Glad you committed to this project until the end. I had major distractions and such but still have done many half hearted efforts to bring such ideas to completion.
As for me I am progressing in getting assistance my family needs. My mom has had a home health aide for about a month (hopefully the insurance will kick in soon); and is embarking on getting my dad to go for a trial 2 week stay in a specialty care facility; and she herself is at least thinking of doing the same in the next year. The Lord has been with me through this with a believer in charge of the aforementioned agency; and the lady in the facility interested in going to church again; I can certainly see the Lord working through her. I appreciate your prayers in these matters.
Had an interesting zoom meeting last week related to the Seal Judgments with several mature men and one lady discussing somewhat different concepts but respectfully; one guy was on his second book related to the subject.
I would appreciate you praying that someone can be found to work with kids and drive them to Awana; as apparently over 25 kids showed up and more could come from the city to our suburban church. I just can't commit to evenings with responsibilities here but the attendance is an answered prayer.
A friend of mine just got married who I prayed for about 5 years ago on the matter. It is another answered prayer and I am happy for her; a wonderful sister in Christ who works with kids from Guatemala in particular at a Western PA facility; and has done mission work in Panama in the past as well.
Not sure how your many health issues are going; or if you want to give an update. Hope you can get some method to the madness with home repairs; a lot is getting sorted out in our home at present preparing for whatever will happen eventually when the house is under my ownership if that is God's will.
Circumstances have affected my contributions to this site and lack of new ideas.
"Because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:/ Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ."
The Law of the Spirit is everlasting to everlasting, so while we discussed the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels there is everlasting mercies as well. " But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children. "This is the generation of Jesus Christ, so the everlasting covenant where we are adopted in him has a place to go to. "To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them./The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all."(103:18-19)
Of God Jesus has become sanctification, (1 Co.1:30). To recap, For those who are led by the Spirit the conditions under which the covenant is stated 'God has prepared his throne in heavens.' This is the throne of glory.
St Paul warns us "as that the day of Christ is at hand.:(2 The.2:2) In the face of conspiracy theories and heresies we may be sure that "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work." With the rapture (" by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,") the Spirit shall be taken out of the way so the outer darkness often mentioned in the Parables of Jesus shall come into the mainstream. Same mystery of iniquity brought extremism from the fringe to be bandied about in the news media and deepfakes thrown freely at rival factions shows lie has become a winning formula for success. "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming" This is what we see in Re.19:15-20) The Word of God makes war " Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war._(19:11)
My interpetation: COGIC WORSHIP 1 Corinthians 15:3-4- I Worship A God that never changes. A God that makes you see& into what it is to become like God. (A God that is forgiveness of sins, A God that is a free gift. Matthew 7:7-8.) A God that controls and sustains. A God that is faithful to the promises he has made.
My prayer this morning God's word I have written and spoken as help to bend the broken pieces if many shattered lives , I look you for our peace , comfort, amd care, in Jesus name we pray, Amen.
"Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!"
"But woe unto him" Jesus referred to anyone who causes 'the little one to stumble. In the Gospel of St Mathew the same key verse is set in a context differently, But the point we are concerned is of two parallel worlds which operate under the Law of the Spirit which the little one represents, "And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me."(Matt.18:1-7) The little one in the land of the living is same as the Law of the Spirit considers each as blessed with potential to be conformed in the image of the Son.so one represent the whole. "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness." (Ro.8:10) On the other hand those who are in the flesh are under the law of sin. It is thus we speaks of two parallel worlds. "Woe unto him referred to the rich man in the Parable of the Rich man and Lazarus. "For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment." While had time to do good he spent it all living like a lord in wanton complacency. His riches blinded him so he forgot his obligations to other. If his brothers did not improve from the Law of Moses even Lazarus resurrected for the purpose shall fail. For the simple reason riches had corrupted the seed in his heart. His wealth was to his own hurt by serving the devil. He belonged to the nation of 'goats' placed on the left hand. In the Parable(Matt.25:31-46), the children of disobedience create injustice ,violence and iniquity and have abandoned 'the little ones' to suffer, Prison nakedness hunger are all that they inflicted on the righteous ones because their world was wicked."Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me."(Matt.25:44)
"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels"
Everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels in form us that the law of sin is invented by Satan, the father of lies. Who are the cursed but who has despised the word of God? "Jesus explains with emphasis, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin."( John 8:34)
The Law with which God runs his kingdom knows no other law than that of the Spirit. He framed the worlds by the word of God so the world made to appear shall be founded on the Law of the Spirit. Consequently those who are blessed under the everlasting covenant do so by faith. Faith is one. The parallel world of the law of sin is a make-believe world is under judgment. "But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men."(2 Pe.3:7;Is.66:15)
The Spirit of God presents us the God document where the everlasting covenant is stated in plain terms. How is that the blessing mentioned in Ge.1:28 fas been totally missed? Where did this spiritual amnesia occur so blessing whenever is mentioned is associated with Abraham rather than tJesus Christ? In the manner the imposter churches have supplanted the truth to establish Israel as a blessed nation proves the condemnation of Jesus. It is done in bad faith "Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me./Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word./Ye are of your father the devil,"(8:42-44)
The Law does not recognise nations per se but children of light or children of disobedience. Eternal fire is reserved for them. "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."(25:46)
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth" In the short dialogue the Samaritan woman expresses the significance of being a living soul. She had an inkling of the truth and she needed Jesus to enlighten her. "
Blessings come from the greater to the lesser. " Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." (Ep.1:3-) Holiness of God expresses love. So God anoints Jesus "Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."(Ps.45:7) This prophesy concerns Jesus the Anointed one.' For God loved the world sends 'the only begotten Son' indicating that he is the Word made flesh,
The covenant between God and Man as referred by St Paul in the above mentioned takes place in heavenly places, "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love." Predestination is merely a theological term to define this choice is according to his purpose,"to the good pleasure of his will,". God is a Spirit so the laws upholding his holiness is spiritual. These laws state what is holy and what is good. Being conformed in the image of his Son gives love a human face.
