Bearing His Reproach

                                    
 The disciples were taught by Christ for three years the truths of Holy living and faithfulness to each other.   He walked with them and showed them through example the life God demands from his children .  He sent seventy of them out two by two with the same power we have today . He commissioned  them to go and heal the sick cast out devils preach this gospel every where they went   And when they returned from going out and preaching the gospel of Christ they came back with great joy and encouragement of the power Jesus gave them.  And than Jesus gave them something else .
 
 Luk 10:16 ASV - He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.
Luk 10:17 ASV - And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.   Here again is the word Name  Greek: onoma    for all that a "name" implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc., of everything that the "name" covers:    representing the authority of Christ .     The religious men and their doctrines of today ,  the unbelieving people in charge of the sheep of Christ will answer for the untruths preached today .  Satan substituted this lie for the truth he knows that men that believe this truth have the power over the demons and all the power of Christ has been given to them ,    Just as the seventy in that day  nothing has changed but the true gospel.  The verse 16 above is the telling of this truth Jesus is saying here that this truth that God the father has implemented through Jesus to his children he ordained this truth.

And every man that rejects this truth is rejecting God himself.   I myself believed this truth many years ago and knew by faith in the power of the Holy Spirit . And prayed to the father to give me the gifts necessary to minister healing to those that come my way to have the faith and cast out devils and heal the sick  just as the seventy .   The Lord honored my faith and blessed me with the gifts and the power to minister deliverance to whom ever ask .  I to was amazed at the power and the demons being subject to the word of God .

Luk 10:19 ASV - Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.  Tread    Tread, Trode, Trodden:    Greek: pateo (a) intransitively and figuratively, of "treading" upon serpents, Luk 10:19;      The only power satan and his demons have over the church is the power we give them  .     I believed this verse of scripture and used it many times and saw great deliverance to people that had no other way to be set free from these evil forces. I have seen men and women bound by the spirit of alcohol , yes that is right there is a spirit of alcohol it is a demon and every day people are destroyed by this demon. It is not a sickness or an illness.  It is the bondage Jesus spoke of in    Luk 4:18 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,  
 Jesus gave this great gift to his church , we live in a spiritual world when we come to Jesus
  This is the rock Jesus told Peter that he would build his church , he told Peter flesh and blood has not reveled this to you Peter but my father ,    Mat 16:17 ASV - And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 16:18 ASV - And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Mat 16:19 ASV - 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.
He said I will give unto my church Keys to unlock the locks that bind them up,  power over all the power of the enemy . Satan came to kill steal and destroy Jesus came to give us life eternal.

 Now do not say that is your calling or for some one else ,  and that is for your ministry not mine.
 Mar 3:14 ASV - And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,   They were commissioned appointed to preach this truth.
Mar 3:15 ASV - and to have authority to cast out demons:
 Mar 16:17 ASV - And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;    Where has this truth gone all these years Religion has destroyed the power of truth ,  Even the most important gift of all the gift of the Holy Spirit , Jesus said I will not leave you helpless or in need I will come unto you .

Jhn 14:16 ASV - And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
Jhn 14:26 ASV - But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.
Jhn 15:26 ASV - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:
Jhn 16:7 ASV - Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.
Why is it men can only believe part of Gods word and not all the word ,  Jesus said man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.  Its not about feeding our flesh its about feeding our new man our born again spirit that comes through faith .
If Jesus said this truth is for the whole church and he said ,     Jhn 13:13 ASV - Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
Jhn 13:15 ASV - For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.
Luk 6:46 ASV - And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?


