"And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."
God's covenant is with Man. Our Association with him is in the manner the Law distinguishes between God the Father and Son. He blessed His creation in him. As a living soul God placed His creation in the hands of Adam. God blesses them, "And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."(Ge.1:22). Here also the original covenant is followed. The body of man in the image of God is also "after our likeness". Adam is the double for the Son, whose body formed of the ground rendered their bodies share a common destiny. What is it? How does man replenish the earth? As in the case of the fruit tree,"whose seed was in itself, after his kind," he renewed the earth with the seed of the loins. God uses the seed in the same sense as here when he warns of the enmity "and between thy seed and her seed;"(Ge.3:15) The same gift of propagation after his kind belonged to them."
God blessed man and woman. "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. The body has been prepared for his Son so when Word became flesh,"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same."(He.2:14)
"Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me."(He.10:5). The vile body for the firstfruits have a specific significance. Redemption of their body is glorious as well as spiritual. "And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly."(1 Co.15:49) The Lamb slain is an emblem. The glory of the throne of God and of the Lamb denotes unity of the Spirit. Signs and wonders He.2:13
"Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God."
Adam's fall brought the same law of sin to operate on the sons of Adam. St Paul leads us to the advent of the last Adam, in these verses." Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come./But not as the offence, so also is the free gift."(5:14-15). Adam's fall brought upon the bondage of corruption upon the creation, leading to the latter part of the key verse,"not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope." The creation also has similar claim "even as ye are called in one hope of your calling."(Ep.4:4)
This subjection to vanity did not come out of nowhere but by divine Will from whom comes every perfect gift. The same reason as He willed the earth shall abide forever and shall have a body, a glorious one at that, gives the creation same hope.. The earth was without form and void but the world made to appear was by the word of God. Consequently we find the earth named. The Word was God. "And God called the dry land Earth;" and also the seas. He sanctified His creation by the name but through Adam."and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof."(Ge.2:19). He brought His creation before Adam which informs us that the breath in him had invested his Authority so whatever he did in that capacity. The same hope that was intended for them under Adam but not realized, leads as to conclude the Advent of Last Adam shall be "with the glory which shall be revealed in us."(8:18) "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God./For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now."
The Roman currency was the Denarius. One silver denarius was a day's wage, as you said. In the Eastern Mediterranean people were also using the grk Drachma. One silver Drachma was equivalent to one silver Denarius. In Israel at that time the Jews were using the grk money instead of Roman money as a "revolutionary" act. They were not accepting denarii but only drachmas. In the Temple there were people who were exchanging Roman and other money for drachmas. They were the ones that Jesus sent away using a whip.
John 12:3 - Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Then Mary took a pound of ointment. It is actually not a pound as we know it. The Greek word means three quarters of a pound of ointment, and of spikenard, very costly. And spikenard is an oil extract from a plant in India. It is very costly, about 300 day's wages, almost a year for us. So, she took this ointment and poured it on the feet of Jesus. This was while they were at the table to eat supper.
John 12:5 - Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
A DENARIUS is one day's wage, so 300 DENARII would be 300 days wages. So, Judas is calculating and saying, "What a waste!" It could have been sold and we could have given the money to the poor.
John 12:6 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Judas was stealing out of the treasury of the disciples. He was stealing out of the money bag. All he could see is 300 days wages that could be in his bag, but instead she wasted it on Jesus.
John 12:34 - The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
There are two terms for Jesus; Son of God, and Son of man. Son of God means spiritually He is all God. Son of Man means that He's the head of the human race.
This is taken from Daniel 7:13-14, where it is first used that the Son of man will come. He inherits everything from the human race, and He is God. He is the Son of God and the Son of man. He is 100% God and 100% man.
John 10:36 - Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
I hope you make the connection? They didn't say to Him "It is because you said you are the Son of God." It says because you said you are God. That's because as I have mentioned to you before, the title "Son of God" is to the Jew a title of God Himself!
The word "son" in Greek does not mean somebody who is a son by birth. It is never used of Jesus in the scripture. He is not the son of God in that there's "father God," and "mother God," and they had a child named Jesus.
John 11:16 - Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
Didymus means "The Twin."
John 11:47 - Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
This would be the Sanhedrin, the highest council of the Jews, both of civil and religious affairs. 70 priests and scholars plus the high priest make up the Sanhedrin.
John 12:2 - There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
The word "sat" is not a correct translation. How they ate in those days, they didn't sit in chairs. They had a table close to the ground and they would lean on the table with their right arm, and they would have their legs and feet spread straight out. They were actually leaning (reclining) on the table.
Some translations of the New Testament actually use the word "reclining" because that's how they used to recline at the table.
So, Jesus' feet were facing the back. And so, she pours (she anoints) the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
John 10:12 - But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
Literally in the Greek text, a hireling is a person who is hired to spell the shepherd so that he can have some time off. He's a hireling. Now two things about him: First of all, it's his job to do. And secondly, the sheep don't mean that much to him. It is only a job!
This is the proverb that represents leaders in professional positions, and especially the leaders that Jesus is talking to here. A hireling is a hireling. You hire them and you pay them to do the job. As far as risking their life for the sheep, no way, it is just a job!
John 10:19 - There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
The word division is schism, (SCHISMA) in the Greek.
John 10:20 - And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
The word "mad" is the Greek word for insane.
John 10:30 - I and my Father are one.
Literal translation from the Greek text is "I and the Father are one!"
Please notice that I didn't read it the way we have it in the King James. It's not "I and my Father are one" It is "I and the Father are one." He's saying, "We are the same." It is quite a statement to make!
John 10:34 - Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
The Key Verse is Psalm 82:6. The term "gods" is just a general reference. That is not God's name. It's a general reference.
ELOHAE in the Old Testament singular, or ELOHIM plural. But in the Psalms, the judges who sat in the courts of Israel that represented God's law, they were called gods, with a small 'g".
They were called ELOHIM because they represented God. And so, they had all of this authority. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? Notice He didn't say, the scripture said you are gods. "I said you are gods!"
John 10:6 - This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
And this proverb, and keep in mind that it says parable in the King James, but John is presenting a proverb, not a parable. This is a well-known proverb in the area or in the land. He spoke unto them: but they did not understand what things that he spoke unto them.
There were saying "Okay, we know the proverb, but what does that have to do with anything?" They don't understand what's going on here.
First, John 10:1-6 is known as "The Proverb of the Sheepfold." This is a translation error. Please know that I am not putting down the King James but I wanted to share this just so you know this is not a parable. It is not the parable. Verse 6 tells us "This parable spake Jesus unto them:" except in the Greek text it is a different word which means proverb, not parable. John does not use the word parable here. He uses the word proverb.
