For the past few days we have been looking at our being reunited to GOD after they have come through redemptions sealing of the Holy Spirit and His training tutoring and sanctification, then passing through the LORD's circumcision of heart. This circumcision also effects the mind as promised in Isaiah and Jeremiah, Jesus spoke of this in figurative languages as a plank, beam, and speck that blurs mans vision and receptivity of perspective. Then sometime ago while watching a program this became abundantly clear to my wife when she heard this, "man only sees and hears as he has been programed to hear and to see or the eye only sees what it has been programmed to see." This is the key to failed perception. And I linked this to what the Spirit was speaking to me about our having the "mind of Christ." And what it was that Jesus was saying to the elites of Israel's religious people and those gathered around them in His statements of figurative speech.. And how this all ties to the promises of Isaiah and Jeremiah. For Isaiah in chapter 51 verse 7 states this, "Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their reviling's." and then in chapter 57 verse 15 He states this, "For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite." Then we find this in Jeremiah 31 beginning at verse 38 through 43; "They shall be My people, and I will be their God. I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of Me in their hearts, that they may not turn from Me. I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all My heart and all My soul. "For thus says the LORD: Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them." Then there is Zechariah 36:25-27 which I will leave for you to look at. Now there are some who would malign me in this by saying that this is spoken solely for Israel not knowing who are the Israel of GOD, in GOD's eyes. Israel simply put are a called out people.
Now this all being so I will turn our attention to our walking with GOD as seen in Genesis 5:22-24 and then is 6:9 and what is stated in Malachi 2:6 and then in Revelation 3:4. I share this as a foundation for what I will shared elsewhere and for what goes later, the LORD willing.
Walking with GOD,
(remember that where we find the terms God and LORD and the angle of the Lord all are speaking of Christ in His earliest forms)
Genesis 5:21-27 "When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died."
Genesis 6:9-10 "These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth."
Malachi 2:1-9 (the LORD is speaking through His agent and says this) "Now, O priests, this command is for you. If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to My name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it. So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that My covenant with Levi may stand, says the LORD of hosts. My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared Me. He stood in awe of My name. True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. (Truth is law, just as Love and Fait are law) For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts, and so I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep My ways but show partiality in your instruction."
Revelation 3:1-5, 6 "And to the angel (pastor, deacon or elder as a messenger) of the church in Sardis write: 'The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. "'I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of My God. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Continuing with Man being now One with GOD
In the eons before the foundations of the world were laid and established there was who was always there with the Father of spirits the Son also Spirit who stood out above all others because He carried the name of Christ. The record shows that all is of His doing in the creation, redemption and that which brought into play in His Salvation by the restoration and transformation of promise as found in Genesis 3:15. All having been hidden from man and the angles of GOD until released to man after the Spirit's giving to dwell within man again. This all being truth and fact in our Union with Christ is my next study topic, beginning with Romans 7:4.
Union with Christ:
Romans 7:4-6, 1Corinthians 6:15, 2Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:30 and 1John 2:24 "Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to Him Who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused (made known to us) by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for (in continued separation from the Living GOD in this) death. But now we are released from the law (of this death), having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code."
1Corinthians 6:12-20 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything. "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food"—and God (Christ) will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the LORD, and the LORD for the body. For GOD raised the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members (by the action of mans religions) of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh (the revealed actions of Revelation)." For he who is joined to the LORD becomes one spirit with Him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body (by building up the energy of wrath within himself). Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God (He being GOD)? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body."
2Corinthinas 11:1-6 "I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion (and revelation of) to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus (the false narrative of religion) than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit (this being mans fallen nature of spirit or latent power of mans soul) from the one you received, or if you accept a different (again, in mans religious forms in a) gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough. Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles (agents of a false light). Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things."
Ephesians 5:25-33 "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loves the (family, assembly of body or) church and gave Himself up for her (IT), that He might sanctify her (IT), having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that He might present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of His body. "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the (body, family and assembly of a) church (of two or more gathered with the LORD's essence in their mists, this happens anywhere at anytime). However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."
1John 2:18-25 "Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many (denominations of mans false religions for all religion is false because of the nature within them that are) antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, for they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. But you have been anointed (made of Messiah-Christ) by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that He made to us—eternal life."
When one speaks of Christ he is speaking of both Christ and Jesus as these two terms are inseparable. Just as eating and drinking the word make the word inseparable within us, because it becomes part of us, as water, bread or meats do.
Union with Christ:
Romans 7:4-6, 1Corinthians 6:15, 2Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:30 and 1John 2:24 "Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to Him Who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused (made known to us) by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for (in continued separation from the Living GOD in this) death. But now we are released from the law (of this death), having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code."
1Corinthians 6:12-20 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything. "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food"—and God (Christ) will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the LORD, and the LORD for the body. For GOD raised the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members (by the action of mans religions) of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh (the revealed actions of Revelation)." For he who is joined to the LORD becomes one spirit with Him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body (by building up the energy of wrath within himself). Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God (He being GOD)? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body."
2Corinthinas 11:1-6 "I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion (and revelation of) to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus (the false narrative of religion) than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit (this being mans fallen nature of spirit or latent power of mans soul) from the one you received, or if you accept a different (again, in mans religious forms in a) gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough. Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles (agents of a false light). Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things."
Ephesians 5:25-33 "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loves the (family, assembly of body or) church and gave Himself up for her (IT), that He might sanctify her (IT), having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that He might present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of His body. "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the (body, family and assembly of a) church (of two or more gathered with the LORD's essence in their mists, this happens anywhere at anytime). However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."
1John 2:18-25 "Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many (denominations of mans false religions for all religion is false because of the nature within them that are) antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, for they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. But you have been anointed (made of Messiah-Christ) by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that He made to us—eternal life."
When one speaks of Christ he is speaking of both Christ and Jesus as these two terms are inseparable. Just as eating and drinking the word make the word inseparable within us, because it becomes part of us, as water, bread or meats do.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Continuing with Man being now One with GOD
Picking up the LORD's yoke for many meets resistance because of a false narrative seeming position or correct in their perception. And it is this perception that the LORD as Christ Jesus spoke of as being a beam or speck of sand in ones eyes while speaking to the religious men of the elitist sect of Jews in the synagogue, as fond in Matthew 7 and Luke 6 and 11:34 with more detail given here. I have stated elsewhere that in my opinion, it is the work of the Holy Spirit sometime after we have received His sealing, that our perception is restored to us, empowering us to have discernment, and to see and hear clearly a place that few have even been to before. Now getting on with a look at our divine fellowship and spiritual relationship being restored as promised long eons ago by mans standard. In our last study we saw that GOD is Love and that He does not judge nor is there wrath within Him, so who is the Judge and who's is the wrath that resided in mans being as a negative force of resistance and opposition? Now beginning with Moses' fellowship as seen in Exodus 19:3, 20 for foundational work. Then I will look at first our fellowship with Christ and later our fellowship with GOD.