While heaven was made to appear according to his 'good pleasure' the Son also had his part."The same was in the beginning with God./All things were made by him;..../ In him was life; and the life was the light of men." Upon the template of the divine Will the unseen aspects of His holiness is made to appear. As the Father of lights the separation of light from darkness is sanctified by the Law of the Spirit. Consequently Jesus Christ the Word made flesh is the true Light,"which lighteth every man that cometh into the world." Those who failed to see it as such were led by the law of sin,- the children of wrath.
What I do think of is that "Z' is the end of the alphabet, the last letter, the terminus or desired end.
In Rev..22:13; Jesus identifies Himself as such: the Alpha and Omega (first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.
His word choice identifies Him with YHWH in the OT as in Isaiah 4::4; 44:6; 48:12
So, being the Beginning (A) and the Last (Z) God caused the beginning and completion of all the work of God in history. History belongs to Him and so does the Universe and all that He has made. Jesus' identification in these terms in Revelation tell us that He is the terminus of all revelation, history, and purpose in Creation.
All things were made by Him and through Him and for Him.
He is the first cause of all was created and creation was made to the end of glorifying God in Christ Jesus, our Lord and God, Savior and King, our all in all.
Here I come to the end of these postings on the attributes of God. I must say that I have learned a great deal more about God and am more in awe of Him than ever before.
He is Great beyond measure and we are so blessed to have His inspired Word of revelation of Himself for us to learn from.
I am grateful for the work of the Holy Spirit in me in this endeavor to delve into something so important and something not to be trivialized, rather to glorify God in the undertaking.
This is eternal life, that they might know thee, the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent. John 17:3
Because God made the promises in Scripture they will be fulfilled. He cannot lie nor deceive in anyway. And because Jesus is God in the flesh He not only fulfills what God had promised, He shows that God is faithful to His promises, thus He is the "Yes" in these two ways. Jesus is the Truth. He cannot lie or deceive because He is God in the flesh. Therefore, we can trust what God has revealed in Scripture because Jesus IS the Word of God and was with God in the beginning and IS God. ( John 1:1-3)
The only Being in the universe Who is completely true to His Word is God. The Father is true to His revealed word, the Son is true to His divine nature, never sinning and able to fulfill all that He came to do for us to the glory of God, and the Holy Spirit is true because, as God, He knows all concerning the nature of God and whatever He reveals to man, it is always true and reliable.
So, we can be confident that we serve a God who is altogether, faithful, truthful, unwavering (not yes and no about the same promise), unchanging in what He has decreed, and all powerful to ensure that all that He has determined to do will come to pass.
Jesus is God's Yes and Amen to us. He carries to completion all that God wills. He is God's guarantee of salvation, sanctification, and glorification to all who has been elected before creation. No one who is elected to salvation will not come to God in Christ.
God's election never fails. The Father draws the elect to Christ. The Son came as God in the flesh to fulfill the plan of redemption, and the Holy Spirit seals us for eternity. None that are elected will ever be cast out from God.
This truth of Jesus being the Yes and Amen of God demonstrates the unity of the three Persons of the Godhead in all things. There is absolute harmony between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They always will the same things and always bring to fruition all that is willed. No plan or purpose of God will ever fail or go unfulfilled.
2 Cor. 1 :20 says that Jesus is the Yes and Amen to all the promises of God. He is the fulfillment of all that was prophesied. God in the flesh came to fulfill all of what He promised so as to not have any promise go unfulfilled. A mere man could not do this. God in the flesh is the answer to all matters concerning our doctrine and faith. Jesus always told the truth as He is the Truth; He always showed the only way to the Father as He is the Way; and He is the life we all need to receive the Life of God in us and for all of eternity for He is the Life.
Jesus is the Yes and Amen also in that He always obeyed the Father, never wavering nor in any way rebellious to the Father. He completely submitted Himself both inn His humanity and in His divinity to the will of the Father for the plan of redemption determined before creation was for the Son to take on flesh to redeem humanity back to God and inherit eternal life with Him.
No human being can do this, only God in the flesh can. And He did when the Son assumed a human nature to live the perfect life of Yes to God the Father. It is God who is the only Savior, (Is. 43:11), and Jesus is the Savior spoken of in Isaiah, therefore, He is the divine Savior promised through His incarnation.
We can rejoice that our Savior is perfect in every way, being God in the flesh, and that He will never fail us because He always stays true to the will of His Father, never at odds with Him, but always the Great "Yes" and the answer to all the promises of God.
Perhaps you have the cap lock button pressed and it will do lower case when you push the shift button and revert to upper case when you do not. If this is what is happening, you can just press down cap lock and it will default down to lower case.
"Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: AND THE GOD THAT ANSWERED BY FIRE, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
when i read the word of "god" every day, i believe it is the very breath of "god" spoken to me as if he is right there with me.
think about this:
his word is his breath speaken. his word is final, no man can replace the breath of "god"!
mankind can not replace the breath of "god". we can't save no one. we do not have the right replaced or add to his word. "god" made the world and everything it. man took what "god" gave us to use for his glory. man turn it into evil things. "god" breath is the word of "god".
now man uses [evil for good] [ good for evil ] "come lord jesus"
I understand that some people ( fellow Christians ) do not think that water baptism is necessary . Not wishing to argue the point on a personal level , may I put forward Numbers chapter 19 as just one piece of scriptural evidence to back up its importance . The red heifer is in anticipation of Christ . Verse 20 is particularly pertinent I think , also verse 12 , the seventh day in this verse points to the millennial reign of Christ on earth . There are plenty of other scriptures I could have brought forward but it so happens that I am reading the book of Numbers at the moment .