In fact, it is the Septuagint name for the book of Proverbs. So, this is a Proverb. These are things that are known around the country and this is a famous Proverb that is used, but Jesus is going to interpret it for them a little differently than they are used to.
John 10:11 - I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
First of all, the term "good." There are a few words in the New Testament for the word good. This is the word KALOS. In comparison to the hirelings, and the thieves and robbers, the Lord is the Good Shepherd.
From the human comparison standpoint to the thieves and robbers and hirelings, they are not good at all. They are KAKOSE. Jesus said I am the good shepherd in contrast to the human hirelings.
John 10:3 - To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
The genuine or true shepherd is the only one to whom the porter opens. The Greek word for porter means doorkeeper. The doorkeeper opens only to the shepherd of the sheep, never to the thief or the robber. When the shepherd stands in the doorway, his sheep hear his voice, factual statement in the Greek. It literally says his sheep ARE hearing his voice.
The shepherd calls his own sheep by name. That's how intimate it is. And in John Chapter 11 when Jesus calls Lazarus from out of the tomb, He says, "Lazarus come forth." He called him by name. He knows His sheep!
John 10:4 - And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
That is a statement of fact, not they should, or they might. It says the sheep ARE following Him. And then next, they ARE knowing his voice. Factual statement!
John 10:5 - And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
A stranger they will not follow. In the Greek, there's a double negative. They will never follow a stranger, factual statement with a double negative. It doesn't say they shouldn't, but they will never follow a stranger. Not only will they not follow him, they will flee from him. They will run! Lastly, they do not know the voice of strangers.
Applying it spiritually to us, Jesus is the true Shepherd and is introduced by the Holy Spirit. Of course, one of the vessels used was John the Baptist, but the Holy Spirit is the one that testifies of Christ and brings people to Christ and points to Him.
All others are thieves and robbers. When He stands there and calls for His sheep, His sheep are hearing His voice. It's impossible for the Lord to stand in front of the sheepfold and call for His sheep, and one not be paying attention and get left behind.
SCHOOL BOOK August 25, 2024 2 Corithians 6:1-13,7:2-4 KJV
My interpetation: COGIC WORSHIP 1 Corinthians 15:3-4- I Worship A God that's saves, A God that is sufficient, A God of justification, A God or morals and meaning, A God that means forward, A God that rewards you, A God of anointing, A God that makes you approved,A God that loves without restrictions, A God of reconciliation, A God that is a healer even in community, church, and homes.
"For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope."(v.20)
God's word is the Law which has subjected His creation as His steward to the man "and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth," came with the caveat.(Ge.1:28) His blessing came in his Son, the Man component so the Fellowship of God with Man and the creation in subjection of man did good only as far as man himself was in subjection to the Man.
Humility of Jesus Christ was holiness of God putting on the mind meant that he acted in subjection of the divine Will. St Paul says of Christ Jesus "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God." and his faith came with works, "And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."(Ph.2:7-8)This humility is not what Lucifer could have understood let alone consider as a possible course of action. Law of the Spirit is submission of Jesus to obey it so humility is not making a long face while fasting but revelling that one gave glory to God what is his due.Putting on the mind of Christ is the first step in Life in the Spirit."but to be spiritually minded is life and peace."(8:6). "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus."(Ph.2:5) According to the covenant we put on the mind of Christ, "after our likeness" so it of life we are here addressing. As with dead in Christ we live after his likeness. "Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD."(Pr.16:4-5; Jas 4:6). If you will want an example you only look at what God has made manifest among children of men. "The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil."
We are called "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling." That includes creation as well.
"And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; "
Christ having died once has fulfilled his obligation under the covenant. He dies no more but is seated "on the right hand of the Majesty on High". After he had by himself purged our sins, he continues "all things by the word of his power," and it shall be so till the day decreed for him must be accomplished. In the beginning set the covenant to which the fulness of time marked the testament of Christ to come in effect. So what is holding him up? "Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool./The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies." (Ps.110:1-2 He.1:3:Ps.2:7)
Having freed from law of sin we are waiting for the redemption of our bodies, the Law of the Spirit has covered by the spirit of adoption so we cry, Abba, Father." Besides Jesus taught us the prayer as to signify what was his Father. "Our Father which art in heaven is our reality under the life in the Spirit. Blood of the Lamb has cleansed us from our former life, in the flesh. Christ of God has come sanctification to us. "For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren."(He.2:11-12) The word of God endures forever which is the gospel preached to us. (1 Pe.1:25). We heard while so many heard but dismissed it outright as unnecessary. What made the difference. We heard the gospel in faith. (Ro.10:17) This connects with the Law, forever settled in the heavens. "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren./ Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." Not all who were foreknown simply treated as those in the Parable of the Marriage of the king's Son.
The last line in the para beginning with the Law of Moses, read as follows:
"The Law of Moses was administered to a nation that refused to be taught; neither could they stomach the Man sent from God as fulfilment of law. The covenant is established and blessings under the testament give us the sonship."
"Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh."(v.12)
Death in the flesh is not your own cause that separates it from death in its conventional sense. "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment."(He.9:27) Death implied in v.12 is taken in order to be conformed to the death of the Son.
"For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. (He,9:17) What is the testament or everlasting covenant between God and Man but a testament that is legally binding so death of the Son makes the covenant in force. It was what left unsaid in the covenant under seven days. All things in heaven on earth and lower parts have been considered towards the blessing bequeathed to man who is created 'after our image and after our likeness." It is with the latter part we are addressing so death is not our own cause but rather we place ourselves 'after the likeness of death, in order Christ may live in us. Flesh and its concomitant appetites have been laid aside so we may fall under the Law of the Spirit.
The superscription is what the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross has left as his bequest. The everlasting covenant between God and man stipulated blessing in Christ which is what 'fulness of time' indicates."But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,/To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons./And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father./ Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." (Gal.4:4-7) The Law of Moses was administered to a nation that refused to be taught; neither could the Man sent from God as fulfillment of law. The covenant is established and blessings under the testament give us the sonship.
The entire chapter changes into two section. The first section is built over "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness." (v.10) The second half centres about v.32,"If God be for us, who can be against us?"
"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." In order to live a life in the spirit we need step back from the clamour of life that demands our time most of which are distraction than helpful. "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother." For one in the flesh his social capital is in his friends and it can unless one is wary can be exhausting. As in the case of the Prodigal son in the parable one builds up friends and keep them often drains his wallet. Come a change in fortune because of pandemic or depression one often realises many of them were fair-weather friends whose socialising was to feather their own nests and higher too. For one who died in the flesh in order to have Christ in him the second part of the Proverb quote is very apt. He is 'closer than a friend.' He died for us and "It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us."(v.34) We die in order to gain a friend whose fulness covers the earth as well as heaven." For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,/ Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Who as a friend can match him who brings along God who shall love you as his very Son?
