Love is  a fullfilling of the Law

Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law. 

Rom 8:1   Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.   For what the Law could not do,  weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  The word Likness        the association here of the two words homoioma and eikon (see IMAGE) serves to enhance the contrast between the idol and "the glory of the incorruptible God,   Gen 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;    Adam was made of the earth and so was Jesus he took on the likeness of sinful flesh .  His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  Jesus was our example that if we must walk as he walked in the power of Gods grace.     1Jo 2:5 but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:  he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

  LAW   no'-mos  law as prescribed by custom, or by statute;" the word ethos, "custom," was retained for unwritten "law," while nomos became the established name for "law" as decreed by a state and set up as the standard for the administration of justice.

Rom 5:13    Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.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. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.   

 Phl 3:8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ, and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:  that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.

1Th 5:15 See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.Rejoice always;pray without ceasing;in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.Quench not the Spirit;despise not prophesyings;prove all things; hold fast that which is good;abstain from every form of evil.   And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it. Entire  holokleros  Entire:"complete, sound in every part" (holos, "whole," kleros, "a lot," i.e., with all that has fallen by lot), is used ethically in 1Th 5:23, indicating that every grace present in Christ should be manifested in the believer;

Heb 4:12  For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Jas 1:4 And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.   Perfect  Greek: teleios

Age:"complete, perfect," from telos, "an end," is translated "of full age" in Hbr 5:14, AV (RV, "fullgrown man").       Greek: holokleros Entire:    "complete, sound in every part" (holos, "whole," kleros, "a lot," i.e., with all that has fallen by lot), is used ethically in 1Th 5:23, 

 Eph 2:5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),       Grace Greek: charis   Benefit, Benefactor:  "grace," is once rendered "benefit," 2Cr 1:15; it stresses the character of the "benefit," as the effect of the gracious disposition of the benefactor.

Truly born again

   

 As I was praying this morning this word came to me .  To be truly born again child of God .   So I went to the word to see .

  Act 2:36  Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

LORD   GREEK     he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord

CHRIST     GREEK    christos Christ = "anointed"Christ was [and is] the Messiah, the Son of God

 Act 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

Pricked  Greek    kat-an-oos'-so  to prick, pierce metaph. to pain the mind sharply, agitate it vehemently   esp. of the emotion of sorrow

Act 2:38  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Repent   greek    met-an-o-eh'-o  to change one's mind, i.e. to repent  to change one's mind for better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one's past sins For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.  A man needs Gods sorrow his light that comes and disclose all the things in our heart .Jhn 1:9 There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

Baptized    bap-tid'-zo        to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water, to wash one's self with the washing water of the word. Acts 26;15-18  Pauls conversion on the road to demascus .        Jhn 3:5   Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.Jhn 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  This is where being born again really means .  We lose all our Identity From the flesh of Adam  we are born of the blood of Chirst born of the word of God and therfore sumitting completely to Gods will.  And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. If we believe this word of truth and walk in it we are truly born again !    Nicodemus = "conqueror"Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?Even as it is written,For thy sake we are killed all the day long;We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

Remission Geek     Afresis     release from bondage or imprisonment  forgiveness or pardon, of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty

Sins  Greek  ham-ar-tee'-ah    that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act

 ye shall receive the GIFT Greek      omega  The begganning   Rev 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.  Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Holy Greek  hagios   physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated):—(most) holy (one, thing), saint.

Ghost or Spirit Greek    pneuma    Spirit (of God)   Spirit (of Christ   (Jesus' own) spirit

 Sowing and Reaping

I was listening to a man teaching this morning and as I heard his voice and the words he spoke . The word Porter came to me , so as he finished his teaching . I held on to that word Porter and I went to the scripture John 10:1 . I was wanting to know the word porter in Greek .  Who is opening the door for the shepheard and his sheep ,   The Porter .  We who have heard his voice and obey his voice . Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek . We are called to plant the seed of Gods word . Mar 4:14 The sower soweth the word.      sowing" spiritual things in preaching and teaching , the harvest being proportionate to the "sowing" .

