What is knowable of God is breathed into man-he is a living soul. Abel is qualified as the righteous one. And Cain the wicked one. To the pure He shall reveal himself as pure meaning the significance of word is delivered as instinct of sorts. to him. This must be true in the case of Abel.
The Spirit helps us with our infirmities. As with prayers the Spirit helps us according to the will of God (Ro.8:26-27). Perhaps it helps us understand why he chose to be a shepherd. God had set him in context of his Son the Good Shepherd. Nature and nurture also explain. God clothing them with coats of skin was part of the family lore often heard sitting around the hearth. Abel sought to please God with the best while Cain merely offered his share as though he meant,'take it or leave it' attitude.
The internet setting trends is very much part of Satan's repertoire, to make the worldly consume their hours with fashions of the day. I know how my brother first going to the city for a college degree wanted a new wardrobe. My father would have no nonsense with Elvis hairdo or drainpipes. My brother was browbeaten to be a square while everyone was in the swim of things. In my pre-teen period it made me think what fashion made the world follow ever since. My conclusion is what I posted in my post. By trying to pass off as regular do I neglect what I think of my real self?
My first thoughts on reading this post , were not to do with the internet and anyone's appearance , women or men . I noticed how Adam and Eve tried to hide their shame by making clothes from leaves but later on in Genesis Ch 3 V 21 , God Himself makes them clothes of animal skins , God Himself sheds blood in order to cover their shame . Do any of us think this might be connected to Cain and Abel s offerings in Genesis Ch 4 ? Or perhaps to Abraham's words to Isaac in Genesis ch 22 V 7+8 ? Food for thought perhaps ?
JESUS left very clear sayng: Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?- Matthew 12:34. According to the your message you think or imagine to be a preacher of the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD, self-executing, understand? and in your preaching you interpreted 2Thessalonians2:3, saying: >>>> Let no man(YOURSELF; your carnal mind, where SATAN plays) DECEIVE YOU, 2Thessalonians2:4 Who(that man of sin, that man of unbelief) OPPOSESTH(truth and light)and exalts HIMSELF(his carnal mind) above all that is called GOD;of that is worshipped,so that HE sitteth in the TEMPLE OF GOD(the Lord God Almighty and the LAMB are the TEMPLE,not Jerusalem),
showing HIMSELF(by the wisdom of himself)that HE(and all his supposed free will) is GOD.
"And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons."
Without commitment truth in the inward parts with Eve her heart was a strange continent and it was disengaged so to speak. So the rational way in which the serpent spoke and presented the delectable form and color of fruits inflamed her senses. Without which influencers of our times would not succeed in enriching themselves. Did you notice the instagram look these days? Lately it is sporting a gaunt look and they succeed to con the unwary undergo buccal fat removal. The sunken cheeks shall soon show that of a hideous hag, and when truth hits women, they shall rue that accentuating high cheekbones is pass. This is called ways of the world. Satan presides over the foolish and it works on this premise: 'every man's loss is someone else's gain'. In winning over Eve Satan gained thwarting the Salvation plan of God.
Eve passed on her knowledge of good and evil to her man. They did eat. Since then living in one world of now became the norm. The world of the Spirit for many is non-existent. Glory which was an ornament and a covering for them vanished! Their eyes opened only to know they were naked." What useless knowledge was that?
Without setting the truth like frontlets before your eyes how are you settling what is good or what is evil? Some barbaric countries are willing to hang the youth for matters they as old have not arrived at. Their religion have deceived them just Satan deceived Adam and Eve. They made themselves aprons which was what their knowledge could come up.
Jesus said, 'in me you might have peace'.( John 16:33). How true it is. Look how the man and woman reacted at the voice of the Lord! They were thrown into confusion.
"She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."
Contextual truth is from Satan since it does not give truth its total sovereignty to the word as He intended. When He sent his Son he defined what he was. "I am the Way, the truth and the life" Instead believing it it opens way for extraneous matters judge truth. We have a couple of examples: Eve saw the fruit of the tree from the POV of Satan and let her senses settle the matter. Compare with Thomas who would not believe unless he saw the nail marks by his own eyes. What did Jesus Christ say," blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."( John 20:29). Adam in his turn let his love for Eve forget himself. He should have asked himself, "What has God said about eating of the fruit?" He simply ate what she gave to him.
Man thus became a servant to sin. Instead of the Law of Spirit he would be judged under the law of sin.
God had made his Will clear to Adam. What the serpent made of 'In the day' and saying thou shalt not die was at odds with the soul and it made the man accountable to God. God allowed to eat of all other fruits freely including from the tree of life. God's commandment, "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die," would have grave consequences upon the soul of man.
In the same vein the nascent church was given an underhand swipe when Constantine I adopted Christianity as the state religion. It eased the state policy of persecution. Outwardly it spared the body of the Church. Since then are we not assailed by heresies without let?
