I have come to an area of much discourse and discussion dealing with what is meant by this phrase "in Christ." I will begin this study with John chapter 15 because it was John who was the closest to the Lord Jesus and was an aid to Paul during his crusades and missionary trips. So John know much of the revelation of the LORD Christ that Paul received from Him. Because they shared of the same Holy Spirit within themselves. This will be done by breaking up this chapter into three areas, the first is where Jesus reveals Himself as being a Vine where believers are likened to being branches engrafted into Him, the second where Jesus speaks of the disciples relation to each other, the third is where He shares how the disciples relate to the world. There are many warnings that we as receivers and abiders in Christ need to take to heart. There is a Hebrew word used throughout scripture translated as "LORD" this is "Adoni" which means, Master, Father, Vine, husband and husbandmen and the anointed one, which today we know as Christ the Greek meaning of the Hebrew term "Messiah."
Abiding in Messiah- Christ,
John 15:1-11, 12-17, 18-25, 26-27 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser (husbandmen). 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 (this reveals the loving care of the Father for His sons and daughters). Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. (Therefore continue to) 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 (abide) 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 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 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. As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love. If you keep (this) My commandment, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's 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 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 (for) I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father (now being) in My name, HE may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another."
"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 chose 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. For all these things they will do to you on account of My name, because they do not know Him 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 hates Me hates My Father also. 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.'
"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."
1John 2:3-6 "By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandment. Whoever says "I know Him" but does not keep His commandment (this being the law of truth, love and faith which are operating in grace and grace is the person of Christ) is a liar, and the truth is not in him, for whoever keeps His word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in Him: for whoever says he abides in Him ought to walk in the same way in which He walked."
1John 2:25-27, 28-29 'This is the promise that He made to us—eternal life. I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. For the anointing (Christ is this anointing) that you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. For as His anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it (Christ) has taught (teaches) you, abide in Him.
For now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears we may have confidence and not shrink from Him in shame at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him."
1John 3:4-10 "Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that He appeared in order to take away sins, for in Him there is no sin. No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen Him nor knows Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as He is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother."
2John 1:7-11 "For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is a deceiver and antichrist. Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. For everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in His teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works."
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Continuing with Man being now One with GOD
Since the great reformation man has been in transformation that brings assistance from GOD to live again the life of GOD as recorded in Genesis 2. This action is all on GODs side and depends on our becoming receptive of His Spirit, Christ as revealed to the disciples of Jesus. As He revealed the Father within Himself (Christ) to them with the name of the Father which He Himself carried being the Christ or Messiah of promise. Because within Him are all the promises fulfilled from beginning to the end. Now with all of this said and revealed I want to look at Our Nearness to the Father or put another way Our Divine Nearness, as in being One with Him in Christ. Just as the son of man, the second Adam, Jesus was, for this was and is His vary plan and purpose for coming to bring to man the means to connection in an unbreakable bond. Where the former bond of the old dead Adamic way is broken by death in the spilling of mans water and blood with GOD's life force within it though defiled by the flesh the external part of man. Keeping in mind that Jesus Himself was not defiled as man, for He resided in the flesh and flesh is just flesh after all. For He was lead of the Spirit to the wilderness where the Holy Spirit took position of Him in the Divine nature that lead Him for the next three and a half years of His ministry. In accord with Psalm 2 and Daniel 9 with Revelation 4 forward. It is no more than a tent of covering of the spirit (the firey sin nature of gross darkness or the new nature wherein the law of truth faith light and love become our nature in abundance of life) within it. Now some general references to Our Nearness.
Nearness:
Psalm 16:7-11 "I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
Psalm 34:15-18 and 119:151 "The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and His ears toward their cry. The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit."
Qoph.
Psalm 119:145-152 "With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O LORD! I will keep Your statutes. I call to You; save me, that I may observe Your testimonies. I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in Your words. My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on Your promises. Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O LORD, according to Your justice give me life. They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; they are far from Your law. For You are ever near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true. Long have I known from Your testimonies that You have founded them forever."