Fellowship with GOD (Christ) the LORD:
Exodus 19:1-6, 16-25 "On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. They set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before the mountain, while Moses went up to God. The LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you shall be My treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel."
"On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly. And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder. For the LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. And the LORD said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to look and many of them perish. Also let the priests who come near to the LORD consecrate themselves, lest the LORD break out against them." And Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You Yourself warned us, saying, 'Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.'" And the LORD said to him, "Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest I break out against them." So Moses went down to the people and told them."
Now there are other such passages for example Exodus 24:2, 25:22 (31:18) and 33:9 (Leviticus 1:1).
Our Fellowship with Christ:
In spiritual assembly,
Matthew 18:19-20 (Jesus is speaking) "Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I among them."
In the Communion of Saints,
Luke 24:13-27 (the day of Jesus' resurrection) "That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. Then He said to them, "What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered Him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And He said to them, "What things?" And they said to Him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find His body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but Him they did not see." Then He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into His glory?" Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning (Christ) Himself."
Warms the heart,
Luke 24:28-35 "So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if He were going farther, but they urged Him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with them. When He was at table with them, He took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. And He vanished from their sight. They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while He opened to us the Scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread."
Leaves its Impression upon our Life,
Acts 4:13-22 (Peter and John before their accusers the Sadducees) "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. For they recognized that they had been with Jesus. But seeing the man who was healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition. But when they had commanded them to leave the council, they conferred with one another, saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this we cannot deny. But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name." So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard." And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, for all were praising God for what had happened. For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old."
Believers Called to,
1Corinthians 1:4-9 "I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in Him in all speech and all knowledge— even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus (the) Christ our LORD."
Testimony (witness of ) an Aid to,
1John 1:1-4 "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete."
Spiritual Receptivity the Condition of,
Revelation 3:19-22 (Christ is speaking) "Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice (Exodus 19 above) and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also conquered and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"
Does any one sense the energy of the LORD Christ within?
Fellowship with GOD (Christ) the LORD:
Exodus 19:1-6, 16-25 "On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. They set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before the mountain, while Moses went up to God. The LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you shall be My treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel."
"On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly. And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder. For the LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. And the LORD said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to look and many of them perish. Also let the priests who come near to the LORD consecrate themselves, lest the LORD break out against them." And Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You Yourself warned us, saying, 'Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.'" And the LORD said to him, "Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest I break out against them." So Moses went down to the people and told them."
Now there are other such passages for example Exodus 24:2, 25:22 (31:18) and 33:9 (Leviticus 1:1).
Our Fellowship with Christ:
In spiritual assembly,
Matthew 18:19-20 (Jesus is speaking) "Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I among them."
In the Communion of Saints,
Luke 24:13-27 (the day of Jesus' resurrection) "That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. Then He said to them, "What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered Him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And He said to them, "What things?" And they said to Him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. But we had hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find His body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but Him they did not see." Then He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into His glory?" Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning (Christ) Himself."
Warms the heart,
Luke 24:28-35 "So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if He were going farther, but they urged Him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So He went in to stay with them. When He was at table with them, He took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. And He vanished from their sight. They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while He opened to us the Scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread."
Leaves its Impression upon our Life,
Acts 4:13-22 (Peter and John before their accusers the Sadducees) "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. For they recognized that they had been with Jesus. But seeing the man who was healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition. But when they had commanded them to leave the council, they conferred with one another, saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this we cannot deny. But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name." So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard." And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, for all were praising God for what had happened. For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old."
Believers Called to,
1Corinthians 1:4-9 "I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in Him in all speech and all knowledge— even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus (the) Christ our LORD."
Testimony (witness of ) an Aid to,
1John 1:1-4 "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete."
Spiritual Receptivity the Condition of,
Revelation 3:19-22 (Christ is speaking) "Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice (Exodus 19 above) and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also conquered and sat down with My Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"
Does any one sense the energy of the LORD Christ within?
Monday, March 27, 2017
Continuing with Man being now One with GOD
Looking at more closely the words of the Lord Jesus as found in John's synoptic gospel chapter 17, which His Priestly Prayer and the revealing of GOD's plan and Propose otherwise known as His Will.
There are three areas yet to cover the first being fond in marriage the great mystery of its meaning and purpose, then there is our fellowship with Christ restored, and our Unity with Christ in GOD and GOD being Christ. But first to get us started I will look to Isaiah and his writing in chapter 54 where we find this statement in verses 4-8, dealing in figurative language with God's Union with His Church or Family.
Marriage, GOD's Union with the Church:
Isaiah 54:4-8 62:5, Jeremiah 3:14, and Hosea 2:19 "Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is His name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth He is called. For the LORD has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God. For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. In overflowing anger for a moment I hid My face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you," says the LORD, your Redeemer."
Isaiah 62:1-5 "For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give. You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married. For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall Your sons marry You, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you."
Jeremiah 3:11-14 "The LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the LORD your God and scattered your favors among foreigners under every green tree, and that you have not obeyed My voice, declares the LORD. Return, O faithless children, declares the LORD; for I am your Master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion."
Hosea 2:14-20 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. "And in that day, declares the LORD, you will call Me 'My Husband,' and no longer will you call Me 'My Baal.' For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety. And I will betroth you to Me forever. I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. And you shall know the LORD."
Matthew 22:1-10, 25:10 and Revelation 19:7 "Again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast."' But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.' And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests."
Matthew 25:1-13 "Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil (symbolic of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, see my note at the end) with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the wise answered, saying, 'Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.' But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.' Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour."
