I want to look at another area of GOD's being within us as the anointing of promise though it may not appear as such in the OT translations and language used back then. For Jesus under the cover of the OT was restricted by the Law and Prophets in the use of language that revealed this secret before it's time. And because this is not of my own leading but is from another's I am editing this as the LORD leads me.
The Most Precious Promise of a Shared Life
"By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature . . . Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." (2Peter 1:4 and John 15:4-5)
This promise of a shared life is so "exceedingly great and precious" that we would do well to consider it further. Being "partakers of the divine nature" (without becoming divine ourselves) is a difficult concept to grasp. The scriptures clearly invite us to live day by day as Christ ones sharing His life, love light and law as the correct path of life in us. "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" is what Paul sated in Galatians 2:20 of 15-21. Yet, how to walk in this truth can seem quite elusive. In His teaching on the vine and the branches, Jesus provided a wonderful physical illustration of this tremendous spiritual reality.
Jesus' visible example involves actual grapevines, grape branches, and the grapes that can potentially result. For grapes to grow, the appropriate life must be available and developing to maturity, from the water or sap that flows just under the outer surface of the bark. The grape branches do not have this life in themselves. "The branch cannot bear fruit of itself." In order to bear grapes, the grape branch must share in the life of the vine. "The branch cannot bear fruit . . . unless it abides in the vine." This can be irrefutably demonstrated by separating a grape branch from its vine. No grapes can ever be produced on the branches, if the life of the vine is not flowing through the branches. The life of the vine is essential. This word is hidden with one word, LORD.
The spiritual application concerns Jesus as the vine and us as the branches. "I am the vine, you are the branches." For Christlike fruit to develop in us, the appropriate life must be available to us and maturing in us. We as branches do not have this life in us: "neither can you [bear fruit], unless you abide in Me." This truth is lamentably demonstrated daily by Christians who live self-sufficiently, trapped in religions deception's not depending upon the life that is in Christ and Christ in Jesus, the vine. "Without Me you can do nothing." Day by day Christian living is only possible by the shared life of Christ at work through us.
Once again, we are reminded that humility and faith are the practical application for living as GOD intends. We must humbly depend upon the Christ Who resided in Jesus for true fruitful living, just as grape branches must depend upon their vine for grapes.
"By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature . . . Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the (Mosaic) law . . . that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." (2Peter 1:4 and Galatians 3:13-14)
Here, we get at the heart of GOD's "exceedingly great and precious promises." By means of promise, the LORD has made it possible for us to share in His life: "that through these [GOD's promises] you may be partakers of the divine nature."
What a remarkable prospect this is — that man could and can participate in the divine nature. Yet, the promises of GOD make this available to man. Of course, this does not mean that man becomes divine (as many false religions and some aberrant theologies espouse). GOD alone Is, and will ever be, divine. "I am GOD, and there is no other; I am GOD, and there is none like Me" (Isaiah 46:9 of 8-11, 12-13). Nonetheless, man can share the life of GOD, even though he will never become "a god" himself. This was accomplished by Jesus Christ and His coming to dwell within the lives of those who believe Him. The Lord Jesus died for us that He might give life to us. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life" (John 6:47 of 41-51). This life that Jesus wanted to share with us is His own life. For, "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life' . . . Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life' " (John 11:25 of 17-27; 14:6 of 1-7).
The Apostle Paul taught this great truth extensively. "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will (plan and purpose) of GOD, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus" (2Titus 1:1 of 1-3). He understood that his apostolic ministry was not only anchored in God's will, but it also depended upon the life that God promised. Thus, Paul confessed Christ as his very own life: "Christ Who is our life" (Colossians 3:4 of 1-4). Paul was not the source of the daily Christ life that he lived. "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Galatians 2:20 of 15-21). The Lord Jesus was Paul's example of the true life source.
This is what the promise of the Spirit is about. "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the (Mosaic) law [those under its burden as Jews] . . . that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." At new birth, the Holy Spirit comes to indwell those who believe. The Spirit reveals these truths to us through the word of GOD. Then, the Spirit pours (as oil is poured and then rubbed upon us) forth the life of Christ through every humble, dependent child of GOD. "It is the Spirit Who gives life" (John 6:63 of 60-65).
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Continuing with the saga of The Secret of GOD part 3a
Continuing with the Word that becomes our life sustenance for daily living. I want to look at a little know passage within the text of the OT witness to our life of this dispensation, it is found in Psalm 138:7-8 and states this in the ESV: "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve my life; You stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand (not the left for good reason, this is because it is weak and torn by sin and wickedness) delivers me. The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me; Your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of Your hands."
Now for the KJV+: "ThoughH518 I walkH1980 in the midstH7130 of trouble,H6869 thou wilt reviveH2421 me: thou shalt stretch forthH7971 thine handH3027 againstH5921 the wrathH639 of mine enemies,H341 and thy right handH3225 shall saveH3467 me. The LORDH3068 will perfectH1584 that which concernethH1157 me: thy mercy,H2617 O LORD,H3068 endureth for ever:H5769 forsakeH7503 notH408 the worksH4639 of thine own hands.H3027"
Now for a look at a few of the words used here by way of the Ancient Hebrew Lexicon.
walk (Strong's numbering) H1980: to walk a journey of life, a life style.
revive H2421: Live: The revival of life from food or other necessity.
right hand H3225: Right: The right hand or the direction of the right hand. Also the idea of strength through the blood.
save H3467: Rescue, When one of the flock is in trouble, the shepherd rescues it. - Rescue: |kjv: save, saviour, deliver, help, preserved, salvation, avenge, defend, rescue, safe, victory.
perfect H1584: Complete: [Hebrew and Aramaic] kjv: cease, fail, end, perfect, perform.
concerns H1157: this means to "see the door". As coming to a tent a tent of meeting and entering in. A place, time or event that is repeated again and again. I. Witness: II. Again: A repetition of time either definite or indefinite. [Hebrew and Aramaic] III. Until: A determinate period of time. kjv: witness, ever, everlasting, end, evermore, old, perpetually, by, as, when, how, yet, till, until, unto, for, to, but, on, within, filthy.
mercy H2617: Kindness: In the sense of bowing the neck to another as a sign of kindness. kjv: mercy, kindness, loving-kindness, goodness, kindly, merciful, favour, good, goodliness, pity, reproach, wicked.
forsake H7503: Heal co: Medicine ab: Sick: The pictograph r is a picture of the head of a man, the p is a picture of an open mouth. Combined these mean "man open". Wounds, sickness and illnesses are cured with medicines made from plant materials which were pulverized into a medicinal power. Weak: To be weak from sickness, laziness or work. kjv: feeble, fail, weaken, go, alone, idle, stay, slack, faint, forsake, abate, cease.
works H4639:Work: A work or action. kjv: work, acts, labour, doing, art, deed.
hands H3027: Throw co: Hand ab: Thanks: The pictograph i is a picture of a hand, the d is a picture of door that allows movement in and out of the tent. Combined these mean "hand moves". Hand: [Hebrew and Aramaic] kjv: hand, by, him, power, tenons, thee, coast, side.
Now for today's thought:
A Precious Promise of GOD's Perfecting Work
"The LORD will perfect that which concerns me." (Psalm 138:8)
Again, we are look at one of GOD's "precious promises." (2Peter 1:4). This one pertains to His perfecting work in us and through our lives and of those who know Him and humbly depend upon Him. This priceless promise is the Old Testament antecedent of the one we recently considered from Philippians 1:6. "He who has begun a good work in you will complete it." Is seen in our other blog of GOD has one way for us all.
Think of the astounding implications of our present promise. "The LORD will perfect that which concerns me." Our GOD has pledged to fully accomplish His will of plan and purpose in every matter that pertains to our lives. Whether it grows in biblical insight, or development in holiness and godliness, as a progress of marriage, "the LORD will perfect that which concerns [us]."
If we have given even minimal attention to GOD's word, we know that He wants us to grow in sound biblical understanding, biblical not religious theology or by mere memorization of the Bible. "For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of GOD; for you have come to need milk and not solid food" (Hebrews 5:12). This sadly is the only claim a religious person can make. For "If "we will humbly feed on GOD's word, seeking Him for spiritual insight, He "will perfect that which concerns [us] " in this area of life.
If we care about the will of GOD for our overall spiritual development, we know His word calls us to His holiness and godliness. "For the grace of GOD that brings salvation has appeared in all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly by His liberty in the present age" (Titus 2:11-12). If we seek the LORD and trust Him for ongoing growth in godliness, He "will perfect that which concerns [us] " in this area as well.
With respect to family life, the scriptures reveal GOD's will to be a household of mutually submissive servants, each serving the other out of reverence for the LORD God: "submitting to one another in the fear of GOD" (Ephesians 5:21). The servant wife would follow the spiritual leadership of the husband. "Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord" (Ephesians 5:22). The servant husband would love his wife with sacrificial Christ-like love. "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it" (Ephesians 5:25). As each seeks the LORD for His transforming grace, He "will perfect that which concerns (us) " in this area of life also.
Now for the KJV+: "ThoughH518 I walkH1980 in the midstH7130 of trouble,H6869 thou wilt reviveH2421 me: thou shalt stretch forthH7971 thine handH3027 againstH5921 the wrathH639 of mine enemies,H341 and thy right handH3225 shall saveH3467 me. The LORDH3068 will perfectH1584 that which concernethH1157 me: thy mercy,H2617 O LORD,H3068 endureth for ever:H5769 forsakeH7503 notH408 the worksH4639 of thine own hands.H3027"
Now for a look at a few of the words used here by way of the Ancient Hebrew Lexicon.
walk (Strong's numbering) H1980: to walk a journey of life, a life style.
revive H2421: Live: The revival of life from food or other necessity.
right hand H3225: Right: The right hand or the direction of the right hand. Also the idea of strength through the blood.
save H3467: Rescue, When one of the flock is in trouble, the shepherd rescues it. - Rescue: |kjv: save, saviour, deliver, help, preserved, salvation, avenge, defend, rescue, safe, victory.
perfect H1584: Complete: [Hebrew and Aramaic] kjv: cease, fail, end, perfect, perform.
concerns H1157: this means to "see the door". As coming to a tent a tent of meeting and entering in. A place, time or event that is repeated again and again. I. Witness: II. Again: A repetition of time either definite or indefinite. [Hebrew and Aramaic] III. Until: A determinate period of time. kjv: witness, ever, everlasting, end, evermore, old, perpetually, by, as, when, how, yet, till, until, unto, for, to, but, on, within, filthy.
mercy H2617: Kindness: In the sense of bowing the neck to another as a sign of kindness. kjv: mercy, kindness, loving-kindness, goodness, kindly, merciful, favour, good, goodliness, pity, reproach, wicked.
forsake H7503: Heal co: Medicine ab: Sick: The pictograph r is a picture of the head of a man, the p is a picture of an open mouth. Combined these mean "man open". Wounds, sickness and illnesses are cured with medicines made from plant materials which were pulverized into a medicinal power. Weak: To be weak from sickness, laziness or work. kjv: feeble, fail, weaken, go, alone, idle, stay, slack, faint, forsake, abate, cease.
works H4639:Work: A work or action. kjv: work, acts, labour, doing, art, deed.
hands H3027: Throw co: Hand ab: Thanks: The pictograph i is a picture of a hand, the d is a picture of door that allows movement in and out of the tent. Combined these mean "hand moves". Hand: [Hebrew and Aramaic] kjv: hand, by, him, power, tenons, thee, coast, side.
Now for today's thought:
A Precious Promise of GOD's Perfecting Work
"The LORD will perfect that which concerns me." (Psalm 138:8)
Again, we are look at one of GOD's "precious promises." (2Peter 1:4). This one pertains to His perfecting work in us and through our lives and of those who know Him and humbly depend upon Him. This priceless promise is the Old Testament antecedent of the one we recently considered from Philippians 1:6. "He who has begun a good work in you will complete it." Is seen in our other blog of GOD has one way for us all.
Think of the astounding implications of our present promise. "The LORD will perfect that which concerns me." Our GOD has pledged to fully accomplish His will of plan and purpose in every matter that pertains to our lives. Whether it grows in biblical insight, or development in holiness and godliness, as a progress of marriage, "the LORD will perfect that which concerns [us]."
If we have given even minimal attention to GOD's word, we know that He wants us to grow in sound biblical understanding, biblical not religious theology or by mere memorization of the Bible. "For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of GOD; for you have come to need milk and not solid food" (Hebrews 5:12). This sadly is the only claim a religious person can make. For "If "we will humbly feed on GOD's word, seeking Him for spiritual insight, He "will perfect that which concerns [us] " in this area of life.
If we care about the will of GOD for our overall spiritual development, we know His word calls us to His holiness and godliness. "For the grace of GOD that brings salvation has appeared in all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly by His liberty in the present age" (Titus 2:11-12). If we seek the LORD and trust Him for ongoing growth in godliness, He "will perfect that which concerns [us] " in this area as well.