Psalm 145:18-21 and Isaiah 50:8 "The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear (honor reverence and revere) Him; He also hears their cry and saves (gives His salvation to) them. The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He (as Christ) will destroy (for the denial of Christ). My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless His holy name (Christ in Jesus) forever and ever."
Isaiah 50:4-11 "The LORD GOD (Christ, and so it is throughout this chapter as it reveals the transformation) has given Me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning He awakens Me; He awakens My ear to hear as those who are taught. The LORD GOD (from here on Christ is speaking of the son of man Emmanuel - Jesus who is to come) has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward. I gave My back to those who strike, and My cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not My face from disgrace and spitting. For the LORD GOD helps Me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. He who vindicates Me is near. Who will contend with Me? Let us stand up together. Who is My adversary? Let him come near to Me. Behold, the Lord GOD helps Me; who will declare Me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up. Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His servant (Christ in Jesus)? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD (Christ in Jesus) and rely on His God. Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourselves with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from My hand: you shall lie down in torment."
Jeremiah 23:23-24 "Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD (here is Christ speaking), and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven (Divine Spirit) and (the Divine Spirit in the flesh made of) earth? declares the LORD."
Acts 17:22-31 "Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To the unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being LORD of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is HE served by human hands, as though HE needed anything, since HE Himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And HE made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek GOD, and perhaps feel their way toward Him and find Him. Yet HE is actually not far from each one of us, for "'In Him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your own poets have said, "'For we are indeed His offspring.' Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now HE commands all people everywhere to repent, because HE has fixed a day on which HE (as Christ) will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom HE has appointed (this being Jesus in Christ); and of this HE has given assurance to all by raising Him from the dead."
Next time the LORD willing I will look at Our Abiding in Christ which means His abiding in us where we are One, again.
Nearness:
Psalm 16:7-11 "I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
Psalm 34:15-18 and 119:151 "The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and His ears toward their cry. The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit."
Qoph.
Psalm 119:145-152 "With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O LORD! I will keep Your statutes. I call to You; save me, that I may observe Your testimonies. I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in Your words. My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on Your promises. Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O LORD, according to Your justice give me life. They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; they are far from Your law. For You are ever near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true. Long have I known from Your testimonies that You have founded them forever."
Psalm 145:18-21 and Isaiah 50:8 "The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear (honor reverence and revere) Him; He also hears their cry and saves (gives His salvation to) them. The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He (as Christ) will destroy (for the denial of Christ). My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless His holy name (Christ in Jesus) forever and ever."
Isaiah 50:4-11 "The LORD GOD (Christ, and so it is throughout this chapter as it reveals the transformation) has given Me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning He awakens Me; He awakens My ear to hear as those who are taught. The LORD GOD (from here on Christ is speaking of the son of man Emmanuel - Jesus who is to come) has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward. I gave My back to those who strike, and My cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not My face from disgrace and spitting. For the LORD GOD helps Me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. He who vindicates Me is near. Who will contend with Me? Let us stand up together. Who is My adversary? Let him come near to Me. Behold, the Lord GOD helps Me; who will declare Me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up. Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His servant (Christ in Jesus)? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD (Christ in Jesus) and rely on His God. Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourselves with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from My hand: you shall lie down in torment."
Jeremiah 23:23-24 "Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD (here is Christ speaking), and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven (Divine Spirit) and (the Divine Spirit in the flesh made of) earth? declares the LORD."
Acts 17:22-31 "Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: "Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To the unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, being LORD of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is HE served by human hands, as though HE needed anything, since HE Himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And HE made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek GOD, and perhaps feel their way toward Him and find Him. Yet HE is actually not far from each one of us, for "'In Him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your own poets have said, "'For we are indeed His offspring.' Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now HE commands all people everywhere to repent, because HE has fixed a day on which HE (as Christ) will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom HE has appointed (this being Jesus in Christ); and of this HE has given assurance to all by raising Him from the dead."
Next time the LORD willing I will look at Our Abiding in Christ which means His abiding in us where we are One, again.
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Continuing with Man being now One with GOD
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.'"
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.'"
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)."
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