For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (Mat 6:14-15) (2Cor 2:7) (Gal 5:13)
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye. (Luke 6:37) (Luke 6:41-42)
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. (Mat 5:44-45) (2Cor 2:8) (Luke 6:40)
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. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. (Rom 8:28) (Eph 3:17) (Php 2:2)
Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. (2John 1:3)
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Every word of God is pure;
Pro 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Love;
1John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Holy;
1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Light;
1John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Spirit is good;
Psalms 143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Everlasting life;
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Eternal Life;
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
His work is perfect;
Deu 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Way is perfect;
Psa 18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
2Sa 22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
Perfect in knowledge, mighty in strength and wisdom;
Job 36:4-5 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
Righteous in all His works;
Dan 9:14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
Gracious, and merciful;
2Ch 30:9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Psa 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
Psa 14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
God of salvation;
Psa 68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
God is a sun and shield;
Psa 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Resurrection and life;
John 11:25-26 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Cannot be tempteth, neither tempteth any man;
Jas 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
God loves us;
1John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
Man is in the image and likeness of God;
Gen 1:26-27 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Col 1:15-17 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 all things, and by him all things consist.
Every Creature of God Is Good;
1Ti 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
1John 5:11-12 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Spirit of God and Christ dwell in you;
Rom 8:9-11 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell 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; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
1Pe 1:11 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.
God is in thee;
2Ti 1:6-7 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Filled with the Holy Spirit;
Act 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
(Also see; Acts 1:5, Acts 4:8, Acts 4:31, Acts 6:3, Acts 6:5, Acts 6:8, Acts 7:55, Acts 9:17, Acts 11:24, Acts 13:9, Acts 13:52, Luke 1:15, Luke 1:41, Luke 1:67, John 20:22, Eph 5:18)
God Sends His Son;
1Jn 4:7-9 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
1John 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
God, Christ, Holy Spirit Dwells In Us;
Rom 8:9-11 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell 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; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
John 6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
John 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John 15:4-7 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 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 ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Rom 8:9-11 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell 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; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
1John 2:24-25 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
1John 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
2John 1:2 For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
1Jn 4:12-19 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us.
1Pe 1:11 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.
We are the temple of God;
1Co 3:16-17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1Co 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
2Co 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Rom 14:7-9 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
The Kingdom;
Mat 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mar 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mat 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mar 4:11-12 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Gen 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Man renewed after the image of God;
Col 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
John 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Eph 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
The spirit of the Lord strives with man while he is in the flesh but is always within his spirit. This is so because man cannot live without the spirit being present within him.
God states his love never changes. With that being truth, and since the Godhead is within us and us within God, and God never changes, then is it within man that he creates the separation. It is man that creates the sin or evil.
Summerizing God is;
The Word, the word being pure. God is love, holy, and light. God’s spirit is good, with everlasting and eternal life. His work is perfect, His way is perfect, and perfect in knowledge, strength, and wisdom. He is righteous in all His work, gracious and merciful, and our God of salvation. God is our salvation, our sun and shield, our resurrection and life.
God cannot be tempted, nor does He tempt any man. God loves us, and we are made in His image and likeness. EVERY creature of God is good, because the spirit of God and Christ dwells within you. God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit dwells within you as we are the temple and kingdom of God on this earth.
Your purpose on this earth is to experience life with the freewill of your spirit. To experience and understand the Word that was created within you, and decide how you wish to live your lives. Finding the truth from within your very soul is wisdom and knowledge and not of this world.
This study does not include salvation and baptism from Scriptures and the relationship to Jesus.
Are you a “Jesus”?
1John 2:5-6 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Mark 8:31-34 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
(See Also; Mat 16:24, Mark 10:21, Mat 10:38, Rom 6:6, Gal 2:20)
Point being, Jesus told Peter he was a Satan. Again, a representation of evil or an evil act. Second point being, Jesus himself, called an apostle a Satan, simply rebuking Jesus because of Peters thoughts for things that be of men?