With respect to family life, the scriptures reveal GOD's will to be a household of mutually submissive servants, each serving the other out of reverence for the LORD God: "submitting to one another in the fear of GOD" (Ephesians 5:21). The servant wife would follow the spiritual leadership of the husband. "Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord" (Ephesians 5:22). The servant husband would love his wife with sacrificial Christ-like love. "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it" (Ephesians 5:25). As each seeks the LORD for His transforming grace, He "will perfect that which concerns (us) " in this area of life also.
Friday, August 17, 2018
Continuing with the saga of The Secret of GOD part 3
For just a little while I want to share what the "Word," word means to me. As it has it's own meaning for each of us depending on our theology. Over the years of doing this blog I have used many resources as the LORD led. And HE has drawn me to many passages of scripture and it is from these that I will share what the Word means to me. To begin I will look at Genesis 12 where we find this: Genesis 12:3 of 1-3 "Now the LORD said to Abram, 'Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
Next I came to this in Deuteronomy 18 beginning at verse 15: Deuteronomy 18:15, 18-19 of 15-22 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, "Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die." And the LORD said to me, 'They are right in what they have spoken. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And whoever will not listen to My words that he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. And if you say in your heart, "How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?"— when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.'"
Then most recently came this from Psalm 119: Gimel. Psa 119:19 of 17-24 "Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law (the true course of life). I am a sojourner (stranger, alien) on the earth; hide not Your commandments from me! My soul is consumed with longing for Your rules at all times. You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from Your commandments. Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your (witness, also called) testimonies. Even though princes sit plotting against me, Your servant will meditate on Your statutes. Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors."
Then there is this: Matthew 11:29 of 25-27, 28-30 "At that time Jesus declared, 'I Thank You, Father, LORD of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was Your gracious will. All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. (John 17)
Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.'"
Then there came upon me this: John 12:24 of 20-26 "Now among those who went up to worship at the feast (Passover) were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, ' Now the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. For, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.'"
Next in scriptural line come this: 2Corinthians 6:14-15 of 11-13, 14-7:1, 7:2-4 "We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted (constricted) in your own affections. In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.
The Temple of the Living God
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living GOD; as God said (in Exodus 29:45 of 38-46; Leviticus 26:12 of 1-13; Jeremiah 31:1; Ezekiel 37:27 of 24-28), 'I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (by Isaiah in 52:11 of 11-12; Revelation 18:4 of 4-8) Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, (in 2Samuel 7:14 of 4-17; 1Chronicles 17:13 of 3-15; Isaiah 43:6 of 1-7; Hosea 1:10 of 10-11) and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,' says the LORD God Almighty." Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear (deep reverence) of GOD.
Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy."
Then there is this: 2Timothy 4:1c-2 of 1-5 "I charge you in the presence of GOD and of Christ Jesus, Who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: 'preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.' For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
The next has to do with His words being in my mouth, which relates back to Deuteronomy 18 as shown above. As this was also a promise to me as was His teaching us within our own four walls, this to is seen and known above in Matthew 11:29. Now there are all kinds of passages that we have looked into over the years as we learn of Him Who IS. Least of all is Romans 12:1-2 which is this as I begin each day; Romans 12:1-2 "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."
To this I can add this from Galatians 2: Galatians 2:20 of 15, 16-21 "We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;
yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the (Mosaic) law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the (Mosaic) law, because by works of the (Mosaic) law no one will be justified. For if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! For if I rebuild what I tore down (the Mosaic Law), I prove myself to be a transgressor. For through the (Mosaic) law I died to the (Mosaic) law, so that I might live to GOD. I have been crucified with Christ (Romans 7's outcome). It is no longer I who live, but Christ Who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of GOD, who loved me and gave Himself for me. For I do not nullify the grace of GOD, for if righteousness were through the (Mosaic) law, then Christ died for no purpose." Then there is this in Colossians 1 beginning at 15 through 20 with emphasis on 19-20: Colossians 1:19-20 of 15-20, 21-23 "He is the image of the invisible GOD, the firstborn of all creation. For in Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him. And HE IS before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And HE IS the head of the body, the church. HE IS the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything HE might be preeminent. For in Him all the fullness of GOD was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross.
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, HE has now reconciled in His body of flesh by His death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him (loose the phrase "I am and old sinner saved by grace" No! You are not a sinner but are the righteousness of GOD), if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of this gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister."
What does this all mean, you may ask. The short of it is that the Word has again put on flesh as HE dwells, is housed within us all. Unless we do not have the oil of His anointing, the same Spirit that Jesus was baptized with before entering His ministry.
Next I came to this in Deuteronomy 18 beginning at verse 15: Deuteronomy 18:15, 18-19 of 15-22 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, "Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die." And the LORD said to me, 'They are right in what they have spoken. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. And whoever will not listen to My words that he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him. But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. And if you say in your heart, "How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?"— when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.'"
Then most recently came this from Psalm 119: Gimel. Psa 119:19 of 17-24 "Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law (the true course of life). I am a sojourner (stranger, alien) on the earth; hide not Your commandments from me! My soul is consumed with longing for Your rules at all times. You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from Your commandments. Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your (witness, also called) testimonies. Even though princes sit plotting against me, Your servant will meditate on Your statutes. Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors."
Then there is this: Matthew 11:29 of 25-27, 28-30 "At that time Jesus declared, 'I Thank You, Father, LORD of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was Your gracious will. All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. (John 17)
Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.'"
Then there came upon me this: John 12:24 of 20-26 "Now among those who went up to worship at the feast (Passover) were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, ' Now the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. For, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.'"
Next in scriptural line come this: 2Corinthians 6:14-15 of 11-13, 14-7:1, 7:2-4 "We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted (constricted) in your own affections. In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.
The Temple of the Living God
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living GOD; as God said (in Exodus 29:45 of 38-46; Leviticus 26:12 of 1-13; Jeremiah 31:1; Ezekiel 37:27 of 24-28), 'I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (by Isaiah in 52:11 of 11-12; Revelation 18:4 of 4-8) Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, (in 2Samuel 7:14 of 4-17; 1Chronicles 17:13 of 3-15; Isaiah 43:6 of 1-7; Hosea 1:10 of 10-11) and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,' says the LORD God Almighty." Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear (deep reverence) of GOD.
Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy."
Then there is this: 2Timothy 4:1c-2 of 1-5 "I charge you in the presence of GOD and of Christ Jesus, Who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: 'preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.' For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
The next has to do with His words being in my mouth, which relates back to Deuteronomy 18 as shown above. As this was also a promise to me as was His teaching us within our own four walls, this to is seen and known above in Matthew 11:29. Now there are all kinds of passages that we have looked into over the years as we learn of Him Who IS. Least of all is Romans 12:1-2 which is this as I begin each day; Romans 12:1-2 "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."
To this I can add this from Galatians 2: Galatians 2:20 of 15, 16-21 "We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners;
yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the (Mosaic) law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the (Mosaic) law, because by works of the (Mosaic) law no one will be justified. For if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! For if I rebuild what I tore down (the Mosaic Law), I prove myself to be a transgressor. For through the (Mosaic) law I died to the (Mosaic) law, so that I might live to GOD. I have been crucified with Christ (Romans 7's outcome). It is no longer I who live, but Christ Who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of GOD, who loved me and gave Himself for me. For I do not nullify the grace of GOD, for if righteousness were through the (Mosaic) law, then Christ died for no purpose." Then there is this in Colossians 1 beginning at 15 through 20 with emphasis on 19-20: Colossians 1:19-20 of 15-20, 21-23 "He is the image of the invisible GOD, the firstborn of all creation. For in Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him. And HE IS before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And HE IS the head of the body, the church. HE IS the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything HE might be preeminent. For in Him all the fullness of GOD was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross.
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, HE has now reconciled in His body of flesh by His death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him (loose the phrase "I am and old sinner saved by grace" No! You are not a sinner but are the righteousness of GOD), if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of this gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister."
What does this all mean, you may ask. The short of it is that the Word has again put on flesh as HE dwells, is housed within us all. Unless we do not have the oil of His anointing, the same Spirit that Jesus was baptized with before entering His ministry.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Continuing with the saga of The Secret of GOD part 2
In our last post we look at what in most cases is an external teaching of man by his relginionists as a means of keep people under the control and in subjection to the worlds churches and its many divisions as a house divided built on shifting sands of denominationalism, as spoken of in the OT and Revelation 17 and 18 as the Harlot. Today I will also draw from a teaching that goes with the one used yesterday and I will treat it in the same fashion as I did yesterday, keeping in mind that today all things are in the consistent NOW of Faith IS.
More on the Promise of Freedom in Christ
"Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed... How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation. (John 8:36 and Hebrews 2:3)"
"By the promise of God, true spiritual liberation is available in Jesus Christ. "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." If this saving work of the Lord is neglected there is no rescue from the devastating consequences of sin and self. "How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation." As we previously noted, this delivering grace of God is so great that it not only provides a rescue "from," but it also supplies a rescue "unto."
This great salvation, which is experienced by coming to Jesus in humble faith, includes a setting free from innate sin unto imputed righteousness. "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2Corinthians 5:21). This great salvation in Christ includes deliverance from the kingdom of darkness unto the kingdom of light. "Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love" (Colossians 1:12-13). This great salvation also includes liberation from enmity toward God unto friendship with God. "When we were enemies we were reconciled (turned from enemies into friends) through the death of His Son" (Colossians 1:21). This great salvation also includes deliverance from alienation from God unto union with Him. "And you, who once were alienated... For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection" (Colossians 1:21 and Romans 6:5). This great salvation also includes liberation from our own weakness unto God's mighty power. "And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong" (2Corinthians 12:9-10). Lastly, this great salvation includes a rescuing from a self-produced life unto Christ living in us. "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me (Galatians 2:20)."
Now for the edited version of the above.
"The Promise of Freedom in Christ"
(Jesus is speaking) "'Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed'... How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation. (John 8:36 and Hebrews 2:3)
By the promise of GOD, true spiritual liberation is available in Jesus Christ. "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." If this saving work of the Lord is neglected there is no rescue from the devastating consequences of sin and self. "How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation." As we previously noted, this delivering grace of GOD is so great that it not only provides a rescue "from," but it also supplies a rescue "unto."
This great salvation, which is experienced by coming through Jesus in humble faith, includes a setting free from innate sin unto imputed righteousness. "For He made Him Who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of GOD in Him" (2Corinthians 5:15 of 11-15, 21 of 20-6:10). This great salvation is Christ in us which includes deliverance from the kingdom of darkness unto the kingdom of light. "Giving thanks to the Father Who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. HE has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love" (Colossians 1:12-13 of 9-14). This great salvation also includes liberation from enmity toward GOD unto a inner friendship with GOD. "When we were enemies we were reconciled (turned from enemies into friends) through the death of His Son" (Colossians 1:21 of 21-23). This great salvation also includes deliverance from our former alienation from GOD unto union with Him. "And you, who once were alienated... For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection" (Colossians 1:21 of 21-23 and Romans 6:5 of 1-7). This great salvation also includes liberation from our own weakness into GOD's mighty power. "And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong" (2Corinthians 12:9-10 of 1-10). Lastly, this great salvation includes a rescuing from a self-produced life unto Christ living in us. "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Galatians 2:20 of 15-21).
There is a lot that I want to cover but I am limited by both time and space. For the LORD spoke to me this morning about His Revelation within me, HE showed me who the Word works within us to transform our minds from that of the world with limited knowledge and sight of distorted perception to being clear and concise, as known in Genesis 2. All I can say is Thank You LORD for Your Salvation and Grace at work within me.
More on the Promise of Freedom in Christ
"Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed... How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation. (John 8:36 and Hebrews 2:3)"
"By the promise of God, true spiritual liberation is available in Jesus Christ. "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." If this saving work of the Lord is neglected there is no rescue from the devastating consequences of sin and self. "How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation." As we previously noted, this delivering grace of God is so great that it not only provides a rescue "from," but it also supplies a rescue "unto."
This great salvation, which is experienced by coming to Jesus in humble faith, includes a setting free from innate sin unto imputed righteousness. "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2Corinthians 5:21). This great salvation in Christ includes deliverance from the kingdom of darkness unto the kingdom of light. "Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love" (Colossians 1:12-13). This great salvation also includes liberation from enmity toward God unto friendship with God. "When we were enemies we were reconciled (turned from enemies into friends) through the death of His Son" (Colossians 1:21). This great salvation also includes deliverance from alienation from God unto union with Him. "And you, who once were alienated... For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection" (Colossians 1:21 and Romans 6:5). This great salvation also includes liberation from our own weakness unto God's mighty power. "And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong" (2Corinthians 12:9-10). Lastly, this great salvation includes a rescuing from a self-produced life unto Christ living in us. "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me (Galatians 2:20)."
