Christ within You .07

 This thought will begin with verse 28 from our last entry, which reads as follows:

Romans 8:28-30 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called[1] according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow[2], He also did predestinate[3] to be conformed[4] to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.  Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified[5].

In our last few studies we have used the records of King David's Psalm records...but will I do it again? Not sure.  

[1] called; Genesis 50:20  But as for you, you thought evil against Me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive. Now therefore fear you not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them. 

Psalm 46:1-3 GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear (be in raged, angry), though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. 

Zechariah 13:9  And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they shall say, The LORD is my GOD. 

2Corinthians 5:1-3  For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of GOD, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

Hebrews 12:6-12  For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives. If we endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; For what son is he whom the father chastens not? But if we be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are we but bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have earthy fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits (this in Gen. 1:26-28), and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; But He for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness. Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness for them which are exercised thereby. Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; But let it rather be healed. 

[2]foreknew; Exodus 33:17  And the LORD said to Moses, 'I will do this thing also that you have spoken: for you hast found grace in My sight, and I know you by name. 

Psalm 1:6  For the LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Jeremiah 1:5  Before I formed you in the belly (womb) I knew you; And before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.

2Timothy 2:19-20  Nevertheless the foundation of GOD stands sure, having this seal, The Lord knows them that are His. And, Let every one that name the name of Christ depart from iniquity. For in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; And some to honor, and some to dishonor.  

1Pe 1:2-5  Elect according to the foreknowledge of GOD the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied. Blessed be the GOD and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy having begotten us again (the new birthing from above) to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of GOD through His faith until salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.  

Revelation 13:8-9  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship Him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. 

[3]predestinated; Ephesians 1:4-12  According as He having chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love: Having predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His Will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He having made us accepted in (by) the beloved. In Whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace; Therein He having abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known to us the mystery of His Will, according to His good pleasure which He had purposed in Himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him: In Whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him Who works all things after the counsel of His own Will: That we should be to the praise of His glory, Who first trusted (for it is Christ in us that They trusted) Christ. 

1Peter 1:19-23  For with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, Who was manifest in these last times for you, who by Him do believe GOD, Who that raised Him up from the dead, and gave Him glory; That your (using His) faith and hope might be found in GOD. Seeing we have purified your souls in obeying the Truth through the Spirit in unfeigned love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word (Will) of GOD, which lives and abides for ever. 

[4]conformed to His image; Romans 13:14 of 10-14  Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep (this being the effect of our total redemption, the acquiring of the renewed mind of Rom. 12:1-3): for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness (man's religions and their many systems and doctrines), and let us put on the armor of light (G5457 from G5457 from G5346 to make known, understanding). Let us walk honestly, as in the day; Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof. 

[5]called, justified, glorified; Ephesians 4:4 of 1-8 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you were called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. For there is one body, and one Spirit, even as we are called in one hope of our calling; One LORD, One faith, One baptism, One GOD and Father of all, Who is above all, and through all, and in us all. For every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore He said, When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men. (in Psalm 68:18 and then again in Colossians 2:15)

1Corinthians 6:11 of 9-11 Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of GOD? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of GOD. And such were some of you: but you are washed, you are sanctified, you are justified in the name of the LORD Jesus, and by the Spirit of our GOD. 

Colossians 1:18 of 15-20  Who is the image of the invisible GOD, the firstborn of every creature: For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: And He is before (having preeminence) all things, and by Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things to Himself; By Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 

Jesus is here speaking: John 17:22 of 20-24 'Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe Me through their word; That they all may be one; As You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that You have sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them; That they may be one, even as We are One: I in them, and You in Me, that they may be made perfect in One; That the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them, as You have loved Me. Father, I will that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am; That they may behold My glory, which You have given Me: for You loved Me as You have Loved them before the foundation of the world. 