Jhn 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.. Gal 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.  To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

Jhn 10:9  I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.  Jhn 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Door  Greek  thü'-rä metaphorically, of Christ, Jhn 10:7, 9; of faith, by acceptance of the Gospel, Act 14:27; of "openings" for preaching and teaching the Word of God, 1Cr 16:9; 2Cr 2:12; Col 4:3; Rev 3:8; of "entrance" into the Kingdom of God 

  Voice  Greek: phone

Sound (Noun and Verb): most frequently "a voice," is translated "sound" in Mat 24:31 Sound convey a specified impression when heard:

       Porter    a person employed as a caretaker of a building; a custodian.caretaker custodian.  1cor 3:11  Isa 26:16

Porter . A male or a female janitor . Greek: thuroros

Porter:  "a door-keeper" (thura, "a door," ouros, "a guardian"), is translated "porter" in Mar 13:34; Jhn 10:3; it is used of a female in Jhn 18:16, 17, translated "(her) that kept the door." 

Greek: thura

Jhn 10:2    But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.  Door Greek: thura  of "entrance" into the Kingdom of God, Mat 25:10; Luk 13:24, 25; of Christ's "entrance" into a repentant believer's heart, Rev 3:20; of the nearness of Christ's second advent, Mat 24:33; Mar 13:29; cp. Jam 5:9; of "access" to behold visions relative to the purposes of God, Rev 4:1. 

Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.  

To preach the gospel to all that will hear , Jesus is the word made flesh and when we speak his word of grace , The word says if any man hear my voice and open the door. Gods children are a voice in the wilderness.   Jesus says  I will enter in to a mans heart . (Rom 10:9 because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.)    homologeo Confess, Confession:   lit., "to speak the same thing" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), "to assent, accord, agree with, To speak the word of God is to agree with his word

 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.  same thing" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), "to assent, accord, agree with,    

John 10 : 1-3   Jesus said He was anointed to preach the good news the gospel of his father to the meek   Meek Heb .  poor, humble, afflicted, meek  Psa 51:17   The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:   A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.  

Isa 53:10 Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand. His SEED Heb zeh'·rah   offspring, descendants, posterity, children

 

  

 Psalm 91:1    He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.​    

 1Pe 4:6 For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

  

Dwelleth Heb   Yashab   = to dwell,  remain, sit, abid​e .          Abiding in Christ        Jhn 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.    In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.     Mansions Greek mone =      the inmates of a house, the family .    Jhn 14:23  Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.   Jhn 14:17 even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.  Gods people the church we are the mansions in John 14:1  Luk 17:20 And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:   neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.   Jhn 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

Secret place​=covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy​ .   Jhn 14:16  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.

 Most high = The name of God    Greek: onoma  Name:        for all that a "name" implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc., of everything that the "name" covers:   of the "Name" of God as expressing His attributes.  Mat 16:19 I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.  2Co 10:4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);  casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;  The knowledge of God and the obedience of Christ is the absolute word of God himself . Jesus cast out devils and raised the dead and heal the sick with just a word . He has given his word with power to bind and to loose , the promises of God are with that power to proclaim and command Luk 10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.  john 14:17      Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

   Mar 16:17   And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;      Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.     In this verse we have the words Gospel =     Kingdom of God and of salvation through Christ, to be received by faith Greek = euangelion

Whole Greek: pas  All , whole God is still createing and still working on his body of believers Children being born today created by God will have the right ot experience the mystery of Christ in you the hope of glory .  Souls being born until the very end of all things .  Read the whole word of God for yourself aks him to give you the understanding of his mystery   1Co 2:7 but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:   

 Creation    greek ktizo                 Eph 3: 9   And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,   :  Col 1:27 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:   