Now for the edited version of the above.
"The Promise of Freedom in Christ"
(Jesus is speaking) "'Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed'... How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation. (John 8:36 and Hebrews 2:3)
By the promise of GOD, true spiritual liberation is available in Jesus Christ. "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." If this saving work of the Lord is neglected there is no rescue from the devastating consequences of sin and self. "How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation." As we previously noted, this delivering grace of GOD is so great that it not only provides a rescue "from," but it also supplies a rescue "unto."
This great salvation, which is experienced by coming through Jesus in humble faith, includes a setting free from innate sin unto imputed righteousness. "For He made Him Who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of GOD in Him" (2Corinthians 5:15 of 11-15, 21 of 20-6:10). This great salvation is Christ in us which includes deliverance from the kingdom of darkness unto the kingdom of light. "Giving thanks to the Father Who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. HE has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love" (Colossians 1:12-13 of 9-14). This great salvation also includes liberation from enmity toward GOD unto a inner friendship with GOD. "When we were enemies we were reconciled (turned from enemies into friends) through the death of His Son" (Colossians 1:21 of 21-23). This great salvation also includes deliverance from our former alienation from GOD unto union with Him. "And you, who once were alienated... For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection" (Colossians 1:21 of 21-23 and Romans 6:5 of 1-7). This great salvation also includes liberation from our own weakness into GOD's mighty power. "And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong" (2Corinthians 12:9-10 of 1-10). Lastly, this great salvation includes a rescuing from a self-produced life unto Christ living in us. "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Galatians 2:20 of 15-21).
There is a lot that I want to cover but I am limited by both time and space. For the LORD spoke to me this morning about His Revelation within me, HE showed me who the Word works within us to transform our minds from that of the world with limited knowledge and sight of distorted perception to being clear and concise, as known in Genesis 2. All I can say is Thank You LORD for Your Salvation and Grace at work within me.
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Continuing with the saga of The Secret of GOD
Yes! I said saga, because it remains a secret and mystery to the churches of the worlds many religions and subdivisions by denominations, because of the delusion given them that we have already studied elsewhere in this blog. Today I am pulling from what is stated and believed by many churches as a sound teaching of today's theology of a some day kind of thing, and then with the LORD's help I will edit it HE being willing. The base text for this is drawn from John 8:36 (ESV) which states this: (Jesus is speaking) 'So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.' Now for the teaching:
"The Promise of Freedom in Christ"
"'Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.'" (John 8:36)
"One way to examine the life of grace is to look at living by faith in the promises of God. Let us proceed in our consideration of God's "exceedingly great and precious promises" (2Peter 1:4). The promise of spiritual freedom in Christ is certainly a magnificent and priceless promise. Although we have already given considerable attention to the liberating work of the Lord, this promise gives another appropriate opportunity to meditate on this vital theme (which appears repeatedly throughout scripture).
When people come in humility to the Lord Jesus Christ and trust in Him for freedom, they will be genuinely liberated. This is what the saving grace of God is all about. In coming to the Lord for His salvation, a person is delivered, rescued, set free. This gracious freedom that we find in Christ has both a "from" and an "unto" aspect. Those who look to Jesus for spiritual liberation are free to leave old things behind. They are also free to enter into corresponding new things.
Those who come to Christ are set free from death unto life. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life" (John 5:24). Those who come to Christ are delivered from condemnation unto justification. "Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life" (Romans 5:18). Those who come to Christ are rescued from hell unto heaven. "Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? . . . Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you" (Matthew 23:33 and 1Peter 1:3). Those who come to Christ are liberated from the bankruptcy of vain human resources unto the richness of abundant spiritual treasures. "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells... Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ" (Romans 7:18 and Ephesians 1:3)."
Now for an edited version:
The Promise of Freedom in Christ
"'Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.'" (John 8:36)
One way to examine the life of grace is to look at our living by faith on the promises of GOD. Let us now proceed in our consideration of GOD's "exceedingly great and precious promises" (2Peter 1:4). The promise of spiritual freedom in Christ is certainly a magnificent and priceless promise. Although we have already given considerable attention to the liberating work of the LORD in Jesus, this promise gives another appropriate opportunity to meditate on this vital theme (which appears repeatedly throughout scripture).
When people come in humility to the Lord Jesus as the anointed Christ and trust Him for freedom, they will be genuinely liberated. This is what the saving grace of GOD is all about. In coming to the LORD for His redeeming and then His Salvation, a person is delivered, rescued, set free. This gracious freedom that we find as Christ one's has both a "from" and an "unto" aspect. Those who look to Jesus for spiritual liberation are free to leave old things behind. They are also free to enter into corresponding new things.
Those who come as Christ one's are set free from the effects of death unto newest of life and it more abundant as they learn of Him Who Is (Matthew 11:29 of 28-30). "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes Him Who sent Me (Deuteronomy 18:15-22) has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment (as a rebellious person, or of the worlds rebellious churches and religions, financial systems and political systems [governments] will), but have passed from death into life" (John 5:24). Those who become Christ one's are delivered from condemnation being justified. "Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life" (Romans 5:18). Those who come as Christ one's are rescued from hell unto heaven, there and then. "Serpents, brood of vipers! (speaking of those trapped by religions hold, being held back, restrained, denying the LORD who stood before them) How can you escape the condemnation of hell? . . . Blessed be the GOD and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us (2Corinthians 6:16) again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you" (Matthew 23:33 and 1Peter 1:3). Those who come to Christ are liberated from the bankruptcy of vain human resources unto the richness of abundant spiritual treasure. "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells (this is stand that we hear spoken of these days where unbelief stands strong as their confession)... Blessed be GOD the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ" (Romans 7:18 and Ephesians 1:3, these also speak of a future revelation as not yet known when taken out of their context).
Now can you hear and see the difference? For all things are now in the present tense for those who are Christ's. Jesus as the Christ lived in constant conflict with the religionist of His day, as He did and does with those of the rebellion still. This being the Revelation of the revelation of Christ in John's record bearing this title. It being written by an unschooled man by the Holy Spirit just as the books of Enoch and Jasher (meaning "witness") were long ago. This being why we have been called out from among them, where the them is the worlds churches and religions of restraint. For we are to have our minds renewed (Romans 12:1-2) from that of the worlds way of seeing and thinking (concerned of the flesh and worldly ways) to that of our LORD as man had in Genesis 2.
"The Promise of Freedom in Christ"
"'Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.'" (John 8:36)
"One way to examine the life of grace is to look at living by faith in the promises of God. Let us proceed in our consideration of God's "exceedingly great and precious promises" (2Peter 1:4). The promise of spiritual freedom in Christ is certainly a magnificent and priceless promise. Although we have already given considerable attention to the liberating work of the Lord, this promise gives another appropriate opportunity to meditate on this vital theme (which appears repeatedly throughout scripture).
When people come in humility to the Lord Jesus Christ and trust in Him for freedom, they will be genuinely liberated. This is what the saving grace of God is all about. In coming to the Lord for His salvation, a person is delivered, rescued, set free. This gracious freedom that we find in Christ has both a "from" and an "unto" aspect. Those who look to Jesus for spiritual liberation are free to leave old things behind. They are also free to enter into corresponding new things.
Those who come to Christ are set free from death unto life. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life" (John 5:24). Those who come to Christ are delivered from condemnation unto justification. "Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life" (Romans 5:18). Those who come to Christ are rescued from hell unto heaven. "Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? . . . Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you" (Matthew 23:33 and 1Peter 1:3). Those who come to Christ are liberated from the bankruptcy of vain human resources unto the richness of abundant spiritual treasures. "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells... Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ" (Romans 7:18 and Ephesians 1:3)."
Now for an edited version:
The Promise of Freedom in Christ
"'Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.'" (John 8:36)
One way to examine the life of grace is to look at our living by faith on the promises of GOD. Let us now proceed in our consideration of GOD's "exceedingly great and precious promises" (2Peter 1:4). The promise of spiritual freedom in Christ is certainly a magnificent and priceless promise. Although we have already given considerable attention to the liberating work of the LORD in Jesus, this promise gives another appropriate opportunity to meditate on this vital theme (which appears repeatedly throughout scripture).
When people come in humility to the Lord Jesus as the anointed Christ and trust Him for freedom, they will be genuinely liberated. This is what the saving grace of GOD is all about. In coming to the LORD for His redeeming and then His Salvation, a person is delivered, rescued, set free. This gracious freedom that we find as Christ one's has both a "from" and an "unto" aspect. Those who look to Jesus for spiritual liberation are free to leave old things behind. They are also free to enter into corresponding new things.
Those who come as Christ one's are set free from the effects of death unto newest of life and it more abundant as they learn of Him Who Is (Matthew 11:29 of 28-30). "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes Him Who sent Me (Deuteronomy 18:15-22) has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment (as a rebellious person, or of the worlds rebellious churches and religions, financial systems and political systems [governments] will), but have passed from death into life" (John 5:24). Those who become Christ one's are delivered from condemnation being justified. "Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life" (Romans 5:18). Those who come as Christ one's are rescued from hell unto heaven, there and then. "Serpents, brood of vipers! (speaking of those trapped by religions hold, being held back, restrained, denying the LORD who stood before them) How can you escape the condemnation of hell? . . . Blessed be the GOD and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us (2Corinthians 6:16) again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you" (Matthew 23:33 and 1Peter 1:3). Those who come to Christ are liberated from the bankruptcy of vain human resources unto the richness of abundant spiritual treasure. "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells (this is stand that we hear spoken of these days where unbelief stands strong as their confession)... Blessed be GOD the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ" (Romans 7:18 and Ephesians 1:3, these also speak of a future revelation as not yet known when taken out of their context).
Now can you hear and see the difference? For all things are now in the present tense for those who are Christ's. Jesus as the Christ lived in constant conflict with the religionist of His day, as He did and does with those of the rebellion still. This being the Revelation of the revelation of Christ in John's record bearing this title. It being written by an unschooled man by the Holy Spirit just as the books of Enoch and Jasher (meaning "witness") were long ago. This being why we have been called out from among them, where the them is the worlds churches and religions of restraint. For we are to have our minds renewed (Romans 12:1-2) from that of the worlds way of seeing and thinking (concerned of the flesh and worldly ways) to that of our LORD as man had in Genesis 2.
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Continuing with The Secret of GOD
In our last posting of the Secret of GOD, we did not look at the meaning of our words, free, freedom, liberty and a few attached words to these as used in their definitions. For this I will again turn to Daniel Webster's 1828 Dictionary.
FREE, n. [Heb. See Frank.]
1. Being at liberty; not being under necessity or restraint, physical or moral; a word of general application to the body, the will or mind, and to corporations.
2. In government, not enslaved; not in a state of vassalage or dependency; subject only to fixed laws, made by consent, and to a regular administration of such laws; not subject to the arbitrary will of a sovereign or lord; as a free state, nation or people.
3. Instituted by a free people, or by consent or choice of those who are to be subjects, and securing private rights and privileges by fixed laws and principles; not arbitrary or despotic; as a free constitution or government.
There can be no free government without a democratical branch in the constitution.
4. Not imprisoned, confined or under arrest; as, the prisoner is set free.
5. Unconstrained; unrestrained; not under compulsion or control. A man is free to pursue his own choice; he enjoys free will.
6. Permitted; allowed; open; not appropriated; as, places of honor and confidence are free to all; we seldom hear of a commerce perfectly free.
7. Not obstructed; as, the water has a free passage or channel; the house is open to a free current of air.
8. Licentious; unrestrained. The reviewer is very free in his censures.
9. Open; candid; frank; ingenuous; unreserved; as, we had a free conversation together.
Will you be free and candid to your friend?
10. Liberal in expenses; not parsimonious; as a free purse; a man is free to give to all useful institutions.
11. Gratuitous; not gained by importunity or purchase. He made him a free offer of his services. It is a free gift. The salvation of men is of free grace.
12. Clear of crime or offense; guiltless; innocent.
My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.
13. Not having feeling or suffering; clear; exempt; with from; as free from pain or disease; free from remorse.
14. Not encumbered with; as free from a burden.
15. Open to all, without restriction or without expense; as a free school.
16. Invested with franchises; enjoying certain immunities; with of; as a man free of the city of London.
17. Possessing without vassalage or slavish conditions; as free of his farm.
18. Liberated from the government or control of parents, or of a guardian or master. A son or an apprentice, when of age, is free.
19. Ready; eager; not dull; acting without spurring or shipping; as a free horse.
20. Genteel; charming. [Not in use.]
FREE, v.t.
1. To remove from a thing any encumbrance or obstruction; to disengage from; to rid; to strip; to clear; as, to free the body from clothes; to free the feet from fetters; to free a channel from sand.
2. To set at liberty; to rescue or release from slavery, captivity or confinement; to loose. The prisoner is freed from arrest.
