Our Divine Spiritual Richness

On the subject of cloning, no one can copy all that GOD through His the Holy Spirit can accomplishes with His qualifying works. For GOD is not deceived as man is deceived by man, GOD knows the true condition of mans heart for this is the area of His workings. This is the area where sin lives in mans flesh. And it is the area that is cut away from being type of shell covering of flesh that surrounds mans heart flesh and only GOD by His power has the authority and right to accomplish this circumcision to release mans spirit from captivity. It is the area wherein the Holy Spirit of GOD's presence dwells, this is also known as the anointing of Christ. Now for, can two walk together accept they be in agreement (Amos 3:3) and in the beginning, GOD. (of Genesis 1:1-2, GOD as Spirit fills every thing seen and unseen ) I want you to hear what is stated by Paul in Romans 8:16-18, "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of GOD, and if children, then heirs—heirs [the receiver of the allotted position by right of sonship] of GOD and fellow heirs [joint participation the allotted partner] with Christ, provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified within Him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." To walk as One is to be an heir of GOD by His doing the works of His Faithfulness within us which is also the glory or light that bring to us revelation of Christ and all that is Christ. This reestablishes the once broke link of man from GOD, making him a slave to sin, to a direct link through the Mediator Christ Jesus, Christ's ontological essence which is GOD our true Father. Placing men who have acquired this revelation One with GOD. As man was in the beginning, shown by what is stated in Genesis 1 and 2 where this union is openly spoken of and spiritual man is seen in spirit and then spirit in bodily form with GOD's Spirit of breath, is spoken of after their Sabbath rest. Now for Pastor Hoekstra and his teaching on Grace and Salvation through Faith. Then I will look at our Savior offering of Himself as our sacrifice, making use of the ESV translation and as always all is done as a son of GOD under the watchful eye of Christ my LORD.


 "Security of Salvation through Faith"


"An inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." (1Peter 1:4-5)

"In our previous biblical meditation, we considered the delightful work of GOD's Grace that brings to His children assurance of salvation through faith. "These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of GOD, that you may know that you have eternal life" (John 5:13). Assurance of Salvation pertains to the certainty that we actually are saved. Another related work of GOD's Grace is security of salvation through faith. Security of salvation pertains to the certainty that we will remain saved. This as many of know runs contrary to the understanding and teaching of many of mans denominational standards of practice.  

The scriptures offer great confidence that our salvation is eternally secure. Jesus spoke of such security for His sheep. "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand" (John 10:27-28). Paul was inspired of the Holy Spirit to write of this grand theme. "For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of GOD which is in Christ Jesus our LORD" (Romans 8:38-39). What great security is available in Christ! 

Yet, other scriptures stir apprehension for some concerning security. "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit . . . if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance . . . For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins" (Hebrews 6:4, 6 and 10:26). Such verses certainly provoke debate on whether or not one can lose his salvation (or whether a willfully fallen, professing Christian was ever saved or not). Through the use of this term of being a back slider. Mans religions of which there are many, over 1500 here in America alone. Each being the condition of back sliding.

In light of this, where do we turn to settle eternal security? We must turn to the LORD in faith. The children of GOD have a rich salvation inheritance waiting in glory: "An inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved within [not in heaven for] you." Day by day, we can enjoy the blessing of being guarded by GOD's power through this salvation, if we are depending upon the LORD: "who are kept by the power of GOD through [His] faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." Security of salvation is known through day by day faith in the Lord Jesus." This being the active force within all who are His, for if you have not the Spirit of Christ you are none of His. (Romans 8:9 paraphrased)


Savior, Offered Himself our Sacrifice,

John 15:12-17 and 2Corinthians 8:7-15 (Jesus is speaking) "This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in [to be one with by way of identity] My name, HE may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another."

2Corinthians 8:7-15 "As you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also. I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor [for a short time], so that you by His poverty might become rich. And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it. So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have. For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness your abundance at the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. As it is written, "Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack."


Galatians 1:3-5 "Grace to you and peace from GOD our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil Age, according to the Will of our GOD and Father, to Whom be the glory forever and ever." Amen.


Ephesians 5:1-2 "Therefore be imitators of GOD, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to GOD."


Titus 2:11-14, 15 and Hebrews 9:23-10:10, 1Peter 3:13-4:11 "The Grace of GOD has appeared, bringing [making] salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present Age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory [within you] of our great GOD and Savior Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession who are zealous [having His Glory within to do so] for good works.
Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you."

Hebrews 9:23-10:10 "Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices [the blood of the cross and those who worship in spirit and truth] than these. For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of GOD on our behalf. Nor was it to offer Himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then He would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, He has appeared once for all at the end of [those] Ages (dispensations of Israel's stewardship) to put away sin [mans rebellion] by the sacrifice of Himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him. For since the Law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? [it is this that causes many religious groups to rehearse repentance on a continuing bases] But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. [just as it is for those without His faith to walk in or by His Grace as two in agreement] Consequently, when Christ came into the world, He said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for Me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no pleasure. (Psalm 40:6) Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your Will, O GOD, as it is written of Me in the scroll of the book.'" (Psalm 40:7-8) When He said above, "You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings"  (these are offered according to the Law), then He added, "Behold, I have come to do your will." [of Psalm 40:7-8] He does away with the first in order to establish the second. And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."


1Peter 3:13-4:11 "Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the LORD as Holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be GOD's Will [plan and purpose], than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to GOD, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which He went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison [in His ascension into Abraham's bosom], because they formerly did not obey, when GOD's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to GOD for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of GOD, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to Him.
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the Will of God. For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you; but they will give account to Him Who is ready to judge the living and the dead. For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way GOD does. The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of GOD's varied [manifold] Grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of GOD; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that GOD supplies—in order that in everything GOD may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To Him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."


1John 3:13-22 "Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. We know that we have passed out of death into Life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we know love, that He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does GOD's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the Truth and reassure our heart before Him; for whenever our heart condemns us, GOD is greater than our heart, and HE knows everything. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before GOD; and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do [always] what pleases Him."


Revelation 1:4-6, 7 "John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him Who Is and Who was and Who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood and made us a kingdom, priests to His GOD and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Behold, HE is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of Him. Even so. Amen."