that you hear about royalty being better at everything. Those are fairy stories. Lolll!!! Field labourers are typically healthier hearts than rich people who get little exercise, little sunshine, and who are able to eat high fat diets. Healthier people are able to give and receive more and better sex.

    You have lived in the cold for far, far too long.

    Welcome home in 20-20, the land where the healthy, sexy people enjoy life.

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    Miller

    October 27, 2019 at 11:08 am

    
    

    @ Sir SimpleSimonPresidentForLife October 27, 2019 10:51 AM
    “How do I know this? My family from my mother’s side were enslaved by the people who owned the Rock Hall, St. Peter plantation. I spent a lot of my childhood at Rock Hall, NOT at the plantation house though.”
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    So why don’t you, SSS the mouth giant, go to the same Rock Hall plantation in Saint Peter and take up squatter’s residence rights just like the immigrant people in the other Rock Hall in St. Philip-upon-Christ Church?

    The only difference is that in your case you would be simply collecting your enslaved ancestors back pay (in kind).

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    Vincent Codrington

    October 27, 2019 at 11:13 am

    
    

    @ Mariposa at 10 :29 AM

    Your God seems to have many of the characteristics of Man then? Not that that is necessarily a bad thing. We can only use the imagery we know.
    But just yesterday we were reminded that God is a God of diversity.

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43. 

    SirSimpleSimonPresidentForLife

    October 27, 2019 at 11:18 am

    
    

    My grandmother, born 40 years after the abolition of slavery worked hard and bought her own house spot, my parents did the same, and so did I,and so have my children.

    No need to squat.

    But I do support the reparations cause.

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44. 

    Miller

    October 27, 2019 at 11:21 am

    
    

    @ SirSimpleSimonPresidentForLife October 27, 2019 10:57 AM
    “Welcome home in 20-20, the land where the healthy, sexy people enjoy life.”
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    You mean to say ‘welcome to the amputation capital of the world’ where the word Diabetes is a nickname for a large section of the population and hypertensive men walk around with long-dead members of the organ family?

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45. 

    Freedom Crier

    October 27, 2019 at 11:26 am

    
    

    GOOD POST, ONE THAT CAN BE EASILY READ AND DISCERNED AND ALTHOUGH OVER 5000 WORDS WAS COMFORTABLE READING!

    Even though Celeb received his inheritance at an older age it means that God is Bound by His word and when we are Faithful He will do what he has Promised! His Promises are Predicated on us being FAITHfull!

    David writes, “Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; / you make my lot secure. / The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; / surely I have a delightful inheritance” (Psalm 16:5–6). And that is why “we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18).

    https://i.pinimg.com/originals/86/59/a5/8659a50ae1e7de0cfc3af3b7a474352a.jpg

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46. 

    Mariposa

    October 27, 2019 at 11:38 am

    
    

    Vincent CodringtonOctober 27, 2019 11:13 AM

    @ Mariposa at 10 :29 AM

    Your God seems to have many of the characteristics of Man then? Not that that is necessarily a bad thing. We can only use the imagery we know.
    But just yesterday we were reminded that God is a God of diversity.

    The Lords prayer speaks more of God’s character with an embodiment of spirituality

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47. 

    nextparty246

    October 27, 2019 at 11:43 am

    
    

    After reading Piece’s comments, a few comments are in order.

    The first is that there are those who have slithered into the Church and craftily justify their adulterous practises by consistently pointing to David’s adultery. They are careful not to identify the consequences of that action, only reassuring the gullible that David was a man after God’s own heart.

    The second is that until we have matured in our relationship with God, we may stumble – even often. But we do not embrace sin. Otherwise, we can become like Judas – someone who deceived himself.

    The third is that Jesus and His followers repeatedly warned the sheep that wolves would try to deceive them. Since wolves cannot behave properly, Jesus said that they could be easily identified. Despite their deceptive words, unlike Caleb and Joshua, they cannot produce good fruit.

    Some scriptural support. First by John (the Biblical one) on practising sin.

    “Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” (1 John 3:7-9)

    Then by Paul (again, the Biblical one) on satan’s ministers.

    “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.” (2 Cor 11:13-15)

    Then Peter, also on false teachers who cannot stop their wickedness.

    “They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you, having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. … These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.”

    “For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.” (2 Pet 13b-19)

    Finally, the warning by Jesus Himself.

    “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” (Matt 7:15-20)

    Piece is still redeemable. But his fruit is very bad. He is encouraged to repent.

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48. 

    Vincent Codrington

    October 27, 2019 at 11:44 am

    
    

    @ Mariposa at 10 :29 AM

    Yes. The Lord’s Prayer is the first Christian creed. If we
    follow what Jesus teaches in this prayer we will not get it wrong.

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49. 

    John

    October 27, 2019 at 12:28 pm

    
    

    There are four fields at Bawden and River in which the word Rock appears and one at Haggatts in St. Andrew!!

    Both Rock Hall Tenantry and Rock Hall Village are in the Oceanics … meaning the Scotland District … check geological map of Barbados

    Rock Hall Plantation however is in the Limestone Area and their names would originate from the plantation!!

    Across the gully from Rock Hall is Four Hills and the Rock (Walker family in the late 17th century) and next door is Orange Hill.

    A field at Orange Hill called Room Field indicates it was possibly open air “Meeting Room” in the 16th century where God’s Word was shared with those who chose to listen.

    The old road starting at Farmers going through Spring Head, Rock Hall, Four Hills, Lonesome Hill, Nicholas Abbey out to Pumpkin Hill connected the Rock Halls … and not surprisingly, the Quaker Meeting Rooms!!

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    GP

    October 27, 2019 at 12:42 pm

    
    

    John

    re Given the numerous place names in Barbados in which the word “Rock” appears is it reasonable to conclude that the origins of those place names were Biblical?

    “Rock”“Hope” and “Content” CERTAINLY expresses the fact that the owners or namers of these places had a knowledge of, or belief in or understanding of or faith in the WORD OF GOD.

    I am not sure of the word “Content” but I believe that sincere believers among the Quakers and other true believers in our history who sought to live by the Word of God would have had great solace in both the words “Rock” and “Hope”

    They would have understood that 1 Corinthians 10:4 “and that Rock was Christ.” below referred to Jesus as the antitype to the type of Moses striking the rock as described in Exodus 17

    10 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

    2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

    3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

    4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

    5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

    6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

    They would have no doubt depended on Jesus the Rock as pointed out in many of the Psalms

    They would no doubt have understood the typology in Numbers 20:11 where ” Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Although water gushed out, again as in the Exodus event, Moses was punished for his obedience, because at this time he was told to speak to the rock, but he struck the rock twice. He thereby broke the type, because Jesus -the Rock was only to be struck once.

    JESUS WOULD COME TO DIE ONCE FOR OUR SINS

    With respect to “Hope” sincere believers among the Quakers and other true believers in our history who sought to live by the Word of God would exulted in verses such as

    Hebrews 6:19 King James Version Which hope (i.e Jesus) we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

    or

    Colossians 1:27
    To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

    or Titus 2:11 ff

    11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
    12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
    13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

    They knew no doubt that the word hope in the NT means ASSURANCE , and not hope so as we tend to use.
    Fanny Crosby understood this well when she wrote the words of her popular hymn BLESSED ASSURANCE (not hope) JESUS IS MINE.

    THERE IS MUCH MERIT IN YOUR VIEW SIR

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