Reference to sin-evil is no more than committing an error, making a mistake, missing the mark. Doesn’t this reference seem to apply more to Peters thoughts are no more than missing the mark?
Savourest from the Greek means to exercise the mind, that is, entertain or have sentiment or opinion, (that be of men).
Jesus is stating that not only the son of man must suffer many things, but he states that humankind should deny themselves, and take up their cross to follow me. Taking up your cross daily.
Follow (me) from the Greek from Mark 8:34 is;
G190 ἀκολουθέω From G1 (as a particle of union) and κέλευθος (a road); properly to be in the same way with, that is, to accompany (specifically as a disciple).
Miracles and the Created Soul
Mat 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
(See Also; Mat 21:21)
1John 3:1-2 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth 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 he is.
John 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
These verses state that a man can do miracles like Jesus, provided God be with him.
Jesus forsaken by His Father?
Mat 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Forsaken from the Greek;
G1459 ἐγκαταλείπω From G1722 and G2641; to leave behind in some place, that is, (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad one) to desert: – forsake, leave.
Mark 14:34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
“tarry ye here” from the forsaken definition in the “good sense” in that Jesus remains on this earth within every soul.
Sorrowful from the Greek;
G4036 περίλυπος From G4012 and G3077; grieved all around, that is, intensely sad: – exceeding (very) sorry.
How can it be that Jesus himself feels that God has forsaken him? Jesus then states that he is exceedingly sorrowful unto death.
This simple understanding is that Jesus was born into the flesh as a flesh being, with all the attributes that all created souls birthed into the flesh experiences.
Luke 6:40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
To be as his master is to be Christ-like. That being said, why is there an appearance of separation between humankind and Christ in understanding that we are to be as He is? He had to teach humankind how to act and how to see. (If you have eyes to see and ears to hear.)
John 15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
Because humankind is or can be as Jesus, John 15:20 is stating that there should be a consistent awareness of not being greater than Jesus. Exactly what Satan as a soul failed to do.
Does Jesus have to judge?
John 8:15-16 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
John 12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Luke 6:37-40 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
(See Also; Mat 7:1-2)
Jesus is stating that souls ultimately judge themselves.
Scripture states God’s Creation is finished. Judgement was done at creation. Since God knew you from the beginning, and knows your eternity, if there was any judgement, it was prior to your freewill. Freewill begins from the forming of the flesh, to allow souls to live as they wish in their eternity. To live without any interference because “it is finished.” (Gen 2:1)
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Condemn the sin, not the sinner.
John 8:10-11 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
Condemn from the Greek;
G2632 κατακρίνω From G2596 and G2919; to judge against, that is, sentence: – condemn, damn. G2919 κρίνω Properly to distinguish, that is, decide (mentally or judicially); by implication to try, condemn, punish: – avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue at the) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think.
Condemning is to judge against. Judging oneself is understanding and learning from errors and mistakes. Progressing in the avoidance of negative repetitive natures.
ALL flesh is corrupt until the “old man” is renewed.
Eph 4:22-24 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Gen 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
John 2:14-16 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
Interesting how Jesus did something where in this day in age, Jesus would have been led to jail. A hard pill to swallow is in that Jesus as a man, was a man, acted like a man, but He knew His higher self, and the love He had for souls and the understanding of how to access His higher self or inner self to overcome, with some struggles, showed by example, the closeness souls have to Jesus.
Mark 6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
Luke 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Jesus tempted;
Mat 4:1-11 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Satan, (as an individual soul), seemed to think he could tempt Jesus. Satan knowing who he is, Satan also knew the flesh is weak and made the attempt to get Jesus to worship him.
Summarizing;
Jesus being God in the flesh, lived in the flesh and had no advantage over any created soul. Jesus simply understood who he was from His awareness of his true spiritual self and knowing the powers that the spirit-soul itself has, and learning how to overcome the flesh.
Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Mat 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Also see Mat. (12:26, 28) (Mark 9:43) (Mat. 10:7) which refer to the “kingdom” within you.