Finding an Attribute of God for the Letter X is difficult using and English word, but the Greek word "Xristos" but I am not sure if this is how it is spelled. Even so, I will go with this.
God is XRISTOS
This is the Greek equivalent to the Hebrew Mashiach (Messiah in English)
The XRISTOS is Jesus, the divine Father's divine Son incarnated to fulfill the promises made in the OT of a coming Messiah, one who is anointed and is the foretold prophet, priest and king. The Messiah was to conquer and free Israel from their bondage. The Jews believed that the Messiah would release them from the rule of the Romans as their Redeemer and proceed to rule the whole world with righteousness and justice.
The Bible also describes the Messiah as " the Holy One of Israel" The demons called Jesus this when encountering Jesus. Only God is the: "Holy One" of Israel, which, in the OT was a title for God alone.
At the temple when Jesus read from the scroll from Isaiah 61 He identified Himself as the promised Messiah saying, today this is fulfilled in your hearing" to the scribes and teachers.( luke 4:17-21)
Peter Identified Jesus as the Xristos, ( Mt. 16:16( when Jesus asked "Who do you say that I am?"
Jesus the Xristos, being God in the flesh is the long awaited "Seed" of the woman promised to Adam and Eve to "crush the head of the serpent, meaning, He will conquer the devil, his works, and sin. He did this on the cross.
The Jews are still looking for the coming of their Messiah, rejecting that Jesus is He and has already come to save them from their sins and will come again to rule as King of Kings and Lord of Lords on the earth as He is reigning in heaven now.
Jesus is our Messiah in all the ways He has been prophesized to be according to what God meant when He promised His coming. The Jews got it wrong in the way they interpreted what the Messiah would be like and what He would do. Many people in the world today get it wrong when they see Jesus as only a great human person.
A cockatrice is a venomous snake. Perhaps a viper.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the COCKATRICE' den.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. Isaiah 11:8-10.
Some may protest that God is not fair or just in doing what Romans 9 says concerning having mercy on whom he will have mercy, while not having mercy on others who will go to destruction. But we should not think we are wiser than God and surpass Him in goodness.
We all must be humbled before the cross of Christ and simply be thankful we have been elected to salvation and changed to be vessels of God's mercy to the praise of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who works all things for good and this goodness comes to the elect because of God's infinite wisdom in saving sinners-Jews and Gentiles alike-providing in Jesus Christ all that is needed for us to be snatched from the kingdom of darkness and brought into God's kingdom of light.
He does all this for us. We cannot make this transfer by our own might, wisdom, will, reason, social status, or ethnicity. God saves from first to last. He alone is our Saviour and we confess Him as LORD and GOD as Thomas did when Jesus appeared to Him after being resurrected, and we serve Him from hearts of gratitude and praise.
(I encourage reading of this article by John Piper: "The Great Work of the Only Wise God" from which I used many of his thoughts in these postings, though I did not footnote correctly.)
In all that God does, He seeks His own glory, which is right and just to do so because He is the best Being we could ever be in right relationship with. God, seeking to be glorified in His grace and mercy in the saints is what benefits us fully. We receive the riches of God in Christ when we are elected and are recipients of His mercy and grace.
At the end of Romans 11 Paul waxes into adoration and praise to God. Perhaps He stopped in his writing of these inspired words to reread and was overwhelmed as He realized that these words show forth the great measureless wisdom of God in saving sinners and keeping His covenant with Israel.
We find this exquisite doxology in verse 33-36
" Oh, the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments; and His ways past finding out!
For who hath known the mind of the Lord; or who hath been His counsellor?
Or who hath first given to Him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things, to whom be the glory forever. Amen."
Romans 16:27
"To God only wise, be through Jesus Christ glory forever and ever. Amen."
It is in Jesus Christ that we come to know the wisdom of God. When we are saved and in Christ, we glory in His grace and mercy, for saving a sinner, like me and all the saints. We have nothing to boast about in ourselves. Only we boast in Jesus Christ alone, who saved us for Himself, a holy people, for the praise of His glorious grace and power. He is our wisdom, power, and redemption. He is our greatest treasure. We would know nothing of God's wisdom in creating humanity as He did as vessels of wrath and in His mercy, causing the elect to become vessels of mercy in Jesus Christ. ( Rom. 9:25-29).
at some later time, after the fullness of the elect Gentiles are saved, the Gentiles will be used to share the gospel with the Jews that they may be saved in the same way as the Gentiles, by God's mercy. No one can pridefully say anything about their election because every saved person is saved by the work of God in Christ and come to God with repentance and faith in humbleness of heart.
Vs. 32 is kind of a clincher,
"For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon them."
Every elect person comes to Jesus as a sinner who was in unbelief until they are regenerated by the same Spirit, whether Jew or Gentile, for it is those of the faith of Abraham who are true Israel. ( Gal. 3:28-29)
God's wisdom in consigning every human over to disobedience from Adam up until the last person to be born before Jesus returns rules out any other means of being reconciled to God except by God's mercy. Not because you are an Israelite or a Gentile. Not because you are smart or powerful or noble. Not because you desire to seek God before being regenerated, because no one can seek God without this work of the Holy Spirit which enables one to seek God's mercy and receive it in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Every elect person is dependent on God's mercy, not anything we do. We will forever boast in God's mercy, which is God's ultimate goal in saving sinners, that the glory of His mercy and grace will be fully expressed and manifested in the lives of the saints.