Romans 9:23 of 22-25  What if GOD, willing to show His wrath (G3709, a hot desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), and to make His power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of due wrath fitted to destruction: And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had afore prepared (G4282, from G2090, to fit up in advance) for glory, even in us, whom He has called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As He stated also by Hosea, 'I will call them My people, which were not My people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.' (Hosea 2:23 and in 1Peter 2:10)

Our next visit we shall the LORD Willing pick things up at verse 31. Until then may the Rest of GOD settle in into you and yours by Christ Jesus.

Christ within You .06

 We are about to look at verses 26-27 which states this, picking up at verse 25 and ending with verse 28:

Romans 8:25  But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. For likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And He that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the Will of GOD. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love GOD, to them who are the called according to His purpose.  

Now I want to look again at what King David reveals in Psalm 36 verses 7-10, 37:3-5 and Psalm 63:2-6, as an aid to our understanding of a great Truth of our relationship within the risen and ascended LORD.

Psalm 36:7-10  How excellent is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Your house; You shall make them drink of the river of Your pleasures. For with You is the fountain of life: in Your light shall we see light. O continue Your lovingkindness to them that know You; and Your righteousness to the upright in heart. 

Psalm 37:3-5 Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

Those who live by grace trust in God to work in their lives. We can see David's heart to live this way, as he urges others to trust in the Lord. "Trust in the LORD . . . feed on His faithfulness . . . Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him."

God wants His people to be characterized by goodness. Yet, King David affirmed that no one does good on their own. "There is none who does good, No, not one" (Ps. 14:3). So, for anyone to do good, the Lord must do a good work in and through their lives. Those who place their trust in the Lord find the will and the strength to do that which is good in the sight of God. "Trust in the LORD, and do good." To be faithful in doing good, God's people must be nurtured in God's faithfulness. "Dwell in the land (this means to be in His rest, Gen. 2:1-3), and feed on His faithfulness." Those who place their trust in a the faithfulness God become increasingly faithful servants of God.

Of course, the work of God in lives is centered in the heart of man. King David prayed for an undivided heart of reverential trust toward the Lord. "Unite my heart to fear (H3372, means  reverence) Your name" (Ps. 86:11). Everyone who is willing to let the Lord be the captivating joy of their inner man will have God Himself planting godly desires within their heart. "Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart." These implanted desires are then worked outward in godly living.

As this godliness is developing, we desire that the Lord's path for our lives would become increasingly evident. We have a growing interest in walking in the ways of the Lord. David had such a desire in his heart toward the Lord. "Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me" (Ps. 25:4-5; Mat. 11:26-30 this first seen in Gen. 1:1). The Lord teaches those who are willing to entrust their lives into His directing. "Commit your way (this the bearing of His yoke of learning of Him) to the LORD, Trust also in Him, For He shall bring it to pass." Those who do place their lives under the sovereign care of GOD enjoy the great privilege of having the LORD God almighty governing the very steps that they take day by day. (this thought taken from the e-Sword free down load available on the internet, and I have on a limited bases edited it as the Holy Spirit directs.)

Psalm 63:2-6  To see Your power and glory, so as I have seen You in the sanctuary (H6944, consecrated saints). Because Your lovingkindness (H2638, mercies, rarely reproof) is better than life, my lips shall praise You. Thus will I bless You while I live: I will lift up my hands in Your name (H8034, to memorialize, of individuality; honor, authority, character) . My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow (Leviticus 17:11) and fatness (H1880, abundance); And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips: When I remember You upon my bed, and meditate on You in the night watches.  

When we can use the scriptures in the proper manner things begin to pop into place and make sense to us.

Christ within You .05

Okay, after doing our last subject of Romans 8:12-17, I did another look at the Psalms written by King David and what I found surprised me, as it links with the words of Jesus when He spoke of rivers of living waters flowing from those who would chose to walk with Him by taking up their cross on a daily bases or better yet would accept the yoke of learning of Him as spoken of in Matthew 11:26-30 (this yoke and learning is hidden in Genesis 1:1) or the abiding in Him and His abiding with us, surprisingly enough this is the main subject of John 15, here are the few that I have found:

John 12:46, 14:16, 15:4, 6-7, 10  "'I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes Me should not abide in darkness..... And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever;.....Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; No more can you, except you abide in Me....If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; And men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done for you....If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love; Even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.'"