In vv.1-15 St Paul covered what shall be taken away when you are dead to sin. Carnally minded is enmity to God, "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh.' This has no place for us.
I praise my LORD JESUS CHRIST for HIS word and my salvation. The LORD to shine HIS face on all the saints, and gloriously bless each and every one who wait and watch for HIS return.
In continuation then .How can I be His mother? For when Jesus was teaching in a certain place his mother and half brothers came desiring to talk with Him. He replied by denying as it were His flesh and said his true mother and brethren were they " who do the will of God" .
How then can a true born child of God be His mother?
We must look at Mary who received the living Word and conceived a child who in due time brought forth Christ .
We too if born again of that incorruptible seed which is the Word of God by the Holy Spirit that seed will in its proper time bring forth fruit after its own kind . Whereby we are crucified with Christ ever the less I live but not I but Christ that liveth in me"
Jesus speaking of Himself said " unless a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die it abide the alone but if it does it bringers forth much fruit" what sort of fruit ? After its own kind .
Man was CREATED in the image of God but he is BORN in the image of his father Adam ." Shapen in iniquity"
That image of God was lost or so marred by sin it is now unrecognisable. Did not Jesus say He came to seek and to save that which was lost"?
"Who being the express image of the invisible God" restores or rather makes "a new creation in Christ Jesus "
If a man who stands before God then finds himself in hell ,it will not be so much because he has sinned ( for all have sinned." But because of his rejection of Christ and thus does not bare the image of God in him and is thus rejected ." I never knew you".
And let's face it if a person is forever saying " No God" in his heart is he not simply saying I am not a child of God? But rather a " child of disobedience and a " child of wrath ".?
We need to grow up who profess to know Christ for far too long we have been " little children" who know not Him who is from the beginning "
"The seed of the woman .." It would absurd to think that God did not know the biology of His own creation . So we must look deeper for an explanation .
" It ( one) shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel" This one child born of a woman therefore fully man would not be of Adams seed who would come and bruise the head of the serpent ( fatal) but in the process He would be bruised .( suffer).
Mary was not nor ever couid be the ' mother of God' for God has no mother . But she was the mother of his flesh .
His true mother though was as the Lord stated " they who do the will of God" they are my mother and brother." It is easier to understand how I might be His brother ,especially in the light of His teaching on prayer ." Our Father" for a brighter is of the same household and of the same father . A neighbour is of another household and of another father .
So we have the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent .
Each producing fruit after its own kind . And it's by their fruits ( not gifts) that ye shall know them .The salvation of God was not some after thought of God who was caught by surprise by the fall of man . But rather was preordained from before the foundation of the world.
In truth notwithstanding the wonderful salvation of God and how it all came about and the unfolding of Gods program the Holy Bible is primarily and overwhelmingly a revelation of God and who is the only one worthy of that title .
"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
Glory of God is the expression of Power and Wisdom in their levelling off both facets of holiness so the three entities are not separate but intrinsic quality of God. Wisdom of God renders the Word becoming flesh, for which the slain Lamb is an emblem. The same Lamb when we consider in terms of the Power principle is the Lamb of God, having the power in himself to take away the sin of the world. In his humanity it is what the Power of God has willed. So the Word or the Law of the Spirit remains sacrosanct. Jesus suffered outside the camp, which is his humanity." Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate." (He.13:12) Death could not hold him because the Power of God raised him to life so that the scripture might be fulfilled. That is a sign. What is our glory being adopted in his Son? It is under the umbrella of the throne of the Lamb. This body of the Lamb is expressed in terms of the glory of the light of the Lamb. In short the same suffering such as Jesus suffered in his body is our portion as well. "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."(8:7)
Suffering in the flesh can also occur in the world being unequally yoked with godless people.. Jezebel coveted the neighbour's vineyard. King Ahab was not a slumlord but a genuine buyer who wanted to make his property grander. Neboth would not sell. So he is despondent. His happiness is in some one elses hand. The devil has got his hook on him, Jezebel asks, "But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?" Flesh suffers because of law of sin, the spirit wants it all. So the law of sin makes the damned all the more wretched. (1 Ki.21)
Law of the Spirit creates realities that are true as we consider two worlds framed by the word of God. Spirit of adoption is established on the foundation of God which is, 'the earth abides forever'. God a Spirit has made the earth made to appear and in terms of physical realities, that in the beginning the earth was without form and void; and in its fulfillment it is the Son in whom it pleased the Father to invest his fulness. This body of Christ has glory, and it is called the light of the Lamb.
God freely gave his Spirit. So indwelling Spirit guides a believer unto all truth and gives him glory of the word to work to perfection. Thus Jesus Christ in his Ascension gave us the earnest of our inheritance," until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory." (Ep.1:14) This is the Spirit of Adoption and the Law of the Spirit assures us that it is so. " Whereby we cry, Abba, Father./The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." For this reason Jesus taught us, "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven." (Matt.23:9). This is the Law of the Spirit and fathers after the manner of flesh are appointed to serve us while we are yet children.
Beatitudes drive home 'this one father in heaven' idea so when we are struck in one cheek we are called to turn the other as well to testfy this spirit of adoption; we similarly walk extra mile if it could put the weaker brother at ease. "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;/Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ."(Col.3:23-24)
We are no longer debtors to the flesh. "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live./For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
" For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live./For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
What does it mean to be hid in Christ in heavenly places? " For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."(Col.3:3) No man has seen God, as John says,"No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him."( John 1:18). The word spoken to us is the truth and 'thy word is truth' makes the testimony of Jesus Christ as first hand account of heavenly realities. Being hid in Christ therefore is total trust in the Apostle sent from heaven. So the only way we can do is follow his example and it as real as being led by the Spirit. "Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample." Works is in the manner our faith strives to make this as natural and from our heart so there is no room for inconvenient pursuits. As a cartoonist for newspapers my world view centred on observing the quirks in others which is inconvenient in a chid of God. So I let it go. Similarly my growth led by the Spirit has been slow and with experience more easy and I believe his grace has filled in wherever gaps wer, So our Christian Living is not a single linear advancement. Main thing is to stay the course, and quit me as a man, trusting in my Saviour.
Jesus laid down the principle of Association. Matt.10:40;Luke10:16) Up and Down it moves as Jesus is the Lord from heaven; we becoming Christ-like so faithwith works move across. It mirrors heavenly placein the sight of God a Spirit. "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:/Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself."Ph.3:17
" Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh."