Romans 15:7-9
"Wherefore, receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers, And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written," For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and laud Him, all ye peoples."
This most wonderful truth is by many an almost abstract and vague subject with little thought or biblical teaching behind it . There is also a general idea that as soon as you are BORN again you are automatically in the Bride of Christ H is true eve tree born chill God is" called " to that " high calling " it I not automatic which I hope to show anon .
Surfice to say like all " sound doctrines " ithas it first mention in the book of beginning ,the book of Geesis.
Here we find Adam whom God saw " was not good to be alone " and oh I'm not a deep sleep and from his body ( a rob)created Eve fo a wife .
We read in the scriptures that Jesus is called the " second Adam" . He is thus likened unto te first . Called the second Adam because thee was no other 'Adam ' between the first and second .
The Lord is also. called the " last Adam" idiating there is no our ' Adam' after Him.
As Eve was therefor created out of the body of the first Adam so the Bridef Christ will come out of the midst of "the church which is His body ".
The whole point of the hardening of the Israelites until the completed elect number (fullness) of Gentiles shall come to Christ and then Israel will be saved is so that the Jews will not be full of conceit, and neither are the Gentiles to be full of conceit. Jew and Gentile elect alike are to be stripped of their pride due to the wisdom of God in saving Gentiles and Jews, in bringing elect Gentiles into the covenant of Abraham and keeping this covenant with the elect Israelites.
Verse 28-29
"As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes (Gentiles), but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance."
God does not fail in keeping His promises or takes back His gifts to the elect. He is faithful and ever-so-wise.
God's Wisdom in the Glory of His Mercy
Vs. 30-31
"For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet now obtained mercy through their (Israel's) unbelief. Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy (in the same way that Gentiles received God's mercy by faith in Jesus)."
Given the way the Jews of Jesus' day separated themselves fastidiously from Gentiles and disregarded them with loathing, if the Jews had believed in Jesus, would they have taken the gospel to the Gentiles or would they have thought that only they are chosen of God. God had to show the Jews that He elects Gentiles as well as Israelites to salvation. By sending Paul and the apostles out to preach the gospel to the Gentile world after the rejection of the Jews, God, in His wisdom, overcame this obstacle of the Jews concerning the Gentiles. Peter was given a clear vision on the rooftop that the Gospel is for the Gentiles also, not just for the Jews who believe in Jesus. this barrier needed to be broken down, and this was done by the wisdom of God bringing Gentiles to faith when the Jews disbelieved and then,
The whole point of the hardening of the Israelites until the completed elect number (fullness) of Gentiles shall come to Christ and then Israel will be saved is so that the Jews will not be full of conceit, and neither are the Gentiles to be full of conceit. Jew and Gentile elect alike are to be stripped of their pride due to the wisdom of God in saving Gentiles and Jews, in bringing elect Gentiles into the covenant of Abraham and keeping this covenant with the elect Israelites.
Verse 28-29
"As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes (Gentiles), but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance."
God does not fail in keeping His promises or takes back His gifts to the elect. He is faithful and ever-so-wise.
God's Wisdom in the Glory of His Mercy
Vs. 30-31
"For as ye in times past have not beileved God, yet now obtained mercy through their (Israel's) unbelief. Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy (in the same way that Gentiles received God's mercy by faith in Jesus)."
Given the way the Jews of Jesus' day separated themselves fastidiously from Gentiles and disregarded them with loathing, if the Jews had believed in Jesus, would they have taken the gospel to the Gentiles or would they have thought that only they are chosen of God. God had to show the Jews that He elects Gentiles as well as Israelites to salvation. By sending Paul and the apostles out to preach the gospel to the Gentile world after the rejection of the Jews, God, in His wisdom, overcame this obstacle of the Jews concerning the Gentiles. Peter was given a clear vision on the rooftop that the Gospel is for the Gentiles also, not just for the Jews who believe in Jesus. this barrier needed to be broken down, and this was done by the wisdom of God bringing Gentiles to faith when the Jews disbelieved and then,
In this summary we will find the ultimate goal of God in keeping the covenant is the same as in saving Gentiles. God's wisdom in the way He keeps the covenant with Israel is to strip them of any sense of boasting before God. just as He does in the saving of Gentiles.
Every one, whether Jewish or non-Jewish must be humbled and have no grounds for boasting in themselves before God. As we stand before God (as He is everywhere present, we are always standing before Him) God's goal is to shut our mouths from boasting before Him because He alone deserves all the praise and glory. We must never think too highly of ourselves than we ought. We have been bought by Jesus at immense price. As we read in Revelation again and again about the angels and saints bowing to God the Father, Son (the Lamb) and Holy Spirit in continual praise and worship with little thought to ourselves, we are reminded how unworthy we are of the grace God has given us and how worthy He is to receive all praise and honor, wisdom and strength forever.
God's Wisdom in Destroying Human Pride
Look at Romans 11:25-27.
"For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in." (vs, 25)
Here Paul is warning the Gentiles not to be proud about being ingrafted into the cultivated olive tree (Israe) by faith, because they can be cut out of the tree just as some unfruitful Israelites were because they lacked faith, while those natural Israelites who turn from unbelief to believe in the gospel and put their faith in Jesus, their Messiah, will be grafted back in.
