http://www.layevangelism.com/heavhell/book1-c.htm This is a book worth reading , it is difficult in the beginning because it is written in the kings language , as I read more it became easier . It is something that just like the others you have heard of might say could this be true ! it is a story of hope and life after death. I believe the Holy Ghost will acknowledge and confirm in your spirit the truth in this. I hope it blesses you. Also this is the week of the organized religious man when apostate traditions hide the light of Gods word . "Ishtar", which is pronounced "Easter" was a day that commemorated the resurrection of one of their gods that they called "Tammuz", who was believed to be the only begotten son of the moon-goddess and the sun-god. The children of God not only brought themselves out of Egypt they brought the Egyptian gods with them also. It should be a time when we as children of God reflect on the great sacrifice of the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world . Everyday is that time to remember he is our passover. And as the father sees us he sees the blood applied to out hearts. I was reading in Psalms a few days ago and came to the 22 chapter. As I read it came to my heart as Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemane in great sorrow as the word says. And what could be more fitting than Gethsemane, It means a great pressing ,pressure beyond our understanding. I have read how the olives were pressed to extract the oil from the olives. It said the stone was more than two thousand pounds in weight . And it was slowly lowered on to the olives crushing the oil or the life from the olive. You know why Jesus chose this place he made no easy way out for himself. The bible says he set his face like flint and pressed on with his mission. As he prayed he said Luk 22:42 ASV - saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. I see in this Christ at that time was taking on my sin and the sin of the world it was you and I he was speaking for, the weight of the worlds sins was on him at that moment it says he became sin for us. And it was pressing the very life from him , As I read psalms 22 the spirit impressed on me that as he prayed at that moment in the garden he was remembering this chapter in psalms it was manifesting in him at that moment. It says he fell on his face in great anguish and agony sweating great drops of blood. And just a few hours earlier he celebrated the passover with the disciples. Exodus 12 is the type and the shadow of the true passover to come. He is that passover Lamb without spot or blemish , Isa 53:7 ASV - He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. He carried his cross through the streets to his crucifixion . Mat 12:19 ASV - He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. Isa 53:10 ASV - 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. Mary gave Jesus his body Hbr 10:5 ASV - Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me. And the father gave Jesus his life and the word life in the Greek is ZOE of God .He was the son of man in his flesh and the son of God in his diety Isa 7:14 ASV - Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Jesus had his mothers flesh and he had his fathers blood the seed of God put life in the womb of Mary. The seed being his word and he was the word made flesh. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days. The sign is Christ in you the hope of glory. He was one man upon the earth in his life before the cross three days later he became the church triumphant. And in you he will see his seed and his days are prolong in you . Gal 2:20 ASV - I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. Jesus said the only sign this earth will see is the sign of Jonah three days in the earth and he took the keys of hell and death. 1Cr 15:36 ASV - Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die: We were born of the earth, earthy
1Cr 15:37 ASV - and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind; So we now sow the word of God in our hearts the good ground waiting for the fruit of that seed
1Cr 15:38 ASV - but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own. The seed, the word of God will manifest Jesus in us. And he shall see his seed and prolong his days in us. 1Jo 3:2 ASV - Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is. The word manifested in this verse is Greek: phaneroo
Appear, Appearing:
akin to No. 1, signifies, in the Active Voice, "to manifest;" in the Passive Voice, "to be manifested;" so, regularly, in the RV, instead of "to appear." See 2Cr 7:12; Col 3:4; Hbr 9:26; 1Pe 5:4; 1Jo 2:28; 3:2; Rev 3:18. To be manifested, in the Scriptural sense of the word, is more than to "appear." A person may "appear" in a false guise or without a disclosure of what he truly is; to be manifested is to be revealed in one's true character; this is especially the meaning of phaneroo, see, e.g., Jhn 3:21; 1Cr 4:5; 2Cr 5:10, 11; Eph 5:13.
Luk 24:49 ASV - And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.
The word Clothed in this verse in the Greek: enduo
Clothe:
(Eng., "endue"), signifies "to enter into, get into," as into clothes, "to put on," e.g., Mar 1:6; Luk 8:27 (in the best mss.); 24:49 (AV, "endued"); 2Cr 5:3; Rev 1:13; 19:14.
See ARRAY, ENDUE, PUT ON.