Revelation 19:1-8, 9-10 "After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out,
"Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for His judgments are true and just; for He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants." Once more they cried out, "Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever." And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, "Amen. Hallelujah!" And from the throne came a voice saying,
"Give praise our God, all you His servants, you who fear Him, small and great." Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,
"Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give Him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
The angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are the true words of God." Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God." For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
Now comes my note: The first has to do with the earliest Passover of record and then when it took place just before the Lord Jesus' crucifixion. It dealing with the bread as it was supplied for Israel's wonderings and then in our becoming One with the living bread which is again spoken by Paul in 1Corinthians 10 and 11, where we find that we become by the eating of the Lord's Passover or marriage meal as the bread and wine are the central parts or elements. The bread and wine are absorbed into our body becoming part of it. The second has to do with the fire that did not consume the bush and the column of fire and smoke that lead Israel for forty years. And spoken of in Hebrews 12:29 which states this; "for our God is a consuming fire." And then this is John 1 when John calls Him "the light of men." Here is the relationship, Light is produced by fire. Fire consumes, light blesses, and yet the light is a product of the fire because there is death in the fire to give light. The fire consumes to let out the light. So light comes out of a burning sun by a death when hydrogen atoms are consumed giving off heat and light. There is then a death in the sun when it dies to its original consistency of the one form of atom to another form of atom and releases that which becomes light to us. Fire only dies to itself and produces light for others. When fire remains in itself, it consumes itself. That is why the Bible says we have hell inside of us. James says that if you have an evil tongue, your tongue is set on fire of hell. An angry tongue is a hellish tongue, so hell is there. Therefore a self lived to itself consumes and that is the fire (Gods wrath is firey and consuming it also purifies that which is burned or destroyed). When our self is given up, through Christ, for others, it becomes light, a blessing. This is what God is. So if we are on the wrong side of God, we are a consuming fire. If we are back in the relationship to God which is being fulfilled to us through Christ, we will become a light which is a blessing to us and a blessing to the world.
Now here is my point, the whole occupation of the chapters of Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy is the out pouring of God's grace presented in the tabernacle. It is only in the first few chapters of Exodus that He gives the Ten Commandments and the dietary and social laws are given. It appears that all comes from God and so it does where it be positive or negative all is from God is a sense. Law is not in GOD's nature whatsoever. Just as there is no wrath, there is no judgment, only love. The wrath and judgment is what appears to us when we are on the wrong side of GOD. This is the same with the family.
There are three areas yet to cover the first being fond in marriage the great mystery of its meaning and purpose, then there is our fellowship with Christ restored, and our Unity with Christ in GOD and GOD being Christ. But first to get us started I will look to Isaiah and his writing in chapter 54 where we find this statement in verses 4-8, dealing in figurative language with God's Union with His Church or Family.
Marriage, GOD's Union with the Church:
Isaiah 54:4-8 62:5, Jeremiah 3:14, and Hosea 2:19 "Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is His name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth He is called. For the LORD has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God. For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. In overflowing anger for a moment I hid My face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you," says the LORD, your Redeemer."
Isaiah 62:1-5 "For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give. You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married. For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall Your sons marry You, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you."
Jeremiah 3:11-14 "The LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the LORD your God and scattered your favors among foreigners under every green tree, and that you have not obeyed My voice, declares the LORD. Return, O faithless children, declares the LORD; for I am your Master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion."
Hosea 2:14-20 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. "And in that day, declares the LORD, you will call Me 'My Husband,' and no longer will you call Me 'My Baal.' For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety. And I will betroth you to Me forever. I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. And you shall know the LORD."
Matthew 22:1-10, 25:10 and Revelation 19:7 "Again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast."' But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.' And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests."
Matthew 25:1-13 "Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil (symbolic of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, see my note at the end) with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the wise answered, saying, 'Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.' And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.' But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.' Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour."
Revelation 19:1-8, 9-10 "After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out,
"Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for His judgments are true and just; for He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants." Once more they cried out, "Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever." And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, "Amen. Hallelujah!" And from the throne came a voice saying,
"Give praise our God, all you His servants, you who fear Him, small and great." Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,
"Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give Him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
The angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are the true words of God." Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God." For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
Now comes my note: The first has to do with the earliest Passover of record and then when it took place just before the Lord Jesus' crucifixion. It dealing with the bread as it was supplied for Israel's wonderings and then in our becoming One with the living bread which is again spoken by Paul in 1Corinthians 10 and 11, where we find that we become by the eating of the Lord's Passover or marriage meal as the bread and wine are the central parts or elements. The bread and wine are absorbed into our body becoming part of it. The second has to do with the fire that did not consume the bush and the column of fire and smoke that lead Israel for forty years. And spoken of in Hebrews 12:29 which states this; "for our God is a consuming fire." And then this is John 1 when John calls Him "the light of men." Here is the relationship, Light is produced by fire. Fire consumes, light blesses, and yet the light is a product of the fire because there is death in the fire to give light. The fire consumes to let out the light. So light comes out of a burning sun by a death when hydrogen atoms are consumed giving off heat and light. There is then a death in the sun when it dies to its original consistency of the one form of atom to another form of atom and releases that which becomes light to us. Fire only dies to itself and produces light for others. When fire remains in itself, it consumes itself. That is why the Bible says we have hell inside of us. James says that if you have an evil tongue, your tongue is set on fire of hell. An angry tongue is a hellish tongue, so hell is there. Therefore a self lived to itself consumes and that is the fire (Gods wrath is firey and consuming it also purifies that which is burned or destroyed). When our self is given up, through Christ, for others, it becomes light, a blessing. This is what God is. So if we are on the wrong side of God, we are a consuming fire. If we are back in the relationship to God which is being fulfilled to us through Christ, we will become a light which is a blessing to us and a blessing to the world.
Now here is my point, the whole occupation of the chapters of Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy is the out pouring of God's grace presented in the tabernacle. It is only in the first few chapters of Exodus that He gives the Ten Commandments and the dietary and social laws are given. It appears that all comes from God and so it does where it be positive or negative all is from God is a sense. Law is not in GOD's nature whatsoever. Just as there is no wrath, there is no judgment, only love. The wrath and judgment is what appears to us when we are on the wrong side of GOD. This is the same with the family.
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Continuing with Man being now One with GOD
Continuing on now with Christ being restored to man's spirit, in His Salvation, which is our now living in the New Covenant of Grace. In which we learn this Truth as brought to man by way of a death and marriage of two who come into agreement. I want to look at our Unity with Christ as hidden in the ancient scriptures and now revealed more so in the New Testament of witness to this life giving reality and fact, for those who have become one with Him, who Is. I have found two or more areas of related and of interest that if the LORD allows I will cover as they reinforce what we are currently learning of Him. I have by the LORD stood on the ground that HE laid for man to receive of Him, His revelation as promised man eons ago, this being hid from ages and generations, but now made manifest.......which is Christ in you; I have said nothing but by the Bible way as nothing can be simpler. Because we were created to live like that, as receivers, as seen in the simples exercise of human functions. It is this faculty of reception, called in the Bible.....faith. "To as many as receive Him, to them gave HE power to become the sons of GOD, even to them that believe on His name;" for believing is receiving.