The “Spirit of God-Holy Ghost” is within you. NOTE: Destroy in the Greek; G5351 to ruin, shrivel, spoil, or wither by moral influences.
We are in Christ; Christ is in us; we are the temple of Christ and God.
1Co 3:16-17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. (Also see; 1Co. 6:19-20)
2Co 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Also See; (2Co. 6:16-17) (Eph. 2:21-22) (1Co.3:9)
1Co 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Eph 2:21-22 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (Also see; 1 Co 3:9)
Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
1Jn 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
1Co 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
1Co 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
1Co 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building
Where is the separation unless you create it? Separation is caused by the balance of your freedom between love and sinful natures. The flesh by way of the mind and not the true created spirit-soul self.
Prov 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Fear in the Hebrew is meaning to have moral reverence, (honor, respect). Fools in the Hebrew meaning perverse, or easily irritated or annoyed.
Prov 2:6-10 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Eph 1:17-19 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Col 2:2-3 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Spiritual Understanding
Col 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
1Co 15:44-46 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
1Co 3:1-3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Carnal from the Greek;
G4559 σαρκικός From G4561; pertaining to flesh, that is, (by extension) bodily, temporal, or (by implication) animal, unregenerate: – carnal, fleshly.
John 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Psalms 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. (See Also; Mat 15:14, 23:24-36)
“They” are you. To understand and live from the spirit is to overcome the world and not of the world.
You are your own teacher with only guidance from others in accordance to your “given word”, guided by the heart. One size does not fit all.
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Who is us?
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
You knew “about” evil, but had yet to experience it, until now.
John 15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
(See Also; John 15:12, 1Peter 2:17, 1John 3:14-17)
Without the love for one another there is no oneness, but only separation.
Oneness
Eph 4:4-6 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Acts 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
(See also; John 17:11, 17:21-23, Rom 12:4-5, 12:10, 12:16, 13:8, 15:5-6, Php 1:27, 2:1-2, 1Peter 3:8)
All things in common being the Word. Life itself in its completeness from love. How else can God be through all and in you all?
Col 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
1Co 10:17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Rom 14:7-13 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
(See Also; Rom 14:19, 15:2, 15:5-7, 15:14, 16:16)
1Co 12:12-27 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body. And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
(See also: Col 3:15, Eph 5:30)
Likeminded
Php 2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Rom 15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
1Peter 4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Created souls-spirits were created in perfection with the Word instilled within. That is the common link, a correlation, a oneness, and likeminded that is “normal” in the spiritual world. The flesh world because of the appearance of separation, the soul believes it lives for and from itself.
Not One Lost, All Have Salvation
Mat 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Mat 18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
What do these two verses mean to you if you believe that you have no salvation or have the chance of death?
1Co 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
Celestial meaning above the earth, and terrestrial below the sky, earth. Oneness is celestial, where terrestrial being another can be a oneness from the celestial aspect, or terrestrial having the option of that oneness that can feel like it is living from oneself. The Flesh creates a false sense of separation.
Rom 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
From the flesh perspective, oneness can only be when there is no judgement.
(Job 4:6) Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
Confidence in the Hebrew;
H3690 כִּסְלָה Feminine of H3689; in a good sense, trust; in a bad one, silliness: – confidence, folly.
(Psalms 65:5) By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
(Pro 14:26) In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Confidence in the Hebrew;
H4009 מִבְטָח From H982; properly a refuge, that is, (objectively) security, or (subjectively) assurance: – confidence, hope, sure, trust.
(Psalms 118:8) It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
(Pro 25:19) Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Confidence in the Hebrew;
H4480 מִנֵּי מִנִּי מִן For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses: – above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of. H4482 מֵן From an unused rot meaning to apportion; a part.
(Pro 3:26) For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Confidence in the Hebrew;
H3689 כֶּסֶל From H3688; properly fatness, that is, by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a good sense) trust.
Note; “foot” in 3:26 is meaning steps, to “walk along”.
(Isa 30:15) For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Confidence in the Hebrew;
H985 בִּטְחָה Feminine of H984; trust: – confidence.