Rom 13:14 ASV - But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
Rev 19:7 ASV - Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Rev 19:8 ASV - And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright [and] pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
Rev 19:9 ASV - And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they that are bidden to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are true words of God.
In verse 8 we have the word Bright Greek: lampros
Bright, Brightness:
"shining, brilliant, bright," is used of the clothing of an angel, Act 10:30; Rev 15:6; symbolically, of the clothing of the saints in glory, Rev 19:8, RV, in the best texts (AV, "white"); of Christ as the Morning Star, Rev 22:16; of the water of life, Rev 22:1, AV, "clear."
We are the seed of Gods word and as this seed grows in us it will manifest the fruit of Jesus he is the fruit of the spirit. Gal 5:22 ASV - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal 5:23 ASV - meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. The law only has its way in us through the flesh, if we have died to the flesh it has no place in us. 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,
2Cr 3:17 ASV - Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty.
Isa 61:10 ASV - I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
He is our passover
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
The way The truth and The life
THE WAY Greek: hodos
Highway, Highwayside:
"a way, path, road," is rendered "highways" in Mat 22:10; Luk 14:23; in Mar 10:46, RV, "way side," AV, "highway side;" in Mat 22:9, the word is used with diexodoi ("ways out through"), and the phrase is rightly rendered in the RV, "the partings of the highways" (i.e., the crossroads), AV, "the highways."
THE TRUTH Greek: aletheia
True, Truly, Truth:
"truth," is used
(a) objectively, signifying "the reality lying at the basis of an appearance; the manifested, veritable essence of a matter" (Cremer), e.g., Rom 9:1; 2Cr 11:10; especially of Christian doctrine, e.g., Gal 2:5, where "the truth of the Gospel" denotes the "true" teaching of the Gospel, in contrast to perversions of it; Rom 1:25, where "the truth of God" may be "the truth concerning God" or "God whose existence is a verity;" but in Rom 15:8 "the truth of God" is indicative of His faithfulness in the fulfillment of His promises as exhibited in Christ; the word has an absolute force in Jhn 14:6; 17:17; 18:37, 38; in Eph 4:21, where the RV, "even as truth is in Jesus," gives the correct rendering, the meaning is not merely ethical "truth," but "truth" in all its fullness and scope, as embodied in Him; He was the perfect expression of the truth; this is virtually equivalent to His statement in Jhn 14:6;
THE LIFE Greek: zoe
Life, Living, Lifetime, Life-Giving:
(Eng., "zoo," "zoology") is used in the NT "of life as a principle, life in the absolute sense, life as God has it, that which the Father has in Himself, and which He gave to the Incarnate Son to have in Himself, Jhn 5:26, and which the Son manifested in the world, 1Jo 1:2. From this life man has become alienated in consequence of the Fall, Eph 4:18, and of this life men become partakers through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Jhn 3:15, who becomes its Author to all such as trust in Him, Act 3:15, and who is therefore said to be 'the life' of the believer, Col 3:4, for the life that He gives He maintains, Jhn 6:35, 63. Eternal life is the present actual possession of the believer because of his relationship with Christ, Jhn 5:24; 1Jo 3:14, and that it will one day extend its domain to the sphere of the body is assured by the Resurrection of Christ, 2Cr 5:4; 2Ti 1:10. This life is not merely a principle of power and mobility, however, for it has moral associations which are inseparable from it, as of holiness and righteousness. Death and sin, life and holiness, are frequently contrasted in the Scriptures.
"Zoe is also used of that which is the common possession of all animals and men by nature, Act 17:25; 1Jo 5:16, and of the present sojourn of man upon the earth with reference to its duration, Luk 16:25; 1Cr 15:19; 1Ti 4:8; 1Pe 3:10. 'This life' is a term equivalent to 'the gospel,' 'the faith,' 'Christianity,' Act 5:20."*
[* From Notes on Galatians, by Hogg and Vine. pp. 324, 325.]