'Therefore' as we came across in v.1 refers to vv.10-11 If Christ be in us, law of sin has no more claim on you. If it is 'his Spirit that dwelleth in you' the same Power has set you in the heavenly places. (Col.3:1-3). This shift must be in your mind where faith is what keeps you as branch nourished from the righteousness of Christ. It is not in matters flesh can take pride but in the humility that was found in Christ. For example, "Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits."(Ro.12:16) His woe-to ye was specially called out those,"But all their works they do for to be seen of men."(Matt.23:5)
One example we shall consider, "but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." (v.13) Moses is set 'after our likeness' so he set as the double for the Son. He spoke as commanded of God. He was set in heavenly place which is what Law of the Spirit states. He was chosen for his role as his Son was called to deliver whoever believed in him, from his sins. God punished him for not honouring him before the people. So he dies on the mount. Yet we see him at the mount of transfiguration along with Elias. (Matt.17:3) His position in heavenly places continues as before. God has let Son to judge and the day shall come. Law of the Spirit sets him life which has nothing to do with the flesh.
Similarly when Moses prayed God 'blot me out' in Ez,32:32-33 "Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written./And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book." God has already set Jesus Christ as the Judge and Mediator so Moses' request however well meaning was not entertained.
Law of the Spirit tells, "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other."(Matt.6:24)
"So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God."
God a Spirit sets the Law, It is Law of the Spirit. How He works from the world unseen to the world made to appear has only the word to enlighten the consequences of the Law. The writer to the Hebrews explains, "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God," If one is in the Spirit does one need aske, What is deep time or the age of the mammoth tusks one digs up from time to time. It is what man in the flesh shall want to ask. His reason puts up a tantrum and what it cannot being an outsider goes on to make answers which can only make the glory of God among the skeptics, a matter of derision. Bishop pf Oxford at the time Darwin's theories defended that only showed one who is in the Spirit ought to let these things alone. St Augustine in his time was stumped to answer the question:which came first: chicken or the egg? God as the creator surely considers it according to his Law so we accept it by faith.
The Spirit instructs us for our spiritual growth set this verse. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. The Spirit also has set what pleases Him. "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (He.11:8) It is thus the Spirit has set signposts from first to the last. The simple merely takes a text and interprets literally. The woman's seed cannot be Abraham's seed since man's blessings do not sprnig from Abrahamic promises but from Jesus Christ the Word made flesh. "Thy word is truth" Jesus applies to the word or the Law of the Spirit. It is set down in the covenant. Ep.1:3-4. He chose us according to the pleasure of his will. "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,/To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved."
The Word is GOD,GOD Himself,self-executing,understand?What does the Word of GOD say?
Je.23:29-Is not my Word like as a fire?saith the Lord;and like a hammer that breakes the rock in pieces?
JESUS made it so clear,saying:Lk.12:49-I am come to send fire on the earth;and what will I,if it be already kindled?
JESUS said more:Lk.12:54-57
54...When ye see a cloud rise out of the west,straightway ye say, There comes a shower;and so it is.
55When ye see the south wind blow,ye say,There will be heat;and it comes to pass.
56Ye hypocrites,ye can discern the face of the sky and the earth;but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57Yea,and why even of yourselves Judge ye not what is right?
Gen.18:17-22-17 The Lord said,Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do?20The Lord said,Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great,and their sin is very grievous;21I will go down now,and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it,which is come unto me;and if not,I will know.22And the men turned their faces from thence,and went toward Sodom:but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
Gen.19:1-14
1And there came two men to Sodom at even;and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom:and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them;and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
13They said unto Lot:We will destroy this place...the Lord has sent us to destroy it.(NOW THE DEVIL'S WORLD AS A WHOLE)
Lk.17:26-30
26And as it was in the days of Noe,so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man
27They did eat,they drank,they married wives,they were given in marriage,until the day Noah entered into the ark,the flood came,and destroyed them all.
28Also as it was in the days of Lot;they did eat,they drank,they bought,they sold,they planted,they builded;
29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained FIRE and brimstone from heaven,and destroyed them all
30Even thus SHALL IT BE(NOW)in the day when the Son of man is revealed
You are correct Gigi, it is fits with the Spirit's signpost, all our path to salvation leads to Christ Jesus, and Christ alone."all things were created by him, and for him:/And he is before all things, and by him all things consist."(Col.1 I:16-17,19) Enmity between his seed and your seed can only lead to him.
You say "Satan was testing Jesus to learn more about Him", Oh no, it is not true, I don't eat what you are saying, Satan was not interested in learning anything from JESUS, Satan was luring / attracting JESUS into his satanic trap, just as he had done with Eve and Adam in the beginning, and still does until the current time, as we can see.
No, the Scripture text tells us not what you believe as being the Devil's intention in the tempting of JESUS. My Lord JESUS fought against the Devil when He was tempted by him, by the Devil, and JESUS, as being the Word(GOD) made flesh, knew so well the devilish intention of the Enemy, then when Satan said to JESUS to transform stones in bread, He answered to Satan as the Word of GOD says in Deuteronomy 8:3. JESUS said: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the MOUTH of GOD.
Afterwards, Satan tempted my Lord JESUS by the Word of GOD, as he does until the current time, saying:"If thou be the Son of GOD, cast thyself down":Satan tried to induce JESUS to something like suicide, saying to JESUS the Word of GOD assured He shall give His angels charge concerning Him: and in their hands they shall bear Him up, lest at any time He dash His foot against a stone. WHAT SATAN SAID TO JESUS WAS TRUE, but my Lord JESUS didn't fall in the TRAP of Satan when he used the Word of GOD to tempt the Lord,so JESUS by the Word of GOD said to Satan:It also is written,Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy GOD. Deuteronomy 6:16
Again, the Devil takes JESUS up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them (AND TODAY, HOW SATAN SHOWS HIS GIGANTIC AND SUPER MODERN WORLD?)
9 And Satan said unto JESUS, All these things will I give thee,if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto Satan, Get thee hence, Satan:for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy GOD, and Him only shalt thou serve. Deuteronomy 6:13 and 10:20.
the promise in Genesis has nothing to do with humanity. The seed mentioned in Genesis 22 and Galatians
is clearly identifying Christ as the one promised.
You stated, "We do not know if this was referring that women have "seed" as in ova
I can assure you this has nothing to do with "seed" as in ova. In Genesis 22 its Abraham's seed!
I also don't believe God had to created male DNA in a sperm He put into marry to fertilize her ovum or if God placed the male DNA directly into her ovum to conceive Jesus. God didn't have to do that with Adam.
The Scripture states that the Angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream and said "for that which is CONCEIVED in her is of the Holy Ghost. Conceived "Gennao in the Greek" means to procreate.
In Isaiah 7:10-14 Jesus's birth was to be a miraculous sign!
"Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Satan is declared here as having a seed also, so this is definitely talking about something other than biological birth. It's a title of a being.
They are Identified in the same passage as a "it" and "his"
(Here follows; And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between "thy seed" and "her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.)
I believe this goes beyond Eve and also Mary as we see it climax in Revelation, Particularly in Revelation 12:5-17.