New Testament
(Acts 28:31) Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Confidence in the Greek;
G3954 παῤῥησία From G3956 and a derivative of G4483; all out spokenness, that is, frankness, bluntness, publicity; by implication assurance.
(Gal 5:10) I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
(2Th 3:4) And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
(Heb 3:6) But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
(1John 3:21) Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Confidence in the Greek;
G3982 πείθω A primary verb; to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty).
(Eph 3:11-12) According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
Confidence in the Greek;
G4006 πεποίθησις From the perfect of the alternate of G3958; reliance. G3958 πάσχω, πάθω, πένθω Apparently a primary verb (the third form used only in certain tenses for it); to experience a sensation or impression.
(2Th 3:4) And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
Confidence in the Greek;
G5287 ὑπόστασις From a compound of G5259 and G2476; a setting under (support), that is, (figuratively) concretely essence, or abstractly assurance (objectively or subjectively).
Because we have the appearance of being separated from creation living an awareness from this flesh perspective, thinking is within a box. Humankind has everything in the box including God.
The flesh sees a starting point, and an ending point.
Understanding eternal where there is no beginning and no end, the thinking must come from out of the box. From the eternal perspective, the inner self, the spirit that was created from the One God, the I AM, there is no box.
Since God is alive and eternal, everything is alive and eternal. Not one earth, but millions, not just one universe, but millions. Not just one life, but millions. How can you put a number on anything when it is eternal?
Examples;
Gen 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Heb 11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
Jer 33:22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
(See Also; Gen 15:5, 22:17, 26:4, 32:12, Jdg 7:12, Hos 1:10, Rom 9:27)
Because God is everything, His spirit, His holy spirit-His consciousness, lives through all of creation because all is One.
Every thought from His creation on an individual basis has infinite possibilities to become a reality or a manifestation through senses from a flesh, spiritual, a combination thereof, or any other possible infinite ways for an existence. That is free will and life from His Creation.
before the Lord; (Lev 23:40, Deu 12:12, 12:18, 14:26, 16:11)
your God for seven days. (Lev 23:40)
in all that ye put your hands unto. (Deu 12:7)
in every good thing. (Deu 26:11)
in thy salvation. (1Sa 2:1, Psa 9:14, 13:5, 20:5, 21:1)
that seek the LORD. (1Ch 16:10)
in goodness. (2Ch 6:41)
with great joy. (Neh 12:43)
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. (Psa 2:11) NOTE: Fear in this context has the meaning of moral reverence.
I will be glad (Psa 9:2, 32:11, 40:16, Isa 66:10)
in thy mercy: (Psa 31:7)
Because thou hast been my help, (Psa 63:7)
righteous be glad: let them rejoice; (68:3)
Let all those that seek thee (Psa 70:4)
Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? (Psa 85:6)
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: (Psa 89:16)
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. (Psa 90:14)
Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; (Psa 97:12)
them that seek the LORD. (Psa 105:3)
in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. (Psa 106:5)
the righteous shall see and rejoice: (Psa 107:42)
God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, (Psa 108:7)
I rejoice at thy word, (Psa 119:162)
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; (Pro 29:2)
in his own works; (Ecc 3:22)
in his labour; (Ecc 5:19)
in the LORD, (Isa 61:10, Hab 3:18)
over them to do them good, (Jer 32:41)
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: (Joel 2:21) (NOTE: Fear in this verse meaning to not be frightened.)