The desire for romantic love is not in itself sinful , it is natural . It's how we respond to that desire that is important . Some people are very self contained and more able to cope with their desires and keep them in check . Others find the need for romantic love overwhelming , these are the people that need to find the right partner and get married ! It seems you fall into the latter category . By your name it seems you are a lady :) . Best advice I can give you is , read your Bible , pray to God , ask Him to provide you with an husband to love ,who in turn will love you , get to church and find the one that God made for you . Stay strong and trust in God , He will put you where you are supposed to be and with the one that you are supposed to be :).
"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."
Here we have the serpent speaking the will of Satan, the father of lies, as his own. This is what you call as contextual truth. You have not seen it working while something else is,- 'thy law is within my heart.'(Ps.40:8). In short he was rejecting that God had blessed him with, 'and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth,'(Ge.1:30)included him as well.
He thus serves as the body for Satan to undermine his own state of being. So he speaks 'truth' which is contextual so it keeps changing, with whoever serves at time or place as the mouthpiece for Satan. It is thus heresies have come to stay. One says city of God and begins reforming all about meddling with princes to serve his own interests, and after he has taken over reins he sets to fire all opposition whether they are branded as witches or as heretics do not matter. It is truth as he frames it. Then comes another claiming 'worker's paradise' and bloodshed and bonfire of whatever he deems as false. Such contextual truth is like playing by the ear so it keeps changing, leading nowhere but it does prove indeed calamitous for the world.
Who was Eve but the bone of man's bones, and flesh of his flesh, in terms the law within her heart made her standing more than an entity. She was called to be the bride for the Son!"I am the Way, the truth and the life"
"Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made."
Of his fulness every body reveals the glory in varying measure, meaning no two bodies are same. Serpent received his share as any other. When you apply this to the level of the body of Christ the church, we shall understand the significance of the Pauline dictum:"For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:/ Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:"(Ep.4:11-12)
Coming back to His creation God blessed them so the subtlety of the serpent was commendable. It is in this sense Jesus commends his disciples to take note of, "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."(Matt.10:16) The serpents are wisdom, wisdom of which was emblematic of the divine blessing.
Fall of man or Corruption did not come from subtlety of the serpent. In paying heed to it another doctrine had got in by stealth. What was need for another when you have the perfect within? "Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?"(Jas.3:11). Doctrine of God was the same as of the Son. He declared, "I do always those things that please him"( John 8:29). This is what the Spirit means by the Psalm quote mentioned above. "The law was within my heart."
This same corruption we find where the heart is not established by grace; instead man's treasure conceals contraband goods,- riches of mammon. Serving mammon is evil communication which corrupts good manners. It is thus prosperity theology has corrupted great many, an evil.
Thnx Gigi, yur the best.! I had another prophetic*dream about a man who I met through cleaning/nursing for his mom, So I had my daughter leave a note on their door. Never got a responce & exspected the worse.
Jump to (now) a month later.. I was heading to Library & the road was closed so, in taking detour, went to see the person dream was about. To make a longer story short.. He flat lined & when they revived him he had to have emergency heart surgery. Not how I wanted to find a roof over my head yet till he heals enough & gets back on narrow road, I just that & truck to drive till my car's Utah legal & my own place. God is good.!!
God blessed man on the sixth day (Ge.1:28-30). The everlasting covenant has been signed and sealed between God and Man,the Spirit annotates the abstract "and, behold, it was very good"-1:31). Those who still would not enter theerin and be part of the day sanctified is marked by 666. He is, to all intent and purpose, the son of perdition.
We have been studying in these two chapters how God placed Adam in the Garden planted by Him.
He did not need anyone telling him with regards to the commandment.
Now this advise from the serpent,"And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die."(v.4)
Evil communication corrupts good manners and it is what happening with Eve. As flesh and boned drawn from the man she was in the full know being a living soul herself. What he was, she was in her own right as the Bride. "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you."( John 14:20) This is what the Spirit referred " and they shall be one flesh."
In going along with his gratuitous remark she looks at the forbidden fruit and she sees it as he wanted her to see. In order to guard aginst ii the Spirit gives us this recipe. "For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light."(Ps.36:9)
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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.
Yes, I was surprised as well. You can look up Marcion and see how out of the sound doctrine of the apostles he had strayed. He taught that the god of the OT was evil and the God of the NT good, so he rejected all of the OT, and believed himself to be a prophet, and followers exhibited many of the strange behaviors of some in the Pentecostal sects who bark, laugh uncontrollably, roll on the floor, faint, etc. (of course calling it the work of the Spirit). He espoused a form of dualism that was very wrong and spiritually dangerous.
I have read of some today who think as Oseas does, and that is very disturbing. Many of his posts are a bit off, but this one concerning God revealed in Scriptures is very unbiblical.
I do think of when Jesus called Himself "I Am" when He said "before Abraham was, I Am. He would have said the Hebrew name spoken to Moses here and the chief priests wished to stone him for blasphemy for calling Himself God. ( John 8:58)
Here Jesus is saying that He is YHWH, the only true God. so, as for me, I choose to believe Jesus, not Oseas or anyone else who says that the God of the OT Jews was evil or the devil.