Death came through sin, Rom 5:12, which is rebellion against God. Sin thus involved the forfeiting of the "life." "The life of the flesh is in the blood," Lev 17:11. Therefore the impartation of "life" to the sinner must be by a death caused by the shedding of that element which is the life of the flesh. "It is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life" (id., RV). The separation from God caused by the forfeiting of the "life" could be removed only by a sacrifice in which the victim and the offerer became identified. This which was appointed in the typical offerings in Israel received its full accomplishment in the voluntary sacrifice of Christ. The shedding of the blood in the language of Scripture involves the taking or the giving of the "life." Since Christ had no sins of his own to die for, His death was voluntary and vicarious, Jhn 10:15 with Isa 53:5, 10, 12; 2Cr 5:21. In His sacrifice He endured the Divine judgment due to man's sin. By this means the believer becomes identified with Him in His deathless "life," through His resurrection, and enjoys conscious and eternal fellowship with God.
Jhn 14:1 ASV - Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.
Jhn 14:2 ASV - 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.
Jhn 14:3 ASV - 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.
Jhn 14:4 ASV - And whither I go, ye know the way.
Jhn 14:5 ASV - Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?
Jhn 14:6 ASV - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jhn 14:7 ASV - If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Jhn 14:8 ASV - Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Jhn 14:9 ASV - Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?
Jhn 14:10 ASV - Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.
House,Mansions, Prepare
14-2 House / in the Greek: oikia (b) metaphorically, the heavenly abode, spoken of by the Lord as "My Father's house," Jhn 14:2, the eternal dwelling place of believers; the body as the dwelling place of the soul, 2Cr 5:1; similarly the resurrection body of believers (id.); property, e.g., Mar 12:40; by metonymy, the inhabitants of a house, a household, e.g., Mat 12:25; Jhn 4:53; 1Cr 16:15.
14-2 Mansions / Greek: mone
Abide, Abode:
"an abode" (akin to No. 1), is found in Jhn 14:2, "mansions" (RV marg., "abiding places"), and Jhn 14:23, "abode."
Mansions:
primarily "a staying, abiding" (akin to meno, "to abide"), denotes an "abode" (Eng., "manor," "manse," etc.), translated "mansions" in Jhn 14:2; "abode" in Jhn 14:23. There is nothing in the word to indicate separate compartments in heaven; neither does it suggest temporary resting-places on the road.
14-2 Prepare / in the Greek: hetoimazo
1) to make ready, prepare
a) to make the necessary preparations, get everything ready
2) metaph.
a) drawn from the oriental custom of sending on before kings on their journeys persons to level the roads and make them passable
b) to prepare the minds of men to give the Messiah a fit reception and secure his blessings
of human "preparation" for the Lord, e.g., Mat 3:3; 26:17, 19; Luk 1:17 ("make ready"), 76; 3:4, AV (RV, "make ye ready"); Luk 9:52 ("to make ready"); 23:56; Rev 19:7; 21:2; in 2Ti 2:21, of "preparation" of oneself for "every good work;"
(c) of human "preparations" for human objects, e.g., Luk 12:20, RV, "thou hast prepared" (AV, "provided"); Act 23:23; Phm 1:22.
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.
What was the preparation that Jesus was speaking of, He said I go and prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also. He is speaking of the cross here not a house in heaven , I am not saying this is no place like that in heaven. What I am saying in this John 14 Jesus is speaking of his death,burial and resurrection the fulfillment of Gods plan of salvation for us all . The passover Lamb, being born again of his spirit.
Jhn 16:7 ASV - Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.
Jhn 16:13 ASV - 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.
Luk 24:49 ASV - And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high. The word clothed here in this verse Greek: enduo
Clothe:
(Eng., "endue"), signifies "to enter into, get into," as into clothes, "to put on," e.g., Mar 1:6; Luk 8:27 (in the best mss.); 24:49 (AV, "endued"); 2Cr 5:3; Rev 1:13; 19:14.
See ARRAY, ENDUE, PUT ON. Rom 13:14 ASV - But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof]. This is where the death ,burial and the resurrection takes place in our life. Col 2:9 ASV - for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,
Col 2:10 ASV - and in him ye are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:
Col 2:11 ASV - in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
Col 2:12 ASV - having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
Col 2:13 ASV - And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, [I say], did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
Col 2:14 ASV - having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out that way, nailing it to the cross;
Col 2:15 ASV - having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Jhn 10:10 ASV - 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. The life was his going to the cross and the abundant life he speaks of is the promise of the Holy Ghost. So he is the way, picking up our cross and putting to death this carnal man, the truth is living this gospel in our flesh be subject to his commands obeying his word. And the life is always looking forward to the day we shall be with him forever, Living the life of Jesus in our flesh.