The woman mentioned in Genesis 3:15 is also to be persecuted! "And I will put enmity between thee "AND THE WOMAN", and between thy seed and her seed;
"And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."
God's covenant is with Man. Our Association with him is in the manner the Law distinguishes between God the Father and Son. He blessed His creation in him. As a living soul God placed His creation in the hands of Adam. God blesses them, "And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."(Ge.1:22). Here also the original covenant is followed. The body of man in the image of God is also "after our likeness". Adam is the double for the Son, whose body formed of the ground rendered their bodies share a common destiny. What is it? How does man replenish the earth? As in the case of the fruit tree,"whose seed was in itself, after his kind," he renewed the earth with the seed of the loins. God uses the seed in the same sense as here when he warns of the enmity "and between thy seed and her seed;"(Ge.3:15) The same gift of propagation after his kind belonged to them."
God blessed man and woman. "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. The body has been prepared for his Son so when Word became flesh,"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same."(He.2:14)
"Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me."(He.10:5). The vile body for the firstfruits have a specific significance. Redemption of their body is glorious as well as spiritual. "And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly."(1 Co.15:49) The Lamb slain is an emblem. The glory of the throne of God and of the Lamb denotes unity of the Spirit. Signs and wonders He.2:13
"Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God."
Adam's fall brought the same law of sin to operate on the sons of Adam. St Paul leads us to the advent of the last Adam, in these verses." Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come./But not as the offence, so also is the free gift."(5:14-15). Adam's fall brought upon the bondage of corruption upon the creation, leading to the latter part of the key verse,"not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope." The creation also has similar claim "even as ye are called in one hope of your calling."(Ep.4:4)
This subjection to vanity did not come out of nowhere but by divine Will from whom comes every perfect gift. The same reason as He willed the earth shall abide forever and shall have a body, a glorious one at that, gives the creation same hope.. The earth was without form and void but the world made to appear was by the word of God. Consequently we find the earth named. The Word was God. "And God called the dry land Earth;" and also the seas. He sanctified His creation by the name but through Adam."and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof."(Ge.2:19). He brought His creation before Adam which informs us that the breath in him had invested his Authority so whatever he did in that capacity. The same hope that was intended for them under Adam but not realized, leads as to conclude the Advent of Last Adam shall be "with the glory which shall be revealed in us."(8:18) "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God./For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now."
The Roman currency was the Denarius. One silver denarius was a day's wage, as you said. In the Eastern Mediterranean people were also using the grk Drachma. One silver Drachma was equivalent to one silver Denarius. In Israel at that time the Jews were using the grk money instead of Roman money as a "revolutionary" act. They were not accepting denarii but only drachmas. In the Temple there were people who were exchanging Roman and other money for drachmas. They were the ones that Jesus sent away using a whip.
John 12:3 - Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Then Mary took a pound of ointment. It is actually not a pound as we know it. The Greek word means three quarters of a pound of ointment, and of spikenard, very costly. And spikenard is an oil extract from a plant in India. It is very costly, about 300 day's wages, almost a year for us. So, she took this ointment and poured it on the feet of Jesus. This was while they were at the table to eat supper.
John 12:5 - Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
A DENARIUS is one day's wage, so 300 DENARII would be 300 days wages. So, Judas is calculating and saying, "What a waste!" It could have been sold and we could have given the money to the poor.
John 12:6 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Judas was stealing out of the treasury of the disciples. He was stealing out of the money bag. All he could see is 300 days wages that could be in his bag, but instead she wasted it on Jesus.
John 12:34 - The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
There are two terms for Jesus; Son of God, and Son of man. Son of God means spiritually He is all God. Son of Man means that He's the head of the human race.
This is taken from Daniel 7:13-14, where it is first used that the Son of man will come. He inherits everything from the human race, and He is God. He is the Son of God and the Son of man. He is 100% God and 100% man.
John 10:36 - Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
I hope you make the connection? They didn't say to Him "It is because you said you are the Son of God." It says because you said you are God. That's because as I have mentioned to you before, the title "Son of God" is to the Jew a title of God Himself!
The word "son" in Greek does not mean somebody who is a son by birth. It is never used of Jesus in the scripture. He is not the son of God in that there's "father God," and "mother God," and they had a child named Jesus.
John 11:16 - Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
Didymus means "The Twin."
John 11:47 - Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
This would be the Sanhedrin, the highest council of the Jews, both of civil and religious affairs. 70 priests and scholars plus the high priest make up the Sanhedrin.
John 12:2 - There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
The word "sat" is not a correct translation. How they ate in those days, they didn't sit in chairs. They had a table close to the ground and they would lean on the table with their right arm, and they would have their legs and feet spread straight out. They were actually leaning (reclining) on the table.
Some translations of the New Testament actually use the word "reclining" because that's how they used to recline at the table.
So, Jesus' feet were facing the back. And so, she pours (she anoints) the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
John 10:12 - But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
Literally in the Greek text, a hireling is a person who is hired to spell the shepherd so that he can have some time off. He's a hireling. Now two things about him: First of all, it's his job to do. And secondly, the sheep don't mean that much to him. It is only a job!
This is the proverb that represents leaders in professional positions, and especially the leaders that Jesus is talking to here. A hireling is a hireling. You hire them and you pay them to do the job. As far as risking their life for the sheep, no way, it is just a job!
John 10:19 - There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
The word division is schism, (SCHISMA) in the Greek.
John 10:20 - And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
The word "mad" is the Greek word for insane.
John 10:30 - I and my Father are one.
Literal translation from the Greek text is "I and the Father are one!"
Please notice that I didn't read it the way we have it in the King James. It's not "I and my Father are one" It is "I and the Father are one." He's saying, "We are the same." It is quite a statement to make!
John 10:34 - Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
The Key Verse is Psalm 82:6. The term "gods" is just a general reference. That is not God's name. It's a general reference.
ELOHAE in the Old Testament singular, or ELOHIM plural. But in the Psalms, the judges who sat in the courts of Israel that represented God's law, they were called gods, with a small 'g".
They were called ELOHIM because they represented God. And so, they had all of this authority. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? Notice He didn't say, the scripture said you are gods. "I said you are gods!"
John 10:6 - This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
And this proverb, and keep in mind that it says parable in the King James, but John is presenting a proverb, not a parable. This is a well-known proverb in the area or in the land. He spoke unto them: but they did not understand what things that he spoke unto them.
There were saying "Okay, we know the proverb, but what does that have to do with anything?" They don't understand what's going on here.
First, John 10:1-6 is known as "The Proverb of the Sheepfold." This is a translation error. Please know that I am not putting down the King James but I wanted to share this just so you know this is not a parable. It is not the parable. Verse 6 tells us "This parable spake Jesus unto them:" except in the Greek text it is a different word which means proverb, not parable. John does not use the word parable here. He uses the word proverb.