I guess, having a forum such as this will introduce us to some very crazy doctrines and some wicked ones at that.
I'm struggling with the sin of lust and I feel horrible about it but I keep repenting and going back, repenting and going back,. Will one day Jesus would have enough with me and make me reprobate
Biblical Proof modern version bibles are not Inspired by God, but very deceptive!
( 2 Tim 3:16) "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness". ALL ((TRUE)) scripture is given by Inspiration of God. Inspiration is #2315; it means divinely breathed in. All True scripture is God breathed.
The KJB says in ( Jn 7:8) "Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up ((yet)) unto this feast; for my time is not full come".
In the KJB Jesus said "I go not up yet"
The Nasb bible says "I am not going up to this feast".
The Niv bible says "I am not going up to this festival".
The Nlt bible says "I'm not going to this festival".
The Esv bible says "I am not going up to this feast".
The Gnt bible says "I am not going to this festival".
In all these versions in v10 Jesus goes to the feast.
All modern version bibles say the same thing, Jesus said "I am not going" Then In v10 Jesus went to the feast!
All modern version bibles have (changed the words) and are saying Jesus lied!! ( Jer 23:36) The word (perverted) is #2015; it means to turn about or over, by implying (to change), pervert. They change or pervert the words of the living God and they show Jesus to be a liar!
Would that be God breathed?
Or would that be ( 1 Tim 4:1) .."doctrines of devils"?
( 2 Tim 3:16) Would saying Jesus is a liar be "profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness"?
( Mt 4:4) .. "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by (every word) that proceedeth out of the mouth of God".
EVERY WORD! (KJB Jn 7:8) "I go not up (yet)" EVERY WORD!
The words of the LORD are pure words ( Ps 12:6-7) v7 preserved for ever.
( Proverbs 30:5-6) v5 "(Every word) of God is pure" v6 "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar".
The KJB is the scripture that's given by Inspiration of God, the pure words preserved from this generation for ever.
I think we all feel that way from time to time but I think it's just as important to note the people that do give a care that our present in your life.
Sometimes it's easy to overlook the ones that care about you most especially when you're feeling like it's all stacked against you and feeling alone, lonely. Don't forget the ones who are there no matter what. The ones who stick by you no matter what.
Very few BELIEVE what they were given by the death and resurrection of Christ.
One will never understand that gift, unless they believe what the spirit of truth is saying to them.
ALL CREATION DIED on the cross of Christ, each INDIVIDUAL DIED on the cross of Christ, ALL creation was MADE ALIVE by the RESURRECTION of Christ.
ONLY Christ was raised from the DEAD.
Men's carnal mind WILL NOT BELIEVE that.
1 Timothy 6:16 Christ ONLY hath IMMORTALITY (eternal life) dwelling in the light.
The gift of God is ETERNAL LIFE.
1 Corinthians 15:53 ... this mortal MUST put on IMMORTALITY (truth and life, Christ) ......
Acts 2:38 .... be BAPTISED everyone of you in the NAME of JESUS ......
WE are JOIN-HEIRS of Christ and his resurrection, we were MADE ONE, by his resurrection, ONLY Christ arose, we were BAPTISED into HIS NAME, a wife always bears the NAME of her husband.
1 John 3:8 ..... He that committeth sin is of the (seed of the) devil .......
1 John 3:9 ...he who is born of God (truth) doeth not commit sin, because HIS SEED remaineth in him, and he CANNOT SIN .....
If your sinning you have not yet DIED of the cross of Christ, DEAD men CANNOT SIN, they no longer exist, only Christ exist.
I am the beginning and the end, the first and the last, no beginning and no end.
"Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife."
1 Cor 7:35,
"And this(about staying unmarried) I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction."
Well, when I was young and unmarried and I firstly read those verses, I used to think that people like Paul who devote themselves to the Lord completely tend sometimes to go to extremes. After spending 22 years as a married man and going through all those hardships and trials (and fights!!!) that married couples go through when they spend their lives together and also when facing all those troubles in raising a kid (I have one, just think of those who have many), then I conclude that Paul might have been right.
"10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart ( the grk say "separate") from her husband: 11But and if she depart , let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife."
Firstly lets pay attention to that " I command, yet not I, but the Lord", clearly a Lord's command.
What does the above verse say? It says that if a woman(or man) separates the other then she SHOULD stay unmarried (or go back). So I am really surprised that some christians are always trying to go around such a clear statement. It couldn't be any clearer than that.
1 Cor 7:12-15,
"12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away
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13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace."
Points of attention:
1. It is Paul's suggestion, not Lord's. Yes but in verse 40 he says "yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful"
1. Paul's suggestion is that the believer should not separate the other if the other is willing to stay together. If the other wants to separate, let them separate. Those verses in no case allow a believer to separate a non believer. But once the non believer wants to separate let them separate. So can the believer remmary? Here the verses 10-11 are valid. No, they cannot, the verse says " let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband".