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: (Joel 2:23)
be glad and rejoice with all the heart, (Zep 3:14)
over thee with joy; (Zep 3:17)
greatly,…..he is just and having salvation; (Zec 9:9)
and be glad; (Zec 10:7)
New Testament
and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: (Mat 5:12, Luke 6:23)
joy and gladness at his birth (Luke 1:14)
because your names are written in heaven. (Luke 10:20)
and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they have seen; (Luke 19:37)
that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. (John 4:36)
but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. (John 16:20)
and your heart shall rejoice, (John 16:22)
Therefore did my heart rejoice, (Acts 2:26)
in the hope of glory of God. (Rom 5:2)
with them that do rejoice, (Rom 12:15)
Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. (Php 1:18)
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, (Php 2:16)
I joy, and rejoice with you all. (Php 2:17)
For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. (Php 2:18)
rejoice in the Lord. (Php 3:1)
Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, Rejoice. (Php 4:4)
Rejoice evermore. (1Th 5:16)
ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. (1Peter 4:13)
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: (Rev 19:7)
(See Also; Deu 16:14, 26:11, 27:7, 30:9, 32:43)
Rejoice in the Old Testament and New Testament has various definitions in the Hebrew and the Greek.
Old Testament;
H8055 שָׂמַח A primitive root; probably to brighten up, that is, (figuratively) be (causatively make) blithe or gleesome.
H5970 עָלַץ A primitive root; to jump for joy, that is, exult: – be joyful, rejoice, triumph.
H1523 גִּיל A primitive root; properly to spin around (under the influence of any violent emotion), that is, usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear.
H7442 רָנַן A primitive root; properly to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), that is, to shout (usually for joy): – aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful, (greatly, make to) rejoice, (cause to) shout (for joy), (cause to) sing (aloud, for joy, out), triumph.
H7797 שׂוּשׂ A primitive root; to be bright, that is, cheerful: – be glad, X greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.
Various definitions from the Greek;
G2532 καί Apparently a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so, then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words.
Copulative meaning joining, uniting, linking, connecting. Cumulative force meaning increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive addition.
The verses with this definition are in reference to cometh home, heaven, your reward in heaven, etc. (denoting the ONENESS of creation in the spiritual world and heavens.)
G4796 συγχαίρω From G4862 and G5463; to sympathize in gladness, congratulate: – rejoice in (with). G4862 denotes union; with or together. G5463 meaning to be full of cheer.
G2165 εὐφραίνω From G2095 and G5424; to put (middle voice or passive voice be) in a good frame of mind, that is, rejoice: – fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice.
G5463 χαίρω A primary verb; to be full of “cheer”, that is, calmly happy or well off; impersonal especially as a salutation (on meeting or parting), be well: – farewell, be glad, God speed, greeting, hail, joy (-fully), rejoice.
G2744 καυχάομαι From some (obsolete) base akin to that of αὐχέωaucheō (to boast) and G2172; to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense): – (make) boast, glory, joy, rejoice.
G21 ἀγαλλιάω From ἄγανagan (much) and G242; properly to jump for joy, that is, exult: – be (exceeding) glad, with exceeding joy, rejoice (greatly).
John 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Sealed from the Greek:
G4973 σφραγίζω; to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation (literally or figuratively); by implication to keep secret to attest: – (set a set to) seal up stop. G4973 σφραγίς Probably strengthened from G5420; a signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation); by implication the stamp impressed (as a mark of privacy, or genuineness), literally or figuratively: – seal.
Heb 5:12-14 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
(See Also; Acts 7:38, Rom 3:2, 1Peter 2:2)
The oracles of God are simply the Word of God. Milk is a representation of the beginnings of understanding the Word. Milk is salvation and baptism. Meat is in understanding and living by the oracles of God which is “life endurething unto everlasting life.”
Everlasting life
Luke 18:30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
1Ti 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Rom 6:21-23 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Life everlasting is not living death in this life. Will you live in death “in the world to come?” Will you wait for your promise until your life “which is to come.”Salvation is a process. Salvation is an ongoing experience in life that is compromised by the balance of goodness and the negativities that a soul feels it ought not to do. Salvation is eternal and living from your eternal life, life to life.The belief in one flesh existence, scriptures have no basis of understanding because the soul is eternal, the soul has salvation, and the soul is sealed.
Mark 13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
(See Also; Mat 10:22, 24:13, Rom 2:7, Heb 3:14)
Where is the “end”, if there is everlasting life, worlds to come, with all souls being “sealed” ? Unless you believe your end is this current existence…….
Stairway To Heaven 