3. To disentangle; to disengage.
4. To exempt.
He that is dead is freed from sin. Rom 6.
5. To manumit; to release from bondage; as, to free a slave.
6. To clear from water, as a ship by pumping.
7. To release from obligation or duty.
To free from or free of, is to rid of, by removing, in any manner.
FREE'DOM, n.
1. A state of exemption from the power or control of another; liberty; exemption from slavery, servitude or confinement. Freedom is personal, civil, political, and religious. [See Liberty.]
2. Particular privileges; franchise; immunity; as the freedom of a city.
3. Power of enjoying franchises.
4. Exemption from fate, necessity, or any constraint in consequence of predetermination or otherwise; as the freedom of the will.
5. Any exemption from constraint or control.
6. Ease or facility of doing any thing. He speaks or acts with freedom.
7. Frankness; boldness. He addressed his audience with freedom.
8. License; improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; with a plural. Beware of what are called innocent freedoms.
LIB'ERTY, n. [L. libertas, from liber, free.]
1. Freedom from restraint, in a general sense, and applicable to the body, or to the will or mind. The body is at liberty, when not confined; the will or mind is at liberty, when not checked or controlled. A man enjoys liberty, when no physical force operates to restrain his actions or volitions.
2. Natural liberty, consists in the power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, except from the laws of nature. It is a state of exemption from the control of others, and from positive laws and the institutions of social life. This liberty is abridged by the establishment of government.
3. Civil liberty, is the liberty of men in a state of society, or natural liberty, so far only abridged and restrained, as is necessary and expedient for the safety and interest of the society, state or nation. A restraint of natural liberty, not necessary or expedient for the public, is tyranny or oppression. civil liberty is an exemption from the arbitrary will of others, which exemption is secured by established laws, which restrain every man from injuring or controlling another. Hence the restraints of law are essential to civil liberty.
The liberty of one depends not so much on the removal of all restraint from him, as on the due restraint upon the liberty of others.
In this sentence, the latter word liberty denotes natural liberty.
4. Political liberty, is sometimes used as synonymous with civil liberty. But it more properly designates the liberty of a nation, the freedom of a nation or state from all unjust abridgment of its rights and independence by another nation. Hence we often speak of the political liberties of Europe, or the nations of Europe.
5. Religious liberty, is the free right of adopting and enjoying opinions on religious subjects, and of worshiping the Supreme Being according to the dictates of conscience, without external control.
6. Liberty, in metaphysics, as opposed to necessity, is the power of an agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the determination or thought of the mind, by which either is preferred to the other.
Freedom of the will; exemption from compulsion or restraint in willing or volition.
7. Privilege; exemption; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; with a plural. Thus we speak of the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.
8. Leave; permission granted. The witness obtained liberty to leave the court.
9. A space in which one is permitted to pass without restraint, and beyond which he may not lawfully pass; with a plural; as the liberties of a prison.
10. Freedom of action or speech beyond the ordinary bounds of civility or decorum. Females should repel all improper liberties.
To take the liberty to do or say any thing, to use freedom not specially granted.
To set at liberty, to deliver from confinement; to release from restraint.
To be at liberty, to be free from restraint.
Liberty of the press, is freedom from any restriction on the power to publish books; the free power of publishing what one pleases, subject only to punishment for abusing the privilege, or publishing what is mischievous to the public or injurious to individuals.
MAN'UMIT, v.t. [L.manumitto; manus,hand, and mitto, to send.]
To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.
IMMU'NITY, n. [L. immuinitas, from immunis, free, exempt; in and munus,charge, office, duty.]
1. Freedom or exemption from obligation. To be exempted from observing the rites or duties of the church, is an immunity.
2. Exemption from any charge, duty, office, tax or imposition; a particular privilege; as the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy.
3. Freedom; as an immunity from error.
LIB'ERATE, v.t. [L. libero, from liber, free.]
1. To free; to release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; as, to liberate one from duress or imprisonment; to liberate the mind from the shackles of prejudice.
2. To manumit; as, to liberate a slave.
This is what is assayed from this text:
Luke 4:17-20 "And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah (in 11:2-5, 42:1-4, 50:4, 59:2; with Psalm 45:7; Acts 10:38) was given to Jesus. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, "The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because HE has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me (Deuteronomy 18:15-22) to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." And Jesus rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him."
So what does the worlds churches (denominations) believe? And what is the Word that they proclaim? What does their "faith" consist of, upon what does it stand? Is it any wonder that they are many and each seems to be going in a different direction and not acquiring the goal of GOD's appointment / perfection / completion. As they all seem to continue to miss the mark by their continuing to do by blending the things that were given to rebellious Israel for their tutorial and reproofing. To do things out of the force of habit does not impress GOD or make one a righteous son before Him. Now I want to look at a warning given to the Hebrew children who had become followers of their Messiah in the book of Hebrews chapter 13 beginning at verse 7 through 16 with attention on verse 10 of this passage. To hear what it reveals for all of us who carry the name of GOD within and upon our outward parts, known as the anointing. For we have an alter that few can accept as we take part in the death of LORD as we remember Him upon this alter, when impressed to do so. We must maintain our objectivity as these things become more and more apparent to us by the Spirit that is GOD (Elohim) within and upon us.
Hebrews 13:10 of 7-16, 17 "Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of GOD. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. We have an altar from which those who serve the tent (tabernacle, this of mans flesh) have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through His own blood. Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp and bear the reproach He endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Through Him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to GOD, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge His name (Christ within us and upon us). Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to GOD.
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account (this is the point of separation from the worlds churches and denominations). Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you."
So again we have freedom and liberty from the old Jewish customs, rites, rituals, ceremonies and holidays as these were all tools for reproof of a rebellious nation and those nations who copy them such as Islam and this worlds churches do to this very day, and even boss that they do. Because of the delusion that overwhelms them all. From which we have heard the voice of GOD say, come out from among and become My son or daughter and I will infill you by My Spirit, as you learn of Me. For this is the abundance of life, of promise.
FREE, n. [Heb. See Frank.]
1. Being at liberty; not being under necessity or restraint, physical or moral; a word of general application to the body, the will or mind, and to corporations.
2. In government, not enslaved; not in a state of vassalage or dependency; subject only to fixed laws, made by consent, and to a regular administration of such laws; not subject to the arbitrary will of a sovereign or lord; as a free state, nation or people.
3. Instituted by a free people, or by consent or choice of those who are to be subjects, and securing private rights and privileges by fixed laws and principles; not arbitrary or despotic; as a free constitution or government.
There can be no free government without a democratical branch in the constitution.
4. Not imprisoned, confined or under arrest; as, the prisoner is set free.
5. Unconstrained; unrestrained; not under compulsion or control. A man is free to pursue his own choice; he enjoys free will.
6. Permitted; allowed; open; not appropriated; as, places of honor and confidence are free to all; we seldom hear of a commerce perfectly free.
7. Not obstructed; as, the water has a free passage or channel; the house is open to a free current of air.
8. Licentious; unrestrained. The reviewer is very free in his censures.
9. Open; candid; frank; ingenuous; unreserved; as, we had a free conversation together.
Will you be free and candid to your friend?
10. Liberal in expenses; not parsimonious; as a free purse; a man is free to give to all useful institutions.
11. Gratuitous; not gained by importunity or purchase. He made him a free offer of his services. It is a free gift. The salvation of men is of free grace.
12. Clear of crime or offense; guiltless; innocent.
My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.
13. Not having feeling or suffering; clear; exempt; with from; as free from pain or disease; free from remorse.
14. Not encumbered with; as free from a burden.
15. Open to all, without restriction or without expense; as a free school.
16. Invested with franchises; enjoying certain immunities; with of; as a man free of the city of London.
17. Possessing without vassalage or slavish conditions; as free of his farm.
18. Liberated from the government or control of parents, or of a guardian or master. A son or an apprentice, when of age, is free.
19. Ready; eager; not dull; acting without spurring or shipping; as a free horse.
20. Genteel; charming. [Not in use.]
FREE, v.t.
1. To remove from a thing any encumbrance or obstruction; to disengage from; to rid; to strip; to clear; as, to free the body from clothes; to free the feet from fetters; to free a channel from sand.
2. To set at liberty; to rescue or release from slavery, captivity or confinement; to loose. The prisoner is freed from arrest.
3. To disentangle; to disengage.
4. To exempt.
He that is dead is freed from sin. Rom 6.
5. To manumit; to release from bondage; as, to free a slave.
6. To clear from water, as a ship by pumping.
7. To release from obligation or duty.
To free from or free of, is to rid of, by removing, in any manner.
FREE'DOM, n.
1. A state of exemption from the power or control of another; liberty; exemption from slavery, servitude or confinement. Freedom is personal, civil, political, and religious. [See Liberty.]
2. Particular privileges; franchise; immunity; as the freedom of a city.
3. Power of enjoying franchises.
4. Exemption from fate, necessity, or any constraint in consequence of predetermination or otherwise; as the freedom of the will.
5. Any exemption from constraint or control.
6. Ease or facility of doing any thing. He speaks or acts with freedom.
7. Frankness; boldness. He addressed his audience with freedom.
8. License; improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; with a plural. Beware of what are called innocent freedoms.
LIB'ERTY, n. [L. libertas, from liber, free.]
1. Freedom from restraint, in a general sense, and applicable to the body, or to the will or mind. The body is at liberty, when not confined; the will or mind is at liberty, when not checked or controlled. A man enjoys liberty, when no physical force operates to restrain his actions or volitions.
2. Natural liberty, consists in the power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, except from the laws of nature. It is a state of exemption from the control of others, and from positive laws and the institutions of social life. This liberty is abridged by the establishment of government.
3. Civil liberty, is the liberty of men in a state of society, or natural liberty, so far only abridged and restrained, as is necessary and expedient for the safety and interest of the society, state or nation. A restraint of natural liberty, not necessary or expedient for the public, is tyranny or oppression. civil liberty is an exemption from the arbitrary will of others, which exemption is secured by established laws, which restrain every man from injuring or controlling another. Hence the restraints of law are essential to civil liberty.
The liberty of one depends not so much on the removal of all restraint from him, as on the due restraint upon the liberty of others.
In this sentence, the latter word liberty denotes natural liberty.
4. Political liberty, is sometimes used as synonymous with civil liberty. But it more properly designates the liberty of a nation, the freedom of a nation or state from all unjust abridgment of its rights and independence by another nation. Hence we often speak of the political liberties of Europe, or the nations of Europe.
5. Religious liberty, is the free right of adopting and enjoying opinions on religious subjects, and of worshiping the Supreme Being according to the dictates of conscience, without external control.
6. Liberty, in metaphysics, as opposed to necessity, is the power of an agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the determination or thought of the mind, by which either is preferred to the other.
Freedom of the will; exemption from compulsion or restraint in willing or volition.
7. Privilege; exemption; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; with a plural. Thus we speak of the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.
8. Leave; permission granted. The witness obtained liberty to leave the court.
9. A space in which one is permitted to pass without restraint, and beyond which he may not lawfully pass; with a plural; as the liberties of a prison.
10. Freedom of action or speech beyond the ordinary bounds of civility or decorum. Females should repel all improper liberties.
To take the liberty to do or say any thing, to use freedom not specially granted.
To set at liberty, to deliver from confinement; to release from restraint.
To be at liberty, to be free from restraint.
Liberty of the press, is freedom from any restriction on the power to publish books; the free power of publishing what one pleases, subject only to punishment for abusing the privilege, or publishing what is mischievous to the public or injurious to individuals.
MAN'UMIT, v.t. [L.manumitto; manus,hand, and mitto, to send.]
To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.
IMMU'NITY, n. [L. immuinitas, from immunis, free, exempt; in and munus,charge, office, duty.]
1. Freedom or exemption from obligation. To be exempted from observing the rites or duties of the church, is an immunity.
2. Exemption from any charge, duty, office, tax or imposition; a particular privilege; as the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy.
3. Freedom; as an immunity from error.
LIB'ERATE, v.t. [L. libero, from liber, free.]
1. To free; to release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; as, to liberate one from duress or imprisonment; to liberate the mind from the shackles of prejudice.
2. To manumit; as, to liberate a slave.
This is what is assayed from this text:
Luke 4:17-20 "And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah (in 11:2-5, 42:1-4, 50:4, 59:2; with Psalm 45:7; Acts 10:38) was given to Jesus. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, "The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because HE has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me (Deuteronomy 18:15-22) to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." And Jesus rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him."