In fact, it is the Septuagint name for the book of Proverbs. So, this is a Proverb. These are things that are known around the country and this is a famous Proverb that is used, but Jesus is going to interpret it for them a little differently than they are used to.
John 10:11 - I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
First of all, the term "good." There are a few words in the New Testament for the word good. This is the word KALOS. In comparison to the hirelings, and the thieves and robbers, the Lord is the Good Shepherd.
From the human comparison standpoint to the thieves and robbers and hirelings, they are not good at all. They are KAKOSE. Jesus said I am the good shepherd in contrast to the human hirelings.
John 10:3 - To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
The genuine or true shepherd is the only one to whom the porter opens. The Greek word for porter means doorkeeper. The doorkeeper opens only to the shepherd of the sheep, never to the thief or the robber. When the shepherd stands in the doorway, his sheep hear his voice, factual statement in the Greek. It literally says his sheep ARE hearing his voice.
The shepherd calls his own sheep by name. That's how intimate it is. And in John Chapter 11 when Jesus calls Lazarus from out of the tomb, He says, "Lazarus come forth." He called him by name. He knows His sheep!
John 10:4 - And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
That is a statement of fact, not they should, or they might. It says the sheep ARE following Him. And then next, they ARE knowing his voice. Factual statement!
John 10:5 - And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
A stranger they will not follow. In the Greek, there's a double negative. They will never follow a stranger, factual statement with a double negative. It doesn't say they shouldn't, but they will never follow a stranger. Not only will they not follow him, they will flee from him. They will run! Lastly, they do not know the voice of strangers.
Applying it spiritually to us, Jesus is the true Shepherd and is introduced by the Holy Spirit. Of course, one of the vessels used was John the Baptist, but the Holy Spirit is the one that testifies of Christ and brings people to Christ and points to Him.
All others are thieves and robbers. When He stands there and calls for His sheep, His sheep are hearing His voice. It's impossible for the Lord to stand in front of the sheepfold and call for His sheep, and one not be paying attention and get left behind.
SCHOOL BOOK August 25, 2024 2 Corithians 6:1-13,7:2-4 KJV
My interpetation: COGIC WORSHIP 1 Corinthians 15:3-4- I Worship A God that's saves, A God that is sufficient, A God of justification, A God or morals and meaning, A God that means forward, A God that rewards you, A God of anointing, A God that makes you approved,A God that loves without restrictions, A God of reconciliation, A God that is a healer even in community, church, and homes.
"For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope."(v.20)
God's word is the Law which has subjected His creation as His steward to the man "and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth," came with the caveat.(Ge.1:28) His blessing came in his Son, the Man component so the Fellowship of God with Man and the creation in subjection of man did good only as far as man himself was in subjection to the Man.
Humility of Jesus Christ was holiness of God putting on the mind meant that he acted in subjection of the divine Will. St Paul says of Christ Jesus "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God." and his faith came with works, "And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."(Ph.2:7-8)This humility is not what Lucifer could have understood let alone consider as a possible course of action. Law of the Spirit is submission of Jesus to obey it so humility is not making a long face while fasting but revelling that one gave glory to God what is his due.Putting on the mind of Christ is the first step in Life in the Spirit."but to be spiritually minded is life and peace."(8:6). "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus."(Ph.2:5) According to the covenant we put on the mind of Christ, "after our likeness" so it of life we are here addressing. As with dead in Christ we live after his likeness. "Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD."(Pr.16:4-5; Jas 4:6). If you will want an example you only look at what God has made manifest among children of men. "The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil."
We are called "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling." That includes creation as well.
"And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; "
Christ having died once has fulfilled his obligation under the covenant. He dies no more but is seated "on the right hand of the Majesty on High". After he had by himself purged our sins, he continues "all things by the word of his power," and it shall be so till the day decreed for him must be accomplished. In the beginning set the covenant to which the fulness of time marked the testament of Christ to come in effect. So what is holding him up? "Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool./The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies." (Ps.110:1-2 He.1:3:Ps.2:7)
Having freed from law of sin we are waiting for the redemption of our bodies, the Law of the Spirit has covered by the spirit of adoption so we cry, Abba, Father." Besides Jesus taught us the prayer as to signify what was his Father. "Our Father which art in heaven is our reality under the life in the Spirit. Blood of the Lamb has cleansed us from our former life, in the flesh. Christ of God has come sanctification to us. "For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren."(He.2:11-12) The word of God endures forever which is the gospel preached to us. (1 Pe.1:25). We heard while so many heard but dismissed it outright as unnecessary. What made the difference. We heard the gospel in faith. (Ro.10:17) This connects with the Law, forever settled in the heavens. "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren./ Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." Not all who were foreknown simply treated as those in the Parable of the Marriage of the king's Son.
The last line in the para beginning with the Law of Moses, read as follows:
"The Law of Moses was administered to a nation that refused to be taught; neither could they stomach the Man sent from God as fulfilment of law. The covenant is established and blessings under the testament give us the sonship."
"Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh."(v.12)
Death in the flesh is not your own cause that separates it from death in its conventional sense. "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment."(He.9:27) Death implied in v.12 is taken in order to be conformed to the death of the Son.
"For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. (He,9:17) What is the testament or everlasting covenant between God and Man but a testament that is legally binding so death of the Son makes the covenant in force. It was what left unsaid in the covenant under seven days. All things in heaven on earth and lower parts have been considered towards the blessing bequeathed to man who is created 'after our image and after our likeness." It is with the latter part we are addressing so death is not our own cause but rather we place ourselves 'after the likeness of death, in order Christ may live in us. Flesh and its concomitant appetites have been laid aside so we may fall under the Law of the Spirit.
The superscription is what the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross has left as his bequest. The everlasting covenant between God and man stipulated blessing in Christ which is what 'fulness of time' indicates."But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,/To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons./And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father./ Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." (Gal.4:4-7) The Law of Moses was administered to a nation that refused to be taught; neither could the Man sent from God as fulfillment of law. The covenant is established and blessings under the testament give us the sonship.
Overview of vv.16-39
The entire chapter changes into two section. The first section is built over "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness." (v.10) The second half centres about v.32,"If God be for us, who can be against us?"
"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." In order to live a life in the spirit we need step back from the clamour of life that demands our time most of which are distraction than helpful. "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother." For one in the flesh his social capital is in his friends and it can unless one is wary can be exhausting. As in the case of the Prodigal son in the parable one builds up friends and keep them often drains his wallet. Come a change in fortune because of pandemic or depression one often realises many of them were fair-weather friends whose socialising was to feather their own nests and higher too. For one who died in the flesh in order to have Christ in him the second part of the Proverb quote is very apt. He is 'closer than a friend.' He died for us and "It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us."(v.34) We die in order to gain a friend whose fulness covers the earth as well as heaven." For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,/ Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Who as a friend can match him who brings along God who shall love you as his very Son?