2. Now lets go to that "A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases" in verse 15. The grk says precisely : "ou dedoulotai o adelphos en tois toioutois" which means "the brother is not enslaved inside (or in) these". The latter has many interpretations which I will not go through now.
I have read of some who believed this, Marcion was one of those in the early years of the church. And today, there are those who believe that Yahwaeh is an evil "god" of the Jews. I do not recall the particular teacher/leader of this doctrine nor a particular sect.
But it is a grave evil to call the "I Am Who I Am" of Exodus who also called Himself the Almighty God to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ( Ex. 3) the devil. So, thank you for questioning Oseas on this. I hope he explains more of this to us because it is a blasphemous teaching.
You wrote that YAHWEH is the name of devil? You cited John 8:44-45. But in those verses there is no reference in such a name. Actually there is no mention of that name in the new Testament but only in the Old Testament.
In 2 Thes 2:3-4, Paul writes about the antichrist who will sit in the temple of God in Jerusalem and will ask people to worship him as a God. But he is not God and his name is not known now.
Brother, where have got those beliefs from? Claiming that YAHWEH refers to devil is something really extraordinary, never heard anybody say that before. You are completely wrong. Do you attend a church or you study on your own? You need somebody to lead you inside the Word of God properly. I suggest that you join a congregation.
Yeshua or Jesus means "God is salvation" in Hebrew.
"And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."
Nakedness refers to the world of the flesh and blood. "All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men." This flesh when dies is sown in dishonor. For those who die in the Lord it is raised in glory.(Re.14:13). For those who die to the world and sin at baptism by water, the same glory marks for those who are committed, we have this confidence, "we shall not be found naked."(2 Co.5:1-3)So the world of the body is distinct from the natural body where we are heirs of promise 'earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:'. We walk by faith and not by sight and also groan but the grace of God keeps our hearts established. It is the mid-air where our heavenly place is being hid in Christ. It was thus Adam was place in the Garden that God had planted. He had to dress his world also keep it.(2:15) Whether he did this part is what we are coming to in the next chapter.
The Bible narrative begins from v.4,-and the generations from Adam to Jesus to draw an analogy from music, are strong chord progressions leading to the home key which is the day. So when God tells Adam "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.((2:17) it is to the day He references "in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens."(2:4). This holy family is set in mid-air which must be kept in mind. (Re.21:3)
Thanks for this update. I pray that your move to Utah will be very helpful to you in the long run. But for the immediate time, I wll pray for your needs for housing, food, transportation, and generosity of others towards you.
Dear Heavenly Father, Texsis is in need of Your provision for all of her daily needs. Thank you for bringing her employment. Please provide housing for Texsis along with food and other daily necessities in the weeks before she receives her first paycheck. Please place her on the path to stabilizing her life in Utah. Bless her daily with all she needs. We ask these things of You, Father, in the name of Jesus, our wonderful Savior. Amen.
Dear Kosh, I am glad to have this opportunity to pray for you today.
Dear Heavenly Father, We love You and praise You for this day You have gifted us with to live for You alone. We come to You in the name of Jesus, who is to be praised and worshipped with You. We ask that You help Kosh gain weight through a healthy diet that You provide for him. We ask that You stabilize His weight at a healthy level and stop the gaining and losing that he is experiencing.
Father, help all of us who are struggling with weight issues. Bring us all to a healthy weight level and keep us there. Help us to discipline our habits of eating as we ought so that we will become more healthy. Thank you for the food You provide us each day. help us to be satisfied with simple foods that do not add mostly empty calories because our bodies need good nutrition in the amounts that help us be healthy. Thank you for your abundance to us. Please provide food for those who lack it, cause those who have to be generous to those who have not, and make the ground fruitful in producing food for the world. Send your rain to areas of great drought, restoring the ability for the food to be grown reliably. We depend on You for all good things and are grateful. We know that You will help Kosh in this struggle because You have promised to give good things to those who ask of You. As your children, we ask these things of You, Father, Amen.
Dear Heavenly Father, we come before You today in the name of Jesus asking for help for Gwen. Please strengthen her in faith and keep this faith strong and grounded in You and Your Word. Bring to Gwen spiritual growth that brings and increase of faith and true knowledge of You as we consider Jesus, Your Son, who is the express image of You and the One who came from You to reveal Who You are. Help Gwen as she studies Your words in Scriptures. May Your holy words enlighten her and make her glad. Keep Gwen on the path of truth and righteousness, not allowing her to turn to the right or left, but to walk straight ahead in the way Your holy Spirit leads her. We ask that the Holy Spirit fill her more and more each day so that she can walk according to the Spirit instead of the flesh, every day you give her in this life. Father, we know how great Your love is for us and we thank You for choosing us in love to become Your children and partakers of eternal life in Jesus. You are so great and wonderful! We praise You, we worship You, we give You glory, today and always. Amen.