Shall abide =  To cause to rest or lodge  .  Even in the darkest of times God rest is always upon his children .   Psa 91 is a psalm of hope in the most trying times of a persons life . A super natural rest beyond mans wisdom , Gods rest to his children .  Jhn 14:23  Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him . The word of God in our hearts is the rest that God provides for those who believe him . 2Ti 2:11 Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us: if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.   Jhn 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,     Jhn 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,  Jesus said he will never leave you he will be with you for ever. I am reminded of a book that was written of a womans experiences in a prison camp in World War II  and how she survived the harsh treatment and living conditions she suffered . The book is titled The Hidding Place .  Her testiomony of the sufferings she went through are beyond human comprehension .    I believe she was speaking of Psalm 91 and the power of Gods word to keep her and deliever her ,   She was protected by the word of Gods power power  there were times I believe they just could not see her and she was under the shadow of the most high resting with Gods rest.  

The shadow= symbolic of a transitoriness of life .    Phl 3:8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,  and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:  that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;  if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.     

Of the Almighty God = El Shaddai the almighty  (of God )  

 Mat 12:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,  Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; 

 My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: 

 I will put my Spirit upon him,

And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.

He shall not strive, nor cry aloud;

Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.

 A bruised reed shall he not break,

And smoking flax shall he not quench,

Till he send forth judgment unto victory.

 And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.

Jhn 11:24   Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.  Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;  and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?

   

     The Blood and Water

Silver in the bible is a type of redemption  Lev 17:11    "the life of the flesh is in the blood," 

Water  Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

The Old Testament prophesied that Christ would be sold for thirty pieces of silver: Zec. 11:12, 13 "And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD." This prophesy was fulfilled as stated in the following passages:1. Mat. 26:15 "And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver."

2. Mat. 27:3 "Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,"

3. Mat 27:9 "Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;"Christ was about 33 ½ years of age when he was crucified. The value of a male servant was set at 50 shekels of silver in the book of Leviticus. Then why was he sold for 30 shekels of silver? According to the prophecy in Zechariah the Lord said that the price was a goodly price. Why was it a goodly price? The answer is that the Lord came to redeem his bride. The value of his bride in bondage as a servant would have been 30 shekels of silver and not 50 shekels of silver. Jesus did not come to redeem himself as he had no need for redemption. He came to redeem his elect people, his bride. She was the one who was sold into the bondage of sin and required redemption. Jesus gave his life for the redemption of his bride, the elect family of God.

 Jhn 19:34 howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there came out blood and water.  There  (came out ) blood and water .  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  Jhn 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.    Luk 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.  Gods kingdom here is spiritual and he God himself comes and makes his home in you . And when God comes and abides in you he has complete ruel over our spirit ,soul and body. We we say we are born again we must be born of the blood and the wter that came from the side of Christ Jesus .Jhn 1:11 He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. The kingdom Jesus is speaking of is here right now on this earth .  And living in the hearts of men to be born again is to have a change of heart have a broken and contrite heart , 2Co 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Mat 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.Mar 9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There are some here of them that stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power.Act 2:38 And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him. The men and women following Jesus in that day saw his kingdom come in the power of his holy spirit . Luk 24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.Jhn 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you., Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.Jhn 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.  Born of water is according to Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. We must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins  

 John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:, even to them that believe on his name:Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  The word of God as we have today has nothing to do with mans religion mans religion seperates the honest heart from God. Mar 7:13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.  Mat 15:6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.  Mat 15:8

This people honoreth me with their lips;  But their heart is far from me.But in vain do they worship me,Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.  Mar 8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. 

Jhn 6:33 For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Jhn 6:51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

Putting On The Whole Armor Of God

               Phl 4:8 ASV - Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

When we wake in the morning and go about our day we must realize , This word is a reminder from God that we are under attack daily that our minds are being assaulted by dark powers in high places . Virtue  Greek: arete  virtue of any particular moral excellence, Phl 4:8; 2Pe 1:5 (twice), where virtue is enjoined as an essential quality in the excercise of faith, RV, "(in your faith supply) virtue."

