Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Prov 28:13, “He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.”

Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

Prov 3:5, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.”

Proverbs 11 Outline Business dealings related to: Vs. 1-8, Integrity. Vs. 9-14, Speech. Vs , Wisdom. Vs , Giving. Vs , Motivation. Proverbs 11 Outline Business dealings related to: Vs. 1-8, Integrity. Vs. 9-14, Speech. Vs , Wisdom. Vs , Giving. Vs , Motivation.

Blessings vs. Divine discipline by association related to speech in business. Pt. 3

Prov 11:11 This links the welfare of people inhabiting a certain location to their moral values, in this case regarding sins of the tongue versus honesty and integrity in speech in business.

If a majority of the people are operating in righteousness the city is exalted, if the majority is operating in sins, (e.g., sins of the tongue), the city is destroyed.

As the people go, so goes the city, state or nation, as those who are deemed to lead the people will too be either righteous or corrupt.

Prov 29:8, “Scorners set a city aflame, but wise men turn away anger.”

Doctrine of the Pivot 3. History of the Pivots. a. The Dispensation of Israel.

Israel was the first client nation to God and had four different client nations between B.C and A.D. 70.

The four different nations were: (1) The United Kingdom. (2) The Northern Kingdom. (3) The Southern Kingdom. (4) Judah.

Due to apostasy by the people, the administration of the fifth cycle of discipline came upon each of the four client nations.

1) The United Kingdom split due to the arrogance of Solomon’s son Rehoboam, B.C. 931.

1) The United Kingdom split due to the arrogance of Solomon’s son Rehoboam, B.C ) Assyria over threw the Northern Kingdom in B.C. 721.

1) The United Kingdom split due to the arrogance of Solomon’s son Rehoboam, B.C ) Assyria over threw the Northern Kingdom in B.C ) The Chaldeans over threw the Southern Kingdom in B.C. 586.

4) The Romans destroyed Jerusalem and took over Palestine in 70 A.D. that was the end of all Jewish client nations, and the beginning of the times of the gentiles.

b. The Times of the Gentiles.

b. The Times of the Gentiles. During the C.A. no Jewish nation can be a client nation to God until the 2 nd Advent of Jesus Christ and the fulfillment of the 4 unconditional covenants to Israel.

Although in Rev 7:3-8, during the tribulation there will be 144,000 Jewish evangelists for world evangelism, this does not constitute client nation status.

The first gentile client nation to God was the Roman Empire. This proves that the issue is not the type of government, but the pivot of believers.

Paul’s prayer of Eph 1:15ff anticipated that Rome would become the first gentile client nation with a pivot.

It can be called the Aegean pivot centered in the Roman province of Asia, with Ephesus as its capital, the “holy city”, as it spread to Greece, Cyprus, Crete, Northern Africa, and Rome.

Other great gentile client nations include the Goths, the Franks, the Swiss under Calvin and Zwingli, Scotland under Patrick, Sweden under Gustavus Adolphus, parts of Germany under Luther…

… France under the Huguenots, Great Britain, and Brandenberg Prussia under Frederick the great.

4. The United States of America, as a Client Nation.

Before it became a nation, the United States of America was already under client nation status as a part of the Anglo- Saxon pivot.

On 4 July 1776, the colonies of America singed the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, becoming a nation.

“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to separation.”

Today the Anglo-Saxon pivot seems to be running out of gas! It may be dying here, and is practically non ‑ existent in England.

Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday October 22, 2013 Tape # Proverbs Chapter 11 Doctrine of the Pivot, Part 2 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2013 Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday October 22, 2013 Tape # Proverbs Chapter 11 Doctrine of the Pivot, Part 2 Prov 11:9-14; 29:8; Rom 12:1-2; Eph 1:15-23 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2013