Now for our look at Romans 8 which has the header of "Future Glory," now for18-25 which states this:

Romans 8:18-25  For I reckon that the sufferings (inflected upon Paul by the Jewish elders and Priests his former friends)[1] of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory[2] which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation[3] of the sons of GOD. For the creature was made subject to vanity (by the actions of Adam's slipping into deception's darkness, the lost of conscientiousness of his origin and true identity), not willingly, but by reason of him who having subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of GOD. For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption (deliverance from sin's stain, the atonement..G629 a compound of G575 and G3083;) of our body. For we are saved (made whole, healed..G4982) by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."

[1] sufferings, Matthew 5:11-12 'Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.' 

2Corinthians 4:17-18  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; But the things which are not seen are eternal. 

[2]glory,  Colossians 3:4-7  When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall we also appear with Him in glory.  Therefore mortify your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience: In the which we also walked some time, when we lived in them. 

2Thessalions 1:10-12  When He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our GOD would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness, and the work of His faith with power: That the name of our LORD Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and we in Him, according to the grace of our GOD and the LORD Jesus Christ. 

2Thessalions 2:14  Thereunto He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

[3]manifestation, Malachi 3:17-18  'They shall be Mine,' says the LORD of Hosts, 'in that day when I make up My jewels; And I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him. Then shall I return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves GOD and him that serves Him not.' 

1John 3:2-3  Beloved, now are we the sons of GOD, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; For we shall see Him as (in a mirror, face to face) He is. And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as He is pure. 

We shall the LORD willing look at verses 26-27 in our next visit, and know that there are many confirming passages in the OT and NT for that which we have just look at. I'll let you if you will do your own investigations.

Christ within You .04

We are making progress in our study of Romans 8. Are next section begins at verse 12 and goes through 17 and it is titled in many Bibles as our being:

Heirs with Christ:

Romans 8:12-17  Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if we live after the flesh, we shall die: but if we through the Spirit we mortify (Romans 12:1-3, with the other references to Jesus' own words dealing with our taking up of our cross daily) the deeds of the body, we shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of GOD, they are the sons of GOD. For we have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear (this fostered by man's religion in which billions are now snared and held captives and slaves, as shown in John's book of Revelation); But we have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of GOD: and if children, then heirs; heirs of GOD, and joint-heirs with Christ; If it be that we suffer (the religious persecutions) with Him, that we may be also glorified together. 

Even King David learned of the Lord's Lovingkindness

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house. (Psalm 36:7-8)

We have been meditating from Old Testament passages in the Psalms for a few months now, and upon God's lovingkindness (a term very much like the word grace in the New Testament). We have been considering verses from David's life and testimony. David treasured the lovingkindness of the Lord. "How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!" An understanding of the far-reaching implications and applications of the Lord's lovingkindness our steadfast love, gave him this perspective. David learned that the Lord's lovingkindness (His zealous, steadfast love for His people) drew hearts to seek GOD for His gracious protection. "Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings." David also knew that God's lovingkindness fully satisfies hungry hearts that seek the Lord's fullness. "They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house."

Man is so needy, and God has so much to give. The needs of man could hardly be overstated. The resources of God could only be understated. Words like emptiness and deficiency describe humanity, snared and trapped by man's religious systems and programs, based on the workings of the flesh. Words like fullness and abundance describe our God.

Man begins his human existence in spiritual bankruptcy (born in sin and ready to pursue ungodliness). "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me . . . The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies" (Psalm 51:5 and 58:3). For these desperate needs, the LORD has forgiveness by our being redeemed from them and more awaiting salvation, our departing. "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered . . . The LORD is . . . my salvation" (Psalm 32:1 and 18:2). Yet, once redeemed, man still must not look to himself, nor to the world from which he came.

