Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
2Co 12:1-4 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Paradise in the Greek (all 3 verses);
G3857 παράδεισος Of Oriental origin (compare [H6508]); a park, that is, (specifically) an Eden (place of future happiness, “paradise”): – paradise.
Note how paradise in Luke 23:43, Jesus refers to paradise being the park-Eden-future happiness as a location.
Heaven
Mat 6:20-21 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Treasures in heaven (present tense) within your heart, in this flesh life.
Heaven in the Greek;
G3772 οὐρανός Perhaps from the same as G3735 (through the idea of elevation); the sky; by extension heaven (as the abode of God); by implication happiness, power, eternity; specifically the Gospel (Christianity).
Here we have a view of Heaven not as a physical location but as Christ said in Luke that paradise being the location of Eden. Apparently paradise is not heaven? Treasures in heaven are in your heart and that is the location of heaven. Not a physical location.
Eden
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eden in the Hebrew in this verse;
H5731 עֵדֶן The same as H5730 (masculine); Eden, the region of Adam’s home: – Eden.
This verse refers to the spirit-souls that God has created prior to forming into the flesh.
2Kings 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
Eden in this verse;
H5729 עֶדֶן From H5727; pleasure; Eden, a place in Mesopotamia: – Eden. H5727 עָדַן A primitive root; to be soft or pleasant; figuratively and reflexively to live voluptuously:
Eden in this definition is found also in; (Isa 37:12, Eze 27:23) simply being a location In Mesopotamia.
Kingdom
Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Kingdom from the Greek is;
G932 βασιλεία From G935; properly royalty, that is, (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively): – kingdom, + reign. G935 βασιλεύς Probably from G939 (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively or figuratively): – king.
The “kingdom within” is the “power” of God-Christ within a soul.
1Co 3:16-17 states;
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.
Hell
Mat 5:29-30 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Hell in the Greek;
G1067 γέεννα Of Hebrew origin ([H1516] and [H2011]); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment: – hell.
And IF it were even possible, the “state” of everlasting punishment and casting into hell for eternity……NOT. This hell is in reference to a physical location and not a “realm or state.” Everlasting is the “state” a soul is in their current flesh life’s awareness.
Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Hell in the Greek;
G86 ᾅδης From G1 (as a negative particle) and G1492; properly unseen, that is, “Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls: – grave, hell. G1492εἴδω A primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent, G3700 and G3708; properly to see (literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only) to know.
Here we have Peter stating he will build his church and those souls in their “state” of hell will not destroy the true church.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Think for a moment seeing things from God’s perspective. Your all alone. Now what? You get this way cool idea of establishing creation. Because your God, the one and only God, a God of pure love and perfection, the plan of creation develops that can sustain life for eternity from within his self because God is life and is creation.
1John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Creation being from God, creation being His image and likeness. (Gen 1:26-27) Therefore, his work is perfect and complete.
It is now established by the consciousness of God, the Holy Spirit, creation lives through the oneness, and all of creation is connected if the soul chooses. The soul lives from freedom, and creation is the unity of all. Creation lives in, from, and through God in the eternity of life.
1Th 4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
God’s consciousness is creations consciousness less the polarity because God is not a God of polarity, but a God of love and eternal life. Polarity is the byproduct from the flesh creation.
God being a God of pure love, He never changes and neither does Jesus.
Mal 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Polarity is the key to free will. Polarity, or as creation refers to it as negativity, (some call it evil), gives creation a choice by way of free will to think and believe that life is from within itself.
But…..
Eph 1:5
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
(See Also; Eph 1:9, Php 2:13, 2Th 1:11, Rev 4:11)
Rom 11:2
God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
(See Also; Rom 8:29-30, 1Peter 1:2)
God had foreknown and predestinated creation. Creation can then live from self in freedom. God’s adjustments or judgements if you so choose, thus created creation is perfection. Creation now believing it is “from his own”, has choice in everything and is not some programmed being or is enslaved to God.
God’s conscience, the Holy Spirit at creation, guides and drives creation because nothing, absolutely nothing, can manifest from creation past consciousness or thought.
There is no separation from God’s perspective as stated from Mal 3:6, and Heb 13:8.
It is the created soul choosing to create that separation that is based upon how the soul wishes to live. Creation is a god itself until it relinquishes itself from being a god and lives from faith and trust.
Creation lives from a perfectly established life and everything around it. The appearance of the flesh life is distorted because of polarity and lack of understanding the perfect complete plan of creation and creations eternity.
Creation has the total free will to choose what it wishes to believe and what it wishes to experience. The experience of life is love, and the reciprocal is noted as a spiritual death.
2Co 1:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
God raises the spiritual dead.
Since nothing can be from ones flesh self, God has established a code of ethics called the Word. The Word being the foundation of the created souls. To be sure the souls can believe that foundation is of love, God had his Son to experience creation in the flesh, as a man, as a teacher, as an example so creation can learn and understand love.
Mark 12:30
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
God states for a soul to love self and the neighbor. Creation lives with polarity for a reason, God does not.
Hope is found in the Bible 121 times. 53 of those times are NT.
Hope in the Greek; G1680 ἐλπίς From ἔλπω̄ which is a primary word (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstract or concrete) or confidence.
Rom 5:2-6 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
IN DUE TIME CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY. If Christ died for the ungodly, then if one soul was without salvation, Christ died without reason for that soul. Mainstream thinking is a soul has the chance of not seeing salvation. Really?
Rom 8:20-25 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Hope includes being delivered from corruption and tribulations. This means that a soul’s corruption and tribulations are a part of the “hope” that a soul has confidence in salvation while a soul rejoices in all of life’s experiences.
John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
1Co 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
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.
1John 4:12-17 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.
Acts 17:28-29 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
John 14:19-20 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
2Co 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
1John 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.
Heb 2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
God and Christ and all of creation are one. There is only one. One body, one spirit, above all, through all, and IN YOU ALL and IN Him WE LIVE. We are our own being, but yet are ONE with Him. Meaning we have the notion of being our own entity but we are not. Whatever separation you think, feel, act out, is your own being, creating this distance by way of ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOVE. Creation is ONE. If this is not the truth, then you are number TWO.
All of life is following the two greatest commandments. Let the world confound the world with its non-truths and teachings while you come out of the world with wisdom, and understanding by way of the Truth.
Mark 12:30-31 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
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.
Stairway To Heaven 