So what does the worlds churches (denominations) believe? And what is the Word that they proclaim? What does their "faith" consist of, upon what does it stand? Is it any wonder that they are many and each seems to be going in a different direction and not acquiring the goal of GOD's appointment / perfection / completion. As they all seem to continue to miss the mark by their continuing to do by blending the things that were given to rebellious Israel for their tutorial and reproofing. To do things out of the force of habit does not impress GOD or make one a righteous son before Him. Now I want to look at a warning given to the Hebrew children who had become followers of their Messiah in the book of Hebrews chapter 13 beginning at verse 7 through 16 with attention on verse 10 of this passage. To hear what it reveals for all of us who carry the name of GOD within and upon our outward parts, known as the anointing. For we have an alter that few can accept as we take part in the death of LORD as we remember Him upon this alter, when impressed to do so. We must maintain our objectivity as these things become more and more apparent to us by the Spirit that is GOD (Elohim) within and upon us.
Hebrews 13:10 of 7-16, 17 "Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of GOD. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. We have an altar from which those who serve the tent (tabernacle, this of mans flesh) have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through His own blood. Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp and bear the reproach He endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Through Him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to GOD, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge His name (Christ within us and upon us). Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to GOD.
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account (this is the point of separation from the worlds churches and denominations). Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you."
So again we have freedom and liberty from the old Jewish customs, rites, rituals, ceremonies and holidays as these were all tools for reproof of a rebellious nation and those nations who copy them such as Islam and this worlds churches do to this very day, and even boss that they do. Because of the delusion that overwhelms them all. From which we have heard the voice of GOD say, come out from among and become My son or daughter and I will infill you by My Spirit, as you learn of Me. For this is the abundance of life, of promise.
Saturday, August 11, 2018
The Secret of GOD
Within our last blog post was it's own appointed end of that side of GOD's Revelation to man or to Humanity just as Jesus was the appointed end to Judaism and all other forms and types of religion. As seen in Daniel Webster's Dictionary's definition of the word "religion." I in idol talking with my wife yesterday after posting of the blog on Face book said that I thought that I had finished my assignment and work. No sooner had these words come out of my mouth than the LORD began to show me even more of His finished word and workings. When HE showed three words, which are free, freedom and liberty. Then in the cool hours of this morning while we were walking as two in agreement, HE was talking, He showed me even more. The Harlot of the worlds religion to be exact, she looked like a very large robotic dark mechanical figure made up as a shinny thing, this beast looked hideous to the max, it was power by all the abominations of mans fantasies and vain imaginations. On her were all the names of the worlds religions, evil government and financial kingdoms and vial words and mystery names. The sight of her woke me up and so here I am before the vision passes away. There are two types of churches in the world, one that belongs to the Harlot and one that is Christ's. The problem lays in which one is which as that requires discernment which sadly lacks within many souls, it requires our being empowered to discern, requires the Spirit of GOD within man. Of which many preach against or use a scheme of satan's cunning to falsify.
The word free is located within 88 verses of OT and NT scripture, while freedom is in only 9 breaks down with 1 in OT and 8 in the NT, while liberty has 12 passages evenly divided between both the OT and the NT. That is until I place them within the KJV+ then the landscape changes with liberty then having 25 verses and 27 matches 8 in in the OT and 17 in the NT, while freedom now has only two between the OT and the NT, and free now has 58 verses and 59 matches of 27 verses in the OT and 31 in the NT. For today's purpose I will begin with civil liberty and then move into the spiritual reality of our liberty.
Liberty,
First some general references to, these dealing with civil,
The Year of Jubilee
Leviticus 25:10 of 8-12 "You shall count seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall give you forty-nine years. Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement (the day of Crucifixion of Jesus) you shall sound the trumpet (while darkness covered the land of Israel, while the LORD of Glory hung on the tree) throughout all your land. And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year (about the time of Peter and Paul's death), and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan. That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of itself nor gather the grapes from the undressed vines. For it is a jubilee. It shall be holy to you. You may eat the produce of the field."
For to Us a Child Is Born
Isaiah 9:4 of 1-7 "But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time He brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time He has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light (Matthew 4:16, Luke 1:79; Ephesians 5:8) those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on (within) them has light shone (John 1). You have multiplied (increased) the nation; You have increased its joy; they rejoice before You as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil. For the yoke of His burden, and the staff for His shoulder, the rod of His oppressor, You have broken (religions hold) as on the day of Midian (a son of Abraham H4080, from the base of 4060: discord, strife). For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this."
Isaiah 10:27 of 24-27 "Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts: 'O My people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did. For in a very little while My fury will come to an end, and My anger will be directed to their destruction. And the LORD of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when HE struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. And His staff will be over the sea, and HE will lift it as HE did in Egypt. And in that day His burden will depart from your shoulder, and His yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat."
Isaiah 14:25 of 24-27 "The LORD of hosts has sworn: 'As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand, that I will break the Assyrian (the second son of Shem, H804, base of H833: to move foreword) in My land, and on My mountains trample him underfoot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder.' This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations. For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?"
Jeremiah 34:8 of 8-11 "The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them, that everyone should set free his Hebrew slaves, male and female, so that no one should enslave a Jew, his brother. And they obeyed, all the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant that everyone would set free his slave, male or female, so that they would not be enslaved again. They obeyed and set them free. But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free, and brought them into subjection as slaves."
Live as You Are Called
1Corinthians 7:21 of 17-20, 21-24 "Only let each person lead the life that the LORD has assigned to him, and to which GOD has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of GOD. Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
Were you a bondservant when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) For he who was called in the LORD as a bondservant is a freedman of the LORD. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ. You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men. So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God."
Spiritual Liberty, a make of this dispensation of Grace:
(Isaiah 42:7 of 5-9 "Thus says GOD, the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: 'I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. I am the LORD; that is My name; My glory I give to no other, nor My praise to carved idols. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.")
The Mission of Christ to be Proclaimed,
The Year of the Lord's Favor
Isaiah 61:1 of 1-3; Luke 4:18 of 16-30 "The Spirit of the LORD God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; HE has sent me (Deuteronomy 18:15-22) to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty (H1865, A generation is one revolution of the family line. The Hebraic understanding of order is the continual cyclical process of life and death or renewal and destruction.) to the captives, and the opening of the prison (by the restoration of sight) to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our GOD; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that HE may be glorified."
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
Luke 4:18-19 of 14-15, 16-30 "Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about Him went out through all the surrounding country. And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and He stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written (Isaiah 61:1-2), "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because HE has anointed (made Me Christ) Me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent Me (Deuteronomy 18:15-22) to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor." When He finished He rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, 'Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.' And all spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from His mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?" And He said to them, 'Doubtless you will quote to Me this proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself.' What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well." And He said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.' When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and drove Him out of the town and brought Him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw Him down the cliff. But passing through their midst, He went away."
The Truth the Instrumentality,
The Truth Will Set You Free
John 8:32 of 31-33; Romans 6:18 of 15-19 "So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, 'If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.' They answered Him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free?'"
Slaves to Righteousness
Rom 6:18 of 15-19 "What then? Are we to sin because we are not under (referencing Mosaic? or is it the law of life and love, G3551* Thayer's, that of Christ: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by Christ, especially the precept concerning love) law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to GOD, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you are committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification."
A new Law of Life Sets Free,
(Now because this beings with a "therefore" in 8:1, we have to see what the therefore is therefore. But where to begin? To do this we must look at Paul's inner strife as he explains it in chapter 7 beginning at verse 7-12, 13, 14-20, 21-8:2 of 1-8)
The Law and Sin
Romans 7:7-12, 13, 14-20, 21-8:2 of 1-8 "What then shall we say? That the Law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the Law had not said, "You shall not covet." But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead. I was once alive apart from the law (the law of life*), but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died. The very commandment (law*) that promised life proved to be death to me. For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. So the law* is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.
For we know that the law* is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the Law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
So I find it to be a principle that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of (life in) GOD, in my inner being, but I see in my members another Law waging war against this law of my mind and making me captive to the Law (the external Law of Moses that made no room for reconciliation) of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to GOD through Jesus Christ our LORD! So then, I myself serve the law of GOD with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the Law of sin. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For GOD has done what the (Mosaic) Law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, HE condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law (of spiritual life) might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh (external things of worldliness and earthiness), but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile (enmity) to GOD, for it does not submit to GOD's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please GOD."
The Bondage of sin Broken,
Romans 8:21 of 18-25, 26-27 "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of GOD. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of GOD. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And HE Who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of GOD."
The Presence of the "Spirit" Secures,
2Corithians 3:17 of 12-18; Galatians 2:4 of 1-10 "Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. For their minds were hardened. For to this very day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the LORD, the veil is removed. Now the LORD is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the LORD are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the LORD Who is the Spirit."
Galatians 2:4 of 1-10 "Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain. For even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; GOD shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me. On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised (for HE Who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do."
Warnings against the Abuse of our liberty,
1Corinthians 8:9 of 7-13 "However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Food will not commend us to GOD. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble."
Galatians 5:13 of 13-15 "For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law (of life) is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." For if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another."
1Peter 2:16 of 13-17 "Be subject for the LORD's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent through Him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of GOD, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear (Strong's G5399, Thayer's definition, to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience) GOD. Honor the emperor."
The word free is located within 88 verses of OT and NT scripture, while freedom is in only 9 breaks down with 1 in OT and 8 in the NT, while liberty has 12 passages evenly divided between both the OT and the NT. That is until I place them within the KJV+ then the landscape changes with liberty then having 25 verses and 27 matches 8 in in the OT and 17 in the NT, while freedom now has only two between the OT and the NT, and free now has 58 verses and 59 matches of 27 verses in the OT and 31 in the NT. For today's purpose I will begin with civil liberty and then move into the spiritual reality of our liberty.
Liberty,
First some general references to, these dealing with civil,
The Year of Jubilee
Leviticus 25:10 of 8-12 "You shall count seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall give you forty-nine years. Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement (the day of Crucifixion of Jesus) you shall sound the trumpet (while darkness covered the land of Israel, while the LORD of Glory hung on the tree) throughout all your land. And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year (about the time of Peter and Paul's death), and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan. That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of itself nor gather the grapes from the undressed vines. For it is a jubilee. It shall be holy to you. You may eat the produce of the field."
For to Us a Child Is Born
Isaiah 9:4 of 1-7 "But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time He brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time He has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light (Matthew 4:16, Luke 1:79; Ephesians 5:8) those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on (within) them has light shone (John 1). You have multiplied (increased) the nation; You have increased its joy; they rejoice before You as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil. For the yoke of His burden, and the staff for His shoulder, the rod of His oppressor, You have broken (religions hold) as on the day of Midian (a son of Abraham H4080, from the base of 4060: discord, strife). For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this."
Isaiah 10:27 of 24-27 "Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts: 'O My people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did. For in a very little while My fury will come to an end, and My anger will be directed to their destruction. And the LORD of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when HE struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. And His staff will be over the sea, and HE will lift it as HE did in Egypt. And in that day His burden will depart from your shoulder, and His yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat."
Isaiah 14:25 of 24-27 "The LORD of hosts has sworn: 'As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand, that I will break the Assyrian (the second son of Shem, H804, base of H833: to move foreword) in My land, and on My mountains trample him underfoot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder.' This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations. For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?"
Jeremiah 34:8 of 8-11 "The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them, that everyone should set free his Hebrew slaves, male and female, so that no one should enslave a Jew, his brother. And they obeyed, all the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant that everyone would set free his slave, male or female, so that they would not be enslaved again. They obeyed and set them free. But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free, and brought them into subjection as slaves."
Live as You Are Called
1Corinthians 7:21 of 17-20, 21-24 "Only let each person lead the life that the LORD has assigned to him, and to which GOD has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of GOD. Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
Were you a bondservant when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) For he who was called in the LORD as a bondservant is a freedman of the LORD. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ. You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men. So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God."
Spiritual Liberty, a make of this dispensation of Grace:
(Isaiah 42:7 of 5-9 "Thus says GOD, the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: 'I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. I am the LORD; that is My name; My glory I give to no other, nor My praise to carved idols. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.")
The Mission of Christ to be Proclaimed,
The Year of the Lord's Favor
Isaiah 61:1 of 1-3; Luke 4:18 of 16-30 "The Spirit of the LORD God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; HE has sent me (Deuteronomy 18:15-22) to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty (H1865, A generation is one revolution of the family line. The Hebraic understanding of order is the continual cyclical process of life and death or renewal and destruction.) to the captives, and the opening of the prison (by the restoration of sight) to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our GOD; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that HE may be glorified."
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
Luke 4:18-19 of 14-15, 16-30 "Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about Him went out through all the surrounding country. And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and He stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written (Isaiah 61:1-2), "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because HE has anointed (made Me Christ) Me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent Me (Deuteronomy 18:15-22) to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor." When He finished He rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, 'Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.' And all spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from His mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph's son?" And He said to them, 'Doubtless you will quote to Me this proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself.' What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well." And He said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.' When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and drove Him out of the town and brought Him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw Him down the cliff. But passing through their midst, He went away."
The Truth the Instrumentality,
The Truth Will Set You Free
John 8:32 of 31-33; Romans 6:18 of 15-19 "So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, 'If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.' They answered Him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free?'"