John 14: 6-10
If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. The only thing the father is going to recognize in us is Jesus the life of his son in us. Col 1:27 ASV - 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:
Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.
Jesus said I not only came to give you life (behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world) But to give you an abundant life. Remission of our sins and the abundant life is the power of his spirit. So for Jesus to prepare for us he had to go to his cross to fulfill Gods command to him.
Through repentance and forgiveness of our past sins we become that mansion or that dwelling place of God. Remember Mansion in the Greek is abiding, that we abide in him and he in us a perpetual abiding.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Christ in you the hope of glory
2Cr 3:6 ASV - who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. Eyes to see and ears to hear
John 14 is a very beautiful verse of scriptures it is a parable where Jesus describes the life and walk of his children in the kingdom of God. I want to start off with these verses
Mat 13:13 ASV - Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mat 13:34 ASV - All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:
Mat 13:35 ASV - that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. The word foundation here is the very essence of Gods love and his great plan of salvation. Foundation Greek: katabole
Foundation (To Lay), Founded:
lit., "a casting down," is used
Jhn 14:17 ASV - [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.
Jhn 3:5 ASV - 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! The basic foundation of salvation is being filled with the spirit of God. With out the spirit no man can know God , The second chapter of Acts is where God led the people to the very beginning of their salvation. He said tarry in Jerusalem UNTIL YOU BE FILLED with power from on high. Act 2:39 ASV - 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. This promise was for all men even to the end not just the disciples.
Luk 24:49 ASV - And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high. Rom 13:14 ASV - But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].Mat 16:1 ASV - And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mat 16:4 ASV - An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed. Sign of Jonah
Mat 12:40 ASV - for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Mat 12:41 ASV - The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
To understand this better we must read the story of Jonah 1. The second verse is a parable of the crucifixion of Christ, and a prophetic word of his suffering. So the sign was Christ and him crucified for the sins of the world. He spoke of the temple in Jerusalem and compared it to his body being destroyed for the sake of those that believe on him. God no longer lives in a temple of stone , bricks
and wood. He is in the hearts of men, and that being by his spirit. 2Cr 1:20 ASV - For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
2Cr 1:21 ASV - Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
2Cr 1:22 ASV - who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
The only way to be children of the kingdom is to be born into the family an heir of the estate a child born into the household of God, be born of God the father. We are the household of God born into his glorious kingdom. The word says Jhn 1:12 ASV - 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:
Jhn 1:13 ASV - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Jhn 1:14 ASV - 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.
Now we go back to the 14 chapter of John verse 2 Mansions Greek: mone
Abide, Abode:
"an abode" (akin to No. 1), is found in Jhn 14:2, "mansions" (RV marg., "abiding places"), and Jhn 14:23, "abode."
Mansions:
primarily "a staying, abiding" (akin to meno, "to abide"), denotes an "abode" (Eng., "manor," "manse," etc.), translated "mansions" in Jhn 14:2; "abode" in Jhn 14:23. There is nothing in the word to indicate separate compartments in heaven; neither does it suggest temporary resting-places on the road. metaph. of the God the Holy Spirit indwelling believers. Jesus is speaking in the parable of you as being the mansion or the dwelling place of the spirit , no ye not your body is the temple of God. 1Cr 6:19 ASV - Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;
Jhn 14:3 ASV - 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. John said behold the Lamb of God that takes AWAY the sins of the world Jhn 1:29 ASV - On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! For Jesus to prepare a place for us he had to make a way for us to redeem us from our sins. The fathers house is speaking of his children we are the house of God house in Greek: oikia metaphorically, the heavenly abode, spoken of by the Lord as "My Father's house," Jhn 14:2, the eternal dwelling place of believers; the body as the dwelling place of the soul, 2Cr 5:1; similarly the resurrection body of believers (id.); property, e.g., Mar 12:40; by metonymy, the inhabitants of a house, a household, e.g., Mat 12:25; Jhn 4:53; 1Cr 16:15. Remember the word mansion in the Greek is to Abide , Abode Jhn 14:23 KJV - 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.
1Cr 15:22 ASV - For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Cr 15:23 ASV - But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.
1Cr 15:24 ASV - Then [cometh] the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power. We must realize that all these things must take place before Christ can deliver up the kingdom. And the kingdom being the redeem , the true children of God. So now let us look at what is this kingdom that Paul speaks of.