You said that my posts "seem to approach literally while you have another approach to the Bible", actually my posts/messages reflect a spiritual interpretation of the Holy Scriptures, in fact the Holy Spirit is my Preceptor, Tutor as you said, but it seems you do not discern what is spiritual, it's due to lack of the gift of discernment, thus you know only and only what is literal, like the killers of souls, the letter kills, only the Spirit gives life. The believers know that the Word is Spirit, the Word is GOD, self-executing.
Having read the circumlocution of your replyes, or mere verbiage, I would say opinions is good for nothing, what matters and prevails is the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD, self-executing, understand? John1:1. Your thinking is from a human perspective, a stumblingblock, not from GOD's perspective. Your interpretations of the Word of GOD differ not of the interpreter of Genesis 3:1. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth, the one who comes from above is above all- John 3:31.
Revelation 20:2-3 explains:
The dragon will be laid hold, and bound/chained, and cast into the bottomless pit, he will be threw into the Abyss (in this current millennium), and he will be shut up, a seal will be set on/over him in this current millennium, seventh and last millennium, that he should deceive the nations no more.
The Spirit helps us with our infirmities. As with prayers the Spirit helps us according to the will of God (Ro.8:26-27). Perhaps it helps us understand why he chose to be a shepherd. God had set him in context of his Son the Good Shepherd. Nature and nurture also explain. God clothing them with coats of skin was part of the family lore often heard sitting around the hearth. Abel sought to please God with the best while Cain merely offered his share as though he meant,'take it or leave it' attitude.
The internet setting trends is very much part of Satan's repertoire, to make the worldly consume their hours with fashions of the day. I know how my brother first going to the city for a college degree wanted a new wardrobe. My father would have no nonsense with Elvis hairdo or drainpipes. My brother was browbeaten to be a square while everyone was in the swim of things. In my pre-teen period it made me think what fashion made the world follow ever since. My conclusion is what I posted in my post. By trying to pass off as regular do I neglect what I think of my real self?
JESUS left very clear sayng: Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?- Matthew 12:34. According to the your message you think or imagine to be a preacher of the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD, self-executing, understand? and in your preaching you interpreted 2Thessalonians2:3, saying: >>>> Let no man(YOURSELF; your carnal mind, where SATAN plays) DECEIVE YOU, 2Thessalonians2:4 Who(that man of sin, that man of unbelief) OPPOSESTH(truth and light)and exalts HIMSELF(his carnal mind) above all that is called GOD;of that is worshipped,so that HE sitteth in the TEMPLE OF GOD(the Lord God Almighty and the LAMB are the TEMPLE,not Jerusalem),
showing HIMSELF(by the wisdom of himself)that HE(and all his supposed free will) is GOD.
"And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons."
Without commitment truth in the inward parts with Eve her heart was a strange continent and it was disengaged so to speak. So the rational way in which the serpent spoke and presented the delectable form and color of fruits inflamed her senses. Without which influencers of our times would not succeed in enriching themselves. Did you notice the instagram look these days? Lately it is sporting a gaunt look and they succeed to con the unwary undergo buccal fat removal. The sunken cheeks shall soon show that of a hideous hag, and when truth hits women, they shall rue that accentuating high cheekbones is pass. This is called ways of the world. Satan presides over the foolish and it works on this premise: 'every man's loss is someone else's gain'. In winning over Eve Satan gained thwarting the Salvation plan of God.
Eve passed on her knowledge of good and evil to her man. They did eat. Since then living in one world of now became the norm. The world of the Spirit for many is non-existent. Glory which was an ornament and a covering for them vanished! Their eyes opened only to know they were naked." What useless knowledge was that?
Without setting the truth like frontlets before your eyes how are you settling what is good or what is evil? Some barbaric countries are willing to hang the youth for matters they as old have not arrived at. Their religion have deceived them just Satan deceived Adam and Eve. They made themselves aprons which was what their knowledge could come up.
Jesus said, 'in me you might have peace'.( John 16:33). How true it is. Look how the man and woman reacted at the voice of the Lord! They were thrown into confusion.
"She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."
Contextual truth is from Satan since it does not give truth its total sovereignty to the word as He intended. When He sent his Son he defined what he was. "I am the Way, the truth and the life" Instead believing it it opens way for extraneous matters judge truth. We have a couple of examples: Eve saw the fruit of the tree from the POV of Satan and let her senses settle the matter. Compare with Thomas who would not believe unless he saw the nail marks by his own eyes. What did Jesus Christ say," blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."( John 20:29). Adam in his turn let his love for Eve forget himself. He should have asked himself, "What has God said about eating of the fruit?" He simply ate what she gave to him.
Man thus became a servant to sin. Instead of the Law of Spirit he would be judged under the law of sin.
God had made his Will clear to Adam. What the serpent made of 'In the day' and saying thou shalt not die was at odds with the soul and it made the man accountable to God. God allowed to eat of all other fruits freely including from the tree of life. God's commandment, "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die," would have grave consequences upon the soul of man.
In the same vein the nascent church was given an underhand swipe when Constantine I adopted Christianity as the state religion. It eased the state policy of persecution. Outwardly it spared the body of the Church. Since then are we not assailed by heresies without let?
"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."