In vv.1-15 St Paul covered what shall be taken away when you are dead to sin. Carnally minded is enmity to God, "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh.' This has no place for us.
August 24, 2024
How then can a true born child of God be His mother?
We must look at Mary who received the living Word and conceived a child who in due time brought forth Christ .
We too if born again of that incorruptible seed which is the Word of God by the Holy Spirit that seed will in its proper time bring forth fruit after its own kind . Whereby we are crucified with Christ ever the less I live but not I but Christ that liveth in me"
Jesus speaking of Himself said " unless a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die it abide the alone but if it does it bringers forth much fruit" what sort of fruit ? After its own kind .
Man was CREATED in the image of God but he is BORN in the image of his father Adam ." Shapen in iniquity"
That image of God was lost or so marred by sin it is now unrecognisable. Did not Jesus say He came to seek and to save that which was lost"?
"Who being the express image of the invisible God" restores or rather makes "a new creation in Christ Jesus "
If a man who stands before God then finds himself in hell ,it will not be so much because he has sinned ( for all have sinned." But because of his rejection of Christ and thus does not bare the image of God in him and is thus rejected ." I never knew you".
And let's face it if a person is forever saying " No God" in his heart is he not simply saying I am not a child of God? But rather a " child of disobedience and a " child of wrath ".?
We need to grow up who profess to know Christ for far too long we have been " little children" who know not Him who is from the beginning "
" It ( one) shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel" This one child born of a woman therefore fully man would not be of Adams seed who would come and bruise the head of the serpent ( fatal) but in the process He would be bruised .( suffer).
Mary was not nor ever couid be the ' mother of God' for God has no mother . But she was the mother of his flesh .
His true mother though was as the Lord stated " they who do the will of God" they are my mother and brother." It is easier to understand how I might be His brother ,especially in the light of His teaching on prayer ." Our Father" for a brighter is of the same household and of the same father . A neighbour is of another household and of another father .
So we have the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent .
Each producing fruit after its own kind . And it's by their fruits ( not gifts) that ye shall know them .The salvation of God was not some after thought of God who was caught by surprise by the fall of man . But rather was preordained from before the foundation of the world.
In truth notwithstanding the wonderful salvation of God and how it all came about and the unfolding of Gods program the Holy Bible is primarily and overwhelmingly a revelation of God and who is the only one worthy of that title .
"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."
Glory of God is the expression of Power and Wisdom in their levelling off both facets of holiness so the three entities are not separate but intrinsic quality of God. Wisdom of God renders the Word becoming flesh, for which the slain Lamb is an emblem. The same Lamb when we consider in terms of the Power principle is the Lamb of God, having the power in himself to take away the sin of the world. In his humanity it is what the Power of God has willed. So the Word or the Law of the Spirit remains sacrosanct. Jesus suffered outside the camp, which is his humanity." Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate." (He.13:12) Death could not hold him because the Power of God raised him to life so that the scripture might be fulfilled. That is a sign. What is our glory being adopted in his Son? It is under the umbrella of the throne of the Lamb. This body of the Lamb is expressed in terms of the glory of the light of the Lamb. In short the same suffering such as Jesus suffered in his body is our portion as well. "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."(8:7)
Suffering in the flesh can also occur in the world being unequally yoked with godless people.. Jezebel coveted the neighbour's vineyard. King Ahab was not a slumlord but a genuine buyer who wanted to make his property grander. Neboth would not sell. So he is despondent. His happiness is in some one elses hand. The devil has got his hook on him, Jezebel asks, "But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?" Flesh suffers because of law of sin, the spirit wants it all. So the law of sin makes the damned all the more wretched. (1 Ki.21)
Sorry for the late responses.
I'm out of town at a wedding this weekend.
God bless.
Law of the Spirit creates realities that are true as we consider two worlds framed by the word of God. Spirit of adoption is established on the foundation of God which is, 'the earth abides forever'. God a Spirit has made the earth made to appear and in terms of physical realities, that in the beginning the earth was without form and void; and in its fulfillment it is the Son in whom it pleased the Father to invest his fulness. This body of Christ has glory, and it is called the light of the Lamb.
God freely gave his Spirit. So indwelling Spirit guides a believer unto all truth and gives him glory of the word to work to perfection. Thus Jesus Christ in his Ascension gave us the earnest of our inheritance," until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory." (Ep.1:14) This is the Spirit of Adoption and the Law of the Spirit assures us that it is so. " Whereby we cry, Abba, Father./The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." For this reason Jesus taught us, "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven." (Matt.23:9). This is the Law of the Spirit and fathers after the manner of flesh are appointed to serve us while we are yet children.
Beatitudes drive home 'this one father in heaven' idea so when we are struck in one cheek we are called to turn the other as well to testfy this spirit of adoption; we similarly walk extra mile if it could put the weaker brother at ease. "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;/Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ."(Col.3:23-24)
We are no longer debtors to the flesh. "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live./For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
" For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live./For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
What does it mean to be hid in Christ in heavenly places? " For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."(Col.3:3) No man has seen God, as John says,"No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him."( John 1:18). The word spoken to us is the truth and 'thy word is truth' makes the testimony of Jesus Christ as first hand account of heavenly realities. Being hid in Christ therefore is total trust in the Apostle sent from heaven. So the only way we can do is follow his example and it as real as being led by the Spirit. "Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample." Works is in the manner our faith strives to make this as natural and from our heart so there is no room for inconvenient pursuits. As a cartoonist for newspapers my world view centred on observing the quirks in others which is inconvenient in a chid of God. So I let it go. Similarly my growth led by the Spirit has been slow and with experience more easy and I believe his grace has filled in wherever gaps wer, So our Christian Living is not a single linear advancement. Main thing is to stay the course, and quit me as a man, trusting in my Saviour.
Jesus laid down the principle of Association. Matt.10:40;Luke10:16) Up and Down it moves as Jesus is the Lord from heaven; we becoming Christ-like so faithwith works move across. It mirrors heavenly placein the sight of God a Spirit. "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:/Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself."Ph.3:17
I will be keeping your son in prayer tonight and in the coming days.
" Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh."