Slaves to Righteousness
Rom 6:18 of 15-19 "What then? Are we to sin because we are not under (referencing Mosaic? or is it the law of life and love, G3551* Thayer's, that of Christ: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by Christ, especially the precept concerning love) law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to GOD, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you are committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification."
A new Law of Life Sets Free,
(Now because this beings with a "therefore" in 8:1, we have to see what the therefore is therefore. But where to begin? To do this we must look at Paul's inner strife as he explains it in chapter 7 beginning at verse 7-12, 13, 14-20, 21-8:2 of 1-8)
The Law and Sin
Romans 7:7-12, 13, 14-20, 21-8:2 of 1-8 "What then shall we say? That the Law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the Law had not said, "You shall not covet." But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead. I was once alive apart from the law (the law of life*), but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died. The very commandment (law*) that promised life proved to be death to me. For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. So the law* is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.
For we know that the law* is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the Law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
So I find it to be a principle that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of (life in) GOD, in my inner being, but I see in my members another Law waging war against this law of my mind and making me captive to the Law (the external Law of Moses that made no room for reconciliation) of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to GOD through Jesus Christ our LORD! So then, I myself serve the law of GOD with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the Law of sin. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For GOD has done what the (Mosaic) Law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, HE condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law (of spiritual life) might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh (external things of worldliness and earthiness), but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile (enmity) to GOD, for it does not submit to GOD's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please GOD."
The Bondage of sin Broken,
Romans 8:21 of 18-25, 26-27 "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of GOD. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of GOD. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And HE Who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of GOD."
The Presence of the "Spirit" Secures,
2Corithians 3:17 of 12-18; Galatians 2:4 of 1-10 "Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. For their minds were hardened. For to this very day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the LORD, the veil is removed. Now the LORD is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the LORD are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the LORD Who is the Spirit."
Galatians 2:4 of 1-10 "Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain. For even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery— to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; GOD shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me. On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised (for HE Who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do."
Warnings against the Abuse of our liberty,
1Corinthians 8:9 of 7-13 "However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Food will not commend us to GOD. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble."
Galatians 5:13 of 13-15 "For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law (of life) is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." For if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another."
1Peter 2:16 of 13-17 "Be subject for the LORD's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent through Him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of GOD, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear (Strong's G5399, Thayer's definition, to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience) GOD. Honor the emperor."
Friday, August 10, 2018
Post, The Secret and Mysteries of GOD revisited, Things Now Spiritual cont'd again part 5
I did not make it to "religions" definition in our last posting so here goes this is taken from Daniel Webster's 1828 Dictionary: RELIGION, n. relij'on. [L. religio, from religo, to bind anew; re and ligo, to bind. This word seems originally to have signified an oath or vow to the gods, or the obligation of such an oath or vow, which was held very sacred by the Romans.] 1. Religion, in its most comprehensive sense, includes a belief in the being and perfections of God, in the revelation of his will to man, in man's obligation to obey his commands, in a state of reward and punishment, and in man's accountableness to God; and also true godliness or piety of life, with the practice of all moral duties. It therefore comprehends theology, as a system of doctrines or principles, as well as practical piety; for the practice of moral duties without a belief in a divine lawgiver, and without reference to his will or commands, is not religion. 4. "Any system of faith and worship. In this sense, religion comprehends the belief and worship of pagans and Mohammedans, as well as that of christians; any religion consisting in the belief of a superior power or powers governing the world, and in the worship of such power or powers. Thus we speak of the religion of the Turks, of the Hindoos, of the Indians, &c. as well as of that of Christianity as a religion. We speak of false religion, as well as of true religion, James 1."
Now I will say that in my humble opinion of which we all have one and therefore are free to express it, to be a Christ centered person is in no way to be considered as a religion. As for the use of the word "religion" in Paul's letters where he makes reference to religion he speaks of the Jewish faith in the Law's of Moses with its many rules, as a tutor for their flesh's rebellion. As we were not given any new customs rites rituals nor have we been given any traditions placed upon us, other than to consider our gathering together with like minded people on occasion as an assembly of two or more where Christ is the central theme of the discourse. Jesus and His team of disciples are our best examples of this are they wondered the fields and streets of Israel and on occasion the temples of the Jew's religion, even Paul the New Testament witness did such while on his many mission trips. Now if there be any customs rites rituals or traditions they would be a carryover from the Jewish days. But they like the Law of Moses they have no place to be given in our relationship with the Father or that of His Son our LORD, let alone that of His Holy Spirit within us. For we do not want to grieve the Holy Spirit. And because the GOD Head resides within each of us there is no place given for such foolishness in His kingdom. For to be held by chains of religion, any religious form, places us squarely in the bulls-eye of the Harlot of Revelation 17-18's discourse and teaching. For even within it there is a calling out from among (18:4-8) those who are actually in this religious, political and financial form or those of a worldly, earthy mindset. Now hear again our calling out from among them of 2Corinthians 6:11-7:4.
2Corinthians 6:11-14, 15-7:1, 2-4 "We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also. Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
The Temple of the Living God
What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?
2Co 6:16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "'I will make My dwelling (within) among them and walk (My presence will be) among them, and I will be their GOD, and they shall be My people. Therefore (Isaiah 52:11 of 11-12) go out from their midst, and be separate from them (Revelation 18:4-8), says the LORD, and touch no unclean thing (of their rites, rituals, customs, traditions, ceremonies, religious holidays or such things); then I will welcome you, (2Samuel 7:14, 1Chronicles 17:13, Isaiah 43:6 and Hosea 1:10) and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty." Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear (reverence) of GOD.
Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy."
We are Now a people of relationship, spiritual relationship, by faith's having the essence of the GOD Head within us just as the first man and woman had in Genesis 2. For some this means that they remain within the camp until they hear GOD's Voice calling them out be it for transformation in the departure or to become as we are His witnesses among them. Bearing His essence wherever and what time or place is under His control.
Now I will say that in my humble opinion of which we all have one and therefore are free to express it, to be a Christ centered person is in no way to be considered as a religion. As for the use of the word "religion" in Paul's letters where he makes reference to religion he speaks of the Jewish faith in the Law's of Moses with its many rules, as a tutor for their flesh's rebellion. As we were not given any new customs rites rituals nor have we been given any traditions placed upon us, other than to consider our gathering together with like minded people on occasion as an assembly of two or more where Christ is the central theme of the discourse. Jesus and His team of disciples are our best examples of this are they wondered the fields and streets of Israel and on occasion the temples of the Jew's religion, even Paul the New Testament witness did such while on his many mission trips. Now if there be any customs rites rituals or traditions they would be a carryover from the Jewish days. But they like the Law of Moses they have no place to be given in our relationship with the Father or that of His Son our LORD, let alone that of His Holy Spirit within us. For we do not want to grieve the Holy Spirit. And because the GOD Head resides within each of us there is no place given for such foolishness in His kingdom. For to be held by chains of religion, any religious form, places us squarely in the bulls-eye of the Harlot of Revelation 17-18's discourse and teaching. For even within it there is a calling out from among (18:4-8) those who are actually in this religious, political and financial form or those of a worldly, earthy mindset. Now hear again our calling out from among them of 2Corinthians 6:11-7:4.
2Corinthians 6:11-14, 15-7:1, 2-4 "We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also. Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
The Temple of the Living God
What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?
2Co 6:16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "'I will make My dwelling (within) among them and walk (My presence will be) among them, and I will be their GOD, and they shall be My people. Therefore (Isaiah 52:11 of 11-12) go out from their midst, and be separate from them (Revelation 18:4-8), says the LORD, and touch no unclean thing (of their rites, rituals, customs, traditions, ceremonies, religious holidays or such things); then I will welcome you, (2Samuel 7:14, 1Chronicles 17:13, Isaiah 43:6 and Hosea 1:10) and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty." Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear (reverence) of GOD.
Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy."
We are Now a people of relationship, spiritual relationship, by faith's having the essence of the GOD Head within us just as the first man and woman had in Genesis 2. For some this means that they remain within the camp until they hear GOD's Voice calling them out be it for transformation in the departure or to become as we are His witnesses among them. Bearing His essence wherever and what time or place is under His control.
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Post, The Secret and Mysteries of GOD revisited, Things Now Spiritual cont'd again part 4
So again here we are looking into the secret of the word "religion," with its hidden origin and meaning of resistance to GOD and all things of the Divine working of Grace within the renewed human heart and mind. Where does this have it's origin in the beginning of course, where is the beginning you ask, well in of all places within the first three chapters of Genesis where we find so much of Christ spoken of in His association in man to start with. Even in Psalm 41 we hear Christ speaking as the "me" in it's text. And would you believe it begins with a word not associated with religion at all in it's use, in a physical sense, this word is heel (Strong's Hebrew H6119). Look with me at Genesis 3:15 of 8-19 where I will also show the Hebrew numbering of the Strong's for verse 15 only in the KJV. And then follow this pattern on through each passage, we will look at Job 18 (I will show the Hebrew of the targeted verse here also) once again and then Psalm 41 (same here) before heading to the new witness of Christ in John 13 (Thayer's Greek here) to hear what Jesus has to say there.
Genesis 3:15 of 8-19 "They (Adam and woman) heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool (early morning hours) of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. For the LORD God called to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?' Adam said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself." He said, 'Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?' Then Adam said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate." Then the LORD God said to the woman, 'What is this that you have done?' The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." The LORD God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.' Turning the woman HE said, 'I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.' To Adam HE said, 'Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.'"
(Gen 3:15 And I will put H7896 enmity H342 between H996 thee and the woman, H802 and between H996 thy seed H2233 and her seed; H2233 it H1931 shall bruise H7779 thy head, H7218 and thou H859 shalt bruise H7779 his heel H6119.)
Job 18:9 of 1-21 "Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? "Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors. In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation. His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live. They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east. Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God."
(Job 18:9 The gin H6341 shall take H270 him by the heel H6119, and the robber H6782 shall prevail H2388 against H5921 him.)
Psalm 41:9 of 4-9 "As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!" My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die, and his name perish?" And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me. They say, "A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies." Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me."
(Psa 41:9 Yea, H1571 mine own familiar friend H7965 H376, in whom H834 I trusted H982, which did eat H398 of my bread H3899, hath lifted up H1431 his heel H6119 against H5921 me.)
Hosea 12:3 of 1-11 "Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt. The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; HE will repay him according to his deeds. In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with GOD. He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met GOD at Bethel, and there GOD spoke with us— the LORD, the GOD of hosts, the LORD is His memorial name: "So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love (kindness, loyalty) and justice, and wait continually for your God." A merchant (Canaanite), in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress. Ephraim has said, "Ah, but I am rich; I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin." 'I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast. I spoke to the prophets; it was I Who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables. If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.'"
(Hos 12:3 He took his brother by the heel H6117 (H853) H251 in the womb H990, and by his strength H202 he had power H8280 with H854 God H430:)
John 13:18 of 12-20 "When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments and resumed His place, He said to them, 'Do you understand what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and LORD, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your LORD and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his Master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.(Deuteronomy 18:15-22) If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture (Psalm 41:9 of 4-9) will be fulfilled, 'He who ate My bread has lifted his heel against Me.' I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am He. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the one who sent Me (Deuteronomy 18:18 of 15-22).'"
(Joh 13:18 I speak G3004 not G3756 of G4012 you G5216 all G3956: I G1473 know G1492 whom G3739 I have chosen G1586: but G235 that G2443 the G3588 scripture G1124 may be fulfilled G4137, He that eateth G5176 bread G740 with G3326 me G1700 hath lifted up G1869 his G848 heel G4418 against G1909 me G1691.)
Now begins the search of the words usage and meaning of each, for the OT I will use the AHLB in place of the Strong's and for the NT the Thayer's Greek Definitions.