Here we have the serpent speaking the will of Satan, the father of lies, as his own. This is what you call as contextual truth. You have not seen it working while something else is,- 'thy law is within my heart.'(Ps.40:8). In short he was rejecting that God had blessed him with, 'and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth,'(Ge.1:30)included him as well.
He thus serves as the body for Satan to undermine his own state of being. So he speaks 'truth' which is contextual so it keeps changing, with whoever serves at time or place as the mouthpiece for Satan. It is thus heresies have come to stay. One says city of God and begins reforming all about meddling with princes to serve his own interests, and after he has taken over reins he sets to fire all opposition whether they are branded as witches or as heretics do not matter. It is truth as he frames it. Then comes another claiming 'worker's paradise' and bloodshed and bonfire of whatever he deems as false. Such contextual truth is like playing by the ear so it keeps changing, leading nowhere but it does prove indeed calamitous for the world.
Who was Eve but the bone of man's bones, and flesh of his flesh, in terms the law within her heart made her standing more than an entity. She was called to be the bride for the Son!"I am the Way, the truth and the life"
"Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made."
Of his fulness every body reveals the glory in varying measure, meaning no two bodies are same. Serpent received his share as any other. When you apply this to the level of the body of Christ the church, we shall understand the significance of the Pauline dictum:"For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:/ Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:"(Ep.4:11-12)
Coming back to His creation God blessed them so the subtlety of the serpent was commendable. It is in this sense Jesus commends his disciples to take note of, "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."(Matt.10:16) The serpents are wisdom, wisdom of which was emblematic of the divine blessing.
Fall of man or Corruption did not come from subtlety of the serpent. In paying heed to it another doctrine had got in by stealth. What was need for another when you have the perfect within? "Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?"(Jas.3:11). Doctrine of God was the same as of the Son. He declared, "I do always those things that please him"( John 8:29). This is what the Spirit means by the Psalm quote mentioned above. "The law was within my heart."
This same corruption we find where the heart is not established by grace; instead man's treasure conceals contraband goods,- riches of mammon. Serving mammon is evil communication which corrupts good manners. It is thus prosperity theology has corrupted great many, an evil.
Jump to (now) a month later.. I was heading to Library & the road was closed so, in taking detour, went to see the person dream was about. To make a longer story short.. He flat lined & when they revived him he had to have emergency heart surgery. Not how I wanted to find a roof over my head yet till he heals enough & gets back on narrow road, I just that & truck to drive till my car's Utah legal & my own place. God is good.!!
"Coming short of the glory"
God blessed man on the sixth day (Ge.1:28-30). The everlasting covenant has been signed and sealed between God and Man,the Spirit annotates the abstract "and, behold, it was very good"-1:31). Those who still would not enter theerin and be part of the day sanctified is marked by 666. He is, to all intent and purpose, the son of perdition.
We have been studying in these two chapters how God placed Adam in the Garden planted by Him.
He did not need anyone telling him with regards to the commandment.
Now this advise from the serpent,"And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die."(v.4)
Evil communication corrupts good manners and it is what happening with Eve. As flesh and boned drawn from the man she was in the full know being a living soul herself. What he was, she was in her own right as the Bride. "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you."( John 14:20) This is what the Spirit referred " and they shall be one flesh."
In going along with his gratuitous remark she looks at the forbidden fruit and she sees it as he wanted her to see. In order to guard aginst ii the Spirit gives us this recipe. "For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light."(Ps.36:9)
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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.
I have read of some today who think as Oseas does, and that is very disturbing. Many of his posts are a bit off, but this one concerning God revealed in Scriptures is very unbiblical.
I do think of when Jesus called Himself "I Am" when He said "before Abraham was, I Am. He would have said the Hebrew name spoken to Moses here and the chief priests wished to stone him for blasphemy for calling Himself God. ( John 8:58)
Here Jesus is saying that He is YHWH, the only true God. so, as for me, I choose to believe Jesus, not Oseas or anyone else who says that the God of the OT Jews was evil or the devil.
I guess, having a forum such as this will introduce us to some very crazy doctrines and some wicked ones at that.
criptures.
( 2 Tim 3:16) "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness". ALL ((TRUE)) scripture is given by Inspiration of God. Inspiration is #2315; it means divinely breathed in. All True scripture is God breathed.
The KJB says in ( Jn 7:8) "Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up ((yet)) unto this feast; for my time is not full come".
In the KJB Jesus said "I go not up yet"
The Nasb bible says "I am not going up to this feast".
The Niv bible says "I am not going up to this festival".
The Nlt bible says "I'm not going to this festival".
The Esv bible says "I am not going up to this feast".
The Gnt bible says "I am not going to this festival".
In all these versions in v10 Jesus goes to the feast.
All modern version bibles say the same thing, Jesus said "I am not going" Then In v10 Jesus went to the feast!
All modern version bibles have (changed the words) and are saying Jesus lied!! ( Jer 23:36) The word (perverted) is #2015; it means to turn about or over, by implying (to change), pervert. They change or pervert the words of the living God and they show Jesus to be a liar!
