Luk 14:28 ASV - For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have [wherewith] to complete it? The word says Jhn 15:16 ASV - Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. The word fruit in this verse
II) metaphorically,
(a) of works or deeds,
"fruit" being the visible expression of power working inwardly and
invisibly, the character of the "fruit" being evidence of the character
of the power producing it, Mat 7:16.
As the visible expressions of hidden lusts are the works of the flesh,
so the invisible power of the Holy Spirit in those who are brought into
living union with Christ (Jhn 15:2-8, 16) produces "the fruit of the Spirit," Gal 5:22,
the singular form suggesting the unity of the character of the Lord as
reproduced in them, namely, "love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance," all in constrast with the
confused and often mutually antagonistic "works of the flesh." So in Phl 1:11, marg., "fruit of righteousness." In Hbr 12:11,
"the fruit of righteousness" is described as "peaceable fruit," the
outward effect of Divine chastening; "the fruit of righteousness is sown
in peace," Jam 3:18, i.e., the seed contains the fruit; those who make peace, produce a harvest of righteousness; in Eph 5:9,
"the fruit of the light" (RV, and see context) is seen in "goodness and
righteousness and truth," as the expression of the union of the
Christian with God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit); for God is good, Mar 10:18, the Son is "the righteous One," Act 7:52, the Spirit is "the Spirit of truth," Jhn 16:13; of sanctification, through deliverance from a life of sin and through service to God, Rom 6:22, in contrast to.
Do you believe there is a time coming according to scripture a day of accountability, when Christ will Judge this world. | 2Cr 5:10 | For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad. |
Rom 6:2 ASV - God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?
Rom 6:3 ASV - Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We are not our own the only liberty we have is in Christ Jesus. This is the reason that another gospel is being preached, its not the gospel of Christ , and men have brought in doctrines of demons . We are all sinners save by grace so we sin and can do nothing about it and that is our nature. Yes the nature of the flesh is to sin.
What does the word say about this ? remember God always has the last word.
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 unto 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.
Rom 6:12 ASV - Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:
Rom 6:13 ASV - neither present your members unto sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.
Rom 7:8 ASV - but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin [is] dead.
Rom 8:2 ASV - For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
The Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin we are not bound to sin any longer we do not have to sin, and if we confess we are sinners than the life of Jesus is not working in us. And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, "God is tempting me." God is never tempted to do wrong,* and he never tempts anyone else. Jam 1:13 ASV - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
Jam 1:14 ASV - but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
Jam 1:15 ASV - Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death. Lust is a desire, craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden, lust
1Jo 2:15 ASV - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jo 2:16 ASV - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jo 2:17 ASV - And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
So what are we seeing here lust is a work of the flesh, lust is an attribute of the flesh. So if people believe they are sinners and can not stop sinning its because they are following their flesh and not the word of grace. Rom 4: 16 For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. And the gift of Faith from God is our access to Gods grace. 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.
1Jo 1:6 NASB - If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;
1Jo 1:7 NASB - but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. The word Cleanses to make clean, to cleanse to purge. So what we see here that this word is always working in us to bring us to a place of holiness. Living for God is an ongoing work when we come to God and repent and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit . Life just begins again a new beginning the new birth , Jhn 3:6 ASV - That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Jhn 3:7 ASV - Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.
Jhn 3:8 ASV - The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 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.
Kingdom in the Greek: basileia the sphere in which, at any given time, His rule is acknowledged. God has not relinquished His sovereignty in the face of rebellion, demoniac and human, but has declared His purpose to establish it, Dan 2:44; 7:14; 1Cr 15:24, 25. Meantime, seeking willing obedience, He gave His law to a nation and appointed kings to administer His "kingdom" over it, 1Ch 28:5. Israel, however, though declaring still a nominal allegiance shared in the common rebellion, Isa 1:2-4, and, after they had rejected the Son of God, Jhn 1:11 (cp. Mat 21:33-43), were "cast away," Rom 11:15, 20, 25. Henceforth God calls upon men everywhere, without distinction of race or nationality, to submit voluntarily to His rule. Thus the "kingdom" is said to be "in mystery" now, Mar 4:11, that is, it does not come within the range of the natural powers of observation, Luk 17:20, but is spiritually discerned, Jhn 3:3 (cp. 1Cr 2:14). When, hereafter, God asserts His rule universally, then the "kingdom" will be in glory, that is, it will be manifest to all; cp. Mat 25:31-34; Phl 2:9-11; 2Ti 4:1, 18.
Living for God is exalty what it says living in his kingdom and letting go of the life you have in the flesh. We were born of Adams loins his seed his nature and his blood . The redeemable part of man is his soul , The flesh is a vehicle to take you where you want to go. Paul called it a tent
2Cr 5:1 ASV - For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. Only glorified bodies will be in the kingdom of heaven
2Cr 5:2 ASV - For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:
2Cr 5:3 ASV - if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.This verse it says if we are clothed in our flesh if we keep this old nature we will be found naked in the spirit . If we are born of God a new creature clothed upon of a new spirit than we will not be found naked at his coming . The word says that we are sealed for the day of redemption by receiving his spirit. 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. Here we go you must be born again, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost And so to Christ was born of his father, Gods seed . Mary gave Jesus his flesh body.
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.
Jhn 15:2 ASV - Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. Life with Jesus is walking with him salvation is an ongoing walk born again babies and as we walk in the wisdom of his word and abide in him we grow up and become more and more mature. It says he cleanseth it, we are the branches that is us as we walk he helps us along the way. 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. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.
Jhn 15:3 ASV - Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.
Col 1:26 ASV - [even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,
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: This is not a parable as Jesus said he spoke to them that did not believe he spoke in parables. But unto you he has revealed or better manifested the mystery. It is the spirit of Jesus in you the hope of salvation 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. 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? When people see us they must see Jesus ,reflecting in that mirror the image of Christ. 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. Jhn 14:12 ASV - Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father. Ok friend here is where faith takes over faith to believe the absolute promises of God . Rev 12:11 ASV - And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
Trials are for character and testing . Through bodily exercise a man becomes stronger and stronger, but through Godly living and abiding in this word we become holy. Hbr 5:12 ASV - For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.
Hbr 5:13 ASV - For every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the Word of Righteousness; for he is a babe.
Hbr 5:14 ASV - But solid food is for fullgrown men, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
Hbr 12:14 ASV - Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
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