"Received you the Spirit by the words of the Law, or by the hearing of faith?"
Our Unity with Christ:
Romans 7:4-6, 1Corinthians 6:15, 2Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:30 and 1John 2:24 "Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to Him Who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are released from the Law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit (spirit) and not in the old way of the written code."
1Corinthians 6:12-20 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything. "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food"—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the LORD, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh." But he who is joined to the LORD (Christ) becomes one spirit with Him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, Whom you have from GOD? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify GOD in your body."
2Corinthians 11:1-6 "I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband (this is hidden within one title and name "LORD"), to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. (here comes our warning) But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts (this is done in religion and religious actives) will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough. Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles. Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things."
Ephesians 5:25-33 "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loves (His family) the church and gave Himself up for her (the family), that He might sanctify (the family) her, having cleansed (the family) her by the washing of water with the word, so that He might present the (family) church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she (the family) might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the (family) church, because we are members of His body. "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the (family) church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."
1John 2:18-25 "Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists (mans religions, governments, economies and religious institutions are all in the mix because they all foster darkness and maintain separation from God) have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. For you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge (the meaning of the Hebrew name Messiah or Christ). I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son (Christ) has the Father also. Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide (as a son) in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that HE made to us—eternal life ( this is our fellowship hidden from view)."
"Received you the Spirit by the words of the Law, or by the hearing of faith?"
Our Unity with Christ:
Romans 7:4-6, 1Corinthians 6:15, 2Corinthians 11:2, Ephesians 5:30 and 1John 2:24 "Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to Him Who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are released from the Law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit (spirit) and not in the old way of the written code."
1Corinthians 6:12-20 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything. "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food"—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the LORD, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh." But he who is joined to the LORD (Christ) becomes one spirit with Him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, Whom you have from GOD? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify GOD in your body."
2Corinthians 11:1-6 "I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband (this is hidden within one title and name "LORD"), to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. (here comes our warning) But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts (this is done in religion and religious actives) will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough. Indeed, I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles. Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things."
Ephesians 5:25-33 "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loves (His family) the church and gave Himself up for her (the family), that He might sanctify (the family) her, having cleansed (the family) her by the washing of water with the word, so that He might present the (family) church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she (the family) might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the (family) church, because we are members of His body. "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the (family) church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."
1John 2:18-25 "Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists (mans religions, governments, economies and religious institutions are all in the mix because they all foster darkness and maintain separation from God) have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. For you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge (the meaning of the Hebrew name Messiah or Christ). I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son (Christ) has the Father also. Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide (as a son) in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that HE made to us—eternal life ( this is our fellowship hidden from view)."
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Continuing with Man being now One with GOD
I am still looking back over John chapter 17 when I come upon this statement in verse 21, beginning at verse 20 through 24, "I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in US, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. The glory that You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one even as We are One, I in them and You in Me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that You sent Me and love them even as You love Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, may be with Me where I am, to see My glory that You have given Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world."
Now this strikes at no less than three areas of interest for me, these are Oneness, Union and Unity. It is these three that I will focus on for awhile the LORD willing. I may have touched on parts or even all of the material elsewhere but I want to focus on it again as it relates to us today who have received the Spirit of Christ. This point being our reality of fact, it should over time remove all the "if's" in us because of the following. The self-exposing word was, "If you obey My voice, and keep My covenant, then you will be...." Now, the new covenant has no conditions except to receive Christ, which is what we have done. That is all. Therefore we have fulfilled the only condition set upon us by the universe, which is love. When we deviate, and deviate we will, we all ways come back. So God's ultimate Covenant has no conditions and when the new covenant is given us in Hebrews 8, no conditions are with it. He says that He puts out the old covenant with its rules and conditions. For the law is a condition of do's and do not's. Where it states, "if you are, or do, something, then I'll do so and so.....," that means you are not in it and you will be if only you obey. Now GOD or as said elsewhere Christ finding fault with the old covenant, He says, "I'll make a New Covenant with the house of Israel." That is why the prophet Jeremiah said this as picked up in Hebrews 8; "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, I will put My law in their hearts. I will be to them a GOD, they shall be to Me a people, they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD;' for they all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest." We are in a conditionless dimension, the heavenly dimension, as a kingdom, because we are it. We are it! No man need teach us to love the LORD, we all know Him, from the least to the greatest, this is the new Israel. This I have covered over the past 1200 plus posts on this blog and my other blog where I look at GOD has One Way for us all.
Now Our Oneness with the Father:
John 10:22-30, 31-39, 14:10, 17:11, 22 "At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around Him and said to Him (with sarcasm), "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them (with authority), "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name bear witness about Me, but you do not believe because you are not among My sheep. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, Who has given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are One."
The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone Me?" The Jews answered him (with disgust of voice and attitude), "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God." Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'? If He called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— do you say of Him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me; but if I do them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me and I am in the Father." Again they sought to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands."
John 14:8-14, 15 "Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know Me, Philip? Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own authority, but the Father Who dwells in Me does His works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me, or else believe on account of the works themselves. "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son (our being restored to sonship as Sons a position of ownership or inheritance). If you ask Me anything in (through) My name, I will do it.
"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."
John 17:6-19, 20-24 (Jesus is speaking) "I have manifested Your name to the people whom You gave Me out of the world. Yours they were, and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. (notice that Jesus here declares a fact of truth as being an active present tense having been accomplished before it has taken place, as seeing by faith) Now they know that everything that You have given Me is from You. For I have given them the words that You gave Me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from You; and they have believed that You sent Me. I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. All Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, which You have given Me, that they may be one, even as We are One. While I was with them, I kept them in Your name, which You have given Me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Your word (of solemn promise), and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate Myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth."
John 17:20-24 "I do not ask for these only, but for those who will believe in Me through their word, that they may all be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in US, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. The glory (which removes the "if's" spoken of earlier) that You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one even as We are One, I in them and You in Me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that You sent Me and love them even as You love Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, may be with Me where I am, to see My glory that You have given Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world."
This confirms the name of Christ as known throughout the ancient history of the world as being that of GOD.