 2Pe 1:5 KJV - And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Eph 6:12 ASV - For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Eph 6:13 ASV - Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
Eph 6:14 ASV - Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Eph 6:15 ASV - and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Eph 6:16 ASV - withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
Eph 6:17 ASV - And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Eph 6:18 ASV - with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:  God would not have given us this spiritual power to defeat satan at every turn in our life's if it were not necessary  .  

Eph 1:3 KJV - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

We must realize that every thought coming to us is not always our thoughts .     Satan will trick us into believing  even the bad thoughts are from us . And than try to condemn us that it is our thoughts. 

 2Co 10:3 ASV - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh

2Co 10:4 ASV - (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);
2Co 10:5 ASV - casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

Eph 2:3 ASV - among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:​ ​ We have been set free from the law of sin and death

​ Rom 12:2 ASV - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.​   

I use to confess this verse all the time And going to work one day as I spoke the verse and  I said Lord how do I renew my mind .  And it came right back to me by  my word believing my word. So Gods word is a type of a cleansing  Eph 5:26 ASV - that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,            This is speaking of the bride of Christ his church . Gods word as we read and believe it will renew our minds as to holy and righteous thinking. 

John 6: 35 Jesus said I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.  John 1 :14 And the word became flesh and dwelt among us and  (we beheld his glory , glory as of the only begotten from the father) full of grace and truth

Jhn 3:5 KJV - Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.​ 

So to be born again is to​ have our minds renewed by Gods word as we read and believe and confess this speak the same words as as Jesus spoke .   

If our flesh and blood will not inherit the kingdom of God our old carnal man ,  than we must see that our minds are being renewed daily by this powerful word of God .            1Co 15:50 ASV - Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.​     Mar 8:34 ASV - And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Mat 10:38 ASV - And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

Jesus is saying here we must crucify our carnal flesh put this old man to death so we have a spiritual cross to bear .    

  Rom 8:13 ASV - for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.​   

​Gal 5:16 ASV - But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

1Jo 2:16 ASV - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

 2Co 10:4 ASV - (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);​ The strongholds come in through doubt and unbelief ​

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God,    (the word of God)  and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;   God has given us the everything necessary   to live Godly life's   ​We believe God with our minds not our flesh​                      

​ ​Eph 4:22 RSV - Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful lusts,

Eph 4:23 RSV - and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
Eph 4:24 RSV - and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);  

​The word of God that is renewing of our minds it is that spiritual filter​ ,the helmet of salvation we wear always to protect our minds from the assault of satanic forces that attack us daily in many ways. 

 Eph 6:16 ASV - withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

Put on the whole Armour of God we need this Armour to do spiritual warfare

A helmet is to protect our head thus our mind the battle is for our minds

The helmet is spiritual type that I believe is of pure silver . Silver is a type of the blood of Jesus he was sold for thirty pieces of silver . In bible numeric's the word silver is a type of Redemption the price of a soul .      Lev 17:11 ASV - For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life.

 1Pe 1:2 ASV - according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

This helmet is our filter to protect our minds a spiritual covering ,  and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;   John 14:23    Jesus said if you love me you will you keep my words ,   obedience to Gods word is what renews our mind .  And this same word is the sword of the spirit that we use to war with satan .  

Mat 16:19 ASV - I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
  

Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

Mar 16:16 ASV - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.​  Baptism is a commandment of Christ God is coming for the fruit of Jesus in us the fruit of the spirit , our renewed spirit our redeemed souls.  Jas 1:21 ASV - Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Rom 6:3 ASV - Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

Rom 6:4 ASV - We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
Rom 6:5 ASV - For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;
Rom 6:6 ASV - knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;
Rom 6:7 ASV - for he that hath died is justified from sin.

Jhn 14:15 ASV - If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

Mar 16:17 ASV - And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;

Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Mar 16:19 ASV - So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
Mar 16:20 ASV - And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

Luk 10:19 ASV - Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

The Cup Of Eternal Life

                                           
                                                Mat 20:20 ASV - Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him.  
Mat 20:21 ASV - And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom .  There is a matter of sacrifice to be made here , as to being called and also chosen .                Rom 12:1 ASV - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.    And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.  We see here that Gods perfect will for all man kind is to become a living sacrifice
  Mat 10:38 ASV - And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.  The cross here is an instrument of suffering spiritually we must die to our carnal desires . Jesus has delivered us from the power of sin and death .  Jesus said he was the door unto the sheep fold     Jhn 14:5 ASV - Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?     Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.  

