Paul's
warning to those with limited sight or vision.
How
does the Father speak to us? He does so through His Son, the anointing that is within us (1John 2:24-29) is the Son
speaking within us, in what is known as illumination or revelation
(*revealed), as Spirit speaks to spirit. Look at 1Corinthians 2:4,
10-14 where we find this: 4-5 first, “My
speech and my preaching is
not with enticing (persuasive,
flattering contrivance**)
words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of
power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in
the power of God....God has revealed them
(His
Revelation)
to us by
His Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things
of God. For what man knows the things of a man, save the spirit of
man which is in him? even so the things of God knows no man, but the
Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but
the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are
freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the
words which man's wisdom teachs, but which the Holy Ghost teachs;
comparing spiritual things with Spiritual. But the natural man
receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are
foolishness to him: neither can he know
(understand or discern) them,
because they are spiritually discerned
(judged).”
**This
is also the enmity placed between Satan and woman because all who
remain born of man and woman have this enmity the sin nature between
man and God (this we will find in Colossians 2:15). This is why when we speak using only the earthy words of
the flesh there is no spiritual life in them, they remain the Letter
of the Law which only had one job / assignment of condemnation and
death through that condemnation. Israel as a nation chose to remain
earthy, carnal, worldly, through externality, of the flesh and the
worlds lusts in literalism of His words. Which are earthy in sin and under the tutor of the Law of Moses
to this very day. Because of this many who choose to do as Israel has
done will not receive the spiritual re-birthing required of them.
This is the other side of the coin, hiden from veiw and
understanding.
Romans
1:16a
"For
I am not ashamed of the (this)
gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every
one that believeth;…"
"For
the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but
unto us which are saved (Redeemed by believing) it is
the power of God (unto salvation)."
Romans
10:9-10a
"That
if thou shalt confess with the mouth the LORD Jesus, and shall
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved (redeemed,
as this comes first). For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness…." (becomes right with
God, we have peace and rest (Genesis 2:2-4, in God in His Salvation)
The
Peace that all the worldly ones say to pray for because they lack
spiritual understanding. The world is constantly trying to stay just
like they did in Paul’s day. "That’s not enough. You’ve
also got to do this or that." Paul’s Gospel says, "Christ
did it all!" It’s
done, it’s complete and consummated,
and we dare not try to add to it. Remember Colossians 2:8, tells us that if
you add to it, then you cancel it! This is what mans tradition does (look at what Jesus said in Mark 7:8-9, 13). But that’s what so many dothey
add to it by their religious holidays be it Halloween, Christmas,
Easter or any one of the other pagan holydays, renamed to mask what
god is being worshiped. Mans traditions nullify the power of the
Word. Why
and how? By there superseding God's own Will revealed in His words. Ok, back to Colossians 2 verses 11 and 13, which now should
make a little more sense.
Colossians
2:11
"In
whom (in Christ by virtue of our believing this Gospel and
we’ve been placed in Christ by the Holy Spirit, which you’ll to
see in verse 12) also ye are circumcised with the circumcision
made without hands (it is spiritual. The cutting off of our old
Adam-Satan nature or the shell which covers the seed of mans spirit.
That which defeats us every time we turn around, or so it may seem while we remain in Redemptions school. But he’s been
taken away so far as his influence) in putting off the body of
the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:"
This
is what the Lord Himself said in John chapter 12 verse 24.
How plan can I make it? Then to verse 13.
Colossians
2:13
"And
you, being dead in your sins (absolutely, we were as under
the control of the old sin nature, our spirit as a seed covered by
it's shell was completely out of fellowship and communion with God and so that’s
what Paul says we were in the world. We were dead in sin) and
the uncircumcision of your flesh (by virtue of being
Gentiles, it should be noted that Israel was and is in the same
condition as the circumcision of mans flesh did them no good) but
hath he (God) quickened (has regenerated our
spirit. He has crucified old Adam-Satan nature of death in sin and
has given us a new nature. A divine God-child nature) together
with him (Christ Jesus), having (already) forgiven you all
trespasses."
The
“already forgiven us all trespasses” also hold true for Israel
but because of sin and the hardness of the crust of the shell that
seed is a hard nut to scratch or crack. Let’s look at Colossians
chapter 3 verse 13. And again, Paul repeats this twice in two
chapters to drive it home. And oh, most of Christendom has a hard
time swallowing this, I know they do. But here it is again.
Colossians
3:13
"Forbearing
one another, (remember, he’s writing to believers
congregated in an assembly) and forgiving one another, if any
may have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also
do ye."
This
is to be done wherever two or more are gathered together. Even if the
one described here is not among the ones gathered, though it is
better done when all are in company as a gathering or an assembly.
This is so practical as a norm for all in God's salvation.
Look
at this verse very carefully. Is there any demand in this verse that
you forgive your enemy before you can be saved? NO! That’s already
done by the Grace of God. You’re forgiven, Redeemed. But now since we are
forgiven, what should we be ready to do? Forgive whoever we have
ought against, whether it’s in the Church, neighborhood or
whatever. There is
nothing stipulated in Paul’s Gospel, nor his writings that first we
have to forgive everybody before we can be forgiven like the Lord
Jesus said during His earthly ministry under Law. For
example, The Lord’s Prayer isn’t appropriate for us today. The
Lord’s Prayer was under the Levitical Law. It was to and for Israel
only. And it says "forgive us our trespasses
(when?) as we forgive those who trespass against
us."
Now that’s the Levitical Law. And absolutely a Hebrew could not be
forgiven until he went and forgave his neighbor. But that doesn’t
hold true today. We’re forgiven by the Grace of God, through the Blood* in which
Redemption is received. And if we’re forgiven, then why in the
world can’t we forgive our neighbor? That’s our teaching. So
twice in two chapters he says we have been forgiven of all our
trespasses and all our sins, this is the work of Redemption and it is compleat, as being consummated. Now
let’s go back to Ephesians chapter 2 verse 1. *Remember
that I said “through the Blood” means our death in His flesh on
the tree or Roman cross. But
here is the voidance of it, mans
traditions
be what ever form they may be.
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