God Save the King

by Rev. Jim Jester

February 1, 2026

SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Timothy 2:1-4

We are still in the series I have called the Kingship of the Anointed. Psalm 20 and 21 fit together like hand and glove. Psalm 20 is a royal liturgy, a prayer sung by different voices (congregation and/or choir) in the Temple worship service. This usually takes place as the king prepares for battle. After the battle is over, the king will give a thank offering at the Temple. It is at this time that Psalm 21 may accompany the king’s offering.

The context of Psalm 20 is that the king has already prayed, and sacrifices are being offered by the priests on his behalf (1 Sam. 7:9).

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January 18, 2026

Scripture Reading:  Luke 1:5

There are members of the Baptist Church today who claim that John the Baptist was the first member of the Baptist Church, but it is nothing but a joke. John the Baptist was a Levite. His mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of the descendants of Aaron, who was the grandson of Kohath, the son of Levi, and his father was the 8th course of the Priests, a descendant of Merari, who was the son of Levi. See chart on next page.

John the Baptist baptized Jesus when the Son of God was thirty years old in the Jordan River after He came from Galilee. Immediately after Jesus was baptized, a miracle took place: The heavens opened, the Holy Spirit descended like a dove, and a voice from heaven, the voice of God the Father, proclaimed Jesus as His Son. Jesus’ public ministry was now ready to begin.

The following 5 points is an excerpt from the booklet “Who Killed Christ?” by Sheldon Emry:

In any murder investigation, the authorities usually seek answers to the following questions: 

1. Were there any previous attempts to kill the deceased, and if so, by whom? 

2. Had anyone shown enough hatred of the deceased that it might bring, about a desire to kill him? 

3, Had the deceased, prior to his death, named any who might kill him? 

4, Who was last seen with the victim? Or who might have had him under his physical control? 

5, What is the testimony of those who witnessed the murder? 

“Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife ...”

By Walter Giddings

January 11, 2026

Reference Scripture:  Genesis 3:17

(Proverbs 30:20). In our previous Lesson, Eve’s Story, we drew, from Genesis chapter 4, the thrilling Story of Eve’s triumph over her greatest Enemy! Is it an even greater Foe than those of our own Household, and greater still than Satan and all his unholy Horde? And they are Formidable! Is our greatest Enemy our own Carnal Nature? Pastor Jerry of Christian Reform Fellowship consistently preached “our Flesh hates God!” This Story of Eve’s Triumph plays out for 130 years! The corresponding Triumph is Adam’s Love for his wife that kept him ready to Raise Up a Cover for her to run under! To begin the story [Genesis 4:1-2] we began in Proverbs 30:20 to compare the way of an adulterous woman with Eve’s behavior in the 1st 2 Verses. 

A Thanksgiving of the Lord’s Anointed

By Rev. Jim Jester

January 4, 2026

SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 18:1

“To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all of his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said: ‘I will love You, O LORD, my strength.’” (NKJV)

The opening Scripture reading is the longest title in the Book of Psalms. In this title David tells us whom the psalm was written for with the words “to the Chief Musician.” Thus, we can deduce that God Himself is that Chief Musician; albeit, there are times when context reveals someone else as chief: “For in David’s lifetime—and in the lifetime of Asaph, choir master [or “chief” in some versions] of old—there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.” (Neh. 12:46, ISV) Everything in this title is directing our attention to God as the Chief of music. David tells us to consider himself “the servant of the LORD.” He tells us the occasion for writing the psalm — possibly not only the aftermath of Saul’s death (described in 1 Sam. 31; 2 Sam. 1), but also of the period leading to David’s enthronement (2 Sam. 2-5). He also tells us something about Saul, who out of undeserved kindness from David, is not explicitly counted among David’s enemies: “…from the hand of all of his enemies and from the hand of Saul.”

“For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed” Genesis 4:25

By Walter Giddings

December 28, 2025

(Genesis 3:6). To “…have these things always in remembrance” [2 Peter 1:15] shall we research things we have in time past searched? Might this help us perceive the importance of questions asked? We begin with Responsive Reading:   

       p       6 And when the woman saw that

              the tree was good for food, and that

              it was pleasant to the eyes, and a   

              tree to be desired to make one wise, 

              she took of the fruit thereof, and did

              eat, ... 

                                                Genesis chapter three. 