Would that be God breathed?
Or would that be ( 1 Tim 4:1) .."doctrines of devils"?
( 2 Tim 3:16) Would saying Jesus is a liar be "profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness"?
( Mt 4:4) .. "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by (every word) that proceedeth out of the mouth of God".
EVERY WORD! (KJB Jn 7:8) "I go not up (yet)" EVERY WORD!
The words of the LORD are pure words ( Ps 12:6-7) v7 preserved for ever.
( Proverbs 30:5-6) v5 "(Every word) of God is pure" v6 "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar".
The KJB is the scripture that's given by Inspiration of God, the pure words preserved from this generation for ever.
I think we all feel that way from time to time but I think it's just as important to note the people that do give a care that our present in your life.
Sometimes it's easy to overlook the ones that care about you most especially when you're feeling like it's all stacked against you and feeling alone, lonely. Don't forget the ones who are there no matter what. The ones who stick by you no matter what.
We are to apply our hard gotten knowledge of marriage to the Kingdom of God.
We are Christ WIFE!
God BLESS YOU!
Very few BELIEVE what they were given by the death and resurrection of Christ.
One will never understand that gift, unless they believe what the spirit of truth is saying to them.
ALL CREATION DIED on the cross of Christ, each INDIVIDUAL DIED on the cross of Christ, ALL creation was MADE ALIVE by the RESURRECTION of Christ.
ONLY Christ was raised from the DEAD.
Men's carnal mind WILL NOT BELIEVE that.
1 Timothy 6:16 Christ ONLY hath IMMORTALITY (eternal life) dwelling in the light.
The gift of God is ETERNAL LIFE.
1 Corinthians 15:53 ... this mortal MUST put on IMMORTALITY (truth and life, Christ) ......
Acts 2:38 .... be BAPTISED everyone of you in the NAME of JESUS ......
WE are JOIN-HEIRS of Christ and his resurrection, we were MADE ONE, by his resurrection, ONLY Christ arose, we were BAPTISED into HIS NAME, a wife always bears the NAME of her husband.
1 John 3:8 ..... He that committeth sin is of the (seed of the) devil .......
1 John 3:9 ...he who is born of God (truth) doeth not commit sin, because HIS SEED remaineth in him, and he CANNOT SIN .....
If your sinning you have not yet DIED of the cross of Christ, DEAD men CANNOT SIN, they no longer exist, only Christ exist.
I am the beginning and the end, the first and the last, no beginning and no end.
God BLESS YOU!
"Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife."
1 Cor 7:35,
"And this(about staying unmarried) I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction."
Well, when I was young and unmarried and I firstly read those verses, I used to think that people like Paul who devote themselves to the Lord completely tend sometimes to go to extremes. After spending 22 years as a married man and going through all those hardships and trials (and fights!!!) that married couples go through when they spend their lives together and also when facing all those troubles in raising a kid (I have one, just think of those who have many), then I conclude that Paul might have been right.
Have a blessed day or night.
To be honest I have never heard such a thing before. I am really surprised.
"10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart ( the grk say "separate") from her husband: 11But and if she depart , let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife."
Firstly lets pay attention to that " I command, yet not I, but the Lord", clearly a Lord's command.
What does the above verse say? It says that if a woman(or man) separates the other then she SHOULD stay unmarried (or go back). So I am really surprised that some christians are always trying to go around such a clear statement. It couldn't be any clearer than that.
1 Cor 7:12-15,
"12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away
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13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace."
Points of attention:
1. It is Paul's suggestion, not Lord's. Yes but in verse 40 he says "yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful"
1. Paul's suggestion is that the believer should not separate the other if the other is willing to stay together. If the other wants to separate, let them separate. Those verses in no case allow a believer to separate a non believer. But once the non believer wants to separate let them separate. So can the believer remmary? Here the verses 10-11 are valid. No, they cannot, the verse says " let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband".
2. Now lets go to that "A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases" in verse 15. The grk says precisely : "ou dedoulotai o adelphos en tois toioutois" which means "the brother is not enslaved inside (or in) these". The latter has many interpretations which I will not go through now.
Thanks for addressing this with Oseas
I have read of some who believed this, Marcion was one of those in the early years of the church. And today, there are those who believe that Yahwaeh is an evil "god" of the Jews. I do not recall the particular teacher/leader of this doctrine nor a particular sect.
But it is a grave evil to call the "I Am Who I Am" of Exodus who also called Himself the Almighty God to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ( Ex. 3) the devil. So, thank you for questioning Oseas on this. I hope he explains more of this to us because it is a blasphemous teaching.
You wrote that YAHWEH is the name of devil? You cited John 8:44-45. But in those verses there is no reference in such a name. Actually there is no mention of that name in the new Testament but only in the Old Testament.
In 2 Thes 2:3-4, Paul writes about the antichrist who will sit in the temple of God in Jerusalem and will ask people to worship him as a God. But he is not God and his name is not known now.