Now this strikes at no less than three areas of interest for me, these are Oneness, Union and Unity. It is these three that I will focus on for awhile the LORD willing. I may have touched on parts or even all of the material elsewhere but I want to focus on it again as it relates to us today who have received the Spirit of Christ. This point being our reality of fact, it should over time remove all the "if's" in us because of the following. The self-exposing word was, "If you obey My voice, and keep My covenant, then you will be...." Now, the new covenant has no conditions except to receive Christ, which is what we have done. That is all. Therefore we have fulfilled the only condition set upon us by the universe, which is love. When we deviate, and deviate we will, we all ways come back. So God's ultimate Covenant has no conditions and when the new covenant is given us in Hebrews 8, no conditions are with it. He says that He puts out the old covenant with its rules and conditions. For the law is a condition of do's and do not's. Where it states, "if you are, or do, something, then I'll do so and so.....," that means you are not in it and you will be if only you obey. Now GOD or as said elsewhere Christ finding fault with the old covenant, He says, "I'll make a New Covenant with the house of Israel." That is why the prophet Jeremiah said this as picked up in Hebrews 8; "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, I will put My law in their hearts. I will be to them a GOD, they shall be to Me a people, they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD;' for they all shall know Me, from the least to the greatest." We are in a conditionless dimension, the heavenly dimension, as a kingdom, because we are it. We are it! No man need teach us to love the LORD, we all know Him, from the least to the greatest, this is the new Israel. This I have covered over the past 1200 plus posts on this blog and my other blog where I look at GOD has One Way for us all.
Now Our Oneness with the Father:
John 10:22-30, 31-39, 14:10, 17:11, 22 "At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around Him and said to Him (with sarcasm), "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them (with authority), "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name bear witness about Me, but you do not believe because you are not among My sheep. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, Who has given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are One."
The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone Me?" The Jews answered him (with disgust of voice and attitude), "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God." Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'? If He called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— do you say of Him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me; but if I do them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me and I am in the Father." Again they sought to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands."
John 14:8-14, 15 "Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know Me, Philip? Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own authority, but the Father Who dwells in Me does His works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me, or else believe on account of the works themselves. "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son (our being restored to sonship as Sons a position of ownership or inheritance). If you ask Me anything in (through) My name, I will do it.
"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."
John 17:6-19, 20-24 (Jesus is speaking) "I have manifested Your name to the people whom You gave Me out of the world. Yours they were, and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. (notice that Jesus here declares a fact of truth as being an active present tense having been accomplished before it has taken place, as seeing by faith) Now they know that everything that You have given Me is from You. For I have given them the words that You gave Me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from You; and they have believed that You sent Me. I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. All Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, which You have given Me, that they may be one, even as We are One. While I was with them, I kept them in Your name, which You have given Me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Your word (of solemn promise), and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate Myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth."
John 17:20-24 "I do not ask for these only, but for those who will believe in Me through their word, that they may all be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in US, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. The glory (which removes the "if's" spoken of earlier) that You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one even as We are One, I in them and You in Me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that You sent Me and love them even as You love Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, may be with Me where I am, to see My glory that You have given Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world."
This confirms the name of Christ as known throughout the ancient history of the world as being that of GOD.
Friday, March 24, 2017
Continuing with Our Oneness with GOD
This writing should bring this short study to its assigned end....assigned end because it has been written and choreographed by GOD in eons past, as we saw with the lamb being crucified before the foundations of the world were laid. Genesis 1 bears this out because it rehearses man as spirit being with GOD before creation, but sadly many do not see it or even hear what it reveals because their perception is blocked by the corruption of flesh. That is why we must be born again and filled by GOD of His Holy Spirit through Whom all things become to us new, meaning that your name remains in the book of life. Now for our next few titles of interest, of which there are three in number. Now some may say that I have taken liberties of change in some passages but keep this in mind I am led of the LORD in all things of spirit which these passages themselves witness too. Also bear this out within yourselves the revelation of Christ within us. All of this is born out in John's synoptic gospel of chapter 17, in the LORD's Prayer, which changes the course of mans history by GOD's transformation. Here is a breakdown of Israel and Emmanuel, Ihs is man as is Emman, and rel and el are God, put them together we have God in man or Jesus the house of GOD-Christ. Or Jesus the Spirit man after His baptism which brought the Spirit or GOD to dwell in Him making Him from then on Christ the Father's name.
Prepared for service:
Luke 1:8-17 and Acts 15:14 "Now while he (Zacharias the father of John who became the baptizer) was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the LORD and burn incense. And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. And there appeared to him an angel (the Spirit) of the LORD standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great before the LORD. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the LORD their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the LORD a people prepared."
Acts 15:12-21 "All the assembly fell silent (Peter standing before this council now slanted because of his words), and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. After they finished speaking, James replied, "Brothers, listen to me. Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name. And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written, "'After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of mankind may seek the LORD, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the LORD, who makes these things known from of old.' (in Amos 9) Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood. For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues."
Characterized by zeal:
Titus 2:11-14, 15 "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing (redemption and then His) salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live (by the Spirit within) self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory 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 for good works.
Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you."
The law written upon our heart: (This next passage could be labeled a Better Ministry)
Hebrews 8:1-13, 1Peter 2:9 and Revelation 21:3 "Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the Holy places, in the true tent that the LORD set up, not man. For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. Now if HE were on earth, HE would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, "See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain." But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant He mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion (a necessity) to look for a second. For HE finds fault with them when HE says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel (Ihs-rels) and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in My covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the LORD. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel (Ihs-rel, men who have returned to GOD as His position) after those days, declares the LORD: I will put My law (of love and faith, in grace and truth) into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know ME, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more." In speaking of a new covenant, HE makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away."
1Peter 2:9-10 "For you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence's of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."
Revelation 21:1-4 "I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from GOD, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of GOD is within man. He will dwell within them, and they will be His people, and GOD Himself will be within them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
Prepared for service:
Luke 1:8-17 and Acts 15:14 "Now while he (Zacharias the father of John who became the baptizer) was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the LORD and burn incense. And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. And there appeared to him an angel (the Spirit) of the LORD standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great before the LORD. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the LORD their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the LORD a people prepared."
Acts 15:12-21 "All the assembly fell silent (Peter standing before this council now slanted because of his words), and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. After they finished speaking, James replied, "Brothers, listen to me. Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name. And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written, "'After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of mankind may seek the LORD, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the LORD, who makes these things known from of old.' (in Amos 9) Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood. For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues."