(1 John 2:16).  Does “all that is in the world” fall under 3 categories? 

       c      16 For all that is in the world, the 

              lust of the flesh, and the lust of the

              eyes, and the pride of life is not of 

              the Father, but is of the world. 

                                              First John chapter two. 

Using our assignments above, we now enter into a guided responsive reading set forth in our cues on the screen.  Nothing in The Bible will be altered. We are using the screen to get our cues for our participation. 

       p     ... when the woman saw that the tree 

              was good for food, 

       c     the lust of the flesh, 

       p     and that it was pleasant to the eyes, 

       c     the lust of the eyes, 

       p     and a tree to be desired to make one

              wise, 

       c     and the pride of life, 

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December 21, 2025

Deuteronomy 23:19, 20:

Today, almost all the mainstream churches of Christianity say nothing about being charged usury or interest from the different financial companies. The truth of the matter is that there are a whole host of Scriptures that deal with the terrible sin of usury being charged to Israelites.

Israel has continued committing this sin from its ancient beginning, and now Christendom performs marriages between people of different races. Their spokesman, before he passed away, Billy Graham, told a big lie when he said that there is nothing in the Bible that talks about inter-racial marriages. The truth of the matter is that there is a whole host of Scriptures, like the one in Ezra, dealing with the terrible marriages that Israelites, who were in the congregation of the Lord, had marriages with other races (Ezra 10:1).

Churches are now integrated, after almost two millenniums being segregated, except for the Catholic Church. Now there are people of all races and mixed races, who are members of the Protestant and like churches, some of whom are now part of the clergy, Sunday School teachers, choir directors, bishops, or board members. Every individual of every race or mixed race is treated the same

The Reign of God’s Son

by Rev. Jim Jester

December 14, 2025

SCRIPTURE READING: Acts 4:24-28

Psalm Two is numbered among the royal psalms. Its occasion is the enthronement of a new king; possibly David, Solomon, or Ahaz. It is likely that the psalm has been used as part of the liturgy for the accession, or an anniversary of accession, for a king.

Adam Clarke writes:

“It has been supposed that David composed this psalm after he had taken Jerusalem from the Jebusites, and made it the head of the kingdom; II Sam. 5:7-9. The Philistines, hearing this, encamped in the valley of Rephaim, nigh to Jerusalem, and Josephus, Antiq. lib. 7: c. 4, says that all Syria, Phoenicia, and the other circumjacent warlike people, united their armies to those of the Philistines, in order to destroy David before he had strengthened himself in the kingdom. David, having consulted the Lord, II Sam. 5:17-19, gave them battle, and totally overthrew the whole of his enemies. In the first place, therefore, we may suppose that this psalm was written to celebrate the taking of Jerusalem, and the overthrow of all the kings and chiefs of the neighboring nations.”

The psalm itself does not identify its author, but as you can see from our Scripture Reading (v. 25), the New Testament clearly attributes it to David.

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December 7, 2025

Scripture Reading: Revelation 12:7-9

There was “war” in heaven?   When I was young, I thought that heaven was a place of eternal peaceful bliss. I was shocked when I read that there was a war in this peaceful abode because I thought that was impossible. Who fought who? The angels: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. Michael won, and his opponents, led by the old Serpent, or the Devil or Satan, were driven out of heaven and cast down onto the earth. 

1) “And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

2) And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.

3) And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.”

It is my opinion that this prophecy is being fulfilled today. The story of when the old serpent was released a little before 1517, but in order to understand how it affected America we need to understand more about the history of the state of affairs in the royalties of Scotland and England in the 16th and 17th centuries. I will elaborate more on them later in the sermon.

“Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.” 

By Walter Giddings

November 30, 2025

Who are “them” in 1 Corinthians 10:5-6? 

Why does the Apostle Paul rehearse this Ancient History of The Hebrews, in Exodus from Egypt, marching in their order as The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Jacob’s Heirs?  (Verse 6).  “These things were our examples.” Many American pulpits have told us those “Jews” in the wilderness were under the Old Covenant! We are under the New Covenant. We are under Grace! 

Did Noah find “grace in the eyes of the LORD”? Is every lust, “lust after evil things”?  Or are there lawful lusts as well as unlawful lusts?  What about the lawful lust of a husband for his wife?  If he loses that, she will doubt and then be suspicious! Is Paul’s topic unlawful lusts or “lust after evil things”? 

Of what does Verse 7 remind us in this season of the year?