"And so (in like manner as the Gentiles) all of Israel shall be saved, as it is written, 'There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.' (vs 26-27)
As for me I am progressing in getting assistance my family needs. My mom has had a home health aide for about a month (hopefully the insurance will kick in soon); and is embarking on getting my dad to go for a trial 2 week stay in a specialty care facility; and she herself is at least thinking of doing the same in the next year. The Lord has been with me through this with a believer in charge of the aforementioned agency; and the lady in the facility interested in going to church again; I can certainly see the Lord working through her. I appreciate your prayers in these matters.
Had an interesting zoom meeting last week related to the Seal Judgments with several mature men and one lady discussing somewhat different concepts but respectfully; one guy was on his second book related to the subject.
I would appreciate you praying that someone can be found to work with kids and drive them to Awana; as apparently over 25 kids showed up and more could come from the city to our suburban church. I just can't commit to evenings with responsibilities here but the attendance is an answered prayer.
A friend of mine just got married who I prayed for about 5 years ago on the matter. It is another answered prayer and I am happy for her; a wonderful sister in Christ who works with kids from Guatemala in particular at a Western PA facility; and has done mission work in Panama in the past as well.
Not sure how your many health issues are going; or if you want to give an update. Hope you can get some method to the madness with home repairs; a lot is getting sorted out in our home at present preparing for whatever will happen eventually when the house is under my ownership if that is God's will.
Circumstances have affected my contributions to this site and lack of new ideas.
God bless. RIch P
"Because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:/ Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ."
The Law of the Spirit is everlasting to everlasting, so while we discussed the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels there is everlasting mercies as well. " But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children. "This is the generation of Jesus Christ, so the everlasting covenant where we are adopted in him has a place to go to. "To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them./The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all."(103:18-19)
Of God Jesus has become sanctification, (1 Co.1:30). To recap, For those who are led by the Spirit the conditions under which the covenant is stated 'God has prepared his throne in heavens.' This is the throne of glory.
St Paul warns us "as that the day of Christ is at hand.:(2 The.2:2) In the face of conspiracy theories and heresies we may be sure that "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work." With the rapture (" by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,") the Spirit shall be taken out of the way so the outer darkness often mentioned in the Parables of Jesus shall come into the mainstream. Same mystery of iniquity brought extremism from the fringe to be bandied about in the news media and deepfakes thrown freely at rival factions shows lie has become a winning formula for success. "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming" This is what we see in Re.19:15-20) The Word of God makes war " Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war._(19:11)
SCHOOL BOOK September 8, 2024
My interpetation: COGIC WORSHIP 1 Corinthians 15:3-4- I Worship A God that never changes. A God that makes you see& into what it is to become like God. (A God that is forgiveness of sins, A God that is a free gift. Matthew 7:7-8.) A God that controls and sustains. A God that is faithful to the promises he has made.
My prayer this morning God's word I have written and spoken as help to bend the broken pieces if many shattered lives , I look you for our peace , comfort, amd care, in Jesus name we pray, Amen.
"Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!"
"But woe unto him" Jesus referred to anyone who causes 'the little one to stumble. In the Gospel of St Mathew the same key verse is set in a context differently, But the point we are concerned is of two parallel worlds which operate under the Law of the Spirit which the little one represents, "And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me."(Matt.18:1-7) The little one in the land of the living is same as the Law of the Spirit considers each as blessed with potential to be conformed in the image of the Son.so one represent the whole. "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness." (Ro.8:10) On the other hand those who are in the flesh are under the law of sin. It is thus we speaks of two parallel worlds. "Woe unto him referred to the rich man in the Parable of the Rich man and Lazarus. "For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment." While had time to do good he spent it all living like a lord in wanton complacency. His riches blinded him so he forgot his obligations to other. If his brothers did not improve from the Law of Moses even Lazarus resurrected for the purpose shall fail. For the simple reason riches had corrupted the seed in his heart. His wealth was to his own hurt by serving the devil. He belonged to the nation of 'goats' placed on the left hand. In the Parable(Matt.25:31-46), the children of disobedience create injustice ,violence and iniquity and have abandoned 'the little ones' to suffer, Prison nakedness hunger are all that they inflicted on the righteous ones because their world was wicked."Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me."(Matt.25:44)
"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels"
Everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels in form us that the law of sin is invented by Satan, the father of lies. Who are the cursed but who has despised the word of God? "Jesus explains with emphasis, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin."( John 8:34)
The Law with which God runs his kingdom knows no other law than that of the Spirit. He framed the worlds by the word of God so the world made to appear shall be founded on the Law of the Spirit. Consequently those who are blessed under the everlasting covenant do so by faith. Faith is one. The parallel world of the law of sin is a make-believe world is under judgment. "But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men."(2 Pe.3:7;Is.66:15)
The Spirit of God presents us the God document where the everlasting covenant is stated in plain terms. How is that the blessing mentioned in Ge.1:28 fas been totally missed? Where did this spiritual amnesia occur so blessing whenever is mentioned is associated with Abraham rather than tJesus Christ? In the manner the imposter churches have supplanted the truth to establish Israel as a blessed nation proves the condemnation of Jesus. It is done in bad faith "Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me./Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word./Ye are of your father the devil,"(8:42-44)
The Law does not recognise nations per se but children of light or children of disobedience. Eternal fire is reserved for them. "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."(25:46)
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth" In the short dialogue the Samaritan woman expresses the significance of being a living soul. She had an inkling of the truth and she needed Jesus to enlighten her. "
Blessings come from the greater to the lesser. " Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." (Ep.1:3-) Holiness of God expresses love. So God anoints Jesus "Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."(Ps.45:7) This prophesy concerns Jesus the Anointed one.' For God loved the world sends 'the only begotten Son' indicating that he is the Word made flesh,
The covenant between God and Man as referred by St Paul in the above mentioned takes place in heavenly places, "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love." Predestination is merely a theological term to define this choice is according to his purpose,"to the good pleasure of his will,". God is a Spirit so the laws upholding his holiness is spiritual. These laws state what is holy and what is good. Being conformed in the image of his Son gives love a human face.