Luk 13:18 ASV - He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
Luk 13:19 ASV - It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.
So I am seeing here it is not the amount of faith it is what you do with the faith you have, the word says we were save by Grace and it is a gift of faith to even believe in God. And a man must first believe that God is before he can come unto him. Everything in this walk is a gift of God its says in John men sat in darkness Jhn 1:4 ASV - In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Jhn 1:5 ASV - And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
Eph 2:8 ASV - for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; So we build upon this faith by exercising that faith , and walking in the power of our faith. Faith is absolutely contrary to this world , the thinking of man. If we can not make it happen it will not not happen. That is carnal thinking and your arm of flesh. Jesus said if you had faith as small as a mustard seed
Rom 1:17 ASV - For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.
Rom 1:18 ASV - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 ASV - because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.
When he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power , the word of God is the only power and authority in his kingdom. How can two walk together unless they agree Amo 3:3 ASV - Shall two walk together, except they have agreed? Mat 18:19 ASV - Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven.
That is you and the word of God your life must reflect as in a mirror the whole word of God . Rom 12:2 ASV - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. And how do we renew our mind by this glorious word of God. It is the wash water for our souls. The verse says but be ye transform it is a walk every day we are transformed into the image of Christ. And that image is what will be present in that day when Christ shall deliver up the kingdom to God . Jesus said when you see these signs happening know that the kingdom of God has come unto you. Jesus also said Luk 17:20 ASV - 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:
Luk 17:21 ASV - neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
Col 1:27 ASV - 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: 1Jo 3:2 ASV - Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
The verse Colo 1-27 above says CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY. The verse above says if he shall be manifested we shall be like him. Christ is manifested in you, this to is the man child.
Jhn 16:21 ASV - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world. The first fruits Rom 8:19 ASV - For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God.
Rom 8:22 ASV - For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Rom 8:23 ASV - And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for [our] adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body. I give my apologies for what might seem to be rambling in my writing please forgive me, but aside from my words Gods word is for ever true and brings perfection to the hungry heart. God bless you
John 14 is a very beautiful verse of scriptures it is a parable where Jesus describes the life and walk of his children in the kingdom of God. I want to start off with these verses
Mat 13:13 ASV - Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mat 13:34 ASV - All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:
Mat 13:35 ASV - that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. The word foundation here is the very essence of Gods love and his great plan of salvation. Foundation Greek: katabole
Foundation (To Lay), Founded:
lit., "a casting down," is used
(a) of "conceiving seed," Hbr 11:11;
(b)
of "a foundation," as that which is laid down, or in the sense of
founding; metaphorically, of "the foundation of the world;" in this
respect two phrases are used,
(1) "from the foundation of the world," Mat 25:34 (in the most authentic mss. in 13:35 there is no phrase representing "of the world"); Luk 11:50; Hbr 4:3; 9:26; Rev 13:8; 17:8;
a) the injection or depositing of the virile semen in the womb
b) of the seed of plants and animals
2) a founding (laying down a foundation)
He was the word made flesh , Mary gave Christ his body but God gave him his very life . The Holy Ghost overshadowed Mary. God put his seed in Marys womb and she conceived. He was the son of man in his sacrifice and the son of God in his redemption. The washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Jhn 14:16 ASV - And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,Jhn 14:17 ASV - [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.
Jhn 3:5 ASV - 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! The basic foundation of salvation is being filled with the spirit of God. With out the spirit no man can know God , The second chapter of Acts is where God led the people to the very beginning of their salvation. He said tarry in Jerusalem UNTIL YOU BE FILLED with power from on high. Act 2:39 ASV - 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. This promise was for all men even to the end not just the disciples.
Luk 24:49 ASV - And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high. Rom 13:14 ASV - But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].Mat 16:1 ASV - And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mat 16:4 ASV - An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed. Sign of Jonah
Mat 12:40 ASV - for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Mat 12:41 ASV - The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
To understand this better we must read the story of Jonah 1. The second verse is a parable of the crucifixion of Christ, and a prophetic word of his suffering. So the sign was Christ and him crucified for the sins of the world. He spoke of the temple in Jerusalem and compared it to his body being destroyed for the sake of those that believe on him. God no longer lives in a temple of stone , bricks
and wood. He is in the hearts of men, and that being by his spirit. 2Cr 1:20 ASV - For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
2Cr 1:21 ASV - Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
2Cr 1:22 ASV - who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
The only way to be children of the kingdom is to be born into the family an heir of the estate a child born into the household of God, be born of God the father. We are the household of God born into his glorious kingdom. The word says Jhn 1:12 ASV - 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:
Jhn 1:13 ASV - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Jhn 1:14 ASV - 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.