"My soul thirsts for You . . . in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water" (Psalm 63:1). The Lord must be our new supply for the new man. Like David, we must find what we need from "the fullness of [God's] house." When we look to God's fullness to replace our inadequacy, we will find today the same spiritual satisfaction that David testified about long ago. "My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness (this hidden in Leviticus 17:11 and acknowledged in Hebrews 13:10 with 1John 5), and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips" (Psalm 63:5). We also will rejoice, because we will be "abundantly satisfied."

This one seemed to be very short as it's message is simple. But the LORD awakened me to more of Him early this morning. I shall look at verses 19-26 and then 27-29, and 30-9:4.

Christ within You .03

In our last visit to Romans 7 and 8 verse 1-8 Paul shared the beginning of our new way of life first by use of marriage and then his own struggles with the awaken Christ within him, by doing this he also set up our next few verse of this transformed spiritual Christ life, that was resident within us from before time began or the foundations of the world were laid. This can be seen in Genesis 1:26-28 where a conversation between El, the Son...Christ and the Spirit is recorded. To see this we must look at the Hebrews name record of H430, H433, H410 to grab hold of this as it is also revealed in Leviticus 17:10 as "the Life in the blood" and "the Altar" of our divine worship is revealed. Now one more example can be seen in King David's records of the Psalms a few of them are Psalm 17:7, 36:10, 63:3 and 143:8 all revealing the loving kindness of Christ. Now a good Bible study book should have noted cross reference passages listen beside the verse or in a center column grouping to show relationship of verses that confirm the subject. Okay, now for the text of 9-11: 

Romans 8:9-11 "But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God[1] dwells in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ[2], he is none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; But the spirit of Christ's Spirit is life because of righteousness[3]. But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken[4] your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwells in you." 

Now there are many related passages for [1] but I'll use a shorten from "the Spirit of GOD" one such passage is 1Cor. 3:16 which states this beginning at verse 14:

1Co 3:16 of 14-17  "If any man's work abides which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; Yet so as by fire. Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; For the temple of God is holy, which temple we are."

Then we have Romans 7:5 this being a contrast against the first passage, beginning at verse 4, for the purpose of waking us up, bring us all to consciousnesses again: 

Romans 7:5 of 4-6 "Wherefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the old law by the body of Christ; That you should be married to another, even to Him Who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the old law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit to death. But now we are delivered from the old law, that being dead wherein we were held; That we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter."

Our next passage is [2] "the Spirit of Christ" which has John 3:34, 14:23, 1Cor. 6:16 and 1Peter 1:11 which state this:

John 3:34 of 31-36  'He that come from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth: He that come from heaven is above all. And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no man receives His testimony. He that has received His testimony has set to his seal that God is true. For He Whom God having sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure to Him. The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. He that believes the Son has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; For the wrath of God abide on him.'

John 14:23 of 18-24 'I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world sees Me no more; But you shall see Me: because I live, you shall live also. At that day you shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He that has My commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves Me: and he that loves Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him.' Judas saith to Him, not Iscariot, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?" Jesus answering said to him, 'If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. He that loves Me not keeps not My sayings: and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's which sent Me.'

1Corinthians 6:16 of 14-17 And God has both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by His own power. Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? Know you not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? For two, said He, shall be one flesh.(Genesis 2:21-24) But he that is joined to the LORD is one spirit.  

1Peter 1:11 of 10-12  Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come to you: Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did minister the things, which are now reported to you by them that have preached the gospel to you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; Which things the angels desire to look into. 

Our next subject is [3] righteousness: here's the passages Rom. 5:21; 2Cor. 5:21; Php. 3:9

Romans 5:21 of 18-21  Therefore (Paul points us to what he had already stated prior to this thought by using "therefore") as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; Even so by the righteousness of one the free gift comes upon all men to justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace does much more abound: that as sin having reigned unto death, even so grace shall reign through righteousness to eternal life by Jesus Christ our LORD. 