While heaven was made to appear according to his 'good pleasure' the Son also had his part."The same was in the beginning with God./All things were made by him;..../ In him was life; and the life was the light of men." Upon the template of the divine Will the unseen aspects of His holiness is made to appear. As the Father of lights the separation of light from darkness is sanctified by the Law of the Spirit. Consequently Jesus Christ the Word made flesh is the true Light,"which lighteth every man that cometh into the world." Those who failed to see it as such were led by the law of sin,- the children of wrath.
What I do think of is that "Z' is the end of the alphabet, the last letter, the terminus or desired end.
In Rev..22:13; Jesus identifies Himself as such: the Alpha and Omega (first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.
His word choice identifies Him with YHWH in the OT as in Isaiah 4::4; 44:6; 48:12
So, being the Beginning (A) and the Last (Z) God caused the beginning and completion of all the work of God in history. History belongs to Him and so does the Universe and all that He has made. Jesus' identification in these terms in Revelation tell us that He is the terminus of all revelation, history, and purpose in Creation.
All things were made by Him and through Him and for Him.
He is the first cause of all was created and creation was made to the end of glorifying God in Christ Jesus, our Lord and God, Savior and King, our all in all.
Here I come to the end of these postings on the attributes of God. I must say that I have learned a great deal more about God and am more in awe of Him than ever before.
He is Great beyond measure and we are so blessed to have His inspired Word of revelation of Himself for us to learn from.
I am grateful for the work of the Holy Spirit in me in this endeavor to delve into something so important and something not to be trivialized, rather to glorify God in the undertaking.
This is eternal life, that they might know thee, the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent. John 17:3
This is the desired end for all the elect.
Because God made the promises in Scripture they will be fulfilled. He cannot lie nor deceive in anyway. And because Jesus is God in the flesh He not only fulfills what God had promised, He shows that God is faithful to His promises, thus He is the "Yes" in these two ways. Jesus is the Truth. He cannot lie or deceive because He is God in the flesh. Therefore, we can trust what God has revealed in Scripture because Jesus IS the Word of God and was with God in the beginning and IS God. ( John 1:1-3)
The only Being in the universe Who is completely true to His Word is God. The Father is true to His revealed word, the Son is true to His divine nature, never sinning and able to fulfill all that He came to do for us to the glory of God, and the Holy Spirit is true because, as God, He knows all concerning the nature of God and whatever He reveals to man, it is always true and reliable.
So, we can be confident that we serve a God who is altogether, faithful, truthful, unwavering (not yes and no about the same promise), unchanging in what He has decreed, and all powerful to ensure that all that He has determined to do will come to pass.
Jesus is God's Yes and Amen to us. He carries to completion all that God wills. He is God's guarantee of salvation, sanctification, and glorification to all who has been elected before creation. No one who is elected to salvation will not come to God in Christ.
God's election never fails. The Father draws the elect to Christ. The Son came as God in the flesh to fulfill the plan of redemption, and the Holy Spirit seals us for eternity. None that are elected will ever be cast out from God.
This truth of Jesus being the Yes and Amen of God demonstrates the unity of the three Persons of the Godhead in all things. There is absolute harmony between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They always will the same things and always bring to fruition all that is willed. No plan or purpose of God will ever fail or go unfulfilled.
2 Cor. 1 :20 says that Jesus is the Yes and Amen to all the promises of God. He is the fulfillment of all that was prophesied. God in the flesh came to fulfill all of what He promised so as to not have any promise go unfulfilled. A mere man could not do this. God in the flesh is the answer to all matters concerning our doctrine and faith. Jesus always told the truth as He is the Truth; He always showed the only way to the Father as He is the Way; and He is the life we all need to receive the Life of God in us and for all of eternity for He is the Life.
Jesus is the Yes and Amen also in that He always obeyed the Father, never wavering nor in any way rebellious to the Father. He completely submitted Himself both inn His humanity and in His divinity to the will of the Father for the plan of redemption determined before creation was for the Son to take on flesh to redeem humanity back to God and inherit eternal life with Him.
No human being can do this, only God in the flesh can. And He did when the Son assumed a human nature to live the perfect life of Yes to God the Father. It is God who is the only Savior, (Is. 43:11), and Jesus is the Savior spoken of in Isaiah, therefore, He is the divine Savior promised through His incarnation.
We can rejoice that our Savior is perfect in every way, being God in the flesh, and that He will never fail us because He always stays true to the will of His Father, never at odds with Him, but always the Great "Yes" and the answer to all the promises of God.
Perhaps you have the cap lock button pressed and it will do lower case when you push the shift button and revert to upper case when you do not. If this is what is happening, you can just press down cap lock and it will default down to lower case.
1 King 18:23-24
"Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: AND THE GOD THAT ANSWERED BY FIRE, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
Verse 38- Then the fire of the LORD fell,
The fire csme from Heaven, from the Lord.