Genesis 3:15; Job 1:9; Psalm 41:9: Strong's #6119: AHLB#: 2571 (N)
2571) Restrain co: Heel ab: ?: The restraining of the heel when taking a step forward. [from: ko]
V) - Restrain: To hold back. [freq. 5] (vf: Paal, Piel) |kjv: supplant, heel, stay| {str: 6117}
Nm) - I. Heel: What is restrained when taking a step forward. II. Because: In the sense of being on the heel of something else. [freq. 29] |kjv: heel, footstep, horsehoof, at last, step, liers, because, reward, end, by, for, if| {str: 6118, 6119, 6120}
Nf1) - Subtlety: As appearing to be hidden in the sense of restraint. [freq. 1] |kjv: subtilty| {str: 6122}
cm) - Crooked: From the angle of the ankle. [freq. 3] |kjv: crooked, deceitful, polluted| {str: 6121}
Hosea 12:3: Strong's #6117: AHLB#: 2571 (V)
2571) ac: Restrain co: Heel ab: ?: The restraining of the heel when taking a step forward. [from: ko]
V) - Restrain: To hold back. [freq. 5] (vf: Paal, Piel) |kjv: supplant, heel, stay| {str: 6117}
Nm) - I. Heel: What is restrained when taking a step forward. II. Because: In the sense of being on the heel of something else. [freq. 29] |kjv: heel, footstep, horsehoof, at last, step, liers, because, reward, end, by, for, if| {str: 6118, 6119, 6120}
Nf1) - Subtlety: As appearing to be hidden in the sense of restraint. [freq. 1] |kjv: subtilty| {str: 6122}
cm) - Crooked: From the angle of the ankle. [freq. 3] |kjv: crooked, deceitful, polluted| {str: 6121}
Strong's #853: AHLB#: 1022-A (N)
1022) ac: Plow co: Mark ab: ?: The pictograph a is a picture of an ox. The t is a picture of two crossed sticks used to make a sign or mark. Combined these pictures represent "an ox moving toward a mark". When plowing a field with oxen, the plowman drives the oxen toward a distant mark in order to keep the furrow straight. A traveler arrives at his destination by following a mark. The traveling toward a mark, destination or person. The arrival of one to the mark. A "you" is an individual who has arrived to a "me". The coming toward a mark. A standard, or flag, with the family mark hangs as a sign. An agreement or covenant by two where a sign or mark of the agreement is made as a reminder to both parties. (eng: at - a moving at something)
A) ac: ? co: Plow ab: ?: The plowing of a field by driving the oxen to a distant mark.
Nf) - I. Plow-point: The plow-point is used to cut a deep furrow in the ground for planting seeds. [A common grammatical word that precedes the direct object of a verb] II. Sign: A sign, mark or wonder (as a sign). [Aramaic only] III. At: Something that moves near something to be with it. Also used as grammatical tool to mark the direct object of the verb. [df: ty] [freq. 7373] |kjv: plowshare, coulter, sign, against, with, in, upon| {str: 852, 853, 854, 855, 3487}
H) ac: ? co: Mark ab: Arrive: The traveling toward a mark, destination or a person. The arrival of one to the mark.
V) - Arrive: To arrive at a destination. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [freq. 37] (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hophal) |kjv: come, bring| {str: 857, 858}
Nm) - You: As one who has arrived. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: ta] [freq. 26] |kjv: thou, thee, you, ye| {str: 607, 608, 859}
J) ac: ? co: Mark ab: Agree: The coming toward a mark. A standard, or flag, with the family mark hangs as a sign. An agreement or covenant by two where a sign or mark of the agreement is made as a reminder to both parties.
V) - Agree: Two parties to be in agreement. [freq. 4] (vf: Niphal) |kjv: consent| {str: 225}
Nf) - Mark: The sign of an agreement between two parties. [freq. 79] |kjv: sign, token, ensign, miracle, mark| {str: 226}
M) ac: ? co: Entrance ab: ?: The entering into the area of destination.
jm) - Entrance: [freq. 1] |kjv: entrance| {str: 2978}
Strong's #251: AHLB#: 1008-A (N)
1008) ac: Protect co: Hearth ab: Brotherhood: The pictograph a represents strength. The h is a wall. Combined these pictographs mean "strong wall". In Hebrew thought, a wall is more than a vertical barrier but anything that separates or divides. The hearth around the fire protected the house from the heat and embers of the fire.
A) ac: ? co: Hearth ab: ?
Nf) - I. Hearth: A dividing wall that protects the family from the fire. II. Brother: One who stands between the enemy and the family, a protector. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [freq. 634] |kjv: brethren, brother, another, brotherly, kindred, hearth| {str: 251, 252, 254}
Nf3) - Sister: [freq. 114] |kjv: sister, another| {str: 269}
rm) - Marsh Grass: The tall grasses that line a marsh as a wall. [freq. 3] |kjv: meadow, flag| {str: 260}
J) ac: ? co: ? ab: ?
Nm) - Oahh: An unknown animal. [freq. 1] |kjv: creature| {str: 255}
K) ac: ? co: Hearth ab: ?
Nf1) - Brotherhood: A company of brothers. [freq. 1] |kjv: brotherhood| {str: 264}
John 13:18:G4418
πτέρνα
pterna
Thayer Definition:
1) the heel (of the foot)
2) to lift up the heel against one
2a) to injure one by trickery (figure borrowed either from kicking, or from a wrestler tripping up his antagonist)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by Thayer’s / Strong’s Number: of uncertain derivation
Now you can see what I face each time I am impressed to look into the word being used and why it is that I use as best I can the complete thought where the word or phrase is used. Religion is to snare or hinder ones understanding and from the receiving light. The LORD willing we will return to 2Corinthians 6-7:4 next. But before we do what has religion play into these word meanings, you ask. Well we'll find out next.
Genesis 3:15 of 8-19 "They (Adam and woman) heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool (early morning hours) of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. For the LORD God called to the man and said to him, 'Where are you?' Adam said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself." He said, 'Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?' Then Adam said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate." Then the LORD God said to the woman, 'What is this that you have done?' The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." The LORD God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.' Turning the woman HE said, 'I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.' To Adam HE said, 'Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.'"
(Gen 3:15 And I will put H7896 enmity H342 between H996 thee and the woman, H802 and between H996 thy seed H2233 and her seed; H2233 it H1931 shall bruise H7779 thy head, H7218 and thou H859 shalt bruise H7779 his heel H6119.)
Job 18:9 of 1-21 "Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? "Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors. In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation. His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live. They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east. Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God."
(Job 18:9 The gin H6341 shall take H270 him by the heel H6119, and the robber H6782 shall prevail H2388 against H5921 him.)
Psalm 41:9 of 4-9 "As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!" My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die, and his name perish?" And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me. They say, "A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies." Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me."
(Psa 41:9 Yea, H1571 mine own familiar friend H7965 H376, in whom H834 I trusted H982, which did eat H398 of my bread H3899, hath lifted up H1431 his heel H6119 against H5921 me.)
Hosea 12:3 of 1-11 "Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt. The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; HE will repay him according to his deeds. In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with GOD. He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met GOD at Bethel, and there GOD spoke with us— the LORD, the GOD of hosts, the LORD is His memorial name: "So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love (kindness, loyalty) and justice, and wait continually for your God." A merchant (Canaanite), in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress. Ephraim has said, "Ah, but I am rich; I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin." 'I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast. I spoke to the prophets; it was I Who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables. If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.'"
(Hos 12:3 He took his brother by the heel H6117 (H853) H251 in the womb H990, and by his strength H202 he had power H8280 with H854 God H430:)
John 13:18 of 12-20 "When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments and resumed His place, He said to them, 'Do you understand what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and LORD, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your LORD and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his Master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.(Deuteronomy 18:15-22) If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture (Psalm 41:9 of 4-9) will be fulfilled, 'He who ate My bread has lifted his heel against Me.' I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am He. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the one who sent Me (Deuteronomy 18:18 of 15-22).'"
(Joh 13:18 I speak G3004 not G3756 of G4012 you G5216 all G3956: I G1473 know G1492 whom G3739 I have chosen G1586: but G235 that G2443 the G3588 scripture G1124 may be fulfilled G4137, He that eateth G5176 bread G740 with G3326 me G1700 hath lifted up G1869 his G848 heel G4418 against G1909 me G1691.)
Now begins the search of the words usage and meaning of each, for the OT I will use the AHLB in place of the Strong's and for the NT the Thayer's Greek Definitions.
Genesis 3:15; Job 1:9; Psalm 41:9: Strong's #6119: AHLB#: 2571 (N)
2571) Restrain co: Heel ab: ?: The restraining of the heel when taking a step forward. [from: ko]
V) - Restrain: To hold back. [freq. 5] (vf: Paal, Piel) |kjv: supplant, heel, stay| {str: 6117}
Nm) - I. Heel: What is restrained when taking a step forward. II. Because: In the sense of being on the heel of something else. [freq. 29] |kjv: heel, footstep, horsehoof, at last, step, liers, because, reward, end, by, for, if| {str: 6118, 6119, 6120}
Nf1) - Subtlety: As appearing to be hidden in the sense of restraint. [freq. 1] |kjv: subtilty| {str: 6122}
cm) - Crooked: From the angle of the ankle. [freq. 3] |kjv: crooked, deceitful, polluted| {str: 6121}
Hosea 12:3: Strong's #6117: AHLB#: 2571 (V)
2571) ac: Restrain co: Heel ab: ?: The restraining of the heel when taking a step forward. [from: ko]
V) - Restrain: To hold back. [freq. 5] (vf: Paal, Piel) |kjv: supplant, heel, stay| {str: 6117}
Nm) - I. Heel: What is restrained when taking a step forward. II. Because: In the sense of being on the heel of something else. [freq. 29] |kjv: heel, footstep, horsehoof, at last, step, liers, because, reward, end, by, for, if| {str: 6118, 6119, 6120}
Nf1) - Subtlety: As appearing to be hidden in the sense of restraint. [freq. 1] |kjv: subtilty| {str: 6122}
cm) - Crooked: From the angle of the ankle. [freq. 3] |kjv: crooked, deceitful, polluted| {str: 6121}
Strong's #853: AHLB#: 1022-A (N)
1022) ac: Plow co: Mark ab: ?: The pictograph a is a picture of an ox. The t is a picture of two crossed sticks used to make a sign or mark. Combined these pictures represent "an ox moving toward a mark". When plowing a field with oxen, the plowman drives the oxen toward a distant mark in order to keep the furrow straight. A traveler arrives at his destination by following a mark. The traveling toward a mark, destination or person. The arrival of one to the mark. A "you" is an individual who has arrived to a "me". The coming toward a mark. A standard, or flag, with the family mark hangs as a sign. An agreement or covenant by two where a sign or mark of the agreement is made as a reminder to both parties. (eng: at - a moving at something)
A) ac: ? co: Plow ab: ?: The plowing of a field by driving the oxen to a distant mark.
Nf) - I. Plow-point: The plow-point is used to cut a deep furrow in the ground for planting seeds. [A common grammatical word that precedes the direct object of a verb] II. Sign: A sign, mark or wonder (as a sign). [Aramaic only] III. At: Something that moves near something to be with it. Also used as grammatical tool to mark the direct object of the verb. [df: ty] [freq. 7373] |kjv: plowshare, coulter, sign, against, with, in, upon| {str: 852, 853, 854, 855, 3487}
H) ac: ? co: Mark ab: Arrive: The traveling toward a mark, destination or a person. The arrival of one to the mark.
V) - Arrive: To arrive at a destination. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [freq. 37] (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hophal) |kjv: come, bring| {str: 857, 858}
Nm) - You: As one who has arrived. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: ta] [freq. 26] |kjv: thou, thee, you, ye| {str: 607, 608, 859}
J) ac: ? co: Mark ab: Agree: The coming toward a mark. A standard, or flag, with the family mark hangs as a sign. An agreement or covenant by two where a sign or mark of the agreement is made as a reminder to both parties.
V) - Agree: Two parties to be in agreement. [freq. 4] (vf: Niphal) |kjv: consent| {str: 225}
Nf) - Mark: The sign of an agreement between two parties. [freq. 79] |kjv: sign, token, ensign, miracle, mark| {str: 226}
M) ac: ? co: Entrance ab: ?: The entering into the area of destination.
jm) - Entrance: [freq. 1] |kjv: entrance| {str: 2978}
Strong's #251: AHLB#: 1008-A (N)
1008) ac: Protect co: Hearth ab: Brotherhood: The pictograph a represents strength. The h is a wall. Combined these pictographs mean "strong wall". In Hebrew thought, a wall is more than a vertical barrier but anything that separates or divides. The hearth around the fire protected the house from the heat and embers of the fire.
A) ac: ? co: Hearth ab: ?
Nf) - I. Hearth: A dividing wall that protects the family from the fire. II. Brother: One who stands between the enemy and the family, a protector. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [freq. 634] |kjv: brethren, brother, another, brotherly, kindred, hearth| {str: 251, 252, 254}
Nf3) - Sister: [freq. 114] |kjv: sister, another| {str: 269}
rm) - Marsh Grass: The tall grasses that line a marsh as a wall. [freq. 3] |kjv: meadow, flag| {str: 260}
J) ac: ? co: ? ab: ?
Nm) - Oahh: An unknown animal. [freq. 1] |kjv: creature| {str: 255}
K) ac: ? co: Hearth ab: ?
Nf1) - Brotherhood: A company of brothers. [freq. 1] |kjv: brotherhood| {str: 264}
John 13:18:G4418
πτέρνα
pterna
Thayer Definition:
1) the heel (of the foot)
2) to lift up the heel against one
2a) to injure one by trickery (figure borrowed either from kicking, or from a wrestler tripping up his antagonist)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by Thayer’s / Strong’s Number: of uncertain derivation
Now you can see what I face each time I am impressed to look into the word being used and why it is that I use as best I can the complete thought where the word or phrase is used. Religion is to snare or hinder ones understanding and from the receiving light. The LORD willing we will return to 2Corinthians 6-7:4 next. But before we do what has religion play into these word meanings, you ask. Well we'll find out next.