Now we go back to the 14 chapter of John verse 2 Mansions Greek: mone
Abide, Abode:
"an abode" (akin to No. 1), is found in Jhn 14:2, "mansions" (RV marg., "abiding places"), and Jhn 14:23, "abode."
Mansions:
primarily "a staying, abiding" (akin to meno, "to abide"), denotes an "abode" (Eng., "manor," "manse," etc.), translated "mansions" in Jhn 14:2; "abode" in Jhn 14:23. There is nothing in the word to indicate separate compartments in heaven; neither does it suggest temporary resting-places on the road. metaph. of the God the Holy Spirit indwelling believers. Jesus is speaking in the parable of you as being the mansion or the dwelling place of the spirit , no ye not your body is the temple of God. 1Cr 6:19 ASV - Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;
Jhn 14:3 ASV - 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. John said behold the Lamb of God that takes AWAY the sins of the world Jhn 1:29 ASV - On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world! For Jesus to prepare a place for us he had to make a way for us to redeem us from our sins. The fathers house is speaking of his children we are the house of God house in Greek: oikia metaphorically, the heavenly abode, spoken of by the Lord as "My Father's house," Jhn 14:2, the eternal dwelling place of believers; the body as the dwelling place of the soul, 2Cr 5:1; similarly the resurrection body of believers (id.); property, e.g., Mar 12:40; by metonymy, the inhabitants of a house, a household, e.g., Mat 12:25; Jhn 4:53; 1Cr 16:15. Remember the word mansion in the Greek is to Abide , Abode Jhn 14:23 KJV - 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.
1Cr 15:22 ASV - For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Cr 15:23 ASV - But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.
1Cr 15:24 ASV - Then [cometh] the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power. We must realize that all these things must take place before Christ can deliver up the kingdom. And the kingdom being the redeem , the true children of God. So now let us look at what is this kingdom that Paul speaks of.
Luk 13:18 ASV - He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?
Luk 13:19 ASV - It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.
So I am seeing here it is not the amount of faith it is what you do with the faith you have, the word says we were save by Grace and it is a gift of faith to even believe in God. And a man must first believe that God is before he can come unto him. Everything in this walk is a gift of God its says in John men sat in darkness Jhn 1:4 ASV - In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Jhn 1:5 ASV - And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
Eph 2:8 ASV - for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; So we build upon this faith by exercising that faith , and walking in the power of our faith. Faith is absolutely contrary to this world , the thinking of man. If we can not make it happen it will not not happen. That is carnal thinking and your arm of flesh. Jesus said if you had faith as small as a mustard seed
Rom 1:17 ASV - For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.
Rom 1:18 ASV - For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 ASV - because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.
When he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power , the word of God is the only power and authority in his kingdom. How can two walk together unless they agree Amo 3:3 ASV - Shall two walk together, except they have agreed? Mat 18:19 ASV - Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven.
That is you and the word of God your life must reflect as in a mirror the whole word of God . Rom 12:2 ASV - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. And how do we renew our mind by this glorious word of God. It is the wash water for our souls. The verse says but be ye transform it is a walk every day we are transformed into the image of Christ. And that image is what will be present in that day when Christ shall deliver up the kingdom to God . Jesus said when you see these signs happening know that the kingdom of God has come unto you. Jesus also said Luk 17:20 ASV - 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:
Luk 17:21 ASV - neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
Col 1:27 ASV - 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: 1Jo 3:2 ASV - Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
The verse Colo 1-27 above says CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY. The verse above says if he shall be manifested we shall be like him. Christ is manifested in you, this to is the man child.
Jhn 16:21 ASV - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world. The first fruits Rom 8:19 ASV - For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God.
Rom 8:22 ASV - For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Rom 8:23 ASV - And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for [our] adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body. I give my apologies for what might seem to be rambling in my writing please forgive me, but aside from my words Gods word is for ever true and brings perfection to the hungry heart. God bless you
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