God bless
God bless.
can someone tell me how and thanks.....
when i read the word of "god" every day, i believe it is the very breath of "god" spoken to me as if he is right there with me.
think about this:
his word is his breath speaken. his word is final, no man can replace the breath of "god"!
mankind can not replace the breath of "god". we can't save no one. we do not have the right replaced or add to his word. "god" made the world and everything it. man took what "god" gave us to use for his glory. man turn it into evil things. "god" breath is the word of "god".
now man uses [evil for good] [ good for evil ] "come lord jesus"
God is XRISTOS
This is the Greek equivalent to the Hebrew Mashiach (Messiah in English)
The XRISTOS is Jesus, the divine Father's divine Son incarnated to fulfill the promises made in the OT of a coming Messiah, one who is anointed and is the foretold prophet, priest and king. The Messiah was to conquer and free Israel from their bondage. The Jews believed that the Messiah would release them from the rule of the Romans as their Redeemer and proceed to rule the whole world with righteousness and justice.
The Bible also describes the Messiah as " the Holy One of Israel" The demons called Jesus this when encountering Jesus. Only God is the: "Holy One" of Israel, which, in the OT was a title for God alone.
At the temple when Jesus read from the scroll from Isaiah 61 He identified Himself as the promised Messiah saying, today this is fulfilled in your hearing" to the scribes and teachers.( luke 4:17-21)
Peter Identified Jesus as the Xristos, ( Mt. 16:16( when Jesus asked "Who do you say that I am?"
Jesus the Xristos, being God in the flesh is the long awaited "Seed" of the woman promised to Adam and Eve to "crush the head of the serpent, meaning, He will conquer the devil, his works, and sin. He did this on the cross.
The Jews are still looking for the coming of their Messiah, rejecting that Jesus is He and has already come to save them from their sins and will come again to rule as King of Kings and Lord of Lords on the earth as He is reigning in heaven now.
Jesus is our Messiah in all the ways He has been prophesized to be according to what God meant when He promised His coming. The Jews got it wrong in the way they interpreted what the Messiah would be like and what He would do. Many people in the world today get it wrong when they see Jesus as only a great human person.
A cockatrice is a venomous snake. Perhaps a viper.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the COCKATRICE' den.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. Isaiah 11:8-10.
Blessings.
Some may protest that God is not fair or just in doing what Romans 9 says concerning having mercy on whom he will have mercy, while not having mercy on others who will go to destruction. But we should not think we are wiser than God and surpass Him in goodness.
We all must be humbled before the cross of Christ and simply be thankful we have been elected to salvation and changed to be vessels of God's mercy to the praise of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who works all things for good and this goodness comes to the elect because of God's infinite wisdom in saving sinners-Jews and Gentiles alike-providing in Jesus Christ all that is needed for us to be snatched from the kingdom of darkness and brought into God's kingdom of light.
He does all this for us. We cannot make this transfer by our own might, wisdom, will, reason, social status, or ethnicity. God saves from first to last. He alone is our Saviour and we confess Him as LORD and GOD as Thomas did when Jesus appeared to Him after being resurrected, and we serve Him from hearts of gratitude and praise.
(I encourage reading of this article by John Piper: "The Great Work of the Only Wise God" from which I used many of his thoughts in these postings, though I did not footnote correctly.)
Pt. 9
In all that God does, He seeks His own glory, which is right and just to do so because He is the best Being we could ever be in right relationship with. God, seeking to be glorified in His grace and mercy in the saints is what benefits us fully. We receive the riches of God in Christ when we are elected and are recipients of His mercy and grace.
At the end of Romans 11 Paul waxes into adoration and praise to God. Perhaps He stopped in his writing of these inspired words to reread and was overwhelmed as He realized that these words show forth the great measureless wisdom of God in saving sinners and keeping His covenant with Israel.
We find this exquisite doxology in verse 33-36
" Oh, the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments; and His ways past finding out!
For who hath known the mind of the Lord; or who hath been His counsellor?
Or who hath first given to Him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things, to whom be the glory forever. Amen."
Romans 16:27
"To God only wise, be through Jesus Christ glory forever and ever. Amen."
It is in Jesus Christ that we come to know the wisdom of God. When we are saved and in Christ, we glory in His grace and mercy, for saving a sinner, like me and all the saints. We have nothing to boast about in ourselves. Only we boast in Jesus Christ alone, who saved us for Himself, a holy people, for the praise of His glorious grace and power. He is our wisdom, power, and redemption. He is our greatest treasure. We would know nothing of God's wisdom in creating humanity as He did as vessels of wrath and in His mercy, causing the elect to become vessels of mercy in Jesus Christ. ( Rom. 9:25-29).
See Pt. 10
Pt. 8
at some later time, after the fullness of the elect Gentiles are saved, the Gentiles will be used to share the gospel with the Jews that they may be saved in the same way as the Gentiles, by God's mercy. No one can pridefully say anything about their election because every saved person is saved by the work of God in Christ and come to God with repentance and faith in humbleness of heart.
Vs. 32 is kind of a clincher,
"For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon them."
Every elect person comes to Jesus as a sinner who was in unbelief until they are regenerated by the same Spirit, whether Jew or Gentile, for it is those of the faith of Abraham who are true Israel. ( Gal. 3:28-29)
God's wisdom in consigning every human over to disobedience from Adam up until the last person to be born before Jesus returns rules out any other means of being reconciled to God except by God's mercy. Not because you are an Israelite or a Gentile. Not because you are smart or powerful or noble. Not because you desire to seek God before being regenerated, because no one can seek God without this work of the Holy Spirit which enables one to seek God's mercy and receive it in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Every elect person is dependent on God's mercy, not anything we do. We will forever boast in God's mercy, which is God's ultimate goal in saving sinners, that the glory of His mercy and grace will be fully expressed and manifested in the lives of the saints.