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Post, The Secret and Mysteries of GOD revisited, Things Now Spiritual cont'd again part 3
So now what is the great secret of GOD that this worlds churches and mans false religion is hiding from uninformed man? And why would so many be willing to come to the end of their days to keep this a secret? Or why would any pastor, teacher, preacher, evangelist or elder of any church denomination hold this back from anyone it beyond me. For an answer to these and many more such questions I want to share what another walker of Abraham's faith has to say about these and the many more.
Shared by Dave Carringer a friend and brother on Face book.
Shared by Dave Carringer a friend and brother on Face book.
"A
few years ago I began a journey. I didn’t set out looking for it... the
journey came looking for me. It was like a light came on in a room I
didn’t know existed, and as I explored this room I saw things almost too
good to be true. From there, a new light came on in another room filled
with amazing things, and then another room... and another room after
that.
What I saw as these lights came on was more beautiful than anything I had known in the past. A couple times I paused briefly to look back, realizing how far I was moving away from what many had warned me was the only ‘safe ground’ to be on. But deep inside I knew it was already too late. At least where I was now was real. Here, questions weren’t only allowed; they were encouraged... and I was finding answers that actually made sense! There was freedom to move in fresh, new, wide open spaces where Love was the backdrop of everything I felt and saw. This wasn’t some story I was reading; it was my own LIVING experience that was so vibrantly tangible! I was no longer stretching upward to grasp the divine, only to graze it now and then with my fingertips... but everything in my midst became holy to me; not only to be seen and felt and tasted... but flowing out of me in connection with everything else around me as One... and it was far more exciting and Life-giving than anything I had ever known in the past.
I had crossed a point of no return, where that which I’d searched diligently to grasp ‘back there’... had nothing to compare with all that now ran from every side to encounter me. The further I moved from traditions I was told I ‘must’ take part in, I began to see what a deep groove of fear based tunnel-vision I had been entrenched in. I never intended to offend anyone with this new and amazing Life of truth and reality that was engulfing me... and yet some became offended that I would even consider venturing away from the pack. I soon began to realize I was learning more about the kingdom of Love from some of the very ones I’d been warned to stay away from... than I had from those who had issued the warnings.
I now know I could never go back... and think “why would a man in his ‘right mind’ ever want to?” I couldn’t see it from there in the groove, but once I got out, everything became much clearer. I can see it now; Fear is the darkest blindfold man could ever wear... and remains the most effective tool in herding alienated minds to keep them under religious control. Where there is any tone of fear, ultimatums, torment or conditions that exist... you can be assured it doesn’t come from Love; for there is no fear in Love... even if it comes dressed up in its Sunday best.
So don’t be afraid to venture off from pack mentality. Just because it runs in a herd... doesn’t make it right. When the blindfold falls away (and it will) you’ll be able to see... this amazing journey of life is SO worth it all, and you’ll never stop being thankful for those first few steps you took to allow the Truth & Reality of heaven to move you forward... into the freedom you were created to enjoy all along.
Over these nine years of doing this blog I in the beginning did not know what end I was coming to, all that I knew. Was that I was answering the question asked of me on August 14th of 2007 when I heard this, 'Are you ready to take My yoke upon you and learn of Me?' To which I answered Yes LORD!
So today I want to look at "religion" as a separate word, because of how it is slung around to cover everything of a Divine and spiritual nature. Again, because for me and others like me who have put on father Abraham's shoes we now walk by Christ's faith having our minds restored to that of a Genesis 2 being, as a Christ one. No longer a religious one but rather one with GOD the Father in spirit, sold out to Him Who was the head of Jesus, so is HE the head and heart of me and indeed of us. For it is His Life, Love, and Light that is my, our path of life, the law. Not religions many customs, traditions, rites, rituals, and holidays all of which are today deceptions of mans past and a need for them within his fallen state played upon by the spirit of slumber and delusion given by GOD to the rebellious soul be they Hebrews / Jews or gentiles long ago. Because what happened to the Hebrews / Jews happened to the gentile world also as there is no partiality with GOD. But before looking into religion, I want to look at Job 18 for within it we find something of interest to us. Keep in mind that Bildad is giving answer to Jobs discourse of 17 in his lamenting of his plite.
Job 18:5-9 of 1-21 "Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? "Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors. In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation. His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live. They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east. Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not GOD."
Guess that I will look at religion in my next blog post, the LORD willing.
What I saw as these lights came on was more beautiful than anything I had known in the past. A couple times I paused briefly to look back, realizing how far I was moving away from what many had warned me was the only ‘safe ground’ to be on. But deep inside I knew it was already too late. At least where I was now was real. Here, questions weren’t only allowed; they were encouraged... and I was finding answers that actually made sense! There was freedom to move in fresh, new, wide open spaces where Love was the backdrop of everything I felt and saw. This wasn’t some story I was reading; it was my own LIVING experience that was so vibrantly tangible! I was no longer stretching upward to grasp the divine, only to graze it now and then with my fingertips... but everything in my midst became holy to me; not only to be seen and felt and tasted... but flowing out of me in connection with everything else around me as One... and it was far more exciting and Life-giving than anything I had ever known in the past.
I had crossed a point of no return, where that which I’d searched diligently to grasp ‘back there’... had nothing to compare with all that now ran from every side to encounter me. The further I moved from traditions I was told I ‘must’ take part in, I began to see what a deep groove of fear based tunnel-vision I had been entrenched in. I never intended to offend anyone with this new and amazing Life of truth and reality that was engulfing me... and yet some became offended that I would even consider venturing away from the pack. I soon began to realize I was learning more about the kingdom of Love from some of the very ones I’d been warned to stay away from... than I had from those who had issued the warnings.
I now know I could never go back... and think “why would a man in his ‘right mind’ ever want to?” I couldn’t see it from there in the groove, but once I got out, everything became much clearer. I can see it now; Fear is the darkest blindfold man could ever wear... and remains the most effective tool in herding alienated minds to keep them under religious control. Where there is any tone of fear, ultimatums, torment or conditions that exist... you can be assured it doesn’t come from Love; for there is no fear in Love... even if it comes dressed up in its Sunday best.
So don’t be afraid to venture off from pack mentality. Just because it runs in a herd... doesn’t make it right. When the blindfold falls away (and it will) you’ll be able to see... this amazing journey of life is SO worth it all, and you’ll never stop being thankful for those first few steps you took to allow the Truth & Reality of heaven to move you forward... into the freedom you were created to enjoy all along.
We
can all find scriptures penned by other men in the past that ‘seem’ to
say whatever we want them to in order to prove what is stored up in our
heart today. Therefore, what we preach and outwardly exhibit to others
around us is the *overflow of OUR heart... and not necessarily God’s.
The overflow of the Father’s heart was revealed in the actions of Jesus,
who said no one had seen or known the Father but Him.
May we live and teach from this same mind of Christ revealing the Father’s heart in word and deed, that others may see the same Love in us that He showed to all. So if I can’t say it or do it as a humble servant who esteems all men as treasure in earthen vessels... then I shouldn’t be doing it at all. Oh how this world will change before our eyes when we let this mind be revealed in us which was in Christ our LORD.
As Paul’s life-changing revelation becomes such a present day reality in our lives that we understand the why, when, how, and ‘now’ of it... everything in our vision changes. As more people begin to ‘see’ through these eyes... the sooner the sons & daughters of God who rise up with it will heal the landscape of this earth and everything in it until it becomes what the Father designed it to look like from the beginning. “I can no longer regard anyone merely by the flesh... for each one carries the treasure of God withIN their earthen vessel.” All creation is up on its tip-toes waiting...
Can you ‘see’ it???"
May we live and teach from this same mind of Christ revealing the Father’s heart in word and deed, that others may see the same Love in us that He showed to all. So if I can’t say it or do it as a humble servant who esteems all men as treasure in earthen vessels... then I shouldn’t be doing it at all. Oh how this world will change before our eyes when we let this mind be revealed in us which was in Christ our LORD.
As Paul’s life-changing revelation becomes such a present day reality in our lives that we understand the why, when, how, and ‘now’ of it... everything in our vision changes. As more people begin to ‘see’ through these eyes... the sooner the sons & daughters of God who rise up with it will heal the landscape of this earth and everything in it until it becomes what the Father designed it to look like from the beginning. “I can no longer regard anyone merely by the flesh... for each one carries the treasure of God withIN their earthen vessel.” All creation is up on its tip-toes waiting...
Can you ‘see’ it???"
Over these nine years of doing this blog I in the beginning did not know what end I was coming to, all that I knew. Was that I was answering the question asked of me on August 14th of 2007 when I heard this, 'Are you ready to take My yoke upon you and learn of Me?' To which I answered Yes LORD!
So today I want to look at "religion" as a separate word, because of how it is slung around to cover everything of a Divine and spiritual nature. Again, because for me and others like me who have put on father Abraham's shoes we now walk by Christ's faith having our minds restored to that of a Genesis 2 being, as a Christ one. No longer a religious one but rather one with GOD the Father in spirit, sold out to Him Who was the head of Jesus, so is HE the head and heart of me and indeed of us. For it is His Life, Love, and Light that is my, our path of life, the law. Not religions many customs, traditions, rites, rituals, and holidays all of which are today deceptions of mans past and a need for them within his fallen state played upon by the spirit of slumber and delusion given by GOD to the rebellious soul be they Hebrews / Jews or gentiles long ago. Because what happened to the Hebrews / Jews happened to the gentile world also as there is no partiality with GOD. But before looking into religion, I want to look at Job 18 for within it we find something of interest to us. Keep in mind that Bildad is giving answer to Jobs discourse of 17 in his lamenting of his plite.
Job 18:5-9 of 1-21 "Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? "Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors. In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation. His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live. They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east. Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not GOD."
Guess that I will look at religion in my next blog post, the LORD willing.
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Post, The Secret and Mysteries of GOD revisited, Things Now Spiritual cont'd again part 2
Our calling out from among them, we can be likened to the calling out of father Abraham because it is in his faith that we now stand. That said I will again look at our subject passage of 2Corinthians 6:11-7:4 which can be broke down into paragraphs like this 6:11-13, 14-7:1, 2-4. Here is how it reads:
"We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.
The Temple of the Living God
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of GOD with idols? For we are the temple of the living GOD; as GOD said (in Exodus 29:45 of 38-46; Leviticus 26:12 of 1-13; Jeremiah 31:1; Ezekiel 37:27 of 24-28; Exodus 25:8 of 1-9; Revelation 2:1), 'I will make My dwelling in them and walk among them, and I will be their GOD, and they shall be My people. (Isaiah 52:11 of 11-12; Revelation 18:4 of 4-8) Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the LORD, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, (2Samuel 7:14 of 4-17; 1Chronicles 17:13 of 3-15; Isaiah 43:6 of 1-7; Hosea 1:10 of 10-11) and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says the LORD Almighty.' Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of (reverence as to one's husband, even) GOD.
Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy."
Now we have set the stage for our look at words like religion, restraint, and crooked. All having to do with the Jewish religion and in deed the deception and delusion set upon all unbelieving humanity. As we deal with verses 14-16 and then 17-18 as found above. For these are our promises of greatest concern, as we attempted to uncover the reverse or other side of them in Revelation 17-18, and verses 4-8 of chapter 18, within the last subject areas and parts of 2-4. Now one such passage is found in Job 18 as it deals with punishment.
"We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.
The Temple of the Living God
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of GOD with idols? For we are the temple of the living GOD; as GOD said (in Exodus 29:45 of 38-46; Leviticus 26:12 of 1-13; Jeremiah 31:1; Ezekiel 37:27 of 24-28; Exodus 25:8 of 1-9; Revelation 2:1), 'I will make My dwelling in them and walk among them, and I will be their GOD, and they shall be My people. (Isaiah 52:11 of 11-12; Revelation 18:4 of 4-8) Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the LORD, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, (2Samuel 7:14 of 4-17; 1Chronicles 17:13 of 3-15; Isaiah 43:6 of 1-7; Hosea 1:10 of 10-11) and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says the LORD Almighty.' Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of (reverence as to one's husband, even) GOD.
Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one. I do not say this to condemn you, for I said before that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy."
Now we have set the stage for our look at words like religion, restraint, and crooked. All having to do with the Jewish religion and in deed the deception and delusion set upon all unbelieving humanity. As we deal with verses 14-16 and then 17-18 as found above. For these are our promises of greatest concern, as we attempted to uncover the reverse or other side of them in Revelation 17-18, and verses 4-8 of chapter 18, within the last subject areas and parts of 2-4. Now one such passage is found in Job 18 as it deals with punishment.
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