Characterized by zeal:
Titus 2:11-14, 15 "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing (redemption and then His) salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live (by the Spirit within) self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory 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 for good works.
Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you."
The law written upon our heart: (This next passage could be labeled a Better Ministry)
Hebrews 8:1-13, 1Peter 2:9 and Revelation 21:3 "Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the Holy places, in the true tent that the LORD set up, not man. For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. Now if HE were on earth, HE would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, "See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain." But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant He mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion (a necessity) to look for a second. For HE finds fault with them when HE says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel (Ihs-rels) and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in My covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the LORD. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel (Ihs-rel, men who have returned to GOD as His position) after those days, declares the LORD: I will put My law (of love and faith, in grace and truth) into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know ME, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more." In speaking of a new covenant, HE makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away."
1Peter 2:9-10 "For you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence's of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."
Revelation 21:1-4 "I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from GOD, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of GOD is within man. He will dwell within them, and they will be His people, and GOD Himself will be within them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Continuing with Our Oneness with GOD
Before continuing on I want to look back by way of review at John 10 and verses 14 through 16 which states this by our Lord Jesus, "I am the good shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me, just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd." With this in our last post I began with John 17 verse 10 in which we have this statement, "All Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them." From this point we are looking at who we are to become in the knowledge of the LORD of lords. Now when we take all that our Bible reveals to us be it the old standard of the KJV or another other translation out there remains one element required to bring the hidden to life. He being the Holy Spirit the author and authority of the Bible text no matter the version being used. For without Him the words are just words like any other book. And the mystery remains just that a mystery
(Det. 29:29, Mark 4:11, 22, Luke 8:17 and John 18:20) accept where Jesus reveals these things about Himself and the Father. There were men before Jesus' birth who fond Christ who never knew Jesus by this name, because all that they knew was Christ in His eternal being; Jesus is His human name. He, was not Jesus Christ before Bethlehem. He was always Christ through eternity, the anointed Son, and in God's sight always had been crucified and risen. The Bible says in that remarkable phrase in 1Peter 1:20 and Revelation 13:8, that He was "the lamb slain from the foundation of the world." So in God's eyes, where there is no time factor, He always has been the Savior, even before there was a world to be saved. It is from this stand point that we are to approach our studies of Him as asked of us all in Mat. 11:28-30 where this is fond, "Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Are you ready to) 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."
Chosen by (Yehovah) Jehovah:
Deuteronomy 14:2 "For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for His treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth."
Romans 12:1-3 "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. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned." (Titus 2:14 and 1Peter 2:9 as seen in our first study on this medication)
Exalted above all nations:
Deuteronomy 26:16-19 "This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and rules. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. You have declared today that the LORD is your God, and that you will walk in His ways, and keep His statutes and His commandments and His rules, and will obey His voice. And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for His treasured possession, as He has promised you, and that you are to keep all His commandments, and that He will set you in praise and in fame and in honor high above all nations that He has made, and that you shall be a people holy to the LORD your God, as He promised." ( tied in here is 1Sam. 12:24 and Ps 29:11, and again we have 1Peter 2:5, 9 with Rev. 1:5-6)
Guided as a flock:
Psalm 78:40-53 and 100:1-3 "How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power or the day when He redeemed them from their foes, when He performed His signs in Egypt and His marvels in the fields of Zoan. He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams. He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. He gave their crops to the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust. He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost. He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts. He let loose on them His burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels. He made a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague. He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham. Then He led out His people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies."
Psalm 100:1-3 "Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into His presence with singing! Know that the LORD, He is GOD! It is He Who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture." (here we find John 17:3, 2Cor. 4:6, Gal. 4:8-9 and 1John 5:20 where we find the following)
1John 5:18-22, 21 "We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God, (it is God Who) protects him, and the evil one does not touch him. We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him Who is true; and we are in Him Who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols."
The LORD willing tomorrow when it comes I will endeavor to conclude this study.
Chosen by (Yehovah) Jehovah:
Deuteronomy 14:2 "For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for His treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth."
Romans 12:1-3 "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. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned." (Titus 2:14 and 1Peter 2:9 as seen in our first study on this medication)
Exalted above all nations:
Deuteronomy 26:16-19 "This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and rules. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. You have declared today that the LORD is your God, and that you will walk in His ways, and keep His statutes and His commandments and His rules, and will obey His voice. And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for His treasured possession, as He has promised you, and that you are to keep all His commandments, and that He will set you in praise and in fame and in honor high above all nations that He has made, and that you shall be a people holy to the LORD your God, as He promised." ( tied in here is 1Sam. 12:24 and Ps 29:11, and again we have 1Peter 2:5, 9 with Rev. 1:5-6)
Guided as a flock:
Psalm 78:40-53 and 100:1-3 "How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power or the day when He redeemed them from their foes, when He performed His signs in Egypt and His marvels in the fields of Zoan. He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams. He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. He gave their crops to the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust. He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost. He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts. He let loose on them His burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels. He made a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague. He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham. Then He led out His people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies."
Psalm 100:1-3 "Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into His presence with singing! Know that the LORD, He is GOD! It is He Who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture." (here we find John 17:3, 2Cor. 4:6, Gal. 4:8-9 and 1John 5:20 where we find the following)
1John 5:18-22, 21 "We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God, (it is God Who) protects him, and the evil one does not touch him. We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him Who is true; and we are in Him Who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols."
The LORD willing tomorrow when it comes I will endeavor to conclude this study.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Our Oneness with GOD
I have been thinking on what Jesus said in John 17 and relooked at this whole scripture to find a key verse or two that catches my attention. Now I rechecked my posts on the promises and related areas of scripture for more back ground on our being now counted One with God by God (Elohim, El, Yhwh) and other titles of His divine nature as known by the Hebrews and His prophets in eons gone by. The main one that stands out is the "LORD" sometimes used by the Bible translation writers. It is from this perspective that I now share a few of my findings for thought and consideration for all. The following are general references to our being God's people as hidden within the context of scripture. These having their origin in John 17:8-10 where we find this said, "For I have given them the words that You gave Me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from You; and they have believed that You sent Me. I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are yours. All mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them."
A peculiar treasure:
Exodus 19:5-6, Titus 2:11-14 and 1Peter 2:4-8, 9-10 "Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you shall be My treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel."
Titus 2:11-14 "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing 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 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 for good works."
1Peter 2:4-8, 9-10 "You come to Him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame." So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone," and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."