We are one body one church under one King in the kingdom of God .       Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.   This is the whole gospel Jesus said it will be preached to the Whole creation .
 Whole    All:Greek: pas  "the totality of the persons or things referred to." Used without a noun it virtually becomes a pronoun, meaning "everyone" or "anyone." In the plural with a noun it means "all." One form of the neuter plural (panta) signifies "wholly, together, in all ways, in all things .  How can these gifts have been done away with when Jesus said it will be preached to the world until the end of all things.   the whole of creation  , people are coming to Christ every day and there will be until the return of Christ .
 Luk 10:19 ASV - Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over All the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.    Do you believe this commandant do you hear this in your congregation today .  There is another gospel that Paul speaks of      Gal 1:7 ASV - which is not another gospel only there are some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Gal 1:8 ASV - But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema.
Now go back again to the verse     .       Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation . These disciples were preaching this same gospel and all those that believed were doing the same down through the generations until today .  There are many people that teach and minister the power of deliverance to those in need .  And the biblical truths that are associated with this truth.
Mar 16:16 ASV - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
Mar 16:17 ASV - And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;     It says to them that believe to those that want the fullness of the gospel to work through them .  
Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.   Taking up serpents is doing spiritual warfare against the evil that comes against the church
I want to break down this verse of scripture  the words    Take Up  means to bear   Bear:  Greek: airo
signifies
(a) "to raise up, to lift, to take upon oneself and carry what has been raised, physically" (its most frequent use), or as applied to the mind, "to suspend, to keep in suspense," as in Jhn 10:24, lit., "How long doth thou suspend our souls?;"
(b) "to take away what is attached to anything, to remove," as of Christ, in taking (or "bearing," marg.) away the sin of the world, Jhn 1:29; Christ "was manifested to take away sins," 1Jo 3:5, where, not the nature of the Atonement is in view, but its effect in the believer's life.

    Serpent:   Greek: ophis  Its characteristics are concentrated in the arch-adversary of God and man, the Devil, metaphorically described as the serpent, 2Cr 11:3; Rev 12:9, 14, 15; 20:2. The brazen "serpent" lifted up by Moses was symbolical of the means of salvation provided by God, in Christ and His vicarious death under the Divine judgment upon sin, Jhn 3:14. While the living "serpent" symbolizes sin in its origin, hatefulness, and deadly effect, the brazen "serpent" symbolized the bearing away of the curse and the judgement of sin; the metal was itself figurative of the righteousness of God's judgment.

This verse is about many truths but here i believe it is speaking of the physical cross Jesus bore for the sin of the world and the spiritual cross the believer has to bear for his sinful nature . Holiness comes through obedience to words of  Jesus and he said if you love me you will obey my commandants .    The brazen "serpent" lifted up by Moses was symbolical of the means of salvation provided by God, in Christ and His vicarious death under the Divine judgment upon sin .  Brass is a symbol of sin and the serpent the brazen "serpent" symbolized the bearing away of the curse and the judgement of sin; the metal was itself figurative of the righteousness of God's judgment.     Jhn 12:32 ASV - And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.    The testimony is in our living in our witness we lift him up as we stay on our cross and live this gospel truth.       Phl 3:10 ASV - that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;   
 Listen folks the average church today has no power they have no fear of God . The word says that Godly sorrow works about true repentance not regretted of, but sorrow of the world is not real sorrow at all because when they hear a watered down sermon with no conviction no power , there is no regret of sins in their life's .  2 cor 7:10

This why the whole gospel must be preached and have obedience to this gospel of Christ from his father.    Regret is "not repented of, unregretted"
Jhn 16:7 ASV - Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.    Jesus is speaking of the Holy Spirit here the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the power of having the spirit will bring understanding and revelation knowledge .  And power to overcome .
Jhn 16:8 ASV - And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:    And he when he is come the power of the Holy Spirit to convict us of sin and living a righteous life at all times and having that fear of God a clean fear with righteous judgement .
2Co 4:7 ASV - But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
2Co 4:10 ASV - always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
It much more than being a christian it is being totally surrendered to our cross .  The cross is an instrument of suffering ,  The sacrifices of the old testament was always  a shadow of the true sacrifice to come once and for all.   A sacrifice by fire the burning of flesh , it says in the word God savored the aroma of burning flesh .  This is a spiritual savor of God seeing you on your cross put to death your flesh your carnal nature to take up the mind of Christ and live holy.   Rom 8:3 ASV - For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:   
Heb 13:10 ASV - We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat that serve the tabernacle.
Heb 13:11 ASV - For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned without the camp.
Heb 13:12 ASV - Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Heb 13:13 ASV - Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
Heb 13:14 ASV - For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.
Heb 13:15 ASV - Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.
2Co 5:9 ASV - Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.
2Co 5:10 ASV - For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.