Brother, where have got those beliefs from? Claiming that YAHWEH refers to devil is something really extraordinary, never heard anybody say that before. You are completely wrong. Do you attend a church or you study on your own? You need somebody to lead you inside the Word of God properly. I suggest that you join a congregation.
Yeshua or Jesus means "God is salvation" in Hebrew.
"And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."
Nakedness refers to the world of the flesh and blood. "All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men." This flesh when dies is sown in dishonor. For those who die in the Lord it is raised in glory.(Re.14:13). For those who die to the world and sin at baptism by water, the same glory marks for those who are committed, we have this confidence, "we shall not be found naked."(2 Co.5:1-3)So the world of the body is distinct from the natural body where we are heirs of promise 'earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:'. We walk by faith and not by sight and also groan but the grace of God keeps our hearts established. It is the mid-air where our heavenly place is being hid in Christ. It was thus Adam was place in the Garden that God had planted. He had to dress his world also keep it.(2:15) Whether he did this part is what we are coming to in the next chapter.
The Bible narrative begins from v.4,-and the generations from Adam to Jesus to draw an analogy from music, are strong chord progressions leading to the home key which is the day. So when God tells Adam "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.((2:17) it is to the day He references "in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens."(2:4). This holy family is set in mid-air which must be kept in mind. (Re.21:3)
Thanks for this update. I pray that your move to Utah will be very helpful to you in the long run. But for the immediate time, I wll pray for your needs for housing, food, transportation, and generosity of others towards you.
Dear Heavenly Father, Texsis is in need of Your provision for all of her daily needs. Thank you for bringing her employment. Please provide housing for Texsis along with food and other daily necessities in the weeks before she receives her first paycheck. Please place her on the path to stabilizing her life in Utah. Bless her daily with all she needs. We ask these things of You, Father, in the name of Jesus, our wonderful Savior. Amen.
Dear Heavenly Father, We love You and praise You for this day You have gifted us with to live for You alone. We come to You in the name of Jesus, who is to be praised and worshipped with You. We ask that You help Kosh gain weight through a healthy diet that You provide for him. We ask that You stabilize His weight at a healthy level and stop the gaining and losing that he is experiencing.
Father, help all of us who are struggling with weight issues. Bring us all to a healthy weight level and keep us there. Help us to discipline our habits of eating as we ought so that we will become more healthy. Thank you for the food You provide us each day. help us to be satisfied with simple foods that do not add mostly empty calories because our bodies need good nutrition in the amounts that help us be healthy. Thank you for your abundance to us. Please provide food for those who lack it, cause those who have to be generous to those who have not, and make the ground fruitful in producing food for the world. Send your rain to areas of great drought, restoring the ability for the food to be grown reliably. We depend on You for all good things and are grateful. We know that You will help Kosh in this struggle because You have promised to give good things to those who ask of You. As your children, we ask these things of You, Father, Amen.
I am happy to pray for you today.
Dear Heavenly Father, we come before You today in the name of Jesus asking for help for Gwen. Please strengthen her in faith and keep this faith strong and grounded in You and Your Word. Bring to Gwen spiritual growth that brings and increase of faith and true knowledge of You as we consider Jesus, Your Son, who is the express image of You and the One who came from You to reveal Who You are. Help Gwen as she studies Your words in Scriptures. May Your holy words enlighten her and make her glad. Keep Gwen on the path of truth and righteousness, not allowing her to turn to the right or left, but to walk straight ahead in the way Your holy Spirit leads her. We ask that the Holy Spirit fill her more and more each day so that she can walk according to the Spirit instead of the flesh, every day you give her in this life. Father, we know how great Your love is for us and we thank You for choosing us in love to become Your children and partakers of eternal life in Jesus. You are so great and wonderful! We praise You, we worship You, we give You glory, today and always. Amen.
So glad your Mom was able to be treated properly. may her recovery go so very well.
You said that my posts "seem to approach literally while you have another approach to the Bible", actually my posts/messages reflect a spiritual interpretation of the Holy Scriptures, in fact the Holy Spirit is my Preceptor, Tutor as you said, but it seems you do not discern what is spiritual, it's due to lack of the gift of discernment, thus you know only and only what is literal, like the killers of souls, the letter kills, only the Spirit gives life. The believers know that the Word is Spirit, the Word is GOD, self-executing.
Having read the circumlocution of your replyes, or mere verbiage, I would say opinions is good for nothing, what matters and prevails is the Word of GOD, the Word is GOD, self-executing, understand? John1:1. Your thinking is from a human perspective, a stumblingblock, not from GOD's perspective. Your interpretations of the Word of GOD differ not of the interpreter of Genesis 3:1. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth, the one who comes from above is above all- John 3:31.
Revelation 20:2-3 explains:
The dragon will be laid hold, and bound/chained, and cast into the bottomless pit, he will be threw into the Abyss (in this current millennium), and he will be shut up, a seal will be set on/over him in this current millennium, seventh and last millennium, that he should deceive the nations no more.
Be careful, or then get ready