Tomorrow the LORD willing I will continue with such things as our being a chosen by Yehovah, exalted above all nations and our being guided like a flock and much more.
A peculiar treasure:
Exodus 19:5-6, Titus 2:11-14 and 1Peter 2:4-8, 9-10 "Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you shall be My treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel."
Titus 2:11-14 "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing 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 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 for good works."
1Peter 2:4-8, 9-10 "You come to Him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame." So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone," and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."
Tomorrow the LORD willing I will continue with such things as our being a chosen by Yehovah, exalted above all nations and our being guided like a flock and much more.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Continuing with Sheep not of this fold
So far we have discovered GOD's plan and purpose for Jesus and that of humanity, is but one. That is to say to bring all back to Himself through the man Jesus. And His anointing of Him by His Holy Spirit making Him Christ and making All others One in Him and through Him to live out the promises and the abundant Life while here on earth being His students and thereby His witnesses. Now we have reached the largest stepping stone, the one that has seemed to cause the religious church world the greatest of consternation and unbelief. This chapter can be broken up into two sections, e first Jesus' High Priestly Prayer and the second His students or disciples in the world. Over the years I have said some sharp criticisms against the religious and religious institutions composed churches of the worldly and earthy sort holding millions upon millions who have chosen to walk in abstract poverty of spirit and thereby denying the Christ and becoming anti-Christ's just as revealed in the book of Christ's Revelation states would come about. There is one more thing to add I have not imposed the scripture links to other epistles that reveal the same thing shared to keep all clean and clearly focused on the subject at hand. I leave this to you to do while the LORD's Holy Spirits help and guidance. In Paul's writings are found the confirmation of Jesus' prayer. And before in Acts record the promise of the Father is realized by the giving of the Holy Spirit's indwelling of humanity at the moment of redemption. Now chapter 17 of John's synoptic gospel, again using the ESV translation.
Jesus' High Priestly Prayer for His own
John 17:1-12 "After Jesus had spoken these words (of chapters 14-16), He lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify You, since You have given Him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they know You the only true GOD, and Jesus Christ Whom You have sent. I glorified You on earth, having accomplished the work that You gave Me to do. And now, Father, glorify Me in Your own presence with the glory that I had with You before the world existed. "I have manifested Your name (Christ) to the people whom You gave Me out of the world. Yours they are, for You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word (plan and purpose of Will). Now they know that everything that You have given Me is from You. For I have given them the words that You gave Me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from You; and they have believed that You sent Me. I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. All Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, which You have given Me, that they may be one, even as We are One. While I was with them, I kept them in Your name, which You have given Me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled."
The Students or Disciples in the world
John 17:13-26 "But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Your word (Your Promises), and the world hates them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is Truth. As You sent Me into the world, so I send them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate Myself, that they also may be sanctified in (this) truth. "I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word, that they may all be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in US, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. The glory that You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one even as We are One, I in them and You in Me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that You sent Me and love them even as You love Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, may be with Me where I am, to see My glory that You have given Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not know You, I know You, and these know that You have sent Me. I made known to them Your name (Christ), and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them, and I in them."
We are now in GOD's so great a Salvation because our home and family life are now one with GOD and GOD alone, having the Godhead within our temple the body of clay. We are the living stones of which the Lord Jesus said that the Father would rise up. Now I will show the scripture references to what I just stated beginning with 1Peter 2:4-5, 4:10-14, Colossians 3:16-17. To this point there are references to this in Matthew, Mark and Luke in relation to the raising of stones to Abrahams lineage.
Jesus' High Priestly Prayer for His own
John 17:1-12 "After Jesus had spoken these words (of chapters 14-16), He lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify You, since You have given Him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they know You the only true GOD, and Jesus Christ Whom You have sent. I glorified You on earth, having accomplished the work that You gave Me to do. And now, Father, glorify Me in Your own presence with the glory that I had with You before the world existed. "I have manifested Your name (Christ) to the people whom You gave Me out of the world. Yours they are, for You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word (plan and purpose of Will). Now they know that everything that You have given Me is from You. For I have given them the words that You gave Me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from You; and they have believed that You sent Me. I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. All Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, which You have given Me, that they may be one, even as We are One. While I was with them, I kept them in Your name, which You have given Me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled."
The Students or Disciples in the world
John 17:13-26 "But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Your word (Your Promises), and the world hates them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is Truth. As You sent Me into the world, so I send them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate Myself, that they also may be sanctified in (this) truth. "I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word, that they may all be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in US, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. The glory that You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one even as We are One, I in them and You in Me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that You sent Me and love them even as You love Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, may be with Me where I am, to see My glory that You have given Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not know You, I know You, and these know that You have sent Me. I made known to them Your name (Christ), and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them, and I in them."
We are now in GOD's so great a Salvation because our home and family life are now one with GOD and GOD alone, having the Godhead within our temple the body of clay. We are the living stones of which the Lord Jesus said that the Father would rise up. Now I will show the scripture references to what I just stated beginning with 1Peter 2:4-5, 4:10-14, Colossians 3:16-17. To this point there are references to this in Matthew, Mark and Luke in relation to the raising of stones to Abrahams lineage.
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Continuing with Sheep not of this fold
In this next study we will be looking at chapter 16 of John's synoptic gospel in which Jesus first gives a stern warning of persecution and then He explains the working of the Holy Spirit and after that His departure. Lastly He reveals His overcoming the evils of this world. When we have received the promise of all promises we too are empowered to Learn of Him, the vail is rent that covers our own heart to be empowered to see clearly and hear unhindered GOD's word within our being like never before. This is what we acquire as the abundance of His Life is all about. Now for years I have wondered why is it that todays people and churches have not the witness in power of the Holy Spirit. In this study we just may find out why. You see we are called to be set apart and a peculiar people indwelt by GOD, the Godhead, to walk as His ambassadors and stewards of His word just as did a few men and women throughout the worlds history. This is the power or authority spoken of through our Bible and seen within its pages. We are to be His witnesses of Christ coming in the flesh, again. Yes I said "again" because of Genesis where we have the Spirit of the LORD...ie' Christ, present as John bears out in John chapter 1. John having spent time close to Jesus and then walking with Paul before writing by revelation the things of Christ including the stand alone book of Christ's Revelation. Now I will turn again to the ESV translation to do this study.
Jesus warns of Persecution to follow
John 16:1-3 "I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor Me. I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you."