2Corinthians 5:21 of 19-21  To wit, that GOD was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them; And has committed to us the word of reconciliation (this the promised atonement, or at-one-meant of G2643). Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be you reconciled to God.  For He has made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; That we might be made the righteousness of God by Him.

Philippians 3:9 of 7-11  But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yes! doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my LORD: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the old law, but that which is through the faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of GOD by His faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings (this the taking up of our cross on a daily bases), being made conformable to His death; If by any means I might attain the resurrection of the dead. 

Okay, [4] is next up here's one from the OT first:

Ezekiel 37:14  I shall put My spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land (of rest): then shall you know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, says the LORD. 

1Corinthians 6:14-15  GOD has both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by His own power. Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot (religion here spoken of)? God forbid. 

1Corinthians 15:19-22  If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept (remain as Adam as seen in Genesis 3 and life thereafter until Christ changed the lay of the land to that of rest). For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection (the awakening, recovery, raised to life again) of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Okay, with our next visiting we shall the LORD willing look at Romans 8:12-17.

Christ within You .02

Before I move forward I must back up into chapter 7 of Romans where Paul draws us into the marriage relationship and the freedom that a widow or widower has after their life long partner dies. And how liberating this freedom can be. He draws out the conflict of two natures at work within man. Here's what is stated: 

Romans 7:14-25 "For we know that the new law in Christ is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; But what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the Mosaic Law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; But how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. I find then a new law (in my members), that, when I would do good, evil is exposed and present with me. For I delight in the new law of God after the inward man: But I see another law now in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the old law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank GOD through Jesus Christ our LORD! So then with the mind I myself serve the new law of God (is Christ); But with the flesh the old law of sin. For we know that the new law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold (a slave) under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; But what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the old law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present within me; But how to perform that which is better I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that does it, but sin that dwells in me. I find the new law in Christ, that, when I would do the better thing, evil is present with me. For I delight in the new law of God after the inward man (Christ): But I see another better law in my members, warring against the now old law of my mind, and bringing me again to captivity to the old law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank GOD through Jesus Christ our LORD. So then with the mind I myself serve the new law of God; But with the flesh the old law of sin."

Paul here is explaining those things common to all men everywhere and in his case more so, because he was a Pharisee's Pharisee and a lawyer of the Mosaic Law. Yet after his conversion the awakened Christ within him he still struggles with who he was with who he now has become. I know by personally experience this even though I was no where near to his background and education levels. Now for the deeper look into what Romans 8 holds for us. Beginning at verse 1 through 8 which states this, and is now more understandable after reading chapter 7's out take:

Romans 8:1-8 "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the new law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the old law of sin and death. For what the old law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the new law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; But they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; But to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity (minding the flesh, hostility) against GOD: for it is not subject to the new law (Christ activated within) of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God." 

What Paul reveals is what hinders millions if not billions faithful church attenders of today's people having a troubled understanding mindset of perception this generated by a spirit understanding of the old standards based on false blurred perceptions fostered by man's religious platitudes. Paul in Romans 7 using marriage as the key with the loss of a wife or husband, freedom comes suddenly, and the first 8 verses of chapter 8 describes them quite well. As we have seen, he being a Pharisee's Pharisee had three mind numbing obstacles....false perceptions to overcome after his own encounter with the light, life and love from above (in Acts 9). All three of the old guard were well entrenched in his mind and thusly his reasoning abilities were greatly diminished, handicapped and hindered. Especially after being born a new from the light, life and love, Christ, that he had recently encountered that now was at work within him, as never before known by him. Why? Because he had been hamstrung by both his religion and legal backgrounds. Oh! His childhood teachings had been well established through brainwashing to only see what he had been programmed to think and see.

Now the Spirit of Christ released within him was destroying all of these misguided falsehoods of perceptions, as he describes them in verses 1-8 of chapter 8.