Luk 12:50 ASV - But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!  Straitened  Greek: sunecho
Anguish:  akin to A, No. 3, lit., "to hold together," is used physically of being held, or thronged, Luk 8:45; 19:43; 22:63; of being taken with a malady, Mat 4:24; Luk 4:38; Act 28:8; with fear, Luk 8:37; of being straitened or pressed in spirit, with desire, Luk 12:50; Act 18:5; Phl 1:23;   Jesus took the cup of anguish for the sins of the world .   And we have our cup to drink also , our cup is to obey his gospel to the fullest we as children must get on our cross and put to death our carnal appetites .  Jesus was preaching the cross as he walked the earth .   It is a spiritual death we die just as he died the physical death as the lamb of his fathers sacrifice .    We die to self our carnal nature of Adam we let this word of the spirit the sword of truth cut away every thing in our life's that does not conform to this gospel.
Luk 3:16 ASV - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:     Fire pur  of the holiness of God, which consumes all that is inconsistent therewith, Hbr 10:27; 12:29; cp. Rev 1:14; 2:18; 10:1; 15:2; 19:12; similarly of the holy angels as His ministers, Hbr 1:7; in Rev 3:18 it is symbolic of that which tries the faith of saints, producing what will glorify the Lord;   of the Divine judgment, testing the deeds of believers, at the judgment seat of Christ, 1Cr 3:13, 15;

Mat 16:24 ASV - Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.   For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.   For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?    For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds. Rom 6:2 ASV - God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?   Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?   We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.   For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;  knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin; 

Heb 12:14 ASV - Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:  Sanctification       separation to God, 1Cr 1:30; 2Th 2:13; 1Pe 1:2; the resultant state, the conduct befitting those so separated, 1Th 4:3, 4, 7, and the four other places mentioned above. "Sanctification" is thus the state predetermined by God for believers, into which in grace He calls them, and in which they begin their Christian course and so pursue it. Hence they are called "saints" (hagioi).

Mat 20:22 ASV - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.    Jesus is saying here to set in my fathers kingdom you must drink of the cup I am about to drink .          Mat 20:23 ASV - He saith unto them, My cup indeed ye shall drink: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give; but it is for them for whom it hath been prepared of my Father.    The father has given his son as the door into his kingdom and for a man to be worthy .    Jhn 10:7 ASV - Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.  

Jhn 10:9 ASV - I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.   Jesus says he is the door into his fathers kingdom and there is no other way unto God but through him .  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.  As to religions there is only one way to receive eternal salvation . It is in his word Jesus is the same today as he was in that day , Mat 16:6 ASV - And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.  Leaven Zume     of corrupt doctrine, Mat 13:33; Luk 13:21, of error as mixed with the truth (there is no valid reason for regarding the symbol here differently from its application elsewhere in the NT); Mat 16:6, 11; Mar 8:15 (1st part); Luk 12:1; that the kingdom of heaven is likened to "leaven," does not mean that the kingdom is "leaven." The same statement, as made in other parables, shows that it is the whole parable which constitutes the similitude of the kingdom; the history of Christendom confirms the fact that the pure meal of the doctrine of Christ has been adulterated with error .

The only absolute truth for you to have and believe is Gods word , their is no other doctrine or gospel that can save man kind .  Jhn 10:7 ASV - Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.  All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.  I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.   The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. 

2Th 2:1 ASV - Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;  to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand; let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,  he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.    

 1Pe 4:6 ASV - For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.   But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer: 

Jhn 12:47 ASV - And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.   He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.    There is only one gospel and Jesus said in       Luk 4:18 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,   To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

Jhn 6:35 ASV - Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.                                                                               

Jhn 6:48 ASV - I am the bread of life.