'Therefore' as we came across in v.1 refers to vv.10-11 If Christ be in us, law of sin has no more claim on you. If it is 'his Spirit that dwelleth in you' the same Power has set you in the heavenly places. (Col.3:1-3). This shift must be in your mind where faith is what keeps you as branch nourished from the righteousness of Christ. It is not in matters flesh can take pride but in the humility that was found in Christ. For example, "Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits."(Ro.12:16) His woe-to ye was specially called out those,"But all their works they do for to be seen of men."(Matt.23:5)
One example we shall consider, "but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." (v.13) Moses is set 'after our likeness' so he set as the double for the Son. He spoke as commanded of God. He was set in heavenly place which is what Law of the Spirit states. He was chosen for his role as his Son was called to deliver whoever believed in him, from his sins. God punished him for not honouring him before the people. So he dies on the mount. Yet we see him at the mount of transfiguration along with Elias. (Matt.17:3) His position in heavenly places continues as before. God has let Son to judge and the day shall come. Law of the Spirit sets him life which has nothing to do with the flesh.
Similarly when Moses prayed God 'blot me out' in Ez,32:32-33 "Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written./And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book." God has already set Jesus Christ as the Judge and Mediator so Moses' request however well meaning was not entertained.
Law of the Spirit tells, "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other."(Matt.6:24)
"So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God."
God a Spirit sets the Law, It is Law of the Spirit. How He works from the world unseen to the world made to appear has only the word to enlighten the consequences of the Law. The writer to the Hebrews explains, "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God," If one is in the Spirit does one need aske, What is deep time or the age of the mammoth tusks one digs up from time to time. It is what man in the flesh shall want to ask. His reason puts up a tantrum and what it cannot being an outsider goes on to make answers which can only make the glory of God among the skeptics, a matter of derision. Bishop pf Oxford at the time Darwin's theories defended that only showed one who is in the Spirit ought to let these things alone. St Augustine in his time was stumped to answer the question:which came first: chicken or the egg? God as the creator surely considers it according to his Law so we accept it by faith.
The Spirit instructs us for our spiritual growth set this verse. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. The Spirit also has set what pleases Him. "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (He.11:8) It is thus the Spirit has set signposts from first to the last. The simple merely takes a text and interprets literally. The woman's seed cannot be Abraham's seed since man's blessings do not sprnig from Abrahamic promises but from Jesus Christ the Word made flesh. "Thy word is truth" Jesus applies to the word or the Law of the Spirit. It is set down in the covenant. Ep.1:3-4. He chose us according to the pleasure of his will. "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,/To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved."
Je.23:29-Is not my Word like as a fire?saith the Lord;and like a hammer that breakes the rock in pieces?
JESUS made it so clear,saying:Lk.12:49-I am come to send fire on the earth;and what will I,if it be already kindled?
JESUS said more:Lk.12:54-57
54...When ye see a cloud rise out of the west,straightway ye say, There comes a shower;and so it is.
55When ye see the south wind blow,ye say,There will be heat;and it comes to pass.
56Ye hypocrites,ye can discern the face of the sky and the earth;but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57Yea,and why even of yourselves Judge ye not what is right?
Gen.18:17-22-17 The Lord said,Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do?20The Lord said,Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great,and their sin is very grievous;21I will go down now,and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it,which is come unto me;and if not,I will know.22And the men turned their faces from thence,and went toward Sodom:but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
Gen.19:1-14
1And there came two men to Sodom at even;and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom:and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them;and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
13They said unto Lot:We will destroy this place...the Lord has sent us to destroy it.(NOW THE DEVIL'S WORLD AS A WHOLE)
Lk.17:26-30
26And as it was in the days of Noe,so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man
27They did eat,they drank,they married wives,they were given in marriage,until the day Noah entered into the ark,the flood came,and destroyed them all.
28Also as it was in the days of Lot;they did eat,they drank,they bought,they sold,they planted,they builded;
29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained FIRE and brimstone from heaven,and destroyed them all
30Even thus SHALL IT BE(NOW)in the day when the Son of man is revealed
The Word is GOD,GOD Himself,self-executing
Get ready
You say "Satan was testing Jesus to learn more about Him", Oh no, it is not true, I don't eat what you are saying, Satan was not interested in learning anything from JESUS, Satan was luring / attracting JESUS into his satanic trap, just as he had done with Eve and Adam in the beginning, and still does until the current time, as we can see.
No, the Scripture text tells us not what you believe as being the Devil's intention in the tempting of JESUS. My Lord JESUS fought against the Devil when He was tempted by him, by the Devil, and JESUS, as being the Word(GOD) made flesh, knew so well the devilish intention of the Enemy, then when Satan said to JESUS to transform stones in bread, He answered to Satan as the Word of GOD says in Deuteronomy 8:3. JESUS said: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the MOUTH of GOD.
Afterwards, Satan tempted my Lord JESUS by the Word of GOD, as he does until the current time, saying:"If thou be the Son of GOD, cast thyself down":Satan tried to induce JESUS to something like suicide, saying to JESUS the Word of GOD assured He shall give His angels charge concerning Him: and in their hands they shall bear Him up, lest at any time He dash His foot against a stone. WHAT SATAN SAID TO JESUS WAS TRUE, but my Lord JESUS didn't fall in the TRAP of Satan when he used the Word of GOD to tempt the Lord,so JESUS by the Word of GOD said to Satan:It also is written,Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy GOD. Deuteronomy 6:16
Again, the Devil takes JESUS up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them (AND TODAY, HOW SATAN SHOWS HIS GIGANTIC AND SUPER MODERN WORLD?)
9 And Satan said unto JESUS, All these things will I give thee,if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto Satan, Get thee hence, Satan:for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy GOD, and Him only shalt thou serve. Deuteronomy 6:13 and 10:20.
Hebrews 4:12-13
Upon reflection, I came to the conclusion that the promise of the seed of the woman was the promise of Jesus.
Thanks for responding.
Yes, Christ humanity comes from the woman but
the promise in Genesis has nothing to do with humanity. The seed mentioned in Genesis 22 and Galatians
is clearly identifying Christ as the one promised.
You stated, "We do not know if this was referring that women have "seed" as in ova
I can assure you this has nothing to do with "seed" as in ova. In Genesis 22 its Abraham's seed!
I also don't believe God had to created male DNA in a sperm He put into marry to fertilize her ovum or if God placed the male DNA directly into her ovum to conceive Jesus. God didn't have to do that with Adam.
The Scripture states that the Angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream and said "for that which is CONCEIVED in her is of the Holy Ghost. Conceived "Gennao in the Greek" means to procreate.
In Isaiah 7:10-14 Jesus's birth was to be a miraculous sign!
"Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Satan is declared here as having a seed also, so this is definitely talking about something other than biological birth. It's a title of a being.
They are Identified in the same passage as a "it" and "his"
(Here follows; And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between "thy seed" and "her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.)
I believe this goes beyond Eve and also Mary as we see it climax in Revelation, Particularly in Revelation 12:5-17.
The woman mentioned in Genesis 3:15 is also to be persecuted! "And I will put enmity between thee "AND THE WOMAN", and between thy seed and her seed;
Good night and God bless.