We shall indever to follow this theme through the rest of the verses of chapter 8 to see why I get so upset when I hear fear, condemnation by hell fire proclaimed by professing believers, who clearly are but blank spots. As they clearly have not heard these things....love, life and light; The origin of our being now actives by our joint identity of Jesus' humanity and the gifting of Christ's reawakening. Revival, rebirth, re-genesised, being again from above, new birth...redeemed restored to health...by His stripes we are the healed.(Isaiah 53:5, Galatians 2:20, Hosea 6:1-3)

Christ within You .01

For me and those who have been reading this blog know and understand the effects of our death, burial, descent into the abyss, the resurrection and ascension of our joint being as Christ ones in the humanity of our LORD Jesus. The veil (Matthew 27:51) of the secret things of GOD and mysteries of Christ having been torn into two separate pieces by GOD'S hand. This veil symbolic of the old and the beginning of a new and living way eliminating the old void of false (religious) separation between GOD and His humanity. The true reason that the Temple of David was torn down by the Romans some 65 years later and the stones scattered about.

For some time now I have been pondering what to write and say about those who have no earthly idea of their true status of life after death as a resurrected born again Christ one this being humanity's true identity redeemed by the actions of the Cross and all that Christ Jesus went through on our behalf, from child birthing through His mission and ministry. First as the son of man (our humanity) and second as the Son of GOD (the second Adam), both of these are who we are and have been since before time or the earth become spoken into being. The disciple (a student of Christ) John in 1John 5:7 clarifies the little known trinity nature of GOD (this vehemently denied by the Hebrews), as being Father, Son..Christ, and Spirit most Holy and True. This first introduced in Genesis 1:1 where the ancients changed the ancient name or letter reference of GOD as Elohiym this made up of three parts H430, H433 and H410. John identifies the H433 as being Christ, this is also hidden in Genesis 1:26-28 by the words image and likeness in....While Leviticus 17:11 tells us that Life is in the blood with an altar, this repeated in Hebrews 13:10 and explained by John in 1John 5:1-4 the operation of Love, and 5-12 the operation of the Spirit of Truth, 13-15, 16-17, 18-20 this written that we may know.

Okay, so now for the areas of my intention this being within the context of Romans 8, for that I shall do a copy and paste first with the subheadings and then either a word study or a verse study or maybe both.

Life in the Spirit:

Romans 8:1-8, 9-11, 12-17, 18-25, 26-27, 28-30, 31-9:5  "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit is life in Christ Jesus has made us free from the law's condemnation of sin and death. For what this law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of (the divine) law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit (having experiences rebirth). For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; For they that are after the Spirit mind the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; For to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 

Rom 8:9-11  For we are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; For the Spirit is Life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead has also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwells in you. 

Heirs with Christ:

Rom 8:12-17  Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if we live after the flesh, we shall die: but if we through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body (this the taking up of our cross daily as a living sacrifice), we shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God (you must be born from above, born again, John 1:13, 3:3, 6), they are the sons of God. For we have not received the spirit of (religious) bondage again to fear; But have received the Spirit of adoption (John 1:13), whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; Heirs of God, and joint-heirs within Christ; If so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together. 

Future, no, present Glory:

Rom 8:18-25  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us (this is not at some future date or time, but rather NOW). For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation of the sons of God (the after effects of our joint resurrection). For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him Who has subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body (this being salvation not our redemption). For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for? For if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. 

Rom 8:26-27  Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities (lack of vision, lack of insight, lack of inspiritation): for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered. And He that searches the heart knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the Will (Word, law) of God. 

Rom 8:28-30  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestinated, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justifies: and whom He justifies, them He also glorifies.

 
God's Everlasting Love:

Rom 8:31-39, 9:1-5  What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies. Who is He that condemns? It is Christ that died, yes rather, that is risen again, Who is even at the right hand of God, Who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? I think not!  As it is written, "For your sake we are killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." (Ps. 44:22) For, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loves us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our LORD.

God's Sovereign Choice:
Rom 9:1-5  I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: Who are Israelis; To whom pertains the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the comments, and the service of God, and the promises; Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, Who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen."
 

Don't know at this point which way I may be led.