Jesus speaks of His leaving and then the work of the Holy Spirit
John 16:5-6, 7-11, 12-15 "But now I am going to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, 'Where are you going?' But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you. And when He comes, He will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see Me no longer (this does not mean that He is gone but rather is returned to His original state of Spirit remains ever present); concerning judgment, because the ruler (within mans being of the flesh) of this world is judged.
"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth, for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak, and He will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take what is Mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is Mine; therefore I said that He will take what is Mine and declare it to you."
Sorrow turns to Joy at His resurrection (within our soul)
John 16:16, 17-24 "A little while, and you will see Me no longer; and again a little while, and you will (know Me in a new way) see Me."
So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that He says to us, 'A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and, 'because I am going to the Father'?" So they were saying, "What does He mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what He is talking about (the unbelieving world, this includes mans religions, remains to this day in blindness and darkness to this)." Jesus knew what they wanted to ask Him, so He said to them, "Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, 'A little while and you will not see Me, and again a little while and you will see Me'? Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. So also you have sorrow now, but I will see (be within) you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. In that day you will ask nothing of Me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in My (anointed name, this being Messiah or Christ) name, HE will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full."
I have Overcome the world
John 16:25-33 "I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. In that day you will ask through My name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from GOD. I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father." His disciples said, "Ah, now You are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech! Now we know that You know all things and do not need anyone to question You; this is why we believe that You came from God." Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave Me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is within Me. I have said these things to you, that in (through) Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
This is overcoming is spoken of in Revelation where we are told how to overcome the world through Christ and His Spirit restored within us. Next comes the LORD's Prayer that reveals GOD's transformation which took place at Pentecost. It forever changed the landscape for humanity from being of the flesh as in the days before Jesus' coming to our being spiritually endowed by GOD in Christ to become His again. During the ancient days He as the Spirit settled upon men and women but did not seem to indwell man, as they spoke and wrote as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Jesus warns of Persecution to follow
John 16:1-3 "I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor Me. I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you."
Jesus speaks of His leaving and then the work of the Holy Spirit
John 16:5-6, 7-11, 12-15 "But now I am going to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, 'Where are you going?' But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you. And when He comes, He will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see Me no longer (this does not mean that He is gone but rather is returned to His original state of Spirit remains ever present); concerning judgment, because the ruler (within mans being of the flesh) of this world is judged.
"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth, for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak, and He will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take what is Mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is Mine; therefore I said that He will take what is Mine and declare it to you."
Sorrow turns to Joy at His resurrection (within our soul)
John 16:16, 17-24 "A little while, and you will see Me no longer; and again a little while, and you will (know Me in a new way) see Me."
So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that He says to us, 'A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and, 'because I am going to the Father'?" So they were saying, "What does He mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what He is talking about (the unbelieving world, this includes mans religions, remains to this day in blindness and darkness to this)." Jesus knew what they wanted to ask Him, so He said to them, "Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, 'A little while and you will not see Me, and again a little while and you will see Me'? Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. So also you have sorrow now, but I will see (be within) you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. In that day you will ask nothing of Me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in My (anointed name, this being Messiah or Christ) name, HE will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full."
I have Overcome the world
John 16:25-33 "I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. In that day you will ask through My name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from GOD. I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father." His disciples said, "Ah, now You are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech! Now we know that You know all things and do not need anyone to question You; this is why we believe that You came from God." Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave Me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is within Me. I have said these things to you, that in (through) Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
This is overcoming is spoken of in Revelation where we are told how to overcome the world through Christ and His Spirit restored within us. Next comes the LORD's Prayer that reveals GOD's transformation which took place at Pentecost. It forever changed the landscape for humanity from being of the flesh as in the days before Jesus' coming to our being spiritually endowed by GOD in Christ to become His again. During the ancient days He as the Spirit settled upon men and women but did not seem to indwell man, as they spoke and wrote as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Friday, March 3, 2017
Continuing with Sheep not of this fold
This next section picks up with Jesus telling us that He is the Vine or the Tree of Life would be another way of expressing this. He chose Vine because of the farming and agricultural area that He and His followers were in. Then He explains our relationship with the world of evil and darkness that we live in and have come out of when we have received His revelation within. And if you do not remember the word LORD, it means Master, Father, Husband, Husbandman and Vine and we can also include Christ and do Him no harm. One other thing through most of the early parts of the Old Testament the LORD reveals His many hats or titles of mans required resources, of healer, needs provider, our peace and a host of others. We willingly loose all self importance. Now chapter 15 of John's synoptic gospel and making use of the ESV translation.
Jesus the true Vine and those who are His the branches
John 15:1-11, 12-17 "I Am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser (husbandman). Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit HE takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit HE prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I Am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me he (remains satan's slave and) is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in Me, and My words (in My Will) abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be My disciples (students as He is our teacher or Master as a college or university prophesier). As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love. If you keep My commandments (charge or injunction), you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's (charge and injunction) commandments and abide in His Love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
"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 (of separation, enjoinment to) 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 have chosen you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father through Me, HE may give it to you. These things I command (directed) you, so that you will love one another."
Our relationship to be Hatred of the world
John 15:18-27 "If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, for I chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of My name, because they do not know Him (the SPIRIT) Who sent Me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever (remains a slave to sin) hates Me, hates My Father also (implying Their undivided Oneness). If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father. For the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated Me without a cause.' (in Psalm 35:19, 69:4) "But when the Helper comes, Whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth, Who proceeds from the Father, HE will bear witness about Me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning (Genesis 1 and 2 with John 1)."
Jesus the true Vine and those who are His the branches
John 15:1-11, 12-17 "I Am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser (husbandman). Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit HE takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit HE prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I Am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me he (remains satan's slave and) is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in Me, and My words (in My Will) abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be My disciples (students as He is our teacher or Master as a college or university prophesier). As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love. If you keep My commandments (charge or injunction), you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's (charge and injunction) commandments and abide in His Love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
"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 (of separation, enjoinment to) 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 have chosen you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father through Me, HE may give it to you. These things I command (directed) you, so that you will love one another."
Our relationship to be Hatred of the world
John 15:18-27 "If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, for I chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of My name, because they do not know Him (the SPIRIT) Who sent Me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever (remains a slave to sin) hates Me, hates My Father also (implying Their undivided Oneness). If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father. For the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated Me without a cause.' (in Psalm 35:19, 69:4) "But when the Helper comes, Whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth, Who proceeds from the Father, HE will bear witness about Me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning (Genesis 1 and 2 with John 1)."
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