Romans 15:7-9
"Wherefore, receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers, And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written," For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and laud Him, all ye peoples."
See Pt. 9
There is no need of an apology. I do see how that can be misinterpreted.
The way you put it is exactly the way I have it.
God bless you.
This most wonderful truth is by many an almost abstract and vague subject with little thought or biblical teaching behind it . There is also a general idea that as soon as you are BORN again you are automatically in the Bride of Christ H is true eve tree born chill God is" called " to that " high calling " it I not automatic which I hope to show anon .
Surfice to say like all " sound doctrines " ithas it first mention in the book of beginning ,the book of Geesis.
Here we find Adam whom God saw " was not good to be alone " and oh I'm not a deep sleep and from his body ( a rob)created Eve fo a wife .
We read in the scriptures that Jesus is called the " second Adam" . He is thus likened unto te first . Called the second Adam because thee was no other 'Adam ' between the first and second .
The Lord is also. called the " last Adam" idiating there is no our ' Adam' after Him.
As Eve was therefor created out of the body of the first Adam so the Bridef Christ will come out of the midst of "the church which is His body ".
.to be continue
Pt. 7
The whole point of the hardening of the Israelites until the completed elect number (fullness) of Gentiles shall come to Christ and then Israel will be saved is so that the Jews will not be full of conceit, and neither are the Gentiles to be full of conceit. Jew and Gentile elect alike are to be stripped of their pride due to the wisdom of God in saving Gentiles and Jews, in bringing elect Gentiles into the covenant of Abraham and keeping this covenant with the elect Israelites.
Verse 28-29
"As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes (Gentiles), but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance."
God does not fail in keeping His promises or takes back His gifts to the elect. He is faithful and ever-so-wise.
God's Wisdom in the Glory of His Mercy
Vs. 30-31
"For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet now obtained mercy through their (Israel's) unbelief. Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy (in the same way that Gentiles received God's mercy by faith in Jesus)."
Given the way the Jews of Jesus' day separated themselves fastidiously from Gentiles and disregarded them with loathing, if the Jews had believed in Jesus, would they have taken the gospel to the Gentiles or would they have thought that only they are chosen of God. God had to show the Jews that He elects Gentiles as well as Israelites to salvation. By sending Paul and the apostles out to preach the gospel to the Gentile world after the rejection of the Jews, God, in His wisdom, overcame this obstacle of the Jews concerning the Gentiles. Peter was given a clear vision on the rooftop that the Gospel is for the Gentiles also, not just for the Jews who believe in Jesus. this barrier needed to be broken down, and this was done by the wisdom of God bringing Gentiles to faith when the Jews disbelieved and then,
See Pt. 8
Pt. 7
The whole point of the hardening of the Israelites until the completed elect number (fullness) of Gentiles shall come to Christ and then Israel will be saved is so that the Jews will not be full of conceit, and neither are the Gentiles to be full of conceit. Jew and Gentile elect alike are to be stripped of their pride due to the wisdom of God in saving Gentiles and Jews, in bringing elect Gentiles into the covenant of Abraham and keeping this covenant with the elect Israelites.
Verse 28-29
"As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes (Gentiles), but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance."
God does not fail in keeping His promises or takes back His gifts to the elect. He is faithful and ever-so-wise.
God's Wisdom in the Glory of His Mercy
Vs. 30-31
"For as ye in times past have not beileved God, yet now obtained mercy through their (Israel's) unbelief. Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy (in the same way that Gentiles received God's mercy by faith in Jesus)."
Given the way the Jews of Jesus' day separated themselves fastidiously from Gentiles and disregarded them with loathing, if the Jews had believed in Jesus, would they have taken the gospel to the Gentiles or would they have thought that only they are chosen of God. God had to show the Jews that He elects Gentiles as well as Israelites to salvation. By sending Paul and the apostles out to preach the gospel to the Gentile world after the rejection of the Jews, God, in His wisdom, overcame this obstacle of the Jews concerning the Gentiles. Peter was given a clear vision on the rooftop that the Gospel is for the Gentiles also, not just for the Jews who believe in Jesus. this barrier needed to be broken down, and this was done by the wisdom of God bringing Gentiles to faith when the Jews disbelieved and then,
See Pt. 8
PT. 6
In this summary we will find the ultimate goal of God in keeping the covenant is the same as in saving Gentiles. God's wisdom in the way He keeps the covenant with Israel is to strip them of any sense of boasting before God. just as He does in the saving of Gentiles.
Every one, whether Jewish or non-Jewish must be humbled and have no grounds for boasting in themselves before God. As we stand before God (as He is everywhere present, we are always standing before Him) God's goal is to shut our mouths from boasting before Him because He alone deserves all the praise and glory. We must never think too highly of ourselves than we ought. We have been bought by Jesus at immense price. As we read in Revelation again and again about the angels and saints bowing to God the Father, Son (the Lamb) and Holy Spirit in continual praise and worship with little thought to ourselves, we are reminded how unworthy we are of the grace God has given us and how worthy He is to receive all praise and honor, wisdom and strength forever.
God's Wisdom in Destroying Human Pride
Look at Romans 11:25-27.
"For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in." (vs, 25)
Here Paul is warning the Gentiles not to be proud about being ingrafted into the cultivated olive tree (Israe) by faith, because they can be cut out of the tree just as some unfruitful Israelites were because they lacked faith, while those natural Israelites who turn from unbelief to believe in the gospel and put their faith in Jesus, their Messiah, will be grafted back in.
"And so (in like manner as the Gentiles) all of Israel shall be saved, as it is written, 'There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.' (vs 26-27)
see Pt. 7